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Sleeping Village FREE TUESDAY w/ Hell Is Real & Degenerate Synapse [presented by Still Austin Whiskey Co.]
Oct 13
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8:00 PM
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Free
Sleeping Village
Live music
Brian Citro Organ Trio
Oct 21
·
8:00 PM
•
Free
Dorian’s
Live music
Free Blues Friday Featuring Michael Charles and His Band
Oct 16
·
8:00 PM
•
Free
Epiphany Center for the Arts
Live music
Hard Country Honky Tonk with The Hoyle Brothers
Nov 27
·
5:30 PM
•
Free
The Empty Bottle
Live music
Marital Bed & Chris Coleslaw Band - Live
Oct 18
·
10:30 PM,
11:30 PM
•
Free
Skylark
Live music
rocknite presents!
Nov 19
·
8:00 PM
•
Free
Cole's Bar
Live music
JAZZ JAM SESSION
Oct 13
·
8:00 PM
•
Free
Lemon
Live music
FREE STAND UP COMEDY NIGHT FEATURING BLAKE BURKHART
Nov 18
•
Free
The Vixen
Comedy
No Bother
Oct 18
·
6:30 PM
•
Free
Martyrs'
Live music
Acoustic Vibes on the Lake
Oct 17
·
2:00 PM
•
Free
Famous Freddie's Road House
Live music
The Kathryn Lachey & Chris Siebold Duo FREE SHOW!
Oct 23
·
5:30 PM
•
Free
FitzGerald's
Live music
HeyDay Happy Hour-Music by James Moore
Dec 11
•
Free
Hey Nonny Live Music + Local Kitchen
Live music
Vibration Foundation
Oct 25
·
1:30 PM
•
Free
Jesse Oaks Food & Drink
Live music
ANDY BROWN
Oct 15
·
5:00 PM
•
Free
The Green Mill
Live music
Loose Four: A Stand-Up Open Mic
Oct 14
·
6:00 PM
•
Free
The iO Theater
Comedy
Second Hand Soul Band
Oct 19
·
8:00 PM
•
Free
Tony D's
Live music
Bricktown Sound
Nov 28
·
9:00 PM
•
Free
Hungry Brain
Live music
The Warm Up Happy Hour
Oct 16
·
8:00 PM
•
Free
The Bassment
Nightlife
Friday Night Films
Nov 6
·
6:30 PM
•
Free
Des Plaines Public Library
Film
Black Poetry Day Readings & Reflections
Oct 17
•
Free
American Writers Museum
Theater
Bingo with Boys & Girls Club Off Hours Beer Co
Nov 19
·
6:00 PM
•
Free
Ramova Theatre
Nightlife
Community Day IAM a collector
Nov 14
•
Free
Intuit Art Museum
Art
oasis karaoke
Oct 15
·
11:30 PM
•
Free
Durty Nellie's Gastropub & Concert Hub
Nightlife
Cougar Bingo
Nov 24
·
7:30 PM
•
Free
Carol's Pub
Comedy
Illinois Vintage Fest
Oct 17
·
11:00 AM
•
Free
Yorktown Center
"Studio View: The Secret Life of Ordinary Things"
Oct 14
·
10:00 AM
•
Free
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
Art
Fall Free Days
Nov 5
•
Free
Elmhurst Art Museum
Art
Standing On Christmas Live 2026 with Evrod Cassimy
Nov 28
·
7:00 PM
•
Free
Thalia Hall
Live music
A Rustic Fox Christmas
Dec 5
·
10:00 AM,
12:00 PM
•
Free
The Rustic Fox - Furniture & Decor
Free Toyota Movie Nights: The Nightmare Before Christmas Outdoor Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Oct 14
·
6:00 PM
•
Free
Gallagher Way
Film
FREE TEAM TRIVIA EVERY WEDNESDAY
Oct 14
•
Free
Hawthorne's Backyard
Nightlife
Xochicago: Floating Gardens of the Chicago River and México
Dec 2
·
5:30 PM
•
Free
National Museum of Mexican Art
Tours
Christmas Open House
Dec 6
·
1:00 PM
•
Free
George Clayson House Museum
Open House Chicago 2026
Oct 17
·
9:00 AM,
10:00 AM
•
Free
Irish American Heritage Center
Tours
The Venue Presents Horror Classic Carrie
Oct 25
•
Free
The Venue
Film
Free Guided Tour
Nov 21
•
Free
Porter County Museum
Tours
Bluegrass Brunch
Oct 17
·
11:00 AM
•
Free
Beat Kitchen
Live music
Free music trivia from Whaddayaknow?
Nov 2
•
Free
aliveOne
Nightlife
Thanksgiving Turkey Walk
Nov 26
·
11:00 AM
•
Free
Friendship Botanic Gardens
Whiskey Tasting Wednesdays
Nov 4
·
6:00 PM
•
Free
Brother Chimp Brewing
Stories Objects Hold: Exploring (Non)Material Remnants of Türkiye: Curator and Artist in Conversation on “Time, Fragmented”
Oct 22
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5:00 PM
•
Free
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Art
Living Record: Look Back to Go Forward
Oct 18
•
Free
Navy Pier Wheel
Art
Kids Club
Nov 14
•
Free
Pinstripes
Family & Kids
HEALTH EXPO
Oct 19
·
10:00 AM
•
Free
Gurnee Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Health & Fitness
Halloween Day Freak Show ALL AGES FREE
Oct 31
·
2:00 PM
•
Free
The Final Girl
Little Wisk Takers: IKEA Kids Cooking Club
Oct 17
·
11:00 AM
•
Free
IKEA Restaurant
Family & Kids
Bar Bingo
Oct 27
·
6:30 PM
•
Free
Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill
Raj Chetty in Conversation
Oct 26
·
5:30 PM,
7:00 PM
•
Free
National Public Housing Museum
BINGO
Oct 21
•
Free
Open Outcry Brewing Company
Native Plant Medicine with Misty Cook
Nov 7
·
1:00 PM
•
Free
Kenosha Public Museum
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