April 26, 2024
Friday

Headliners

10:00 amC2E2: Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo - Friday McCormick Place Lakeside Center. Visitors can come and enjoy the fair / festival.

Festivals

10:00 amC2E2: Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo - Friday McCormick Place Lakeside Center. Visitors can come and enjoy the fair / festival.

The Arts

4:00 pmBlue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000
5:00 pmDrunk Shakespeare Lion Theatre. Live theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBlue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000
7:00 pmMike Birbiglia Chicago Theatre. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmCoached Ensembles Donny's Skybox Theatre. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmStabbing Westward House of Blues Chicago. Alternative music performance.
7:00 pmJukebox the Ghost Lincoln Hall. Pop / rock performance.
7:00 pmEagle Witt Zanies. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmGuys and Dolls Drury Lane Theater, Oakbrook Terrace. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmEnterprise Earth The WC Social Club, West Chicago. Live rock / metal music.
7:00 pmChelsea Handler Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana, Gary. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmRyan Sickler Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmCasting Crowns Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington. Pop / rock performance.
7:00 pmOh, The Places You??ll Glow e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmAlpha Wolf The Forge, Joliet. Live rock / metal music.
7:00 pmNatasha Leggero Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live.
7:15 pmZoltan Kaszas Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmAugustana Park West. Performing live.
7:30 pmThe Choir of Man Apollo Theater Chicago. Performance series.
7:30 pmHow I Learned What I Learned Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmChicago Symphony Orchestra: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Symphony Center. Classical concert.
7:30 pmJoffrey Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream Lyric Opera House of Chicago. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:30 pmJudgment Day The Yard. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmHead East Joe's Live, Rosemont. Live rock / metal music.
7:30 pmBrooklyn Laundry North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmSteel Magnolias - The Play Woodstock Opera House. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmJoe Turner's Come And Gone Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmHawthorne Heights City Winery. Alternative music performance.
7:30 pmJersey Boys Mercury Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmCirque Italia: Water Circus Orland Square Mall, Orland Park. Circus live event.
7:30 pmTom Sandoval and The Most Extras 115 Bourbon Street. Pop / rock performance.
7:30 pmThe Thanksgiving Play Steppenwolf Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Music Man Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Live on stage.
8:00 pmLes Miserables Cadillac Palace Theatre. Live On Stage.
8:00 pmBye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play The Public House Theater. Outrageous interactive comedy revolving around the joys and pitfalls of boozing in the windy city. Yep, it's just...
8:00 pmBanda MS Allstate Arena, Rosemont. Latin music in concert.
8:00 pmVictor Manuelle Rosemont Theatre. Latin music in concert.
8:00 pmVince Carone CG's Comedy Club, Bolingbrook. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmThe Arcadian Wild S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Performing country music live.
8:00 pmBeautiful: The Carole King Musical Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmMadison Beer Riviera Theatre. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmOthello Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmFirehouse Des Plaines Theatre. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmTom Papa Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmThe Mary Wallopers Martyrs. Live concert performance.
8:00 pmSTRFKR The Salt Shed. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmJe'Caryous Johnson's Super Freak: The Rick James Story Arie Crown Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDes Rocs Bottom Lounge Restaurant. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmJimmy Nick Buddy Guy's Legends. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmSaigon Kick Reggies Rock Club. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmBbymutha Subterranean. Rap / hip hop music performance.
8:00 pmThe Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter Thalia Hall. Live rock / metal music.
8:00 pmJohnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards Gingerman Tavern. Techno / electronic concert performance.
8:00 pmBlack By Popular Demand: A Black Excellence Revue UP Comedy Club. Comedic performance live.
8:30 pmImprovised Sitcom Second City. Comedic performance live.
8:30 pmRiley Downing Fitzgerald's Nightclub, Berwyn. Performing country music live.
9:00 pmCloonee Concord Music Hall. Techno / electronic concert performance.
9:30 pmKiss the Tiger Hideout. Pop / rock performance.
10:00 pmBye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play The Public House Theater. Outrageous interactive comedy revolving around the joys and pitfalls of boozing in the windy city. Yep, it's just...
10:00 pmBaron Von future Cole's Bar. Pop / rock performance.
10:00 pmLevel Up - Sonya Broner Sound Bar. Live concert performance.
10:00 pm12 Rods Empty Bottle. Alternative music performance.
10:15 pmDalton and The Sheriffs Joe's Sports Bar. Performing country music live.
11:00 pmDiox TAO Chicago. Techno / electronic concert performance.

For Children

8:00 am-
6:00 pm
Open Play Days My Corner Playroom. Corner Playroom is a Parent/Caregiver supervised indoor play place for kids ages 6 months to 5 years... 773-388-2121
10:00 amStudio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000
10:30 amBeauty and the Beast Beverly Art Center. Meet Bella, an adventurous young woman who ventures from her little village to save her Papa. She must be brave as she enters...
1:00 pmStudio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000

Community

6:00 am-
7:30 am
Silent Sitting Inner Metamorphosis University - IMU. The thoughts and feelings that might arise during the silent sitting are simply to... 773-262-1468
5:30 pm-
10:00 pm
zoo-ologie The Lincoln Park Zoo. This year we will also be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Auxiliary Board. Tickets to the event include an open...
Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Notebaert Nature Museum. The Judy Istock Butterfly Haven features a kaleidoscope of butterflies with 75 species from around... 773-755-5100
River Works Notebaert Nature Museum. Splash through this waterplay experience and learn about Chicago's waterways and how they support... 773-755-5100
Mysteries of the Marsh Notebaert Nature Museum. Explore the variety of local wetlands and the creatures that live there and find out why these increasingly... 773-755-5100
Wilderness Walk Notebaert Nature Museum. Three meticulously re-created environments in Wilderness Walk immerse visitors in a prairie, savanna... 773-755-5100
Hands-on Habitat Notebaert Nature Museum. Hands-on Habitat invites budding naturalists (ages 3 - 7) to explore the secret world of animal homes... 773-755-5100
The Extreme Green House Notebaert Nature Museum. The Extreme Green House explains how our homes are linked to nature and offers recycling tips... 773-755-5100
Istock Family Look-in Animal Lab Notebaert Nature Museum. A detailed look at our native wetlands and their residents. 773-755-5100

Nightlife

It's Finally Friday Weather Mark Tavern. TGIF-Thank Goodness It's Friday!! After a long day at the office come relax and enjoy a couple of drinks... 312-296-6447