July 12, 2024
Friday

Headliners

2:00 pmWindy City Smokeout United Center. Country music & BBQ festival with Parker McCollum performing.
7:10 pmChicago White Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Guaranteed Rate Field. Major League Baseball professional baseball game.

Festivals

2:00 pmWindy City Smokeout United Center. Country music & BBQ festival with Parker McCollum performing.
6:00 pmLC Fest Carol's Pub. Festival tour performance.

The Arts

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 pmCoached Ensembles Donny's Skybox Theatre. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmDrunk Shakespeare Lion Theatre. Live theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDon't Quit Your Daydream Second City. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmAin't Misbehavin' Drury Lane Theater, Oakbrook Terrace. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmB. Simone Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmSteven Ho Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmKC Shornima Zanies. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmOh, The Places You??ll Glow e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live.
7:15 pmDustin Nickerson Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmBenise North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Latin music in concert.
7:30 pmMillion Dollar Quartet Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmSix The Musical James M. Nederlander Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmChicago Symphony Orchestra: Marin Alsop With Michelle Cann & Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Ravinia Pavilion, Highland Park. Classical concert.
7:30 pmEarth, Wind and Fire & Chicago Allstate Arena, Rosemont. R&B / soul music performance.
7:30 pmEvil Dead - The Musical James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake. Live concert performance.
8:00 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
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 pmDexta Daps House of Blues Chicago. Reggae / reggaeton concert performance.
8:00 pmWinnetka Bowling League Lincoln Hall. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmBeehive Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmGrupo Clasificado Rosemont Theatre. Latin music in concert.
8:30 pmJah Wobble 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...

Sports

7:10 pmChicago White Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Guaranteed Rate Field. Major League Baseball professional baseball game.

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 amJack and the Beanstalk Beverly Art Center. Come along with Jack and his best friend Carmelita (a Spanish-Speaking Cow), as they try to save their village from a crazy...
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
8:00 pm-
12:00 am
Cocktails and Clay Hyde Park Art Center. Imagine happy hour... with clay! Join us at the Hyde Park Art Center for a night of mud-mashing, dance partying... 773-324-5520
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