October 13, 2023
Friday

Headliners

10:00 am-
5:00 pm
Fall Fest The Lincoln Park Zoo. The harvest-themed event will feature: a Pumpkin Walk, pumpkin patch, Patches' Pumpkin Bar & Grill, animal viewing...
7:00 pm-
11:00 pm
13th Floor Haunted House 13th Floor Haunted House, Melrose Park. 13th Floor combines two haunted houses in one place.

Festivals

10:00 am-
5:00 pm
Fall Fest The Lincoln Park Zoo. The harvest-themed event will feature: a Pumpkin Walk, pumpkin patch, Patches' Pumpkin Bar & Grill, animal viewing...
6:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. More than 1,000 hand-carved pumpkins will light up the night. Featured images of superheroes, celebrities...
7:00 pm-
11:00 pm
13th Floor Haunted House 13th Floor Haunted House, Melrose Park. 13th Floor combines two haunted houses in one place.

The Arts

6:00 pmPolaris Concord Music Hall. Live rock / metal music.
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 pmJimmy Carr Chicago Theatre. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmStyx Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana, Gary. Pop / rock performance.
7:00 pmDrunk Shakespeare Lion Theatre. Live theatrical performance.
7:00 pmOszusci North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmThe Lehman Trilogy Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmA Wonderful World Cadillac Palace Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmYoung Frankenstein Mercury Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmHamilton James M. Nederlander Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmG Flip Park West. Pop / rock performance.
7:30 pmLucinda Williams Riviera Theatre. Pop / rock performance.
7:30 pmPhish United Center. Alternative music performance.
7:30 pmThe Darkness The Vic Theater. Pop / rock performance.
7:30 pmJoffrey Ballet: Frankenstein Lyric Opera House of Chicago. Ballet theatrical 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 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 pmPour Minds Live City Winery. TV / radio taped program.
8:00 pmBotch Metro. Live rock / metal music.
8:00 pmVic DiBitetto Des Plaines Theatre. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmGypsy - The Musical Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmWhat the Constitution Means to Me Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmSuperheaven Bottom Lounge Restaurant. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmLittle River Band Copernicus Center. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmBand of Horses The Salt Shed. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmBriscoe S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Performing country music live.
8:00 pmJunior H Allstate Arena, Rosemont. Latin music in concert.
8:00 pmiLuminate Genesee Theatre, Waukegan. Live theatrical performance.
9:00 pmRod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press House of Blues Chicago. Pop / rock performance.
9:00 pmBlanco White Lincoln Hall. Pop / rock performance.
9:00 pmThe Emo Band Subterranean. Live concert performance.
9:00 pmGenesis Owusu Thalia Hall. Rap / hip hop music performance.
9:30 pmMolly Burch Sleeping Village. 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...
11:30 pmDopapod & Tauk Moore Chop Shop. Pop / rock 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
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