| 1:30 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Marek Janowski - Liszt & Bruckner Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 6:30 pm | Ax and the Hatchetmen The Outset. Alternative music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Blue 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 pm | Coached Ensembles Donny's Skybox Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Drunk Shakespeare Lion Theatre. Live theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Harry Potter and The Cursed Child James M. Nederlander Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Second City Mainstage Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Sahib Singh Zanies. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Second City e.t.c.'s 48th Revue e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Jason Banks Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Kurt Travis Bottom Lounge Restaurant. Live rock / metal music. |
| 7:00 pm | Pericles Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Annie Chicago Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Choir of Man Apollo Theater Chicago. Performance series. |
| 7:30 pm | Little Shop Of Horrors North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | A Beautiful Noise - The Neil Diamond Musical Cadillac Palace Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Play That Goes Wrong James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine Genesee Theatre, Waukegan. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | A Christmas Story Woodstock Opera House. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Taylorville The Hobart Art Theater. Live concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Blue 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 pm | Les Miserables Cadillac Palace Theatre. Live On Stage. |
| 8:00 pm | Bye 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 pm | Jeanie Doogan CG's Comedy Club, Bolingbrook. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Frozen - The Musical Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Front 242 Metro. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | La Femme - Band Thalia Hall. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Field Guide Schubas Harmony Grill. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Irving Berlin's White Christmas Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Zebra The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | The Crystal Method & Rabbit In The Moon The Piazza, Aurora. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Shanin Blake Joe's Sports Bar. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Fruition Lincoln Hall. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Emily King Old Town School of Folk Music. R&B / soul music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Tycho The Salt Shed. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Town Mountain & John R. Miller S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Cougars Burlington Bar. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:30 pm | Yarn Fitzgerald's Nightclub, Berwyn. Alternative music performance. |
| 9:00 pm | Kasbo House of Blues Chicago. Pop / rock performance. |
| 10:00 pm | Bye 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 pm | Wooli Radius. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 10:00 pm | Wild Pink Empty Bottle. Alternative music performance. |
| 11:00 pm | Second City After Hours: A Late Night Improv Show UP Comedy Club. Comedic performance live. |
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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 |
| 7:00 pm | Chris Tomlin NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates. Religious concert performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Pasta Queen Live: Nadia Caterina Park West. Lecture event. |
| 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 |
