| 10:00 am | C2E2: Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo - Friday McCormick Place Lakeside Center. Visitors can come and enjoy the fair / festival. |
| 6:40 pm | Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox Rate Field. MLB Baseball Game. 312-674-1000 |
| 7:00 pm | Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Wizards United Center. National Basketball Association professional basketball game. |
| 10:00 am | C2E2: Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo - Friday McCormick Place Lakeside Center. Visitors can come and enjoy the fair / festival. |
| 6:30 pm | Dancenter North: Illumination James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake. Dance theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Tony Baker Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Listeners Lyric Opera House of Chicago. Operatic theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Sunny Afternoon The Yard. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Free Throw Metro. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Shapel Lacey - Comedian Zanies. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Axiom Brass Quintet Gorton Center, Lake Forest. Jazz / blues concert performance. |
| 7:15 pm | Vince Carone Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:30 pm | Titanique - Musical Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Moulin Rouge - The Musical Cadillac Palace Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Harry Bicket & The Joffrey Ballet Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 7:30 pm | Ken Ludwig?ås The Three Musketeers Woodstock Opera House. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Visions of Atlantis The Forge, Joliet. Live rock / metal music. |
| 7:30 pm | Amy Grant Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Titanic - The Musical Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Prayer for the French Republic North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 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 | Danae Hays Athenaeum Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Ani Difranco Thalia Hall. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Our Town McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Geoff Tate's Operation: Mindcrime The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Matt Hansen Lincoln Hall. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Kevin Atwater Subterranean. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Tom Papa Chicago Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Jack White The Salt Shed. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Ashley Monroe S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Dead Boys The WC Social Club, West Chicago. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | David Sedaris Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:30 pm | Gustavo Cortinas Constellation. Jazz / blues concert 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... |
| 6:40 pm | Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox Rate Field. MLB Baseball Game. 312-674-1000 |
| 7:00 pm | Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Wizards United Center. National Basketball Association professional basketball game. |
| 7:00 pm | New Japan Pro Wrestling Wintrust Arena. Wrestling sport match. |
| 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 am | Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000 |
| 1:00 pm | Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000 |
| 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 |
| 7:30 pm | Jeff Wittek Park West. TV / radio taped program. |
| 8:00 pm | Tennessee Whiskey - Tribute to Chris Stapleton Joe's Sports Bar. Live concert performance. |
| 6:00 pm | Red Velvet Burlesque Show Y Bar. Adult themed event. |
| 6:00 pm | Red Lace Burlesque Show and Variety Show Red Lace Burlesque. Adult themed event. |
