| 1:20 pm | Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals Wrigley Field. MLB Baseball Game. 773-404-2827 |
| 6:30 pm | Grant Park Music Festival: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Giancarlo Guerrero closes the 2026 season with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, preceded by works... |
| 7:00 pm | The Concert - A Tribute to ABBA Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana, Gary. Live concert performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Beach Boys RiverEdge Park, Aurora. Pop / rock performance. |
| 6:00 pm- 10:00 pm | Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest A street art fair with over 130 artist-vendors, & live entertainment on three outdoor stages featuring over 40 acts. Experience art, theater... |
| 6:30 pm | Grant Park Music Festival: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Giancarlo Guerrero closes the 2026 season with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, preceded by works... |
| 6:00 pm | Jump - Van Halen Tribute Naper Settlement, Naperville. Live concert performance. |
| 6:30 pm | Candlelight: Tribute to Drake Stan Mansion. Live concert performance. |
| 6:30 pm | The Second City Mainstage 114th Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Comedysportz Malarkey Comedy Kingsbury Theater. The ultimate comedy battle where two improv teams compete for laughs and points! A witty Ref keeps the... |
| 7:00 pm | Anthony Rodia Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Andy Hendrickson Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Outsiders Cadillac Palace Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | The Notebook - The Musical CIBC Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | West Side Story North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Lettuce Garcia's. Alternative music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Tiera O'Leary Gino's East of Chicago. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Luh Tyler Avondale Music Hall. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | The Notebook - The Musical James M. Nederlander Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Dutch Melrose Subterranean. Alternative music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Fiddlehead Thalia Hall. Alternative music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Dimmu Borgir The Vic Theater. Live rock / metal music. |
| 7:00 pm | Tumua Zanies. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Concert - A Tribute to ABBA Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana, Gary. Live concert performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Flip Circus Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg. Circus live event. |
| 7:15 pm | James Austin Johnson The Den Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:30 pm | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Auditorium Theatre. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings African-American artistic expression and the American modern... 312-922-2110 |
| 7:30 pm | J. Holiday City Winery. R&B / soul music performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Dear Hunter House of Blues Chicago. Alternative music performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Beach Boys RiverEdge Park, Aurora. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Iceboy! The Musical or The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O'Neill Came to Write ""The Iceman Cometh"" Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Three Pianos Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island. Pop / rock performance with Something Corporate, Jacks Mannequin, & Andrew McMahon in... |
| 7:30 pm | Champions Of Magic Studebaker Theater. Entertaining magic show. |
| 7:30 pm | 40 Below Summer The Forge, Joliet. Live rock / metal music. |
| 7:30 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Steve Hackman - Brahms X Radiohead Ravinia Park, Highland Park. Classical concert. |
| 7:30 pm | This is My Moment Steppenwolf Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Marble by Marina Carr Filament Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Tori Amos Auditorium Theatre. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Adrian Vandenberg The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Second Hand News - Tribute to Fleetwood Mac Metro. Live concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Hugo - Tribute to Journey Des Plaines Theatre. Live concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | American Football - Band The Salt Shed. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Shotgun Willie The Hobart Art Theater. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Janet Blackwell Bookclub Chicago. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Braxton Cook S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Jazz / blues concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Jamey Johnson The Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond. Performing country music live. |
| 8:30 pm | Trapper Schoepp Fitzgerald's Nightclub, Berwyn. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:30 pm | Babymorocco Schubas Harmony Grill. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 8:45 pm | Candlelight: Ed Sheeran Meets Coldplay The Arts Center of Oak Park. Live concert performance. |
| 9:15 pm | Chris Andrade - In Spanish Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live. |
| 9:30 pm | Windy City Rev & The Hootenanny Band Carol's Pub. Pop / rock performance. |
| 10:00 pm | Darude Sound Bar. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 10:00 pm | BL3SS The Outset. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 1:20 pm | Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals Wrigley Field. MLB Baseball Game. 773-404-2827 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Istock Family Look-In Lab Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Explore the Nature Museum's live collections of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates... 773-755-5100 |
| 11:00 am | Best of Shedd Tour Shedd Aquarium. Discover the aquarium like never before with a 75 minute guided tour that includes behind-the-scenes access, front-row seats... |
| 9:30 am- 3:45 pm | Home and Studio: Inside and Out Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park. Pair a guided tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio with a self-guided... 312-994-4000 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Discover over 40 exotic butterfly species and colorful birds in a tropical 2,700 sq. ft. greenhouse... 773-755-5100 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | RiverWorks Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Splash through this waterplay experience and learn about Chicago's waterways and how they... 773-755-5100 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Wilderness Walk Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Three meticulously re-created environments in Wilderness Walk immerse visitors in a prairie... 773-755-5100 |
| 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 |
| 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Gilt Bar Happy Hour Gilt Bar Chicago. Enjoy a variety of crave-worthy bites and drinks, starting with sliders like the American cheeseburger & hot fried chicken... |
| 4:00 pm- 6:00 pm | Grazing Hour Cabra. Dig into bold bites like Spicy Sticky Wings, Pork Belly Sliders, and mix-and-match Empanadas, paired with drink specials including... |
| 4:00 pm | Delilah's Rock n Roll Jukebox Delilah's. Features Juke Box Friday spins starting at 9pm with $3 Labatt Blue, $3 Maker's Mark Bourbon. |
| 5:00 pm- 2:00 am | Fridays at Cerise Cerise Rooftop. Sip, sway, and take in the skyline views. Sunset Set White Owl, 5pm-9pm and Night Shift with Local Chicago DJs from 9pm-2am... |
| 7:00 pm | Trivia Night at The Pink Squirrel The Pink Squirrel. Hosted by Whaddayaknow Trivia. |
| 8:00 pm | New Wave Dance Party The WC Social Club, West Chicago. Live concert performance. |
| 9:00 pm | Trapped in a Musical Malarkey Comedy Kingsbury Theater. A fully improvised Broadway-style show where you decide the story, characters, and chaos. With no script... |
