| 9:00 am- 6:00 pm | Lincoln Square Apple Fest Held each fall in Chicago's Lincoln Square, this harvest-themed festival celebrates the season with apples, local vendors, food and drinks... |
| 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | Boo! at the Zoo Brookfield Zoo. Includes trick-or-treating, costume parades, pumpkin decorating, 'not-so-scary' activities, and animal enrichment... |
| 2:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 8:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 9:00 am- 6:00 pm | Lincoln Square Apple Fest Held each fall in Chicago's Lincoln Square, this harvest-themed festival celebrates the season with apples, local vendors, food and drinks... |
| 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | Boo! at the Zoo Brookfield Zoo. Includes trick-or-treating, costume parades, pumpkin decorating, 'not-so-scary' activities, and animal enrichment... |
| 2:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 2:00 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 |
| 2:00 pm | Mean Girls Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 pm | Jekyll & Hyde Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 pm | Operation Mincemeat CIBC Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 3:00 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 |
| 5:30 pm | Cryogeyser Beat Kitchen. Alternative music performance. |
| 6:00 pm | Comedysportz Malarkey Comedy Kingsbury Theater. The ultimate comedy battle where two improv teams compete for laughs and points! A witty Ref keeps the... |
| 6:30 pm | Emil Wakim Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live. |
| 6:30 pm | The Second City Mainstage 114th Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 6:30 pm | Pertinence All Rise Brewing Company. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | John Heffron Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Zolita Chop Shop. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Ali Macofsky Zanies. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Matthew Broussard Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | You Can't Fake the Funk Black Ensemble Theater. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Bill Burr Chicago Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Dauood Naimyar Gino's East of Chicago. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Play On! The Yard. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Doja Cat United Center. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Klaus Makela - Mahler 9 Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 7:30 pm | KevOnStage Athenaeum Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:30 pm | Buzzcocks Park West. Alternative music performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Shane - The Play City Lit Theater. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 8:00 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 |
| 8:00 pm | Comedysportz Malarkey Comedy Kingsbury Theater. The ultimate comedy battle where two improv teams compete for laughs and points! A witty Ref keeps the... |
| 8:00 pm | Banda MS Allstate Arena, Rosemont. Latin music in concert. |
| 8:00 pm | Tommy James and The Shondells The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Boy Harsher Metro. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Edith Marquez Copernicus Center. Latin music in concert. |
| 8:00 pm | Mt. Joy Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Come From Away Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Garcia's. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Los Lonely Boys Des Plaines Theatre. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers Cahn Auditorium, Evanston. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Cristian Castro Rosemont Theatre. Latin music in concert. |
| 8:00 pm | Leonid & Friends - A Tribute To Chicago North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Live concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Brand New Aragon Ballroom. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Alana Springsteen Joe's Sports Bar. Performing country music live. |
| 8:00 pm | Juice - Rock Band Lincoln Hall. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Kyle Gordon Subterranean. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Amelie Farren S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:30 pm | The Chicks Auditorium Theatre. Performing country music live. |
| 10:00 pm | RuPaul Radius. Pop / rock performance. |
| 1:00 pm | Roosevelt Lakers vs. Michigan Tech Huskies Roosevelt University. College football (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game. |
| 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... |
| 9:00 am- 4:00 pm | Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk 2026 Montrose Harbor. A community suicide prevention event hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) that raises awareness... |
| 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 |
| 10:00 am- 2:00 pm | Weekend Brunch at Cindy's Cindy's Rooftop. Menu items features Cindy's Breakfast Platter, Stuffed French Toast, Quiche, Braised Pork Croque Madame, Salmon Carpaccio... |
| 10:00 am- 3:00 pm | Brunch at Aba's Aba. Enjoy Acai Bowl, Strawberry Rhubarb Biscuit, Chocolate Babka French Toast, Avocado & Spinach Frittata, Shawarma-Spiced Skirt Steak... |
| 11:00 am- 1:00 pm | Hangover Happy Hour Bub City. Features $6 Bloody Mary's and Espresso Martinis. |
| 11:00 am- 3:00 pm | Bub's Brunch Bub City. Brunch favorites include sweet Cinnamon Sticky Buns, the hearty Day Breaker Burrito, Egg White Tacos, a Bacon, Egg and Cheeseburger... |
| 11:00 am- 18:00 am | Weekend Brunch at Ema Ema. Weekend brunch features fresh favorites like Soft Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms and parmesan cream, a vibrant Acai Bowl with fruit and... |
| 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 | Delilah's Rock n Roll Jukebox Delilah's. Saturdays features $3 Genesee Cream Ale, $3 Evan Williams Bourbon. |
