| 1:00 pm- 10:00 pm | Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer Credit Union 1 Arena. The festival features 350+ beers in 13 styles, with a focus on wood- and barrel-aged brews like bold stouts, barleywines... |
| 7:30 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 |
| 10:00 am- 7:00 pm | Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. An annual holiday event featuring a 1.3-mile illuminated trail with light, sound, and color... 847-835-8370 |
| 1:00 pm- 10:00 pm | Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer Credit Union 1 Arena. The festival features 350+ beers in 13 styles, with a focus on wood- and barrel-aged brews like bold stouts, barleywines... |
| 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 | Jersey Boys CIBC Theatre. The smash hit Broadway musical, Jersey Boys, is the story of the rise of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons set to their hits... |
| 7:00 pm | Arnez J Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Nikki Glaser Chicago Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Kevin Nealon Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Almost Monday House of Blues Chicago. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Andy Haynes Gino's East of Chicago. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Amber Autry The Vic Theater. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Deana Carter Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet. Performing country music live. |
| 7:00 pm | Maggie Hughes DePalo Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Patti LaBelle Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana, Gary. R&B / soul music performance. |
| 7:30 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 |
| 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 | Frozen - The Musical Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Andrew Bird & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 7:30 pm | Ethan Regan Thalia Hall. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Bored Teachers North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. TV / radio taped program. |
| 7:30 pm | King Hedley II City Lit Theater. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:45 pm | All American Throwbacks The Vixen, McHenry. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Firehouse & Steelheart The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Tyrone Wells S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Sam Grisman Project Garcia's. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Porch Light Lincoln Hall. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Palace - Band The Salt Shed. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Black Violin Hollywood Casino, Joliet. Jazz / blues concert performance. |
| 8:30 pm | Them Coulee Boys Fitzgerald's Nightclub, Berwyn. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:00 pm | DePaul Blue Demons Volleyball vs. St. Johns Red Storm DePaul University. College (Div I-A and Div I-AA) volleyball match. |
| 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. |
| 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... |
