Things to do in Chicago this weekend
Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 1 · 97 listings. Times, venues and prices are as each listing gives them.
Friday, October 30
- Brahms Requiem
- Balloon Museum | EmotionAir - Art You Can Feel - Chicago
- Dom Dolla
- Hard Country Honky Tonk with The Hoyle Brothers
- Halloween Party at Howl at the Moon Chicago
- Periphery - A Pale White Dot US Tour
- Shadows on the Street: Haunted Tours of Historic Prairie Avenue — Glessner House
- Weston Estate
- Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Joanna Connor Blues Band
- Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwali Concert | October 30 — South Asia Institute
- The Book of Mormon (Chicago)
- UAU 2026 FANCON [Playlist #Your Youth] in Chicago
- ChiTown Drive-In Presents - Hocus Pocus
- The Winter's Tale
- Drunk Shakespeare: Drunk Dracula (21+ Event)
- Winyah
- Three Floyds 30th Anniversary Event with Pig Destroyer, Necrot, Eternal Champion, and Lair of The Minotaur
- Forbidden, Heathen, Void, Idol Throne
- Kokandy Productions Jekyll & Hyde (Chicago)
- Pu**y Peach — The Den Theatre
- The Winter's Tale
- Sanctum Dark Music Festival
- Don Lemon & DL Hughley: DL + DL 'Anything Goes'
- Topdog / Underdog - Friday, October 30, 2026 7:30 PM
- Hayward - Friday, October 30, 2026 7:30 PM
- 8TURN
- Adirondack Chair Circle - Friday, October 30, 2026 7:30 PM
- Vape! The Grease Parody
- Grupo Niche y Adolescentes Orquesta - Niche Disco Tour
- The Living Tombstone - The Multiplayer Tour
And 18 more on this day in the app.
Saturday, October 31
- Carmela Full of Wishes
- Adirondack Chair Circle - Saturday, October 31, 2026 3:00 PM
- Topdog / Underdog - Saturday, October 31, 2026 3:00 PM
- The Best of The Second City
- 38th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Readings — Glessner House
- Gods of Chaos Halloween
- Depaul Blue Demons Womens Volleyball vs. Creighton Blue Jays Womens Volleyball
- ChiTown Drive-In Presents - Monsters, Inc.
- WITCHES & WIZARDS BALL
- *SOLD OUT* The Empty Bottle Turns 34 with Post Animal / Gift (Early Show)
- Akeem Ali - The Texture Tour
- Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwali Concert Oct 31 — South Asia Institute
- Allison Russell w/ Autumn Nicholas
- Adirondack Chair Circle - Saturday, October 31, 2026 7:30 PM
- Topdog / Underdog - Saturday, October 31, 2026 7:30 PM
- THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ORIGINAL CAST SPOOKTACULAR TOUR
- Hayward - Saturday, October 31, 2026 7:30 PM
- Skalloween Ft. Noskalgia, Local Legends, Rude Echos
- Geese - Getting Killed Again Tour
- Arcángel - La 8va Maravilla World Tour
- Lilyisthatyou - The Flowers Have Feelings Tour
- Rod Wave: Don't Look Down Tour
- Dumpstaphunk
- Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press - Sports Edition Halloween Show
- Graveyard Bash Hosted By: DJ Saggitari
- Daft Disko Halloween: Chicago - Ages 21+
- Graveyard Bash Hosted By: DJ Saggitari
- Y2K: LA Era Del Perreo Halloween Edition (18 and Over)
- SWMRS, North By North, Repent
- Moe's N Co, Lyric and the New Band, Pleiades
And 2 more on this day in the app.
Sunday, November 1
- Bruce Liu
- Chicago 1971 - Afternoon Show
- Topdog / Underdog - Sunday, November 1, 2026 3:00 PM
- Hayward - Sunday, November 1, 2026 3:00 PM
- Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Omar Coleman Blues Band
- ChiTown Drive-In Presents - Coco
- James Tom Goes on a Mini-Tour, Casual Style
- Outlander in Concert
- Chicago 1971 - Evening Show
- Murray Hill
- Bad Gyal
- New Constellations: It Comes In Waves Tour with Vox Rea
- L7
- King Sickabilly, Universal Publick Fiend, Medicinal Moonshine
- Elanor Moss with Max Subar
- ChiTown Drive-In Presents - Nightmare on Elm Street
- International Anthem Presents: Jeremiah Chiu and Josh Johnson - Edge Conditions and Animative Dual Release Show
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