The week · Friday 23 to Thursday 29 October 2026
What’s on across Chicago this week
76 events, every one read off the venue’s own page by a person. 19 of them cost nothing. Here is the week one day at a time, then cut by what you’re in the mood for. Only after Saturday and Sunday? Chicago events this weekend →
76
events this week
19
free
33
classes and workshops
4
screenings
Three for the week
$45Fri 23 · 7:30 PMWheel Throwing for BeginnersColor Cocktail Factory · West Loop & Near WestLogan Square Farmers Market
See venueSat 24 · 10:00 AMLogan Square Indoor Farmers MarketLogan Square Farmers Market · Northwest SideDuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
$55.20Sun 25 · 12:00 PMWhisk Broom Weaving with Abeni PiersonDuSable Black History Museum and Education Center · South SideThe week, day by day
Three picks a day. Times are local; prices as printed.
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Cut it by what you’re in the mood for
The same week, four ways. Each one is a path of its own: one stop a day, Monday to Sunday, with the price of the whole week added up.
Free, and worth leaving the house for
6 of the 19. Free means free: where a listing needs registration, the card says so. The whole free week →
Free · registerFri 23 · 10:00 AMMorning GloriesGarfield Park Conservatory · West Loop & Near WestChicago Botanic Garden
FreeFri 23 · 6:30 PMNight of 1,000 Jack-o'-LanternsChicago Botanic Garden · Evanston & North ShorePeggy Notebaert Nature Museum
FreeSat 24 · 1:00 PMMonarch Migration Nature WalksPeggy Notebaert Nature Museum · North SideISAC Museum (Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)
Free · registerSat 24 · 1:30 PMISAC Discovery ToursISAC Museum (Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures) · South SidePolish Museum of America
FreeSun 25 · 2:00 PMHighlander DayPolish Museum of America · West Loop & Near WestMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago
FreeTue 27 · 7:00 AMSOAR Farmers MarketMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Downtown & Near NorthGet this every Monday morning
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