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October 2026
Thursday 1 October
- Founder’s Therapy - Coffee RoundtableBitter Pops
- Service Project @ El Paseo Community Gardens (Chicago-Pilsen)El Paseo Gardens
- Drop-In Sketching: In the Spirit of de Kooning (Oct 1)North Garden
- Thursday Afternoon StitchersSweet Moon
- AI Workshop with Microsoft and Neo4jMICROSOFT-MIDWEST DISTRICT
- "The State of American Opinion: The 2026 Survey" w/ Chicago CouncilPrudential Plaza
- Conversation: Mary Cassatt’s Voice—An Artist’s CorrespondenceRubloff Auditorium
- Books & Booze - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTBD
- Edgehill - The Moving Out TourSubterranean
- ShwayzeChop Shop
- LoukemanSmoke & Mirrors
Friday 2 October
- West Town Art Walk 2026West Town
- HomeDadCon - Chicago 2026 (Oct.2-3)Embassy Suites Chicago - Downtown
- Luminary Curator's Choice: Beyond Form—Abstraction at MidcenturyFullerton Hall, Galleries 124–127, Woman’s Board Grand Staircase
- Kitt Lyles’ Arabic Jazz Project at DouglassDouglass (Anna and Frederick) Park
- Icona PopLincoln Hall
- DJ ShadowVic Theatre
- Boy HarsherMetro
- W.I.T.C.H.Sleeping Village
- Northern Road X CombineBourbon On Division
- Ben BohmerRadius
- Ben Bohmer at RadiusRadius
- DennettConcord Music Hall
- Cat DealersSound-Bar
- Indo WarehouseCermak Hall
Saturday 3 October
- Cook + Serve with Fight2Feed: Saturday Serving MissionsMcCormick Place East Kitchen
- Saturday Morning Coffee and WriteSawada Coffee
- Casual Saturday (Recreational Ride)Kwa-Ma-Rolas
- Board Games at Chinatown Public LibraryChicago Public Library Chinatown Branch
- Crafter-morning @ Manny’s DeliManny's Coffee Shop & Deli
- ☕ Coffee, Culture & Conversation @ Café ColaoCafe Colao
- Puni: Filipino Palm Weaving4755 N Sheridan Rd
- Silent Book Club - October - 1st MeetBeermiscuous
- Let’s BrunchSummer House Santa Monica
- Diplo Run ClubHumboldt Park
- Christian Larumbe: Refugio In The Parks at CalumetCalumet Park
- IN-PERSON Fall New/Current Member Social @ The BrewedThe Brewed
- DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Goodman Theatre in the OwenGoodman Theatre
- Chicago SFF Book Club – Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyBeermiscuous
- You can't fake the FUNKBlack Ensemble Theater
- Low PhaseSubterranean
- Saturday Night Sessions w/ DJ MauricioEsco
- Boy Harsher Night 2Metro
- Kyle GordonSubterranean
- 2000S RaveOutset
- Rupaul (DJ Set)Radius
- Lineage Feat. Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy - Tony HumphriesSmartbar
- RupaulRadius
- Goddard. at Sound-Bar | Chicago,IlSound-Bar
- Seth David, Jaenga, Superave, SchmuxConcord Music Hall
- CostaChop Shop
Sunday 4 October
- Book Club and Tune-Up Hike @ LaBagh WoodsIrene C Hernandez Picnic Area
- Thriller Rehearsal!Traffic Jam Studio
- Center of the Elemental Spirit - The foundations of WiccaThe Cobblestone Society
- Free ConcertJefferson Park Field House
- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (1934)Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
- KAPCIE MAKING NIGHT 🐑🇵🇱Mari Pari
- Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats w/ Messa, ChicagoConcord Music Hall
- Jenna RaineChop Shop
Monday 5 October
Tuesday 6 October
- Horner Park and 312 RiverRun Slow WalkHorner Park Field House
- Tech Pulse 2030 ChicagoDiscovery Partners Institute
- Québec–U.S. Transit Rooftop ReceptionLondon House
- Mindfulness Meditation SessionLacuna Lofts
- Mind EnterprisesThalia Hall
- MoonySubterranean
- Chayse Porter & his Palace Doors, Captain KudzuHideout Chicago
Wednesday 7 October
- Chicago Women Entrepreneurs Mastermind Meet UpALTAR Community
- "Africa and the New Global Order" w/ Chicago Council on Global AffairsPrudential Plaza
- Location TBD: Learn and Play Euchre!to be announced
- The steak is the setting. The conversation is the reason.Swift & Sons
- ChicagoRuby x Prairie Postges @ Deinde FinancialDeinde Financial - Chicago Office
- Seat at the Table - TTRPGs for Women and Gender Minority PlayersStay and Play Game Cafe
- Debate your most unpopular view680 N. Lake Shore Dr.
- The Critique GroupArt Makers Outpost
- Skip the Small Talk: Make Friends, Not Small Talkkibbitznest books, brews & blarney
- RaaginderBeat Kitchen
- House De Gringo WednesdaysEsco
Thursday 8 October
- Chicago Physical AI Workshop and MeetupUIC Student Center East
- Developer Workflows in AI Age - Local or Cloud200 E Randolph St #200 Aon Center,
- Nahui Ollin Aztec Dance at West LawnWest Lawn Park
- Ravenswood Board Game Meetup - 2nd ThursdaysRavenswood Neighbors Association's Board Game Meetup at Chicago Northside Church of the Nazarene
- Buddha TrixieSubterranean
- Gorillaz - The Mountain TourUnited Center
- Don WestChop Shop
- Megasound, Billy Joel JrHideout Chicago
- Overmono - Pure Devotion TourCermak Hall
- Ivy LabSmoke & Mirrors
Friday 9 October
- John Prine’s ChicagoLincoln Park · Chicago History Museum
- Transilience: Chicago Trans Pride Festival at EckhartEckhart (Bernard) Park
- Contra Dance to Baba Yaga's Stew at PottawattomiePottawattomie Park
- The Heart of the Story at DouglassDouglass (Anna and Frederick) Park
- Monsters, JeromeSubterranean
- Devoted Unto Thee: Cultivating a Relationship with the Gods of the WitchesThe Cobblestone Society
- ElephanteSound-Bar
- Afrojack: ControlRadius
- Sabai X HoangConcord Music Hall
Saturday 10 October
- Cook + Serve with Fight2Feed: Saturday Serving MissionsMcCormick Place East Kitchen
- 2026 NWR Chicago Marathon Weekend600 W Cermak Rd
- Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded (The Psycho-Cybernetics Series)Overflow Coffee
- Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration at HarrisonHarrison (Carter) Park
- Yves Francois Rocambu Jazz at CraginCragin Park
- Chicago Spritz Fest - Bubbly Cocktail Tasting at I|O Godfrey RooftopIO Godfrey Rooftop Lounge
- Artist Talk: Ralph Johnson on Architecture in a Rapidly Changing WorldFullerton Hall
- Cuban/Filipino cuisine @ Bayan Ko DinerBayan Ko Diner
- FilipinxOutset
- LEAP - Entropy World TourSubterranean
- BoldenChop Shop
- Saturday Night Sessions w/ DJ MauricioEsco
- One Armed BoxerSubterranean
- William KissBassment
- Baby JConcord Music Hall
- Hamdi Fc vs. ChicagoRadius
- DuskyPrysm
- Baauer at HideawayHideaway
- JazzySpybar
- MaddixCermak Hall
- SickickSound-Bar
- Wata Igarashi * Brenda * ShantiSmartbar
- Taiki Nulight, Machinedrum b2b Cesco b2b Sam BingaRadius
- Hamdi Fc vs. Chicago at RadiusRadius
Sunday 11 October
- Higher Grounds Andersonville: Deeper ConversationsCollectivo Andersonville
- Maum Market ChicagoThe Bridgeport Art Center
- What Are Scientific Revolutions?Kapéj Coffee
- Slideshow Night! 🎤🌙 @ Lincoln Park LibraryLincoln Park Chicago Public Library
- Chicago Latino Dance Festival at HumboldtHumboldt (Alexander Von) Park
- CJFC Hōga Club Meetup: Destroy All MonstersGene Siskel Film Center
- KAPCIE MAKING NIGHT PT2🐑🇵🇱Mari Pari
- Upon Your Dead BodySubterranean
- Sophie's BodySubterranean
- Big Fat Head, Heavy Sleeper, Shy BroncoHideout Chicago
Monday 12 October
Tuesday 13 October
Wednesday 14 October
Thursday 15 October
Friday 16 October
Saturday 17 October
- Midwest Coast Brewing - RooftopMidwest Coast Brewing Company
- Silent Book Club - October - 2nd MeetBeermiscuous
- Board Gaming at the Skokie LibrarySkokie Public Library
- Chair Meditation with Sahaja Yoga - Chicago Public Library, Manning BranchChicago Public Library - Mable-Manning Branch
- Hoop Dancing with Starr Chief Eagle at SewardSeward (William) Park
- Chicago SFF Book Club – Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyBeermiscuous
- Homer: Odyssey (3 / 3)Bourgeois Pig Cafe
Sunday 18 October
Monday 19 October
Tuesday 20 October
Wednesday 21 October
Thursday 22 October
Friday 23 October
Saturday 24 October
- A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian PatriarchyGood Ambler
- Mitote Día De Los Muertos in La Ronda Parakata at BurnhamBurnham (Daniel) Park
- Speak Spanish Chicago (Near West Side Spanish Meetup)West Loop Branch, Chicago Public Library
- Beatmaker's Toolbox at SteelworkersSteelworkers Park
- Community Wide Song Circle Featuring Rabbi Micah ShapiroMah Tovu
Sunday 25 October
- Walking History: Exploring Chicago Parks at PalmisanoPalmisano (Henry) Park
- Higher Grounds Andersonville: Deeper ConversationsCollectivo Andersonville
- ***Live Play*** - CINDERELLAMorgan Park Academy Baer Theater
- #120: The Reformatory by Tananarive DueChicago Bee Branch, Chicago Public Library
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
- Discussion: The Correspondent by Virginia EvansChengdu Impression Edgewater 成都印象