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Friday, November 27214 events

All day
Bikes, Bites, and Brews: Chicago's Signature Dishes Bike Tour
Bobby's Bike Hike - Chicago Bike, Walking & Food Tours$88.95+
Also at 11:30 a.m.
Food & Drink
All day
Blind Draw Dart Tournament
Ill., Gregory Arena
All day
Candle Making Class On Magnificent Mile
900 North Michigan Shops$75
Classes & Talks
All day
Chicago Hauntings Original Ghost Walk through Old Chicago
Reid Murdoch Building, 325 N LaSalle Dr, Chicago, IL, 60654$40
All day
Chicago Instagram Walking Tour: Most Famous Spots
521 N State St$152.95+
Also at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Tours & Attractions
All day
Chicago Loop Secret Food Tour
805 S State St$68+
Also at 11:30 a.m.
Food & Drink
All day
Chicago's Chinatown Food and Walking Tour
Phoenix Restaurant$9.94+Family
Also at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Food & Drink
All day
Chris Greene Quartet
Local Note Jazz Club
Music
All day
Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$14.95+
Arts & Culture
All day
Drunk Shakespeare Chicago
The Lion Theatre Chicago
Theater & Dance
All day
Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum$13+
Arts & Culture
All day
Fulton Market Delicious Donut Adventure & Walking Food Tour
Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken$70
Food & Drink
All day
Haunted Chicago Ghost and Pub Walking Tour
Glascott’s Saloon$35.82+
Festivals & Holidays
All day
Holiday Magic at Brookfield Zoo Chicago
Brookfield Zoo Chicago Discovery Center$14.95+Family
Family & Kids
All day
Karaoke at Trader Todd's
Trader Todd's
Community
All day
Learn To Make Mole The Real Mexican Way Before Lunch
West Iowa Street$186
Classes & Talks
All day
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
The Art Institute of Chicago$26+
Arts & Culture
All day
Offbeat Street Art Tour of Chicago: Urban Graffiti and Murals
The Goddess and Grocer, 1649 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, 60647$24.95+
Also at 10 a.m.
Tours & Attractions
All day
Pete the Cat (at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts)
George Van Dusen Theatre At North Shore Center For The Performing Arts$28Family
Family & Kids
All day
Racing Simulator Pop-up with Fast Lane Chicago
Double Clutch Brewing Company
All day
Retirement for Commander Bradley Batka
Engine 16
All day
Rudolph Runs Wild... (at Second City)
UP Comedy Club at Second City - Chicago$37Family
Family & Kids
All day
TBA Girls Varsity Basketball @ Benet Academy
Benet Academy High School
Sports
All day
TBA Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lyons
Lyons Township High School North Campus
Sports
All day
Theater of The Mind
The Reid Murdoch Building$45+
Theater & Dance
All day
Underground Donut Tour - Chicago's First Donut Tour
Doughnut Vault$57.95+
Also at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Food & Drink
All day
Village Holiday
Interim Housing Center
All day
Vivid Creatures at the Morton Arboretum
The Morton ArboretumFamily
Family & Kids
All day
Windy City Ghosts: Hauntings of Chicago Walking Tour
Oz Park, Tin Man$26
Tours & Attractions
All day
Wintrust Winter WonderFest at Navy Pier
Navy Pier - ComplexFamily
Festivals & Holidays
All day
Woods Walk
Hidden Oaks Nature CenterFree
Outdoors
12 a.m.
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
The Annoyance Theatre & BarFree
Comedy
12 a.m.
Inner Worlds: Visions from the Hirshhorn Collection
Wrightwood 659$20
Arts & Culture
12 a.m.12 p.m.
Lilith Fair
5750 Lakeside Dr Lisle IL 60532
Arts & Culture
12 a.m.
The Chicago Theatre Tour Experience
Nederlander Theatre Chicago$55+
Theater & Dance
3 a.m.3 p.m.
Festival of Lights & Tree Sale
1356 N Gary Ave, Wheaton, IL
Festivals & Holidays
3:30 a.m.5:30 a.m.
dasq live dj set
Holiday Light - CD releaseFree
Music
6 a.m.11 p.m.
Lilith Fair
BaseCamp Pub & Eatery$12.51+
6:30 a.m.7:30 a.m.
Kettlebell Strength and Condition Class
Chicago Movement Collective Inc.$25
Health & Wellness
7 a.m.8 a.m.
Chicago YOPD
MvmtRevolution
7 a.m.10 p.m.
Chicagoland Giving Machine Kiosks
Pioneer CourtFree
Community
7 a.m.8 a.m.
Deerfield YOPD Neuro Fight Club
MvmtRevolution
7 a.m.11 a.m.
Fast Track to Logistics Top Jobs Training
WorkOne GaryFree
Classes & Talks
7:30 a.m.
Chicago Blackhawks 26-27
USG Arena at Blackhawks Ice Center
Sports
8 a.m.4 p.m.
Basketball-JV Boys - VS Bremen Turkey Tourney (Game)
Bremen High School
8 a.m.
Board of Fire & Police Commissioners Meeting
Board Room at Village Hall
8 a.m.
Calls from The Clauses
Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center
8 a.m.10 a.m.
Demo Yoga in the Park
Demo Pumpkin Farm$11.63+
Also at 1:45 p.m.
Health & Wellness
8 a.m.
The Field Museum of Natural History: Early Access + Guided Tour + Exhibitions
The Field Museum$73Family
Arts & Culture
8 a.m.5 p.m.
Who’s Holiday!
Theater WIT$42+
Theater & Dance
8 a.m.5 p.m.
“Pulitzer on the Road: Prize-Winning Works That Inform, Empower & Inspire”
Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Arts & Culture
8:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Budding Builders
White Oak Library District: Romeoville BranchFamily
Family & Kids
8:45 a.m.10:15 a.m.
Mini Mavericks - Child Enrichment Playdate (FREE)
2101 N Fremont StFreeFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.
11/28-12/30: Festival of Lights & Tree Sale
Cosley ZooFreeFamily
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.
2026 Black Friday BCBS Release Party
The Open Door Taproom & Bottleshop
Food & Drink
9 a.m.10 a.m.
ARTstravaganza!: Play Dough
Lisle Library DistrictFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.1 p.m.
Black Friday: Supper Club
Sixty Three Social$39.19+
Also at 3 p.m.
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Drop-in Craft
Westmont Public Library
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Effective Presentation & Public Speaking 1 Day Workshop in Naperville, IL
640 S Washington ST, Suite 212, Naperville, IL$445+
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.
Emo Night Brooklyn
Cobra Lounge - Chicago
Music
9 a.m.9:45 a.m.
Fit 4 Life
50 S Emerson St
9 a.m.
Garden Club - Feeding Birds & Wildlife
20601 LaGrange Rd
Outdoors
9 a.m.4 p.m.
Goodnight Moon Exhibition at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$17
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.
Nov 27-30, 2026
Chicago, IL$3536.25
9 a.m.
Pokémon Fossil Museum
The Field Museum$30
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.7 p.m.
Red Cross Lifeguard Recertification Course
McGaw YMCAFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.12 p.m.
Somme Woods
Somme WoodsFree
9 a.m.9 p.m.
Teen Take & Make
City of Des Plaines Public LibraryFreeFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Yuletide Treasures: An Artisan Holiday Market
DuPage Art League School and GalleryFree
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.
Chicago TARDIS
The Westin Chicago Lombard
9:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
workNet DuPage Let's Talk Job Search
workNet DuPage Career Center
Classes & Talks
9:45 a.m.10:30 a.m.
jBaby Bim Bam Baby | Nov 13 – Dec 18 2026
Temple Jeremiah$75
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12 p.m.
11/27/2026 Indy Pickleball 10a-12p 7250 Woodward, Woodridge
Pickled! Woodridge
Sports
10 a.m.12 p.m.
11/27/2026 Pickleball 10-12pm @WHEATON 288 E GENEVA RD
Pickled
Sports
10 a.m.5 p.m.
American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture
American Writers Museum
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.6 p.m.
BOO! at the Zoo
Brookfield Zoo Chicago Discovery CenterFreeFamily
Tours & Attractions
10 a.m.
Balloon Museum | EmotionAir - Art You Can Feel - Chicago
The Fields Studio$31.61+Family
Also at 10 a.m.
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.7 p.m.
Balloon Museum | EmotionAir - Art You Can Feel - Flex Ticket
The Fields Studios South — Studios 6 & 7Family
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.11 a.m.
Book Builders
Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library, 8th Fl., Room 8S-14Family
Family & Kids
10 a.m.11 a.m.
Bubble Friday
Carol Stream
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Castle
Chicago Children’s Museum, 700 E Grand Ave
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.
Charles White Across Media: A Visual Archive
Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, University of ChicagoFree
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.
Chicago Fall Artisan & Small Business Market
205 E Randolph StFree
Business & Networking
10 a.m.
Chicago Signature Makers Fair
Grant ParkFree
Community
10 a.m.
Chicago TARDIS 2026
Yorktown Center
10 a.m.
Chicagoland Giving Machine Initiative
The Shops at North BridgeFree
Community
10 a.m.
Creative Writing Workshop
Budlong Woods, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.
Daniel Allan
Concord Music Hall
10 a.m.8 p.m.
Feztival of Trees
Medinah BanquetsFree
10 a.m.
Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem
Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601$15
Also at 10 a.m.
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.
Holiday Season Kick-Off Weekend
Downtown Downers GroveFree
10 a.m.
ISAC Exhibit: Hartapu: The Forgotten King of Anatolia
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, Breasted Hall
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Move and Groove
Lemont Public Library
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Southside Strong Veterans Coffee Chat at Benjamin O. Davis VFW Post 311
VFW Post 311
10 a.m.
The Chicago Theatre Tour Experience
The Lion Theatre Chicago$28+
Also at 12 p.m.
Theater & Dance
10 a.m.
The Odyssey Reimagined
The National Hellenic Museum
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.11 a.m.
Wendy Walker & The Chocolate Dispute
The Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy$54+Family
Family & Kids
10 a.m.
Wintrust Winter WonderFest
Navy Pier’s Festival HallFamily
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.10 p.m.
Wondra: Immerse yourself in the magic of nature
5 Woodfield Mall$16.49+Family
Outdoors
10 a.m.12 p.m.
“The City Got Talent”
“The City Got Talent”$150
Music
10:30 a.m.11 a.m.
Cuentos en Español
Elmwood Park Public LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Holiday Bouquet - Paint and Sip in Chicago | Classpop!™
Pinot's Palette Woodridge$43.45
Classes & Talks
10:30 a.m.
Open Play Time
West Loop Branch, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Classes & Talks
10:30 a.m.1 p.m.
🎄✨ Christkindl, Windows & Wiener Schnitzel: A Festive Chicago Triple! 🍽️🎅
Christkindlmarket - Daley Plaza
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.
Balloon Museum - Chicago
The Fields Studios South — Studios 6 & 7
Also at 1:30 p.m.
Theater & Dance
11 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Black Friday Goat Yoga & Goat Fun!
Nature's Trail Yoga$35
Health & Wellness
11 a.m.1 p.m.
Bryd Thanksgiving Tournament - 5th Place Game
M'Cann Gym$5
Sports
11 a.m.
Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza
Christkindlmarket - Daley PlazaFreeFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.
Cutting and Pasting a World: The Paper Craft of Henry Darger
Intuit Art Museum$20
Also at 11 a.m.
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.10 p.m.
Flyover Experience in Chicago
The Butterfly House at Navy Pier$17+
Classes & Talks
11 a.m.12 p.m.
Free Weekly Self-Defense Class
True Style JiuFree
Classes & Talks
11 a.m.
Hejsan!
Swedish American Museum
11 a.m.1 p.m.
Holiday market and book club
WaterShed Cafe
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.6 p.m.
LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style Exhibit
School of the Art InstituteFree
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.
Lee Miller: Fearless
The Art Institute of Chicago$26+
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.4 p.m.
Monthly Open House
Prairie Scale Model Railroad
11 a.m.
Northwestern Wildcats Women's Basketball vs DePaul
Welsh Ryan Arena / McGaw Hall
Sports
11 a.m.1 p.m.
Pep Step
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
11 a.m.
Rudolph Runs Wild
The Second City Mainstage Theatre$30Family
Comedy
11 a.m.3 p.m.
Sensory Friendly Friday
The Insect Asylum$28.52Family
Family & Kids
11 a.m.
Skating in the Park
Parkway Bank Park Entertainment District$8
Sports
11 a.m.8:40 p.m.
Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience
Germania Place$26.39+Family
Family & Kids
11 a.m.
The Shops - BLACK FRIDAY Edition! 1/2/3 Day Vending Opportunities!
IRL (in real life) at Water Tower Place$28.52+
Business & Networking
11:15 a.m.12:45 p.m.
Good Steps & Good People Line Dance 11/27
Dole Center Studio 5 – Dance/Fitness (2nd Floor)
Classes & Talks
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Basketball-V Girls @ St. Laurence HS (Game)
St. Laurence Gym
11:30 a.m.
Tinley Park Girls Varsity Basketball @ St. Laurence
St. Laurence High School
Sports
12 p.m.9 p.m.
Black Friday Bourbon County Brand Stout Tapping
Brewhouse 41
Food & Drink
12 p.m.1 p.m.
Cicada Pinning for Kids ages 5-17
The Insect Asylum$31.51+
Classes & Talks
12 p.m.3 p.m.
Friends Used Book Sale
Glen Ellyn Public LibraryFamily
Markets & Shopping
12 p.m.3 p.m.
Give Back Friday
Emmanuel Baptist ChurchFree
Community
12 p.m.1 p.m.
Glen Ellyn-Rock Steady Boxing
Movement Revolution
Also at 1 p.m.
Sports
12 p.m.2 p.m.
H.O.P.E. Food Pantry
Hope Food PantryFamily
Community
12 p.m.5 p.m.
Katie Luo: Breathing in Color: Landscape Impressions
Elmhurst Art MuseumFree
Arts & Culture
12 p.m.1:30 p.m.
Naperville Central Tip Off Tournament: Homewood Flossmoor vs. Southland College Prep
Benet Academy High School$6
Sports
12 p.m.4 p.m.
Open Studio
Awakenings Art
12 p.m.
The JukeBox Heroes
Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese
12 p.m.
The Lilith Affair: Tributes to Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan'
BaseCamp Pub & Eatery
12 p.m.1 p.m.
West Region Healthy Chicago invites you to Flex Friday Move & Groove!
Sinai Community Institute
12:30 p.m.2:30 p.m.
Bryd Thanksgiving Tournament - 3rd Place Game
M'Cann Gym$5
Sports
12:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.
Mtg Commander Free Play
2641 N Kedzie Ave
1 p.m.6 p.m.
Blue Man Group – A New Holiday Surprise
CIBC Theatre$49
Theater & Dance
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Cream Glue Division Studio (Phone Case)
Division Studio$52
Also at 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.2 p.m.
Family fun: Hands-On Pasta Shaping Express Workshop
Eataly Chicago$60.40
Food & Drink
1 p.m.
Freeform Friday
Kelly, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Holiday Walk at the Library
Glen Ellyn Public LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
1 p.m.6 p.m.
Jurassic Quest – Chicago, IL
Schaumburg Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center$29.93+Family
Family & Kids
1 p.m.4 p.m.
Last Day for Capt. Michael Sullivan
Engine 121
1 p.m.
Mahjong: Forward Chicago
Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.
Mrs. Doubtfire
James M. Nederlander Theatre$49
Theater & Dance
1 p.m.9 p.m.
Mrs. Doubtfire – The Musical
Nederlander Theatre at Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Theater & Dance
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Rustic Winter Barn - Paint and Sip in Chicago | Classpop!™
Pinot's Palette Woodridge$47.73
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Steppin’ With the Seniors – Dance Event
WHA/Good NeighborFree
1 p.m.2:30 p.m.
Stitch Fix: Fiber Arts Group
Mokena Community Public Library District
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.9 p.m.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Cadillac Palace Theatre$49
Theater & Dance
1 p.m.
The Sound of Music
Music Box Theatre$15+
Arts & Culture
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Weekly Food Pantry
1448 S Homan Ave
1 p.m.3:15 p.m.
🎅🎄 6th Annual Holiday Dinner Under the Great Tree at the Walnut Room! 🎁🍽️
Marshall Field's Walnut Room at Macy's$4
Festivals & Holidays
1:15 p.m.2:15 p.m.
Evanston Rock Steady Boxing
TITLE Boxing Club Evanston
Sports
1:30 p.m.
Annie
Drury Lane Theatre - Oakbrook Terrace
Also at 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Architecture of the Magnificent Mile
Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601$35Family
1:30 p.m.3 p.m.
Chicago Greeter – Loop InstaGreeter
Chicago Cultural CenterFree
1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Live Music with Katie Kostner - The Backyard - Wheaton, IL
The Backyard Wheaton IL
Music
1:30 p.m.
Mahjong Club
Clearing, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Classes & Talks
1:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.
Naperville Central Tip Off Tournament: Benet Academy Redwings vs Batavia Bulldogs
Benet Academy High School$6
Sports
1:30 p.m.
Steinmetz College Prep Boys Varsity Basketball @ Glenbrook South
Glenbrook South High School
Sports
2 p.m.
2026/27 Little Shop of Horrors
Porchlight Music Theatre
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
A Christmas Carol
Owen Theatre at Goodman Theatre - Complex$32+Family
Festivals & Holidays
2 p.m.
A Christmas Carol (Children under 5 are not permitted in the theater)
Goodman Theatre - Owen TheatreFamily
Festivals & Holidays
2 p.m.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Chicago
Courtyard Theater at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Complex$89+
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Complex
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Bryd Thanksgiving Tournament - Championship Game
M'Cann Gym$5
Sports
2 p.m.
Carden International Circus
Hammond Civic Center
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
Chicago Architecture: A Walk Through Time
Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601$30
2 p.m.
Crawpuppies at Hard Rock Casino 11/27
Hard Rock Live Arena
Music
2 p.m.
ESL Practice: English Conversation Group
Budlong Woods, Chicago Public LibraryFree
Classes & Talks
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Greatest Comedy Ever: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition
Comedy Plex Comedy Club$12.51+
Comedy
2 p.m.
Kashmir: The Music of Led Zeppelin
The Des Plaines Theatre
Arts & Culture
2 p.m.8 p.m.
NoMI Lounge Hot Chocolate Bar
NoMI Garden$24+
2:30 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Neuro Fight Club
Clarendale Six Corners
2:30 p.m.
Night 2 of 2: THE ZIMMERMEN Perform The Last Waltz
FitzGerald's Nightclub$35.20+
Music

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