October 2026 in Chicago

Murder at Moidah Manor

SYML live at Thalia Hall with Roger Weeks

Audrey Hobert returns to Chicago

SYML heads to Thalia Hall on his Solo in North America tour with special guest Roger Weeks

Chicagoooooo!!!!

East Bay area legends, Pinhead Gunpowder, hit Metro on Thursday, October 8th!

Acorn Projects & Calamity + Tim Daisy Duo

Plate fulla’ new shows. Bon appetite 🍽️

Bradley Palermo & Karl Neurauter Live

Riot Fest presents Fai Laci with special guests Edgehill and Bugsy

@empire_shows presents @eyehategodnola in the Rock Club on Friday, October 9th with @blastbandca, @luicidalvenicepunks, @thebandcavity, and @evilarmy_band!

feeble little horse with Snuggle

Your Neck Of The Woods Tour

Midnight Circus | A VIP Event

Mejor Club En Concierto

Punchis Banda Rave

Midnight Circus VIP Event

Exhale: An Ifeanyi Elswith Experience featuring Kordy Blakka & Sista Salem

CNS ICT return to Reggies with The Fabulous Cowboys

Album Release Show: Sing the Color Blue

Iron Lung is here in one week – Friday, October 9th with special guests Yambag, Consensus Madness and Flowering.

SABAI x HOANG (Second Chance Tour)

ELEPHANTE

Robby Hoffman Comedy Show

it’s the LAST BUMP. EVER !!!

Oct 10th Kim & Earl bringing the city out !! Plus the legend in the building rocking out

Stepping Into October ..... 💚🧡💜 Your Favorite Witches Return To @hamburgermaryslb Saturday October 10th/Showtime 8pm ♥️ #hocuspocus #thesandersonsisters #popular #october1 #witchvibes

Bringing you another STACKED line up!

Armand Hammer with guests Quelle Chris and Open Mike Eagle

arcmusicfestival

ANTIC. ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

TenderFest Chicago

NO DRAMA NIGHTS featuring Sak Noel

Second show with @jordanjensenlolstop

Armand Hammer (Billy Woods and Elucid) with Quelle Chris and Open Mike Eagle

Elastro A/V Festival

Baby J on 10.10

Wreck My Night Tour

SUN 10/11! BRUNCH-SKI at Maria's!

Taste of Chaos Tour

Chicago Marathon Watch Party

UPCOMING IN CHICAGO: SPY at Subterranean on October 12th with Spite House & Lavender!

Deo Gratias Tour

The Superbloom Tour

Nyra's Dreams

The Rats in a Cage tour

@acidmotherstempleofficial land in the Rock Club on October 14th with @magickpotionband and @spiralgalaxyband!

Heartstrings & Dynamite Tour

Karaoke Time Machine: Pilsen 1985

TU TUTU Tour

Analogue Lounge: Open Jam Meets Late Night Vinyl Dance

Up the Sharp End Tour

Brian Posehn with JT Habersaat

Riot Fest presents Dear Maryanne with special guests Kiss The Scientist and MooseCreek Park

HIGH SPEED

Charlotte de Witte comes to Navy Pier Open Air

Mike D 5D

MILLINGTON returns to Cobra Lounge

Riot! at the Disco: Emo + Pop Punk Nite

MODESTEP

Evil Island at Lincoln Hall

Medium Build: The King of Having Fun on Tour

Hound World Tour

Retro in Real Time

BUNNY PARTY

MILLINGTON is back at Cobra Lounge

Evil Island takes over Chicago

Jazz guitar virtuoso @oznoyguitar returns to the Shack on Saturday, October 17th!

Witch-O-Rama Halloween Extravaganza

Catch Your Breath: Not Broken Enough Tour

BLOODRAVE RETURNS HALLOWEEN TOUR

The Big Lebowski Costume Party and Contest

Toddler Rave World Tour

Judah & the Lion return to the Riviera Theatre

Sonic Resonance presents Evensong

The mau5head is touching down on the lakefront

Hear + There: Dylan Payne, Goa Joe b2b Hari

CHICAGO, FOR THE FIRST TIME! AfroHouse / Kuduro Dance Event

THE @FOOSGONEWILD TOUR

Chinese Football

Los Nuevos Chavos Gran Regresa

Still Gettin' Away With It Tour '26 Part 2

JUST ANNOUNCED Josh Spinner with Matt Augustine and The Letdowns & Genevieve MacPhee

DJ Shadow at the Vic Theatre

TAEMIN heads to Wintrust Arena in just 1 MONTH

For All The Dolls Tour

Whitney at Metro

@sexmexsux returns to McAllen, Texas!

Buena Vista Orchestra

Ovven with Samuel Aaron & Glass-Beagle

Whitney Hometown Show

Friday October 23rd Live at Reed's Local

Jazz & Improvised Music Series

The blues are calling. Grammy Award winning artist @ruthiefostermusic brings her soulful sound and powerful vocals to City Winery Chicago on October 23.

Yousuke Yukimatsu is coming to Aragon Ballroom

The Rubberz Tour

TRUTH w/ special guest Chmura, plus Medicine Place, CØNTRA, and Wolf'd

Saturday, October 24th, 2026 - Main Room Event

Finally Outside Tour

Strokes tribute @thebrokes.band are back in the Rock Club on Saturday, October 24th with @saintmarlboromusic!

KING OF NIGHTCLUBS DOING IT AGAIN & BIGGER HALLOWEEN 2026 BLOCK PARTY NIGHTMARE ON 10th ST

Dead City Oddities Market

Bringing the heat to Spooky Season. Afroton x The Whine Down returns to @simonesbar on Oct 24th.

Steel String Singers, Sundew, Collective Fictions, Flip Phone

Halloween Party

Krewe Of Boo! Monster Mash. Official after-parade party.

Paige Fish at Subterranean

AFROTÓN IS BACK AT SIMONES

Blondshell at the Vic Theatre

The Ends of The Earth Tour

#OrdinaryPeepholes is back this October with NOSFERA2!!

Halloween Costume Party and Themed Celebration

My House Tour

Cerise Rooftop Send Off

JUST ANNOUNCED Maximum Wage with Stander & Retrogression

Kill Your Idols

Hey Mama.. #Listdrop with #Tempdrop. #OSN

Phillip Phillips - Let’s Go Far Tour with Katie Lynne Sharbaugh

Creature of the Night Pageant

One Last Dance with DJ Brady Prince

Burgers & Blues

HALLOWEEN PARTY AT LA FIESTA CANTINA

halloweekend!!! kickoff!!!

NIGHT OF THE LIVING GROOVE VOL. 2 with New Nostalgia, Snooze & Cold World

Sanctum Fest

Freaky Deaky New Orleans

THE ODYSSEY HALLOWEEN AT CELESTE

Karaoke R&B "Pass The Mic"

SPIDER MAFIA PRESENTS: THE NIGHTMARE BELOW

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN STACKED

Right Here Right Now tour

Circus After Dark

Exquisite Corpse Ball: A Benefit for Intonation Music

Nerds Halloween Bash

EPIC HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

DL + DL ‘Anything Goes’

One Last Dance with @l3xxmusic & friends

Quadeca hits Metro with DERBY and Olēka

All Hallows Eve

FREAKY DEAKY AFTERPARTIES: FRIGHT NIGHT vs. HELL’S GALA

Freaky Deaky NOLA

Scary Hours

Young Irish Halloween Party

YOUR FREAKY DEAKY NOLA CRASH COURSE HAS ARRIVED!

Danger Danger

Troutman Open Streets Halloween party

Metro Concert Posters

Kombi Halloween a pilsen

Daft Disko Halloween: Chicago

5th Annual South Loop Halloween Bar Crawl

Shibuya Meltdown Halloween Event

DANCE PLANET HALLOWEEN BANGER

Halloween covering some of your favorites

Halloween Dance Party

Halloween with Rod Tuffcurls and The Benchpress

One Last Dance

Digital Doom Disco: One Last Dance with Billa Beats

Halloween show at Reggie’s in the joint

Sailor Moon Halloween Party

Happy Halloween! Sincere Engineer are getting in costume playing a covers set as The Hives at Cobra Lounge with special guests Won't Stay Dead (Alkaline Trio) and Reely Big Moose (Agent Orange).

45th Annual Halloween Tavern Tour