Shows in Chicago
Live theatre, comedy, music, dance, and drag performances in Chicago. Updated daily with countdowns to every show.
Shows in Chicago Tonight
- Jim Norton — The Den Theatre — 5:15 PM (comedy)
- The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle — 5:30 PM (music)
- Ben Paterson feat. Devon Sandridge — Andy's Jazz Club — 6:00 PM (music)
- Barrio Bugalú — Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center — 6:00 PM (music)
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 — The Harris Theater — 6:30 PM (music)
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Watch Party — Hydrate Nightclub — 6:30 PM (drag)
- Water for Elephants — James M. Nederlander Theatre — 7:00 PM (theatre)
- Reality Detox: The Improv Experience — The Second City — 7:00 PM (comedy)
- Pepper and The Movement — The Vic Theatre — 7:00 PM (music)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in Concert — Chicago Symphony Center — 7:30 PM (music)
- The Lincoln Lodge Comedy Showcase — The Lincoln Lodge — 8:00 PM (comedy)
- The Best of The Second City: Chicago Style — The Second City — 8:00 PM (comedy)
- Kurt Vile and the Violators w/ The Sadies — The Salt Shed — 8:00 PM (music)
- Fulton Lee — Lincoln Hall — 8:00 PM (music)
- The Taylor Party: Taylor Swift Night (21+) — House of Blues Chicago — 8:00 PM (music)
Shows in Chicago Tomorrow
- No Grown-Ups Allowed — The Second City — 11:00 AM (comedy)
- Big Gay Drag Brunch — Splash Chicago — 12:00 PM (drag)
- Water for Elephants — James M. Nederlander Theatre — 2:00 PM (theatre)
- Best of The Second City — The Second City — 3:30 PM (comedy)
- Distress Fest — Subterranean — 4:30 PM (music)
- Jim Norton — The Den Theatre — 5:15 PM (comedy)
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 — The Harris Theater — 5:30 PM (music)
- LOOP Tour — Soldier Field — 5:30 PM (music)
- "QUISQUEYA" Album Release Concert — Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center — 5:30 PM (music)
- Ben Paterson feat. Devon Sandridge — Andy's Jazz Club — 6:00 PM (music)
- History Shmistory — The Lincoln Lodge — 7:00 PM (comedy)
- Reality Detox: The Improv Experience — The Second City — 7:00 PM (comedy)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in Concert — Chicago Symphony Center — 7:30 PM (music)
- The Lincoln Lodge Comedy Showcase — The Lincoln Lodge — 8:00 PM (comedy)
- The Best of The Second City: Chicago Style — The Second City — 8:00 PM (comedy)
Shows in Chicago This Week
- Water for Elephants — James M. Nederlander Theatre — 1:00 PM (theatre)
- Best of The Second City — The Second City — 3:00 PM (comedy)
- Distress Fest — Subterranean — 4:00 PM (music)
- Chicago Jazz Composers Collective — Green Mill — 4:00 PM (music)
- Panteón Rococó — Concord Music Hall — 4:30 PM (music)
- Andy Brown Quartet — Andy's Jazz Club — 6:00 PM (music)
- Mike Sherm — House of Blues Chicago — 6:30 PM (music)
- Wheel of Improv — The Second City — 7:30 PM (comedy)
- Soul Message — Green Mill — 8:00 PM (music)
- Sunday Soul — Andy's Jazz Club — 10:30 PM (music)
- Bob Lark's Alumni Big Band — Andy's Jazz Club — 6:00 PM (music)
- Finding Family on the Road — United Center — 7:30 PM (music)
- Tenor Time — Andy's Jazz Club — 6:00 PM (music)
- Pandemonium, Please Hold — The Second City — 8:00 PM (comedy)
- Wale & Smino - Everything Is A Lot? Tour — The Salt Shed — 7:00 PM (music)
- The Best of The Second City: Chicago Style — The Second City — 7:00 PM (comedy)
- Steve Hofstetter — The Den Theatre — 7:15 PM (comedy)
- Don Trip — Lincoln Hall — 8:00 PM (music)
- Shamilton the Improvised Hip Hop American Musical — The Second City — 8:30 PM (comedy)
- Korean Music Fridays — Constellation — 8:30 PM (music)
Upcoming Shows in Chicago
- Water for Elephants — James M. Nederlander Theatre — 1:00 PM (theatre)
- Nuestra Lírica: Hip hop de Pe-erre & The Chi — Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center — 8:00 PM (music)
- Baby Wants Candy — The Second City — 8:30 PM (comedy)
- No Grown-Ups Allowed — The Second City — 11:00 AM (comedy)
- Wheel of Improv — The Second City — 7:30 PM (comedy)
- Suffs — CIBC Theatre — 7:00 PM (theatre)
- Live at the Second City: Improvised Broadway — The Second City — 7:30 PM (comedy)
- Training Center: Solo Character Showcase — The Annoyance Theatre — 8:00 PM (comedy)
- Josh Spinner and The Belz — Subterranean — 6:00 PM (music)
- The Featured & The Future — Chicago Improv — 7:00 PM (comedy)
- Mike Campbell — The Vic Theatre — 7:00 PM (music)
- Bellows w/ CUSP, GIRL K, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt — Sleeping Village — 8:30 PM (music)
- The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle — 5:30 PM (music)
- Ella Mai: Do You Still Love Me? Tour — The Salt Shed — 7:00 PM (music)
- Waterboyz Presents: Chris Travis Live — House of Blues Chicago — 7:00 PM (music)
- Chance Peña — The Vic Theatre — 7:30 PM (music)
- Party 4 U (For Me) — The Annoyance Theatre — 8:00 PM (comedy)
- Rebirth Brass Band — Martyrs' — 8:00 PM (music)
- Shamilton the Improvised Hip Hop American Musical — The Second City — 8:30 PM (comedy)
- as yet untitled — Constellation — 8:30 PM (music)