Chicago’s Events from September 21-25 are incredible! Music Box Theater is hosting Movie Night at Gallagher Way, and we’ve got a weekend for foodies at Chicago Gourmet, one of the best Oktoberfests in Lakeview at St Alphonsus’s, storytelling in North Center, Midnight Circus in the Parks in the Gold Coast, the Chicago Half Marathon, National Public Lands Day Clean Up at our newest National Monument in Pullman and so much more! Plus the Farmer’s Markets, Apple Picking and Fall Fun Runs and so much more! It’s going to be another weekend packed with fun events in Chicago! Enjoy!
Here are the highlight events for this weekend in Chicago.
Click on each event for more information and pricing and check with the venue for any changes or cancellations.
Wednesday, September 21st
Music Box Theatre Movie Night: Bohemian Rhapsody
6 pm – 10 pm
Gallagher Way
3637 N Clark
Chicago, IL 60613
Thursday, September 22nd
Chicago Gourmet
Thur: Tacos & Tequila
Fri: Hamburger Hop
Sun: Prost! In The Park
Happy Fall!
Autumnal Equinox and Chicagohenge
Part of what makes Chicago so approachable is how easy it is to navigate, thanks to our grid system. Since Chicago’s streets line up almost perfectly with the cardinal east and west directions on a compass we’ve got the perfect setting for incredible Instagrammable images to capture the phenomena of the sun rising and setting between the buildings in Chicago. This happens twice a year, at the Autumnal and the Vernal Equinoxes. Some call this Chicagohenge. Whatever you call it, it’s pretty cool!
The best times for viewing Chicagohenge in 2022 are 6:38 am sunrise and 6:47 pm for sunset from Adams Street.
Smart Cookies Badge Bash
by Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Associate Board
6 pm – 9 pm
Café Brauer
2021 N Stockton Dr
Chicago, IL 60614
Disruption: Experiments in Storytelling!
7:30 pm
Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
3905 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60613
Friday, September 23rd
St Al’s Oktoberfest
Fri – Sun
Southport Ave. & Lincoln Ave.
Saturday, September 24th
2022 St. Jude Walk/Run Chicago
8 am – 1 pm
Montrose Harbor
601 W Montrose Dr
Chicago, IL 60613
Race to Wrigley 5k Charity Run
Wrigley Field
1060 W Addison St
Chicago, IL 60613
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Chicago Half Marathon & 5K
Jackson Park
6401 S Stony Is Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Move for MDS – Chicago
337 E Randolph St
Chicago, IL US 60601
Paws and Walls Chicago Art Run & Walk
Grant Park – Buckingham Fountain
301 S Columbus Dr
Chicago, IL, 60605
National Public Lands Day Fall Clean Up: Giving Back Together
10 am – 2 pm
Pullman National Monument
610 E 111th St
Chicago, IL 60628
*NPLD is also a “Fee-Free Day”—one of only five days a year when entrance fees are waived at national parks
Midnight Circus in the Parks
1 pm & 4 pm (45 min performances) – various dates & locations
Lake Shore Park
808 N Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60605
Chicago Water Lantern Festival
3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
2341 N Cannon Dr
Chicago, IL 60614
Randolph Street Market Festival (Antiques & Indie Designers)
Sat & Sun
Plumbers Hall
1341 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60607
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Sat & Sun
Multiple Locations
Sunday, September 25th
Victorian Society – Lakeview History Lecture
11:30 am
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
617 W Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
Tiny Dog 500
2 pm – 5 pm
One Tail At A Time Adoption Center
2144 N Wood St
Chicago, IL 60614
Chicago Half Marathon
6300 S Cornell Ave (Cornell Ave. at Hayes Dr.)
Chicago, IL 60637
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