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Things to do in Chicago, October 2026

Browse 131 upcoming events and things to do in Chicago during October 2026. Highlights include Automatic / Accessory, Revocation, Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, Weeping, MrBallen: Lights out Live and more. Each listing links to tickets, venue details and practical visitor info.

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Automatic / Accessory

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Automatic / Accessory

Revocation, Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, Weeping

MrBallen: Lights out Live

LE SSERAFIM - 2026 LE SSERAFIM 'PUREFLOW' TOUR

Bill Burr Live · Oct 3

Zach John King: Get To Drinkin' Tour

Joe Russo's Almost Dead

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Owen Riegling - In The Feeling Tour with Payton Smith

Bill Burr Live · Oct 4

Doja Cat - Tour Ma Vie World Tour

Alana Springsteen's I Hope This Helps Tour with Erin Kinsey

Mt. Joy 2026: Celebrating 10 Years Of Mt. Joy

THE CHICKS - TAKING THE LONG WAY · Oct 4

Radioactivity

Chicago Bears vs. New York Jets

The Revivalists with Robert Randolph

Bill Burr Live · Oct 5

THE CHICKS - TAKING THE LONG WAY · Oct 5

Mastodon w/ Deafheaven

My Hero Academia in Concert

JOURNEY - Final Frontier Tour (An Evening With)

Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues

Chicago Fire FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Malcolm Todd: Do That Again Tour (MOVED TO THE SALT SHED OUTDOORS)

Giovannie & The Hired Guns

Mind Enterprises

EPIK HIGH 3.0 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

The Jungle Giants

Wayne Hancock, Tba

Elizabeth Nichols - I Don't Kiss & Tell, I Kiss & Tour

Sweet Pill with Heart to Gold and Emily How

Koe Wetzel: The Night Champion World Tour

IWC Fall Harvest

Kelsey Lu - So Help Me God Tour

Gorillaz - The Mountain Tour

UB40 - THE UNSTOPPABLE TOUR 2026

SYML - Solo in North America 2026 with Roger Weeks

Chasing Abbey

Karina Rykman · Oct 9

Quintron and Miss Pussycat (with Michael Zerang on drums) / Aaron Dilloway

Jerry Seinfeld · Oct 10

Scene Queen: METALICIOUS

Shaboozey - Outlaws Never Die Tour

The Dead Bolts with Cab Ellis

Sawyer Hill - Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy World Tour

Karina Rykman · Oct 10

Tito Nieves - 50 Años La Historia Continua

BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR · Oct 10

Iron Lung / Yambag / Consensus Madness / Flowering

Chicago Fire FC vs. New York City FC (Naruto Shirt to 1st 5K)

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Carolina Hurricanes

JPEGMAFIA: the Experimental Rap Tour

Wind Walkers - The "I Don't Belong Here" Tour w/ If Not For Me & True North

Armand Hammer

Jerry Seinfeld · Oct 11

BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR · Oct 11

TASTE OF CHAOS

Olivia Rodrigo: The Unraveled Tour · Oct 12

Metaphor: ReFantazio Orchestra Concert

Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine Presented by the Prine Family

Olivia Rodrigo: The Unraveled Tour · Oct 13

SLIFT

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Will Varley, Beans On Toast

Jessie Ware: The Superbloom Tour

Chicago Fire FC vs. Philadelphia Union (Beer Stein to 1st 5K)

ALVARO DIAZ - OMAKASE TOUR

The Smashing Pumpkins: The Rats In A Cage Tour

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Winnipeg Jets

Osees ft. Brigid Dawson with Traps PS · Oct 16

ROBERT PLANT WITH SAVING GRACE and SUZI DIAN

Carbon Leaf

Blake Whiten - Something To Say Tour

Subtronics (18 and Over) · Oct 16

Faux Real

Charlotte de Witte at East End at Navy Pier

Brad Williams: The Tall Tales Tour

Osees ft. Brigid Dawson with Traps PS · Oct 17

HEY, NOTHING – THE HOUND TOUR

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