Fall events in Pilsen
Fall in Pilsen, Chicago: Dia de los Muertos, festivals, Halloween events and neighborhood happenings.
Fri, Oct 16 to Sun, Oct 18
Fri, Oct 23 to Sun, Oct 25
Fri, Oct 30 to Sun, Nov 1
Open all season Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Dia de Muertos
Saturday, October 31
8am$65
Benito Juarez Community Academy19th annual costumed 5K winding through Pilsen in honor of Dia de los Muertos. Runners and walkers in calavera attire celebrate with music, entertainment, and food along the course starting at Benito Juarez Community Academy. Proceeds support UNO girls programs (GirlsMpowered and RunHer). Timed and untimed divisions.
11am to 3pm, one of 2 dates$80
ChicagoTwo-Saturday hands-on workshop with Socorro Carlos, Colectivo Fuentes Rojas, and the museum's Stitches of the Soul quilting group. Participants create a 14x14 inch textile honoring missing persons, learning applique and embroidery techniques tied to remembrance and collective action. $80, materials included.
12 to 6pm$36
Pizza CantinaCostumed Halloween bar crawl across Pilsen's 18th Street corridor. Check in at Pizza Cantina, then hit neighborhood bars including La Vaca Margarita Bar, Simone's and The Tonk. 21 and over.
7pm, through Oct 31
Thalia HallTwo-day dark music festival taking over Thalia Hall and the Tack Room for Halloween weekend. Costume theme is Blasphemy; the weekend includes a VHS dungeon, photobooth and live analog visuals. 17 and over.
9 to 11:59pm, through Nov 1$7
Simone's BarKombi's Halloween-night reggaeton and perreo dance party at Simone's Bar, with two rooms of DJs and a $500 costume contest. 21 and over, runs 9pm to 3am.
All day, through Nov 29Free
National Museum of Mexican ArtThe museum's 40th annual Day of the Dead exhibition looks back through its Permanent Collection to trace the evolution of Dia de Muertos and the museum itself, with ofrenda installations by artists from Oaxaca, Mexico City, Chicago, and Washington state. Also features courtyard installations by Yollocalli youth artists and a participatory community ofrenda. Runs Sep 25 through Nov 29. Free.
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