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Friday evening6:30pEvening Shadows: A Candlelight Tour of the Dawes House6:30pFri SatShadows on the Street: Haunted Tours of Historic Prairie Avenue7pHaunted Workshop: Spooky Painting Night7pA Night of Horror with Grady Hendrix & Stephen Graham Jones7pFri SatSanctum Dark Music Festival 20261 more
Fri, Nov 6 to Sun, Nov 8
Sunday, October 18
10am to 6pm, through Oct 18
Brookfield Zoo ChicagoBrookfield Zoo's daytime Halloween weekends: trick-or-treating around the grounds, costume parades at noon and 3pm on weekends, and free inflatables for ages 3 to 10. Included with zoo admission.From Chicago family events
10am to 5pm, through Oct 18Free
Lincoln Park ZooFall weekends at the free zoo: pumpkin patch, professional pumpkin carvers, s'mores, stilt walkers, live music, and rides (tickets extra). Free admission.From Chicago family events
10am to 4pm, through Oct 18Free
Chicago19th annual folk art festival bringing artisans from across Mexico to Pilsen: Oaxacan alebrije wood carvers, Puebla ceramic Day of the Dead figures, Guerrero amate painters, Oaxacan foot-pedal-loom weavers, and Chiapas backstrap-loom weavers. Live demonstrations daily 10 am to 4 pm, with extended evening hours until 8 pm on Wednesday Oct 14. Free.From Fall events in Pilsen
11am to 12pm$90
ChicagoA Halloween-season workshop at Gethsemane Garden Center on building a bog garden of carnivorous plants, equal parts spooky and botanical.From Fall events in Andersonville
3 to 4pm
ChicagoAlleyCat Comics digs into vintage horror movie posters from the 1950s through the 1970s in this Halloween-season session at the Clark Street comics shop.From Fall events in Andersonville
3 to 4:15pm, through Oct 18$40
Chopin TheatreChopin Theatre Productions stages its own production of MacArthur Fellow Stuart Dybek's celebrated Chicago story, set in a postwar working-class neighborhood. Actor Yasen Peyankov plays all the characters while pianist Jana Pavlovska weaves fifteen Chopin pieces and boogie-woogie through the storytelling. Limited engagement, about 75 minutes.From Fall events in Wicker Park
5 to 7:40pm, through Oct 18$40
Chopin TheatreKokandy Productions' revival of Sondheim and Lapine's Pulitzer-winning musical about Georges Seurat, the first Chicago storefront staging in over 15 years. Now extended through Nov 29 after strong reviews from the Tribune, Sun-Times and Reader. Plays the intimate Chopin Studio downstairs, about 2 hours 40 minutes.From Fall events in Wicker Park
All day, through Oct 18Free
16th annual free citywide architecture festival with 200+ sites across 30 Chicago neighborhoods, including 20 sites new to the festival in 2026.From Chicago Architecture Events
All day, through Oct 24
The Den TheatreA musical comedy from a visiting company with a run at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park.From Fall events in Wicker Park
All day, through Oct 24
The Den TheatreAmy Herzog's acclaimed play about a grandmother and her grandson, staged by a visiting company at The Den Theatre.From Fall events in Wicker Park
All day, through Oct 31
The Den TheatreA comedy show from a visiting company with a run at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park through Halloween night.From Fall events in Wicker Park
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.From Fall events in Pilsen
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