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Every day at 5pm
Jack's Pumpkin Pop-up · West Town
Ten thousand pumpkins, Downtown's only corn maze (with a secret bar tucked inside), axe throwing, and enough photo ops to fill your camera roll. This sprawling fall festival goes full autumn: carnival games, gem mining, fortune tellers, and seasonal cocktails at every turn.
December 19 at 7pm
FitzGerald's · Berwyn • Free
FitzGerald's patio goes full Christmas: pick out a tree, dig into Raclette BBQ Baguettes, sip Isaac's mulled wine, and let the kids loose in the bouncy house.
Balloon Museum | EmotionAir Chicago · Belmont Gardens
Wander through rooms of towering inflatable sculptures and kaleidoscopic light installations that beg you to touch, climb, and play. The EmtionAir exhibit is a joyful playground where adults rediscover their inner kid and families make memories.
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Sat, Nov 14 · 4:00 PM
FFC Park Ridge · Park Ridge
Free
Mon, Nov 23 · 10:30 AM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Wed, Dec 2 · 10:30 AM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Sat, Dec 5 · 9:00 AM
Palatine Township Center · Palatine
Sun, Dec 6 · 1:00 PM
Community Recreation Center · Schaumburg
Free
Lincoln Park Zoo · Lincoln Park
Writers Theatre · Glencoe
$5
Chicago Children's Museum · Streeterville
Historic Wagner Farm · Glenview
Chicago
Playground · Jackson Park
Orland Park
Glenview
Mt Prospect
Gage Park
Chicago Ridge
Palatine
Alsip
Skokie
Oak Park
Alsip
Niles
Des Plaines
Palatine
North Riverside
North Center
Lincoln Park
Chicago Loop
Arlington Heights
Logan Square
Park Ridge
Portage Park
Flossmoor
Park Ridge
Free
Skokie
Evanston
Northbrook
Norwood Park
Skokie
Northbrook
Techny
Humboldt Park West Playground · West Town
Elk Grove Village
Franklin Park
North Center
Oak Park
Oak Lawn
Schaumburg
Norridge
Palatine
Evanston
Oak Forest
Deerfield
Mount Greenwood
Northbrook
Tinley Park
Wood Field Mall · Schaumburg
Check what’s playing at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for theatre, or Sleeping Village for live music. Read about the actual production or listen to the artist before choosing. You don’t need to recognise a name for it to be your kind of evening.
Choose the show first, then make plans nearby. Leave enough room between dinner and curtain time to enjoy both. Tell me where you’re staying and whether you’re taking transit, and I can help narrow the search to an evening that fits together.
Tell me when you’re free, where you’ll be, and what sounds appealing. “Live music near me, somewhere I can sit, under $30” gives me more to work with than “something fun.” You can keep narrowing it down with me.
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