Things to do in Chicago, August 2026

Official Lollapalooza Aftershow: Six Sex

Official Lollapalooza Aftershow featuring bbno$

Official Lollapalooza Aftershow featuring ADO

Official Lollapalooza Aftershow: Loathe W/ All Under Heaven

Cameron Whitcomb

*SOLD OUT* Haute & Freddy - Lollapalooza Aftershow with Valencia Grace

🎟️ Free entry

Chezile - Official Lollapalooza Aftershow

Spacey Jane - Official Lollapalooza Aftershow (18+)

beabadoobee: Official Lolla Aftershow

Cameron Whitcomb, Dylan Conrique

🎟️ From $47

Greta Van Fleet (18 and Over) - Official Lollapalooza Aftershow

Hot Wheels Start Your Engine VIP

Hot Wheels Pedal to the Metal VIP

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire · Aug 1

Chicago Sky vs. Las Vegas Aces

Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees

Chicago Fire FC vs. Charlotte FC (Sunglasses to 1st 10K)

EZ Band

🎟️ From $38

Diamondback

🎟️ From $12

Alison Wonderland

Amber Mark

Hot Mulligan (18+)

5 Seconds of Summer: Official Lolla Aftershow

Destin Conrad

Lollapalooza

Chicago Cubs vs New York Yankees: Wrigley Field Marquee Night Light

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire · Aug 2

Omar Coleman Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band

🎟️ From $18

*SOLD OUT* Empty Bottle and c3 Present: Water From Your Eyes / Anthony Fremont's Garden Solutions - Lollapalooza Aftershow

🎟️ Free entry

Ethel Cain

Chicago Sky vs. Phoenix Mercury

Ariana Grande - The Eternal Sunshine Tour · Aug 4

FREE MONDAY w/ This House is Creaking / Plush / Giant Pit of Glass

🎟️ Free entry

Colin Self / Surgery Season

🎟️ From $20

Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

All presented by Thalia Hall & Riot Fest with Snodgrass + Stevensons and All My Senses

🎟️ Free entry

Hayden Blount Presents: The Right Off The Edge Tour with Zandi Holup

🎟️ From $17

Max McNown - The Summer Vacation Tour

Chicago Sky vs. Los Angeles Sparks

Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays

Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band/Studebaker John Blues Band

🎟️ From $18

Jon B.

2026 WOODZ WORLD TOUR ' Archive. 1 ' IN US

Cole Chaney

Ariana Grande - The Eternal Sunshine Tour · Aug 7

Ira Glass / Zastava / Daundry / mail.

🎟️ From $16

Young the Giant - Victory Garden Tour with Cold War Kids

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Guardians · Aug 7

Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band · Aug 8

🎟️ From $23

The Subliminal Verses - A Midwest Tribute To Slipknot

Steph Strings

An Evening with MANSA - Featuring: NAMESAKE ACEDSPADE + Special Guests

🎟️ From $15

Preston Cooper with Patrick Bale

🎟️ From $12

Official Lollapalooza Aftershow featDJ Trixie Mattel

Haute and Freddy

Strapped Hot Goth Summer starring Harley Go Lightly / Evangeline (NYC) / Miss Nyxon / Demme Onyx

🎟️ From $14

Foo Fighters: TAKE COVER TOUR 2026

Belmont

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Guardians · Aug 8

Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band · Aug 9

🎟️ From $23

Cinema Therapy LIVE!

🎟️ From $51

Jack Harlow with James Savage - Monica Tour

Motel Breakfast - There's Always This: An MB Farewell with Fellow Kinsman and Shannon Baker

🎟️ From $40

Luz at the Edge: A Night of Music and Dance in Support of the Lit & Luz Festival

🎟️ From $33

CircuitMOM And CircuitSUN Present: Queendom

Braden Jamison & The Neon Strangers with Zack Fedor

🎟️ From $12

Y'all's Brunch

🎟️ From $7

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Guardians · Aug 9

Grahame Lesh & Friends · Aug 9

Next Showcase: Night of Inspiration

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band · Aug 9

🎟️ From $18

THE KEHLANI WORLD TOUR: North America

Grahame Lesh & Friends · Aug 10

Steel Pulse (17 and Over)

Emily Nenni with Pat Reedy

🎟️ From $17

Steel Pulse - Reggae Against Racism Tour with DJ Slacky J

🎟️ From $56

Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center Benefit featuring NA, HF / Adam Schubert / Free Range (solo) / Mass Text / Jason Balla & Brian Case Duo / TV-Union

🎟️ From $14

FREE MONDAY w/ Goose Harrington / World Energy Corporation / Hungu

🎟️ Free entry

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds · Aug 11

Six Feet Under, Kataklysm, Wormhole, Orbital Gate

Six Feet Under w/ Kataklysm

J. Cole: The Fall-Off Tour · Aug 12

Lucky Horse Red / Sports Boyfriend / Pebbles Inc

🎟️ From $16

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds · Aug 12

Agalloch with Barren Heir and John Haughm (solo)

🎟️ From $46

Modest Mouse with Califone

J. Cole: The Fall-Off Tour · Aug 13

Andrew McMahon

Oneida / Kinski / BCMC

🎟️ From $20

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds · Aug 13

Chicago Comedy Club

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Funky Mojo Daddy Blues Band

🎟️ From $18

Big Thief with Ben LaMar Gay - Somersault Slide 360 Tour

Mojo Thunder

🎟️ From $12

Holy Wave / Surgery Boys

🎟️ From $21

Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals: #BudFridays Cubs 1980s Replica Jersey

The Dear Hunter - The Road to Sunya Tour 2026

Luh Tyler

Vino Louden Blues Band/Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band · Aug 15

🎟️ From $23

Fiddlehead 'In the Round' with Narrow Head, Knumears, and The Sissy Boys presented by Thalia Hall and Riot Fest

🎟️ Free entry

Dimmu Borgir w/ Hypocrisy

Haste The Day - The Midwest Metalcore Tour

🎟️ Free entry

Three Pianos: Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, Andrew McMahon

American Football With Afternoon Bike Ride

Tori Amos

Windy City Rev & The Hootenanny Band

🎟️ From $9

Replicant / Slim Neck / Kaput / Club Drippy DJ

🎟️ From $20

BL3SS

Preseason Game: Chicago Bears vs Cleveland Browns

Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals

World's Largest Karaoke

🎟️ Free entry

ZHU

JUTES - Smile You're on Tour

Latina Por Siempre

Vino Louden Blues Band/Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band · Aug 16

🎟️ From $23

MAMAMOO 2026 US TOUR

Diggy Graves – The No Vacancy Tour

🎟️ Free entry

Isaiah Sharkey

Eddie and the Getaway with Gavin Hughes

🎟️ From $26

She Outside: #ChiTownEdition

Club 1BD Chicago ft. DJ David & Hunny Bee

🎟️ From $40

Consensus Madness (Record Release) / The Hell / Bungee Jumpers / Navaja

🎟️ From $20

Strawdawg

🎟️ From $8

Chicago Fire FC vs. Portland Timbers

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Vino Louden Blues Band

🎟️ From $18

CHIODOS: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME TOUR · Aug 16

Siddhartha - Tu y Yo y Tour

Precocious Neophyte / Herald Looms / Saccharine

🎟️ From $20

CHIODOS: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME TOUR · Aug 17

Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox

FREE MONDAY w/ Brinstarr (Album Release) / Snake Eater / Kauboj / Bone Study (DJ)

🎟️ Free entry

Citizen with Anxious, Hotline TNT, and Rocket

🎟️ From $52

Driveways, Action/Adventure, Like Roses, Don't Panic

🎟️ From $32

Chicago Sky vs. New York Liberty

Treyf / Baby / First Electric

🎟️ From $16

Citizen with Hotline TNT, Anxious, and Rocket

🎟️ From $52

Victoryland / Drook

🎟️ From $20

Chicago White Sox vs. Atlanta Braves

Rico McFarland Blues Band/Omar Coleman Blues Band

🎟️ From $18

JIMMY EAT WORLD - 25 YEARS OF BLEED AMERICAN

LYKN

Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere Tour · Aug 21

Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern Tour · Aug 21

Gannon Fremin & CCREV with KG & The Bad Habits

🎟️ From $14

American Aquarium

Plum (Record Release) / NO MEN / Girly Pants

🎟️ From $16

Billy Currington & Kip Moore

Chicago Sky vs. Golden State Valkyries

Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets · Aug 21

Duke Tumatoe and The Power Trio/Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band

🎟️ From $23

WILLIS

The R&B Tour - Starring Usher Raymond & Chris Brown · Aug 22

Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere Tour · Aug 22

Eagles of Death Metal

Josh Tatofi, Kaipo

🎟️ From $40

House Calls 'In the Round' with Felix Da Housecat, Smoko Ono B2B Syko, and Adorio

🎟️ From $20

Hannah Dasher

🎟️ From $17

CeCe Winans, Jeremy Camp and Andrew Ripp: K-LOVE Live

Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets · Aug 22

Galantis with TELYKAST

The R&B Tour - Starring Usher Raymond & Chris Brown · Aug 23

Duke Tumatoe and The Power Trio/Rico McFarland Blues Band

🎟️ From $23

Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern Tour · Aug 23

Polo & Pan - Americas Tour 2026

Sooper Records 10 Year Anniversary with Iris Temple (Record Release) / NnamdÏ / No-Fi RPM

🎟️ From $20

The Simple Remedy

🎟️ From $12

Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets · Aug 23

Sasha (21+ Event)

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band · Aug 23

🎟️ From $18

Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever

Dead/Awake, Chaosphere, Orbital Gate, Errors Of Humanity, Carrion Throne

🎟️ From $20

Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern Tour · Aug 24

Brooklyn Vegan Presents: Swervedriver raise at 35 with The Life And Times and Slow Fiction

🎟️ From $34

Frankie Cosmos Celebrates 10 years of 'Next Thing' / Grace Bloom (Avrom Farm Afterparty)

🎟️ From $36

Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers

Nothing-Assumed Presents: FREE MONDAY w/ Wild Thyme

🎟️ Free entry

Outlaw Festival: Willie Nelson, Avett Brothers, Lukas Nelson & More!

DEVILDRIVER – STRIKE AND KILL TOUR w/ Ov Sulfur

🎟️ From $45

Deb Never

🎟️ From $23

Quicksand w/ Bane

Ken Carson - xperimenting tour

Quicksand & Bane

🎟️ From $47

Mississippi Heat Blues Band/TBD

🎟️ From $18

NEEDTOBREATHE: The Long Surrender Tour

Monolord with Khemmis and Earth Tongue

🎟️ From $40

"Comedy Tragedy Parody" Dominic Fike in North America

BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' · Aug 28

Grelley Duvall Presents: RIPLEY

🎟️ From $29

Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds: #BudFridays Cubs 1990s Replica Jersey

*SOLD OUT* Earlybirds Club

🎟️ Free entry

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band · Aug 29

🎟️ From $23

BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' · Aug 29

Los Yonics, Los Caminantes, & Grupo Yndio (18+)

Garaj Mahal

Randy Hansen

Liquid Soul

Riplock

🎟️ From $12

Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds

Thalia Hall Free For All

🎟️ Free entry

The Fray - Summer of Light Tour with Dashboard Confessional

The Iconic Fest

Fluorescents

🎟️ From $26

Ten - Pearl Jam Tribute Band

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band · Aug 30

🎟️ From $23

Peter Hook & The Light (18 and Over) - Night 2

Ravefurrest

GoodWaves Festival

🎟️ Free entry

Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds: Harry Caray Bobblehead

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band

🎟️ From $18