History Events in Chicago

Check out happening history events all around Chicago, IL

We Them Ones Comedy Tour: Mike Epps Karlous Miller DC Young Fly & Chico Bean

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Wintrust Arena

2026 May 3rd Constitution Day Parade

Sat, 02 May at 11:30 am Balbo and Columbus

Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise Aboard First Lady

 Wed, 18 Mar at 12:00 am Chicago Architecture Center - First Lady

Proudly Pro-Life Gala Featuring Lara Trump

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm Trump International Hotel Chicago

Trip To The Grand Opening of The Obama Presidential Center

 Fri, 19 Jun at 05:00 am the obama presidental center USD 748 to 961

Decibel Magazine Tour: Cryptopsy Necrot Fulci & Blood Monolith

 Fri, 22 May at 06:00 pm Bottom Lounge

Chicago Misconceptions • Unpacking Anti-LGBTQ Stereotypes

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

John Cusack with a Screening of Grosse Pointe Blank

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:00 pm Auditorium Theatre - IL

Grown Folks Stories at The DuSable Museum

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center USD 7 to 13

Chicago Misconceptions • Urban Renewal: Good or Bad?

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

Sor Juana 2026: The Past, Present, and Future of Latine Education

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm National Museum of Mexican Art Free

Haunted Congress Hotel Ghost Hunt

 Sat, 11 Apr at 08:00 pm Congress Hotel Downtown Chicago

Black History Month Closeout Celebration/Leo High School Choir Performance

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:30 pm DuSable Museum of African American History Free

Snail Mail

 Sun, 12 Apr at 12:30 am Riviera Theatre - Chicago

Stand By Me: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm The Chicago Theatre

Wine Collective Tasting: Women's History Month Featuring Regine Rousseau

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:00 pm Bronzeville Winery USD 29 to 55

100 Free Acts of Theater: Bomba and The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico

 Sat, 21 Mar at 02:00 pm Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center USD 0 to 10

IN CULINARY CONVERSATION WITH PITMATER DANIEL HAMMOND

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Boelter Foodservice Design, Equipment & Supply

Graceland Cemetery Tour with Author Adam Selzer

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:00 am Graceland Cemetery USD 20

Voices For Home

 Thu, 09 Apr at 04:00 pm National Public Housing Museum

From the River to the Sea to Every Mountain Top: Solidarity as Worldmaking

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:00 pm Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (Community Room) Free

Lectures on Tap - "Beyond Jurassic Park: Paleontology, Fossils & More"

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm River North USD 39

Beer Stories from a Dry Town: Everyday Life in Historic Pullman.

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Pullman Exhibit Hall USD 0 to 30

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival Screening: Blue Boy Trial (ブルーボーイ事件) Japan

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Salud's "Juntas" Women's Healing Social

 Sun, 29 Mar at 09:30 am Hoste Free

Splendor Womens History Celebration

 Sat, 28 Mar at 04:00 pm Chicago Theater Works USD 0 to 66

Hidden Figures - The Women Who Shaped Music Hits

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm City Winery - Chicago

Haunted Congress Hotel Ghost Hunt

 Sat, 11 Apr The Congress Plaza Hotel & Convention Center USD 34

Rikyuki Memorial (Japan Tea ceremony)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 01:00 pm Japan Information Center Free

CLN Exchange

 Tue, 28 Apr at 01:00 pm Chicago History Museum

IMSS Historic Home Tour

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science USD 29 to 34

Chicago's Road to Building Its First Subways

 Thu, 23 Apr at 11:00 am Union League Club of Chicago USD 62 to 134

2026 Chicago Preservation Expo

 Mon, 18 May at 04:00 pm Chicago Cultural Center Free

Jackalope Taxidermy Class with Gotham Taxidermy

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:00 am The Insect Asylum USD 61 to 533

Covering the New Right

 Fri, 17 Apr at 02:30 pm Franke Institute for the Humanities Free

Chicago Propeller Club evening with John U. Bacon author Gales of November

 Tue, 14 Apr at 05:00 pm Guinness Open Gate Brewery – West Loop USD 75 to 95

The Fight to Save Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Charnley-Persky House Museum USD 29

Signs of the Times: A Private Beer Ad Tour at Hopleaf

 Sat, 21 Mar at 11:00 am Hopleaf USD 39

Historic Chicago Bakeries Fun Run: Roeser's Bakery

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:00 pm Logan Square Branch, Chicago Public Library Free

Forever Fly Vintage Market

 Tue, 24 Mar at 10:00 am Washington Park Arts Incubator Free

Women’s History Month: Women’s Empowerment Barre Flow

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:30 pm Equinox Lincoln Common Free

LECTURE: Celebrating Women’s History Month with Elizabeth Babcock, PhD

 Wed, 25 Mar at 12:00 pm 1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive , Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605

A Women's History Month Event

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm 1945 N Elston Ave Free

Let The Building Speak to You: Two Decades in the Architectural Trenches

 Tue, 07 Apr at 05:30 pm Charnley-Persky House Museum USD 29

Lesbian Tour of Andersonville

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am Andersonville

A Fascinating Evening with Kokin: Milliner to the Stars and Legends in their Own Minds

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm 120 E Bellevue Pl, Chicago, IL 60611-1112, United States

Exclusive Screening: No One Cares About Crazy People by Gail Freedman

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm Film Row Cinema USD 0 to 10

Women's history Month Bus Tour by Dilla and Ancestry

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm Chicago Women's Park & Garden USD 26

Toast to IL Women celebrating Women's History Month

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm 1001 S State St USD 55

Women’s History Month Community Workout Class

 Sat, 28 Mar at 09:30 am Homan Square Park Free

Gladie

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm The Empty Bottle

The Life and Work of George W. Maher

 Thu, 14 May at 05:30 pm Charnley-Persky House Museum USD 29

Devin Kennedy

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Subterranean - Downstairs

Ujamaa & Color: Community Archiving, Art & Cooperative Economics Workshop

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm 5645 W Corcoran Pl Free

2026 Kreisman Initiative Housing Challenge Symposium

 Thu, 21 May at 01:00 pm Harris School of Public Policy (The Keller Center) Free

Tour and Conversation: Act Well Your Part | 100 Free Acts of Theater

 Sat, 04 Apr at 11:00 am Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Free

At the NHM - Greek Independence Day

 Thu, 26 Mar at 11:00 am National Hellenic Museum USD 13 to 18

PEAKY PORTRAIT EVENT (Newport Studio)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 12:00 pm The Newport Theater USD 82

Activating the Legacies of Invisible Giants

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Green Line Performing Arts Center Free

Rat Skeleton Articulation Workshop with Gotham Taxidermy

 Fri, 11 Sep at 05:00 pm The Insect Asylum USD 61 to 415

Our Streets & Our Stories

 Fri, 10 Apr at 05:00 pm National Public Housing Museum Free

European Starling Bird Taxidermy Class with Gotham Taxidermy

 Sun, 13 Sep at 11:00 am The Insect Asylum USD 61 to 533

Petal Platoon: Flowers, Photos & Phenomenal Women Veterans

 Sun, 29 Mar at 01:00 pm 5017 S Hermitage Ave Free

Sailors, Keepers, Racers, and More: Women on the Great Lakes

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm 1200 West 35th Street, Suite 0E-5010, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60609

Fowl Play’s Richard 2

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro USD 29

Maddox Batson

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 am The Salt Shed - Indoors

Celebrate International Jazz Day With The South Side Jazz Coalition

 Tue, 28 Apr at 05:00 pm Compassion Baptist Church Chicago Free

HERstory Awards Event

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm 3710 N Kedzie Ave USD 34

2nd night option: Ghouls and Girlies Discussion of “He Had it Coming!"

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm KOVAL Tasting Room Free

The Chicago Map Society Presents Marco Polo & Sixteenth Century Exploration

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Newberry Library Free

The Violence: My Family's Colombian War by Adriana E. Ramírez

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

A Luncheon Book Talk with Lorissa Rinehart on Jeannette Rankin

 Fri, 27 Mar at 11:30 am Union League Club of Chicago USD 52

"Promise(d)" - A Group Exhibition

 Sat, 28 Mar at 06:00 pm Evoke Gallery USD 0 to 29

Свято Героїв

 Sun, 31 May at 12:00 pm Ukrainian National Museum

Long Story Short

 Mon, 13 Apr at 10:00 am Front Porch Arts Center USD 10

Greek Flag Raising at Daley Center

 Wed, 25 Mar at 01:00 pm Daley Plaza Free

Greece in the European Union: Integration, Crisis & Sovereignty

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm National Hellenic Museum Free

Herstory Is Our Blueprint Pop-Up Exhibition

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:00 pm Tola's Creations Botanica, Wellness & Cultural Center USD 34

The Wisdom in Her Hands - The Tradition of the Woman Healer

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm New Acropolis Chicago Free

Pope Leo XIV: From the Americas, For the World

 Thu, 30 Apr at 11:00 am DePaul Student Center Free

First Sunday Walking Tour at Pullman National Historical Park - May 2026

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm Pullman Exhibit Hall USD 0 to 34

20th Anniversary Celebration

 Sat, 21 Mar at 02:30 pm 1936 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60616

Listening Hours with Duane Powell: "1976: In Retrospect"

 Wed, 28 Jan at 05:00 pm The Land School Free

Circumnavigators Club 2026 International Annual Meeting

 Fri, 28 Aug at 12:00 pm The Cliff Dwellers USD 0 to 347

Pullman State Historic Site Garden Clean Up

 Sat, 21 Mar at 09:30 am 610 E 111th St Free

Happy 250th USA

 Sun, 17 May at 04:00 pm Mary Patricia Gannon Concert Hall

If This Cottage Could Talk

 Sat, 04 Apr at 02:00 pm McKinley Park Branch, Chicago Public Library Free

The Voice of Hind Rajab

 Fri, 23 Jan at 05:30 pm Uprising Theater and Cafe USD 18

History Shmistory

 Sat, 20 Nov at 07:00 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 13

DIGGING FOR OUR ROOTS ANCESTRY CLUB

 Sat, 31 Jan at 02:00 pm Burst Into Books Headquarters Free

Immersing Yourself in the Past: Historical Fiction Workshop

 Sat, 15 Aug at 01:00 pm 1226 W Sherwin Ave USD 18 to 93

Experience Pullman Home Tour

 Mon, 04 Sep at 01:00 pm Pullman House Project and Pullman Club Coffee Shop USD 13 to 23

Raphael Magarik - "Fictions of God" - Timothy Harrison

 Thu, 16 Apr at 04:00 pm 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60637

AIA Kershaw Talk: Dr. Rocco Palermo

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum Free

Labyrinth Film Series: Tom Palazzolo Chicago Docs from the 60s and 70s

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm 3658 N Pulaski Rd USD 15

Chicago Architecture Walk

 Sat, 28 Mar at 08:20 am Millennium Station

All That's Left Of You

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:30 pm Uprising Theater and Cafe USD 18

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral Tour

 Sat, 18 Jan at 01:00 pm 1121 N Leavitt St Free

Arpilleras: Textiles of Resistance

 Wed, 04 Feb at 05:00 pm Art on Sedgwick Gallery USD 55 to 82

DIGGING FOR OUR ROOTS WITH THE HUSTLE MOMMIES

 Sun, 25 Jan at 02:00 pm West Pullman Branch, Chicago Public Library Free