History Events in Chicago

Check out happening history events all around Chicago, IL

Junior Council's 37th Annual Snowball Gala

 Sat, 28 Feb at 08:00 pm Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel Free

After 5 at the Field

 Tue, 03 Feb at 05:00 pm 1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive , Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605

Chicago Misconceptions • Third Coast: The Great Inland Port

 Tue, 10 Mar at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

Chicago Misconceptions • Chinese in Chicago

 Tue, 27 Jan at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

Chicago Misconceptions • Debunking Grandma's Al Capone Stories

 Tue, 03 Feb at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

Chicago Misconceptions • Aiming for the Heart, Hitting the Stomach

 Tue, 10 Feb at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

Chicago Misconceptions • The Dark Side of Entertainment

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

Chicago Misconceptions • Unpacking Anti-LGBTQ Stereotypes

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

Erik Larson in Conversation with Mark Bazer "Demon of Unrest"

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 36

Chicago Misconceptions • Urban Renewal: Good or Bad?

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

Bridgerton Ball

 Sat, 31 Jan at 08:00 pm Ballroom Dance Chicago USD 55 to 87

Chicago Misconceptions • "We just don't make 'em like we used to"

 Tue, 03 Mar at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

Commemorative Day | Black History Month

 Sat, 28 Feb at 11:00 am Chicago History Museum

Past & Present Preservation: Women in Architecture & Preservation

 Thu, 22 Jan at 05:30 pm Charnley-Persky House Museum USD 29

Dreher's Vienna: A Viennese Beer Hall

 Sat, 31 Jan at 12:00 pm 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60613

Black History Month Museum - Black Art Collectors: Preserving Our Legacy

 Sun, 01 Feb at 02:00 pm Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation Free

Black History Month Celebration: Rooted in Resilience

 Wed, 04 Feb at 06:00 pm Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts Free

Soulful Chicago BLACK HISTORY Book Fair

 Sun, 15 Feb at 10:00 am Little Black Pearl

Black History & Black Love: A Reality Dating Show Experience!

 Sun, 01 Feb at 07:00 pm Virtue Restaurant USD 81 to 300

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

 Sat, 07 Feb at 10:45 am Hopleaf USD 34

February Free Day at the American Writers Museum

 Sun, 15 Feb at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

Chicago Misconceptions • Misconceptions of Public Housing

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple (Lincoln Park) USD 0 to 45

The Shops - Black History Month Edition

 Sun, 22 Feb at 12:00 pm Water Tower Place (Level 3 Next to JJill and White House Black Market)

Apocalypse Confidential presents: Poltergeist

 Thu, 22 Jan at 07:30 pm The Understudy Coffee and Books Free

Declaration of Independence Day and 107th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Act of Unificaition

 Sun, 25 Jan at 01:00 pm Ukrainian Cultural Center - 2247 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622-8957, United States

March Free Day at the American Writers Museum

 Mon, 16 Mar at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

CLASSIC STADIUM TOUR

 Mon, 26 Jan at 01:00 pm Soldier Field

Muhammad Ali Justice Film Festival

 Sat, 17 Jan at 12:00 pm American Islamic College

Book Club Run of Three Girls from Bronzeville with Dawn Turner

 Sat, 24 Jan at 10:00 am King Branch, Chicago Public Library

A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton &Darius Bost

 Fri, 23 Jan at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

FORTY GUNS - New 4K Restoration

 Sat, 24 Jan at 11:30 am Music Box Theatre

2026 MLK Remembrance

 Wed, 21 Jan at 12:00 pm DePaul University College of Law Free

Agora Lectures: From the Polis to the Republic

 Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm National Hellenic Museum Free

Bernadette, The Musical - Preview

 Fri, 13 Feb at 07:00 pm Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture

Winter Fashion Ball 2026 — A Charitable Museum Gala

 Sat, 24 Jan at 05:00 pm 4722 W Armitage Ave USD 90 to 295

Ragnarok - The Wisdom of the Vikings

 Sun, 25 Jan at 03:00 pm New Acropolis Chicago Free

Touch Me, I'm Sick: A Memoir in Essays by Margeaux Feldman

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

✨⛪ Faith & Legacy: A Guided Tour of the Mother Cabrini Shrine ✨

 Sat, 17 Jan at 12:00 pm The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini USD 18

The Burden of the Past: The Holocaust, Colonialism, and Today's World

 Thu, 29 Jan at 06:00 pm Goethe-Institut Chicago Free

REST AS REGULATION: Nervous System Reset Class by Licensed Therapists

 Sat, 07 Feb at 11:00 am 2464 N Clybourn Ave Free

Book Talk: The Grave Robber with Tim Carpenter

 Wed, 28 Jan at 05:00 pm Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum Free

Join us for Ted Karamanski Talk and Book Signing

 Fri, 23 Jan at 07:00 pm 1200 West 35th Street, Suite 0E-5010, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60609

Champagne: Pink & Green - Stylistic Diversity & Sustainable Frontiers

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm Chicago, IL USD 82

John Davis in Conversation with Liz Mason

 Fri, 16 Jan at 06:30 am Quimby's Bookstore Free

Strollin' Down MLK

 Sat, 17 Jan at 12:00 pm Timothy Center Free

Lectures on Tap - "Pen vs. Power: The Political Art of the Gilded Age"

 Wed, 21 Jan at 06:30 pm River North USD 39

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

 Sat, 17 Jan at 10:45 am Hopleaf USD 34

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

 Wed, 28 Jan at 06:30 pm River North USD 39

The Voice of Hind Rajab

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

Under the Table — A Chicago Mafia LARP

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:00 pm Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA USD 31

Tour Guide 101

 Sat, 31 Jan at 10:00 am Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library USD 0 to 45

Community Documentary Screening

 Sat, 31 Jan at 01:00 pm Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago Public Library Free

Celebrating Edgewater's Theatres

 Sat, 17 Jan at 01:00 pm Edgewater Historical Society

Let's Sketch the Auditorium Theatre

 Sun, 18 Jan at 12:00 pm Auditorium Theatre

Book Talk: ANATOMY OF A HEALER - Portraying Ancient Physicians in Fiction

 Sun, 25 Jan at 03:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science Free

Green Mill Documentary Screening

 Tue, 10 Feb at 08:00 pm Davis Theater, Chicago USD 18

Eugene Debs, The Revolutionist

 Fri, 06 Feb at 06:00 pm HPF Pullman Exhibit Hall Free

IMSS Events Open House

 Sat, 31 Jan at 05:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science USD 29 to 50

Dr. Jacqueline Stewart - Film Scholar, Preservationist, Author & TCM Host

 Fri, 06 Feb at 12:00 pm Union League Club

Good Trouble Book Signing and Conversation with Forest Issac Jones

 Sun, 01 Feb at 02:00 pm Da Book Joint USD 0 to 27

Waves of Innovation: 100 Years of Black Excellence in STEM and Water

 Thu, 26 Feb at 12:00 pm Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, 100 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL, USA Free

Lesbian Tour of Andersonville

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am Andersonville

Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and Religion (IN PERSON)

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 0 to 8

Show & Tell for Grown-Ups!: Women In Historical Medicine

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:30 pm International Museum of Surgical Science USD 18 to 29

Looking for Night, Literary Mediators and the Making of World Literature

 Mon, 26 Jan at 03:00 pm Regenstein Library Free

History Shmistory

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

United States turns 250

 Sat, 04 Jul at 06:39 pm Chicago, Illinois, USA

Experience Pullman Home Tour

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

1619: The Journey of a People, the Musical

 Sun, 02 Nov at 03:00 pm DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center USD 45 to 71

Ted Williams Stole My Time Machine!

 Tue, 06 Jan at 08:00 pm The Playground Theater Free

Archaeology & Ale: James Meierhoff

 Wed, 21 Jan at 07:00 pm The Embassy Public House Free

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral Tour

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

Kids Bollywood Dance & Culture w/FREE TRIAL (North Center)

 Sun, 11 Jan at 02:00 pm Dance Center Chicago Free

Devin Kennedy

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

Arpilleras: Textiles of Resistance

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

7th Annual Pan-African Flag Raising Ceremony for Black History Month

 Mon, 02 Feb at 10:00 am Barbara J McGowan Main Office Building, 100 E. Erie Street, Chicago, IL

Juneteenth Senior BBQ

 Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm Roseland Satellite Senior Center Free

Windy City Wonders and Lakefront Views in Chicago Audio Tour

 Sun, 06 Apr at 08:00 am 78 E Washington St USD 15

2026 BATES HALL FAMILY REUNION (CHICAGO, IL)

 Thu, 25 Jun at 10:00 am __ USD 0 to 25

Amazing Scavenger Hunt! - Ghosts of the Chicago River

 Thu, 20 Mar at 08:00 am 24 W Randolph St USD 15

Chicago's Black American historical bus tour

 Fri, 03 May at 11:00 am 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr USD 80

From Profile to Partnership | Coaching for Modern Daters by MyCheekyDate

 Thu, 18 Dec at 11:30 pm Chicago USD 169