Poetry Events in Chicago

Check out happening poetry events all around Chicago, IL

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - DiDonato Performs Neruda Songs

 Fri, 08 May at 12:30 am Chicago Symphony Center

Zarna Garg at Riviera Theatre - IL

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm Riviera Theatre - IL

Floetry with Raheem DeVaughn

 Thu, 16 Apr at 01:00 am The Chicago Theatre

Masters of the Mic at Auditorium Theatre Chicago

 Sat, 18 Apr Auditorium Theatre Chicago

DiDonato Performs Neruda Songs with CSO

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm Orchestra Hall - IL

MONDAY MARCH 23: LATE NITE MIC WITH VIK PANDYA

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage Free

MONDAY APRIL 13: LATE NITE MIC WITH VIK PANDYA

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage Free

CHICAGO SPOKEN WORD SHOWCASE: HOSTED BY JAMES HAMILTON

 Sun, 19 Apr at 06:00 pm Offshore Rooftop

MONDAY APRIL 27: LATE NITE MIC WITH VIK PANDYA

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage Free

Buddy Wakefield in CHICAGO

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:30 pm 935 W Wilson Ave USD 18

Golden Hour Featuring Superfrye

 Fri, 01 May at 05:00 pm 201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607

Floetry

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm The Chicago Theatre

Patricia Smith, Ashley M. Jones, Donika Kelly, Aimee Nezhukumatathil

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Cecilia Vicuña Lecture

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Art Institute of Chicago

MONDAY MARCH 30: LATE NITE MIC WITH VIK PANDYA

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage Free

CAConrad, Rickey Laurentiis, Jake Skeets, S Yarberry

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Elevated Open Mic Night @ Blazed Bakery

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Blazed Bakery Free

Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Parneshia Jones

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

PO JAM's: Poetic JustUs

 Sat, 28 Mar at 08:00 pm 950 W Fulton Market Free

Get Lit: Speakeasy Rhymes

 Tue, 14 Apr at 05:30 pm American Writers Museum USD 8 to 29

Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)

A Dope SouthSide Open Mic hosted by Boukehpra

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:30 pm The Silver Room Free

Sunday In The Park With George

 Thu, 13 Aug at 07:00 pm Chopin Theatre USD 25 to 109

The Mill | variety show & open mic

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Burlington Bar Free

April Blue Hour featuring Diego Báez and Samyak Shertok

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:30 pm Haymarket House Free

Edgar Allan Poeprov

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm The Playground Theater Free

Big Cheese Poetry Slam

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm Zhou B Art Center

Chicago, IL - Karaoke Night! @ Punch Bowl Social

 Fri, 02 Jan Punch Bowl Social Chicago Free

Give Us Our Flowers: Celebrating Women in Bloom

 Sat, 21 Mar at 06:00 pm 1449 S Michigan Ave USD 29 to 50

Palabra Pura

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm 18th Street Casa de Cultura Free

Concentration

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Ruth Page Center for the Arts USD 18 to 36

Second Sunday Salon: Joe Rendon & Friends, Chicago Poets, Tigerlily Cross

 Sun, 12 Apr at 05:00 pm Colvin House Free

Water to Water: Gaza Renga - Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 6 to 8

Літературно-творчий вечір «Слово не мовчить»

 Sat, 21 Mar at 06:00 pm 2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60612

Femme Gaze

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Logan Center for the Arts USD 29 to 55

Radiohead Concert in the Dark w Live Strings WAITLIST SHOW – DATE PENDING

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm Secret Location in Chicago USD 0 to 322

Staff & Friends Reading

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Assembly Required

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm Surge Billiards USD 19

Chicago Poetry Center’s March Blue Hour Featuring April Gibson and Mira Cameron

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Haymarket House

Spiral Body: Body Deploys

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science Free

MUJERES CREANDO | Women Creating

 Mon, 09 Mar at 07:00 pm Instituto Cervantes of Chicago USD 13

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Ed Roberson

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Chicago New Books

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Open Mic at The Tattler!

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm 4355 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60618

A Night with Rhonda Sy'mone

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm 3052 W Carroll Ave USD 23

Northwestern SPS MFA & MA Faculty Reading

Fri, 15 May at 06:30 pm The Book Cellar

The American Mavericks Project - Featuring Ms. Chelsea Randall

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center USD 13

The Thursday Show: Chicago's Funniest Comedians with New Jokes!

 Sat, 30 Nov at 09:30 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 13

Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Artist Talk: Mami Takahashi in Conversation with Zachary Cahill

 Sat, 28 Mar at 02:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science Free

Beatles Concert in the Dark w Award Winning Violinist WAITLIST EVENT

 Sun, 03 May at 08:00 pm Secret Location in Chicago Free

Long Story Short

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

Marcela Ossa with Jocey and Lulu Sandoval

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm UncommonGround - Lakeview USD 14

Asha Futterman - "Song of Gray" - Mary Helen Callier & Leah Flax Barber

 Tue, 31 Mar at 04:00 pm 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60637

Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Chicago Free

ikaros ensemble and cloud community college presents: threaded

 Tue, 24 Mar at 08:30 pm The Understudy Coffee and Books USD 19

After Hours with Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Quimby's Bookstore Free

Shorties - A Reading Series - April 2026

 Wed, 01 Apr at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple Free

The Graduate Reading Series

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm UncommonGround - Lakeview Free

Collage Workshops with Paloma Trecka

 Sun, 19 Apr at 01:00 pm Oleander & Artesian USD 55 to 87

Creativity Hoarders Anonymous (CHAnon)

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library, 8th Fl., Room 8S-14 Free

Romanticon EPIPHANIES Reading Series

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm 1843 S Racine Ave Free

Artist Talk: Faylita Hicks on Memory, Erasure, and the Living Archive

 Sat, 21 Mar at 03:00 pm Walls Turned Sideways Free

TOP POP! Open Mic!

 Sat, 30 May at 07:30 pm The.BlkRoom USD 7 to 50

May Blue Hour Featuring Patrycja Humienik and Soham Patel

 Wed, 20 May at 07:30 pm Haymarket House Free

Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop

 Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Copy of Other People's Poems--April

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm Consignment Lounge Free

Open Mic @ The Eco Flamingo Market Cafe

 Sun, 15 Feb at 07:00 pm 4754 N Rockwell St Free

S2 Lawndale - hope lives here! w/ Nile Lansana

 Wed, 22 Apr at 03:00 pm Lawndale Mental Health Center Free

Movement Philosophy ::::: Spring Session

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm bim bom studios USD 0 to 87

S1 Lawndale - hope lives here! w/ Nile Lansana

 Wed, 11 Feb at 03:00 pm Lawndale Mental Health Center Free

Monthly Group Ukulele Lessons in Pilsen. FREE Ukulele Giveaway!

 Sun, 12 Oct at 12:00 pm 1637 W 18th St Free

Open Mic with Lo The Goddess

 Thu, 18 Dec at 07:00 pm Nitro Nostalgia Free

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Chicago Free

Windy City Shorts: An Open Mic Night for Chicago Short Movies!

 Wed, 31 Jan at 07:00 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 15

Giggle Hour

 Tue, 01 Aug at 07:00 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 13

Poetic Reconstruction

 Sun, 14 Sep at 06:00 pm Urban Luxe Cafe Free

Soulspeak Open Mic

 Sat, 25 Apr at 04:00 am Northshore Healing Centre USD 25

Spoken Word Poetry

 Fri, 04 Apr at 06:30 pm Urban Luxe Cafe Free

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Chicago Free

Free Poetry Writing Workshop and Poetry Reading hosted by Audacious Don

 Mon, 27 Feb at 04:00 pm Legler Regional Library, Chicago Public Library USD 0 to 29

The hidden cry

 Sun, 04 May at 07:00 pm 5844 S Rockwell St