About this Event
CLVR LABs™ × Chi’Tiva Downtown presents Creative Networking, a 21+ Chicago event for creators, founders, tech builders, vendors, entrepreneurs, and people building something real.
This is not a conference and it is not another awkward networking mixer.
Creative Networking brings Chicago’s creative and business communities into one room for real conversations, local discovery, new ideas, and connections that can actually lead somewhere.
Expect a mix of creators, small business owners, founders, artists, vendors, tech-curious entrepreneurs, brand builders, and community members inside Chi’Tiva Downtown in the South Loop.
What to Expect
• Creative vendors and local brands
• Networking for creators, founders, and entrepreneurs
• Tech, AI, and creative innovation conversations
• Small business and startup connections
• Music, culture, and community
• A relaxed 21+ networking environment
• Opportunities to meet collaborators, customers, and future partners
CLVR LABs™ is also building technology through CLVR Intelligence, so expect the tech side of the CLVR ecosystem to become part of these gatherings through demos, ideas, experiments, and conversations around how creators and entrepreneurs can use new tools.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Time: 3 PM – 8 PM
Location: Chi’Tiva Downtown / South Loop
Address: 1250 S Michigan Ave Ste E, Chicago, IL 60605
Age: 21+
Who This Is For
Creative Networking is for:
• Chicago creators
• Entrepreneurs and founders
• Small business owners
• Vendors and product-based brands
• Artists and photographers
• Tech builders and AI-curious creatives
• Content creators
• Designers and brand builders
• Professionals looking for a different kind of networking room
• Anyone looking to connect with Chicago’s creative community
You do not need to come with a sales pitch. Come with an idea, a business, a project, a skill, or just curiosity about what other people in Chicago are building.
Vendor Opportunities
Want to activate your brand inside a future CLVR LABs™ event?
CLVR LABs™ supplies vendor tables. Vendors bring their own tablecloth, signage, display materials, QR code or payment method, and anything needed to present their brand.
Apply here:
https://clvrlabs.org/beavendor/
About CLVR LABs™
CLVR LABs™ is building a creative ecosystem around business literacy, creative media, community development, technology, wellness, events, and real-world brand activation.
Creative Networking is one piece of that ecosystem.
Come build something.
Event venue & nearby stays
THC by Chitiva South Loop, 1250 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States
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