Halloween falls on Saturday, October 31, 2026; the weekend runs Oct 30 – Nov 1. On the calendar so far: Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America (open through Nov 1), Music Box of Horrors: The Final Chapter (open through Oct 31) and Where Memory Lives:: 40 Years of Día de Muertos (open through Nov 29). Stumblday's hand-checked board for this weekend publishes about three weeks ahead; until then this page lists the 34 events already on our Chicago calendar for Oct 30 – Nov 1.
The best things to do in Chicago over Halloween weekend (Oct 30 – Nov 1), so far Also on the Chicago calendar for Oct 30 – Nov 1 Meet a Scientist: Spooky Spider Webs Fri, Oct 30, 11 AM · Field Museum Family Field Nights: Boo with SUE Fri, Oct 30, 6 PM · Field Museum Halloween eve with THE MODEL CITIZENS Fri, Oct 30, 8 PM · Green Mill Jazz Club Not‑So‑Scary Family Halloween Stories, Costumes and Glow Fun with Ms. My Sat, Oct 31, 3 PM · Uptown Branch Gods of Chaos Halloween Sat, Oct 31, 5 PM · Aragon Ballroom WITCHES & WIZARDS BALL Sat, Oct 31, 6:30 PM · House of Blues Chicago THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ORIGINAL CAST SPOOKTACULAR TOUR Sat, Oct 31, 7:30 PM · The Chicago Theatre HALLOWEEN NIGHT with The CHICAGO CELLAR BOYS Sat, Oct 31, 8 PM · Green Mill Jazz Club Daft Disko Halloween: Chicago - Ages 21+ Sat, Oct 31, 9 PM · Subterranean GOOFAZZ HALLOWEEN COMEDY SHOW Sat, Oct 31, 9 PM · The Comedy Bar Fall Fest Fri, Oct 30, 10 AM · Lincoln Park Zoo Book Builders Fri, Oct 30, 10 AM · Harold Washington Library Center Open Play Time Fri, Oct 30, 10:30 AM · West Loop Branch Story Time Fri, Oct 30, 10:30 AM · Logan Square Branch Brahms Requiem Fri, Oct 30, 1:30 PM · Symphony Center Elizabeth Metzger - "The Going Is Forever: Poems" - Richie Hofmann Fri, Oct 30, 4 PM · The Seminary Co-op Chris Foreman Fri, Oct 30, 5 PM · Green Mill Jazz Club Dom Dolla Fri, Oct 30, 5 PM · Navy Pier Hard Country Honky Tonk with The Hoyle Brothers Fri, Oct 30, 5:30 PM · Empty Bottle Partner Event | Film Screening – “Christian Holder: My Life is Dance” Fri, Oct 30, 5:30 PM · Chicago History Museum 1st Set With New Nostalgia Fri, Oct 30, 6 PM · Andy's Jazz Club BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Fri, Oct 30, 6 PM · Gene Siskel Film Center Weston Estate Fri, Oct 30, 6:30 PM · Outset Winyah Sat, Oct 31 · House of Blues Chicago The Winter's Tale Sat, Oct 31 · Chicago Shakespeare Theater Forbidden, Heathen, Void, Idol Throne Sat, Oct 31 · Reggies Music Joint Sanctum Dark Music Festival - 2 DAY PASS Sat, Oct 31 · Thalia Hall Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Joanna Connor Blues Band Sat, Oct 31 · Kingston Mines CHICAGO'S BEST COMEDY SHOW Sat, Oct 31 · The Comedy Bar Three Floyds 30th Anniversary Event with Pig Destroyer, Necrot, Eternal Champion, and Lair of The Minotaur Sat, Oct 31 · Bottom Lounge Plan Halloween weekend in Chicago
