Activity
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm Age: Families and children of all ages Critter Connection Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Meet the animals that call the Nature Museum home! Get to know our turtles, snakes, and more... See more |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Age: All ages Live Animal Feeding Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Almost Daily - check calendar! From turtles to snakes, from rats to insects, there are a variety... See more |
Any time Age: All ages My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown Greektown A diverse group of Chicago artists is celebrating music with personal interpretations of the... See more |
Wed/Th 12 – 5 pm; Fri-Sun 11 am – 5 pm Age: All Ages Sentrock: The Boy Who Wanted to Fly Elmhurst Art Museum The Elmhurst Art Museum presents the first solo museum show of Pilsen-based street artist... See more |
Fall Fun
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Wed 3-9pm; Thu/Fri 10am - 11pm; Sun 12-9pm Age: All ages Fall Fun at Richardson Adventure Farm Richardson Adventure Farm Wednesdays - Sundays. Establish your family "basecamp" in our shaded picnic area, and from... See more |
Halloween
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While supplies last Age: Ages 3 and up American Girl Trick or Treat American Girl Place Calling all ghouls and their mummies: You’re invited to delightfully frightful treat-or-treat... See more |
Dusk - 9pm Sunday - Thursday; Dusk - 10pm Friday, Saturdays, Halloween Age: All ages Canyon Trail Cemetery Streets of Carol Stream It started as many home displays do, with pumpkin leaf bags, corn stalks and some Halloween... See more |
Available Friday – Sunday, October 8th – October 31st Friday & Saturday – Board: 7:00 PM | Cruise: 7:15 PM – 8:30 PM Sunday – Board: 5:00 PM | Cruise: 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM Age: Any age (Including your dog) Chicago Seadog Haunted River Tour Sea Dog at Navy Pier Embark on a boat tour that explores Chicago's spooky past while winding through some of the... See more |
9am - 5pm Age: All ages Cosley Zoo Pumpkin Fest Cosley Zoo Taking in the beautiful fall colors at Cosley Zoo is a must-do! Come see the animals and take in... See more |
11am-1:15pm Age: All ages Día de los Muertos Maxwell Street Market The Day of the Dead commemoration is FREE family fun featuring traditional arts and crafts... See more |
3:00 PM Age: All Ages Halloween Happenings at Enchanted Castle Enchanted Castle Family Entertainment Center Halloween Happenings are coming to Enchanted Castle! Bring the family for lots of spooky food... See more |
2:30-4:00 Age: 4-10 Halloween pARTy The Paintbrush...a hands-on ART studio for kids Drop your costumed kids off for a pARTy just for them! Halloween-themed ART, Halloween cookie... See more |
Book a slot - From $20 Age: All ages Jack’s Pumpkin Pop-Up Goose Island Join us for the newest interactive Pop-Up Experience to hit Chicago, Jack’s Pumpkin Pop-Up is... See more |
11:00am - 1:00pm Age: All ages Lincoln Scared and Ravenswoooooood Ravenswood and Lincoln Square Trick-or-Treat with your kids this year in Lincoln Square Ravenswood! On the Sunday before... See more |
Sun-Thurs 11am - 8pm, Fri-Sat 11am - 9pm Age: All ages Pier Pumpkin Lights Navy Pier Explore a variety of larger-than-life pumpkin pop-up installations throughout the Pier featuring... See more |
6:30pm - 9pm Age: All ages Pumpkin Glow Trail 2022 Harvest Tyme Family Farm Join us for a Halloween experience like none other! Imagine thousands of lights along a... See more |
Available after 3 pm Mon-Fri, 12 pm Sat./Sun. Age: All Ages R.I.P.'D Max Pack at Enchanted Castle Enchanted Castle Family Entertainment Center The R.I.P.’D Max Pack is back for “spooktacular” fun daily starting Monday, October 24th thru... See more |
Available after 3 pm Mon-Fri, 12 pm Sat./Sun. Age: All Ages R.I.P.'D Max Pack at Haunted Trails (Burbank) Haunted Trails Family Entertainment Center The R.I.P. Max Pack is back for “spooktacular” fun daily starting Monday, October 24th thru... See more |
Available after 3 pm Mon-Fri, 12 pm Sat./Sun. Age: All Ages R.I.P.'D Max Pack at Haunted Trails (Joliet) Haunted Trails Joliet The R.I.P.’D Max Pack is back for “spooktacular” fun daily starting Monday, October 24th thru... See more |
5:30 - 9:30pm Age: All ages Spooktacular Drive Thru Santa's Village AZoosment Park Select nights in October. Come experience Santa’s Village like never before with our all new... See more |
Reserve a time slot Age: Ages 6 and up Spooky Doll Hair Style and Manicure Day American Girl Place Your girl will love this frightfully fun Halloween-inspired doll hairstyling event! In this... See more |
1pm-3pm Age: 0-10 Trunk or Treat Party! Waubonsie Valley High School Special Spaces is a non-profit organization which creates dream bedroom makeovers for children... See more |
Ongoing Exhibits
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7 a.m. to Sunset Age: All ages Alebrijes: Creatures of a Dream World Cantigny Park A five-month outdoor art exhibit featuring 48 whimsical creature sculptures - some taller and... See more |
Reserve a slot online Age: All ages City on Fire Chicago History Museum The Chicago History Museum will commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 in its newest family... See more |
Reserve your time slot Age: All ages Immersive King Tut Lighthouse Art Space 100 YEARS AGO THE BOY KING’S TOMB WAS DISCOVERED. THIS SUMMER, CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY BY... See more |
Select ticketed time slot Age: All ages Immersive Van Gogh Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago Experience art like never before – lose yourself in 500,000 cubic feet of flawless projections... See more |
During regular hours Age: All ages Little Clint – The Story of a Baby Dinosaur Dinosaur Discovery Museum This permanent exhibit tells the story of a young dinosaur from his hatching during the... See more |
During regular hours Age: Ages 5 and up Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories at the Field Museum in Chicago The Field Museum Experience stories told by Native people of self-determination, resilience, continuity, and the... See more |
During regular hours Age: All ages Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze Museum of Science and Industry Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze is an interactive and immersive new permanent exhibit at the... See more |
During regular hours Age: All ages Polar Play Zone John G. Shedd Aquarium In Polar Play Zone, little ones can slip into a penguin suit and try being a bird in the Icy... See more |
Timed-entry ticket required Age: All ages The Art of the Brick Museum of Science and Industry See the world's biggest display of LEGO® art! Discover more than one million LEGO bricks... See more |
During regular hours Age: All ages Wild Color The Field Museum Dive into the color spectrum as you make your way through immersive rooms, each representing a... See more |
Theater
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Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:10am, Saturdays 2 p.m. Age: Ages 4 and up Goosebumps The Musical DePauls Merle Reskin Theatre Brooke and Zeke are thrilled to be starring in a mysterious show called The Phantom, and not the... See more |
See web site Age: Suggested for ages 5+ Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall Josephine Louis Theater Select dates OCT 21-NOV 6, 2022. Before she became a renowned humanitarian, conservationist... See more |
Fridays @ 7pm / Saturdays @10am & 1pm / Sundays @ 1pm Age: Ages 5+ Peabody: A Musical Comedy for Intrepid Young Scientists Greenhouse Theater Center "PEABODY – A Musical Comedy for Intrepid Young Scientists!" A world premiere science-Themed... See more |
See web site Age: 8+ Wicked James M. Nederlander Theatre WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different... See more |
Most performances begin at 10:30am Age: Preschool-4th grade Winnie the Pooh Various venues AlphaBet Soup Productions bring the stories of A.A. Milne to life in a brand-new musical... See more |