What's Hot - This month's best Chicago family fun events and activities
We've picked out some of the best family fun taking place this month around Chicago. Bookmark this page to keep up with the hottest Chicago family happenings! Sign up for our monthly newsletter to get information as soon as it's available.
Find things to do with kids in Chicago. Following are highlights of activities going on in the coming days and weeks. Visit our Calendar of Events to see full listings of daily events.
Ancient Game Day
5/3/2025 to 5/3/2025
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Play ancient games at the ISAC Museum, then make your own! This alumni weekend, join us for a fun-filled day of games, crafts, and more! Play games throughout our galleries, learn all about the history of games from Museum Educators, and make your very own ancient games to take home at our...
Pop-Up Music Class at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
5/8/2025 to 5/8/2025
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Wrigleyville
Come for music class, stay for ice cream! Families who attend this event receive 25% off their ice cream purchase after the music program!!
Join us at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at 3657 N. Clark for a fun and active music class for the whole family! Work up an appetite and earn that ice...
Switch on Summer & Night Out Kick-Off
5/10/2025 to 5/10/2025
Grant Park
Get ready for ComEd’s 11th annual Switch on Summer, which celebrates the start of summer with the official turning on of Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain!
Brought to you in partnership with the Chicago Park District, this year’s event will once again include the official Kick-Off...
Family Day | Playoffs
5/10/2025 to 5/10/2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Play to win on the final Family Day of the season while exploring Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom. Access Information.
Chicago Dance Crash is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary dance company existing within the intersection of street dance, concert dance, and...
2025 Spring Circus: Breaking the Mold
5/16/2025 to 5/17/2025
CircEsteem
Step right up for a whimsical circus adventure where change isn’t just magical—it’s spectacular! Completely devised by our CYC youth & coaches, this high-energy spectacle features dizzying diabolos, juggernaut jugglers, trendy tightrope trendsetters, and unstoppable unicyclists. But that’s just...
Big Balloon Show
5/17/2025 to 5/17/2025
Madame ZuZu's TeaHouse
Madame Zuzu's Teahouse and Smarty Pants present the Big Balloon Show as part of their ongoing Saturday Morning Family Event series!
As seen on WGN-TV's Morning News, the Big Balloon Show is a hilarious all-ages show featuring magic, comedy and of course, Smarty's giant balloon...
Spring Fun Fest
5/18/2025 to 5/18/2025
Parkway Bank Park
Families are invited to Parkway Bank Park on Sunday, May 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for a fun-filled day of free outdoor festivities at the entertainment district’s annual “Spring Fun Fest.” This year’s activities will include bounce houses, balloon sculptors, face painting, a petting zoo and...
Chicago Laughter Yoga!
5/24/2025 to 5/24/2025
Logan Square Public LIbrary
This event is open to anyone looking to unwind, release stress, and embrace laughter for health and positivity. Laughter Yoga promotes laughter as a form of exercise along with deep breathing techniques based on yoga. Laughter Yoga focuses on our willingness to laugh for no reason other than to...
