Family Events in Greater Chicago, IL

Peterson Elementary Community Field

The North Park Community Market returns for a new season with a free, family-friendly neighborhood gathering featuring local vendors, live music throughout the market, a kids te...

Greater Chicago

The Ritz-Carlton Chicago invites families and fairytale lovers to step into a modern Cinderella story with “Before Midnight: A Cinderella Tea Experience,” an enchanting afternoo...

Greenhouse Theater Center

Young People’s Theatre of Chicago (YPT) launches its milestone Fifth-Anniversary Season with Laura Numeroff’s award-winning children’s classic, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie! The...

Solemn Oath Brewery

An open play session for ages 3 to 9 at Ultimate Ninjas Academy in Naperville features kid-friendly versions of popular obstacles, including monkey bars, trapeze bars, a rock wa...

Lifeline Theatre

Step into the sugary, shadowy world of Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I., a fairytale noir mystery filled with crime and double crosses! During the dark days of Candy Prohibition, hard-boi...

Arlington Heights

Skip the pumpkin patch and pick your pumpkin in the Arlington Ridge Center Family Activity Pool! Each registered child takes home a real pumpkin to decorate and, of course, Hall...

Chicago Gamespace

October 18 – December 20, 2026 Reception and artist talk: Thursday October 29th 5-7pm Hours: Sundays 2pm – 5pm, $8 Adults, $5 Kids Location: Chicago Gamespace, 2418 W Bloomingda...

Subterranean

is the kind of artist who, when faced with a bad Tinder date, builds a puppet of them and writes a song about it. A Seattle-born, self-taught multi-instrumentalist and lifelong...

Evanston Public Library (3rd Floor Falcon Room)

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