Shit To Do This Week in Chicago

Chicago Magic Lounge, Andersonville

TODAY 4:00 PM • $61.50

“Card tricks six inches from your face inside a fake laundromat”

smartbar, Wrigleyville

TODAY 10:00 PM • $15+

“Chicago's holiest Sunday ritual: Derrick Carter spinning house til your Monday is ruined”

Soldier Field, Other

TMRW 7:15 PM • See Website

“Monday night on the lakefront. Bring a coat and low expectations.”

The Owl, Logan Square

TMRW 9:00 PM • FREE

“Burlesque on a Monday because your weekend clearly needed more innings”

Lincoln Park Zoo, Lincoln Park

TUE 7:00 PM • See Website

“Ghost stories at the zoo after dark. The animals definitely know things.”

Thalia Hall, Pilsen

TUE 8:00 PM • See Website

“Soft-spoken UK soul that hits like a 2am confession. Thalia Hall's the right room for it.”

Chicago Magic Lounge, Andersonville

WED 7:00 PM • See Website

“One magician, one night, a secret door in Andersonville. Sit close, watch his hands.”

Annoyance Theatre, Other

WED 8:00 PM • See Website

“A ghost hunting doc invented live on the spot. The cryptid is not real. The bit is.”

Metro Chicago, Wrigleyville

THU 6:00 PM • See Website

“Hardcore dudes who learned hooks. 6pm doors, home by ten, ears ringing.”

Zanies Comedy Club, Other

THU 9:30 PM • $32.25+

“Two comics insult each other until one emotionally dies. Taped live at Zanies.”

St. Benedict Parish, Other

FRI 5:00 PM • FREE

“Beer tents, brats, and polka in a church parking lot. The most Chicago thing this fall.”

The Chicago Theatre, Other

FRI 7:30 PM • See Website

“The creepy-story podcast guy, out loud, in the dark. Bring an arm to grab.”

Humboldt Park, Other

SAT 9:00 AM • $75-164

“Run a 5K at 9am, then Diplo DJs while you cramp. Somehow this sells out.”

Empty Bottle, Other

SAT 9:00 PM • $21.42

“Texas power-pop punk at the Bottle. 21 bucks, 40 minutes, zero filler.”

Bottom Lounge, West Loop

SUN 7:00 PM • See Website

“Folk-punk singalongs where the whole room screams the depressing parts.”

The Den Theatre, Wicker Park

SUN 7:15 PM • See Website

“Australia's internet-famous comic, live and algorithm-free. Taskmaster fans, assemble.”