Concerts in Chicago in October 2026

Blues, country & folk

GREASY GRAVY w/ special guest TOM V. RAY!!

Fitzgeralds Sidebar

A blues, country and folk concert in Berwyn, Illinois, featuring Greasy Gravy with Tom V. Ray as special guest, at Fitzgeralds Sidebar.

Pop, rock & indie

Beaver's Halloween '26: Snuffed / Daybreaker / Mano A Mano / Don't Front / New Found Power / Lavender

Cobra Lounge

A Halloween bill at Cobra Lounge in Chicago, with six acts across pop, rock and indie, presented under the title Beaver's Halloween '26.

Candlelight

Candlelight: Halloween Classics

The Congress Plaza Hotel & Convention Center

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Chicago.

Pop, rock & indie

Weston Estate

Outset

A pop, rock and indie concert in Chicago featuring Weston Estate, with Orca on the same bill, at Outset, a Chicago venue for concerts and shows.

Pop, rock & indie

Bands Being Bands!

Live Wire Lounge

Bands Being Bands! is a live concert in the pop, rock and indie genres, presented at the Live Wire Lounge in Chicago. The title places the bands themselves at the center of the evening.

Blues, country & folk

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Joanna Connor Blues Band

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center

A double bill of two Chicago blues acts, the Mike Wheeler Blues Band and the Joanna Connor Blues Band, presented at Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center.

Hard rock & metal

Three Floyds 30th Anniversary Event with Pig Destroyer, Necrot, Eternal Champion, and Lair of The Minotaur

Bottom Lounge

A hard rock and metal bill at Bottom Lounge in Chicago, marking the 30th anniversary of Three Floyds, with Pig Destroyer, Necrot, Eternal Champion and Lair of the Minotaur on the lineup.

Pop, rock & indie

UAU 2026 FANCON [Playlist #Your Youth] in Chicago

Logan Square Auditorium

UAU 2026 FANCON, titled Playlist Your Youth, is a Chicago event combining pop, rock and indie music at Logan Square Auditorium. It is a concert and show program for listeners and fans.

Pop, rock & indie

Winyah

House of Blues Chicago

A concert by Winyah, a pop, rock and indie act, at House of Blues Chicago, with Foxtide also on the bill.

Electronic

Haunted Halloween Cruises

Anita Dee One Boarding at Dusable Harbor

An electronic music outing themed for Halloween, departing from Anita Dee One Boarding at DuSable Harbor in Chicago.

Pop, rock & indie

Death By Disco: Chicago's Biggest Halloween Pop-Up

Recess

A Halloween-season music night in Chicago, built around a disco theme and drawing on pop, rock and indie sounds, staged at Recess, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in the city.

Electronic

Honey After Dark: The Masquerade with DJ Ca$h Era

Three Top Lounge

Honey After Dark: The Masquerade with DJ Ca$h Era is an electronic night built around the DJ named in the title, presented at Three Top Lounge in Chicago.

Pop, rock & indie

NIGHT MOVES w/ special guest Astrachan at FITZGERALDS!!

Fitzgeralds Nightclub

Night Moves, an indie rock band from Minneapolis, plays Fitzgeralds Nightclub in Berwyn, with Astrachan as special guest. The show is a rock night at a Chicago-area club.

Pop, rock & indie

Rocks Off: Rolling Stones Tribute

Space

A Rolling Stones tribute show by the act Rocks Off, presented at Space in Evanston, Illinois. The performers are not the Rolling Stones.

Electronic

Halloween at Offshore Rooftop Chicago

Offshore Rooftop

An electronic music event titled Halloween at Offshore Rooftop Chicago, staged at Offshore Rooftop, a Chicago venue that hosts concerts and shows. It takes its name from the Halloween season.

Pop, rock & indie

Hollyy // Kid Copter // Sabina // Free Joel

The Burlington

A pop, rock and indie concert at The Burlington in Chicago, bringing together Hollyy, Free Joel, Kid Copter and Sabina on one bill.

Electronic

Play [010]

Public Works Gallery

An electronic music performance by Madeline, a Chicago act, presented at Public Works Gallery under the title Play [010].

Pop, rock & indie

Taper's Choice

Garcia's Chicago

Taper's Choice is a pop, rock and indie act performing at Garcia's Chicago, a Chicago venue for concerts and shows.

Pop, rock & indie

The Sinatra Experience With Dave Halston

George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center

A tribute concert presented at the George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center in Skokie, built around the music of Frank Sinatra and performed by Dave Halston.

Soul, R&B, reggae

Bardware

Fitzgeralds Sidebar

Bardware is a live act whose music draws on R&B, soul, funk, gospel and reggae. The concert takes place at Fitzgeralds Sidebar in Berwyn, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago.

Jazz

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

Lemon

A jazz program at Lemon named after It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, the 1966 animated television special based on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip.

Pop, rock & indie

The Cle Elum

Reggies Bananna's Shack

A pop, rock and indie concert at Reggies Bananna's Shack in Chicago, with The Cle Elum and The Handcuffs sharing the bill. Both acts perform on this one night of live music.

Electronic

+area code w/ SKREAM all night long

Alhambra Palace

An electronic night at Alhambra Palace in Chicago, titled +area code w/ SKREAM all night long, featuring Skream, an English DJ and dubstep musician active since 2003.

Electronic

Dark Frequency - Halloween Eve

Decibel

Dark Frequency - Halloween Eve is an electronic music night in Chicago, timed to the eve of Halloween, with iamBrandon and Mister Wallace on the bill. It takes place at Decibel, a Chicago venue for concerts and shows.

Electronic

Evan G

The California Clipper

Evan G is an electronic concert at The California Clipper in Chicago, with CTRLZORA as the featured artist. The evening is built around electronic music.

Electronic

House Calls w/ ALISHA

Artifact

House Calls w/ ALISHA is an electronic music bill at Artifact, a Chicago venue for concerts and shows. The evening presents electronic music performed live.

Pop, rock & indie

Late Shift

Chop Shop

Late Shift is a pop, rock and indie act performing a concert in Chicago. The show takes place at Chop Shop, a city venue for concerts and shows.

Electronic

Retrovisceral Space

DM @zeit.two FOR ACCESS! · address after booking

An electronic music night in Chicago titled Retrovisceral Space, featuring five artists: DJ THADZ, Dj Daddy Wannie, Jeremiah Meece, Tdy (1) and Hungu.

Blues, country & folk

Strawdawg

Carol's Pub

Strawdawg is a Chicago concert featuring a blues, country and folk act at Carol's Pub, a venue in the city that hosts live music and shows.

Hard rock & metal

The Goddamn Gallows

Reggies Music Joint

A hard rock and metal concert by The Goddamn Gallows, with Royal Son of a Guns, at Reggies Music Joint in Chicago. The bill suits listeners who follow heavy guitar-based music.

Electronic

Chapel of the Undead: Sound Bar Halloween — Oct 30

Sound Bar

A Halloween electronic music night at Sound Bar in Chicago, presented under the title Chapel of the Undead. It is a one-night concert for fans of electronic music who want a themed evening out.

Electronic

A Chosen Few DJs House Music Halloween w $1

Le Nocturne

A Halloween night of house music at Le Nocturne in Chicago, with DJs Wayne Williams, Mike Dunn and Duke Shin. It is an electronic dance event rooted in the Chicago house tradition.

Electronic

Apollo Xo Halloween Weekend

Hideaway

Apollo Xo Halloween Weekend is an electronic music concert at Hideaway, a Chicago venue for concerts and shows, timed for the Halloween weekend.

Electronic

ATLiens

Radius

ATLiens is an electronic act performing in Chicago at Radius, a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the city's live calendar.

Electronic

Chat Noir

Chicago · address after booking

Chat Noir is an electronic music night in Chicago featuring five acts: Tama Sumo, Lakuti, Jacob Meehan, Glamour Cadaver and Clax10.

Electronic

etc radio

Chicago · address after booking

etc radio is an electronic music night in Chicago, with m50, Skwirl and Trash Panda QC on the bill. The evening brings three acts from one genre together in a single program.

Electronic

Joss Dean

Spybar

A live electronic music concert by Joss Dean at Spybar in Chicago, a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the city.

Electronic

Nanoos & Company feat. Nanoos - DJ Spinn - DJ Zuni

smartbar

An electronic night at smartbar in Chicago, featuring Nanoos & Company feat. Nanoos, DJ Spinn and DJ Zuni. DJ Spinn is a Chicago footwork figure whose work anchors the bill's Chicago roots.

Electronic

Philippa Pacho

Smoke & Mirrors

An electronic music night in Chicago featuring Philippa Pacho, Brenda., and Abisai. The evening takes place at Smoke & Mirrors, a Chicago venue for concerts and shows.

Electronic

Rave & Resistance

Ask A Raver · address after booking

An electronic music evening in Chicago, with sulffffffur and Silver October on the bill under the title Rave & Resistance.

Jazz

Sidaka

Clara Chicago

Sidaka is a jazz act performing at Clara Chicago, a Chicago venue that hosts concerts and shows. This concert is one of the city's live jazz bookings for listeners who follow the genre.

Electronic

Serum: Dixon

Prysm Nightclub

An electronic night in Chicago featuring Dixon, the DJ and producer who co-founded the Innervisions label, staged at Prysm Nightclub under the title Serum: Dixon.

Electronic

Sister.spookz Crypt Crawlerz

Secret Location · address after booking

Crypt Crawlerz, a night of electronic music in Chicago with DJ Nico, karennoid, Absono and sister.spooky on the bill, presented under the name Sister.spookz.

Jazz

HALLOWEEN Jazz Brunch w/ PETRA VAN NUIS!

Fitzgeralds Nightclub

A Halloween jazz brunch featuring Petra Van Nuis at Fitzgeralds Nightclub in Berwyn, a suburban concert and show venue west of Chicago. The event pairs a brunch with live jazz.

Pop, rock & indie

Mucca Pazza Gets Spooky!

Color Club

A Halloween rock show for the whole family, featuring the Chicago band Mucca Pazza, with DadJoke and emcee Noah Ginex, staged at Color Club in Chicago.

Soul, R&B, reggae

Trench: 004 (A Fundraiser for Sudan + Congo)

Secret Location · address after booking

A fundraising concert in Chicago titled Trench: 004, bringing together five artists across R&B, soul, funk, gospel and reggae in support of Sudan and Congo.

Electronic

A Chosen Few DJs House Music Halloween Day Party w $1,000 Costume Contests

Le Nocturne

A Halloween day party at Le Nocturne in Chicago, featuring house music DJs Terry Hunter, Gene Hunt and Duke Shin, plus costume contests.

Jazz

The Jazz Room: This is Halloween Edition

The Den Theatre

Join us at The Jazz Room for a special seasonal edition inspired by the imaginative worlds of filmmaker Tim Burton.

Electronic

Witches & Wizards Ball

Foundation Room at House of Blues Chicago

An electronic night at the Foundation Room at House of Blues Chicago, with DJ Airro, Last Call Legend, Rachel Farr, Krysta Privoznik, and Witches, a French metal band, on the bill.

Electronic

The Freakeasy Presents: Mecha Black Cat

Park West

An electronic night in Chicago at Park West, presented by The Freakeasy, with J.Phlip, Christian Martin and Striz on the bill under the title Mecha Black Cat.