Things to Do in Chicago, IL — Today

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• Chicago Sky vs. Los Angeles Sparks

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

  Wintrust Arena, 200 E Cermak Road, Chicago, IL

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• Lil Wayne: 20 Years of Carter Classics with 2 Chainz

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, 1300 S. Linn White Drive, Chicago, IL

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• Paul Simon at Ravinia Festival

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 8:00 PM

  200 Ravinia Park Rd, IL

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• Rick Ross Presents Port of Miami 20 with The Renaissance Orchestra

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 8:00 PM

  The Chicago Theatre, 175 N State St, Chicago, IL

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• The Wizard of Oz

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, IL

  $10–$45

• Arlington Alfresco

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Vail and Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL

  $1

• Peach Jam: Allman Brothers Tribute

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  SPACE, 1245 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL

  $33.90

• Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise Aboard First Lady

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Chicago Architecture Center - First Lady, 112 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL

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• Chicago Theatre Tour Experience

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  The Chicago Theatre Tour Experience, 175 N State St, Chicago, IL

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• A Date Night Adventure in Arlington

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  A Date Night Adventure! - Arlington's Urban Adventure, IL

  $35.99

• Youth Services Summer Reading: Unearth a Story

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Elk Grove Village Public Library, IL

  Free

• I Can Bike There Summer Challenge

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Elk Grove Village Public Library, IL

  $9

• Mammoth Reggae Festival

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  The Village Plaza, IL

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• Free and Independent: The Declaration of Independence and the Words That Made the United States

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St, IL

  Free

• Images of Faith: 3000 Years of Spiritual Expressions

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL

  Free

• Grant Park Music Festival

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Millennium Park, 55 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

  Free

• Energizer at Gallagher Way

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 AM

  Gallagher Way, 3635 N Clark St, IL

  Free

• Presence and Absence: The Space Between

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 9:00 AM

  1717 Central St., Evanston, IL

  Free

• Solutions for Care

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 9:00 AM

  Nora Laureto Study Room C, IL

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• Dinos!

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 9:30 AM

  31st Street and Golfview Avenue, Brookfield, IL

  $29.95

• Young Explorers at MoCA Arlington

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 10:00 AM

  Young Explorers @ MoCA Arlington's Innovation Studio + Store, IL

  Free

• Peekaboo Baby Storytime

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 10:00 AM

  Youth Services Program Room, IL

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• Vip Stadium Tour

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 11:00 AM

  Soldier Field, 1410 S. Museum Campus Drive, Chicago, IL

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• Storytime in the Garden

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 11:00 AM

  Proksa Park, IL

  Free

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