Things to Do in Des Plaines, IL — Today

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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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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Young Explorers at MoCA Arlington

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 10:00 AM

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

  Free

• Evanston Plein Air Festival Paint Out Downtown Evanston

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 12:00 PM

  625 Davis St, Evanston, IL

  Free

• Free Lunch Bunch: Open to Everyone

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 12:00 PM

  GENEROC.I.T.Y. Toy Shop, IL

  Free

• Dinner and a Movie: It Happened One Night

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 12:00 PM

  Community Room, IL

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• Rollin' Rec

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 3:00 PM

  1300 S. St. Louis, Chicago, IL

  Free

• BOOM BOX Friday Night Flashback Experience at Colombian Fest Chicago

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 3:00 PM

  3103 W North Ave, 3103 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651, Chicago, IL

  Free

• Fridays in the Grove: Christmas in July

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 4:00 PM

  Fridays in the Grove: Christmas in July, IL

  Free

• Happy Hour on the Patio with Lou Shields

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 5:00 PM

  FITZGERALDS PATIO, 6615 W Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, IL

  Free

• West Fest Chicago

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 5:00 PM

  1800 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois, IL

  Free

• Meet IRL Friday Night Pickleball for Singles SPF Lincoln Park

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:15 PM

  SPF Pickleball, 2121 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL

  $28.65–$49.87

• Schaumburg Boomers vs. Joliet Slammers

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

  Wintrust Field, 1999 S. Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg, IL

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• The Second City's Pandemonium, Please Hold

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

  Second City-Chicago: Mainstage, 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago, IL

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• Wellness Wednesdays: Musical Sound Bath

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

  Wellness Wednesdays @ the Innovation Studio: Musical Sound Bath, IL

  $25

• America 250 Trivia

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  1501 Ellinwood Avenue, Des Plaines, IL

  Free

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