Free Events in Evanston, IL — Today

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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

• 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

• Evanston Plein Air Festival Paint Out Downtown Evanston

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 12:00 PM

  625 Davis St, Evanston, 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

• West Fest Chicago

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 5:00 PM

  1800 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois, IL

  Free

• Skyline Sessions

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 5:00 PM

  Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL

  Free

• America 250 Trivia

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  1501 Ellinwood Avenue, Des Plaines, IL

  Free

• CourtYard Crush Release Party

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Babe's Sports Bar, Chicago, Illinois, IL

  Free

• Past Curfew

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 8:00 PM

  Stereo Nightclub, 5616 West Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL

  Free

• FRIDAYZ @ MASADA: Afrobeats, Amapiano, Dancehall, RnB

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 9:30 PM

  Masada, 2206 North California Avenue, Chicago, IL

  Free

• VYBZ PON AH FRIDAY Afro Caribbean Monthly Party

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 11:00 PM

  Le Nocturne Chicago, 4810 North Broadway, Chicago, IL

  Free

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