Things to Do in Evanston, 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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• 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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• 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

• Dinner and a Movie: It Happened One Night

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 12:00 PM

  Community Room, IL

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• 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

• Summer Friday Magic

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 4:30 PM

  The Hand & The Eye, 100 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL

  $65

• 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

• Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm - 20th Anniversary Tour

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:00 PM

  House of Blues Chicago, 329 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL

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• 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

• Candlelight: The Lord of the Rings

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

  520 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL

  $48.50–$85

• 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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• Eden Sapphic Sail

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

  800 S Wells St, 800 South Wells Street, Chicago, IL

  $44.52–$65.87

• America 250 Trivia

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  1501 Ellinwood Avenue, Des Plaines, IL

  Free

• Dulce Sloan

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Zanies Comedy Club - Chicago, 1548 N Wells St, Chicago, IL

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• Drunk Shakespeare: Drunk Romeo & Juliet

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  The Lion Theatre, 182 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

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• Rolling Quartz My Turn Tour in Chicago

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL

  $36.29–$246.41

• Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center, 2548 North Halsted, Chicago, IL

  $23

• SUFFS

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  CIBC Theatre, 18 West Monroe, Chicago, IL

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• Che Durena at Chicago Improv

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Chicago Improv, CA

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• Speakeasy Theatre Performance

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  4400 Greenwood Street, IL

  $11

• CourtYard Crush Release Party

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM

  Babe's Sports Bar, Chicago, Illinois, IL

  Free

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