Free Events in Niles, IL — Today

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• Youth Services Summer Reading: Unearth a Story

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · All day

  Elk Grove Village Public Library, IL

  Free

• 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

• Young Explorers at MoCA Arlington

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 10:00 AM

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

  Free

• Storytime in the Garden

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 11:00 AM

  Proksa Park, 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

• 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

• Skyline Sessions

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 5:00 PM

  Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL

  Free

• GiddyUp Country Music

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 6:00 PM

  The Village Plaza, 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

• Heartache Tonight Eagles Tribute

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 7:30 PM

  Fred P. Hall Amphitheater, 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

• Afro Fusion South Loop Edition

  Friday, July 17, 2026 · 10:00 PM

  BASSLINE, 2239 South Michigan 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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