Chicago Events, Nightlife & Dining

Overhead view of a costumed crowd dancing around a DJ booth under red-lit curtains at a Thank You For Dancing Halloween party

Chicago Nightlife, Oct 10 to 18: Field Museum Gala, North America’s No. 1 Bar on the 46th Floor & a Spiegeltent Opening Night

The Field Museum Gala on October 17, Elie Tahari at mHUB, Sip & Guzzle and Kermess opening the same Thursday, and the Halloween tickets to lock in now…

ChiVibe October 9, 2026

Guests at candlelit tables in the Carbon Chicago lounge beside a living green wall and glowing orange sculpture

Chicago Weekend Nightlife, Oct 9 to 11: Fashion Week After Dark, Runways and a Masquerade

Chicago weekend nightlife for October 9 to 11: Eclipse After Dark at Carbon, CWILLI's runway and sample sale, Masquerade de Spiritismo in Pilsen, AIM …

ChiVibe October 9, 2026

Miami Vice Negroni cocktail from Sip & Guzzle on a stone table

Sip & Guzzle Chicago: North America’s No. 1 Bar Takes Over the Four Seasons’ Mile High Cocktail Club

North America's No. 1 bar, New York's Sip & Guzzle, opens a five-month residency at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago's Mile High Cocktail Club on Octobe…

ChiVibe October 9, 2026

Banchet Awards 2027 Restaurant of the Year finalist Asador Bastian Segovian pig roasted over fire

Banchet Awards 2027 Finalists: The Chicago Plates, Rooms & Pours to Taste Before January 31

The Banchet Awards 2027 finalists read like the best meals of the year: Asador Bastian, Brasero, Cellar Door Provisions and Maxwells Trading for Resta…

ChiVibe October 8, 2026

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar Northern Thai sharing platter with herb sausage, green chili dip, eggs and crispy pork rinds

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar: Khao Soi, Lanna Heat & a Little Northern Thailand in Old Town

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar brings Northern Thai cooking to Old Town: khao soi under crispy noodles, smoky sai oua, chili dips with sticky rice and a spic…

ChiVibe October 7, 2026

Kermess Chicago Spiegeltent dining room with tables and stage, Floor 14 Loop

Kermess Chicago: Premonitions Inc. Circus Cabaret Opens Oct 15 in a Belgian Spiegeltent

Kermess Chicago plants a century-old Belgian Spiegeltent fourteen floors above Randolph: velvet, mirrors, and about 300 table seats. Premonitions Inc.…

ChiVibe October 6, 2026

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Smyth Chicago dining room with warm timber, low light and the open kitchen in the West Loop

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Sanders BBQ Prime cooking language: smoked brisket, ribs, and sausage platter from James Sanders’s kitchen

Sanders BBQ Prime: Hyde Park’s Elevated Barbecue Comeback Under the Promontory

Sanders BBQ Prime is Hyde Park’s elevated barbecue sit-down under the old Promontory: James Sanders and Ogbonna Bowden, 130 seats, open kitchen, ste…

ChiVibe October 3, 2026

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Chicago Nightlife, Oct 10 to 18: Field Museum Gala, North America’s No. 1 Bar on the 46th Floor & a Spiegeltent Opening Night

Chicago Weekend Nightlife, Oct 9 to 11: Fashion Week After Dark, Runways and a Masquerade

Sip & Guzzle Chicago: North America’s No. 1 Bar Takes Over the Four Seasons’ Mile High Cocktail Club

Banchet Awards 2027 Finalists: The Chicago Plates, Rooms & Pours to Taste Before January 31

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar: Khao Soi, Lanna Heat & a Little Northern Thailand in Old Town

Kermess Chicago: Premonitions Inc. Circus Cabaret Opens Oct 15 in a Belgian Spiegeltent

Smyth Chicago: A New Head Chef, One Chef’s Menu & the Next Chapter at North America’s No. 1 Restaurant

Nisi Greek Grill Rosemont: Aegean Steaks, Flaming Saganaki & an October 9 Island Table

Chicago October Nightlife: Soft Opens Ahead, Fall Galas & Halloween Tickets

Sanders BBQ Prime: Hyde Park’s Elevated Barbecue Comeback Under the Promontory