Fall events in Wicker Park
Fall in Wicker Park and Bucktown, Chicago: art walks, festivals, Halloween events and neighborhood happenings.
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Boo-Palooza & BarkPalooza10am to 2pmFree1425 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622Annual family Halloween party in Wicker Park: kids' musicians, a costume parade and contest, pumpkin patch and decorating, games, and a straw maze, plus BarkPalooza's dog costume parade. Suggested donation of $10 per family. Note: the 2026 event page is not yet published; the time shown is carried from the prior year's listing.
Wicker Park Bucktown Thrift Riot12 to 6pmFree1425 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622Neighborhood-wide shopping event spanning more than 20 thrift, vintage and resale boutiques along Damen, Division and Milwaukee. Free to browse on your own; a $45 VIP shopping shuttle runs two sessions (noon to 3 and 3 to 6) with drinks, snacks, discounts and a swag bag. Five stores hide specially marked items worth a $50 gift card each.
Candlelight: Tribute to Metallica6:30 to 7:30pm$521500 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60622Metallica's catalog gets the candlelit string treatment in the historic Wicker Park church: Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, Nothing Else Matters and more, performed by the Metropolis String Quartet. 60 minutes, ages 8 and up.
Chopin in Winter at Chopin Theatre7 to 8:15pm, day 2 of 3, Oct 16 to 18$401543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642Chopin Theatre Productions stages its own production of MacArthur Fellow Stuart Dybek's celebrated Chicago story, set in a postwar working-class neighborhood. Actor Yasen Peyankov plays all the characters while pianist Jana Pavlovska weaves fifteen Chopin pieces and boogie-woogie through the storytelling. Limited engagement, about 75 minutes.
Sunday in the Park with George at Chopin Theatre7 to 9:40pm, day 3 of 4, Oct 15 to 18$401543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642Kokandy Productions' revival of Sondheim and Lapine's Pulitzer-winning musical about Georges Seurat, the first Chicago storefront staging in over 15 years. Now extended through Nov 29 after strong reviews from the Tribune, Sun-Times and Reader. Plays the intimate Chopin Studio downstairs, about 2 hours 40 minutes.
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer8:30 to 9:30pm$611500 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60622Fever's Candlelight series pairs Hans Zimmer's film scores with the glowing sanctuary of Wicker Park Lutheran Church: Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Dune, Inception and more, played by string quartet. About 60 minutes.
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