Fall events in Pilsen
Fall in Pilsen, Chicago: Dia de los Muertos, festivals, Halloween events and neighborhood happenings.
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11112113214315216417310aFestival del Arte Popular 2026Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Dia de Muertos
2512612712812913023167pSanctum Dark Music Festival 20269pA Pilsen Halloween: Dance Party and Costume Contest at Simone'sWhere Memory Lives: 40 Years of Dia de Muertos
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Carrera de los Muertos 5K8am$651450-1510 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 6060819th annual costumed 5K winding through Pilsen in honor of Dia de los Muertos. Runners and walkers in calavera attire celebrate with music, entertainment, and food along the course starting at Benito Juarez Community Academy. Proceeds support UNO girls programs (GirlsMpowered and RunHer). Timed and untimed divisions.
Hearts and Flowers of Hope Workshop11am to 3pm, one of 2 dates$801852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608Two-Saturday hands-on workshop with Socorro Carlos, Colectivo Fuentes Rojas, and the museum's Stitches of the Soul quilting group. Participants create a 14x14 inch textile honoring missing persons, learning applique and embroidery techniques tied to remembrance and collective action. $80, materials included.
PILSEN HALLOWEEN BAR CRAWL PARTY! 202612 to 6pm$361713 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608Costumed Halloween bar crawl across Pilsen's 18th Street corridor. Check in at Pizza Cantina, then hit neighborhood bars including La Vaca Margarita Bar, Simone's and The Tonk. 21 and over.
Sanctum Dark Music Festival 20267pm, day 2 of 2, Oct 30 to 311807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608Two-day dark music festival taking over Thalia Hall and the Tack Room for Halloween weekend. Costume theme is Blasphemy; the weekend includes a VHS dungeon, photobooth and live analog visuals. 17 and over.
A Pilsen Halloween: Dance Party and Costume Contest at Simone's9 to 11:59pm, day 1 of 2, Oct 31 to Nov 1$7960 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608Kombi's Halloween-night reggaeton and perreo dance party at Simone's Bar, with two rooms of DJs and a $500 costume contest. 21 and over, runs 9pm to 3am.
Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Dia de MuertosAll day, day 31 of 60, Oct 1 to Nov 29Free1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608The museum's 40th annual Day of the Dead exhibition looks back through its Permanent Collection to trace the evolution of Dia de Muertos and the museum itself, with ofrenda installations by artists from Oaxaca, Mexico City, Chicago, and Washington state. Also features courtyard installations by Yollocalli youth artists and a participatory community ofrenda. Runs Sep 25 through Nov 29. Free.
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