Goblins, Ghouls and Ghosts, oh my! Halloween has returned to Chicago's North Shore with endless treats in store. But that's not all, October is full with festivals, live music, exhibits, markets and more! And don't miss the Northwestern Wildcats take on Indiana (Oct. 5) and Wisconsin (Oct. 19) at Martin Stadium.

Thomas & Friends - Explore the Rails!

OPENING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 - SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2025

Kohl Children's Museum | 2300 Patriot Blvd., Glenview


All aboard! The world’s most beloved blue engine is rolling into town! Featuring the favorite engines and destinations from Thomas & Friends™, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) – focused exhibit is ideal for children 2 through 7 and encourages thinking mathematically, making comparisons, experimenting to solve problems and more!

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Evanston Made Open Studio Tour and Makers Market

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

Maple Street Garage | 1800 Maple St., Evanston


On Saturday, October 5 invite friends for a self-guided exploration of Evanston’s creative community featuring art on display and for sale at venues across Evanston. That Sunday, October 6, outdoors, in a covered parking garage, you’ll find hundreds of unique and one-of-a-kind, handmade goods like art, craft, wearables, jewelry, stationery, handbags, and more! Meet the artisans while enjoying family-friendly activities, artist demonstrations and art-making activities.

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Calling Spooky Pooches and Runners


Wear your creepiest costumes to celebrate Halloween at the Pet Parade and 3K Fun Run in one of Northbrook's best parks!

The Grove Folk Fest

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

The Grove | 1421 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview



Costumed interpreters relive local history while visitors celebrate autumn with folk music, square dancing, hayrides and more. Dine on hearty food in the outdoor dining hall or enjoy a nature walk along the trails. Shop unique items from local vendors and artisans. Fun for the entire family! Tickets can be purchased online.

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Threaded Stories – A Runway Show of Distinctive Fashion

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13

Woman's Club of Evanston | 1702 Chicago Ave., Evanston


Join cloth + home, for an afternoon of creativity and style! Witness the magic as nine outstanding designers showcase their unique creations on the runway. From bold prints to elegant silhouettes, this event promises to be a feast for the eyes. Come immerse yourself in a world of beauty and innovation!

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Planning events? Visit Chevy Chase!


Chevy Chase Country Club can help make your event planning seamless! Call 847-465-2311

Night of 1,000 Jack-O'Lanterns

OCTOBER 16-20 AND 23-27

Chicago Botanic Garden | 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe


Don’t be frightened! More than 1,000 artistically hand-carved, real pumpkins lit with LED lights will light up the night featuring recreations of popular album covers, haunted tales from Chicago, eerie cartoons, and more! Pumpkin carving demos, selfie stations, glow-in-the-dark tattoos, and seasonal light fare and drinks add to the family-friendly fun!

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Kindertransport - Rescuing Children on the Brink of War

NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Illinois Holocaust Museum | 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie



This poignant exhibition outlines the remarkable rescue mission that brought thousands of unaccompanied children from Nazi Europe to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts, stories, and firsthand testimony, those who lived through the "Kindertransport" program share its story and the heart-wrenching decisions parents made to send their children away for a chance at a better future.

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Oct 4-6 Explore Evanston Made’s Art Weekend


Gallery openings, First Saturday and Makers Market

Lots of Live Music

THROUGHOUT OCTOBER

Evanston SPACE at Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University | 600 Emerson St., Evanston


Over the past decade, SPACE has welcomed thousands of local and national touring acts to their stage and this month is no exception! Live music lovers, get out those calendars and save these dates! Toad the Wet Sprocket with Jackopierce (10/5), Graham Nash (10/15 and 10/16), The Mountain Goats (10/17) and Rickie Lee Jones & Sweet Honey in the Rock (10/30).

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Enjoy Brunch at Evanston Corner Bistro!


Add some bubbles to your brunch with Evanston Corner Bistro's mimosa brunch! $20 for 1.5 hours of mimosas with the purchase of an entree.

Taste of the Town

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30

Chevy Chase Country Club | 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling



Get your tickets for the foodie event of the year! More than two dozen of the area’s most popular restaurants, wineries, breweries and meeting places will be serving samples from their menus – a true culinary feast! Along with food and drink tastings, guests will also enjoy live entertainment, raffle drawings, prizes, and much more.

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Halloween on the North Shore



Get ready for spooky fun this Halloween season! Enjoy trick-or-treating, brave haunted houses, explore a garden filled with expertly crafted Jack-O’-Lanterns or join a thrilling fun run, including the Zombie Scramble (if you dare)!

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Blind Faith Café – Globally Inspired Vegetarian Cuisine


525 Dempster St. Evanston – Lunch • Brunch • Dinner – blindfaithcafe.com

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

THROUGH OCTOBER 6, 2024

Northlight Theatre, Skokie

Northbrook Farmers Market

THROUGH OCTOBER 9, 2024

Downtown Northbrook

Never Better

THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2024

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Evanston

Church & Dodge Sunday Markets

THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2024

SE Corner of Church & Dodge, Evanston

Glenview Farmers Market

THROUGH OCTOBER 19, 2024

Parking Lot, Historic Wagner Farm, Glenview

First Date

THROUGH OCTOBER 20, 2024

Oil Lamp Theater, Glenview

Winnetka Farmers Market

THROUGH OCTOaBER 26, 2024

Winnetka Metra Train Station

Wilmette French Market

THROUGH OCTOBER 26, 2024

Just East of Wilmette Metra Station

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

THROUGH OCTOBER 27, 2024

Writers Theatre, Glencoe

Willy Porter Band - 25th Anniversary of Falling Forward

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Evanston SPACE

October Art Walk in Hubbard Woods

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Hubbard Woods Design District, Winnetka

Fall Festival & Bulb Sale

OCTOBER 4-6, 2024

Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe

Skokie Scream Scene

OCTOBER 4, 2024 - NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Abandoned Skokie Water Playhouse, Skokie

Prairie School # 3 - Ridge Historic District Walking Tour

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Evanston History Center - Dewey School, Evanston

Northwestern University Football vs. Indiana

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Martin Stadium, Northwestern University, Evanston

Evanston Made - First Saturdays Evanston Art Events

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Various Locations, Downtown Evanston

Toad the Wet Sprocket w/ Jackopierce

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Evanston SPACE at Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston

Chalet Nursery Fall Harvest Fest

OCTOBER 5-6, 2024

Chalet Nursery, Wilmette

Federico Solmi: The Great Farce

OCTOBER 5, 2024 - DECEMBER 1, 2024

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston

Thomas & Friends - Explore the Rails!

OCTOBER 5, 2024 - JANUARY 5, 2025

Kohl Children's Museum, Glenview

Fall Family Festival

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Kohl Children's Museum, Glenview

The Grove Folk Fest

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The Grove, Glenview

Wesley Stace

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Evanston SPACE

Evanston Made Maker's Market

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Maple Street Garage, Evanston

Joan Osborne and Joshua Radin

OCTOBER 8, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

Hubbard Woods Architectural Treasures Walking Tour

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Hubbard Woods, Winnekta

Napolean Dynamite Live! 20th Anniversary Celebration

OCTOBER 8, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

Lewis Black Goodbye Yeller Brick Road THE FINAL TOUR

OCTOBER 9-10, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

The Tale of the Whale

OCTOBER 9-20, 2024

Northbrook Theatre, Northbrook

Live at Studio5! Alexander/McLean Project

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Studio5 Performing Arts Center, Evanston

Christian McBride & Ursa Major - 2 Shows

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Evanston SPACE

Skokie Art Space

OCTOBER 11-27, 2024

Skokie Art Space, Skokie

Fido Fest

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Westfield Old Orchard, Skokie

Martin Sexton Abbey Road Show

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Evanston SPACE

cloth + home presents threaded stories~a runway show

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Woman's Club of Evanston

Indigenous People's Day 2024

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston

Illinois Holocaust Museum Book & Author: "The Klansman's Son"

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie

Graham Nash - More Evenings of Songs and Stories

OCTOBER 15-16, 2024

Evanston SPACE at Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston

Night of 1,000 Jack-O'Lanterns

OCTOBER 16-27, 2024

Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe

Indigenous People's Day Powwow

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston

Trivia Night: Wilmette Through the Decades

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Wilmette Historical Museum, Wilmette

Winnetka Architectural Walking Tours - Early Settler Homes

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Clinton House, Winnetka

The Mountain Goats

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Evanston SPACE at Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston

Guy King

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Evanston SPACE

Live at Studio5! Corky Siegel & Randy Sabien

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Studio5 Performing Arts Center, Evanston

Blind Boys of Alabama

OCTOBER 18, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

Rachael Yamagata

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Evanston SPACE

Evanston Zombie Scramble

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Parking Lot Across from Evanston Ecology Center, Evanston

Wicked Wilmette

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Hibbard Park, Wilmette Park District, Wilmette

Northwestern University Football vs. Wisconsin

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Martin Stadium, Northwestern University, Evanston

Frank Lloyd Wright's Ravine Bluffs Subdivision and Cottage Exterior

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Glencoe Historical Society Museum, Glencoe

Evanston Main Street Fall Fest

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Main Street Station, Evanston

The Chicago Soul Spectacular

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Evanston SPACE

Aboyer Holiday Cigar Dinner

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Aboyer, Winnetka

High School Musical, Jr.

OCTOBER 22-26, 2024

Northbrook Theatre, Northbrook

Steep Canyon Rangers

OCTOBER 24, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!

OCTOBER 24, 2024 - NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston

Music Theater Works presents Little Shop of Horrors

OCTOBER 24, 2024 - NOVEMBER 17, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

Northbrook's Halloween Pet Parade

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Technie Prairie Park and Fields, Northbrook Park District, Northbrook

Northbrook's Halloween 3K Fun Run

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Technie Prairie Park and Fields, Northbrook Park District, Northbrook

Devon Sandridge: Tribute to Johnny Hartman

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Studio5 Performing Arts Center, Evanston

Pumpkins In the Woods

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Hubbard Woods Park, Winnetka Park District, Winnetka

Evanston Trunk or Treat

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Robert Crown Center, Evanston

Central Street Trick or Treat

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Central Street, Evanston

Wilmette Linden Square Pumpkin Walk

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Linden Square, Wilmette

Community House Winnetka's Smarty Pants presents: The Big Balloon Halloween Show!

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Community House, Winnetka

The Glen Town Center Boo Bash

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The Glen Town Center, Glenview

Downtown Skokie Trick or Treat

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Downtown Skokie

Spooky Saturday on the Main-Dempster Mile

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Main-Dempster Mile, Evanston

Haunted Heritage Cemetery Walk

OCTOBER 26, 2024

St. Peter's UCC Cemetary, Skokie

Downtown Evanston Trick or Treat Stroll

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Downtown Evanston

Music of the Baroque: The Elements

OCTOBER 27, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

Glenview Fall Fest

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Glen Club Grounds, Glenview

Rickie Lee Jones & Sweet Honey in the Rock

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Evanston SPACE at Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston

Wheeling Taste of the Town

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Chevy Chase Country Club, Wheeling

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

OCTOBER 31, 2024

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie

Murder and Mayhem in Skokie Walking Tour

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie

whitewolfsonicprincess w. Baba Yaga Stew

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Evanston SPACE

Every Brilliant Thing

OCTOBER 31, 2024 - JANUARY 5, 2025

Writers Theatre, Glencoe

Downtown Evanston Farmers Market

THROUGH NOVEMBER 2, 2024

University Pl. and Oak Ave., Evanston

Skokie Farmers Market

THROUGH NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Northwest corner of Oakton St. & Floral Ave., Skokie

Kindertransport - Rescuing Children on the Brink of War

THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie

Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968-72

THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 2024

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston

No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits

THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston

Titanic: The Exhibition

THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2025

Westfield Old Orchard, Skokie

Shtetl in the Sun Andy Sweet’s South Beach 1977-1980

THROUGH JUNE 1, 2025

Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie


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