Kids Events This Weekend in Chicago, IL

Sunday, October 18 · 16 events · updated daily

Sunday, October 18

• Music Teachers of Hyde Park Artists Series: Phyllis Calderon🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM📍 Blackstone

  Join Blackstone Branch and the Music Teachers of Hyde Park for the latest installment of their Artists Series.…

  Free
• Learn Chess with Dave🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM📍 Walker🔁 2 dates

  Come join us for chess with Dave. Learn to play, improve your game and start your journey to becoming a master…

  Free
• Celebrating Polish Folktales with Master Storyteller Megan Wells🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM📍 Oriole Park

  Join national award-winning Master Storyteller Megan Wells as she spins alive the charm and wonder of classic …

  Free
• Film Screening: Goosebumps (2015)🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM📍 Scottsdale

  Welcome to Weekend Cinema. Join us for a screening of Goosebumps (2015). A teen, his best friend, a horror wri…

  Free
• Developmental Playgroup with The Little Duck Collective🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM📍 Harold Washington Library Center🔁 2 dates

  Join an occupational therapist and speech language pathologist from The Little Duck Collective for movement an…

  Free · Registration required
• Film Screening: M3GAN 2.0 (2025)🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM📍 King

  Join King Branch for a screening of M3GAN 2.0 . Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, we…

  Free
• Dungeons & Dragons Club🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM📍 Lincoln Belmont🔁 2 dates

  Kids who are interested in playing tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are invited to join us. We run entry-l…

  Free · Registration required
• Family Film Screening: Corpse Bride (2005)🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM📍 Back of the Yards

  Join the Back of the Yards staff for a screening of Corpse Bride (2005)! Returning to the painstaking stop-mot…

  Free
• Family Film Screening: Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo (2020)🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM📍 West Lawn

  Join us at the West Lawn branch for Sunday matinee movies for the whole family. Movies will be shown in Englis…

  Free
• Trunk or Treat at Addams🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM📍 Addams (Jane) Park

  A community event where children and families gather in a parking lot or field and go from car to car, rather …

  Free · Registration required
• Luminaria de la Vida - Exhibition Opening at South Shore🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM📍 South Shore Cultural Center Park

  Presented by the Culture, Arts & Nature Department (CAN) Luminaria de la Vida highlights recent ceramic works …

  Free · Registration required
• Sharing Wellness and Nature (SWAN)🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · All day📍 Lincoln Park Zoo🔁 5 dates

  Sharing Wellness and Nature, or SWAN, is Lincoln Park Zoo’s premium program for adults (18+) who are neurodive…

  Free
• Chicago Seadog Haunted River & Lake Tour🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM📍 City Cruises🔁 6 dates

  Step aboard our Seadog Haunted Tours for a fun-filled journey through Chicago's history of ghosts, spirits, sc…

  Price not listed
• The Winter’s Tale at Chicago Shakespeare Theater🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM📍 Chicago Shakespeare Theater🔁 10 dates

  The Winter’s Tale“It is required you do awake your faith.”Once upon a time in a land called Sicilia, King Leon…

  Price not listed
• Play On! at Chicago Shakespeare Theater🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM📍 Chicago Shakespeare Theater

  Duke Ellington’s timeless jazz tunes set the score for this exuberantly joyful musical inspired by Shakespeare…

  Price not listed
• Black Coffee🕒 Sun, Oct 18 · 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM📍 East End Plaza

  Navy Pier Open Air closes out the season with a highly anticipated return from global house music icon Black C…

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