Techno around Evanston for free
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See it on a mapVenues at a glanceTechno around Evanston for free means the clubs that don't close, the warehouses, the afters and the open airs once summer hits. We round up the parties and DJ sets, from sharp underground collectives to the big all-nighters.
Scope out your lineup, check the address, and the night is yours.
Events — techno around Evanston for free
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Monday 16 November
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Sat 21 · 6:30 PM$92.55–108.55
DJ set
2026 Evanston Cricket Club Award Ceremony and Dinner Dance Fundraiser
Croatian Cultural Center Chicago
Sat 21 · 10 PM$0–34.89
DJ setReggae
Life Changes Kemar Birthday Celebration!
Bombay Hall Banquets, Chicago
Sun 22 · 7 PM
DJ setClub
The Wild Night
Cary's Lounge, Chicago
At 7 PM$25.96
Club
BYOB Dance Party: A Real Rager
Idea Box Intergrated Arts, Chicago
Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
Matsuri
Holiday Delight & Kodomo Matsuri
5700 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
Tue 17 · 8 PM$17.66–67.57
DJ set
Shades of HUNKS at Juliana Restaurant (Chicago, IL) 11/17/26
Juliana Restaurant, Chicago
At 8 PM
DJ set
Feel Good Fridayz w/DJ Half Mun
Nobody's Darling, Chicago
At 9 PM
ClubDJ set
Furball Chicago Friday The 13 Th
The Jackhammer Chicago
Tomorrow · 12 PM$55.20
DJ setHouse
Barbershop Jukebox
Fade District Lounge, Chicago
Wed 18 · 4 PMFree
Parties
Gear Happy Hour @ Chicago Eagle
Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago
Wed 18 · 7 PM
Bingo
Spiteful BINGO!
Spiteful Brewing Tap Room, Chicago
Fri 20 · 8 AM
Parties
BOGO Friday's @ Smack Dab
Smack Dab Chicago
At 7:30 PM
Stand-up
OLEKSANDR ELLERT | Love Laughs
RED ROOM Comedy Club, Chicago
Thu 19 · 7 PM$34.50–109.50
Theatre
It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
The American Blues Theater, Chicago
At 7:30 PM
Musical
A STRANGE LOOP by Michael R. Jackson
Raven Theatre, Chicago
Mon 16$20
TheatreFeminism
WeWomen Play Festival
Bramble Arts Loft, Chicago
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM$15
Stand-up
RED ROOM Comedy
RED ROOM Comedy Club, Chicago
Wed 18 · 7:30 PM
Stand-up
Red Room Open Mic
RED ROOM Comedy Club, Chicago
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
Literature
Adult Book Discussion: OBOC
Northtown Library, Chicago
At 2 PMFree
Language café
ESL Practice: English Conversation Group
Budlong Woods Library, Chicago
Sun 22 · 1 PMFree
TalkScience
Owls of Chicago at NPV
North Park Village Nature Center Park, Chicago
At 10 AMFree
Literature
The No Book Club
Edgewater Library, Chicago
Tomorrow · 1 PM
LiteratureLGBTQ+
Ace Book Club
Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, Chicago
At 7 PM
CinemaArthouse cinema
Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival - FRIDAY SHOWS
Chicago Filmmakers
At 6 PM$0–23.18
Cinema
AGBARA NLA: THE RETURN
Rccg New Hope Assembly Church Chicago
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM$17.35
CinemaDocumentary
WICKET Documentary Screening
Kinowerks, Chicago
Mon 16 · 7:30 PMFree
TalkLiterature
CIRCLE JERK and THIS AMERICAN WIFE: The Internet Theater of Fake Friends
The Understudy Coffee and Books, Chicago
Tue 17 · 6 PMFree
Cinema
Film Screening: Gravity (2013)
Albany Park Library, Chicago
Wed 18 · 5:30 PMFree
Cinema
Classic Film Screening: 9 to 5 (1980)
Rogers Park Library, Chicago
Wed 18 · 7 PMFree
Literature
Picnic Book Club
Picnic Wine & Provisions, Chicago
Thu 19 · 6:30 PM
PoetryLiterature
PO Box Poetry Series Reading, Writing Workshop & Potluck
PO Box Collective, Chicago
Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
EcologyMobilization
West Ridge Clean-Up Crew: Clark and Elmdale
5977 N Clark St, Chicago
Sun 15 · 11 AM
Activism
Memorial for People Killed by Police
PO Box Collective, Chicago
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM$6.24–11.49
LGBTQ+
LESBIAN ARM WRESTLING
The Understudy Coffee and Books, Chicago
Sun 15 · 4 PM
LGBTQ+
Queer Trans Non-Binary Art Salon
PO Box Collective, Chicago
Sun 15 · 12 PM
Volunteering
Food Not Bombs Sunday Distro
PO Box Collective, Chicago
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Venues — techno around Evanston for free
Frequently asked questions
How many techno events are there around Evanston for free?
1 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch techno around Evanston for free?
Notably The Jackhammer Chicago, Podlasie Club and The Native. See the full list of venues above.