Games in Chicago
56 upcoming events
Get games in Chicago in your weekly roundup.
Oazis lists 56 games events in Chicago, pulled from ticket sites and venue calendars, then sorted by hand.
Right now, most of the action is around Chinatown Library, West Town Library and Chicago Bee Library.
Events — games in Chicago
Fri10
Tomorrow
1 event
Mon13
Monday 13 July
2 events
Tue14
Tuesday 14 July
11 events
Mon 13 · 6 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games👴Seniors
Tuesday Night Bridge Club
Logan Square Library
Tue 14 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Kids Craft: Music Bingo!
Avalon Library
Tue 14 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
♙Chess🎯Board games
Come Play Chess with Us
Chicago Bee Library
Tue 14 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Kids' Summer Remix
Independence Library
Tue 14 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Teen Tuesdays
Portage-Cragin Library
Tue 14 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Fun with Reading
Back of the Yards Library
Tue 14 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
LEGO® Builder's Club
Garfield Ridge Library
Tue 14 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Teen Time Tuesday
Albany Park Library
Tue 14 · 4 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games🎨Creative workshop8–12 yrs
Chess and Checkers
Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport Library
Tue 14 · 4:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games10–16 yrs
Tinker Tuesday: Gaming Edition
Lincoln Belmont Library
Tue 14 · 4:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games0–13 yrs
Chat and Craft
West Town Library
Wed15
Wednesday 15 July
9 events
Tue 14 · 5:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Tabletop Game Night
Northtown Library
Tue 14 · 6:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Lotería Nights / Noches de lotería
West Belmont Library
Wed 15 · 12:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Chat and Craft
West Town Library
Wed 15 · 12:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Learn to Play Mahjong
Garfield Ridge Library
Wed 15 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Teen Wednesday
Kelly Library
Wed 15 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Retro Game Day: Tabletop Game Play
Near North Library
Wed 15 · 4 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Creative Teen Time
Mayfair Library
Wed 15 · 4 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
The Artist's Studio in the Library
Chinatown Library
Wed 15 · 4:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
LEGO® Club
Bucktown-Wicker Park Library
Later
24 events
Wed 15 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
🐉Tabletop RPG🎯Board games
Micro-RPG Wednesdays
Merlo Library
Wed 15 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
✂️Workshop🎯Board games
Workshop Wednesday
Sherman Park Library
Wed 15 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Let's Play Magic: The Gathering
Humboldt Park Library
Wed 15 · 6:30 PMFree🇬🇧
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Canaryville: USA 250 Edition
Canaryville Library
Fri 17 · 11 AMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games6–13 yrs
Build It
West Englewood Library
Sun 19 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Family Nintendo Switch
McKinley Park Library
Tue 21 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Mexican Train: A Domino Game
Roden Library
Tue 21 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Family Bingo
Douglass Library
Tue 21 · 6 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games5–13 yrs
Family Night: LEGO® and Board Games
Jefferson Park Library
Tue 21 · 6 PMFree🇬🇧
🐉Tabletop RPG
Let's Play Dungeons & Dragons
Mount Greenwood Library
Wed 22 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Windy City Icon Bingo With Mr. Omar
Austin Library
Wed 22 · 2 PMFree🇪🇸
👾Video games🎯Board games6–13 yrs
Video Game Zone
West Lawn Library
Wed 22 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🔬Science6–13 yrs
STEAM Time
Canaryville Library
Thu 23 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games7–12 yrs
Teen Led Program Intern Showcase
Woodson Regional Library
Thu 23 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
❓Quiz
Chicago Summer Trivia!
Gage Park Library
Fri 24 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games10–19 yrs
Vodak After Dark
Vodak-East Side Library
Fri 24 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games0–13 yrs
Family Craft and Game Night / Noche Familiar de Arte y Juegos
Toman Library
Sat 25 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
♙Chess
Beginning Chess
South Chicago Library
Sat 25 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
❓Quiz
Movie Trivia at the Library
West Town Library
Sun 26 · 1:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games10–13 yrs
Dungeons & Dragons: An Introduction
Lincoln Belmont Library
Sun 26 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games5–13 yrs
Pokémon Club
Budlong Woods Library
Sun 26 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games6–13 yrs
Midway vs O'Hare Paper Airplane Challenge
West Pullman Library
Sun 26 · 5 PMFree🇬🇧
♙Chess
Teen Chess Club
South Chicago Library
Mon 27 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games6–13 yrs
Summer Crafternoon: STEM Building Challenges
West Chicago Avenue Library
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Sat 11 · 3:30 PM$56.65
💿DJ set☀️Open air
Under The Bridges - Dabura + Kevin Watry
Summer Of George
Fri 17 · 8 PM
🎤Hip-Hop🎙️Rap
Rick Ross @ Chicago Theatre
Chicago Theatre
Fri 31 · 10 AM
⚡Electro🏠House
lollapalooza
Grant Park
At 7 PM
🌴Reggae🎫Concert
Original Koffee @ Grant Park
Grant Park
Tomorrow · 7 PM
🎤Hip-Hop🎫Concert
Chris Travis @ House of Blues - Chicago
House of Blues - Chicago
Thu 30 · 11 AM
☀️Open air💿DJ set
Ouverture des portes jour 1
Lollapalooza 2026
Sat 11 · 10 PM
💿DJ set🏠House
Jonas Blue @ TAO Chicago
TAO Chicago
Tomorrow · 10 PM$25
🔊Techno💿DJ set
Ferra Black
SPYBAR
Wed 15 · 8 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Jay Blakesberg @ Garcia's Chicago
Garcia's Chicago
At 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
The Samples @ City Winery Chicago
City Winery Chicago
Sat 11 · 7:30 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🌐World
Jack Johnson @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Sun 12 · 8 PM
🎸Rock🤘Metal
Kontusion @ Reggie's
Reggie's
At 5 PMFree
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Golden Hour Featuring Jimmy Bennington
Epiphany Center for the Arts - Catacombs
At 6 PM$20
🤘Metal⚡Punk
108 / Racetraitor / Snuffed / Burning Fight / Left of Heaven
Cobra Lounge
Mon 13 · 7 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Tall Tall Trees @ Tack Room
Tack Room
Tomorrow · 10 PM
🎉Club🔊Techno
FRQNCY
Smoke & Mirrors
Sat 11 · 2 AM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Sunset Society (Chicago Lakefront)
TBA - RSVP FOR LOCATION
Sat 11 · 2 PM
💿DJ set🎉Club
Maybe It's A...Hot One
Chicago
Sat 11 · 4 PM
🎉Club🔊Techno
Flow State & Green Machine with Lia Plutonic
TBA - Secret Location
Sat 11 · 7 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Aathee x Full Circle at The Bike Lane - DJ Hyperactive, Geto Mark, Anthony Cruz
TBA - The Bike Lane
Sun 12 · 9 PM
🎉Club⚡Electro
Dance Mania Legends Block Party
TBA - 2100 S Morgan St Chicago, IL 60608
Fri 17 · 12 PM
🔊Techno🏠House
West Fest Chicago 2026
TBA - West Town
Fri 17 · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Blacklight Blackout ft Erik Flash, Mr Bobby, Double Vision, Jawknee Sins, Dolce Neuro
Bourbon On Division
Sat 18 · 12 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
The Silver Room Sound System Block Party
The Salt Shed
Fri 24 · 9 PM
🎉Club⚡Electro
Sinners Sanctuary: Temple of Flesh ($lut's Party)
TBA - Wicker Park
Sat 1 · 7 PM
⚡Electro💿DJ set
Chicago & styx
TBA - Allstate Arena Chicago
Fri 7 Aug · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
BRUT Pink Pusssy RAVE
TBA - Sound Bar, Chicago
Sat 11 · 8:30 PM
☀️Open air🎉Club
Chicago Fireworks Booze Cruise!
Chicago Lakefront Cruises
Sun 12 · 1:30 PM
💿DJ set🎉Club
All White Splash of Color Yacht Party
111 Lake Shore Dr
Sat 11 · 3 PM$5.67
🎉Club🏠House
JOY Rooftop Pt.3
JOY District
Sat 1 · 9 PM$22.06
💿DJ set🏠House
Murda Beatz (House Set) @ Bassment
Bassment
Sat 11 · 9 PM
🎉Club🏠House
Chosen Few Picnic & Festival Ofiicial After Party - Next Gen The Future Of House
Soundbar
Fri 24 · 10 PM
🏠House💿DJ set
House Music is Home w Derrick Carter, Terry Hunter and more. Free w RSVP.
Sound Bar
Sun 12 · 12 PM
👑Drag show
Chicago, IL - Drag Brunch @ Punch Bowl Social
Punch Bowl Social Chicago
Tomorrow · 4 PM
💿DJ set🎉Club
Chris Lake @ Navy Pier
Navy Pier
Sun 12 · 7 AM$24.52
💿DJ set🏠House
Azure Day Party Chicago 7/12 w/ Void
Tetto Rooftop
Sun 12 · 9 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
CLUB YAYA w/ DJ Slugo
Sunnygun
Sat 25 · 4 PM
🎪Street party👑Drag show
1st Annual Ball- The Pride Ball - Benefiting 'Life is Work!'
Water Tower Place ( Level 3 at FASHIONBAR)
Sun 26 · 1 PM
🎪Street party
Starlight Sapphic Presents: Picnic at the Park
Ping Tom Memorial Park
Tue 14 · 5:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🍿Film club
Documentary Club Screening and Discussion: Aging in America (2025)
Harold Washington Library Center
Sat 25 · 2:30 PM
🍽️Food
Must Join - 2026 Denver Summer Tequila Tasting Festival (July 25) RA
TBA - Zanzibar Billiards, 2046 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 United States
Sat 25 · 2:30 PM
🍽️Food🎉Club
Trending - 2026 Chicago Summer Tequila Tasting Festival (July 25) RA
TBA - The Boss Bar, 420 N. Clark St. Chicago IL
Tue 4 · 6 PM
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
Transexual Menace | Free Film Screening
Goethe-Institut Chicago
Thu 23 · 6:30 PM
🗣️Talk🍽️Food
Innovation at the Intersection of Climate Solutions
Frontera Grill
Wed 29 · 6:30 PM
🗣️Talk
Lectures on Tap - "The Radical Rebellion That Terrified Europe"
River North
Mon 20 · 1:30 PM
🗣️Talk📸Photography
Climate in Focus: Conservation through the Lens of Creatives
Leica Store and Gallery Chicago
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Mon 27 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Literary Lounge Book Club: Mystery
Chinatown Library
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Tap what you're into — we'll find the outings around you.
Venues — games in Chicago
Chinatown Library
2 events
West Town Library
3 events
Chicago Bee Library
2 events
McKinley Park Library
2 events
Canaryville Library
2 events
Lincoln Belmont Library
2 events
West Chicago Avenue Library
2 events
West Englewood Library
2 events
Portage-Cragin Library
2 events
Budlong Woods Library
2 events
Garfield Ridge Library
2 events
South Chicago Library
2 events
Frequently asked questions
How many games events are there in Chicago?
56 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch games in Chicago?
Notably Chinatown Library, West Town Library and Chicago Bee Library. See the full list of venues above.