Stage in Chicago in August 2026
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Oazis lists 17 stage events in Chicago in August 2026, pulled from ticket sites and venue calendars, then sorted by hand.
Right now, most of the action is around The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage, Epiphany Center for the Arts - Catacombs and Lemon.
Events — stage in Chicago in August 2026
Week of 2 August
1 event
Week of 9 August
1 event
Week of 12 August
6 events
Tue 11 Aug · 8 PM13.39 €🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up✨Cabaret
Steal the Show
Sleeping Village
Thu 13 Aug · 7 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Marcus Monroe
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
Fri 14 Aug · 7 PM28.33 €🇬🇧
🎨Performance🎤One-man show
The Complex Whole So Formed
The Neo-Futurists
Fri 14 Aug · 7 PMGratuit🇬🇧
✨Cabaret🎫Concert
WILL! The Birthday Concert
The Newport Theater
Sat 15 Aug · 10 AM25–75 €🇬🇧
🎨Performance
Rogue Fashion Show
Epiphany Center for the Arts - Catacombs
Sun 16 Aug · 11 AM35 €🇬🇧
✨Cabaret
Cabaret, Thee Ricky Harris Way: Primetime TV Show Theme Songs
Epiphany Center for the Arts - Catacombs
Week of 17 August
2 events
Week of 26 August
7 events
Tue 25 Aug · 7:30 PM🇬🇧
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
VaVoom Lagoon: A Tropical Burlesque Cabaret
Lemon
Tue 25 Aug · 8 PM13.39 €🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up✨Cabaret
Steal the Show
Sleeping Village
Tue 25 Aug · 8 PM🇬🇧
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
Heavenly Bodies: A Cosmic Cabaret
The Newport Theater
Thu 27 Aug · 7 PM20.01 €🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up🎤One-man show
Gus Heagerty, Live! Is This the New Me?
Color Club
Fri 28 Aug · 7 PM🇬🇧
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
Kiss all the Time, Burlesque Occasionally: A Burlesque Cabaret
The Newport Theater
Sat 29 Aug · 7 PM28.33 €🇬🇧
🎨Performance
The Complex Whole So Formed
The Neo-Futurists
Sat 29 Aug · 10:30 PM22.66 €🇬🇧
🎭Theatre🎨Performance
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
See also in Chicago in August 2026
Fri 31 · 8:30 PM
✨Pop🎫Concert
Têtes d'affiche du soir
Lollapalooza 2026
Fri 28 Aug · 10 PM$25
💿DJ set⚡Electro
ero808
SPYBAR
Fri 31 · 10 PM$28
🎸Rock🌙Indie
Official Lollapalooza Aftershow: Villanelle
Cobra Lounge
Sat 1 · 3 PM$50.99
⚡Electro💿DJ set
SOLD OUT!!! Frost Children + Ninajirachi
Epiphany Center for the Arts - Catacombs
Sat 29 Aug · 3 PM
💿DJ set
Operation Icons of Country
Chicago Bridgeport VFW Post 5079
Thu 6 · 8 PM$22.29
🎸Rock🌙Indie
Triptides + Dark Canyon + La Croix Mystique
Chop Shop
Fri 17
🌙Indie💿DJ set
Must-Watch Indies
Facets
Fri 21 Aug · 7:30 PM
✨Pop🎙️Small gig
Griefcat
The Lincoln Lodge
Sat 29 Aug · 1 PM
🎷Jazz🌐World
Black & Bronze: A Bronzeville Music Fest
Armstrong (Lillian Hardin) Park
Sat 1 · 7:30 PM$18.54
🪕Folk / Acoustic🌙Indie
Cass Cwik, Trevor Joellenbeck, J. Moriarty
Judson & Moore Distillery
Sat 8 · 8:30 PM
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker
Constellation Chicago
Sat 29 Aug · 1 PM$79
🎸Rock⚡Punk
Concierto de Peter Hook + The Light en Chicago
Metro Chicago
Fri 31 · 8 PM$13.6
🎸Rock⚡Punk
Lex Lunar // Sour Milk // Faerie Dream // Koinflip
The Burlington
At 4 PM
💿DJ set☀️Open air
Industry Mondayz
Masada
Sat 1 · 7 PM
⚡Electro💿DJ set
Chicago & styx
TBA - Allstate Arena Chicago
Sat 1 · 10 PM
💿DJ set🎉Club
Official Lollapalooza Aftershow: DJ Dextro
Smoke & Mirrors
Fri 7 · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
BRUT Pink Pusssy RAVE
TBA - Sound Bar, Chicago
Sat 22 Aug · 11 PM
🎉Club⚡Electro
Ego Death
TBA - w00t
Sat 8 · 8 PM
☀️Open air🎪Street party
Chicago Fireworks Booze Cruise!
Summer Of George
Sat 1 · 9 PM$22.06
💿DJ set🏠House
Murda Beatz (House Set) @ Bassment
Bassment
Fri 7 · 7 PM$5.67
💿DJ set🏠House
JOY Rooftop Pt.4
JOY District
Sun 9 · 7 AM$25.27
💿DJ set🏠House
Azure Day Party Chicago 8/9 Lineup tbd
Tetto Rooftop
Sat 15 Aug · 4 PM
⚡Electro💿DJ set
ZHU at Navy Pier Open Air
Navy Pier
Fri 31 · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
SILENT PARTY CHICAGO "TURN ME UP, NOT DOWN"(Trap, RnB, Twerk)
the bar 10 DOORS
Fri 31 · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Lollapalooza After: horsegiirL
Radius
Sun 2 · 3 PM$42.08
🎉Club💿DJ set
Everyday People Chicago
The Salt Shed
Sun 2 · 3 PM$20
🎉Club💿DJ set
"Hello?!" Sundays w/ Moontalk
J Parker Rooftop
Fri 7 · 4 PM
💿DJ set🎉Club
ARC At The Lake with Yotto
Castaways
Sat 15 Aug · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Serum: Joshwa
Prysm Nightclub
Sat 29 Aug · 2 PM$25.39
🎉Club💿DJ set
Golden Era Rave: 2010’s EDM Classics
Joe's On Weed St.
Fri 14 Aug · 10 PM
🎉Club🔊Techno
BL3SS
Outset
Thu 30 · 9 PM$29.5
💿DJ set🎉Club
CHASSI
Bourbon on Division
Sat 15 Aug · 9 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Last Nite: The Strokes Dance Party [Chicago]
Subterranean
Sat 29 Aug · 7 PM$49.44
⚡Electro🔬Experimental
Reflections: Visible Cloaks + Colloboh
Wicker Park Lutheran Church
Tue 25 Aug · 8 PM
⚡Electro💿DJ set
Rival Consoles
Lincoln Hall
Fri 31 · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
BOOTS OFFICIAL LOLLAPALOOZA AFTERSHOW - WITH 2charm, River Moon, Avalon Lurks, Kirk & MORE
Concord Music Hall
Sat 1 · 3 PM$26
💿DJ set🎉Club
Official Lollapalooza Aftershow: Dj Dextro
Smoke & Mirrors
Sat 25 · 2 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Adult Book Discussion: The Postcard
Harold Washington Library Center
Sat 22 Aug · 2:30 PM
🍽️Food
Best Deal - Chicago - Summer Whiskey Tasting Festival - August 22 RA
TBA - Kings Dining & Entertainment, 1500 N Clybourn Ave Ste C102, Chicago, IL 60610
Tue 4 · 6 PM
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
Transexual Menace | Free Film Screening
Goethe-Institut Chicago
Tue 25 Aug · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
West Loop Adult Book Club: Say You'll Remember Me
West Loop Library
Sun 9 · 1:30 PMFree
📚Literature
Book Swap
Chinatown Library
Sat 22 Aug · 1 PM
🎬Cinema🎞️Arthouse cinema
Film Screening | Dug Dug (2022)
Chicago History Museum
Thu 27 Aug · 7 PM
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Breaking ICE with Sonali Kolhatkar, Richard Wallace and Diego Morales
1531 W 18th St
Mon 31 Aug · 4 PMFree
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Parenting Big Emotions
Manning Library
Wed 15 · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Weird Book Club at Midwest Coast Brewing: Entangled Life
Midwest Coast Brewing Company
Sat 1 · 11 AMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Adult Book Discussion: The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
King Library
Tue 25 Aug · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Adult Book Discussion: Human Acts by Han Kang
Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport Library
Mon 27 · 7 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Weird Book Club: The Intuitionist
Map Room
Sun 9 · 1:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🍿Film club
Film Screening: Harriet (2019)
Daley, Richard M.-W Humboldt Library
Sat 15 Aug · 3 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Adult Book Discussion: The Nickel Boys
Merlo Library
Wed 12 Aug · 11 AMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Adult Book Club: Finding Dororthy
Canaryville Library
Sun 9 · 2 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Chicago Stories Screening: Iconic Foods
Humboldt Park Library
Thu 13 Aug · 5:30 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Mystery Book Club - Death at the White Hart
Logan Square Library
Wed 15 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Spanish Conversation Group
Blackstone Library
Mon 20 · 12:15 PMFree
🎯Board games
Mahjong Mondays
Little Italy Library
Mon 20 · 12:30 PMFree
🎯Board games
Puzzlemania for Adults
Chicago Bee Library
Fri 7 · 7 PMFree
🎯Board games👾Video games
Family Game Night
Back of the Yards Library
Sat 1 · 10 AMFree
🎯Board games
Game On: Board Game Play
Chinatown Library
At 6 PMFree
🎯Board games👴Seniors
Tuesday Night Bridge Club
Logan Square Library
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
♙Chess🎯Board games
Come Play Chess with Us
Chicago Bee Library
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Venues — stage in Chicago in August 2026
Frequently asked questions
How many stage events are there in Chicago in August 2026?
17 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch stage in Chicago in August 2026?
Notably The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage, Epiphany Center for the Arts - Catacombs and Lemon. See the full list of venues above.