I know, I know, we say this every year, but, seriously, where did September go? Kudos to Mother Nature for being right on schedule this year. Temps in Chicago on September 21 were in the high 80s. The next day, September 22, the autumnal equinox, temps were in the low 70s. I’m not complaining, just an observation of her timing. Time to switch out my shorts for sweaters and flipflops for boots.
Fall is a great time to visit Chicago. The weather is (usually) nice, it’s less crowded than in summer, and there are plenty of things still to do.
Here’s what’s on my list for October:
Through Oct Day of the Dead exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Through Oct Chicago Humanities Festival
Through Oct Indigenous Chicago exhibit at the Newberry Library
Through Oct Spooky Films at the Music Box
Oct 4-6 Andersonville Arts Weekend
Oct 5-6 Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest
Oct 9 – 20 Chicago Fashion Week
Oct 12-13 Historic Pullman House Tours
Oct 13 Chicago Artisan Market
Oct 13 Chicago Marathon
Oct 14 Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day Field Museum
Oct 16-20 & 23-27 Night of 1,000 Jack-O’-Lanterns Chicago Botanic Gardens
Oct 16-27 Chicago International Film Festival
Oct 19 Arts in the Dark Parade
Oct 19 – 20 Open House Chicago
Opens Oct 24 Photographing FLW at Driehaus Museum
Oct 27 Maxwell St Market
Oct 27 Hull-o-ween and Ghostly Tales and Silent Film Festival at Jane Addams Hull-House
Click here for many, more October activities.
Here is a photo I took from a previous Open House Chicago from One Prudential Plaza
