After School Fun
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After School Fun is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Chicago Lawn. Bring the kids along.
Families
Family life in Chicago, by age
What's on in Chicago for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kids and teens — sorted by age, dated, and pulled from the town's real event feed.
Family life in Chicago, by age
Family life in Chicago, sorted the way parents actually search: by how old your kid is. Chicago's feed carries 4863 family listings in total, 2229 of them dated in the next 60 days. The busiest family venues in the feed right now are Harold Washington Library Center (99) and Sulzer Regional (93). Pages with their own age sections: baby, toddler, preschool, kids, teens.
Start with the age pages if one fits — they're filtered hard, only real dated listings — or scan everything coming up below. If a band doesn't have a page yet, it's because the feed doesn't have enough dated listings for that age to fill one honestly, and we'd rather say that than pad it.
By age — pick your stage
Baby (0–1) — 92 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés.
Toddler (1–3) — 441 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Baby and Toddler Story Time.
Preschool (3–5) — 391 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Family Story Time.
Kids (5–12) — 338 dated listings in the next 60 days, including After School Fun.
Teens (13–18) — 319 dated listings in the next 60 days, including OPC Teen Recording Studio: Certification.
Coming up for families in Chicago
Every family listing in the feed with a date in the next 60 days, soonest first — all ages together.
Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés
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Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Gage Park, Chicago. Bring the kids along.
Baby and Toddler Story Time
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Baby and Toddler Story Time at Jefferson Park, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct 7. Bring the kids along.
Banned Book Charms
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Chinatown, Chicago hosts Banned Book Charms on Wednesday, Oct 7. Family-friendly.
Block Play
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Block Play at Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport, Chicago. Worth bringing the whole family.
Canvas and Conversation
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Canvas and Conversation is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at North Austin, Chicago. Family-friendly.
Chatty Crafters
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Chatty Crafters at Clearing, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct 7. Worth bringing the whole family.
Collage Club
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Collage Club at Gage Park, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct 7. Good one for the kids.
Come, Stay, Play / Ven, Quédate, Juega
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Come, Stay, Play / Ven, Quédate, Juega is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at North Pulaski, Chicago. Family-friendly.
Craft Your Own Kite with Windy City Kite Club
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Craft Your Own Kite with Windy City Kite Club at Northtown, Chicago. Worth bringing the whole family.
The regular rhythm
The standing weekly fixtures behind the dated list — the rhythm family life in Chicago actually runs on.
Wednesdays — Teen Time at Rogers Park · 47 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 9.
Wednesdays — YOUmedia Takeover at Wrightwood-Ashburn · 46 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 8.
Thursdays — Teen Club at Lincoln Park · 67 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Thursdays — Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library · 37 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 8.
Thursdays — Baby Bookworms at Sulzer Regional · 23 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Thursdays — Story Time at Sulzer Regional · 23 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Thursdays — Teen Zone at Near North · 23 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Fridays — [TEENS CRAFTS, GAMES AND PLAY] at West Town · 34 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Good to know
Free, as marked in the feed: Drop-In Toddler Garden Hour at Gage, Boxing Show at Fuller, Chicago's First Responder Yoga at Norwood, Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at West Lawn, Nahui Ollin Aztec Dance at West Lawn. Those listings carry a free tag in Chicago's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.
Drop-in or sign up? The listings that call themselves drop-in: Drop-In Toddler Garden Hour at Gage, Drop-In Gaming Hours for Teens, Drop-In Art, Crafts and Play, Drop-In LEGO® in the Library.
Keep exploring
Never miss a registration in Chicago
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Common questions
What's on for families in Chicago?
The feed lists 2229 dated family listings in the next 60 days across all ages — the Coming up section shows the soonest, and the age pages filter them down.
Why doesn't Chicago have a page for my child's age?
An age page only ships when the feed has at least 5 dated listings (or 3 regular programs) for that age in the next 60 days. Below that we'd be padding — so the band rides on this hub, with its real count shown, until the listings catch up.
How do I hear about registration dates in Chicago?
The signup above: tell us the ages in your house and the programs you care about, and we flag registration windows for this town before they open — swim lessons and camp sign-ups especially.