Upcoming Events | Fine Arts Building

Explore performances, exhibits, concerts, and more from creators at the vanguard of artistic expression in Chicago and beyond.

Search Events

Page List

Second Fridays Open Studios at the Fine Arts Building

Second Friday of every month, 5:00 - 9:00pm

Join us for our monthly Second Fridays open studios event! Explore all ten floors of creativity and history, and meet the participating tenants who make the Fine Arts Building a home for art in all forms.

Learn More

10th Floor Murals

Fine Arts Building Tour With the Chicago Architecture Center

2025 Dates

Discover the Fine Arts Building, a treasure trove on Michigan Avenue and learn how it went from a carriage showroom to a high-profile artists’ colony that housed tenants like Frank Lloyd Wright, Lorado Taft and Harriet Monroe.

Learn More

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

Select Thursday Evenings in the Studebaker Theater

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! is NPR’s Peabody Award-winning quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a rollicking review of the week’s news.

Learn More

PageListImage_400x300

Inside the Fine Arts Building with Doorways of Chicago

2025 Dates

Step into the heart of Chicago’s enchanting artist’s colony with this exclusive tour inside the Fine Arts Building. Explore the studios that once hosted influential artists, musicians, and writers, immersing yourself in the same spaces that inspired the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Lorado Taft, Solon Beman, and the Leyendecker Brothers.

Learn More

CHI Page List

The Empire Strips Back A Burlesque Parody

April 11 – May 4

Featuring parodies of all of the classic characters, The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody takes audiences to a galaxy far, far away, creating one of the most unforgettable (and unauthorized) theatrical interpretations of the beloved franchise.

Learn More

spring dance concert 2025 400x300

The Chicago Academy for the Arts Presents Spring Dance Concert

May 10

Join The Chicago Academy for the Arts' Dance Department for their final performance of the 2024–2025 school year!

Learn More

400x300 (1)

Storytelling Productions, LLC presents YORDANO y su banda en Concierto IDA Y VUELTA USA TOUR 2025

May 17 7:30 pm

The Yordano Ida y Vuelta 2025 Tour celebrates the Venezuelan singer-songwriter’s legendary career, taking fans on a musical journey through his timeless hits.

Learn More

CGMC - Gay 90s - studebaker list image 400x300

Chicago Gay Men's Chorus presents: As If…The Gay ’90s

May 23 8:00 pm

Get ready to party like it’s 1999 with the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus! Featuring over 200 voices and all the iconic pop classics you can handle, this high-energy show celebrates the music, fashion, and unforgettable moments of the 1990s. From boy bands to divas, grunge to dance hits, As If...the Gay '90s is a totally rad tribute to the decade that defined a generation.

Learn More

400X300 SWD

Chicago Opera Theater Presents She Who Dared

June 3 – 8, 2025

A world premiere production, She Who Dared recenters the spotlight on the courageous women who helped desegregate the Montgomery bus system in the 1950s.

Learn More

LizC 614 Website Page List 400x300-2

To Steve With Love Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim

June 14 7:30 pm

Honoring the life and songs of the most influential composer & lyricist of the modern musical, Liz Callaway celebrates the master with a carefully curated evening of the words and music of Stephen Sondheim.

Learn More

NoraWilliams [PROHAIRESIS-PageList_Image]

Ossia Musical Forum presents Prohairesis Midwest Film Premiere

June 16 5:30 pm

The award-winning dance film Prohairesis makes its Midwest Premiere!

Learn More

American Writers Museum Presents American Prophets Comedians on Writing, Religion & Culture

June 23 6:00 pm

Curated by Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal, featuring Hari Kondabolu, Negin Farsad & other special guests, this panel is about why and how religion is used in comedy, from Oh God! to The Good Place.

Learn More

400x300

Take It From the Top Broadway Intensives

June 27 - 29, 2025

Led by industry professionals, this 3 day Triple Threat intensive lasts Friday - Sunday (June 27-29, 10:00am - 5:00pm | ages 10-18) and is a high-energy, immersive workshop designed to develop performers in singing, dancing, and acting.

Learn More

Untitled design (3)

Chicago Human Rhythm Project Presents JUBA! Free Student Showcase

July 15 7:00 pm

Reserve Free Seats

Often an audience favorite, young artists from around the world share their rhythms, passion and in many cases, blistering technical prowess. Previous performers included MacArthur “Genius” Michelle Dorrance, Jazz at Lincoln Center soloist, Jared Grimes and CHRP’s Artistic Director Jumaane Taylor. The Student Showcase is a window into the future of tap!

Reserve Free Seats

Learn More

Untitled design (3)

Chicago Human Rhythm Project Presents Gala! JUBALEE

July 16 7:00 pm

Join the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s fourth festival concert! CHRP brings its annual tap dance show from Rhythm World 35 down to the Studebaker Theater.

Learn More

Untitled design (3)

Chicago Human Rhythm Project Presents JUBA! Free Grand Finale

July 18 7:00 pm

Reserve Free Seats

Hoofing at the legendary Studebaker Theater, join the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s final festival concert!

Reserve Free Seats

Learn More

44 Key Art_400x300

44 The Obama Musical

August 23 – September 21

44 is the story of Obama you won't read about in history books...because history books are now banned in most states. But also because 44 is the story of Obama as Joe Biden kinda sorta remembers it... as a Musical.

Learn More