Holiday events for kids in Chicago, 2026
Tree lightings, light displays, Santa visits, Polar Express readings, gingerbread workshops, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa programmes in Chicago for the 2026 holidays, read every night from the libraries' and venues' own calendars. Library programmes are free.
Nothing Holiday-shaped has been read for Chicago yet. Calendars fill through the month; meanwhile here is everything on for kids in Chicago.
Holiday nearby: Quincy (4), Rockford (4), Aurora (2), Peoria (1).
Know a Holiday event we are missing?
A pumpkin patch, a trunk-or-treat, a church fall festival: if it has a web page or a Facebook event, tell us and we will list it for Chicago. Free, for anyone.
Read from each library’s and venue’s own calendar, plus tips a person has checked; a cancelled event disappears within a day. Check the organiser’s page for costume rules and registration.