There’s a lot going on in Chicago that is great. Our show exists to introduce you to excellent people and things, and we would like to do that here, too.
Here is a list of personal performance events (live lit/solo performance/storytelling/spoken word) that happen regularly in Chicago. Please use your googling powers to confirm times and locations before attending, as sometimes these things change. If you have a regular event that isn’t shown here, or one that is shown but no longer exists, please let us know.
Sundays
Various Sundays: Here, Chicago at Stage 773 – potluck 7:30, show 8pm
2nd Sunday: That’s All She Wrote at Great Lakes Tattoo – 8pm
3rd Sunday: The Marrow at The Whistler – 5:30 pm
Each Sunday: Uptown Poetry Slam at The Green Mill – 7pm
Each Sunday: Sunday Morning Stories at Second City’s Skybox- 10am
Mondays
1st Monday: Write Club at Evanston’s SPACE – 7pm
2nd Monday: The Moth at Haymarket Pub and Brewery – 8pm
Is This a Thing? at O’Shaughnessy’s Public House – 7pm
3rd Monday: Essay Fiesta at The Book Cellar – 7pm
Last Monday: Do Not Submit at Powells Bookstore North – 7:30pm
Tuesdays
1st & 3rd Tues: Tell it From the Heart at the Lion’s Head Pub (Lincoln Park) – 7:35pm
2nd Tuesday: This Much is True at Mrs. Murphys & Sons – 7:30pm
Seven Deadly Sins at cafe Mustache – 8pm
Sappho’s Salon at Women and Children First bookstore – 7:30pm
3rd Tuesday: Write Club at The Hideout Chicago – 7pm
Story Club South Side at The Co-Prosperity Sphere – 7:30pm
Homewood Stories at Grady’s Grille in Homewood – 7:30pm
Idea Potluck-Mac & Cheese Productions℠ (ask prod for loc) – 7:30pm
Last Tuesday: The Moth at Martyrs – 8pm
Each Tuesday: Word Play at Young Chicago Authors – 7pm
Wednesdays
1st Wednesday: The God, SEX & Death Variety Hour at Schubas Tavern (upstairs bar) – 8pm
2nd Wednesday: A Month of … at Stage 773 – 8pm
3rd Wednesday: StoryLab Chicago at Black Rock Pub – 7:30pm
4th Wednesday: Tenx9 Chicago at Uncommon Ground (Wrigley) – 7:30pm
Last Wednesday: Miss Spoken at The Gallery Cabaret – 7pm
Each Wednesday: Oral at The Annoyance Theater – 8pm
Thursdays
1st Thursday: Story Club at The Holiday Club – 8pm
The Bucket Show at Uncommon Ground (Wrigley) – 7pm
3rd Thursday: Grown Folks Stories at The Silver Room – 8pm
Do Not Submit at The Sedgwick Stop – 7:30pm (sign up 7pm)
4th Thursday: The Stoop at Rosa’s Lounge – 8pm
I Shit You Not at Township – 8pm
Fridays
2nd Friday: Shame That Tune at The Hideout Chicago – 6:30pm
Loose Chicks at Uncharted Books – 7pm
Last Friday: Loose Chicks at Emerald City Cafe – 8pm
Saturdays
Each Saturday: The Paper Machete at The Green Mill – 3pm
Second Sat: Chicago Solo Theater’s Solo Saturdays at 1550 S. State Street – 7:30pm
Other
Monthly: Story Sessions at City Winery – various times
Chicago Solo Theater’s It’s Personal at 1550 S. State Street – various times
Weekly: You’re Being Ridiculous at various locations – various times
Every other: Sunday Salon at Riverview Tavern – 7pm
Annually: Fear Experiment℠ at Park West – 8pm
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