This Week in Lincoln Park & Old Town: Uncorked & Oktoberfest

Your week-ahead guide to Lincoln Park & Old Town — 4 picks worth planning around, from Bettye LaVette to a Lincoln Avenue wine stroll.

By Raj Singh · Published September 13, 2026.

SUNDAY

Bettye LaVette @ Old Town School of Folk Music

Soul and R&B interpreter Bettye LaVette plays the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday night at 7 p.m. — an intimate room for one of the genre’s most fearless voices.

THURSDAY

Lincoln Park Uncorked Wine Stroll @ Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce

Thursday’s Lincoln Park Uncorked turns Lincoln Avenue into a sip-and-stroll: over a dozen stops with light bites and complimentary pedicab rides between them. Tickets are $55, with $5 off a ticket for groups of five or more.

THURSDAY

Topdog/Underdog @ Steppenwolf Downstairs Theater

Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater stages the Pulitzer-winning Topdog/Underdog on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. — a searing two-hander about brothers named Lincoln and Booth, just trying to get by.

FRIDAY

Old Town Oktoberfest on Wells Street

Old Town Oktoberfest returns to Wells Street from September 18–20, a three-day street festival raising a stein to fall along the neighborhood’s historic strip. Friday’s session runs from 5 p.m.

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