This Week in West Loop: A Market, a Food Tour and Opera

Your week-ahead guide to West Loop — four picks worth planning around

By Raj Singh · Published October 18, 2026.

The West Loop week opens with a Sunday market and a Fulton Market food crawl, sends the kids to an arena spectacle on Monday, and brings grand opera to the Lyric by midweek.

SUNDAY, OCT 18

Chicago Artisan Market — Fulton Market

The Chicago Artisan Market returns to historic Morgan MFG in Fulton Market for one of its six indoor Sunday markets this fall. Admission runs $8, or $20 for four.

SUNDAY, OCT 18

Gateway to The West Loop Food Tour @ Formento's

The Gateway to the West Loop Food Tour starts at Formento's and works through the neighborhood over an afternoon of tastings. Tickets are $129.

MONDAY, OCT 19

Disney Descendants & Zombies: Worlds Collide @ United Center

Disney Descendants & Zombies: Worlds Collide turns the United Center into an arena show on Monday, built for the franchise's younger fans.

WEDNESDAY, OCT 21

Don Giovanni @ Lyric Opera House

Midweek, the Lyric Opera House stages Don Giovanni — grand opera on a Wednesday night in the West Loop.

For everything else on the calendar, see more West Loop events.