This Week in Wicker Park & Bucktown: Salt Shed Sunday

Your week-ahead guide to Wicker Park & Bucktown — 5 picks worth planning around, headlined by a loaded Salt Shed Sunday and sketch comedy at iO.

By Raj Singh · Published July 26, 2026.

Sunday is loaded — a Salt Shed headliner plus two of the neighborhood's best rooms going at once — and the week caps with sketch comedy at iO. Start at the farmers market and pace yourself.

SUNDAY 7/26

Wicker Park Farmers Market @ Damen & Schiller

The 26th season runs 8am–2pm every Sunday with produce, local cheese and live music. Grab a morning pastry and settle in before the day's shows.

SUNDAY 7/26

Slightly Stoopid @ The Salt Shed

The Road Trippin' Summer Tour rolls into the Salt Shed at 6:30pm with The Elovaters and Bumpin Uglies. It's an outdoor courtyard show in West Town — food and drinks are sold inside, with menus rotating by show.

SUNDAY 7/26

The Collideoscopes @ Subterranean

Just $13 gets you into the storied Wicker Park room (8pm, 17+) for a night of local rock. Fuel up at Big Star's walk-up taco window down Damen first.

SUNDAY 7/26

WORLD PEACE / Wretched Blessing / Sarin @ Empty Bottle

For the heavy crowd, Empty Bottle hosts a $20 hardcore triple bill in Ukrainian Village — doors 8pm, 21+. Grab a beer at the venue's fully stocked bar before the first band.

THURSDAY 7/30

Sketch Playlist @ iO Theater

All-new sketches every Thursday at 9:30pm at iO in Bucktown, $20 — catch the writers before SNL does. The riverside patio bar is open pre-show.

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