Free things to do in Chicago this weekend
Explicitly free Chicago events for September 20. Missing ticket prices and Ticketmaster zero-minimum ranges are not labeled free.
Free weekend plans
- Seed Library — Sunday, September 20 — Douglass
- ABC Swap: (Anything But Clothes) Swap! — Sunday, September 20 — Bucktown-Wicker Park
- Friends of Bezazian Book Sale — Sunday, September 20 — Bezazian
- Learn Chess with Dave — Sunday, September 20 — Walker
- Film Screening: Project Hail Mary (2026) — Sunday, September 20 — Wrightwood-Ashburn
- Meet Calvin B. Jones: Make a Mini-Mural — Sunday, September 20 — Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport
- Film Screening: In The Heights (2021) — Sunday, September 20 — Scottsdale
- Film Screening: Encanto (2021) — Sunday, September 20 — King
- Dungeons & Dragons Club — Sunday, September 20 — Lincoln Belmont
- Sulzer Chess Meetup — Sunday, September 20 — Sulzer Regional — Ravenswood
- Book Swap — Sunday, September 20 — Chinatown — Chinatown
- Film Screening: The Farthest (2017) — Sunday, September 20 — Daley, Richard M.-W Humboldt
- Crafting Corner — Sunday, September 20 — Brighton Park
- Adult Book Discussion: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathi — Sunday, September 20 — North Pulaski
- Classic Sci-Fi/Horror Movie: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) — Sunday, September 20 — South Shore — South Shore
- Film Screening: The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) — Sunday, September 20 — Kelly
- Film Screening: La Bamba (1987) — Sunday, September 20 — Archer Heights
- Book Appétit: A Cookbook Book Club — Sunday, September 20 — Mayfair
- Film Screening: Michael (2026) — Sunday, September 20 — Chicago Lawn
- Film Screening: Project Hail Mary (2026) — Sunday, September 20 — Coleman