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Daily Email - Thursday - 09/25/2025 (DoMORE Members)

September 25, 2025

Hi, it’s us. We regret to inform you that Malört Fest is very real and it’s this weekend. But we don’t wanna spoil the newsletter - keep reading.

Big names. Free tickets. Let’s ride. Chicago Humanities Festival is lighting up with Kate McKinnon, Nick Offerman, and more speakers that will ignite you, and we’re giving away passes to the whole cerebral celebration. Win tickets now, and leave smarter than all your friends.*

JUST ANNOUNCED

HALLOWEEN EVENTS & PARTIES

Photo: Chicago Athletic Association Hotel

The city goes feral every Halloween, and we mapped out the madness: haunted pop-ups, drag frights, costumed bar crawls, and every party that dares you to wake up the next day. Bookmark this beast, share it with your coven, and plot your path to pumpkin glory.

DOGWALKERS X ÜMI DOG DAYS OF SUMMER GIVEAWAY

Win the ultimate treat for you and your pup! One lucky winner will score a professional portrait session, a full doggy spa day/grooming at Barks N’ Rec, Dogwalkers merch, and exclusive Dogwalkers x ÜMI merch. This $500 prize package is the perfect way to spoil your four-legged best friend.*

THIS WEEKEND

🔥 Game Days at Dave & Buster’s

All over Chicagoland

10 wings for $10. Massive HDTVs. Your crew + every Chicago Bears game = game day done right at Dave & Buster’s. Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays just got legendary. Check it out this week’s line-up.*

✨ EXP Rosemont Presents: Horizon of Khufu and Life Chronicles

Opening tomorrow

See ancient Egypt. Watch Earth evolve. All in VR. EXP Rosemont opens thomorrow with Horizon of Khufu + Life Chronicles. Use code EXPERIENCE20 for 20% off tickets.*

🥃 Pilsen Malört Fest

Tomorrow at Dorman Dunn Post 547 (6PM)

Yup, Pilsen Malört Fest is tomorrow. That’s right, an entire fest dedicated to Chicago’s most cursed shot. Lucky you - tickets even include 3 shots of Malört!

🎶 Mall Grab

Tomorrow at Outset (10PM)

The lo-fi house king with a cult following brings his raw, sweaty, late-night energy to Outset. Expect a marathon of gritty beats and pure dancefloor chaos with Mall Grab. Hurry - winner picked soon.*

🍻 312 Block Party

Saturday at Goose Island Fulton Street Brewery (3PM)

312 is Chicago’s sports beer, brunch beer, patio beer—and now, your Block Party beer. Don’t miss the 312 Block Party Saturday, 3–10pm at 1800 W. Fulton St. with American Football, Hinds, Sonido Gallo Negro, Local Memory, and 50+ $5 Beers! RSVP now!*

Dr. Greenthumb’s $250 Baller Bag Giveaway

Dr. Greenthumb’s just opened shop in Bucktown and they’re kicking things off with a $250 Baller Bag giveaway. That’s a whole lot of green for zero dollars. Click in, enter quick, and maybe get lucky. 🌿

LOCALS ONLY

  • Where to stuff your face until you physically can’t: Korean BBQ, Eastern European buffets, and more. Check out our new list on Chicago’s all you can eat spots!

  • A new martini bar just dropped in Andersonville - Wil’s. Dirty, dry, espresso, pick your poison. First round’s calling.

  • Bookworms, meet boozehounds. A book fair where you can browse indie presses and sip cocktails at the same time. Reading rainbow, but make it tipsy.

  • Runways, afterparties, and enough sequins to blind Lake Shore Drive - Chicago Fashion Week struts back October 9th–13th. Where will we see you strutting?

🎟️ LAST MINUTE TICKETS

As a DoMORE Member, don’t forget you get access to great Last Minute Tickets.  Here’s some of what’s in there now.  Get ‘em before they’re gone!

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