There are so many things to do, see, taste and experience in Chicago that we had to make a to do list (or a bucket list) just to get them all done! Our bucket list keeps growing, check back to see what new was added to our list of things to do in Chicago.
You'll be able to check off your own personal bucket list with Mingle Around as we explore everything Chicago has to offer while mingling with sexy, social singles. A singles event company like us doesn't just host a speed dating event and offer some matchmaking... we aim to FILL your social calendar with fun things to do that you've probably always wanted to do!
There is no cost to join Mingle Around and to start checking off items on your own Bucket List!
OUTDOORS
Kayak down the Chicago River
Tour the Chicago Botanic Gardens
Take a boat ride on the lake during the fireworks
Take a sailing class
Speed Boat on the Lake
Rent a jet ski
Bike ride from the south tip of Chicago to the North tip
Play volleyball at North Ave Beach
Rent a 4-wheeler and go trail riding in Wisconsin
Have a picnic on the Museum Campus
Spend the day with my toes in the sand at Oak Street Beach
Go out to Starved Rock for the weekend- rent a cabin and hike
Spend the day climbing the Indiana Dunes and playing in the Lake
Go canoeing on the Fox River or Kankakee River
Go camping, tent and all, with a group
Learn to fly fish
Learn to horseback ride in one of the suburbs
Go white water rafting in Michigan or in Wisconsin
PLAYS/THEATER
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Second City
iO
The Annoyance
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy Club
Zanies
Comedy Sportz
Bye Bye Liver….
The Playground Theater
Laugh Factory Chicago
The Edge Comedy Club
Take an improv class
See something at the Oriental Theater.
See something at the Bank of America Theater.
Tour the Lyric Opera House and see a performance.
See a performance at the Joffrey Ballet
See the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
LEARN SOMETHING NEW
Take a cooking class
Learn how to paint
Take a Burlesque Class
Learn how to Tango
Learn how to Salsa
EXPLORE
Take a tour of Wrigley Field
Ride a trolley around the loop and learn the history of our buildings
Take a segway tour of the loop
SPORTING EVENTS
See a Roller Derby bout
Bet on the ponies at Arlington
See a Bears Vs Packers game at home
Watch the White Sox at night
Get bleacher seats at a Cubs game with a ton of rowdy friends
Go to a Fire game and cheer in the loud section
See the Blackhawks play
See a Bulls game
Play a softball game with friends
DO THESE THINGS
Stand on the Sky Deck of the SEARS tower
Check out a Weird Chicago Tour
Go to the John Hancock Signature Room for drinks and the view
Ice Skate on the top of the Hancock
Join the Polar Bear Club
Tour the Rookery building
Go Skydiving
Go to MCA First Fridays
See the Air and Water Show from North Ave Beach
Eat at the Taste of Chicago
See the 4th of July fireworks from a boat
Visit Adler Planetarium at night and view the giant telescpoe
Go to the Field Museum
Go on a neighborhood scavenger hunt
Go on the Cultural Center scanvenger hunt
Pedway tour from Chicago Detour
Hang out in the salt cave
Host a Murder Mystery Dinner
Go see a show at the Ravina
Go to Theater on the Lake
Take a chocolate tour
Take a carriage ride down Michigan Avenue at dusk
Try out the sport called WhirlyBall
Go to Bingo night at Hamburger Mary’s
Have afternoon tea at the Drake
Take a pizza tour
Go to Green Mill for slam poetry on a Sunday night
Hit all of the summer fests
Chicago Full Moon Fire Jam
See new bands at Lollapalooza
Watch a Museum of Science & Industry Omnimax feature
Go to the Oriental Institute Museum
Take an architectural boat tour
Go to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year Parade
Visit Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza
Take a Cupcake tour
Go to Old Town School of Folk Music Open House Fridays
Go to Second Fridays Art Walk in Pilsen
Check out the Medical Museum
Watch a movie, outdoors! (Movies in the park)
Ride the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier
Take a Frank Lloyd Wright tour in Oak Park
Go on the Untouchables Gangster tour
Check out Burlesque Improv – such as “Boobs and Goombas”
Go on a Secret Tagteam pub crawl
Go to Art Institute of Chicago Night Heist
Go to The Hideout Block Party
Go to Lincoln Park Zoo for ZooLights
MUSIC
Green Mill for a jazz set
Go to the Blues Fest
Go see Buddy Guy play live
Get tickets to Lollapalooza
Go to the summer dance festivals
EAT or DRINK HERE
Drink at the Roof on theWit
Drink on the Plymouth Rooftop bar
Drink at the roof of Epic Sky
C-View
Pegasus
NoMI
Terrace at Trump
Alinea
Girl and the Goat
Mindy's Hot Chocolate
“Wings Around the World”
Eat at one of Bayless restaurants
Splurge at Moto Restaurant
Eat authentic Italian food in Little Italy
Red Apple, Old Warsaw, Jolly Inn, or Bobak's for a smorgasbord feast
Get an invite to an underground supper club
Try sciences version of ice cream: I-Cream
Vienna Factory Tour
Finch Brewery Tour
Goose Island Brewery Tour
Metropolis Brewery Tour
Revolution Brewing Tour
OUT OF TOWN
Pumpkin picking & in a corn maze
Blueberry picking
Bristol Renaissance Faire
Naperville Ribfest
Last Fling (Naperville)
Blarney Island- the greatest boating bar ever! (Anitoch)
Wheaton Ale Fest (Wheaton)
Cantigny Park (Wheaton), Rockin' for the Troops concert
Geneva Film Festival (Geneva)
Lombard's Lilac Festival (Lombard)
Morton Arboretum (Lisle), hike/picnic in the fall
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO
Make new friends
Fall in love
What Mingle Around has already done on the list:
Zanies Comedy Club
Zoo Lights
Christkindlemart
Adler After Dark
Learned to paint
Fell in love
Made new friends
Learned to salsa
Went on a Weird Chicago Tour
Ice skated at Millenium Park
Watched "the polar bear club" jump into the lake
MCA- first friday
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