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The best of Chicago.
The 8 best shows & entertainment tours in Chicago, with honest prices, run times and who you book through. Which ones are worth your time downtown, and what each one actually gets you.
Flyover Chicago uses motion seats, a 65-foot wraparound screen, and wind and mist effects for a 30-minute aerial show.
Most Popular“Best money spent while visiting Chicago! This experience was so much fun in! Can’t wait to visit again and do the FlyOver again!!!”
Escape Game Chicago in River North. Pick from 5 themed 60-minute missions, solve puzzles with a guide, and play in daylight.
“Fun place for family to enjoy and work together as a team.we did mission mars and prison break .what a fun experience coming back again”
Laugh through Shakespeare in Chicago’s Loop with an adults-only show where actors perform after shots, plus cocktails for purchase.
“Impromptu comedy using Shakespeare's lines and the drinks as well as audience interaction was great.”
BYOB close-up magic at Trickery Chicago: a witty one-hour show with Aaron in an intimate room for $41. Adult innuendo included.
“Best mixture of magic and comedy!!! This was the second time we see this show. It is so much fun. A must see show in Chicago and there are nice restaurants in the Lakeview neighborhood for after the show. I highly recommend it.”
See Chicago Theatre’s marquee, murals, and stage—then meet a Rockettes dancer on a guided 1-hour tour from $26.
“It was a great tour with experienced guide and a lot of history”
Verse Immersive in Chicago: a 30-min interactive holographic AR show with see-through glasses, timed entry, $39.99, great on rainy days.
“Lame , my glasses didn’t work properly. Not at all what I thought but was going to be my friends & didn’t like it either”
Step into a 1929 speakeasy in Chicago for dinner plus a 90-minute twenties show with comedy and possible audience laughs.
“Be ready for a lot of interactions and laughs. There was never a dull moment from the time we walked in, til we walked out.”
A phone-based Chinatown outdoor escape game with 12 stops, free admission at each site, and a self-paced route from $7.18.
“The directions at times were unclear. I feel like a more detailed map would have helped me to not get turned around a couple times. But the people in Chinatown extremely nice. So that helped balance the frustration at times.”
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