BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:264288@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260926T070346Z DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z SUMMARY:The 37th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival Returns September 20 –\\; October 26 at Four Chicago Venues DESCRIPTION:Curious Theatre Branch\\, with co-producers Chicago Danztheat er Ensemble\\, Chicago Dramatists and Labyrinth Club\\, are pleased to an nounce the 37th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival\\, September 20 – \\; October 26 at four venues across Chicago. The month-long festival of shows will kick off with a special “afternoon tea” edition of the Ful l Moon Vaudeville\\, this concert launches the festival on Sunday\\, Sept . 20 at 3 p.m. at Facility Theatre\\, 1138 N. California Ave.\\, headline d by art/folk/cabaret act The Crooked Mouth and other special guests.\\nS ince its inception in 1989\\, as a single weekend of shows in the Wicker Park neighborhood\\, this unique and mutable fringe festival has expanded and contracted to fit the time and has become the longest running Fringe Festival in Chicago. Festival events will take place at four venues this year: Facility Theatre\\, 1138 N. California Ave. in Humboldt Park (Full Moon Vaudeville only)\\; Chicago Dramatists\\, 798 N. Aberdeen St. in Ri ver West\\, The Labyrinth Club\\, 3658 N. Pulaski Rd. in the Irving Park neighborhood and Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble\\, 1650 W. Foster Ave.\\nTh e 37th Rhinofest will feature mostly original work from Chicago artists a nd companies\\, including new work from The Fat Theatre Project\\, the 10 th anniversary of Ira Murfin’s An Interview\\, a new work by Jessica Wr ight Buha\\, new work from Drinking and Writing Theater\\, and\\, of cour se\\, an evening of short works by The Curious Theatre Branch\\, Rhinofes t’s host. New to the Festival in 2026 are partnerships with Chicago Dan ztheater\\, a beautiful space in Andersonville\\, featuring movement-base d work and a creativity workshop called Maps\\, Guides &\\; Legends: a generative writing and interdisciplinary art-making workshop on Saturday \\, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. –\\; 2 p.m.\\nAll tickets are offered at pay- what-you-can pricing\\, with a $25 suggested price. Tickets and details f or all upcoming shows are available at Rhinofest.com.\\nhttps://www.gayou t.com/usa-canada/united-states/chicago/events/the-37th-annual-rhinoceros- theater-festival-returns-september-20-8211-october-26-at-four-chicago-ven ues-2026-09-20 LOCATION:chicagosocialbutterflies.com URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/chicago/events/the-37th-annual-rhinoceros-theater-festival-returns-september-20-8211-october-26-at-four-chicago-venues-2026-09-20 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR