Senior Activities in Chicago
Chicago's Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) runs 20 satellite and regional senior centers across the city — from Rogers Park to Roseland — each offering the same core slate of fitness, computer, art, dance, day-trip, meal, and social programming. On top of that, citywide programs run independent of any single neighborhood: Chicago Park District's own senior programming, the Chicago Public Library's Seniors' Circle, CJE SeniorLife's My Go-To Place resource, and discounted senior admission at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Browse by activity
- Senior Social Clubs
- Fitness Classes for Seniors
- Computer Classes for Seniors
- Senior Lunch Programs
- Art Classes for Seniors
Day trips and dance classes run out of the same Regional and Satellite Centers listed below, folded into each center's Life Enrichment Activities rather than run as their own named citywide program.
Neighborhood senior centers
- Senior Center Events
Abbott Park Satellite Senior Center
Roseland, Cook County
$ - Museum Senior Days
Art Institute of Chicago — Senior Admission & Free Illinois Days
Chicago, Cook County · Thursday
$$ - Senior Center Events
Auburn Gresham Satellite Senior Center
Auburn Gresham, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Austin Satellite Senior Center
Austin, Cook County
$ - Pickleball & Fitness
Bernard Horwich JCC (JCC Chicago)★
West Rogers Park, Cook County
$$ - Senior Center Events
Central West Regional Senior Center
Illinois Medical District, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Chatham Satellite Senior Center
Chatham, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Edgewater Satellite Senior Center
Edgewater, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Englewood Satellite Senior Center
Englewood, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Garfield Ridge Satellite Senior Center
Garfield Ridge, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Kelvyn Park Satellite Senior Center
Belmont Cragin, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Northeast (Levy) Regional Senior Center
Lincoln Square, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Northwest (Copernicus) Regional Senior Center
Avondale, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Norwood Park Satellite Senior Center
Norwood Park, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Pilsen Satellite Senior Center
Pilsen, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Portage Park Satellite Senior Center
Portage Park, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Renaissance Court Regional Senior Center
Loop, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Roseland Satellite Senior Center★
Roseland, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
South Chicago Satellite Senior Center
South Chicago, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Southeast (Atlas) Regional Senior Center
South Shore, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
Southwest Regional Senior Center
Chicago Lawn, Cook County
$ - Senior Center Events
West Town Satellite Senior Center
West Town, Cook County
$
Citywide programs
- Arts & Culture
Center for Life & Learning at Fourth Presbyterian Church★
Streeterville, Cook County
$ - Park District 55+ Programs
Chicago Park District Senior Programs★
Citywide, Cook County
$ - Library Classes
Chicago Public Library Seniors' Circle
Citywide, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Chicago Regional Senior Centers
Citywide, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Mather Community Programs at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Lincoln Park, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Mather Community Programs at The Cov
Greater Grand Crossing, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Mather Community Programs at Yollocalli Arts Reach
Little Village, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Mather Community Programs at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry★
Hyde Park, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Mather Community Programs at the International Museum of Surgical Science
Gold Coast, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Mather Community Programs at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Pilsen, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
My Go-To Place — CJE SeniorLife
Citywide, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Rush Generations★
Near West Side, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Sapphire Circle at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital★
North Park, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Senior Advocate at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Lakeview, Cook County
Free - Senior Center Events
Senior Advocate at Advocate Trinity Hospital
South Side, Cook County
Free