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Sideshow Gallery Established 2013, Woman Owned. Art • Tarot • Magic • Oddities • Antiques. Supporting Handmade Artists. Morbid Curiosity with a Sense of Humor.
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Chicago Tourist Destination. Sideshow Gallery is a one-of-a-kind Chicago art gallery, event space, and curiosity shop. Open since 2014, it has made its home at 2219 North Western Avenue a welcoming space for all. Influenced by the strange, unusual, and occult, owners Anne Elliott (tarot reader, “the Demon Cleaner”) and Cheri Gutierrez (owner, Revolution Tattoo) represent artists from all over the world. Taking inspiration from the fringe world of the “circus sideshow,” the duo’s interests take on life via Sideshow Gallery’s ambiance and merchandise. Sideshow has recently expanded it's space the upstairs to include a Tarot Room and Gallery Parlour for events. Classes, and Art shows take hints from the Occult, Psychedelia, Oddities, Astrology, Tarot, Horror, Witchcraft and anything obscure or unusual. All things Anne and Cheri love! Sideshow Gallery is ever-evolving, with themes and concepts rotating monthly within the space.

October is always the most exciting time of year at Sideshow Gallery, and this year feels especially magical as we celeb...
10/01/2026

October is always the most exciting time of year at Sideshow Gallery, and this year feels especially magical as we celebrate our lucky 13th anniversary!

This month is absolutely jam-packed for us with workshops, markets, pop-ups, a divination gathering, ritual circle, and a very special Houdini séance!

We’re especially thrilled to be offering Tintype Photography for the very first time on 10/11 with Hunky Dory, who will be bringing this beautifully haunting and historic art form to Sideshow during the spookiest time of year.

We’re also delighted to be vending at two incredible markets this month: Windy City Witch Fest at the Irish American Heritage Center and Dead City Oddities Market at Epiphany Center for the Arts.

This Halloween, on the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini's death, we invite you to an intimate, two-hour séance experience. It will be an elegant evening of history, intrigue, and communication with the beyond!

October at Sideshow is shaping up to be one wonderfully witchy, weird, and unforgettable month. So come spend it with us, your favorite local witches!

09/24/2026

🧛‍♂️🦇 Join us next Friday, October 2nd from 7-9pm for a journey into the chilling world of vampire myths and Eastern European folklore with

From the history of anti-vampire tools like garlic and wooden stakes to the rituals and beliefs that shaped the modern vampire, this workshop dives deep into the shadowy corners of folklore.

Students will be guided in creating their own vampire protection kit with curated selection of symbolic items. All materials provided!

Space is limited. https://www.sideshowgallerychicago.com/classes-services/p/vampires-dark-origins

09/22/2026

Happy autumn equinox / Mabon !

https://www.sideshowgallerychicago.com/classes-services/p/memento-mori-creating-a-victorian-mourning-relicJoin Amalia, S...
09/19/2026

https://www.sideshowgallerychicago.com/classes-services/p/memento-mori-creating-a-victorian-mourning-relic

Join Amalia, Sideshow Gallery’s manager and spiritual practitioner, on October 8th from 7–9PM for a very special evening workshop Memento Mori: Creating a Victorian Mourning Relic.

Students will explore the history of mourning jewelry, death symbolism, Victorian funeral traditions, and the visual aesthetics of grief. This workshop combines historical discussion, visual examples, and hands-on making; Students will examine the ways people across different cultures and time periods have used art and personal objects to remember, honor, and memorialize those they have lost.

For the hands-on portion of the workshop, students are invited to bring small personal items like photographs, letters, fabric, jewelry, or other meaningful objects connected to someone they are mourning. These materials will become part of a personal memento mori reliquary—a small memorial artwork created to preserve memory and honor a loved one.

Using shadow boxes, dried florals, vintage-inspired papers, scrapbook materials, found objects, ribbons, photographs, and other decorative elements, students will design and assemble their own three-dimensional memorial piece. The workshop will encourage participants to consider how color, texture, symbolism, composition, and personal artifacts can communicate memory, love, loss, and remembrance.

No previous artistic experience is necessary. This is a craft-based, reflective workshop focused on the creative process and the personal meaning behind the objects we choose to preserve. Students will leave with a unique handmade reliquary that serves as both a work of art and a tangible keepsake of someone or something they wish to remember.

All craft materials will be provided — students must bring the special personal items connected to the person that is being memorialized.

09/18/2026

Our new window at Sideshow Gallery is an homage to the mysterious world of lucky & unlucky superstitions, blending charms with the theatrical allure of classic magic shows. 🎩🔮✨️

As we celebrate our 13th year, this display feels especially fitting... a little luck, a little mystery, and plenty of beautifully strange things.

09/11/2026

Among the doll parts, insect specimens, wandering eyes, crooked limbs, and other peculiar treasures, we’ve created an ever evolving lifesize shadowy cabinet of curiosities where the beautiful meets the bizarre. 🦷🦋🦵👁✂️✨️

As we step into the darker, cooler days of September, there’s no better time to dust off your curiosity cabinets and ref...
09/10/2026

As we step into the darker, cooler days of September, there’s no better time to dust off your curiosity cabinets and refresh your collections with new oddities and treasures.

Looking for inspiration? We have several beautifully haunting books exploring the art and history of curiosity cabinets. We’ve even given our own curio cabinet a refresh, featuring gorgeous framed prints by Veneration of Light , animal skulls, unique antiques, and other beautifully bizarre finds.

Come explore, get inspired, and start curating your own cabinet of curiosities 💀✨

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2219 N Western Avenue
Chicago, IL
60647

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 7pm
Tuesday 12:15pm - 7pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 7pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

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+17732761300

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