Event Calendar – Asians & Friends Chicago

Want to reach AFC event organizers (the AFC Rice Makers)? Reach out to Angel at AngelChgo@aol.com.

AFC Dim Sum: Come to our first-Sunday-of-the-month Dim Sums at Furama, 4936 N. Broadway in Chicago at 12:30 p.m. Our next ones are Sun., Dec. 1, 2024, Jan. 5, 2025 (we typically dress in Superhero outfits for our January Dim Sum) and Feb. 2. We meet on the second floor landing. Meal cost will be split among each table. After the meal, we typically march over to SoFo Tap, 4923 N. Clark in Chicago. If anyone wants to pre-game, come to Fat Cat, 4840 N. Broadway at 11:30 a.m.

A Nice & Naughty Gift Package Exchange: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Are you on Santa’s “Naughty List?” Then get in the swing of things with our Nice & Naughty Gift Exchange at the Lucky Horseshoe, 3169 N. Halsted in Chicago from 3-6 p.m. We’ll take over the back bar and have a gift exchange (please bring a present between $10-$20). We’ll play a few reindeer games and share good cheer. There will be no charge for event attendance. Cash bar up front. Feel free to bring a snack or two to share.

Happy holidays!

Then mark your calendar for a couple of our major 2025 events:

Lunar New Year Dinner: Sat., February 22, 2025 at 7 p.m. at Furama Restaurant, 4936 N. Broadway in Chicago.

May AFC Fundraiser: Sat., May 17, 2025 at 7 p.m. at Holiday Club, 4000 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago.

More details to come!

Here are photos from past events:

Pride 2024:

AFC Prom Royalty 2024:

Our 2019 AFC Holiday Party. Deck the halls everyone!

Kevin, Oliver and Angel at @mosphere bar for the debut party of “Gaysian Spring,” the documentary about Asians & Friends Chicago’s journey to build its Chicago Pride Parade float for 2019.

Pride Parade 2019 – Flower Power theme

Dim Sum: The first Sunday of every month at Furama, 4936 N. Broadway.