Cubs Home Opener 2025

We are sooo back. The Cubs Home Opener is on a FRIDAY this year, April 4th! Our beloved cubbies will be taking on the San Diego Padres for a 1:20 pm game. Every year during the Cubs Opener, the whole neighborhood prepares with bars opening as early as 7 am, drink specials, live music, and more. Read below to find out how you can celebrate the Home Opener all day long!

93XRT at Yak-Zies
Join 93XRT at Yak-Zies for a decades-long tradition from 7AM – 1PM.

• Free t-shirts to the first 93 people
• Featuring DJs Terri Hemmert, Andy Chanley, Johnny Mars & Marty Lennartz
• Live performance from Ratboys at 12PM

670 The Score at Sluggers

• Broadcasting live from 9AM – 1:20PM with Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris & Zach Zaidman
• Special guests throughout the broadcast

US99 at Stolen Saddle

• Catch Melissa & Austin on-site from 10AM – 1PM
• Enjoy live music from the acoustic trio AD3

Q101 At Almost Home Tavern

• Come bright and early at 6 am! The first 50 attendees will get a free hat. Stick around for the chance to win tickets to some awesome shows!

6 AM

Almost Home Tavern & Grill

7 AM

The Cubby Bear

The Sports Corner

Yak-Zies

Murphy’s Bleachers

8 AM

Roadhouse 66 Gas n Grill

Sluggers (Opening at 8:30 am)

9 AM

The Graystone Tavern

Stretch Chicago

Billy Goat Tavern

Rizzo’s Bar & Inn

Country Club (Opening at 9:30 am)

Happy Camper (Opening at 9:30 am)

10 AM

Big Star

Budweiser Brickhouse Tavern

Clark Street Dog

GMan Tavern

Stolen Saddle

Merkle’s

Sheffield’s

11 AM

Lost Never Found

NOLA Bar & Kitchen

Almost Home Tavern & Grill: Almost Home is opening EARLY AT 6 AM! Slide into game day specials like $22 Twisted Tea Pitchers, $25 Hardly Water Buckets, $6 Dirty Monkey Shots, and $10 Elote Nachos (yum!)

Budweiser Brickhouse Tavern: Brickhouse Tavern is as close to Wrigley Field you can get without being on the field! Opening at 10 am for the Home Opener, Brickhouse Tavern has classic game day fare like Homerun Nachos, pizza, sandwiches, Italian beef, and more. Seating is first come, first serve!

Blue Beer Party at Stolen Saddle: Giddy on up to Stolen Saddle (formerly Bamboo Club) and sip on blue beer in celebration of the first home game of the year. Tickets include all the blue beer you can handle, brunch, a ballpark food buffet, and more! The buffet is going to consist of eggs, potatoes, hot dogs, and even Cracker Jacks. There are two-time slots for the parties: 10 am to 1 pm, or 1:20 pm to 4:20 pm. Click here for tickets

Country Club: Country Club is hosting pre-game specials: $12 Michelob Ultra Drafts with a Smashburger and side, and $35 Mimosa Towers! After the game, they are selling Michelob Ultra Towers for just $25. There will be a ticket giveaway at 12:30 pm for the big game! To reserve your table, call 773-975-2010 or email waterhousehospitality@gmail.com

Cubby Bear: Chicago’s Finest Rock Station, WXRT-FM, will be broadcasting live all pregame from this historic Wrigleyville venue! While there, grab some classic American fare like jalapeno cheddar poppers, chicken tenders, mac and cheese bites, and more.

Gman Tavern: Kick off Game Day with live music! The Waco Brothers will be performing live; doors open at 10 am, and the music starts at 11 am. No tickets are necessary, this is a free show!

The Graystone Tavern: Graystone Tavern is hosting it’s Annual Home Opener Party! Specials for the day include $6 Ballpark Nachos, $6 Blue Beer, $6 Cubbie Bombs, $6 Surfsides, $6 PLAY HARD Seltzers, and $25 Coors or Miller Lite buckets.

Lost Never Found: Celebrate Cubs Opening Weekend at the ultimate pregame destination, just steps from Wrigley Field! From April 4-6, beginning at 11 AM each day, guests can enjoy food, drinks, and game-day excitement before heading to the ballpark. Ticket Price: $40 per person: Includes Mimosas, Call Cocktails, domestic bottled beer, seltzers, and soda, and the food package includes Pizza (cheese, pepperoni, and bacon-egg-cheese pizza) chicken fingers, and French fries.

NOLA Bar & Kitchen: NOLA will be serving $5 Cubby Blue Shots and $20 Domestic Buckets for the big game!

Sluggers: Pregame for the Cubs Opener at one of the most iconic sports bars in the country. Sluggers offers unique ways to celebrate, like the batting cages open to the public upstairs, an arcade, and a dance floor that is always popping. They’ll even be hosting their popular dueling pianos! Open from 8:30 am to 2 am, come take part in all the Sluggers fun.

Sports Corner: ESPN will be at The Sports Corner broadcasting live all pregame! This neighborhood tavern and grill located directly across from historic Wrigley Field. Since 1976, the Sports Corner has been a staple in the community for pre and post-game festivities.

Old Crow Smokehouse: Let’s kick off game day with some dancing! Old Crow is opening at 10 am with a live band.

Live Music at Cubby Bear: Let’s keep the good vibes going on game day! Libido Funk Circus is playing at the historic Cubby Bear at 8 pm. Tickets are only $8 in advance! Click here to grab yours.

HVAC Pub: HVAC is hosting a Post Cubs Master Party featuring Habibibeatz. Free entry and the set starts at 3:30 pm!