Night life events: Party with Wedding Banned at Lisle's Lodge

Start the party

Skip the ceremony, cover band Wedding Banned says, and start the party at The Lodge this Friday. Daily drink specials include $2 Coors cans, $2.50 Hop Head, $3 Harpoon Red drafts, $3 Corona Light cans, $4 Sobieski vodka drinks, $4 312 Pints, $5 Bacardi bombs, $4.50 Heineken bombers and $9 flavored fish bowls.

Friday, Sept. 23, at The Lodge at Four Lakes, 5750 Lakeside Drive, Lisle. (630) 724-0450 or thelodgeatfourlakes.com.

Pints at the Pier

Head to the Landshark Beer Garden at Navy Pier, where Oktoberfest deals run through Monday, Oct. 10. Enjoy seasonal brews O'Fallon Pumpkin, HofBrau Oktoberfest and Dark Dunkel, Warsteiner, Becks, Cane and Abel Red Rye #8212; all for $5 and $6 each. Additional menu items include Bavarian-style soft pretzels, brats soaked in LandShark Lager Beer and cinnamon caramel apple pizza.

The Landshark Beer Garden is located at Navy Pier, 700 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. (312) 595-5446 or chicagosbestbeergarden.com.

Tuesdays at Finn's

Grab a $3 847 Suburban Wheat Ale special every Tuesday at Mickey Finn's. Or try the newly tapped Oktoberfest, a German-style lager that is copper in color, medium-bodied, malty, crisp and clean. Or swing by on a Sunday for $5 Bloody Marys with a beer chaser.

Mickey Finn's Brewery is at 412 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. (847) 362-6688 or mickeyfinnsbrewery.com.