Activities and Recreation

There’s always something happening on campus and around Evanston and Chicago.

Find a club to join, a show to see, a sport to play. PlanIt Purple is your place to discover it all. Search by category, audience or location, and sort by day, week or month.

Featured Clubs and Organizations

Lipstick Theatre

Boomshaka

Crew

Cookology

Mixed Race Student Coalition

Solar Car Team

AMASE (Academy of Music and Arts for Special Education)

Northwestern Community Ensemble

We’re saving you a seat (though you’ll only use the edge of it).

With 19 varsity teams, and hundreds of home games, matches, meets and tournaments, there’s something for everyone.

Come to the Wildside, the official student section of Northwestern Athletics, and experience all of the action of Chicago’s Big Ten Team™.

Intramural Athletics and Recreation

You don’t have to be a varsity student-athlete to play like one.