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Thursday March 11
= Editor's Pick
Raoul Duke, Herbert Wiser Band, Thinner Teed, Chester Brown & Big Sky String Band
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, $6 18+
A Modern Love Story, Blank Image, Haywood Yards, Jacobi Wichita, Hold Everything
Beat Kitchen: 8pm, $8 Other
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $8 21+
Liquid Soul, Balkano, 7th Kind, Black Bear Combo
Bottom Lounge: 8pm, $10 21+
John Primer
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Alternative Theory, Generation X
Cubby Bear: 10pm, $0 21+
Boutros, The Gentlemen's Club, Rob Nichols
darkroom: 8pm, 8-$10 21+
Greensky Bluegrass
Double Door: 9pm, $7 21+
Free Fall
Elastic Arts Foundation: 10pm, $8
The Uniphonics, Doco, Toast, Tova Katz
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Young Widows, My Disco, Phantom Family Halo
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Chicago Cabaret Project
Green Dolphin Street: 8pm, 10-$20
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra
Green Mill: 9pm, $6
SHAPERS, Old Fake, Driftless Pony Club
Hideout: 9pm, $5 21+
Out Of The Blues 2
Lonnie Brooks, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins and The Wind Gypsys
House Of Blues: 7pm, $150 All Ages
Amina Figarova Sextet
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm
Natalie Stovall, Justin Moore
Joe's Bar: 9pm, $10 21+
We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 12-$14 18+
The Webelos, Push, The Outbreaks
Martyrs': 9pm, $7 21+
Barry Winograd Quartet
Mayslake Peabody Estate: 7:30pm, $20 All Ages
The Elaine Dame Trio
Pops for Champagne: 9pm, $8 All Ages
The Runnies, Stilted, Stinker, SimCo
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Boats!!, Halfwaynorth, One & Only
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $5 21+
Koku Gonza, DJ Shannon, Blah Blah Blah
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $8 18+
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Ariyo, Tony Mangiullo, Harlan Terson
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm, 5-$7 21+
Tigercity, Gemini Club, Wave Machines, The Silent Years
Schubas: 8pm, 10-$12 18+
Excision, DJ Belly, Akademy
Smartbar: 10pm, 7-$10 21+
Jennie DeVoe, Nicholas Barron
SPACE: 8pm, 10-$18 All Ages
Very Truly Yours, Summer Cats, City Center
Subterranean: 9pm, $8 21+
The Drastics
The Whistler: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Friday March 12
= Editor's Pick
American English
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $10 21+
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Abbey Pub:
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Pelican, Pinebender, Follows
Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, 12-$14 Other
JW Williams, Laretha Weathersby
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $10 21+
Kreator, Voivod, Nachtmystium, Evile, Lazarus A.D.
Bottom Lounge: 7pm, 25-$28 All Ages
Wayne Baker Brooks, Dave Herrero, Jimmy Burns
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm, $15 21+
Mike Melvoin Trio
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $20 21+
House of Pain, GZA, Mass Hysteria, ADaD, The Comeups
Congress Theater: 8pm, $23 Other
MER, That Saturday, Train Company, Blue Light Room
Cubby Bear: 9pm, $7 21+
Ode, Milano, The Fervor
darkroom: 8pm, 8-$10 21+
My Dear Disco, Shoeless Revolution, Alter Ego
Double Door: 9pm, $10 21+
Eric Ziegenhagen, Isaac David Lyons
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm, $7
Aetiology, Channel Four, Blue Moon Revue, Absinthe Junk
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Lasers and Fast and Shit, Pool of Frogs
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $5 21+
Aniba Hotep & the Sol Collective
Green Dolphin Street: 8pm, $15
Chris Foreman
Green Mill: 5pm, $0
Green Mill Quartet
Green Mill: 1:30am, $0
Kurt Elling
Green Mill: 9pm, $15
Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Spring Engagement: “Ovations”
River North Chicago Dance Company
Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 8 p.m., 15-60 All Ages
Wilbert de Joode, Dave Rempis, Mike Reed, Tali Farchi, Royce Deans
Heaven Gallery : 10pm, $12 All Ages
Chandeliers, Night Gallery
Hideout: 10pm, $8 21+
Gaelic Storm
House of Blues: 9pm, 32.50-$35 Other
Amina Figarova Sextet
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm
LoCash Cowboys
Joe's Bar: 10pm, $8 21+
Nicole Kestler
Katerina's: 6:30pm, $0 All Ages
Alfonso Ponticelli's Gypsy-Jazz & Flamenco Showcase
Katerina's: 10pm, $10 All Ages
Mimosa, Epcot, Martyparty, Nasty Nasty, Phaded, Jasper
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, 15-$20 21+
Tally Hall, Jukebox The Ghost, Skybox
Lincoln Hall: 7pm, 12-$14 All Ages
Hockey, The Constellations
Lincoln Hall: 11pm, 12-$14 18+
Micah Walk, Shelley Miller, Steve Dawson
Martyrs': 9pm, $8 21+
The Aquabats, Mustard Plug
Metro: 6:30pm, $19 All Ages
The Woes, Cast Iron Skillet
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Battlefield Band, Liz Carroll
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm & 10pm, 18-$22 All Ages
Phil Angotti Band, Luna Blues Machine
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Paperbear, Matt Kelly, The Young Republic
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $5 21+
Curren$y, L.E. For The Uncool, Fly Union, Mic Terror, Mikkey Halsted
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $20 18+
Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
David Ford, Brent Puls
Schubas: 7pm, $12 21+
Pretty Good Dance Moves,Harper Blynn, California Wives
Schubas: 10pm, $5 18+
Stacey Pullen, DJ Lady D, Max Jacobson, Max Loomis, DJ Jay Cho
Smartbar: 8pm, $15 21+
Tributosaurus Trio & Friends
SPACE: 7:30pm, 15-$25 All Ages
Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore
SPACE: 10pm, 10-$18
Loco Dice
Spy Bar: 10pm, $0 21+
Vivian Girls, Male Bonding, The Alright Alreadies
Subterranean: 9:30pm, $12 Other
Buffalo Heart, Cahalen David Morrison
Uncommon Ground: 10pm
Muse, Silversun Pickups
United Center: 7:30pm, 39.50-$59
Ill Legit
US Beer Company: 9pm, $7 21+
Jeff Tweedy
Vic Theatre: 8pm, $100
Saturday March 13
= Editor's Pick
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Abbey Pub:
Flogging Molly, The Architects, Frank Turner
Aragon Ballroom: 6pm, $27 All Ages
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Family of the Year, The Queen Killing Kings
Beat Kitchen: 7pm, $10 All Ages
Zola Jesus, Beau Wanzer, Fielded
Beat Kitchen: 10pm, $8 Other
JW Williams Blues Band, Laretha Weathersby
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $10 21+
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Title Tracks
Bottom Lounge: 7pm, $15 All Ages
Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, J.B. Ritchie, Diamond Jim Greene
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Sammie Torres, Gian Ferme Luca
Cafe Mestizo: 6:30pm, $0
Mike Melvoin Trio
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $20 21+
Sixteen Candles
Cubby Bear: 8pm, $10 21+
Vicente Gayo, Marcelo C. Baez, Mr. Gray, Nando, Resistol 5000, Angelfuk
darkroom: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Hulk, MC ADaD, Mark Instinct, Jeekoos & Searchl1te, Nameloc, Ruckus, Brandon S, Belly
Double Door: 7:30pm, 12-$15 21+
Rock Candy, Red Rebel County, Character Fleadh
Durty Nellie's: 8pm, $5 21+
Rasheed Chappell, Eratic, Adria Nicole, Phraim, Feso, Trebelfree, DVS Jackson
Elastic Arts Foundation: 7pm, $10
Hail the Black Dragons, Jip Jop, A Modern Bison, Dulcet Road, Russell Howard
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Bloodiest, A/V Murder, Electric Hawk
Empty Bottle: 10pm, 8-$10 21+
The Screamin' End
End Zone Tap: 9:30pm 21+
The Ebony Brown Band
Green Dolphin Street: 8pm, 10-$20
Sabertooth
Green Mill: 12am, $5
Kurt Elling
Green Mill: 8pm, $15
Sending the Four-Star City to the Lone Star State
Life During Wartime DJs, Hollows, Love of Everything, The Hood Internet, Tom Schraeder, Mittens on Strings, Mickey, Tyler Jon Tyler, Via Tania
Hideout: 3pm, $10 21+
Gaelic Storm
House of Blues: 9pm, 32.50-$35 Other
Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers
House of Blues Back Porch: 12pm All Ages
Amina Figarova Sextet
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm
Wedding Banned
Joe's Bar: 11pm, $8 21+
Spider Saloff
Katerina's: 6:30pm, $10 All Ages
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
Katerina's: 10pm, $10 All Ages
Kicksville
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Further Sound Dubstep, Showcase
Kinetic Playground: 12am 21+
Claychella 2010
Lincoln Hall: 12pm, 0-$10 18+
Trainwreck, Kyle Gass, Ghost Shirt
Martyrs': 9pm, $12 21+
RJD2, Break Science, Happy Chichester
Metro: 9pm, $25 18+
Tim Kinsella, John McEntire
Museum of Contemporary Art: 3pm , $12 All Ages
Joe Henry
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm, 18-$22 All Ages
Bible of The Devil, American Draft
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Blue Razor Rust, Canibal Galaxy, Leper
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Township, Curio, Echo Son
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $7 21+
Sunday for Regret
Reggie's Music Joint: 2pm 21+
Rotten Records Showcase
Polkadot Cadaver, Ideamen, Vampire Moose, Karen Page,
Reggie's Rock Club: 9pm, $7 Other
Ray Davies
Riviera Theatre: 8pm, $49 18+
Verdi's Requiem
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel: 7:30pm, 25-$35 All Ages
Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Pretty Good Dance Moves,The Bon Mots
Schubas: 1pm, 12-$14 All Ages
Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore
Schubas: 10pm, $12 21+
Justin Martin, J Phlip, Nate Maniac
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15 21+
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Pinetop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
SPACE: 8pm, 22-$34.50 21+
Harvey Milk, Coalesce, The Atlas Moth
Subterranean: 9:30pm, 13-$15 Other
Zapruder Point, The Monologue Bombs
Uncommon Ground: 11pm
Twang Bang
Uncommon Ground on Devon:
Black Eyed Peas
United Center: 7:30pm
Jeff Tweedy
Vic Theatre: 8pm, $100
Stonehedge, Terminal
Vision Nightclub: 10:00pm 21+
Sunday March 14
= Editor's Pick
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Abbey Pub:
Big Time Sarah and the BTS Express
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Katie & Pat, Steven Gilpin
Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm 21+
Super Stolie and The Rockstars
Beat Kitchen: 12pm, $5 All Ages
The Nellie "Tiger" Travis Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $8 21+
Orphaned Land, Indian, Suidakra, A Storm of Light, VIA Vengence
Bottom Lounge: 6pm, 10-$13 Other
Vino Louden
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Robert Pasenko Blues Revue
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $20 21+
The Rynassonze
darkroom: 8pm, 7-$10 21+
Amaral, The Right Ons, Maika Makosvski
Double Door: 7pm, $7 21+
Dollhouse Skandal, A.J. Love Blues Band, Chris Head & the Honchos, Jeff Daschbach
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Battlefields, Junius, Why Intercept?
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $3 21+
"A Song of Peace - Sim Shalom"
North Shore Choral Society
Ezra Habonim Synagogue: 3pm, $25 All Ages
Dee Alexander
Gorton Community Center: 4pm, $25 All Ages
Dakota
Green Dolphin Street: 7:30pm, $0
House of Blues Gospel Brunch
House of Blues: 10am & 12:30pm, 22-$37.50 All Ages
Munnelly
Irish American Heritage Center: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Amina Figarova Sextet
Jazz Showcase: 4pm, 8pm & 10pm
God Module
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Dervish
Lincoln Hall: 8pm, $25 21+
Nathan Gunn, Elizabeth Futral
Lund Auditorium: 3:00pm, 55-$75 All Ages
Copeland, I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business, Person L, Deas Vail
Metro: 6pm, $16 All Ages
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, It's A Girl
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm, 18-$22 All Ages
Chicago Philharmonic
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
The Bare Hand Jug Band
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Seel Fresh
Reggie's Rock Club: 6pm All Ages
One Night of Queen
Rialto Square Theatre: 6pm, $45 All Ages
Think About Life, Diamond Rings
Schubas: 8pm, 8-$10 21+
Howlin Tumbleweeds, The Canoes, Slowhawks
Subterranean: 8pm, $8 21+
Darren Garvey
Tonic Room: $0 21+
Jake Allen, Roxi Copland, Shannon Curtis
Uncommon Ground: 7pm
Monday March 15
= Editor's Pick
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Abbey Pub:
Hal Tsuchida Trio
Andy's: 5pm, $5 All Ages
Guy King's Organ Trio
Andy's: 9pm, $10 21+
Linsey Alexander
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Grana' Louise and the Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $8 21+
Jimmy Burns
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Dennis Luxion Trio
Club Blujazz: 11:30pm, $10 21+
The Feel
Cubby Bear: 8pm, $0 21+
The Brought Low, Howler, Imperial Battlesnake
Double Door: 9pm, $8 21+
Todd Day Wait's Pigpen
Elbo Room: 9pm, $5 All Ages
My Gold Mask, Common Loon, Cloud Nothings, Campfires
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $0 21+
Elaine Dame
Katerina's: 8pm, $5 All Ages
The Elaine Dame Duo
Katerina's : 8pm, $5 All Ages
Woods, Real Estate, Netherfriends
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $12 18+
Imelda May
Martyrs': 8pm, $15 21+
Hammerfall, Powerglove
Metro: 6pm, $26 All Ages
Monday Night Jazz
Morseland: 9pm, $0 21+
Longital, Hyperpotomus
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Hyperpotamus
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
John Doe
Schubas: 8pm, 12-$14 21+
Club Zumba, Suzy Crawford, lida Borges
SPACE: 7pm, 12-$15 All Ages
Paper Mice, The Runnies
The Whistler: 9pm, $0 21+
Tuesday March 16
= Editor's Pick
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Abbey Pub:
Samuel del Real
Andy's: 5pm, $5 All Ages
Darwin Noguerra's Evolution Quartet
Andy's: 9pm, $10 21+
Racebannon, Rollo Tomasi, Thank God
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Toronzo Cannon Blues Band, Joanna Graham
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $8 21+
The Very Best
Bottom Lounge: 8pm, $15 Other
Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Greg Pasenko Quartet
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $10 21+
Dan Trudell Trio
Club Blujazz: 11:30pm, $10 21+
Kevin Flynn and The Avondale Ramblers, Candy Apple and The Buddies
darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
Apoptygma Berzerk
Double Door: 9pm, $20 21+
Bainard Panic Defense, Illinois Nationals, Hyperpotamus, Dan Hubbard
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
The Bewitched Hands On the Top of Our Heads, Papier Tigre
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $5 21+
The Bill Porter Orchestra
Green Dolphin Street: 8pm, $10
Deep Blue Organ Trio
Green Mill: 9pm, $6
Sanctified Grumblers
Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Rico!, Hyperpotamus
Martyrs': 7pm, $10 21+
Jon Drake & the Shakes
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Jamie Cullum
Park West: 8:30pm, $35 18+
M13
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Sexfist
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Mr. Blotto, The Sam West Trio, Uzuhi
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
Black Dahlia Murder, Obscura, Augury, Hatesphere
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 13-$15 All Ages
Pete Galanis, Nate Manos & Friends
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm, 5-$7 21+
Heather Lynne Horton, Dan Mitchell
Schubas: 8pm, $8 21+
John Simmons, Trew
Smartbar: 9pm, $0 21+
Chi-Town Jazz Series
SPACE: 8pm, 12-$20 All Ages
Arma, Outernational, Chester, Bullet Called Life
Subterranean: 7:30pm, $8 Other
Siamsa na nGael
Symphony Center: 7:30pm, 25-$55 All Ages
Darren Garvey
The Whistler: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Wednesday March 17
= Editor's Pick
The Larkin Brothers, Red Rebel County
115 Bourbon Street: 7pm, $0 All Ages
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Abbey Pub:
Alison Ruble
Andy's: 5pm, $5 All Ages
Mike Smith Quartet
Andy's: 9pm, $10 21+
Mike Wheeler
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Elk, Carbon Tigers, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic, Earth Program
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, $8 21+
JW Williams Blues Band, Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $8 21+
Donkey Punch, Johnny Vomit, Voice of Addiction, After The Fight, The Burninators
Bottom Lounge: 7pm Other
Carlos Johnson
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Mike Frost Project
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $10 21+
Beer Nuts, Church Key, Stoop Goodnoise
Double Door: 9pm, $10 21+
Glass Halo, Fred Shafer, Ordain, Nate Krause
Elbo Room: 8:15pm, $8 21+
The Blue Ribbon Glee Club, The Dust Bunnies, Covered Wagons, Weepin' Willows, Roy Ivy
Empty Bottle: 8pm, $5 21+
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Tributosaurus (as Van Morrison), Mayer School Irish Step Dancers, Switchback, Dooley Brothers, Avenue Kids
FitzGerald's: 1pm, 5-$10
Frank Catalano Sextet
Green Mill: 2am, $0
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
Green Mill: 9pm, $6
The Immediate Sound Series
Hideout: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Traditional Electric Blues Jam
Highway RickEy, Jimmy Upstairs, John Devlin
Jerry's Sandwiches (Division): 9pm, $0 All Ages
Bret Michaels
Joe's Bar: 9pm, $35 21+
El Payo!
Katerina's: 9pm, $8 All Ages
The Clientele, Field Music, Liam Hayes (Plush)
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $15 21+
Muck Brothers
Martyrs': 8pm, $10 21+
The Tossers, Scott Lucas & The Married Men, The Matics, The Bottle & Stone Battalion
Metro: 8pm, $17 18+
Lokua Presents: Heartbeats
Morseland: 10pm 21+
Christine Marshall Kraemer
Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago: 12:15pm, $0 All Ages
The Thinman, Candy Apple and The Buddies
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Mudflapps
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Super 400, The Dirty Rooks, Miggs
Reggie's Music Joint: 6pm, $5 21+
Miss Maya Sinstress, Pain Kurst Girls, Candyxxx, Ammunition
Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm, $10 21+
Engelbert Humperdinck
Rialto Square Theatre: 7:30PM, $53 All Ages
Brendan Bayliss & Jeff Austin
Schubas: 9pm, $25 18+
Jeff Craven, Aaron Dae, Rees Urban
Smartbar: 10pm, $0 21+
The Lives of Famous Men
Subterranean : 8:30pm, 8-$10 Other
Yahzarah, Chinahblac
The Shrine: 9pm, 10-$15
Daniel Bruce Quintet
The Whistler: 9:30pm, $0 21+
DJ Puzzle
Wilde Bar and Restaurant : 3pm, $0 21+
Thursday March 18
= Editor's Pick
Locrian, Harpoon, Anatomy Of Habit, Sun Splitter
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, 8-$10 21+
Eric "Guitar" Davis and the Troublemakers
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Rebel Roots, Los Vicios De Papa, Natalie Grace Alford, Dave Cavalier
Beat Kitchen: 8pm, $10 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $8 21+
P.O.S., Dessa, Astronautalis
Bottom Lounge: 8pm Other
The Chicago R&B Kings
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Experience Hendrix
Chicago Theatre: 7pm, 38-$92
Diane Delin Quartet
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $10 21+
Tom Vaitas Group
Club Blujazz: 11:30pm, $10 21+
Low Down Brass Band
Cubby Bear: 10pm, $0 21+
Tenniscourts, Dorian Taj, The Clergymen
darkroom: 8pm, $7 21+
Soul Summit Dance Party
Double Door: 9pm, $0 21+
Josh Abrams Quartet, Cicada Music
Elastic Arts Foundation: 10pm, $8
Malace Finn, Process, The Diviners, The Alpha Centauri, Katie & Pat
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Deakin, Glitter Bones, Netherfriends
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $12 21+
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra
Green Mill: 9pm, $6
Death Ships, Paul Cary, DJ Joel Craig
Hideout: 8pm, $8 21+
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers, Graham Colton Band
House of Blues: 8pm, 16-$18 Other
Joe Lovano Us Five featuring James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, Otis Brown III, Francisco Mela
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm
Indigo Sun
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Company of Thieves, John Henry & The Engine, Hollus
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $14 18+
Victory Auto Rockers, Slowhawks, Nelken
Martyrs': 9pm, $7 21+
The Heavy Bombers
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Hustle Sneakers
Reggie's Music Joint: 11pm, $5 21+
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Ariyo, Tony Mangiullo, Harlan Terson
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm, 5-$7 21+
14th Annual SXSW Round-Up
Schubas: 12pm, $0 All Ages
Jessica Robbins, Matt Crews
Schubas: 9pm, $8 21+
MRK1, Swoop, Whoa-B
Smartbar: 10pm, $10 21+
The Jim Liban Trio, Filisko & Eric Noden
SPACE: 8pm, 10-$18 All Ages
Manbirdbelly, Paper Airplane Pilots, Satellite 66
Subterranean : 8:30pm, $10 21+
The Fabulous Ladies of Fitness present: Cardio Cabaret: A Total Body Experience
The Whistler: 9pm, $0 21+
Sarah Vonderhaar, Scottie Long
Uncommon Ground: 8pm
Jay-Z
United Center: 7pm
Friday March 19
= Editor's Pick
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, The Honeybees, Hi-Fi and The Roadburners
Abbey Pub: 9:30pm, 12-$15 21+
Eddie Shaw, Big Ray, Rico McFarland, Peaches Staten, Roosevelt "Hatter" Purifoy
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Two Star, Glittermouse, Truman & His Trophy, Chimera Twilight
Beat Kitchen: 6pm, $8 All Ages
The Sometimes Family, Age of Animals, Bakelite Army
Beat Kitchen: 10pm, $8 21+
The Nellie "Tiger" Travis Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $10 21+
The Appleseed Cast, Dreamend
Bottom Lounge: 8pm, $15 Other
Larry McCray, The Cash Box Kings, Sam Lay
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm, $15 21+
Bruce Forman Trio
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $20 21+
Bill Boris Group
Club Blujazz: 11:30pm, $20 21+
Jack Straw, Tula
Cubby Bear: 8pm, $10 21+
DJ Shortkut, Rude Onederful, Sean Doe
darkroom: 10pm, $10 21+
New Mastersounds
Double Door: 9pm, 15-$18 21+
Tough Gong, U.G.L.Y., Kids These Days
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm, $10
Dave Lykins and the Crimebusters, Kevin Lee & The Kings
Elbo Room: 10pm, $9 21+
Kevin Lee & The Kings
Elbo Room: 10pm, $7 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Brilliant Pebbles
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $12 21+
The Pin-Ups, Big City Swing
Green Dolphin Street: 8pm, $20
Chris Foreman
Green Mill: 5pm, $0
Green Mill Quartet
Green Mill: 1:30am, $0
Chi-Town Jazz Series
Green Mill: 9pm, $12
Soft Speaker, Cains & Abels
Hideout: 10pm, $8 21+
Jeff Wichmann
Hotti Biscotti: 10pm
Great Big Sea
House of Blues: 8pm, 25-$27 Other
Joe Lovano Us Five featuring James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, Otis Brown III, Francisco Mela
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm
Maggie Speaks
Joe's Bar: 10pm, $8 21+
Petra Van Nuis w/guitarist Andy Brown
Katerina's: 6:30pm, $5 All Ages
Jack Cassidy, Symbia
Katerina's: 10pm, $10 All Ages
Bluetech, Emancipator, The Coop, BRC
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $20 21+
The Right Now, VertiKal, Weber Band
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $10 18+
Ayanami, Fifth Story, The Heavy Bombers, Eva
Martyrs': 9pm, $8 21+
Mindsight, Amrita, The Fireship, The Rails, The Love Shots
Metro: 6pm, $11 All Ages
Brother George
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Cowboy Junkies, Grant-Lee Phillips
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm & 10pm, 34-$38 All Ages
Yeti vs. Yeti, The Lorax Tree
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Sweeps
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm 21+
Impaler, Graverobber, Gravedirt, The Turbo Vamps
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 7-$10 Other
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
Rosa's Lounge: 10pm, $15 21+
Scout Niblett, Picastro
Schubas: 10pm, $12 21+
The Glamour, Kid Color, Butch Cassidy & John Twatters
Smartbar: 10pm, 5-$8 21+
Chicago Catz
SPACE: 8pm, 12-$22 All Ages
Radio Slave
Spy Bar: 10:00pm 21+
The Shams Band, Derek Nelson & The Musicians, Will Phalen & The Stereo Addicts, Hey Rabbit
Subterranean: 9pm, 7-$10 Other
Wynton Marsalis
Symphony Center: 8pm
LeRoy Bach
The Whistler: 6pm, $0 21+
The Pickin Bubs, Trent Wagler & The Steel Wheels
Uncommon Ground: 10pm
Lunatic, Mec Mobley, Money Mizzle, Lil Rob, E-Jilla Beats, Doctor Who, Ang13, Urbanized Music
US Beer Company: 9pm, $10 21+
Asian Improv Records Tribute to Fred Anderson
Velvet Lounge: 9pm
Saturday March 20
= Editor's Pick
Hudson Mohawke Space Giant, Save The Clocktower, Quadtratic, Radius, Abstract Science DJ's
Abbey Pub: 8pm, $12 18+
Alice in Chains, Middle Class Rut
Aragon Ballroom: 8pm, $37 All Ages
Scissors, The Twilight & The Sound, The Reaganomics
Beat Kitchen: 6pm, 8-$10 21+
The Barcait Couture, Starter Kit, The Born Ready
Beat Kitchen: 10:30pm, $10 Other
The Nellie "Tiger" Travis Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm, $10 21+
North America Takeover, The Matadors, Koffin Kats, Reckless Ones, The Memphis Morticians, The Brains, Curtains
Bottom Lounge: 6pm, $15 Other
Nick Moss and The Flip Tops, Sammy Fender, Jimmy Johnson
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Sammie Torres, Gian Ferme Luca
Cafe Mestizo: 6:30pm, $0
Los Lobos, Backyard Tire Fire, The Mojo Daddies
Center for the Performing Arts (Governors State University): 7pm, 25-$56
Norah Jones
Chicago Theatre : 8pm, 45-$60
Bruce Forman Trio
Club Blujazz: 7:30pm, $20 21+
Mike Frost & Friends
Club Blujazz: 11:30pm, $20 21+
Above and Beyond, Benny Benassi, Second Sun
Congress Theater: 7pm, $40 Other
Rock Candy
Cubby Bear: 8pm, $0 21+
Oistrach Symphony Orchestra
DePaul Concert Hall : 8pm, $0 18+
Borrow Tomorrow, The Well, Workout Music, Fresh Hops, Tricia Scully
Double Door: 9pm, $8 21+
Ziv, Space vs. Time, Clark Richard, Amy Stroup, 20 Mark Helga, Allie Joelle
Elbo Room : 8:30pm, $9 21+
The Bomb, Team Band, Ready The Destroyer
Empty Bottle: 10pm, 5-$8 21+
Lynne Jordan & the Shivers
Green Dolphin Street: 8pm, $20
Sabertooth
Green Mill: 12am, $5
Juliano Milo Group
Green Mill: 8pm, $12
White Mystery, Other Minds
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Great Big Sea
House of Blues: 8pm, 25-$27 Other
Chainsaw Dupont
House of Blues: 10pm, $12 21+
Alija Dalipovic, Angel Dobrev, Chris Bajmakovich, Legenda, Ljupco Milenkovski, Veselica
International House of Chicago: 7pm, 30-$20 All Ages
Stepping Forward
Trinity Academy of Irish Dance, City of Chicago Bagpipe Band, The Four Courts
Irish American Heritage Center: 7pm, $30 All Ages
Joe Lovano Us Five featuring James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, Otis Brown III, Francisco Mela
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm
Then Again
Joe's Bar: 11pm, $10 21+
Spider Saloff's Spring Fling!
Katerina's: 6:30pm, $10 All Ages
The Rhythm Rockets
Katerina's: 10pm, $10 All Ages
Trainwreck Symphony
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
The Ex, Shellac
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, $15 18+
Paul Sanchez
Martyrs': 7pm, $8 21+
Omar Pene
Martyrs': 9:30pm, $25 21+
Acappellago
Mayslake Peabody Estate: 7:30pm, $20 All Ages
The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers
Metro: 9pm, $16 18+
Steve Shelley
Museum of Contemporary Art : 3pm, $12 All Ages
Arturo Sandoval, Darwin Noguera
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm & 10pm, 34-$38 All Ages
The Curses, Icarus Himself
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Heavy Bombers, Nil8, Right Rongly
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Fluid Minds, Joe's Garage, The Hot Rails
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $5 21+
Gorilla Productions Presents...
Reggie's Rock Club: 1pm
Handsome Devilz, Saber, Who's This Mary?, DJ Eddie Riot, DJ Kamar
Reggie's Rock Club: 10pm, $10 18+
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
Rosa's Lounge: 10pm, $15 21+
We The Living
Schubas: 10pm, 8-$10 18+
Justin Long, Acid Circus
Smartbar: 10pm, $12 21+
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues
SPACE: 7pm, 20-$25 All Ages
Tyrone Wells, Tony Lucca, Roy Jay
SPACE: 10:15pm, 15-$27 All Ages
Gold Motel, Color Radio, Volcanoes Make Islands
Subterranean: 6:30pm, $10 All Ages
Luster, The Paper Clips
Subterranean: 10:30pm, 8-$10 21+
Los Lobos
The Center for the Performing Arts (Governors State University): 7pm , 25-$56 All Ages
Jen Sygit, Sam Corbin
Uncommon Ground: 10pm
Blackout Festival Tribute to Fred Anderson
Velvet Lounge: 8pm
Dino G, Wahi
Vision Nightclub: 10:00pm 21+
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