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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+
b 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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