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191 music listings
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Monday January 19
= Editor's Pick
Grana' Louise and the Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
30 Helens
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm 21+
Brian Vander Ark, Ryan Powers
Schubas: 8pm, $8 21+
Open Mic
Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages
Tuesday January 20
= Editor's Pick
Charlie Love Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Tribute to Sonny Rollins
Rich Corpolongo Trio
Chicago Cultural Center: 12:15pm, $0 All Ages
Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm 21+
Devil in a Woodpile
Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Industry Tuesdays
DJ Just Joey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
Mr. Blotto, Nicole Garza
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Steve Wynn
Schubas: 8pm, $10 21+
The Killers
UIC Pavilion: 7pm
Wednesday January 21
= Editor's Pick
JW Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Willie Gomez Con Cache
Carnivale: 7:30pm All Ages
Immediate Sound Series
Rempis/Ward/McBride/Reed
Hideout: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Whitey Morgan and the 78's, Blue Truth
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Blitzkid, Gravedirt, The Turbo Vamps
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 10-$12 Other
Trampled By Turtles, Sexfist
Schubas: 9pm, 10-$12 21+
Naomi Ashley, Sarah Holtschlag
Uncommon Ground: 8pm All Ages
Trio WAZ
Velvet Lounge: $10 21+
Thursday January 22
= Editor's Pick
Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Pionic Records Benefit
Friction Brothers, Branch/Riordan Duo
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm 21+
City and Colour
Lakeshore Theater: 8pm, $15 All Ages
Animal Collective
Metro: 7:30pm, $25 All Ages
Just Surrender, Patent Pending, Jesse Barrera, Kelsey and the Chaos
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 10-$13 All Ages
Arma
Reggie's Rock Club: 9pm Other
Blessid Union of Souls
Schubas: 9pm, $12 21+
Heather Styka, Bill & Kate Isles
Uncommon Ground: 8pm All Ages
Friday January 23
= Editor's Pick
Peaches Stanton Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Nellie Travis Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Mar Caribe
Hideout: 6:30pm, $5 21+
Chris Mills, Nora O'Connor
Hideout: 10pm, $10 21+
DJ Lil' Mikey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
We Shot Warhol, On The Front, King Sparrow, Mindsight, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 5-$8 Other
Richard Edwards, Cameron McGill, Kenny Childers
Schubas: 10:30PM, 8-$10 18+
Jessica Warren-Acosta, flute; Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
Sherwood Conservatory: 12:15pm, $0 All Ages
Midstates
Subterranean : 8pm, $10 18+
Sleeper & Dustin Covert, Maribelle
Uncommon Ground: 10pm All Ages
Jeff Chan's Horns of Plenty
Velvet Lounge: $15 21+
Insideout, Liz Revision, Gianna Hardt, Hernan Sancez
Vision Nightclub: 10pm, $10 21+
Saturday January 24
= Editor's Pick
Voltaire, Comasoft, Curiosity, Fitzgerald's Realm of Magic
Abbey Pub: 8pm, $20 18+
Peaches Stanton Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Nellie Travis Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
The Elaine Dame Duo with Kyle Asche
Broadway Cellars: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Disco Biscuits, RJD2, Prefuse 73
Congress Theater: 8pm, 25-$49.50 18+
St. Timothy's Day Party: A Celebration of Soul
East of Edens DJs
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
Hideout Dance Party
East of Edens Soul Express
Hideout: 11:30pm, $5 21+
Hay Perro, State, The Delta Routine, Sister Switchblade
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm 21+
Holding Mercury, Makeshift Prodigy, Late Aprill, The Moves
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 5-$8 Other
The Dynamites, Andre Williams & The Goldstars
Schubas: 10:30pm, 12-$15 21+
Dr. Killbot
Subterranean : 9:30pm, $7 21+
Trapper Schoepp Band
Uncommon Ground: 10pm All Ages
Han Bennink
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
David Boykin Expanse
Velvet Lounge: 11pm, $15 21+
Tim and Eric
Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $25
Sunday January 25
= Editor's Pick
Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Rich Corpolongo, Dan Godston
Brown: 9pm
Nelson Sosa
Carnivale: 6pm 21+
UMRK Workers' Union Band presents: Joe's Garage
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, The Listening Zoo, Auraphone
Reggie's Music Joint: 7pm, $5 21+
Coachhouse
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm Other
Stereo Sinai
Uncommon Ground: 8pm All Ages
Jazz Jam with Isaiah Spencer
Velvet Lounge: 9pm, $5 21+
Monday January 26
= Editor's Pick
Metallica, Machine Head, The Sword
Allstate Arena: 7pm All Ages
Grana' Louise and the Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Jimbo Delta, Eric Sommer
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $0 21+
Brian Vander Ark, Kristy Kruger & Dylan Sneed, Krista Detor
Schubas: 8pm, $8 21+
Open Mic
Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages
Tuesday January 27
= Editor's Pick
Linsey Alexander Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm 21+
Devil in a Woodpile
Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Industry Tuesdays
DJ Just Joey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
Passion Pit, Paper Route, Cale Parks of Aloha
Schubas: 9pm, 10-$12 18+
Wednesday January 28
= Editor's Pick
JW Williams Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Angel and the Solar System
Carnivale: 7:30pm All Ages
Immediate Sound Series
Sten Sandell, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang, Jeb Bishop, Johan Berthling & Paul Nilssen-Love, Corbett vs. Abrams (DJ sets)
Hideout: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Garry Gand’s Pro Blues Jam
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Katie Herzig, The Spring Standards
Schubas: 8pm, $10 18+
Naomi Ashley, Stephanie Rogers
Uncommon Ground: 8pm All Ages
Thursday January 29
= Editor's Pick
Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Jonny Lang
House of Blues: 7:30pm Other
The Virgins, Lissy Trullie, Anya Marina
Schubas: 9pm, 10-$12 18+
Friday January 30
= Editor's Pick
Joanna Graham Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Joe B. Blues Band with Mz Peaches
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
My My My
Bottom Lounge: 8pm, $9 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Deep Cricket Night
Hideout: 6pm, $5 21+
The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Katie Belle and the Stevenson Transfer
Hideout: 10pm, $8 21+
DJ Lil' Mikey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
Funeral For A Friend, The Sleeping, Emarosa, This Is Hell
Metro: 6:30pm, $14 All Ages
Surrender Dorothy, Honeyglass, Absolutely Perfect, Silent Sirens
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm Other
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Ultra Sonic Edukators
Schubas: 10pm, $8 18+
Lindstrom, Jerrome Derradji, SR-71
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15 21+
Air Supply
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $25 21+
Jennifer Cadence, Stephanie Nilles
Uncommon Ground: 10pm All Ages
Dushun Mosley and the Vizitors
Velvet Lounge: $15 21+
Saturday January 31
= Editor's Pick
Joanna Graham Blues Band
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Joe B. Blues Band with Mz Peaches
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm 21+
Life During Wartime DJs, special live guests
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Hideout Dance Party
Life During Wartime DJs
Hideout: 11:30pm, $5 21+
Sobre, Antenna, Pecados De Maria, Re. De La Parka
Reggie's Rock Club: 9pm Other
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
Rosa's Lounge: 10pm, $15 21+
Lenka
Schubas: 10:30pm, $14 18+
Supra Genius
Uncommon Ground: 10pm All Ages
Dushun Mosley and the Vizitors
Velvet Lounge: $15 21+
Sunday February 1
= Editor's Pick
Yo Majesty
Empty Bottle: 9pm 21+
Tuesday February 3
= Editor's Pick
Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm 21+
Industry Tuesdays
DJ Just Joey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
Thursday February 5
= Editor's Pick
Girl Next Door
115 Bourbon Street: 8pm, $0 21+
Trent Harris Quartet
Avenue Ale House: 8pm, $0 All Ages
Mayas/Caddy
Elastic Arts Foundation: 21+
Rhombus, Stoneflys
Goose Island Wrigleyville: 9pm 21+
Automatic Loveletter, A Cursive Memory, Archie Star, The Friday Night Boys, My Alumni
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 10-$13 All Ages
Friday February 6
= Editor's Pick
A Tribute to Frank Zappa
Kinetic Playground: 7:30pm 21+
DJ Lil' Mikey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
University of Chicago Folk Festival
Radio Ramblers, Sheila Kay Adams, Brian Conway, Elmore James, Jr., Paul Daigle
Mandel Hall: 8pm, 10-$25 All Ages
The Lives of Famous Men, Anarbor, Go Crash Audio
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 10-$13 All Ages
Fun Club, Victorian Halls, Screaming Mechanical Brain, Ideamen
Reggie's Rock Club: 10pm, 7-$10 Other
Galactic, The Mighty Underdogs
Vic Theatre: 8pm
Saturday February 7
= Editor's Pick
A Tribute to Frank Zappa
Kinetic Playground: 7:30pm 21+
Los Campesinos!, Titus Andronicus
Logan Square Auditorium: 9pm, $15 All Ages
University of Chicago Folk Festival
Brian Conway, Mary Lane, Rhythm Rats, Ornstein and Marchand, Joe Mullins
Mandel Hall: 7:30pm, 10-$25 All Ages
Lykke Li
Metro: 8pm, $18 All Ages
Spotlight Humane: Chicago!
Maggie Speaks
Sofitel Chicago Water Tower: All Ages
Rhombus
Uncommon Ground: 9pm 18+
Sunday February 8
= Editor's Pick
University of Chicago Folk Festival
Paul Daigle, Rhythm Rats, Elmore James, Jr., Sheila Kay Adams, Ornstein and Adams
Mandel Hall: 6pm, 10-$25 All Ages
North Mississippi Allstars, Hill Country Revue
Otto's: 8pm, $20 21+
Vienna Boys' Choir
Rialto Square Theatre: 3pm, $20 All Ages
Ana Gabriel
Rosemont Theatre: 7pm, 100-$500 All Ages
Tuesday February 10
= Editor's Pick
Industry Tuesdays
DJ Just Joey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
Thursday February 12
= Editor's Pick
Fujiya & Miyagi, School of Seven Bells
Bottom Lounge: 9pm, $16 18+
Kimmel/Labycz/Roebke, Gray/Roebke Duo
Elastic Arts Foundation: 10pm 21+
Murder By Death, The Builders and the Butchers, Fake Problems
Reggie's Rock Club: 6pm, 13-$15 All Ages
Antony and the Johnsons
Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $28 21+
Friday February 13
= Editor's Pick
D. Rider
Hideout: 21+
DJ Lil' Mikey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
1997, Death in the Park, Galaxy Down, Walrus, Skylines Calling
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 10-$12 All Ages
Saturday February 14
= Editor's Pick
The Rat Pack
Paramount Theatre: 8pm, $40 All Ages
Mariza
Symphony Center: 8pm, 20-$60 All Ages
Sunday February 15
= Editor's Pick
The Pretenders
Riviera Theatre: 7:30pm, $42 All Ages
Tuesday February 17
= Editor's Pick
Thank You, Mi Ami
AV-aerie: 7pm, $8 All Ages
Industry Tuesdays
DJ Just Joey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
P.O.S., Doomtree, Sims, Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak are Hand Over Fist
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 10-$12 Other
Wednesday February 18
= Editor's Pick
Montserrat Caballe and Nikolay Baskov
Orchestra Hall: 7:30pm, $40 All Ages
Thursday February 19
= Editor's Pick
Mike Reed Group
Elastic Arts Foundation: 21+
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Rialto Square Theatre: 7:30pm, $20 All Ages
Friday February 20
= Editor's Pick
Dark Wave Disco DJs, Tommie Sunshine
Lumen: 9pm 21+
The Hallow, Tonight the Prom, Love and Squalor
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 5-$8 All Ages
William Elliott Whitmore
Reggie's Rock Club: 9pm, $12 Other
Thievery Corporation
Riviera Theatre: 9pm, $40 18+
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7:30pm, $50 21+
Saturday February 21
= Editor's Pick
Rhombus
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $0 21+
Dirge, Eli, The Doomsday Catalyst, Trials, Bloodstream Parade
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, 8-$10 All Ages
3 Doors Down
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7pm, $45 21+
Tuesday February 24
= Editor's Pick
Industry Tuesdays
DJ Just Joey
Lumen: 9pm 21+
Thursday February 26
= Editor's Pick
Brett Dennen
Park West: 7:30pm All Ages
Dark Star Orchestra
Vic Theatre: 8:30pm, $24
Friday February 27
= Editor's Pick
Don Caballero, Cougars
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 12-$14 Other
Moe
Riviera Theatre: 8pm, $27 18+
Saturday February 28
= Editor's Pick
Jimmy Eat World, Reubens Accomplice
Metro: 7:30pm, $33 All Ages
Fall7, Midwestern Mass
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm Other
Moe
Riviera Theatre: 8pm, $27 18+
Friday March 6
= Editor's Pick
Dan Auerbach, Hacienda
Metro: 9pm 18+
Swingin Utters, Shot Baker, Rule 22, The Infected
Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm, 11-$13 All Ages
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Rialto Square Theatre: 8pm, $28 All Ages
Saturday March 7
= Editor's Pick
Hanzel und Gretyl, Withering Soul
Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm, $15 All Ages
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
Rialto Square Theatre: 8pm, $20 All Ages
Thursday March 12
= Editor's Pick
Dear and the Headlights, Yourself and the Air, Reubens Accomplice, Miniature Tigers, Truman & His Trophy
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 10-$13 Other
Saturday March 14
= Editor's Pick
Black Lips, Gentleman Jesse & His Men
Logan Square Auditorium: 8pm
The Queers, Poison Arrows, The Scissors
Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm, 13-$15 All Ages
Wednesday March 18
= Editor's Pick
Cut Copy, Matt & Kim
Vic Theatre: 8pm, $21
Friday March 20
= Editor's Pick
Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Dooom
Reggie's Rock Club: 9pm, $20 18+
Saturday March 21
= Editor's Pick
Rhombus
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $0 21+
Friday March 27
= Editor's Pick
Laura J Freeman & Beckie Menzie
Davenports Piano Bar: 8pm, $15 All Ages
Saturday March 28
= Editor's Pick
David Cassidy
Rosemont Theatre: 8pm, 75-$400 All Ages
Tuesday March 31
= Editor's Pick
The Chicago Ensemble
Sherwood Conservatory of Music: 7pm, $25 All Ages
Thursday April 2
= Editor's Pick
The Sheryl and Tom Duet
The Sheryl and Tom Duet
The Village Squire: 7:30pm, $0 21+
Friday April 3
= Editor's Pick
Aretha Franklin
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $50 21+
Saturday April 4
= Editor's Pick
From the Jam
Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $25 21+
Friday April 17
= Editor's Pick
Alesana, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fear Before, I Set My Friends On Fire
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm, $15 All Ages
Friday April 24
= Editor's Pick
The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus
Athenaeum Theatre: 8pm, $20 18+
Saturday April 25
= Editor's Pick
The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus
Athenaeum Theatre: 3pm & 8pm, $20 18+
Joliet American Legion Band
Rialto Square Theatre: 7pm, $38 All Ages
Thursday April 30
= Editor's Pick
The Sheryl and Tom Duet
Elbo Room: 9pm, $7 21+
Sunday May 10
= Editor's Pick
Frankie Avalon
Paramount Theatre: 4pm, $36 All Ages
Tuesday May 19
= Editor's Pick
Il Divo
Rosemont Theatre: 7:30pm, 200-$600 All Ages
Wednesday May 20
= Editor's Pick
Il Divo
Rosemont Theatre: 7:30pm, 200-$600 All Ages
Sunday June 7
= Editor's Pick
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Paramount Theatre: 3pm, $26 All Ages
Tuesday June 23
= Editor's Pick
DJ Frank Fratto
Grotto on State: 10:30pm, $0 21+
Wednesday September 2
= Editor's Pick
Teri Bristol & DJ Jammin G.
Buzz Nightclub: 10pm 21+
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