4/19 - The Magnetic Fields @ Thalia Hall
4/19 - Lisa Lisa, The Jets @ Rosemont Theatre [Rosemont]
4/19 - Lotus @ Park West
4/19 - Smallpools, Grayscale @ Bottom Lounge
4/19 - Minor Moon, Macie Stewart, Moontype @ Lincoln Hall
4/19 - Bnny Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse, Ulna, Tobacco City (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle
4/19 - Collate, Spread Joy, Daddy's Boy, Clickbait @ Sleeping Village
4/19 - Joe Pug @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
4/19 - Interlay, Gash, Brinstarr @ Cole's Bar
4/19 - Valley Gals, Balaclava, Liquid Lunch, Passioncat @ Graveface Records
4/19 - The Black Crowes, Glyders @ Aragon Ballroom
4/20 - The Magnetic Fields @ Thalia Hall
4/20 - Waxahatchee, Good Morning @ Salt Shed
4/20 - Slothrust, Weakened Friends @ Cobra Lounge
4/20 - Todd Rundgren @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]
4/20 - Rich Aucoin @ Subterranean
4/20 - No Men, La Rosa Noir, Plum, Tension Pets @ Beat Kitchen
4/20 - BoDeans @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]
4/20 - Godsmack, Bastian da Cruz @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
4/20 - Cruelster, Useless Information, Consensus Madness, Sprite, Cave Brain @ Bricktown
4/20 - Miniskirt, The Daisy Heaves, Everyday Specials @ Cole's Bar
4/20 - Repent, Cruelster, Tension Pets, 7000, The Ineffectuals, Problems, Helicopter Leaves @ Bric-a-Brac Records
4/20 - Rad Payoff, The Cell Phones, The Brokedowns, Two Houses @ Burlington
4/20 - Motel Breakfast, Scarlet Demore, Harrison Gordon @ Metro
4/21 - Meatbodies, Population II Axis:sova @ Schubas
4/21 - Impractical Jokers @ Chicago Theatre
4/21 - Slaughter Beach, Dog, Erin Rae @ SPACE [Evanston]
4/21 - Greed Worm, Snuffed, Hostages, Sarin @ Subterranean
4/23 - Bodega, Plant Matter, Big Bliss @ Schubas
4/23 - Oneohtrix Point Never, Arushi Jain @ Metro
4/23 - Louise Post (Veruca Salt). Slazinik @ Empty Bottle
4/24 - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @ Symphony Center
4/24 - Cypress Hill, The Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief @ Concord Music Hal
4/24 - Nicki Minaj, Monica @ United Center
4/24 - Suzanne Vega @ SPACE [Evanston]
4/24 - TsuShiMaMiRe, PLUM, Speed Babes @ Empty Bottle
4/25 - CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @ Symphony Center
4/25 - Jukebox the Ghost @ Lincoln Hall
4/25 - Mike, 454, Niontay, El Cousteau @ Metro
4/25 - Nicki Minaj, Monica @ United Center
4/25 - Oil Spill, Witch God, Blood Nymph, Apophy @ Cafe Mustache Sleeping Village
4/25 - Owen, Love of Everything @ Empty Bottle
4/25 - Suzanne Vega @ SPACE [Evanston]
4/25 - Kara Jackson @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Szold Hall
4/25 - Reed's Fest @ Reed's Local (Reverse Cowboys, Vinny, Cartoon Graveyard, The Basement Party)
4/25 - Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Jake Acosta, Erik Kramer, Dead Bandit @ Burlington
4/26 - CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @ Symphony Center
4/26 - Jukebox the Ghost @ Lincoln Hall
4/26 - Augustana, Valley Boy Verygently @ Park West
4/26 - STRFKR, Ruth Radelet @ Salt Shed
4/26 - Saigon Kick, Dale McPeek @ Reggie's Rock Club
4/26 - Stabbing Westward, Night Spice @ House of Blues
4/26 - Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, David Eugene Edwards @ Thalia Hall
4/26 - Mike Birbiglia @ Chicago Theatre
4/26 - 12 Rods, Launder @ Empty Bottle
4/26 - Deletär, Ultimate Disaster, Mock Execution, Necron 9 @ Benny's Bar
4/26 - Laraaji Sam Prekop Duo @ Epiphany Center for the Arts
4/26 - Reed's Fest @ Reed's Local (Watermelon, Everyday Specials, Headless Honchos, Of Ghosts & Dust)
4/26 - Chelsea Handler @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
4/26 - Red Scarves, Jessica Risker, Mooner @ Sleeping Village
4/26 - Hallogallo Raveup @ Fallen Log
4/26 - ++, Flower Problem, Oyeme @ Color Club Tavern
4/26 - Baron Von Future, ,Charlie Otto and His Gear, SJOD, Thorne Brandt @ Cole's Bar
4/26 - Garaj Mahal @ Green Mill
4/27 - CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @ Symphony Center
4/27 - Sheer Mag, Dusk @ Sleeping Village
4/27 - Jukebox the Ghost @ Lincoln Hall
4/27 - Gustaf, Ganser @ Empty Bottle
4/27 - Allah-Las, Maston, Reverberation Radio @ Metro
4/27 - Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, David Eugene Edwards @ Thalia Hall
4/27 - Pg. 99, Cherubs, Massa Nera, Heet Deth, Blackwater Sniper @ Subterranean
4/27 - Outer World, Clickbait, Ovef Ow @ The VCR
4/27 - Mike Birbiglia @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)
4/27 - Rotundos, La Rosa Nori, Dead Dog, Machin @ Reggie's Music Joint
4/27 - Strapped @ Bricktown
4/27 - Mute Duo, Emily Rach Beisel @ Constellation
4/27 - Off With Their Heads, Con Shoal, Hutchie, Regan Ashton @ Liar's Club
4/27 - Reed's Fest @ Reed's Local (Flesh Panthers, Miniskirt, Olivia and the Lovers, Speed Babes)
4/27 - Trace Adkins @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
4/27 - Fred Armisen @ The Vic
4/27 - Garaj Mahal @ Green Mill
4/28 - Shaggy 2 Dope, DJ Clay @ Cobra Lounge
4/28 - Sheer Mag, Dangüs Tarküs @ Empty Bottle
4/28 - Reed's Fest @ Reed's Local (Philip Hunger, Gavin Ellis, Chase Your Tail, The Road Soda)
4/29 - Land of Talk, Hua Li @ Schubas
4/29 - Bayside, Finch, Armor For Sleep, Winona Fighter @ House of Blues
4/30 - Helado Negro, Marem Ladson @ Thalia Hall
4/30 - Jade Bird @ SPACE [Evanston]
4/30 - g0rb & Mode Hexe, easygoingtech, Dawn Division @ Empty Bottle
5/1 - A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Primus @ Wintrust Arena
5/1 - Judas Priest, Sabaton @ Rosemont Theatre [Rosemont]
5/1 - Claire Rousay, Dorothy Carlos, Imani Elizabeth Jackson @ Sleeping Village
5/1 - Daundry, The Courts, Sunshy, Laikaa @ Beat Kitchen
5/2 - Rosie Tucker @ Beat Kitchen
5/2 - Face to Face (performing 'Don't Turn Away') @ Cobra Lounge
5/2 - Jozef Van Wissem, BCMC, Lula Asplund @ Empty Bottle
5/2 - Radkey @ Liar's Club
5/3 - Cheekface, Yungatita @ Bottom Lounge
5/3 - Frank Caliendo @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)
5/3 - Air Supply @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]
5/3 - Atmosphere, HEBL, NOFUN! @ Salt Shed
5/3 - Face to Face (performing 'Big Choice') @ Cobra Lounge
5/3 - METH., Usurp Synapse, We Weren't Invited, Colacon @ Schubas
5/3 - Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet @ Constellation (2 shows)
5/3 - Robyn Hitchcock, Eugene Mirman @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
5/3 - Musiq Soulchild, Eric Benet @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
5/3 - Annie Fish & The Hot Bono Band Presents: U2, Neon Croissant, Wallplant @ Cole's Bar
5/3 - Bongripper, Pinebender, Immortal Bird, Bleached Cross @ Metro
5/4 - Belle & Sebastian, The Weather Station @ Salt Shed
5/4 - Sanguisugabogg, Jesus Piece, Gag, PeelingFlesh @ Metro
5/4 - Frank Caliendo @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)
5/4 - Cindy Lee, Freak Heat Waves, Laurie Duo @ Empty Bottle
5/4 - Face to Face (performing 'Face to Face') @ Cobra Lounge
5/4 - Robyn Hitchcock, Eugene Mirman @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
5/4 - Choncy, Cel Ray, Body Shop, TheLipschitz @ The Compound
5/5 - Teenage Fanclub @ Thalia Hall
5/5 - John Hiatt, Nathan Graham @ SPACE [Evanston]
5/5 - Judy Collins @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
5/5 - La Cosa, RS Masters @ Tone Deaf Records
5/5 - Soup Activists, Pleasant Mob, Sugar Tradition, Answering Machines! @ Empty Bottle
5/5 - Porridge Radio (solo) @ Schubas
5/6 - Ty Segall, Sharpie Smile @ Thalia Hall
5/6 - Obituary, Molder, Sector @ Metro
5/6 - John Hiatt, Jared Rabin @ SPACE [Evanston]
5/6 - Nora Marks, Background Character, Damager @ Empty Bottle
5/7 - John Hiatt, Sara-Jean Stevens @ SPACE [Evanston]
5/7 - Illusion of Choice, Able Baker, Repent, Discern @ Empty Bottle
5/8 - CSS @ Lincoln Hall
5/8 - Emergency Group, The International Disassociation, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Mac Blackout @ Sleeping Village
5/8 - Gunna, Flo Milli @ Aragon Ballroom
5/8 - Blues Ambush, The Curls, Kind Buds @ Empty Bottle
5/9 - Lola Kirke @ Schubas
5/9 - Donny Benét, Otnes @ Thalia Hall
5/9 - Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson @ Chicago Theatre
5/9 - Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB @ Salt Shed
5/9 - EXTC - Terry Chambers and Friends @ SPACE [Evanston]
5/9 - Tara Jane O'Neil, Duffy x Uhlmann @ Constellation
5/9 - Ben Katzman's Degreaser, Thicc Lizzy, Edging @ Empty Bottle
5/10 - Stiff Little Fingers, Ricky Warwick @ Metro
5/10 - Kamasi Washington @ Thalia Hall
5/10 - Garcia Peoples, P.G. Six @ Judson & Moore Distillery
5/11 - Swans, Kristof Hahn @ Metro
5/11 - Portugal. The Man, Reyna Tropical @ Salt Shed
5/11 - Skating Polly, Lord Friday the 13th, Pinksqueeze @ Cobra Lounge
5/11 - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Damon Locks, Ari Brown/Joshua Abrams/Mike Reed @ Lincoln Hall
5/11 - Melkbelly, Loolowningen & The Far East Idiots, Tension Pets, Godstar Megamax @ Empty Bottle
5/11 - METZ, Gouge Away @ Bottom Lounge
5/11 - DEVO @ The Riv
5/11 - Deep Tunnel Project @ Tone Deaf Records
5/11 - MIIRRORS, ClubDrugs, Panda Riot, Shining Nothing @ Chop Shop
5/11 - The Jacksons @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
5/11 - Soft and Dumb, Hell Trash, Pash @ Fallen Log
5/11 - Gaadge, Ira Glass @ Sleeping Village
5/12 - Chastity Belt, Charlotte Cornfield @ Lincoln Hall
5/12 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mae Estes @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]
5/12 - Ringo Deathstarr, Babe Report @ Sleeping Village
5/12 - Funds For Gaza @ Empty Bottle (Cel Ray, The Knee-His, Watermelon, Miniskirt)
5/13 - Craig David @ Chicago Theatre
5/14 - French Police @ Empty Bottle
5/14 - Alice Merton @ Lincoln Hall
5/15 - Dent May, Jimmy Whispers @ Schubas
5/15 - Babehoven, Greg Mendez, Mia Joy @ Sleeping Village
5/15 - Sean Paul @ Radius
5/15 - Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Dive), Deerlady @ Judson & Moore Distillery
5/16 - The Chisel, Home Front @ Cobra Lounge
5/16 - Ride, Knifeplay @ Metro
5/16 - Dent May, Jimmy Whispers @ Schubas
5/16 - ODESZA (DJ Set), Phantoms (DJ Set) @ Chicago Theatre
5/17 - Com Truise (DJ Set) @ Sleeping Village
5/17 - Say Anything, AJJ, Greet Death @ Aragon Ballroom
5/17 - Chicano Batman, Lido Pimienta @ Salt Shed
5/17 - Heart, Cheap Trick @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/17 - Architects, Of Mice & Men, While She Sleeps @ The Riv
5/17 - Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla @ United Center
5/17 - Bad Bad Hats @ Hideout
5/17 - CKY, Crobot @ Metro
5/17 - Calicoloco, Bottom Bracket, OK Cool @ Beat Kitchen
5/17 - Plant Matter, Sleeper's Bell, Discus @ The Attic
5/18 - Wanda Sykes @ Chicago Theatre
5/18 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Spoon Benders @ Metro
5/18 - Social Distortion, Bad Religion, The Lovebombs @ Salt Shed
5/18 - Fazerdaze (solo), Accessory @ Schubas
5/18 - Combo Chimbita, Pachyman @ Lincoln Hall
5/18 - Uriah Heep, Saxon @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]
5/19 - Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, El Michel's Affair, Eyedress @ Salt Shed (outside)
5/19 - Guitar Wolf, Hans Condor, The Kozmic Kicks @ Avondale Music Hall
5/19 - Asleep At the Wheel @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
5/19 - Cinchel, Amanda Kraus, Dollfood @ Tone Deaf Records
5/19 - Billy Idol @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
5/19 - Iron Years, Offerings @ Burlington
5/19 - Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla @ United Center
5/20 - Bad Religion, Social Distortion, The Lovebombs @ The Riv
5/20 - Gary Clark, Jr. @ Salt Shed (Outside)
5/21 - The Decemberists, Ratboys @ Salt Shed
5/21 - 21 Savage, J.I.D, Nardo Wick, 21 Lil Harold @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
5/21 - X Ambassadors, New West, Rowan Drake @ House of Blues
5/21 - Messa @ Empty Bottle
5/21 - Grocer, Cusp, Harvey Waters @ Sleeping Village
5/22 - Baby Teeth, Bronze, Bloodhype @ Schubas
5/23 - Knocked Loose, Loathe, Show Me the Body, Speed @ Salt Shed
5/23 - Neil Young Crazy Horse @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
5/23 - Bill MacKay @ Hideout
5/23 - Electric Six and Supersuckers, Volk @ SPACE [Evanston]
5/23 - Human Eye, Vamos! @ Sleeping Village
5/23 - Part Chimp, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet, Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends, ILLS @ Liar's Club
5/24-26 - Solshine Reverie @ Three Sisters Park [Chillicothe] (Goose, The String Cheese Incident, moe., STS9, Umphrey's McGee, Big Gigantic, deadmau5, Keller Williams, etc.)
5/24 - Buck Meek, Jolie Holland @ Lincoln Hall
5/24 - Billy Strings @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/24 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
5/24 - Lords of Acid, Praga Khan @ Bottom Lounge
5/24 - Finom @ Hideout
5/24 - Passion Pit @ The Vic
5/24 - Morpho @ TBA
5/24 - Djunah, Electric Hawk, Almanac Man, Nonagonn @ The Burlington
5/25 - Mount Kimbie, Chanel Beads @ Lincoln Hall
5/25 - Bleachers, Samia @ Salt Shed (outside)
5/25 - Billy Strings @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/25 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
5/25 - Sprite, Plant Matter, Naked Lunch @ Fallen Log
5/25 - Passion Pit @ The Vic
5/26 - Echo & The Bunnymen @ The Riv
5/26 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
5/27 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
5/28 - NEEDTOBREATHE, Judah & the Lion @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
5/29 - Ladytron, Hiroko Yamamura (DJ Set) @ Thalia Hall
5/29 - Brainiac, Exit Angles, Plum @ Sleeping Village
5/29 - Andrew Bird Trio @ Green Mill (2 shows)
5/29 - Dirty Fences, Nancy, Alive Girl, Celebrities @ Empty Bottle
5/30 - Extortion, Yacopsae, Failure, Sea of Shit, Sick/Tired, Organ Failure @ Reggie's Rock Club
5/30 - Drain, Terror, Angel Du$t, Twitching Tongues, Mindforce, End It, Cosmic Joke @ Metro
5/30 - Jake Owen @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
5/30 - Serpentwithfeet, Miles. @ Lincoln Hall
5/30 - Mordecai, NightFreak, Swimshirt @ Fallen Log
5/30 - Horsegirl, TV Buddha, Donkey Basketball @ Empty Bottle
5/31-6/2 - Do Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (TBA)
5/31 - Tim McGraw. Carly Pearce @ United Center
5/31 - Jeff Tweedy @ The Vic
5/31 - Glass Beams @ Sleeping Village Park West
5/31 - Drain, Terror, Mindforce, God's Hate, Angel Du$t, End It, Cosmic Joke @ Metro
5/31 - Wine Lips @ Empty Bottle
5/31 - Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Amigo The Devil, Bridge City Sinners, Micah Schnabel, Vanessa Jean Speckman @ Aragon Ballroom
5/31 - Smokey Robinson @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
5/31 - Eddie Peiptone @ Lincoln Hall (2 shows)
5/31 - Divino Niño (DJ Set) @ Sleeping Village
6/1-2 - Beyond Wonderland @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (Tiësto, Diplo, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, RL Grime, Eli Brown, Chris Lorenzo, Matroda, Felx Da Housecat, REZZ, SVDDEN DEATH, etc.)
6/1 - Jeff Tweedy @ The Vic
6/1 - Chicago Gospel Music Festival @ Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)
6/1 - Guided By Voices, Kiwi Jr. @ Thalia Hall
6/1 - Melt-Banana, The Flying Luttenbachers, babybaby_explores @ Bottom Lounge
6/1 - Joey Fatone & AJ Mclean @ Salt Shed
6/1 - Clarko, Cel Ray, Consensus Madness, Strapped @ TBA
6/1 - Francis of Delirium, Sharp Pins @ Schubas
6/1 - Ceremony. Smut, Stress Positions, Uniflora @ Lincoln Hall
6/2 - Chicago House Music Festival @ Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)
6/2 - The Damned, The Dictators @ Concord Music Hall
6/3 - Camera Obscura, Photo Ops @ Thalia Hall
6/3 - Reggie Watts @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
6/4 - Alien Ant Farm @ Bottom Lounge
6/5 - BOECKNER (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs) @ Empty Bottle
6/6-9 - Chicago Blues Festival @ Millennium Park (TBA)
6/6 - Machinedrum @ Chop Shop
6/6 - blood club, DustBowlChampion, Casket Cassette @ Empty Bottle
6/6 - Babe Report, Wallplant, Sonny Falls @ Fallen Log
6/7 - Andersonville Midsommarfest @ Clark btw Foster & Gregory (NNAMDÏ, Beats y Bateria, Sixteen Candles, etc.)
6/7 - Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby @ Salt Shed (Outside)
6/7 - Valebol @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)
6/7 - Sebastian Bach @ The Forge [Joliet]
6/7 - Chris Brown, Ayra Starr @ United Center
6/7 - Cloud Nothings, Idle Ray @ Beat Kitchen
6/8 - Andersonville Midsommarfest @ Clark btw Foster & Gregory (OPLIAM, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Ovef Ow, etc.)
6/8 - Fatai @ Schubas
6/8 - Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby @ Salt Shed (Outside)
6/8 - Sebastian Bach @ Arcada Theatre [St. Charles]
6/8 - Kim Gordon, Irreversible Entanglements @ Bohemian National Cemetery
6/8 - Chris Brown, Ayra Starr @ United Center
6/9 - Andersonville Midsommarfest @ Clark btw Foster & Gregory (Finom, Impulsive Hearts, etc.)
6/9 - Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby @ Salt Shed (Outside)
6/9 - Of Montreal, Godcaster @ Lincoln Hall
6/9 - Rick Springfield @ Metro
6/9 - Pom Pom Squad @ Subterranean
6/10 - The Raveonettes @ Bottom Lounge
6/11 - Sarah McLaughlin, Feist @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
6/11 - Shannon & the Clams, Tropa Magica @ Lincoln Hall
6/11 - Roisin Murphy @ The Riv
6/12 - Charli XCX @ Radius
6/12 - Man Man @ Lincoln Hall
6/13 - Tyler Childers, S.G. Goodman @ United Center
6/13 - Bonny Light Horseman, Alpha Consumer @ Thalia Hall
6/13 - John Cleese @ The Vic
6/13 - Orville Peck, Durand Jones, Debbii Dawson @ Aragon Ballroom
6/13 - The Cell Phones, Chicken Happen, Bleach Party, Nitesmoke (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle
6/14-15 - Winnetka Music Fest @ TBA (Band of Horses, Milky Chance, Rebirth Brass Band, Heartless Bastards, The Verve Pipe, Ax and the Hatchetmen, Elizabeth Moen, Neptune's Core, etc.)
6/14 - The Del McCoury Band @ SPACE [Evanton]
6/14 - Donny Osmond @ Chicago Theatre
6/14 - Wilco, Cut Worms @ Salt Shed (outside)
6/14 - John Cleese @ The Vic
6/14 - Loudon Wainwright III, Wesley Stace @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
6/14 - Ben Schwartz @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
6/14 - Seth Meyers @ The Vic
6/15 - New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul, DJ Jazzy Jeff @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/15 - Hot Water Music, Quicksand, Tim Barry @ Concord Music Hall
6/15 - Afroman @ The Forge [Joliet]
6/15 - Dada @ Park West
6/15 - Say She She @ Thalia Hall
6/15 - Cosmic Psychos, Nine Pound Hammer @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/15 - Wilco, Cut Worms @ Salt Shed (outside)
6/15 - PVRIS, Pale Waves @ House of Blues
6/15 - Kevin James @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
6/15 - Seth Meyers @ The Vic (2 shows)
6/15 - Pete Davidson @ Genessee Theatre [Waukegan]
6/17 - Nourished By Time, Urika's Bedroom @ Schubas
6/18 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic
6/18 - Mdou Moctar @ Thalia Hall
6/18 - Useless Info, Zig-Zag @ TBA
6/19 - Janet Jackson, Nelly @ United Center
6/19 - Pixies, Modest Mouse, Cat Power @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
6/19 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic
6/19 - Quasi (performing 'Birds' in its entirety), Marnie Stern @ Lincoln Hall
6/20 - The Used, Story of The Year, Amira Elfeky @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
6/20 - The Umbrellas @ Cole's Bar
6/20 - Protomartyr @ Empty Bottle
6/21 - Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks @ Soldier Field
6/21 - The Spill Canvas, Punchline @ Bottom Lounge
6/21 - Justin Timberlake @ United Center
6/21 - Brigitte Calls Me Baby @ Lincoln Hall
6/21 - W.I.T.C.H., Rahill @ Thalia Hall
6/21 - Hide, Morgan Garrett, Beau Wanzer (DJ Set), Mukqs, Itsi Ramirez @ Archer Ballroom
6/21 - Protomartyr @ Empty Bottle
6/21 - SuperKnova, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Pictoria Vark @ Schubas
6/22 - Los Campesinos!, Short Fictions @ Thalia Hall
6/22 - Justin Timberlake @ United Center
6/22 - The Young Fresh Fellows, Aunt Kelly @ Hideout
6/22 - Sham 69, Through N Through @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/22 - HIRS Collective, The Human Trials @ Reggie's Music Joint
6/22 - Brigitte Calls Me Baby @ Lincoln Hall
6/22 - The Fray @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]
6/22 - Sludgeworth, The Bollweevils, Feral Tact @ Beat Kitchen
6/23 - Middle Kids @ Thalia Hall
6/23 - GRLWOOD @ Park West
6/23 - Boyz II Men @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
6/24 - NightFreak, Pure Intention, Watermelon @ Empty Bottle
6/25 - Kurt Vile and The Violators @ SPACE [Evanston]
6/25 - Godot, Heet Deth, Urine Hell, Tub Girl @ Fallen Log
6/26 - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ SPACE [Evanston]
6/26 - Pallbearer, REZN, The Keening @ Thalia Hall
6/27 - The Rolling Stones @ Soldier Field
6/27 - MJ Lenderman and the Wind, Dari Bay @ Sleeping Village
6/27 - Moontype, Mister Goblin, Cusp @ Beat Kitchen
6/27 - The Dandy Warhols, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor @ Metro
6/28-30 - Logan Square Arts Festival @ Illinois Centennial Monument (MJ Lenderman and The Wind, Plum, Stuck, Packs, Gully Boys, Precocious Neophyte, Ira Glass, etc.)
6/28 - Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard, A R I Z O N A @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
6/28 - Future Islands @ Auditorium Theatre
6/28 - The Church, The Afghan Whigs, Ed Harcourt @ The Vic
6/28 - Adrianne Lenker, Twain @ Chicago Theatre
6/29 - Ocean Alley, The Grogans @ House of Blues
6/29 - Rathole Music Fest @ TBA (TBA)
6/29 - Santana, Counting Crows @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/29 - Blushing, Cool Heat, Panda Riot @ Schubas
6/29 - Roger Daltrey, KT Tunstall @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
6/29 - Metric @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
6/30 - The Rolling Stones @ Soldier Field
6/30 - The Early November, Spitalfield, Cliffdiver @ Bottom Lounge
7/2 - The Wallflowers @ Thalia Hall
7/3 - Necrot, Phobophilic @ TBA
7/4-7 - Rose on the River @ Salt Shed (outside) (My Morning Jacket, Tash Sultana, Thundercat, Vulfpeck, BADBADNOTGOOD, Celebration of the Meters, Flying Lotus, Neal Francis, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, etc.)
7/5 - Dion Lunadon, DJ Todd Killings (Hozac Records) @ Liar's Club
7/5 - Future Nobodies, Velvet Wounds, Heels @ Schubas
7/7 - The Body & Dis Fig, Cel Genesis @ Empty Bottle
7/8 - Iron & Wine @ Salt Shed
7/8 - Cola @ Empty Bottle
7/9 - Etran de L’Aïr @ Empty Bottle
7/10 - Grails @ Empty Bottle
7/10 - L’Eclair @ Sleeping Village
7/11 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice, Alana Springsteen, etc.)
7/12-13 - Open Palm Tapes Fest @ TBA (TBA)
7/12-14 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Damen and Wood (TBA)
7/12-14 - Square Roots Festival @ Lincoln btw Wilson & Montrose (TBA)
7/12 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Parker McCollum, Lee Brice, The Castellows, etc.)
7/12 - Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
7/12 - Lower Automation, Interesting Bricks, Haploid @ The Burlington
7/12 - Barenaked Ladies @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]
7/12 - Pegboy, The Arrivals, Canadian Rifle, Criminal Kids @ Metro
7/13 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Cody Johnson, Billy Currington, Lanie Gardner, etc.)
7/13 - Mother Mother, Cavetown, Destroy Boys @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/13 - Train, REO Speedwagon, Yacht Rock Revue @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/14 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Carrie Underwood, Nate Smith, Summer Dean, etc.)
7/14 - Black Lips, Watermelon @ Empty Bottle (early)
7/14 - Black Lips, National Photo Committee @ Empty Bottle (late)
7/15 - Def Leppard, Journey, Steve Miller Band @ Wrigley Field
7/18 - Mates of State @ Subterranean
7/18 - David Nance & Mowed Sound, The Sueves @ Empty Bottle
7/19 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Black Pumas, Jai Paul, 100 gecs, Jeff Rosenstock, Yaeji, Sudan Archives, Amen Dunes, etc.)
7/19 - The Rumble @ Cobra Lounge Parking Lot (Weekend Nachos, Frozen Soul, Bulldoze, Creeping Death, etc.)
7/19 - Jason Mraz and The Superband @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
7/19 - Strand of Oaks @ Empty Bottle
7/20 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Jamie XX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessie Ware, De La Soul, Unwound, Bratmobile, Wednesday, Water From Your Eyes, Sweeping Promises, Feeble Little Horse, Hotline TNT, L'Rayn, Lifeguard, etc.)
7/20 - The Rumble @ Cobra Lounge Parking Lot (The Hope Conspiracy, Modern Life is War, Violent Way, Fuerza Bruta, etc.)
7/20 - The Saw Doctors @ Aragon Ballroom
7/20 - Limp Bizkit, Bones, N8NOFACE, Corey Feldman, Riff Raff @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/20 - Sad Summer Festival @ Salt Shed (outside) (Mayday Parade, The Maine, The Wonder Years, We the Kings, Real Friends)
7/20 - Big Clown, Cel Ray, Edging, Big Girl @ Cole's Bar
7/21 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Alanis Morissette, Brittany Howard, Muna, Grandmaster Flash, Les Savy Fav, Mannequin Pussy, Hailu Mergia, etc.)
7/21 - As I Lay Dying, Chelsea Grin, Entheos @ House of Blues
7/21 - 311, AWOLNation, Neon Trees @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/25 - And So I Watch You From Afar, Caspian @ House of Blues
7/25 - Superdrag @ Subterranean
7/26-28 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North & Paulina (TBA)
7/26 - Out of Space @ TBA [Skokie] (Courtney Barnett, Bob Mould)
7/26 - All Time Low @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/26 - Bowling For Soup, Keep Flying, Eternal Boy @ The Vic
7/26 - Vampire Weekend, Princess, Ra Ra Riot @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/26 - Pretenders @ Chicago Theatre
7/26 - Jennifer Lopez @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
7/27 - Out of Space @ TBA [Skokie] (Thee Sacred Souls, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Jeremie Albino)
7/27 - Vampire Weekend, Princess, Ra Ra Riot @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/27 - Guerilla Toss, Spread Joy, Glad Rags @ Empty Bottle
7/27 - Barry Manilow @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
7/27 - Lambrini Girls @ Sleeping Village
7/27 - Gin Blossoms @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]
7/27 - Six Foot Blonde, Calicoloco, Llo Llo @ Schubas
7/28 - Out of Space @ TBA [Skokie] (Guster, The Lone Bellow, Devon Gilfillian)
7/28 - Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Earthgang @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
7/30 - DIIV, Horse Jumper of Love, Full Body 2 @ Thalia Hall
7/31 - Tedeschi Trucks Band, Margo Price @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/1-4 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (TBA)
8/2 - Steve Hofstetter @ Avondale Music Hall
8/2 - Tinariwen @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
8/3 - Sammy Hagar with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham, Loverboy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/3 - Midwest Punk Fest @ TBA (TBA)
8/7 - Bush, Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/8 - Buffalo Tom @ Metro
8/8 - Barbie The Movie: In Concert @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/9 - Metallica, Pantera, Mammoth WVH @ Soldier Field
8/9 - Hootie & The Blowfish, Collective Soul, Edwin McCain @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/9 - Buddy Guy @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]
8/10 - Thirty Seconds to Mars, AFI, Poppy, KennyHoopla @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/10 - Stray Cats @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
8/11 - Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills @ Soldier Field
8/11 - Xscape, SWV, Mya, Total, 702 @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/13 - Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas @ Wrigley Field
8/14 - Cage the Elephant, Young the Giant, Bakar @ Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC
8/15 - Shelia E. and the E-Train @ City Winery (2 shows)
8/15 - Dweezil Zappa @ The Riv
8/16 - Shelia E and the E-Train @ City Winery (2 shows)
8/16 - Creed, 3 Doors Down, Finger Eleven @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/16 - Packs @ Sleeping Village
8/17 - Sublime with Rome @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
8/22 - King Buzzy and Trevor Dunn (acoustic), JD Pinkus @ Subterranean
8/22 - Missy Elliott, Ciara, Busta Rhymes, Timbaland @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
8/22 - Built to Spill @ Metro
8/23 - Deep Purple, Yes @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/23 - Built to Spill @ Metro
8/24 - P!NK, Sheryl Crow, The Script, KidCutUp @ Soldier Field
8/24 - Styx, Foreigner, John Waite @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/24 - Incubus (performing 'Morning View' in its entirety), Coheed and Cambria @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
8/24 - The Dillinger Escape Plan, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, NO MEN @ Salt Shed (outside)
8/25 - The Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood @ Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/25 - Luke Bryan, Bailey Zimmerman, Tracy Lawrence, Chayce Beckham @ Wrigley Field
8/28 - Glen Hansard @ Salt Shed
8/29-9/1 - Chicago Jazz Festival @ Millennium Park (TBA)
8/29 - Pearl Jam @ Wrigley Field
8/29 - The Gaslight Anthem, Joyce Manor, Pinkshift @ Salt Shed
8/30-9/1 - North Coast Music Festival @ SeatGeek Stadium [Bridgeview] (Illenium, Above & Beyond, Slander, Chase & Status, Tchami X Malaa, LSZEE, etc.)
8/30-9/1 - Arc Music Fest @ Union Park (Carl Cox, Carl Craig, Disclosure, Derrick Carter, Gene Farris, Gorgon City, Green Velvet, DJ Heather, Honey Dijon, Idris Elba, Mark Farina, DJ Seinfeld, etc.)
8/30 - Bikini Kill @ Salt Shed
8/31 - Pearl Jam @ Wrigley Field
9/1 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Geese @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/2 - Wallows @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/6-8 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (TBA)
9/6 - Weezer (performing the Blue Album), The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr. @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
9/6 - Brad Paisley @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
9/7-8 - Evanston Folk Fest @ Dawes Park [Evanston] (TBA)
9/7 - Peter Hook & The Light @ The Riv
9/7 - Outlaw Music Festival @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park] (Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Southern Avenue]
9/8 - Pulp, Escape-Ism @ Aragon Ballroom
9/10 - Avril Lavigne Simple Plan, Girlfriends @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/11 - Live, Stone Temple Pilots, Soul Asylum @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/12 - Kacey Musgraves, Father John Misty, Nickel Creek @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
9/14 - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (performing 'Shake the Sheets' in its entirety) @ Metro
9/14 - Staind, Breaking Benjamin, Daughtry @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/15 - Goth Babe, Ritt Momney @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/17 - Royel Otis @ Metro
9/18 - Keane @ Chicago Theatre
9/18 - IDLES @ Aragon Ballroom
9/18 - Hoodoo Gurus @ Thalia Hall
9/20-22 - Riot Fest @ Douglass Park (Slayer, etc.)
9/20-29 - World Music Festival Chicago @ Chicago Cultural Center (TBA)
9/21 - Sigur Rós with the Wordless Orchestra @ Auditorium Theatre
9/21 - Six Organs of Admittance @ Constellation
9/22 - Hans Zimmer @ United Center
9/23 - Cigarettes After Sex @ United Center
9/24 - The National, The War on Drugs, Lucius @ United Center
9/25 - Sunny Day Real Estate @ House of Blues
9/26 - Lake Street Dive @ Salt Shed (Outside)
9/26 - La Luz @ Subterranean
9/27 - Lake Street Dive @ Salt Shed (Outside)
9/27 - American Football @ Thalia Hall
9/27 - Jeff Lynne's ELO @ United Center
9/27 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (Drab Majesty, SRSQ, Korine, Urban Heat, Male Tears, Carrellee)
9/28 - Kings of Leon, Phantogram @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/28 - American Football @ Thalia Hall
9/28 - Pissed Jeans @ Empty Bottle
9/28 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (A-Split-Second, Pig, Spike Hellis, Cocksure, Puerta Negra, Nuxx Vomica)
9/28 - Korn, Gojira, Spiritbox @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/28 - Dashboard Confessional, Boys Like Girls, Taylor Acorn @ Aragon Ballroom
9/28 - Jeff Lynne's ELO @ United Center
9/29 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (Clan of Xymox, The Cassandra Complex, Attrition, Houses of Heaven, Curse Mackey, I Ya Toyah)
9/30 - PJ Harvey @ Salt Shed
10/1 - Twenty One Pilots @ United Center
10/1 - Bob Vylan @ Subterranean
10/2 - Twenty One Pilots @ United Center
10/3 - Mt. Joy @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/4 - Mt. Joy @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/4 - Yard Act @ Metro
10/4 - Homeshake, Freak Heat Waves @ Thalia Hall
10/5 - Mt. Joy @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/5 - Marika Hackman, Art School Girlfriend @ Sleeping Village
10/5 - OMD, Walt Disco @ The Riv
10/5 - Meghan Trainor, Paul Russell, Chris Olsen @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
10/8 - Air (performing 'Moon Safari') @ Auditorium Theatre
10/10 - Maxwell, Jazmine Sullivan, October London @ United Center
10/12 - Brooks Nielsen (The Growlers) @ House of Blues
10/12 - Chromeo, The Midnight, Girl Ultra @ Aragon Ballroom
10/18 - OSEES, Iguana Death Cult @ Thalia Hall
10/18 - Whitney Cummings @ Chicago Theatre
10/19 - OSEES, Iguana Death Cult @ Thalia Hall
10/24 - Iron Maiden @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
10/24 - Marc Maron @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]
10/27 - Justin Timberlake @ United Center
10/28 - Usher @ United Center
10/28 - Sting @ Auditorium Theatre
10/29 - Usher @ United Center
10/29 - Sting @ Auditorium Theatre
10/31 - Usher @ United Center
11/3 - Tokyo Police Club @ House of Blues
11/7 - The Black Keys, The Head and the Heart @ United Center
11/12 - Dehd @ Thalia Hall
11/13 - Dehd @ Thalia Hall
11/15 - Front 242, Kontravoid @ Metro
11/16 - Front 242, Kanga @ Metro
11/22 - Aaron Lewis @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
11/23 - Aaron Lewis @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]
11/25 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
11/26 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)
