FRI
2/20 - Brandi Carlile, The Head and the Heart @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
2/20 - Jim Gaffigan @ Chicago Theatre
2/20 - All 4 All, Madman, Lose Sight, King's Command, Disparage, Reject Modernity @ Casa Cafe
2/20 - Los Thuthanaka @ Empty Bottle
2/20 - The Knee-Hi's, Ione, Lauren Howard @ Burlington
2/20 - Radio Outernational, KVL @ Color Club Tavern
2/20 - Drunks With Guns, Pet Peeves, Gas Mask Horse, Prime Angel Weather @ Not Not
2/20 - Rain Garden, Creek Walk, Kitship (choir) @ The Anthill
2/20 - Instrument, Laurie Duo, The Experience, Jason Shapiro, Dr. Harmoniker @ TBA
2/20 - Night Ranger, Bad Medicine @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SAT
2/21 - Jim Gaffigan @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)
2/21 - Disrobe, Flesh Commodity, Ritual Cross, Leadburner @ Tone Deaf Records
2/21 - Music Frozen Dancing @ Empty Bottle (Los Thuthanaka, good flying birds, Lip Critic, Snuffed, Body Shop)
2/21 - Los Thuthanaka (DJ Set), Conjunto Primitivo (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle
2/21 - The Effigies, The Bollweevils, The Evictions @ Cobra Lounge
2/21 - Citric Dummies, Man-eaters, NightFreak, Watermelon @ Bricktown
2/21 - Stress Positions, Deady, Butchers Dog, ASKO, Splitjaw, Slit @ Not Not
2/21 - Wild Zero, Autofill, OM IN GOLD @ Cole's Bar
2/21 - ira glass, Tipper Gore, Howard Dean @ Lowdown
2/21 - Local H, Smoking Popes, Sincere Engineer, Stubhy Pandav (Lucky Boys Confusion) @ Bottom Lounge
2/21 - Wingwalker, Instrument, The Analog Kid, Sects @ Sushi's Storefront
SUN
2/22 - The Fiery Furnaces @ Old Town School of Folk Music
2/22 - Blasphemy Fest! @ Liar's Club (Lollygagger, Stoke Signals, Bad Year, Stiff, Matteson, Elmer Glueskin, Dead Drugs)
2/22 - Trash Tape Fest @ Lowdown (Philadelphia Eagles, Mail., Current Union TM, Sacred Heart Academy, Receiver, Amaya Pena & Chaepter, Kitship)
2/22 - Plum, Spread Joy @ The Whistler
2/22 - All 4 One @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
MON
2/23 - The Last Living Finch, Pooty Tangers, June Doom, Dumbsucker @ Burlington
2/23 - Naima Bock, Minor Moon @ Constellation
2/23 - Gag, Crawl Space, Giallo, Contempt, Intrusive Thought @ Casa Cafe
2/23 - Almost There But Not Really, Vatos Tristes, Fantasma Negra @ Empty Bottle
TUE
2/24 - Gogol Bordello @ Concord Music Hall
2/24 - Sword II, Total Wife, Con @ Schubas
2/24 - Gerfery, Instrument, COPIES @ Burlington Bar
2/24 - Godstar Megamax, ira glass, Alive Girl, Glen Bias @ Empty Bottle
WED
2/25 - Jane Inc, CocoJoey, Thinking About It @ Burlington
THU
2/26 - Say She She @ Thalia Hall
2/26 - Time Thieves, Josh Caterer Trio @ Empty Bottle
2/26 - Cash Langdon, Glass Beagle, Joe Glass @ GMann Tavern
2/26 - Lipsticism, Paradot, RXM Reality, Mukqs @ Burlington
FRI-SAT
2/27-28 - Doin' the Dale @ Various Venues (TBA)
FRI
2/27 - Cat Power @ The Riv
2/27 - Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins on drums @ Thalia Hall
2/27 - Jaff Graffner, Bret Koontz, Alga @ Cafe Mustache
2/27 - Modern Nun, Sports Boyfriend, Butthole @ Schubas
2/27 - The Courts, PROBLEMS, Tagrano, Directrix @ Cole's Bar
2/27 - E.T, Insula Iscariot, The Children's Crusade @ Downstairs at Subterranean
SAT
2/28 - Marissa Nadler @ Sleeping Village
2/28 - Yonder Mountain String Band @ Thalia Hall
2/28 - Margo Price, Meels, Logan Ledger @ Metro
2/28 - Something Easy, Crystal Lips, Charming Ritual, Guerrilla Troop @ The VCR
2/28 - Ferrn, Jack Riedy, Daydream TV, Soft Fiction @ Cobra Lounge
SUN
3/1 - Dracula’s 632nd Birthday Special! @ Empty Bottle (Shrines, Irregular Girl, Bianca Xunise, Ex-Tradition)
3/1 - Tommy James & the Shondells, The Cave Dwellers @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
TUE
3/3 - Dropkick Murphys, The Aggrolites, Haywire @ Salt Shed
WED
3/4 - Glitterer, Graham Hunt, Prize Horse @ Subterranean
3/4 - Paper Lady, Moontype, Cusp @ Schubas
THU
3/5 - LCD Soundsystemragon Ballroom
3/5 - Sex Mex, Pure Intention, NightFreak @ Empty Bottle
3/5 - PARKiNG, TV Buddha @ Hideout
3/5 - ira glass, Chemical, D Jean-Baptiste @ Sleeping Village
FRI
3/6 - Marlon Wayans @ Hard Rock Live [Gary, IN]
3/6 - Leftover Salmon @ Garcia's
3/6 - Stavros Halkias @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
3/6 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
3/6 - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ Salt Shed
3/6 - Lights, Softcult @ Concord Music Hall
3/6 - Chicago Psychfest 16 @ Hideout (Gary Higgins, Anna Johnson, Singleman Affair, DJ Psychadalex)
3/6 - Free Range, Edie McKenna, Carter Ward, Combat Naps @ TBA
3/6 - The Smithereens, Vicki Peterson, John Cowsill @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SAT
3/7 - Peaches, Cortisa Star @ The Vic
3/7 - Boy George & Culture Club @ Hard Rock Live [Gary, IN]
3/7 - Leftover Salmon @ Garcia's
3/7 - The Early November, Hello Goodbye @ Chop Shop
3/7 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
3/7 - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ Salt Shed
3/7 - Perro Mundo, HIDE, Consensus Madness, Shrines @ Bricktown
3/7 - SIP, The Shape Of @ Tone Deaf Records
3/7 - Winter Free For All @ Thalia Hall/Tack Room (Feeble Little Horse, Dan English, Kaicrewsade, Squirrel Flower solo, Alta Vista duo, Kevan Efterkhari, etc.)
3/7 - Fruit LoOops @ Burlington Bar
3/7 - Chicago Psychfest 16 @ Hideout (Natural Information Society, Glyders, Kevin King/Shravan Raghuram Duo)
3/7 - Welt, GLAD, Coronary, Trepanation Wound @ West Town Bikes
3/7 - Smush, Daundry, This House is Creaking, Double Extra Large @ Empty Bottle
3/7 - Firehouse @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SUN
3/8 - Spiritual Cramp, Guv, Imploders, Fuerza Bruta @ Lincoln Hall
3/8 - Dar Williams @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
3/8 - Leftover Salmon @ Garcia's
3/8 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom
3/8 - Blunt, Mawss, Muzak, Ava Brennan @ Burlington Bar
3/8 - To You, Deary, Daarling, Yours, Mookie, Laceles @ Schubas
3/8 - In My Way, ASKO, Death Fiend, Jesuve, Navaja @ Casa Cafe
3/8 - Wallplant, Try a Dull Knife, Life in Pubic @ Empty Bottle
3/8 - Judy Collins @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
3/8 - Angel Du$t, Big Boy, Bad Beat @ Bottom Lounge
TUE
3/10 - Answering Machines, Autofill, Receiver @ Empty Bottle
WED
3/11 - Celebrity Sighting, Wild Thyme, Bath Drawers, Jason Shapiro @ Reed's Local
THU
3/12 - Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore @ Thalia Hall
3/12 - Angry Samoans, Pure Intention, Snake Wine, Vang! @ Reggie's Rock Club
3/12 - Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends (play R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant), Bobcat Goldthwait @ Metro
3/12- The Thing, The Courts, Uniflora @ Empty Bottle
3/12 - Fran, glow in the dark flowers @ Constellation
3/12 - Ben Katzman & Coach, Edging, NÜDE @ Sleeping Village
FRI
3/13 - Railroad Earth, Armchair Boogie @ Park West
3/13 - John Medeski, Nels Cline, Stanton Moore, and Skerik @ Garcia's
3/13 - Billy Ocean @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]
3/13 - Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends (play R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant), Bobcat Goldthwait @ Metro
3/13 - The Queers, Raging Nathans, Vallencourt @ Beat Kitchen
3/13 - Sebastian Bach, Blaze Francisco, Stitched Up Heart @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
3/13 - Ganser, REPENT, Strapped @ Empty Bottle
SAT
3/14 - John Medeski, Nels Cline, Stanton Moore, and Skerik @ Garcia's (2 shows)
3/14 - White Reaper, Drug Church, Hot Rod Circuit, Death Lens @ Concord Music Hall
3/14 - Optic Sink, Disintegration, The Ineffectuals, Current Union TM @ Cole's Bar
3/14 - Cleared, Douglas McCombs @ Constellation
3/14 - xACHEx, Out 4 Blood, Love Lost, Majesty, Magma @ Casa Cafe
3/14 - Isabel Crespo Pardo & Dorothy Carlos @ Logan Center for the Arts
3/14 - Lost Legion, Almost There But Not Really, Bussy Kween Power Trip, Cel Ray, Coronary @ Cobra Lounge
3/14 - Van Goth, Answering Machines, Jason Shapiro, Donkey Basketball, Glassfish @ TBA
SUN
3/15 - Descendents, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, NOBRO @ Salt Shed
MON
3/16 - Florry, National Photo Committee @ Empty Bottle
TUE
3/17 - Lucero @ The Vic
3/17 - Matt Berninger, RONBOY @ The Riv
WED
3/18 - Free The Witness, bugoff!, LOWGROUND, Dead Petal @ Burlington
THU
3/19 - Daydream TV, Wish Wash, Cherry Decay, Waxing @ Burlington
FRI
3/20 - Everclear, Poster Girl @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
3/20 - Moon Bros, Louise Bock @ Constellation
SAT
3/21 - Cardi B @ United Center
3/21 - HighSchool, Taraneh @ Empty Bottle
3/21 - CupcakKe @ Outset
3/21 - Universal Togetherness Band, Ryan Alexander @ Subterranean
3/21 - Joe Glass, Alga, Jason Shapiro @ GMan Tavern
3/21 - Moose., Unnamed Metal Project, SQRL, Narwhal @ Underground Lounge
SUN
3/22 - Cowboy Junkies @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
3/22 - Testament, Overkill, Destruction @ Ramova Theatre
MON
3/23 - Cootie Catcher, National Photo Committee, Alive Girl, Bungee Jumpers @ Hideout
TUE
3/24 - Cowboy Junkies @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
3/24 - Voivod, Bat, Without Waves @ Reggie's Rock Club
3/24 - The Sophs, Joe Glass @ Hideout
WED
3/25 - Lamb of God @ Aragon Ballroom
THU
3/26 - The Hives, The Chats @ Salt Shed
3/26 - FKA Twigs, Tokischa @ Wintrust Arena
3/26 - The Dark @ TBA
FRI
3/27 - Sticky Fingers, Ruby Waters @ The Riv
3/27 - Nothing, Full Body 2, Cryogeyser, Violent Magic Orchestra @ Metro
3/27 - Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen @ Chicago Theatre
3/27 - Fotocrime, Clubdrugs, EXEDO @ Burlington
3/27 - Kyle Gass (Tenacious D), Mt. Air @ Cobra Lounge
3/27 - Ulrika Spacek, Discus, Marital Bed @ Empty Bottle
SAT
3/28 - Joyce Manor, Militarie Gun, Teen Mortgage, Combat @ Salt Shed
3/28 - Cass McCombs + Band, Chris Cohen @ Lincoln Hall
3/28 - Margaret Cho @ The Vic
3/28 - Bob Dylan @ Coronado Theatre [Rockford]
3/28 - Geordie Greep @ Metro
3/28 - Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen @ Chicago Theatre
3/28 - Braince, Prime Angel Weather @ Tone Deaf Records
3/28 - Timeout Room, Slick, Answering Machines, Joe Glass @ The VCR
3/28 - 50K Check, Fury, Janet Blackwell @ Downstairs at Subterranean
SUN
3/29 - Lacuna Coil, Escape the Fate, VOWWS @ Concord Music Hall
3/29 - PARKiNG, Mail., Sects @ Empty Bottle
MON
3/30 - Bob Dylan @ Genesee Theatre [Waukegan]
TUE
3/31 - Baths @ Empty Bottle
WED
4/1 - Rich(ard) Dawson w/ Wendy Eisenberg @ Constellation
THU
4/2 - The Format @ Salt Shed
4/2 - GWAR, Soulfly, King Parrot @ Concord Music Hall
4/2 - Teenage Bottlerocket, The Dopamines, Sam Russo @ Reggie's Rock Club
FRI
4/3 - Kishi Bashi, Bayonne @ Thalia Hall
4/3 - Machine Girl, Sextile @ Salt Shed
4/3 - Ghostwoman, Feller @ Cobra Lounge
SAT
4/4 - mclusky, Pile @ Metro
4/4 - The Belair Lip Bombs, dust, Laveda @ Empty Bottle
4/4 - The Last Dinner Party, Florence Road @ Salt Shed
4/4 - DRAIN, No Pressure, Haywire, Secret World @ Concord Music Hall
4/4 - Poliça @ Sleeping Village
4/4 - The Killer, Sarin, Cyclops, Sensory Impact, Constant Pain, Navaja @ Cobra Lounge
SUN
4/5 - Die Krupps @ Reggie's Rock Club
4/5 - Free Range, TV Buddha, Kitship, Uniflora, Current Union TM, P. Noid, Niko Kapetan @ Empty Bottle
MON
4/6 - TWICE @ United Center
4/6 - Subhumans, La Pobreska @ Reggie's Rock Club
TUE
4/7 - Skullcrusher @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
4/7 - TWICE @ United Center
WED
4/8 - Dirty Three @ Thalia Hall
THU
4/9 - Microwave, Anthony Green, Hunny, Into It. Over It. @ Salt Shed
4/9 - Lala Lala, Mother Soki @ Thalia Hall
FRI
4/10 - Florence + The Machine, Rachel Chinouriri @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
4/10 - Touché Amoré @ Concord Music Hall
4/10 - Worry Club @ Cobra Lounge
4/10 - Chelsea Handler @ Chicago Theatre
4/10 - Eraser, Winston Hightower, National Photo Committee @ TBA
4/10 - Body Shop, The Drin, Spread Joy, Facing, Azuara DJ @ Empty Bottle
4/10 - Together Pangea, The Red Pears @ Bottom Lounge
SAT
4/11 - Black Eyes @ Thalia Hall
4/11 - Florence + The Machine, Rachel Chinouriri @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
4/11 - HEALTH, Carpenter Brut, Desire @ Salt Shed
4/11 - A Frames, Whippets, Heet Deth, John Dwyer (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle
4/11 - Snail Mail, Sharp Pins, Avalon Emerson and The Charm @ The Riv
SUN
4/12 - Abjecta, Snuffed, Lost Legion, World in Action, Najava @ Casa Cafe
4/12 - Hatchie @ Empty Bottle
MON
4/13 - The Antlers, TŌTH @ Lincoln Hall
TUE
4/14 - The Wedding Present, Mark Robinson Sings Unrest @ Lincoln Hall
WED
4/15 - Art Brut @ Subterranean
4/15 - Indikator B @ TBA
THU-SAT
4/16-25 - CIVL Fest @ Various Venues (TBA)
THU
4/16 - Courtney Marie Andrews, Aubory Bugg @ Empty Bottle
4/16 - Sunn O))) @ Salt Shed
4/16 - The Nude Party, Tobacco City @ Lincoln Hall
4/16 - Michael Che @ Hideout
4/16 - Cold, University Drive @ Bottom Lounge
FRI
4/17 - Snow Tha Product @ Ramova Theatre
4/17 - Off With Their Heads,Toys That Kill, The Brokedowns, Panel @ Beat Kitchen
4/17 - Michael Che @ Hideout (2 shows)
SAT
4/18 - Ratboys, Free Range @ The Vic
4/18 - Reek Minds, Early Grave @ TBA
4/18 - Aly & AJ @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
4/18 - Michael Che @ Hideout (2 shows)
SUN
4/19 - Sports, Chrissy @ Lincoln Hall
4/19 - Steel Panther @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
4/19 - The Convenience @ Cole's Bar
4/19 - CURREN$Y, The 747 Band, Fendi P. @ Ramova Theatre
MON
4/20 - Double Extra Large, Godstar Megamax, Yetta @ Empty Bottle
WED
4/22 - Poison Ruïn, Cruelster @ Subterranean
4/22 - Holy Fuck, Gus Englehorn @ Schubas
THU
4/23 - Heavenly, Humdrum, Swansea Sound @ Empty Bottle
4/23 - Femtanyl, Bejalvin, Takihasdied and Friends @ Lincoln Hall
FRI
4/24 - Snarky Puppy @ Ramova Theatre
4/24 - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Ledbetter Heights @ Hard Rock Live [Gary, IN]
4/24 - The Growlers @ The Vic
4/24 - Femtanyl, Bejalvin, Takihasdied and Friends @ Lincoln Hall
4/24 - Stuck @ Sleeping Village
4/24 - Devon Allman's Blues Summit @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
4/24 - Times New Viking, TEMPS @ Empty Bottle
4/24 - Heavenly, Swansea Sound, good flying birds @ Beat Kitchen
SAT
4/25 - Lewis Capaldi @ United Center
4/25 - Model/Actriz, Agriculture @ Thalia Hall
4/25 - Puscifer, Dave Hill @ Chicago Theatre
4/25 - Accessory @ Empty Bottle
4/25 - Friko, Chaepter @ Metro
4/25 - Drugdealer @ Lincoln Hall
4/25 - Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker @ Constellation
SUN
4/26 - Biffy Clyro, Raue @ House of Blues
MON
4/27 - Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, Brennan Wedl @ Auditorium Theatre
WED
4/29 - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @ United Center
THU
4/30 - Lambrini Girls @ Metro
4/30 - Dry Cleaning, YHWH Nailgun @ Thalia Hall
4/30 - Gladie, Noun @ Empty Bottle
4/30 - Peace Talks @ TBA
4/30 - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis @ Constellation
4/30 - Julio Iglesias, Jr. @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
FRI
5/1 - St. Paul & the Broken Bones @ Salt Shed
5/1 - The Reverend Horton Heat, Black Joe Lewis, Piñata Protest @ Metro
5/1 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic
SAT
5/2 - Katt Williams @ United Center
5/2 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic
5/2 - Sex Mex, Watermelon, Doomzday Slutz @ Cole's Bar
5/2 - SPACE ECHO @ Radius (Failure, Baroness, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Torche, Shiner, Ringo Deathstarr, Spotlights, Bleary Eyed, Slow Mass)
SUN
5/3 - The New Pornographers, Will Scheff (Okkervil River) @ Metro
5/3 - Remember Sports, Cusp @ Cobra Lounge
5/3 - SatchVai Band Ft Joe Satriani & Steve Vai, Animals As Leaders @ Chicago Theatre
5/3 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic
5/3 - Bill Callahan, Jana Horn @ Constellation (2 shows)
TUE
5/5 - Iron & Wine, Improvement Movement @ Thalia Hall
5/5 - The Cribs @ Empty Bottle
WED
5/6 - Silkworm, The Most Distant Object @ Fitzgerald's [Berwyn]
5/6 - Iron & Wine, Improvement Movement @ Thalia Hall
5/6 - Lords of Acid, Dead on a Sunday, Princess Superstar, Tony and the Kiki, MZ NEON @ Bottom Lounge
THU
5/7 - Mac Demarco @ Salt Shed (outside)
5/7 - NVN Nation @ Metro
5/7 - Whitney Johnson/Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart @ Constellation
FRI
5/8 - La Dispute, From Indian Lakes, Flooding @ Thalia Hall
5/8 - Yumi Zouma, Ducks Ltd. @ Outset
5/8 - Rotary Club @ TBA
5/8 - Vial, Scarlet DeMore @ Beat Kitchen
5/8 - Disclosure, Laurence Guy @ Salt Shed (outside)
SAT
5/9 - Afghan Whigs, Mercury Rev @ Metro
5/9 - Cut Worms, Tchotchke @ Lincoln Hall
5/9 - Disclosure, Mike Dunn @ Salt Shed (outside)
SUN
5/10 - Emo Orchestra ft. The Spill Canvas, Greywind @ Ramova Theatre
5/10 - Disclosure, Laurence Guy @ Salt Shed (outside)
MON
5/11 - Melody's Echo Chamber @ Thalia Hall
WED
5/13 - Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Chicago Theatre
5/13 - Robber Robber @ Schubas
5/13 - King Tuff, Mod Lang @ Lincoln Hall
THU
5/14 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/14 - Ivy @ Park West
5/14 - Brown Horse @ Hideout
5/14 - Home Front, Bootlicker @ Cobra Lounge
FRI
5/15 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/15 - Bring Me The Horizon, Motionless In White, The Plot In You, Amira Elfeky @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/15 - Béton Armé, Fuerza Bruta, Home Invasion @ Casa Cafe
5/15 - Sepultura, Exodus, Biohazard, Tribal Gaze @ Ramova Theatre
5/15 - Teen Suicide, Cloud Nothings, Liquid Mike @ Bottom Lounge
SAT
5/16 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/16 - Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T's @ Salt Shed (outside)
5/16 - Bruno Mars @ Soldier Field
5/16 - Sam Prekop & John McEntire, Sons Of @ Constellation
5/16 - Pansy Division, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Pink Squeeze @ Beat Kitchen
SUN
5/17 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/17 - Armlock @ Schubas
MON
5/18 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
TUE
5/19 - Joe Jackson @ Park West
5/19 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/19 - Sleaford Mods @ Lincoln Hall
WED
5/20 - Joe Jackson @ Park West
5/20 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/20 - Kreator, Carcass, Cold Steel @ Ramova Theatre
THU
5/21 - Just Mustard @ Empty Bottle
5/21 - Twin Peaks @ Thalia Hall
5/21 - Electric Six @ Chop Shop
FRI
5/22 - Slide Away Festival @ Aragon Ballroom (HUM, Nothing, Chapterhouse, she's green, Total Wife, Crate)
SAT
5/23 - Slide Away Festival @ Aragon Ballroom (HUM, Nothing, Chapterhouse, Loveiscrushing, Cloakroom, Sunshy)
5/23 - D.R.I. @ Reggie's Rock Club
5/23 - Warm Love Cool Dreams @ Salt Shed (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tortoise, Pixel Grip, Smerz, YHWH Nailgun, Kumo 99, Mark William Lewis)
SUN
5/24 - Warm Love Cool Dreams @ Salt Shed (Courtney Barnett, Toro Y Moi, Whitney, Nourished By Time, Moin, Being Dead, Lauren Auder, Tobacco City)
THU
5/28 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'Tigermilk' in its entirety @ Salt Shed
THU
5/28 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'Tigermilk' in its entirety) @ Salt Shed
FRI-SUN
5/29-31 - Do-Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (TBA)
FRI
5/29 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'If You're Feeling Sinister' in its entirety) @ Salt Shed
5/29 - Rilo Kiley @ Chicago Theatre
SAT
5/30 - Mekons @ Hideout (2 shows)
5/30 - Marisa Anderson @ Constellation
SUN
5/31 - Toadies, Local H, Vandoliers @ The Vic
TUE
6/2 - Kevin Morby, Liam Kazar @ Metro
WED
6/3 - Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Les Claypool's Fearless Frog Brigade @ Salt Shed (outside)
SAT
6/6 - Nick Dunston with Ben Lamar Gay, Tomeka Reid, Julian Otis & Caroline Jesalva @ Madlener House
6/6 - BoDeans @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SUN
6/7 - My New Band Believe @ Constellation
THU
6/11 - Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
FRI
6/12 - The Hold Steady @ Empty Bottle
6/12 - RÜFÜS DU SOL @ Wrigley Field
SAT
6/13 - Nate Bargatze @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
6/13 - Devotchka @ Thalia Hall
6/13 - The Hold Stead, Built to Spill, Bully, Titus Andronicus @ Salt Shed
SUN
6/14 - Amyl and the Sniffers, Party Dozen @ Salt Shed (outside)
THU
6/18 - Five For Fighting, Edwin McCain @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
FRI
6/19 - Morgan Wallen, Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King @ Soldier Field
SAT
6/20 - Morgan Wallen, Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King @ Soldier Field
SUN
6/21 - Tigers Jaw @ Thalia Hall
TUE
6/23 - The Human League, Soft Cell, Alison Moyet @ Chicago Theatre
THU
6/25 - The Dead South, Amigo the Devil @ Salt Shed
FRI
6/26 - Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind and Fire @ United Center
SAT
6/27 - "Weird Al" Yankovich, Puddles Pity Party @ United Center
6/27 - A.J. Croce @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
FRI
7/3 - Louis Tomlinson, The Beaches @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
7/3 - La Texana, Blood Club, Future Nobodies @ Bottom Lounge
TUE
7/7 - The Church @ Park West
SAT
7/11 - John Mulaney @ Wrigley Field
7/11 - Jack Johnson, Hermanos Gutiérrez @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/11 - John Mellencamp @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
MON
7/13 - Royel Otis @ Salt Shed (outside)
TUE
7/14 - Royel Otis @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/14 - Noah Kahan, Gigi Perez @ Wrigley Field
WED
7/15 - Noah Kahan, Gigi Perez @ Wrigley Field
THU
7/16 - Rush @ United Center
FRI
7/17-19 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Wood and Damen (TBA)
FRI
7/17 - Paul Simon @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
SAT
7/18 - Paul Simon @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
SAT
7/18 - Rush @ United Cente
7/18 - Limp Bizkit, Cypress Hill, Sevendust, Kittie, Puddle of Mudd, Magnolia Park, The Pretty Wild, Slay Squad @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
SUN
7/19 - Creed, Bush, Mammoth, Candlebox, Hoobastank, Sleep Theory, Big Wresk, Verve Pipe, Ashes of Billy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
WED
7/22 - Pavement @ Salt Shed (outside)
FRI
7/24 - Metric, Broken Social Scene, Stars @ Aragon Ballroom
SAT
7/25 - Buddy Guy @ Chicago Theatre
WED
7/29 - Guns N' Roses @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
SAT
8/1 - Styx, Chicago @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
FRI
8/7 - Train, Barenaked Ladies, Matt Nathanson @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
SAT
8/8 - Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy @ Soldier Field
FRI
8/14 - Tori Amos, Bartees Strange @ Auditorium Theatre
SAT
8/15 - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Loverboy, Six Gun Sally @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
THU
8/27 - BTS @ Soldier Field
FRI
8/28 - Peter Hook & The Light @ Metro
8/28 - BTS @ Soldier Field
SAT
8/29 - Peter Hook & The Light @ Metro
8/29 - The Fray, Dashboard Confessional, Colony House @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
THU-SUN
9/3-6 - Sound & Gravity @ Various Venues (TBA)
FRI-SUN
9/4-6 - North Coast Music Festival @ SeetGeek Stadium [Bridgeview] (TBA)
SAT
9/5 - Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, The Hu, Orgy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
SUN
9/6 - O.A.R. Gavin DeGraw, KT Tunstall @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
MON
9/14 - Bikini Kill @ Salt Shed
FRI-SUN
9/18-20 - Riot Fest @ Douglass Park (TBA)
TUE
9/22 - Iron Maiden, Megadeth @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
FRI
10/9 - W.A.S.P., KK's Priest @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SAT
10/10 - Armand Hammer @ Thalia Hall
THU
10/15 - OSEES, Traps PS @ Thalia Hall
FRI
10/16 - OSEES, Traps PS @ Thalia Hall
SAT
10/17 - Ben Schwartz & Friends @ Chicago Theatre
FRI
10/23 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
10/23 - Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Nine Treasures @ Arcada Theatre [St. Charles]
SAT
10/24 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
SUN
10/25 - Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Nine Treasures @ Apollo Theater
MON
10/26 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
TUE
10/27 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
FRI
11/13 - Nikki Glaser @ Chciago Theatre
SAT
11/14 - Nikki Glaser @ Chicago Theatre
(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)
