FRI
6/27 - Chris Stapleton, The War and Treaty @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/27 - Dave Matthews Band @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
6/27 - Wood Dale Prairie Fest @ Community Park [Wood Dale] (Everclear, etc.)
6/27 - all under heaven, Precocious Neophyte @ GMan Tavern
6/27 - Cloakroom, Bleached Cross, Illusion of Choice, Turquoise @ Cobra Lounge
6/27 - Aimee Mann, Jonathan Coulton @ The Riv
6/27 - Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country @ Park West
6/27 - Mute Duo, Dave Rempis/Tyler Damon Duo @ Hungry Brain
6/27 - Duopalooza @ Cole's Bar (King Sans, Braince, Bellhead, Wet Chain)
6/27 - The Del McCoury Band, The Sullivan Sisters @ SPACE [Evanston]
SAT
6/28 - OMD, Walt Disco @ The Riv
6/28 - Dave Matthews Band @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
6/28 - Motoblot 2025 @ Salt Shed (outside) (L7, Olivia Jean, Soraia, The Rebel Queens, Three Blue Teardrops)
6/28 - Lifeguard, PARKiNG, TV Buddha, Bungee Jumpers @ Thalia Hall
6/28 - Pepper, Cydeways @ House of Blues
6/28 - Daniel Donaato's Cosmic Country @ Park West
6/28 - Pat and the Pissers, Spread Joy, bugoff! @ Ramova Theatre Beer Garden
6/28 - Dillon Francis, Tazu, Galena Crew, Heily Beatz @ Ramova Theatre
6/28 - Disco Behemoth, Beth Tuba, Ira Glass, Bellysauce @ Graveface Records
6/28 - Duopalooza @ Bernice's Tavern (Human Trials, The Walkie Talkies, El Bisonte, League of Erics)
SUN
6/29 - "Weird Al" Yankovic @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
6/29 - Motoblot 2025 @ Salt Shed (outside) (Face to Face, The Chop Top, The Hi-Jivers, The Beat Creeps, The Krank Daddies)
6/29 - U.S. Girls, Alive Girl @ Lincoln Hall
6/29 - Matmos @ Constellation
6/29 - Bray/Lamar Gay/Bishop/McDonald/Finnegan @ Hungry Brain
6/29 - Force Model, Morpho, Kweelag @ Cole's Bar
MON
6/30 - Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas @ United Center
6/30 - Sudan Archives, Lido Pimienta, DJ Roxyo Sounds @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
6/30 - Sun Ra Arkestra @ SPACE [Evanston]
TUE
7/1 - Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas @ United Center
7/1 - Strung Out (performing 'Exile In Oblivion') @ Cobra Lounge
7/1 - Start Today, Stand Tall, Absolute Truth, Cue Ball, Ache @ TBA
WED
7/2 - Tripping Daisy (performing 'I Am An Elastic Firecracker' in its entirety) @ Bottom Lounge
7/2 - Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Chicago Theatre
7/2 - Rami Gabriel, Dusty Turrets, Norman W. Long @ Empty Bottle
7/2 - Juanita & Juan, Clickbait @ Cobra Lounge
THU
7/3 - Inward Heal, Widaparte Rosacade, Aalatie, The Tear Garden Collective @ Not Not
7/3 - Funkadesi @ SPACE [Evanston]
7/3 - Lavender Flu, Cel Ray, Jim the Kid @ Fallen Log
SAT
7/5 - Wavves, Beach Goons, Death Lens @ Bottom Lounge
7/5 - Cap'n Jazz, Coffin Prick, Jenny Pulse (DJ Set) @ Thalia Hall
7/5 - Greensky Bluegrass @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/5 - Zorn, Man-eaters, Coronary, NightFreak @ Liar's Club
7/5 - Ganser, Christy Costello, Iron Years, Dangerous Chairs @ Sleeping Village
7/5 - Folk Music (Chris Corsano, Nate Wooley, Ches Smith) @ Constellation
7/5 - Smut, Vilagerrr @ Schubas
SUN
7/6 - Cap't Jazz, Coffin Prick, Jenny Pulse (DJ Set) @ Thalia Hall
7/6 - Fievel is Glauque, Flanafi, Jib Kidder @ Empty Bottle
7/6 - King's Command, The Sissy Boys, Pluto's Kiss, Totaled, Launch Code @ Work26 Skate Shop
7/6 - Model Living, Rocco and His Bones, Riddle M @ Cole's Bar
7/6 - Glitter Porn, The Trees Will Return, Dog Guitar @ Fallen Log
MON
7/7 - Wu-Tang Clan, Run the Jewels @ United Center
7/7 - Fred Wesley and the New JBs, Bumpus, DJ Ayana Contreras @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
TUE
7/8 - Ezra Furman, The Ophelias @ Thalia Hall
7/8 - BABYMETAL, Jinjer, Bloodywood @ Aragon Ballroom
7/8 - Mia Joy, Patience, Ophelia, Matt Jencik @ Sleeping Village
WED
7/9 - Los Bitchos, Rudy De Anda @ Lincoln Hall
7/9 - King Sans, Weak Lung, Stomatopod @ Empty Bottle
7/9 - Violet Garden, It Rips!, Surf Cowboy @ Cobra Lounge
7/9 -Friendship, 2nd Grade, Free Range @ Schubas
THU-SUN
7/10-13 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Bailey Zimmerman, Megan Moroney, etc.)
THU
7/10 - PRFBBQ 2025 @ Illuminated Brew Works (Light Coma, The End of Music, Stick Horse, Photo-Curio)
7/10 - Buñuel, Today is the Day, Spiritual Poison @ Sleeping Village
7/10 - Contracharge, The Hiss, Mound Builders, Arbogast @ Burlington
7/10 - Adelaide, Binz Low @ Ramova Theatre Beer Garden
7/10 - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
7/10 - Sam Prekop, James Elkington @ Judson & Moore Distillery
7/10 - Jason Narducy, Neptune's Core, Chaepter @ SPACE [Evanston]
7/10 - The Florist, Private Display of Affection @ Cobra Lounge
FRI-SUN
7/11-13 - Square Roots @ Lincoln Ave btw Montrose & Wilson (Calexico, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Mekons, Alejandro Escovedo, The Lone Bellow, Heartless Bastards, Cedric Burnside, Ike Reilley Assassination, Tobacco City, Dusk, Official Claire, Minor Moon, Growing Boys, etc.)
FRI
7/11 - PRFBBQ 2025 @ Illuminated Brew Works (Bronson Arm, Moral Stories, Deady, Arts & Letters, Fuzzbox DJs)
7/11 - Primus, Ty Segall @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/11 - Modern Cults, Julia Steiner (Ratboys), Cherryburn, Anthony Rossi @ Schubas
7/11 - Ganser, Plum @ Kilbourn Park
7/11 - Why Doms, Mr.phlyzzz, NÜDE @ Cole's Bar
SAT
7/12 - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, JJ Grey & Mofro, Dumpstaphunk @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/12 - Chicago Gospel Music Festival @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)
7/12 - PRFBBQ 2025 @ Fallen Log (The Conformists, Bimbo, Risk/Reward, Sprite, Impulsive Hearts, etc.)
7/12 - Haunt Me, Future Nobodies, Sports Coach, The Masqs @ Bottom Lounge
7/12 - Death By Electricity Fest @ TBA (Cricket!, Sincerely Yours, Hemlock Chaser,Constant Headache, The Alley Scavenger, etc.)
7/12 - Kesha, Scissor Sisters, Slayyyter @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/12 - The Curls, TRAYSH, Page Alice Naylor & Haruhi Kobayashi @ Color Club
SUN
7/13 - PRFBBQ 2025 @ Fallen Log (Nonagon, IfIHadAHiFi, Moontype, Deep Tunnel Project, etc.)
7/13 - Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill @ Salt Shed
7/13 - Todd Rundgren @ The Riv
MON
7/14 - Monsieur Periné, Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan, DJ Mwelwa @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
7/14 - Matthew Danger Lippman, The Curls, Jason Shapiro @ Empty Bottle
TUE
7/15 - Alabama Shakes @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/15 - Guiding Light, CB Radio Gorgeous, National Photo Committee @ Empty Bottle
7/15 - Cedric Burnside @ SPACE [Evanston]
WED
7/16 - Murder By Death, Laura Jane Grace @ Thalia Hall
7/16 - Alabama Shakes @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/16 - Surprise Chef, Kendra Morris @ Lincoln Hall
7/16 - Graham Hunt, National Photo Committee, Randal Bravery @ Schubas
THU
7/17 - Murder By Death, Laura Jane Grace @ Thalia Hall
7/17 - Father John Misty @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/17 - Les Savy Fav, Meat Wave, Babe Report @ Empty Bottle
7/17 - Blood Incantation @ Bohemian National Cemetery
7/17 - IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS, Masonic Wave, Djunah @ Sleeping Village
7/17 - Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
7/17 - Digable Planets, Mother Nature, DJ All The Way Kay @ Millinnium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
7/17 - Home Entertainment, Time Room, Dogcatcher @ Schubas
FRI
7/18 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (Les Savy Fav, Edging, Cel Ray,Bianca Oblivion, Phantom 45, Intel, etc.)
7/18 - The Swell Season @ Auditorium Theatre
7/18 - Phish @ United Center
7/18 - Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
7/18 - Keshi @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/18 - Third Eye Blind @ Brookfield Park Zoo [Brookfield]
7/18 - Chelsea Bridge, Gregory Stovetop, Tutorial Music @ Sleeping Village
7/18 - Finom, Senite @ Kilbourn Park
7/18 - Narrow Head, Laffing Gas @ Empty Bottle
SAT
7/19 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (Narrow Head, Special Interst, Ira Glass, Hiroko Yamanmura, Feller, Hyperactive, Frankie Vega, Duke Shin, Striz, etc.)
7/19 - Phish @ United Center
7/19 - Pantera, Amon Amarth @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/19 - Lord Huron @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/19 - Lyle Lovett and His Large Band @ Auditorium Theatre
7/19 - The Crosses, Canal Irreal, Compulsion, Asko @ Fallen Log
7/19 - Haywire, Juicebox, Payasa, Contempt, Don't Front @ Beat Kitchen
7/19 - Oso Oso @ Cobra Lounge
7/19 - The Saw Doctors @ Aragon Ballroom
7/19 - OUX, Anne Helen Wells, CoCoJoey @ Cole's Bar
7/19 - Answering Machines, Joe Glass, Harrison & Parker, Jason Shapiro, Squeezebox @ House Show
SUN
7/20 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Mavi, Proyanka, John Simmons, Justin Reed, etc.)
7/20 - Phish @ United Center
7/20 - Lord Huron @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/20 - Silversun Pickups, Girl Tones @ The Riv
MON
7/21 - Novos Baianos, Joe Bataan, DJ Rudy de Anda @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
7/21 - Tom Henry, Mod Lang, Alga, Joe Glass @ Empty Bottle
TUE
7/22 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Chicago Theatre
7/22 - Whirr, Nothing @ Metro
7/22 - Wiz Khalifa, Sean Paul, Dababy, Chevy Woods, Fedd da God, DJ Bonics @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/22 - Finom @ Kamen Park West [Evanston]
WED
7/23 - Beck with Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edwin Outwater @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
7/23 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Chicago Theatre
7/23 - Michael Franti & Spearhead, Allen Stone @ Salt Shed
7/23 - Kim Deal, Bnny @ Thalia Hall
7/23 - Mopar Stars, National Photo Committee, Bath Drawers @ Hideout
THU
7/24 - Out of Space @ North Field at Illinois Science & Technology Park [Skokie] (Sylvan Esso, Bully, Case Oats)
7/24 - Open Mike Eagle, Cavalier, Rhys Langston @ Schubas
7/24 - Steel Pulse, Paul Beaubrun, DJ Papa G @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
7/24 - Hozier, Gigi Perez @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/24 - The Singleman Affair, Official Claire @ Hideout
FRI-SUN
7/25-27 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina (Hotline TNT, Letters to Cleo, Deep Sea Diver, Evening Elephants, TimaLikesMusic, MSPaint, Liquid Mike, Le Bump, Lowdown Brass Band, Future Rootz, Motherfolk, etc.)
FRI
7/25 - Out of Space @ North Field at Illinois Science & Technology Park [Skokie] (Shakey Graves, Joy Oladokun, Shovels & Rope)
7/25 - Letters to Cleo, Fig Dish @ Subterranean
7/25 - Crisis Actress, Godstar Megamax, Sunshy @ GMan Tavern
7/25 - Asi Asi, Surgery Boys, Quin Kirchner @ Kilbourn Park
7/25 - Hozier, Gigi Perez @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/25 - Nicholas Tremulis and the Prodigals @ SPACE [Evanston]
7/25 - Fuerza Bruta, Brick Assassin, The Slads, Criminal Kids, Splatter Pattern @ Cobra Lounge
SAT
7/26 - Car Seat Headrest @ Salt Shed (outside)
7/26 - Pelican, Coalesce, Porcelain @ Thalia Hall
7/26 - Out of Space @ North Field at Illinois Science & Technology Park [Skokie] (Rodrigo & Gabriela, Anderson East, Daniel Vilarreal)
7/26 - Alvilda, Brower, Lost Legion, Good Flying Birds @ Empty Bottle
7/26 - White Denim, Tagua Tagua @ Lincoln Hall
7/26 - Thomas Dollbaum, Glass-Beagle, Sonny Falls @ Hideout
7/26 - Miniskirt, The Scratch-Offs, Wallplant @ Cole's Bar
SUN
7/27 - Rose City Band, Powers/Rolin Duo @ Empty Bottle
7/27 - Out of Space @ North Field at Illinois Science & Technology Park [Skokie] (The Decemberists, Kevin Morby, Craig Finn)
7/27 - MSPAINT, Lip Critic, Pat and the Pissers @ Beat Kitchen
7/27 - Kat Edmonson @ SPACE [Evanston]
MON
7/28 - Horsegirl, Lala Lala, CHIRP DJs @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
7/28 - Rose City Band, Powers/Rolin Duo @ SPACE [Evanston]
TUE
7/29 - Dinosaur Jr., Snail Mail, Easy Action @ Salt Shed
7/29 - of Montreal, Bijoux Cone @ Thalia Hall
7/29 - Ducks Ltd., Good Flying Birds, Discus @ Empty Bottle
7/29 - The Church @ Park West
7/29 - Macy Gray (performing 'On How Life Is') @ Ramova Theatre
WED
7/30 - Otoboke Beaver @ Empty Bottle
7/30 - Glass Beams, Yomi @ Bottom Lounge
7/30 - The Dare @ House of Blues
7/30 - Tanner Adell, DJ One Chance @ Joe's on Weed
7/30 - Alex Warren, Bo Staloch @ Lincoln Hall
7/30 - Sierra Ferrell, Yana @ Metro
7/30 - Isabel Larosa, Sofia Camara, Thomas Larosa @ Outset
7/30 - Half-Alive, The Criticals @ Park West
7/30 - Sunami, Hold My Own @ Reggie's Rock Club
7/30 - Barry Can't Swim, Fcukers @ Salt Shed
7/30 - Durand Bernarr, DJ Cymba @ Schubas
7/30 - Ratboys, Hemlock @ Sleeping Village
7/30 - Kenny Mason, Kaicrewsade @ Subterranean
7/30 - Royel Otis, Dancer @ Thalia Hall
7/30 - Magdalena Bay @ The Vic
THU
7/31 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Tyler, The Creator, Luke Combs, Gracie Abrams, Dom Dolla, Cage The Elephant, Wallows, Royel Otis, Magdalena Bay, Fcukers, Glass Beams, Ratboys, Nourished By Time, Girl Tones, etc.)
7/31 - Otoboke Beaver @ Empty Bottle
7/31 - Gigi Perez, Nikole @ Bottom Lounge
7/31 - Still Woozy, Winnetka Bowling League @ House of Blues
7/31 - Wyatt Flores, The Droptines @ Lincoln Hall
7/31 - Bleachers, Cassandra Coleman @ Metro
7/31 - Ocean Alley, Dogpark @ Outset
7/31 - Ravyn Lenae, Sky Jetta @ Park West
7/31 - Mau P, Club De Combat @ Radius
7/31 - Hey, Nothing, Winyah @ Reggie's Rock Club
7/31 - DJO, Post Animal @ Salt Shed
7/31 - Fcukers, Sparklmami @ Schubas
7/31 - Azzecca, Cromby, Jayah @ Smartbar
7/31 - Matt Champion, Rachel Prancer @ Subterranean
7/31 - Amaarae, Black Party @ Thalia Hall
7/31 - Wallows, Alemeda @ The Vic
FRI
8/1 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Olivia Rodrigo, Korn, DJO, Bleachers, Wallows, T-Pain, Foster The People, Ocean Alley, Otoboke Beaver, Del Water Gap, Orla Gartland, etc.)
8/1 - Ghost @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
8/1 - Young Miko @ Latin Mafia @ Aragon Ballroom
8/1 - Orla Gartland, Carol Ades @ Bottom Lounge
8/1 - Bilmuri, John Harvie @ Cobra Lounge
8/1 - The Symposium, John Myrtle @ Empty Bottle
8/1 - Wasia Project @ Epiphany Hall
8/1 - Ca7riel& Paco Amoroso @ House of Blues
8/1 - Mark Ambor, Zinadelphia @ Lincoln Hall
8/1 - Mk.gee @ Metro
8/1 - Orion Sun, Sam Austins @ Outset
8/1 - ISOXO, SYZY @ Radius
8/1 - JPEGMAFIA, Crashprez @ Ramova Theatre
8/1 - Max McNown, Landon Conrath @ Reggie's Rock Club
8/1 - Cage the Elephant, Girl Tones @ Salt Shed
8/1 - Del Water Gap, Caroline Kingsbury @ Schubas
8/1 - ALLEYCVT @ Sound-Bar
8/1 - Ole 60, Rob Langdon @ Subterranean
8/1 - Role Model, Jade Lemac @ Thalia Hall
8/1 - Fujii Kaze, Cyso Chamber Collective @ The Vic
8/1 - Identity Crisis, Self Abuse, Asko, Survival Tactic, Aspects of Death @ The Confessional
SAT
8/2 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Rüfüs Du Sol, Twice, Doechii, Clairo, Young Miko, Mk.Gee, Marina, Jpegmafia, Flux Pavilion, etc.)
8/2 - CHEER-ACCIDENT @ Martyrs'
8/2 - Bladee, Xaviersobased @ Aragon Ballroom
8/2 - Joey Valence & Brae, Crashprez @ Bottom Lounge
8/2 - LAYZ @ Cermak Hall
8/2 - Zack Fox @ Concord Music Hall
8/2 - Boynextdoor @ House of Blues (early)
8/2 - Finneas, Charlotte Lawrence @ House of Blues (late)
8/2 - Wild Rivers @ Lincoln Hall
8/2 - Foster the People, Junior Varsity @ Metro
8/2 - La Femme, Tommaso @ Outset
8/2 - Flipturn, Old Mers @ Park West
8/2 - Deborah De Luca, Brennen @ Ramova Theatre
8/2 - Wunderhorse, Newdad @ Reggie's Rock Club
8/2 - Isaiah Rashad, Ray Vaughn @ The Riv
8/2 - Remi Wolf, Flowerovlove @ Salt Shed
8/2 - Laila! @ Schubas
8/2 - Two Friends, Jev @ Sound-Bar
8/2 - Salute, DJ Heather, Rika B @ Smartbar
8/2 - Artemas @ Subterranean
8/2 - Wave to Earth, J.Y.N. @ Thalia Hall
8/2 - Mariah the Scientist, BLK ODYSSY @ The Vic
8/2 - Sumac, Chepang, Patrick Shiroishi @ International Museum of Surgical Science
8/2 - Kurt Vile, Merce Lemon @ SPACE [Evanston]
8/2 - Editrix, Landowner @ Not Not
SUN
8/3 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Sabrina Carpenter, A$AP Rocky, The Marías, Finneas, Remi Wolf, Gryffin, Rebecca Black, La Femme, etc.)
8/3 - Dominic Fike @ House of Blues
8/3 - Julie, Lowertown @ Lincoln Hall
8/3 - Midnight Generation @ Schubas
8/3 - Jane Remover, DAZEGXD @ Subterranean
8/3 - BOA @ Thalia Hall
8/3 - Sumac, Chepang, Patrick Shiroishi @ Empty Bottle
MON
8/4 - Orchestra Resavoir, Isaiah Collier, DJs Sonny Daze & King Hippo @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
8/4 - Bow & Spear, Sprite, Djunah @ Empty Bottle
TUE
8/5 - Death Cab for Cutie (playing 'Plans'), Nation of Language @ Chicago Theatre
8/5 - Cindi Lauper @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/5 - Kokoroko @ Thalia Hall
WED
8/6 - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard with the Chicago Philharmonic @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/6 - Death Cab for Cutie (playing 'Plans'), Nation of Language @ Chicago Theatre
THU
8/7 - Toad the Wet Sprocket, Semisonic, Sixpence None the Richer @ Salt Shed
8/7 - The Aquabats, Koffin Kats, Mike V and The Rats @ House of Blues
8/7 - Fitz and the Tantrums, Ax and the Hatchetmen @ The Vic
8/7 - AXON, Intrusive Thoughts, Flesh Commodity @ The Confessional
8/7 - Ten City, Caramelo Haze, DJ Emmaculate @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
8/7 - Krill 2, Clifford, Patter, Bursting @ Empty Bottle
8/7 - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Cobra Lounge
FRI
8/8 - Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/8 - The Head and the Heart @ Salt Shed (outside)
8/8 - Dwarves, Cancerslug, Burn Kit, You Died @ Reggie's Rock Club
8/8 - Coffee Stain @ TBA
SAT
8/9 - Toto, Christopher Cross, Men at Work @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/9 - Black Moth Super Rainbow, Beau Wanzer (Live), clubdrugs @ Metro
8/9 - Broncho @ Thalia Hall
8/9 - The Struts, Dirty Honey @ The Vic
8/9 - Sonic Pavilion Festival @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)
SUN
8/10 - Wilco @ Salt Shed (outside)
8/10 - Kate Fagan, Clickbait, Beastii, DJ Modern Girl @ Empty Bottle
MON
8/11 - Linkin Park, PVRIS @ United Center
TUE
8/12 - Architects, Erra, Holywatr @ The Riv
WED
8/13 - Goo Goo Dolls, Dashboard Confessional @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/13 - Nelly, Ja Rule, St. Lunatics, Eve, Chingy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
THU
8/14 - Hembree, The Kickback, Plum @ Sleeping Village
8/14 - Billy Idol, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
FRI-SUN
8/15-17 - Glenwood Ave Arts Fest @ Morse btw Wayne and Greenview (TBA)
FRI
8/15 - Blue Öyster Cult @ The Riv
8/15 - Xerobot, Bobby Conn, James Marlon Magas @ Color Club
8/15 - The Fray, The Strike @ Chicago Theatre
8/15 - Chevelle, Asking Alexandria, Dead Poet Society @ Aragon Ballroom
8/15 - Tenci, Sima Cunningham, Half Gringa, Samuel Aaron @ Schubas
SAT
8/16 - Shinedown, Bush, Morgan Wade @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
8/16 - The Offspring, Jimmy Eat World, New Found Glory @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/16 - Better Than Ezra, Tonic @ Brookfield Park Zoo [Brookfield]
8/16 - The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse @ Salt Shed (outside)
8/16 - Bonny Doon @ Empty Bottle
8/16 - SBTRKT (DJ Set) @ Outset
SUN
8/17 - $UICIDEBOY$, Bones, Night Lovell, Germ, Joeyy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
MON
8/18 - Sonic Pavilion Festival @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)
8/18 - Portraits of Past, Kathryn Mohr, Mail, Hunting Scene @ Lincoln Hall
TUE
8/19 - Coheed & Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, Foxing @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/19 - Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize @ United Center
8/19 - Madeline Kenney @ Schubas
WED
8/20 - Hiatus Kaiyote @ The Riv
8/20 - Montaña, Exedo, Perra Mundo @ Fallen Log
8/20 - Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize @ United Center
8/20 - Edging, Tetchy, Muscle @ Sleeping Village
THU
8/21 - Seclusion, Lost Legion, Man-eaters, Launch Code, Urban Guerilla @ The Confessional
8/21 - Summerdrive, Telehope, Uniflora @ Cobra Lounge
FRI-SAT
8/22-23 - Chicago House House Music Festival @ Various Venues (TBA)
FRI
8/22 - Volbeat, Halestorm, The Ghost Inside @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/22 - Braid, Castor @ Bottom Lounge
8/22 - Case Oats, TV Buddha @ Hideout
SAT
8/23 - Styx, Kevin Cronin Band, Don Felder @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
SUN
8/24 - Lil Wayne, Tyga, Belly Gang Kushington @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
TUE
8/26 - Jonas Brothers, Marshmello @ Wrigley Field Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/26 - Blush, Sunshy @ Schubas
WED
8/27 - Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/27 - Pile, NNAMDÏ @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)
THU-SUN
8/28-31 - Chicago Jazz Festival @ Various Venues (TBA)
THU
8/28 - Oasis, Cage the Elephant @ Soldier Field
8/28 - Chris Brown, Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller @ Wrigley Field
8/28 - Sleeper's Bell, Feller, Joe Glass @ Schubas
FRI-SUN
8/29-31 - North Coast Music Festival @ SeatGeek Stadium [Bridgeview] (TBA)
8/29-31 - ARC Music Fest @ Union Park (Jamie xx, Boys Noize, Green Velvet, Carl Craig, Claude VonStroke, Derrick Carter, Duck Sauce, Felix Da Housecat, Loco Dice, Honey Dijon, Paco Osuna, Richie Hawtin, Skream, etc.)
FRI
8/29 - My Chemical Romance (performing 'The Black Parade' in its entirety), Devo @ Soldier Field
8/29 - Nervosas, Consensus Madness, Wild Thyme @ Cole's Bar
SAT
8/30 - All-4-One @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
8/30 - Falling in Reverse, Slaughter to Prevail, Hollywood Undead, Sleep Theory @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
SUN
8/31 - System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Polyphia, Wisp @ Soldier Field
8/31 - Streetlight Manifesto @ Salt Shed
8/31 - Zakir Khan @ Chicago Theatre
MON
9/1 - System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Polyphia, Wisp @ Soldier Field
THU
9/4 - NRBQ @ Lincoln Hall
FRI
9/5 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Lupe Fiasco, Terry Hunter, etc.)
9/5 - Dua Lipa @ United Center
9/5 - PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, Ekko Astral @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/5 - 10cc @ Park West
9/5 - Chris Distefano @ Chicago Theatre
9/5 - NRBQ @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/5 - Ani DiFranco, Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
SAT-SUN
9/6-7 - Evanston Folk Festival @ Dawes Park [Evanston] (Irown & Wine, Margo Price, Watchouse, Tune-Yards, Bonny Light Horseman, John Moreland, The Milk Carton Kids, Loudon Wainwright III, Marc Ribot, Ryley Walker, Elizabeth Moen, Sima Cunningham, Kara Jackson, etc.)
SAT
9/6 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (JoJo, The O'My's, etc.)
9/6 - Dua Lipa @ United Center
9/6 - Kruder & Dorfmeister @ Auditorium Theatre
SUN
9/7 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Elvis Crespo, etc.)
9/7 - Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy, Sidney Gish, Great Grandpa @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/7 - The Who @ United Center
9/7 - Rosanne Cash @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
MON
9/8 - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, BCMC @ SPACE [Evanston]
TUE
9/9 - Supergrass (performing 'I Should Coco') @ The Riv
9/9 - Waxahatchee, Jessica Pratt, Sharp Pins @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/9 - Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band @ Chicago Theatre
9/9 - Fu Manchu @ Outset
9/9 - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, BCMC @ SPACE [Evanston]
WED-SUN
9/10-14 - Sound & Gravity @ Various Venues (Bill Callahan, Mdou Moctar, Body/Head, Helado Negro, Mary Lattimore, Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Steve Gunn, William Tyler, Glenn Kotche, Sam Prekop, Geologist, Glyders, Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart/Whitney Johnson, Mute Duo, etc.)
WED
9/10 - Wet Leg, Mary In the Junkyard @ Salt Shed
9/10 - The Doobie Brothers with the Coral Reefer Band @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/10 - TV on the Radio @ The Riv
9/10 - Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band @ Chicago Theatre
THU
9/11 - The Story So Far, Neck Deep, Origama Angel, Pain of Truth @ Salt Shed (outside)
FRI
9/12 - God Street Wine @ Garcia's
9/12 - Jenny Hval @ Sleeping Village
9/12 - The Budos Band, Daniel Villarreal @ Thalia Hall
9/12 - HAIM @ United Centet
9/12 - Hotline TNT @ Subterranean
9/12 - Yungblud, Sawyer Hill @ The Riv
9/12 - Howard Jones @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]
SAT
9/13 - God Street Wine @ Garcia's
9/13 - Jason Aldean, Nate Smith, RaeLynn, Dee Jay Silver @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/13 - Lots of Hands, Deadharrie @ Schubas
9/13 - Frankie Cosmos, Fantasy of a Broken Heart, Moontype @ Thaliia Hall
SUN
9/14 - Mudvayne, Static-X, Vended @ Aragon Ballroom
SUN-MON
9/14-15 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Suzanne Ciani, Arooj Aftab, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl, John Carroll Kirby, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Voice Actor, Don Slepian, African-American Sound Recordings, Jill Fraser, Nosedrip, Romeo Poirier, Jeff Kolar, Zander Raymond)
SUN
9/14 - Geordie Greep @ Metro
MON
9/15 - Pixies, Spoon, Fazerdaze @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/15 - Lady Gaga @ United Center
TUE
9/16 - W.I.T.C.H. @ Chop Shop
9/16 - Hunx and His Punx @ Empty Bottle
WED
9/17 - Lady Gaga @ United Center
9/17 - Spacey Jane, The Belair Lip Bombs @ Metro
9/17 - Wombo, Shower Curtain @ Empty Bottle
9/17 - Baths @ Sleeping Village
THU
9/18 - Viagra Boys @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/18 - The Baseball Project (feat. members of R.E.M. and The Dream Syndicate), The Minus 5 @ Thalia Hall
9/18 - Yaya Bey @ Lincoln Hall
9/18 - Spacey Jane, The Belair Lip Bombs @ Metro
9/18 - Guerilla Toss, Maya Ongaku @ Empty Bottle
FRI
9/19 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Blink-182, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Alkaline Trio, Rilo Kiley, Knocked Loose, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, Sparks, Senses Fail, Stiff Little Fingers, Shudder to Think, The Didjits, Camper Van Beetoven, Agnostic Front, Mac Sabbath, Samiam, The Tossers, Shonen Knife, Emo Philips, etc.)
9/19 - Sextile, Automatic @ Outset
9/19 - Hannibal Buress @ Ramova Theatre
SAT
9/20 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Weezer, Jack White, Sex Pistols, All Time Low, The Beach Boys, Dropkick Murphys, The Cribs, The Front Bottoms, Knuckle Puck, James, The Bouncing Souls, The Damned, Buzzcocks, Superchunk, Militarie Gun, Helmet, H2O, Citizen, Marky Ramone plays the Ramones, Agent Orange, Girl In A Coma, etc.)
9/20 - Ethel Cain, 9Million @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/20 - Goose @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/20 - Uzeda, Dianogah @ Color Club
SUN
9/21 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Green Day, IDLES, Jawbreaker, Bad Religion, DEHD, The Wonder Years, Dance Hall Crashers, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Hanson, Screeching Weasel, Pegboy, Lambrini Girls, Ovlov, Smoking Popes, Inhaler, Delta Sleep, The Ataris, Zero Boys, Weakend Friends, Dune Rats, etc.)
9/21 - Haru Nemuri @ Chop Shop
9/21 - Los Amigos Invisibles @ Outset
MON
9/22 - The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Metro
9/22 - Nourished By Time, Zsela @ Lincoln Hall
9/22 - Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith Present Disiniblud @ Sleeping Village
WED
9/24 - Silkworm, The Gotobeds @ Sleeping Village
9/24 - Nation of Language, Greet Death @ Thalia Hall
THU
9/25 - Louis CK @ Chicago Theatre
9/25 - Silkworm, Dianogah @ Sleeping Village
9/25 - Panda Bear @ Thalia Hall
9/25 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg]
9/25 - Ben Ottewell (Gomez), Buddy @ SPACE [Evanston]
FRI-SUN
9/26-10/5 - Chicago World Music Festival @ Various Venues (TBA)
FRI
9/26 - Louis CK @ Chicago Theatre
9/26 - Deerhoof, Blood Nymph, Dorothy Carlos @ Chop Shop
9/26 - Múm @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
9/26 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)
9/26 - Cut Worms @ SPACE [Evanston]
SAT
9/27 - Papa Roach, Rise Agains, Underoath @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/27 - Louis CK @ Chicago Theatre
9/27 - Anika, Avishag Cohen Rodrigues @ Empty Bottle
9/27 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Dry Cleaning @ Bohemian National Cemetery
9/27 - Material Issue, Tamar Berk @ Schubas
9/27 - Bruce Dickinson @ The Riv
9/27 - The Mountain Goats @ Salt Shed
9/27 - Morrissey @ Aragon Ballroom
9/27 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)
9/27 - The Courettes, Miniskirt @ Cobra Lounge
SUN
9/28 - The Raveonettes, Shallowater @ Bottom Lounge
9/28 - Corinne Bailey Rae @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
MON
9/29 - Garbage, Starcrawler @ Salt Shed
9/29 - Infinity Knives, Brian Ennals, Bussy Kween Power Trip, Woes @ Sleeping Village
9/29 - John Maus @ Outset
TUE
9/30 - Swans, Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch @ Metro
9/30 - Kublai Khan TX, Drain, Gideon, Guilt Trip @ Salt Shed
9/30 - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel @ SPACE [Evanston]
WED
10/1 - Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Population II @ Bottom Lounge
10/1 - Durand Jones & The Indications @ Salt Shed
10/1 - Makaya McCraven @ Thalia Hall
THU
10/2 - Destoryer, Jennifer Castle @ Thalia Hall
10/2 - Water From Your Eyes, Her New Knife, This House is Creaking @ Sleeping Village
10/2 - Queens of the Stone Age @ Chicago Theatre
10/2 - Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/2 - Laura Stevenson @ Schubas
FRI
10/3 - The Murder Capital @ Beat Kitchen
10/3 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Humanist @ Thalia Hall
10/3 - Mr. Gnome @ Sleeping Village
10/3 - White Reaper @ Cobra Lounge
SAT
10/4 - Bob Mould (solo electric), David Barbe @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
SUN
10/5 - Ziggy Marley and Burning Spear @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/5 - Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Corrosion of Conformity @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
10/5 - Air (performing 'Moon Safari') @ Auditorium Theatre
10/5 - Dummy, TV Buddha, Ira Glass @ Empty Bottle
10/5 - Swervedriver, Frankie Rose @ Thalia Hall
MON
10/6 - Elbow @ The Riv
TUE
10/7 - Yung Lean @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/7 - Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Thalia Hall
10/7 - Pokey LaFarge @ SPACE [Evanston]
WED
10/8 - Goat Girl, Maria BC @ Sleeping Village
10/8 - GoGo Penguin @ SPACE [Evanston]
THU
10/9 - Stereolab, Dorothea Paas @ Metro
10/9 - Born Ruffians @ Subterranean
10/9 - Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Thalia Hall
10/9 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Brandy Clark @ Cahn Auditorim [Evanston]
FRI
10/10 - Stereolab, Bitchin Bajas, Natural Information Society @ Metro
10/10 - Iliza Shlesinger @ Chicago Theatre
SAT
10/11 - Model/Actriz @ Lincoln Hall
SUN
10/12 - Vienna Teng, Alex Wong @ SPACE [Evanston]
TUE
10/14 - BAMBARA @ Empty Bottle
10/14 - TOPS @ Thalia Hall
WED
10/15 - Geese @ Thalia Hall
THU
10/16 - Neko Case, Des Demonas @ Salt Shed
10/16 - X, Los Lobos @ Auditorium Theatre
10/16 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton @ Chicago Theatre
10/16 - Reverend Horton Heat, Messer Chups @ SPACE [Evanston]
SAT
10/18 - Lucius @ Salt Shed
10/18 - Brandy, Monica, Kelly Rowland, Muni Long, Jamal Roberts @ United Center
10/18 - The Tubs @ Schubas
10/18 - Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness, James Felice @ Lincoln Hall
SUN
10/19 - Indigo De Souza, Mothé @ Thalia Hall
MON
10/20 - Autechre, Mark Broom @ Outset
10/20 - Oklou @ Metro
10/20 - Indigo De Souza, Mothé @ Thalia Hall
THU
10/23 - The Beta Band @ Metro
FRI
10/24 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed
10/24 - Penn & Teller @ Chicago Theatre
10/24 - The Bad Plus @ Constellation
SAT
10/25 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed
10/25 - The Spill Canvas, Mae, Ace Enders @ Bottom Lounge
10/25 - Ben Schwartz & Friends @ Chicago Theatre
10/25 - The Bad Plus @ Constellation
SUN
10/26 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed
10/26 - Jackopierce @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/26 - Juan Wauters @ Schubas
TUE
10/28 - The Legendary Pink Dots, Orbit Service @ Beat Kitchen
10/28 - Patty Griffin, Rickie Lee Jones @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
WED
10/29 - OSEES, DMBQ @ Thalia Hall
10/29 - Blood Lemon, Black Cross Hotel @ Empty Bottle
THU
10/30 - OSEES, DMBQ @ Thalia Hall
SAT
11/1 - The Wombats, Only The Poets, Red Rum Club @ The Vic
SUN
11/2 - Everclear, Local H, Sponge @ Thalia Hall
THU
11/6 - Frost Children, PeterParker69 @ Lincoln Hall
FRI
11/7 - Cowboy Mouth @ SPACE [Evanston]
SAT
11/8 - Bear vs. Shark, Signals Midwest @ Thalia Hall
11/8 - Fortune Feimster @ Chicago Theatre
11/8 - Grizzly Bear @ Salt Shed
SUN
11/9 - Beach Fossils, Being Dead @ Thalia Hall
11/9 - Thrice, Modern Color, Downward @ House of Blues
MON
11/10 - Belly @ Thalia Hall
TUE
11/11 - The Saints, Chimers @ Metro
THU
11/13 - Billy Woods @ Thalia Hall
FRI
11/14 - The Mars Volta @ Salt Shed
11/14 - Pixel Grip @ Metro
11/14 - Galactic, The New Mastersounds @ Ramova Theatre
SAT
11/15 - Minus the Bear @ Metro
11/15 - Chris D'Elia @ Chicago Theatre
SUN
11/16 - Minus the Bear @ Metro
11/16 - French Police @ Ramova Theatre
MON
11/17 - Patti Smith and her band @ Chicago Theatre
11/17 - Wednesday, Daffo @ The Riv
TUE
11/18 - Patti Smith and her band @ Chicago Theatre
11/18 - Post Animal @ Thalia Hall
WED
11/19 - The Jesus Lizard, Stuck @ Metro
11/19 - Lorde @ United Center
11/19 - Samara Joy @ Thalia Hall
THU
11/20 - The Jesus Lizard, Meat Wave @ Metro
FRI
11/21 - Dazzling Killmen, Dead Rider, Big’n @ Empty Bottle
SAT
11/22 - Demetri Martin @ The Vic
SUN
11/23 - The Beths, Phoebe Rings, Squirrel Flower @ Salt Shed
11/23 - Cut Copy, Ora the Molecule @ Ramova Theatre
MON
11/24 - Good Flying Birds, Phoebe Rings, Cootie Catcher @ Empty Bottle
11/24 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
TUE
11/25 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
SAT
11/29 - Neal Francis, The Heavy Heavy, The Dead Bolts @ Salt Shed
11/29 - The Happy Fits @ The Vic
FRI
12/5 - All Them Witches, King Buffalo @ Thalia Hall
12/5 - Thievery Corporation @ Radius
12/5 - Donna the Buffalo @ SPACE [Evanston]
SAT
12/6 - All Them Witches, King Buffalo @ Thalia Hall
12/6 - Ira Glass @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
FRI-SUN
12/12-14 - The Second Annual Infestational @ TBA (TBA)
FRI
12/12 - Acid Bath, High on Fire, Weedeater @ Salt Shed
12/12 - The Armed, Prostitute @ Thalia Hall
TUE
12/16 - Cameron Winter @ Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago
WED
12/17 - Cameron Winter @ Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago
SAT
12/20 - DJ Diesel (Shaq) @ Salt Shed
THU
1/22 - Cate Le Bon @ Thalia Hall
(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)
