THU
8/21 - Seclusion, Lost Legion, Man-eaters, Launch Code, Urban Guerilla @ The Confessional Casa Cafe
8/21 - Summerdrive, Telehope, Uniflora @ Cobra Lounge
8/21 - glow in the dark flowers, Madeline Aguilar @ Color Club
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
8/22 - Bongripper, Pinebender, Cuss @ Empty Bottle
8/22 - Puddled, Slot, Babe Report, Sprite @ Radon Ranch
8/22 - Cracker, The Shams Band @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]
8/22 - Robert Randolph, Blessing Offor, The Downtown Charlie Brown & Donna Herula Duo @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
8/22 - Alga, Laurie Duo, Riddle M, Current Union TM @ Fallen Log
SAT
8/23 - Styx, Kevin Cronin Band, Don Felder @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/23 - Sign Language, Discern, Illusion of Choice, Half the Math, Junebug @ The Commissary
8/23 - Eyehategod, Crowbar, Masonic Wave @ Reggie's Rock Club (early)
8/23 - Eyehategod, Crowbar, Hell Is Real @ Reggie's Rock Club (late)
8/23 - Bongripper, Pinebender, Varaha @ Empty Bottle
8/23 - KOTM, Strafe, Birdlaw, Magma, Invasive @ Casa Cafe
8/23 - Venus Club, Drasii @ Tone Deaf Records
8/23 - Thalia Hall Free All @ Thalia Hall/Tack Room/Punch House (Ratboys, Good Looks, Motel Breakfast, Nathan Graham, Reilly Downes, etc.)
8/23 - Cracker, Rachel Swain @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]
8/23 - Al Jardine & The Pet Sounds Band @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
8/23 - Lyle Lovett, John Smith @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
8/23 - Tear Garden Collective, Mizzy, Oyeme, Memory Card, Sulkworm, The Philadelphia Eagles @ Fallen Log
8/23 - Austin and the Powers, Laikaa, Daarling @ Downstairs at Subterranean
SUN
8/24 - Lil Wayne, Tyga, Belly Gang Kushington @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/24 - Miniskirt, French Inhaler, Sex Dream @ Empty Bottle
MON
8/25 - MX LONELY, Daundry, Daarling @ Empty Bottle
8/25 - Paper Jam, National Photo Committee, Current Union TM Jason Shapiro @ Hideout
8/25 - Beer, Cone Earth, The Road Soda @ Cole's Bar
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
8/28 - Bella Larson & The Scene Kids, James Swanberg, Autofill, Jason Shapiro @ Reed's Local
8/28 - idialedyournumber, Customer Service, Soft Step, The Tear Garden Collective @ Glueman Vintage [Bourbonnais]
8/28 - Beer, Choncy, Liquids, Cel Ray @ 6716 Forestdale [Hammond, IN]
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, Bungee Jumpers, Wild Thyme @ Cole's Bar Reed's Local Grindhouse Cafe [Highland, IN]
8/29 - Prevention, Velocity, Payasa, Mano A Mano, Crashout, Ache, Mictlan @ Casa Cafe
8/29 - Void, Labyrinth, Texas Toast Chaisaw Massacre, Salivus @ Reggie's Music Joint
8/29 - The Beaches, Hello Mary, Brennan Wedl @ Salt Shed
8/29 - Dusty Turrets, My New Sawblade, People In Trouble @ Color Club
8/29 - Little River Band @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
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]
8/30 - The Methadones @ Cobra Lounge
8/30 - Spread Joy, Choncy, Body Shop @ Cole's Bar
8/30 - Tear Dungeon, Answering Machines @ Graveface Chicago
8/30 - Sofi Tukker, Max Wagner, Ray Callahan, NOLA @ Ramova Theatre
8/30 - KayZone, The Raspberry Jams, Lavender Point @ Fallen Log
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
8/31 - Spitalfield, Dan Wade, Enough Already @ Beat Kitchen
8/31 - Ginuwine, Kelly Price, 702 @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
MON
9/1 - System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Polyphia, Wisp @ Soldier Field
9/1 - The Ar-Kaics, Miniskirt, HoZac Sadistic Sound System @ Empty Bottle
TUE
9/2 - Molly Nilsson, Air Waves @ Empty Bottle
WED
9/3 - TsuShiMaMiRe @ Empty Bottle
9/3 - Finn Wolfhard, The Slaps @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)
THU
9/4 - NRBQ @ Lincoln Hall
9/4 - HIDE, Blood Nymph, Dagger Wound, Snake Eater @ Empty Bottle
9/4 - Fastball @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
9/4 - The Giraffes, Pink Frost, Lollygagger @ Liar's Club
FRI-SUN
9/5-7 - Edgewater Music Fest @ Broadway & Thorndale (Cloud Nothings, Laura Jane Grace & The Mikey Erg 3, Ric Wilson, Foxy Shazam, Speedy Ortiz, Sweet Pill, Sludgeworth, Air Credits, Edging, Babe Report, Discus, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Devon Kay & The Solutions, PinkSqueeze, The Brokedowns, OK Cool, Uniflora, etc.)
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]
9/5 - Wanda Sykes, Keith Robinson @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
9/5 - Alive Girl, Sidaka, Godstar Megamax, Afterlife @ First Church of Chicago
9/5 - Shemekia Copeland @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
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
9/6 - 79th Street Renaissance Festival @ 79th and Racine (Chaka Khan, etc.)
9/6 - Geoff Tate's Operation: Mindcrime (performing 'Mindcrime' in its entirety), Tomas McCarthy @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
9/6 - Public Circuit, ira glass, Uniflora @ Apple Computer
9/6 - The Laughing Chimes, Chaepter, PARKiNG, TV Buddha @ The Attic
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]
9/7 - Tenci, Thanya Iyer, Macie Stewart (solo) @ Empty Bottle
9/7 - Jeff Tweedy @ Gallagher Way
9/7 - Arts on Devon @ Republic Bank Parking Lot (TBA)
9/7 - The P.A.'s, bugoff!, Mourning Star, Pazzo @ Cole's Bar
MON
9/8 - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, BCMC @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/8 - Clipse, Earthgang @ Salt Shed
9/8 - Great Grandpa, Free Range @ Empty Bottle
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 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell on the River (Mdou Moctar, Sam Prekop)
9/10 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (Jeremiah Chiu, Mute Duo)
9/10 - Wet Leg, Mary In the Junkyard @ Salt Shed (outside)
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
9/10 - Wand, Cory Hanson @ Empty Bottle
THU
9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell on the River (Helado Negro, .Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Third Coast Percussion)
9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (William Tyler, Tara Clerkin Trio)
9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Saccata Quartet, Glenn Kotche, Eucademix)
9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Ken Vandermark Edition Redux, Darius Jones Trio, Cooper Moore)
9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Steve Gunn, Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart/Whitney Johnson, James Elkington/Nathan Salsburg)
9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Basic, Hanging Hearts)
9/11 - The Story So Far, Neck Deep, Origama Angel, Pain of Truth @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/11 - We Are Scientists @ Empty Bottle
9/11 - Brooks Nielson (The Growlers) @ Metro
9/11 - CHERUB @ Chop Shop
9/11 - The Woggles, The Handcuffs, Bum Rush @ Reggie's Music Joint
9/11 - Long Beach Dub All-Stars @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/11 - Hinder, Saving Abel @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
9/11 - PONS, TV Buddha, Model Living @ Cole's Bar
FRI
9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell on the River (Bill Callahan, Mary Lattimore, Hannah Cohen)
9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (Nabiah Iqbal, Memorials)
9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis, Ganavya, Anna Webbe's Simple Trio)
9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Magic Tuber Stringband, Olivia Block/Lea Bertucci, Edsel Axle)
9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Jjjjerome Ellis, Maria Somerville, Michael Zerang's Puzzle House)
9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Chicago Underground Duo)
9/12 - God Street Wine @ Garcia's
9/12 - The Budos Band, Daniel Villarreal @ Thalia Hall
9/12 - HAIM @ United Centet
9/12 - Hotline TNT, Combat Naps, Alive Girl @ Subterranean
9/12 - Yungblud, Sawyer Hill @ The Riv
9/12 - Howard Jones @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]
9/12 - Ginger Root @ Empty Bottle
9/12 - Slow Crush, Faetooth, Flooding @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/12 - B.o.B @ House of Blues
9/12 - Prathloons, Edie McKenna, Deerest Friends @ Hideout
9/12 - Horror Movie Marathon, Adelaide, Girlfriend Stealer, Woven @ Fallen Log
SAT
9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Tarbaby, Rafiq Bhatia, Luke Stewart's Chicago Quartet)
9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble, Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez, Ana Everling)
9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Geologist, Nadah El Shazly, Sinono)
9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (Body/Head, Elias Ronnenfelt, Glyders)
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
9/13 - Ginger Root @ Empty Bottle
9/13 - The Buttertones @ Chop Shop
9/13 - Wargasm, Dropout Kings, Luca @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/13 - Sharp Pins, The Hentchmen @ Color Club
9/13 - Lynyrds Innards, Horace Pinker, Time Thieves @ Bobby's Eastside [Forest Park]
SUN
9/14 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Andreas Roysum, Ensemble with Marvin Tate)
9/14 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Suzanne Ciani, Windy & Carl, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Jill Fraser, Vines, Zander Raymond, Jeff Kolar)
9/14 - Mudvayne, Static-X, Vended @ Aragon Ballroom
9/14 - Geordie Greep @ Metro
9/14 - Ginger Root @ Empty Bottle
9/14 - Staind @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
9/14 - Cro-Mags, Insult to Injury, Home Invasion, Hex @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/14 - Abby Jeanne & The Shawowband, The Knee-Hi's @ Liar's Club
MON
9/15 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Tim Hecker, Arooj Aftab, John Carrol Kirby, Voice Actor, Don Slepian, Roméo Poirier, African-American Sound Recordings, NOSEDRIP)
9/15 - Pixies, Spoon, Fazerdaze @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/15 - Lady Gaga @ United Center
TUE
9/16 - W.I.T.C.H., Shadow Show @ Chop Shop
9/16 - Hunx and His Punx, Tchotchke @ Empty Bottle
9/16 - Kula Shaker @ Metro
9/16 - Simon Joyner, Leah Senior @ Hideout
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
9/17 - Lawn, Discus @ Downstairs at Subterranean
9/17 - Hibou, Cool Heat, Astrachan @ Chop Shop
9/17 - The Damned, The Bellrays @ The Vic
9/17 - Alex G, Nilüfer Yanya @ Salt Shed (outside)
THU
9/18 - Viagra Boys, Die Spitz @ 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
9/18 - Brokeback, Terry Gross @ Color Club
9/18 - Mac Sabbath, Descartes a Kant, Mikey Classic @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/18 - Knuckle Puck @ Bottom Lounge
FRI-SUN
9/19/21 - Uptown Live @ Broadway btw Lawrence and Leland (JOYWAVE, Mark Farina, Tortured Soul, Liquid Soul, etc.)
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
9/19 - Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
9/19 - The Cribs, Girl in a Coma @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/19 - Sex Pistols, The Molotovs @ Concord Music Hall
9/19 - The Front Bottoms, Sincere Engineer @ Bottom Lounge
9/19 - Ovlov, Wishy @ Empty Bottle
9/19 - Delta Sleep @ Sleeping Village
9/19 - Shudder to Think, Weakened Friends @ Cobra Lounge
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
9/20 - DEHD, TV Buddha @ Empty Bottle
9/20 - XIAO, Jivebomb @ The Commissary
9/20 - John Waite @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
9/20 - The Academy Is..., The Paradox @ Concord Music Hall
9/20 - Alkaline Trio, Militarie Gun @ Metro
9/20 - Texas is the Reason, Samiam @ Bottom Lounge
9/20 - Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties, Retirement Party @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/20 - Senses Fail, Footballhead @ Cobra Lounge
9/20 - Pete Yorn (acoustic) @ Thalia Hall
9/20 - Loverboy @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
9/20 - Monster Mosh @ Color Club (Directrix, QT Anon, Rain Garden, CSGO Griefing Unit)
9/20 - Widowspeak @ Hideout
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
9/21 - Bouncing Souls, H2O @ Concord Music Hall
9/21 - Marky Ramone, Buzzcocks @ Metro
9/21 - Didjits, The Crosses @ Empty Bottle
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, Lia Kohl @ Sleeping Village
9/22 - Laveda, Agrocrag, Ira Glass @ Fallen Log
TUE
9/23 - Silkworm, OUT @ Chop Shop
9/23 - Deltron 3030 @ House of Blues
9/23 - Michael Beach, Axis: Sova, TV Buddha @ Cole's Bar
9/23 - Autobahns, Nape Neck, Clickbait @ Fallen Log
WED
9/24 - Silkworm, The Gotobeds @ Sleeping Village
9/24 - Nation of Language, Greet Death @ Thalia Hall
9/24 - Bass Drum of Death, Farmer's Wife @ Beat Kitchen
9/24 - she's green @ Empty Bottle
THU
9/25 - Louis CK @ Chicago Theatre
9/25 - Silkworm, Dianogah @ Sleeping Village
9/25 - Panda Bear, Deakin @ Thalia Hall
9/25 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg]
9/25 - Ben Ottewell (Gomez), Buddy @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/25 - Glare, Cloakroom, Jivebomb, Destiny Bond @ Subterranean
9/25 - Latter, Snuffed, Stress Positions, Killmoves @ Cobra Lounge
9/25 - Michael Schenker, Jared James Nichols @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
9/25 - Friko, Oyeme, CRASHprez @ Empty Bottle
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, Mr. Silla @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
9/26 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)
9/26 - Cut Worms @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/26 - Cold Waves XIII @ Metro (Nitzer Ebb, Front Line Assembly, Mentallo & The Fixer, Clock DVA, Lead Into Gold, Void Palace)
9/26 - Here Come the Mummies @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
9/26 - Russian Circles, Young Widows @ Thalia Hall
9/26 - Michael Schenker, Jared James Nichols @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
9/26 - Minami Deutsch, Kangaroo Court, Tension Pets @ Empty Bottle
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
9/27 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (Clipping., Light Asylum, DJ? Acucrack, I Speak Machine, Choke Chain, E.T.)
9/27 - The Courettes, Miniskirt @ Cobra Lounge
9/27 - Ron White @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
9/27 - The Orchestra (starring ELO and ELO Part II Members) @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SUN
9/28 - The Raveonettes, Shallowater @ Bottom Lounge
9/28 - Corinne Bailey Rae @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
9/28 - Cold Waves XIII @ Metro (She Past Away, Actors, Forever Grey, Deceits, Sinnerella, Soft Vein)
9/28 - Mustard Plug, The Planet Smasher, The Kilograms, The Write-Ups, DJ Chuck Wren @ Reggie's Rock Club
9/28 - Snuffed, Exedo, Human Issue @ Fallen Log (early)
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, Tom Skinner @ Thalia Hall
THU
10/2 - Destroyer, 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
10/2 - Jaques Greene & Nosaj Thing @ Metro
FRI
10/3 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Humanist @ Thalia Hall
10/3 - Mr. Gnome @ Sleeping Village
10/3 - White Reaper @ Cobra Lounge
10/3 - The Rapture @ The Riv
10/3 - Fear, The Oxys, The Evictions @ Reggie's Music Joint
10/3 - Dark Angel, Sacred Reich, Hirax, Interceptor @ Reggie's Rock Club
10/3 - AFI, TR/ST @ Salt Shed
10/3 - Sheena Easton, Tiffany @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SAT
10/4 - Bob Mould (solo electric), David Barbe @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
10/4 - Bitchin Bajas @ Empty Bottle
10/4 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Humanist @ Thalia Hall
10/4 - Joe Russo's Almost Dead @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/4 - Watermelon, Celebrity Sighting, Doomzday Slutz @ Reed's Local
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, FACS, Frankie Rose @ Thalia Hall
10/5 - High Vis, Secret World, Locked Shut, Cold Gawd @ Bottom Lounge
10/5 - Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Iron Roses @ Cobra Lounge
10/5 - Orb @ Ramova Theatre Loft
MON
10/6 - Elbow @ The Riv
10/6 - Tall Juan, Jason Shapiro, P. Noid @ Empty Bottle
10/6 - THE SWORD, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Pink Fuzz @ House of Blues
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]
10/8 - Southern Culture on the Skids, The Get Down @ Fitzgerald's [Berwyn]
THU
10/9 - Stereolab, Dorothea Paas @ Metro
10/9 - Born Ruffians, Quen of Jeans @ Subterranean
10/9 - Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Thalia Hall
10/9 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Brandy Clark @ Cahn Auditorim [Evanston]
10/9 - Hiss Golden Messenger @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Szold Hall
FRI
10/10 - Stereolab, Bitchin Bajas, Natural Information Society @ Metro
10/10 - Iliza Shlesinger @ Chicago Theatre
10/10 - YĪN YĪN @ Chop Shop
10/10 - Mike Epps @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
10/10 - Blood Club, Israel's Arcade, Heels @ Bottom Lounge
10/10 - Flosstradamus, Wocka Flocka Flame @ Ramova Theatre
10/10 - Finger Eleven, Alien Ant Farm, BRKN Love @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SAT
10/11 - Model/Actriz @ Lincoln Hall
10/11 - Lothario, REPENT, Ejaculators Cel Ray @ Liar's Club
10/11 - Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
10/11 - Cruise Control, Alga, Riddle M @ Fallen Log
SUN
10/12 - Vienna Teng, Alex Wong @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/12 - Clem Snide @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]
10/12 - Smush, Witches Exist, Daundry @ Fallen Log
MON
10/13 - Smush, Witches Exist, Daundry @ Fallen Log
TUE
10/14 - BAMBARA, Malice K @ Empty Bottle
10/14 - TOPS, Starcleaner Reunion @ Thalia Hall
10/14 - Lady Wray @ Lincoln Hall
10/14 - Doechii @ Aragon Ballroom
WED
10/15 - Geese, Racing Mount Pleasant @ Thalia Hall
10/15 - Upchuck @ Subterranean
10/15 - Trash Panda, The Ocho @ Beat Kitchen
10/15 - Pete and Bas @ Bottom Lounge
10/15 - Brendan Kelly, Sam Russo, Good Friend @ GMan Tavern
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]
10/16 - Delicate Steve, Dolly Creamer @ Empty Bottle
10/16 - Geese, Racing Mount Pleasant @ Thalia Hall
10/16 - The Tallest Man on Earth @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
FRI
10/17 - Acid Mothers Temple, The Macks, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Sharvan Raghuram @ Reggie's Rock Club
10/17 - Carbon Leaf @ Bottom Lounge
10/17 - Violent Femmes @ Salt Shed
10/17 - Mason Jennings @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Szold Hall
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
10/18 - Jukebox the Ghost, Boys Go To Jupiter @ Metro
SUN
10/19 - Indigo De Souza, Mothé @ Thalia Hall
10/19 - Vader, Kataklysm, Malevolent Creation, Skeletal Remains @ Reggie's Rock Club
10/19 - The Allman Betts Band @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
10/19 - Pretty Jane, Psymon Spine @ Hideout
MON
10/20 - Autechre, Mark Broom @ Outset
10/20 - Oklou @ Metro
10/20 - Indigo De Souza, Mothé @ Thalia Hall
10/20 - Neon Trees @ House of Blues
TUE
10/21 - Biohazard, Onyx, Bayway, Swollen Teeth @ Concord Music Hall
10/21 - Peel Dream Magazine, TV Buddha, Mia Joy @ Empty Bottle
WED
10/22 - Børns @ House of Blues
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
10/24 - IAMX, Club Drugs @ Bottom Lounge
10/24 - Herbie Hancock @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
10/24 - Fruit Bats @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
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
10/25 - Off With Their Heads, The Atlas Moth, Smug, Pippsy Pinwheel @ Beat Kitchen
10/25 - Fruit Bats @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
SUN
10/26 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed
10/26 - Jackopierce @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/26 - Juan Wauters, Niika @ Schubas
10/26 - The Stray Cats @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
10/26 - Robbie Fulks @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
TUE
10/28 - The Legendary Pink Dots, Orbit Service @ Beat Kitchen
10/28 - Patty Griffin, Rickie Lee Jones @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
10/28 - YOB, Mr.phlyzzz @ Thalia Hall
WED
10/29 - OSEES, DMBQ @ Thalia Hall
10/29 - Blood Lemon, Black Cross Hotel @ Empty Bottle
THU
10/30 - OSEES, DMBQ @ Thalia Hall
10/30 - GBH, Slaughterhouse, The Mainliners @ Bottom Lounge
FRI
10/31 - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Die Sexual, Devora @ Concord Music Hall
10/31 - Dumpstaphunk @ Garcia's
SAT
11/1 - The Wombats, Only The Poets, Red Rum Club @ The Vic
11/1 - Jeff Tweedy, Macie Stewart @ Salt Shed
11/1 - They Are Gutting A Body of Water @ Subterranean
11/1 - The Stray Cats @ Hard Rock Casino [Gary, IN]
11/1 - Dumpstaphunk @ Garcia's
11/1 - Action Bronson @ Ramova Theatre
11/1 - Wang Chung, Animotion, Tommy Tutone, Naked Eyes @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SUN
11/2 - Everclear, Local H, Sponge @ Thalia Hall
11/2 - Whitney @ Empty Bottle
TUE
11/4 - Worry Club, INOHA, Slow Joy @ Bottom Lounge
11/4 - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Living Hour, Sunshy @ Empty Bottle
11/4 - Cindy Lee, Freak Heat Waves @ Thalia Hall
WED
11/5 - Pinkshift, LustSickPuppy, Combat @ Bottom Lounge
11/5 - Cindy Lee, Freak Heat Waves, Accessory XL @ Empty Bottle
THU
11/6 - Frost Children, PeterParker69 @ Lincoln Hall
11/6 - Alessia Cara @ House of Blues
11/6 - Hot Water Music, Bane @ Bottom Lounge
11/6 - Kurt Vile & Terry Allen @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
FRI
11/7 - Cowboy Mouth @ SPACE [Evanston]
11/7 - Andy Bell (Erasure) @ Metro
11/7 - Dane Cook @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
11/7 - Sam Grisman Project @ Garcia's
11/7 - Kurt Vile & Terry Allen @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
SAT
11/8 - Bear vs. Shark, Signals Midwest, Eck! @ Thalia Hall
11/8 - Fortune Feimster @ Chicago Theatre
11/8 - Grizzly Bear @ Salt Shed
11/8 - Andy Bell (Erasure) @ Metro
11/8 - KC and the Sunshine Band @ Hard Rock Live [Rockford]
11/8 - Sam Grisman Project @ Garcia's
SUN
11/9 - Beach Fossils, Being Dead @ Thalia Hall
11/9 - Thrice, Modern Color, Downward @ House of Blues
11/9 - Boris, Bongzilla @ Metro
11/9 - Jens Lekman @ Lincoln Hall
11/9 - Grizzly Bear @ Salt Shed
MON
11/10 - Belly @ Thalia Hall
11/10 - Sunami, Scowl, One Step Closer, Whispers @ Metro
TUE
11/11 - The Saints, Chimers @ Metro
11/11 - Tortoise with the Chicago Philharmonic @ Auditorium Theatre
11/11 - The Barr Brothers, Land of Talk @ Thalia Hall
WED
11/12 - The Faint, Hercules & Love Affair @ Metro
11/12 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets @ Thalia Hall
THU
11/13 - Billy Woods @ Thalia Hall
11/13 - Queensrÿche, Accept @ House of Blues
11/13 - Tom Morello & Friends @ The Vic
11/13 - Robert Plant's Saving Grace feat. Suzi Dian @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
FRI
11/14 - The Mars Volta @ Salt Shed
11/14 - Pixel Grip @ Metro
11/14 - Galactic, The New Mastersounds @ Ramova Theatre
11/14 - Bar Italis, Lifeguard @ Thalia Hall
SAT
11/15 - Minus the Bear, Into It. Over It. @ Metro
11/15 - Chris D'Elia @ Chicago Theatre
11/15 - Lucky Boys Confusion @ House of Blues
11/15 - Eggy @ Thalia Hall
11/15 - Big Gigantic @ Salt Shed
11/15 - The New Mastersounds @ Garcia's (2 shows)
11/15 - Great White, Slaughter @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
SUN
11/16 - Minus the Bear, Slow Mass @ Metro
11/16 - French Police, Social Order @ Ramova Theatre
11/16 - Folk Bitch Trio, Alex Amen @ Schubas
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, The Slaps @ Thalia Hall
WED
11/19 - Lorde @ United Center
11/19 - Samara Joy @ Thalia Hall
11/19 - Cold As Life, Sector, Fuerza Bruta, Si Dios Quiere, Vigilante @ Subterranean
THU
11/20 - Chromeo @ Thalia Hall
11/20 - The Band Camino, Almost Monday @ Salt Shed
FRI
11/21 - Dazzling Killmen, Dead Rider, Big’n @ Empty Bottle
11/21 - Shovels & Rope @ Garcia's
11/21 - Wishbone Ash @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
11/21 - Ultra Lights @ GMan Tavern
SAT
11/22 - Demetri Martin @ The Vic
11/22 - Portugal. The Man @ Salt Shed
11/22 - Shovels & Rope @ Garcia's
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
11/24 - Paul McCartney @ United Center
TUE
11/25 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
11/25 - Paul McCartney @ United Center
11/25 - Santah @ Empty Bottle
WED
11/26 - Mammoth @ House of Blues
11/26 - Algernon Cadwallader @ Thalia Hall
SAT
11/29 - Neal Francis, The Heavy Heavy, The Dead Bolts @ Salt Shed
11/29 - The Happy Fits @ The Vic
11/19 - Dying Wish, Static Dress, Gouge Away, Orthodox @ Metro
SUN
11/30 - Mickey Dolenz @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
WED
12/3 - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones @ Salt Shed
12/3 - Band of Skulls @ Lincoln Hall
THU
12/4 - Hot Mulligan, Drug Church, Arm's Length, Anxious @ Salt Shed
FRI
12/5 - All Them Witches, King Buffalo @ Thalia Hall
12/5 - Thievery Corporation @ Radius
12/5 - Donna the Buffalo @ SPACE [Evanston]
12/5 - David Foster & Katharine McPhee @ Hard Rock Casino [Rockford]
12/5 - Hot Mulligan, Drug Church, Arm's Length, Anxious @ Salt Shed
SAT
12/6 - All Them Witches, King Buffalo @ Thalia Hall
12/6 - Ira Glass @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
MON
12/8 - Andrew Bird's "Gezelligheid" @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
TUE
12/9 - Cattle Decapitation @ House of Blues
12/9 - Andrew Bird's "Gezelligheid" @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
WED
12/10 - Béton Armé, Dark Thoughts, No Guard, Consensus Madness @ Empty Bottle
12/10 - Andrew Bird's "Gezelligheid" @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
THU
12/11 - Sorry @ Lincoln Hall
12/11 - Andrew Bird's "Gezelligheid" @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
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
12/12 - Teethe, Villagerrr, Joyer @ Schubas
12/12 - Andrew Bird's "Gezelligheid" @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
SAT
12/13 - Chris Barron (Spin Doctors), Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe), John Hampson (Nine Days), JR Richards (Dishwalla) Unplugged @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
12/13 - Jay Som @ Lincoln Hall
12/13 - Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Mike Polizze, Beau Wanzer (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle
SUN
12/14 - SML & SML (XL) @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)
12/14 - Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Styrofoam Winos @ Empty Bottle
TUE
12/16 - Cameron Winter @ Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago
WED
12/17 - Cameron Winter @ Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago
12/17 - The Lemonheads, Erin Rae @ Thalia Hall
FRI
12/19 - The Disco Biscuits (acoustic) @ Garcia's
SAT
12/20 - DJ Diesel (Shaq) @ Salt Shed
12/20 - The Disco Biscuits @ Thalia Hall
SUN
12/21 - The Disco Biscuits @ Thalia Hall
12/21 - The Spinners @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
MON
12/29 - STS9 @ Ramova Theatre
TUE
12/30 - STS9 @ Ramova Theatre
WED
12/31 - STS9 @ Ramova Theatre
THU
1/22 - Cate Le Bon @ Thalia Hall
SUN
1/25 - Shame @ Thalia Hall
FRI
1/30 - The Infamous Stringdusters, Mountain Grass Unit @ Thalia Hall
SAT
2/28 - Marissa Nadler @ Sleeping Village
SUN
3/8 - Spiritual Cramp @ Lincoln Hall
SAT
4/11 - Black Eyes @ Thalia Hall
THU
5/7 - Mac Demarco @ Salt Shed (outside)
THU
5/28 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'Tigermilk' in its entirety @ Salt Shed
FRI
5/29 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'If You're Feeling Sinister' in its entirety) @ Salt Shed
(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)
