THU
8/20 - Jill Scott @ Chicago Theatre
8/20 - Ink & Dagger, Self Defense Family, Stress Positions, Slow Mass @ Metro
8/20 - Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/20 - Plum, NO MEN, Girly Pants @ Empty Bottle
8/20 - Ricky Martin @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/20 - The Basement Party, Duck, Mode Hexe x Haruji @ GMan Tavern
FRI
8/21 - G. Love & Special Sauce @ Hollywood Casino [Joliet]
8/21 - The Murder Junkies, Busby Death Chair, Fighting For Scraps @ Reggie's Music Joint
8/21 - Eagles of Death Metal, Mountain Head @ Metro
8/21 - Will Sheff (Okkervil River) @ Lincoln Hall
8/21 - Superchunk, Joe Glass @ SPACE [Evanston]
8/21 - Felix Da Housecat, Smoko Ono B2B Syko, Adorio @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)
8/21 - Deep Sea Diver (solo), Hand Habits @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
8/21 - Alabama Shakes, Liam Kazar @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/21 - Custodians, Moon Rules Apply, bugoff!, Reely Big Moose @ Ramova Loft
8/21 - Reserver, Shredded Sun @ Reed's Local
SAT
8/22 - Iris Temple, NNAMDÏ, No-Fi RPM @ Empty Bottle
8/22 - Nitzer Ebb, Dopplereffekt, Rhys Fulber @ Metro
8/22 - Jill Scott @ Chicago Theatre
8/22 - Bonnie Raitt, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/22 - Garaj Mahal, Norside @ Garcia's
8/22 - Fig Dish, Time Thieves, The Feeders, The Prairie Cartel (DJ Set) @ Cobra Lounge
8/22 - Thirsty Ears Festival @ Wilson btw Ravenswood & Hermitage (Amy Gadd and Rebecca Gaspelin, Catalano-Sudman Piano Duo, etc.)
SUN
8/23 - Swervedriver, The Life and Times, Slow Fiction @ Thalia Hall
8/23 - Frankie Cosmos @ Empty Bottle
8/23 - Jill Scott @ Chicago Theatre
8/23 - Kay Krull, Kitship, Zander Raymond (DJ Set) @ Hideout
8/23 - Cat Crash, Cocojoey, Bussy Kween Power Trip, Cherry Decay @ Downstairs at Subterranean
8/23 - Thirsty Ears Festival @ Wilson btw Ravenswood & Hermitage (Origin of Animal, Wurtz-Berger Duo, etc.)
MON
8/24 - Wild Thyme, 8-bit crEEps @ Empty Bottle
8/24 - TFBundy, Model Living, The Living Head, Pure Joy @ Burlington
TUE
8/25 - Billy Branch @ Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden - Museum of Contemporary Art
8/25 - Outlaw Music Festival @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Lukas Nelson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Don Was)
8/25 - Deep Purple, Kansas @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/25 - Naturalblkinvention, Donkey Basketball @ Hideout
8/25 - Rival Consoles, Mukqs @ Schubas
WED
8/26 - Quicksand, Bane, Soul Blind @ Bottom Lounge
8/26 - Ken Carson, Xaviersobased, Prettifun, DJ Moon @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/26 - Brandi Carlile, I’m With Her @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/26 - Ari Brown/Joshua Abrams/Mike Reed @ Hungry Brain
8/26 - Yada Yada, Pucker Up!, Faerie Dream @ Empty Bottle
THU
8/27 - BTS @ Soldier Field
8/27 - Monolord, Khemmis @ Thalia Hall
8/27 - Pond @ Metro
8/27 - Imelda Marcos, Subtropolis, Pet Peeves, The Swabs @ Burlington
8/27 - Kate Renegade, Disaster Kid, Modern Cults @ Schubas
8/27 - Kool & The Gang, Morris Day and The Time, ConFunkShun @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
FRI-SUN
8/28-30 - Edgewater Music Fest @ Broadway & Thorndale (Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Maps & Atlases, NNAMDÏ, Mucca Pazza, Cabeza de Chivo, Dianogah, Lowdown Brass Band, Spitalfield, Neptune's Core, Girl K, North By North, etc.)
FRI
8/28 - Peter Hook & The Light @ Metro
8/28 - BTS @ Soldier Field
8/28 - Magnolia and Johnson Electric Co. @ Lincoln Hall
8/28 - Alabama @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/28 - Liquid Soul, DJ Jesse De La Pena @ Garcia's
8/28 - Moor Mother with Lily Finnegan, Blacks' Myths @ Constellation
8/28 - Seville, Stalled, Current Union TM @ Lowdown
SAT
8/29 - Peter Hook & The Light @ Metro
8/29 - The Fray, Dashboard Confessional, Colony House @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/29 - Sludgeworth, The Copyrights, Feral Tact @ Cobra Lounge
8/29 - King Sans, Bullheather and the Bloodflowers, Frozen Charlotte, Mr.phlyzzz @ Cole's Bar
8/29 - Ray LaMontagne, The Weather Station @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
8/29 - Harms Way, Twitching Tongues, Linda Claire, Weekend Nachos, The Killer @ Bohemian National Cemetery
8/29 - Hong Kong Fuck You, Augment, Loveletters, Sensory Impact, New Found Power @ Casa Cafe
8/29 - Meg and The Wheelers, Wire & Nail @ Martyr's
SUN
8/30 - Sludgeworth, The Brokedowns, Josh Caterer @ Cobra Lounge
8/30 - GoodWaves Festival @ Salt Shed (outside) (Killer Mike, Snow Tha Product, Brother Ali, etc.)
8/30 - Miranda Lambert @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
MON
8/31 - Gerfety, Double Extra Large, Sacred Heart Academy @ Empty Bottle
TUE
9/1 - Holy Vail (Emily of DEHD), Blisspoint, Sweat FM @ Empty Bottle
WED
9/2 - Antibalas @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/2 - Down, Helmet, Spirit in the Room @ Ramova Theatre
THU
9/3 - Sound @ Gravity @ Rockwell Main Event Room (Alabaster Deplume, Uhlmann/Johnson/Wilkes, Kassa Overall)
9/3 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (Dos Santos, Leroy the Poet)
9/3 - Discus, Memory Card, Poolish @ Schubas
FRI-SUN
9/4-6 - North Coast Music Festival @ SeetGeek Stadium [Bridgeview] (TBA)
FRI
9/4 - ARC Music Festival @ Union Park (Joy Orbison, Ben UFO, Sara Landry Presents Eternalism, Tiga, etc.)
9/4 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Ana Roxanne, Capatosta-Berne/Rainey/Belise-Chi, Eliana Glass)
9/4 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Main Event Room (Hailu Mergia, Woods, Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas, Water Damage)
9/4 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (Resavoir, Jessica Risker)
9/4 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Walt McClements, Official Claire)
9/4 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Kalia Vandever, Patrick Shiroishi, Chris Ryan Williams Vibration Trio)
9/4 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (Jim White Trio w/ Guy Picciotto & Colleen Burke, Black Duck, Uniflora)
9/4 - Hippo Campus @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field
9/4 - BABYMETAL, Halestorm, Violent Vira @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/4 - Snoop Dogg @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
9/4 - Slaughterhouse 32, The Crombies, Skapone @ Martyrs'
9/4 - Idle County, Ella Valentine, Sacred Heart Academy @ Lowdown
SAT
9/5 - Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, The Hu, Orgy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/5 - ARC Music Festival @ Union Park (Mau P, Paco Osuna, Carl Craig, The Blessed Madonna, Colette, etc.)
9/5 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Marc Ribot, Josh Johnson, Ranaldo & Singer: Contre Jour)
9/5 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Adam O'Farrill's Elephant, John Irabagon & Dan Oestreicher, Russ Johnson)
9/5 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (My New Band Believe, Setting, TV Buddha)
9/5 - Sound & Gravity @ Athenaeum Theatre (The American Analog Set, Son Lux)
9/5 - Sound & Gravity @ Guild Row (Keith Fullerton Whitman, Ami Dang, Katinka Kleijn & Kari Watson)
9/5 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Gregory Uhlmann Extra Stars, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Microplastique)
9/5 - Black Marble, Public Circuit, Jimmy Cicero @ Thalia Hall
9/5 - Death Lens, Destiny Bond @ Cobra Lounge
9/5 - United Stare, Fuerza Bruta, Perro Mundo, CAW, Sodidad Salvaje @ Casa Cafe
9/5 - Shiner, Bursting @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]
9/5 - Rod Stewart, Richard Marx @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
9/5 - The Stitches, The Hickeys, American Muscle, Neglectors, Liquids @ Mat's Basement [Hammond, IN]
SUN
9/6 - O.A.R. Gavin DeGraw, KT Tunstall @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/6 - ARC Music Festival @ Union Park (Underworld, MOCHAKK, Banchan, Ben Sterling, etc.)
9/6 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Joan Shelley, Otto Benson, David Moore)
9/6 - Sound & Gravity @ Guild Row (Dagmar Zuniga, Jana Horn, Advance Base)
9/6 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Sir Richard Bishop, Sam Wilkes, Twin Talk)
9/6 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, & Chris Corsano, Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier, Tomas Fujiwara: 7 Poets Trio)
9/6 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Ktichen (Yellow Swans, Tyondai Braxton, Eli Winter)
9/6 - Sound & Gravity @ Athenaeum Theatre (Grouper, Lucrecia Dalt)
9/6 - The Well, Moon Destroys, Reivers, Satin Banshee @ Sleeping Village
9/6 - Squeeze, Adam Ant, Haircut 100 @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
MON
9/7 - ARC Music Festival @ Union Park (Honey Dijon, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, Serafina, etc.)
9/7 - Danny Elfman @ Aragon Ballroom
9/7 - Chaepter, Flesh Tape, MENSA @ Empty Bottle
TUE
9/8 - Brandon Curtis (Interpol) and Jesse Beaman @ Empty Bottle
9/8 - TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/8 - Tragic Heroine, Try a Dull Knife, Plastic Peach @ Cole's Bar
9/8 - Radio Outernational, Dark Canyon @ Hideout
WED
9/9 - James K, Dorothy Carlos, gs70 @ Empty Bottle
THU
9/10 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Helado Negro & Reyna Tropical, James K, Jeremiah Chu, Gigi Masin, Blue Earth Sound, Elori Saxl & Henry Soloman, Age of Peace, Torn Light Records DJs)
9/10 - NONAME @ Park West
9/10 - Erykah Badu, De La Soul, The Alchemist @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
9/10 - Spiral Galaxy, Bobby Conn, SiP @ Hideout
9/10 - Facing, Laliberté, baby @ Sleeping Village
9/10 - Garth Brooks @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
9/10 - Squinny, Widemouth, Life in Public @ Open Window
FRI
9/11 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Makaya McCraven, Okonski, Green-House, Precious Renee Tucker, Flore Laurentienne, Acopia, Gwenifer Raymond, Chee Shimizu)
9/11 - Punch Brothers @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
9/11 - Dermot Kennedy, Jonah Kagan @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/11 - Otha, Miss Twink USA @ Empty Bottle
9/11 - NONAME @ Park West
9/11 - Container, easygoingtech, Anti-Soul Organization, 11111111111 @ Hideout
9/11 - Garth Brooks @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
9/11 - Com Truise (DJ Set), Merrick Brown, Ava @ Sleeping Village
SAT
9/12 - The Waco Brothers, Trash Kickers @ Reggie's Comedy Shack
9/12 - Radium Dolls @ Empty Bottle
9/12 - Ceremony, Poison Ruïn, World Peace @ Metro
9/12 - Pravdafest @ Fitzgerald's [Berwyn] (The Handcuffs, The Effigies, Jon Langford, The Claudettes, Nathan Graham & Band, Josh Caterer Trio, etc.)
9/12 - Chief Keef @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/12 - Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Theo Lawrence @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
9/12 - Cruelster, Lost Legion, Navaja, Consensus Madness @ Cobra Lounge
9/12 - Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath, Dark Chapel @ Aragon Ballroom
9/12 - Garth Brooks @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
SUN
9/13 - Sex Mex, Won't Stay Dead, King Sans @ Cole's Bar
9/13 - PROBLEMS, Heet Deth, Braince, DJ Glennon @ Empty Bottle
9/13 - Lily Allen Performs West End Girl @ Chicago Theatre
9/13 - Garth Brooks @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont] (early)
MON
9/14 - Bikini Kill, Ganser @ Salt Shed
9/14 - Bob Log III @ Beat Kitchen
9/14 - Susanna Hoffs @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
9/14 - Fastball, Spacehog @ Park West
9/14 - Model Living, Crisis Actress, Morbrod @ Empty Bottle
TUE
9/15 - Cabaret Voltaire, I Speak Machine @ Metro
9/15 - Carla dal Forno, Zelienople, Erik Kramer @ Empty Bottle
9/15 - Sondre Lerche @ Lincoln Hall
WED
9/16 - Cabaret Voltaire, I Speak Machine @ Metro
9/16 - Luna, Sister Ray Davies @ Lincoln Hall
9/16 - Powerplant, Nothing But Silence, Black Cathedral @ Beat Kitchen
9/16 - Tove Lo @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/16 - Altın Gün, Alex Maas @ The Vic
9/16 - Brandon Flowers @ The Riv
9/16 - Marlon Magnée ( La Femme), Shrines @ Empty Bottle
THU
9/17 - Jim E. Brown, Andy Burns @ Empty Bottle
9/17 - Gary Clark, Jr. @ Chicago Theatre
9/17 - Liz Phair, Sleater-Kinney @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/17 - The Charlatans UK @ Park West
9/17 - Ziggy Marley, Thievery Corporation @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
FRI-SUN
9/18-20 - Riot Fest @ Douglass Park (Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce the Veil, Alanis Morissette, Morrissey, Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Pixies, Rise Against, Social Distortion, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, NAS, The All American Rejects, Patti Smith and Her Band, Sugar, Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter, Twin Peaks, Angine de Poitrine, Santigold, Gogol Bordello, Public Image Ltd., Tricky, PUP, The Format, Taking Back Sunday, Descendents, Pennywise, Bright Eyes, Mom Jeans, Insane Clown Posse, Motion City Soundtrack, The Beths, Bayside, Thrice, Less Than Jake, Bowling For Soup, GWAR, The Suicide Machines, Brian Fallon & The Painkillers, Bratmobile, The Chats, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Slick Rick, Afroman, Yard Act, Destroy Boys, Mariachi El Bronx, Chat Pile, Violet Grohl, Algernon Cadwallader, Melt-Banana, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Soul Glo, Plosivs, Kiwi Jr., etc.)
FRI
9/18 - Aldous Harding, Sam Burton @ Thalia Hall
9/18 - Phoebe Bridgers, Alex G @ United Center
9/18 - Chanel Beads, Mechatok, Anastasia Coope @ Outset
9/18 - Candlebox @ Oktoberfest [Downers Grove]
9/18 - Tom Jones @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
9/18 - L'Rain @ Constellation
9/18 - Nirosta Steel, Kinsella & Pulse, LLC, Tasha's Hideous Laughter @ Hideout
9/18 - The Beths, Lunar Vacation @ Concord Music Hall
9/18 - PUP, Destroy Boys @ Metro
9/18 - Yard Act, The Armed @ Cobra Lounge
9/18 - Chat Pile, Soul Glo @ Empty Bottle
SAT
9/19 - REZN, Cloakroom, DIM @ Thalia Hall
9/19 - Phoebe Bridgers, Alex G @ United Center
9/19 - Cherry Cheeks, Cel Ray, Action Figure, Asko @ TBA
9/19 - Martina McBride @ Ravinia [Highland Park]
9/19 - Booker T. Jones @ Garcia's
9/19 - Bratmobile, Hammered Hulls @ Empty Bottle
9/19 - Nirosta Steel, Mei Jun @ Hideout (early)
9/19 - Nirosta Steel, Barreleye, Shining Example @ Hideout (late)
SUN
9/20 - She & Him @ The Riv
9/20 - Hélène Barbier @ Planet Java
9/20 - Brown Horse @ Fitzgerald's Sidebar [Berwyn]
9/20 - Alejandro Escovedo @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
9/20 - Starcharm, Lana Leone, Baby @ Cole's Bar
9/20 - Pretty Girls Make Graves @ Empty Bottle
9/20 - Starcleaner, National Photo Committee @ Schubas
MON
9/21 - Hélène Barbier,National Photo Committee @ Empty Bottle
TUE
9/22 - Iron Maiden, Megadeth @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/22 - Weezer, The Shins, Silversun Pickups @ United Center
9/22 - Truck Violence @ Not Not
9/22 - Logic, G-Eazy @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/22 - Pallbearer, Ordh, Barren Heir @ Empty Bottle
9/22 - All Time Low, The Academy Is @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/22 - Ilana Glazer @ Chicago Theatre
9/22 - Shearling, Tragic Heronie, Interlay @ Schubas
WED
9/23 - Son Volt @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/23 - The Belair Lip Bombs, Armlock @ Subterranean
9/23 - EYE (Boredoms) @ Empty Bottle
9/23 - Charlie Hunter Trio @ Garcia's
THU
9/24 - Son Volt @ SPACE [Evanston]
9/24 - Beth Orton @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
9/24 - Two Door Cinema Club, STRFKR @ Salt Shed (outside)
9/24 - The Sleeves, Model Earth @ Hideout
FRI
9/25 - Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant, Bobcat Goldthwait @ The Riv
9/25 - Beyond the Gate @ Bohemian National Cemetery (Cate Le Bon, Horsegirl, Kitship)
9/25 - Paula Cole @ Thalia Hall
9/25 - Cold Waves XIV @ Metro (Stabbing Westward, PIG, Acumen Nation*, 16 Volt*, Purest Form, Kaput)
9/25 - Sofi Tukker, Kungs, Nala @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/25 - Sun Ra Arkestra @ Constellation (2 shows)
9/25 - Croz Boyce, BCMC @ Empty Bottle
SAT-SUN
9/26-27 - Windy Pop Weekender @ Subterranean (The Softies, Rocketship, Dressy Bessy, good flying birds, sunshy, The Laughing Chimes, etc.)
9/26-27 - Armitage County Fair @ TBA (La Luz, Sun Ra Arkestra, Cabeza de Chivo, Glyders, Sen Morimoto, Sitzpinkler, Free Range, Hazel City, BCMC, Bach & Bitney, Sacred Heart Academy, etc.)
SAT
9/26 - Cold Waves XIV @ Metro (TR/ST, Haunt Me, Nghtcrwlr, Die Sexual, Nuxx, Cludrugs)
9/26 - Beyond the Gate @ Bohemian National Cemetery (Russian Circles, Pelican)
9/26 - Liam Kazar @ Empty Bottle
9/26 - Foster the People, Goth Babe @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
9/26 - Jazz Is Dead Presents - Cortex, Adrian Younge, J Rocc @ The Vic
9/26 - The Garden, Ghost Mountian @ The Riv
9/26 - BASIC @ Constellation
9/26 - Thee Sacred Souls, La Lom, The Womack Sisters @ Salt Shed (outside)
SUN
9/27 - Unsane, The Crosses, Rollo Tomasi @ Beat Kitchen
9/27 - Cold Waves XIV @ Metro (King Woman, Youth Code, Chalk, Spike Hellis, Black Cross Hotel, Insula Iscariot)
9/27 - Sara Bareilles @ Chicago Theatre
9/27 - Smut, Dirt Buyer, Cusp @ Downstairs at Subterranean
MON
9/28 - Horse Lords, Mute Duo, Bonnie Han Jones and Allen Moore @ Empty Bottle
9/28 - Sara Bareilles @ Chicago Theatre
9/28 - Chelsea Wolfe, Jonathan Hultén @ The Riv
9/28 - múm @ Constellation
TUE
9/29 - Lambrini Girls, Big Special, Big Girl @ The Vic
9/29 - Lambchop, Daughter of Swords @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
9/29 - Arlo Parks @ Thalia Hall
9/29 - Laurie Anderson with Sexmob: Republic of Love @ The Riv
9/29 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
9/29 - múm @ Constellation
9/29 - Simon Joyner & The Ghosts, David Nance @ Hideout
WED
9/30 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
9/30 - Automatic, Accessory @ Empty Bottle
9/30 - Knocked Loose, Denzel Curry @ Salt Shed (outside)
THU
10/1 - Militarie Gun, Softcult, Shady Nasty, Dazy @ Metro
10/1 - Automatic, Accessory @ Empty Bottle
10/1 - Vieux Farka Touré @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
FRI
10/2 - DJ Shadow @ The Vic
10/2 - Boy Harsher, Choir Boy, Evanora Unlimited @ Metro
10/2 - W.I.T.C.H. @ Sleeping Village
10/2 - Bill Burr @ Chicago Theatre
10/2 - Mastodon, Deafheaven, Alcest @ The Riv
10/2 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
10/2 - Cool Heat, Cigarettes for Breakfast, Snowcuffs, Daundry @ Cobra Lounge
10/2 - Joe Russo's Almost Dead @ Salt Shed
SAT
10/3 - Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]
10/3 - Ministry, Acid Bath, Windhand @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/3 - Bill Burr @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)
10/3 - Radioactivity @ Empty Bottle
10/3 - De Rodillas @ TBA
10/3 - Mt. Joy @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
10/3 - Boy Harsher, Choir Boy, Evanora Unlimited @ Metro
10/3 - The Dream Syndicate @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
10/3 - RuPaul (DJ Set) @ Radius
10/3 - Buzzcocks, Mind's Eye @ Park West
10/3 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
10/3 - Brand New @ Aragon Ballroom
10/3 - El Ten Eleven, Tall Tall Trees @ Martyrs'
SUN
10/4 - Bill Burr @ Chicago Theatre
10/4 - The Bad Plus @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
10/4 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
10/4 - Girl in a Coma @ Cobra Lounge
10/4 - Brand New @ Aragon Ballroom
10/4 - The Revivalists, Robert Randolph @ Salt Shed (outside)
TUE
10/6 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
10/6 - Chayse Porter & his Palace Doors, Captain Kudzu, Bath Drawers @ Hideout
WED
10/7 - The Residents, Rushadicus @ Park West
10/7 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Garcia's
10/7 - Anna Johnson, Louise Bock, Facing @ Empty Bottle
THU
10/8 - Gorillaz, Little Simz, Deltron 3030 @ United Center
10/8 - Pinhead Gunpowder @ Metro
10/8 - Qunitron and Miss Pussycat, Aaron Dilloway @ Empty Bottle
10/8 - Karina Rykman @ Garcia's
10/8 - Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque @ Martyrs'
FRI
10/9 - W.A.S.P., KK's Priest @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]
10/9 - Iron Lung, Yambag, Consensus Madness, Flowering @ Empty Bottle
10/9 - Beck @ Auditorium Theatre
10/9 - WAR @ Hollywood Casino [Joliet]
10/9 - Feeble Little Horse, Snuggle @ Metro
10/9 - Deerhoof, ira glass, Navaja @ Lincoln Hall
10/9 - Rufus Wainwright @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
10/9 - Karina Rykman @ Garcia's
SAT
10/10 - Armand Hammer @ Thalia Hall
10/10 - Beck @ Auditorium Theatre
10/10 - Jerry Seinfeld @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)
10/10 - Rufus Wainwright @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
10/10 - Failure, Quannnic @ Park West
10/10 - Gully Boys, Pollyanna, Rodeo Boys @ Cobra Lounge
SUN
10/11 - Interpol, DIIV @ Salt Shed (outside)
10/11 - Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy @ Egyptian Theater [Dekalb]
TUE
10/13 - White Denim @ SPACE [Evanston]
WED
10/14 - Acid Mothers Temple, Magick Potion @ Reggie's Rock Club
10/14 - The Smashing Pumpkins @ United Center
10/14 - Swapmeet @ Schubas
THU
10/15 - OSEES ft. Brigid Dawson, Traps PS @ Thalia Hall
10/15 - Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian, Rosie Flores @ Chicago Theatre
10/15 - V.V. Lightbody @ Hideout
10/15 - Kurt Braunohler @ Color Club Tavern (2 shows)
FRI
10/16 - OSEES ft. Brigid Dawson, Traps PS @ Thalia Hall
10/16 - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/16 - Horse Jumper of Love, Flooding, Sects @ Empty Bottle
10/16 - MIKED 5D @ The Riv
10/16 - V.V. Lightbody @ Hideout
SAT
10/17 - Ben Schwartz & Friends @ Chicago Theatre
10/17 - Suki Waterhouse, Rochelle Jordan @ Aragon Ballroom
10/17 - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/17 - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]
10/17 - Arcwelder, Deep Tunnel Project, New Age Healers @ Cobra Lounge
10/17 - Rocket from the Crypt, The Get Up Kids @ Metro
10/17 - Horse Jumper of Love, Flooding, Memory Card @ Empty Bottle
SUN
10/18 - John Scofield’S “Electrospective” feat. Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings & Adam Deitch @ Thalia Hall
10/18 - Digable Planets @ Metro
10/18 - We Are Scientists @ Schubas
MON
10/19 - We Are Scientists @ Schubas
TUE
10/20 - The Black Keys @ Salt Shed
WED
10/21 - The Tubs, Mopar Stars @ Empty Bottle
10/21 - DJ Shadow @ The Vic
10/21 - BEAT @ Copernicus Center
10/21 - The Black Keys @ Salt Shed
THU
10/22 - The Bobby Lees, Woes, NO MEN @ Lincoln Hall
10/22 - Whitney @ Metro
10/22 - Sylvan Esso @ Salt Shed
FRI
10/23 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
10/23 - Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Nine Treasures @ Arcada Theatre [St. Charles]
10/23 - Margaret Cho @ Hollywood Casino [Joliet]
10/23 - Sammy Rae & The Friends, Melt @ Salt Shed
10/23 - Glimmer, Daarling, Bursting @ Cole's Bar
10/23 - Dougie Poole @ Empty Bottle
SAT
10/24 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
10/24 - Blondshell, Prewn @ The Vic
10/24 - Fruit Bats, Matthew Logan Vasquez @ Salt Shed
10/24 - Greg Freeman, Hello Shark @ Lincoln Hall
SUN
10/25 - Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Nine Treasures @ Apollo Theater
10/25 - Jackopierce @ SPACE [Evanston]
10/25 - Streetlight Manifesto @ House of Blues
MON
10/26 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
TUE
10/27 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre
10/27 - This Is Lorelei, @ @ Thalia Hall
10/27 - Wishy, Dead Sullivan @ Lincoln Hall
WED
10/28 - Delicate Steve, Yellow Ostrich @ Empty Bottle
10/28 - Shakey Graves, Wild Pink @ The Vic
THU
10/29 - The Limiñanas, Native Sun @ Empty Bottle
10/29 - The Dresden Dolls @ Salt Shed
10/29 - Dweezil Zappa @ The Riv
10/29 - The Tallest Man on Earth @ Thalia Hall
10/29 - The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Vic
FRI
10/30 - Sweeping Promises, Clickbait, Uniflora @ Empty Bottle
SAT
10/31 - The Damned, Flamin Groovies, The Fabulous Courettes @ Concord Music Hall
10/31 - Geese, Easy Star All-Stars @ Salt Shed
10/31 - Post Animal, Gift @ Empty Bottle (2 shows)
SUN
11/1 - Geese, Gwenifer Raymond @ Salt Shed
11/1 - L7 @ The Vic
11/1 - Radiator Hospital, Dusk @ Subterranean
MON
11/2 - Man/Woman/Chainsaw @ Schubas
WED
11/4 - Dent May @ Hideout
11/4 - Jessica Lea Mayfield @ Empty Bottle
11/4 - she's green, Witches Exist, Starling @ Lincoln Hall
THU
11/5 - Donny Benet, Otnes @ Thalia Hall
FRI
11/6 - Bert Kreischer @ Chicago Theatre
11/6 - Sleep @ The Riv
11/6 - Axis: Sova @ Hideout
SAT
11/7 - Lucinda Williams and her band @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
11/7 - Orville Peck, Abbie Callahan @ Salt Shed
11/7 - Die Spitz, Faetooth @ Metro
SUN
11/8 - Death From Above 1979, Wine Lips @ Thalia Hall
11/8 - Ron White @ Chicago Theatre
11/8 - Agriculture, Uniform, Pure Hex @ Empty Bottle
11/8 - Lucinda Williams and her band @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
11/8 - Vince Staples @ The Riv
MON
11/9 - Bill Callahan (solo) @ SPACE [Evanston]
TUE
11/10 - Genesis Owusu @ Empty Bottle
11/10 - Lucinda Williams and her band @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
11/10 - Michelle Branch @ House of Blues
WED
11/11 - mary in the junkyard @ Empty Bottle
11/11 - Lucinda Williams and her band @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall
THU
11/12 - Hiss Golden Messenger, Sam Amidon @ Thalia Hall
11/12 - Big Bill, bugoff!, Wild Zero @ Cole's Bar
FRI
11/13 - Nikki Glaser @ Chciago Theatre
SAT
11/14 - Nikki Glaser @ Chicago Theatre
11/14 - The Menzingers, Hot Water Music, Weakened Friends @ Salt Shed
11/14 - The Afghan Whigs, Night Moves @ Metro
11/14 - Heavens to Betsy @ Empty Bottle
11/14 - Michelle Wolf @ The Vic (2 shows)
11/14 - Julia Jacklin @ The Riv
SUN
11/15 - Nikki Glaser @ Chicago Theatre
11/15 - Heavans to Betsy @ Empty Bottle
THU
11/19 - Slow Pulp, Her New Knife, Current Union TM @ Salt Shed
11/19 - Little Big Town @ Chicago Theatre
11/19 - Protomartyr, J.R.C.G. @ Metro
11/19 - The Jayhawks @ The Riv
FRI
11/20 - Marc Maron @ The Vic
11/20 - A Place to Bury Strangers, ADULT., DANA @ Metro
11/20 - Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]
11/20 - Squirrel Flower, Sour Widows @ Thalia Hall
11/20 - Fetty Wap @ Salt Shed
SAT
11/21 - George Lopez @ Chicago Theatre
11/21 - Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]
11/21 - They Are Gutting A Body of Water @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)
11/21 - Ax and the Hatchetmen @ The Riv
11/21 - Death Cab For Cutie @ Salt Shed
11/21 - Surprise Chef @ Lincoln Hall
MON
11/23 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
TUE
11/24 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall
FRI
11/27 - BoDeans, Freddy Jones Band @ The Vic
SUN
11/29 - Angine de Poitrine @ Salt Shed
MON
11/30 - Angine de Poitrine @ Salt Shed
WED
12/2 - Shintaro Sakamoto @ Thalia Hall
SUN
12/6 - Whitmer Thomas, Clay Tatum @ Empty Bottle
FRI
12/11 - HEATHEN AXE, Prime Angel Weather, Mild Violence, DJ Bill Roe @ Empty Bottle
12/11 - Kathy Griffin @ The Riv
SAT
12/12 - Temples, Gift @ Thalia Hall
12/12 - Face to Face, Sparta, Sludgeworth, The Bollweevils @ Concord Music Hall
12/12 - Pinksqueeze, Edging, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Clickbait @ Lincoln Hall
SAT
12/19 - Ratboys, Friko, Florry @ Salt Shed
TUE
12/29 - Neptune's Core @ Lincoln Hall
WED
12/30 - Greensky Bluegrass @ Salt Shed
THU
12/31 - Greensky Bluegrass @ Salt Shed
SAT
1/16 - Seth Meyers @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)
TUE
2/2 - IBEYI @ Thalia Hall
THU
2/11 - Gracie Abrams, Charlotte Lawrence @ United Center
FRI
2/12 - Gracie Abrams, Charlotte Lawrence @ United Center
THU
4/1 - VNV Nation, DJ Scary Lady Sarah @ Metro
THU
4/8 - Iceage @ Thalia Hall
TUE
5/4 - Henge @ Garcia's
WED
5/5 - Henge @ Garcia's
(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)
