Chicago Goings-On (Updated 5/2/24)

5/2 - Rosie Tucker @ Beat Kitchen

5/2 - Face to Face (performing 'Don't Turn Away') @ Cobra Lounge

5/2 - Jozef Van Wissem, BCMC, Lula Asplund @ Empty Bottle

5/2 - Radkey @ Liar's Club

5/2 - Accessory, Sarah Grace White, SFS @ Color Club

5/2 - District 97, Cheer-Accident, Pyramid Theorem, Falset @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]

5/3 - Cheekface, Yungatita @ Bottom Lounge

5/3 - Frank Caliendo @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)

5/3 - Air Supply @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]

5/3 - Atmosphere, HEBL, NOFUN! @ Salt Shed

5/3 - Face to Face (performing 'Big Choice') @ Cobra Lounge

5/3 - METH., Usurp Synapse, We Weren't Invited, Colacon @ Schubas

5/3 - Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet @ Constellation (2 shows)

5/3 - Robyn Hitchcock, Eugene Mirman @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/3 - Musiq Soulchild, Eric Benet @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

5/3 - Annie Fish & The Hot Bono Band Presents: U2, Neon Croissant, Wallplant @ Cole's Bar

5/3 - Bongripper, Pinebender, Immortal Bird, Bleached Cross @ Metro

5/3 - Wicca Phase, Hide @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

5/3 - Wicca Phase @ Tack Room (late)

5/4 - Belle & Sebastian, The Weather Station @ Salt Shed

5/4 - Sanguisugabogg, Jesus Piece, Gag, PeelingFlesh @ Metro

5/4 - Frank Caliendo @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)

5/4 - Cindy Lee, Freak Heat Waves, Laurie Duo @ Empty Bottle

5/4 - Face to Face (performing 'Face to Face') @ Cobra Lounge

5/4 - Robyn Hitchcock, Eugene Mirman @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/4 - Choncy, Cel Ray, Body Shop, TheLipschitz @ The Compound

5/4 - Cosmic Bull, Silver Abuse, Sons of Ra, Charlie Otto and His Gear @ Martyrs'

5/5 - Teenage Fanclub, Sweet Baboo @ Thalia Hall

5/5 - John Hiatt, Nathan Graham @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/5 - Judy Collins @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/5 - La Cosa, RS Masters @ Tone Deaf Records

5/5 - Soup Activists, Pleasant Mob, Sugar Tradition, Answering Machines! @ Empty Bottle

5/5 - Porridge Radio (solo) @ Schubas

5/6 - Ty Segall, Sharpie Smile @ Thalia Hall

5/6 - Obituary, Molder, Sector @ Metro

5/6 - John Hiatt, Jared Rabin @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/6 - Nora Marks, Background Character, Damager @ Empty Bottle

5/7 - John Hiatt, Sara-Jean Stevens @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/7 - Illusion of Choice, Able Baker, Repent, Discern @ Empty Bottle

5/8 - CSS, Aunt Cherry Chan @ Lincoln Hall

5/8 - Emergency Group, The International Disassociation, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Mac Blackout @ Sleeping Village

5/8 - Gunna, Flo Milli @ Aragon Ballroom

5/8 - Blues Ambush, The Curls, Kind Buds @ Empty Bottle

5/8 - Chris Coleslaw & Jessica Risker @ Cafe Mustache

5/9 - Lola Kirke @ Schubas

5/9 - Donny Benét, Otnes @ Thalia Hall

5/9 - Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson @ Chicago Theatre

5/9 - Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB @ Salt Shed

5/9 - EXTC - Terry Chambers and Friends @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/9 - Tara Jane O'Neil, Duffy x Uhlmann @ Constellation

5/9 - Ben Katzman's Degreaser, Thicc Lizzy, Edging @ Empty Bottle

5/9 - somesurprises, Twin Talk, Rays @ Cole's Bar

5/9 - David Liebe Hart, Ironing, Lovely Little Girls, Bloodhype @ Not Not

5/10 - Stiff Little Fingers, Ricky Warwick @ Metro

5/10 - Kamasi Washington @ Thalia Hall

5/10 - Garcia Peoples, P.G. Six @ Judson & Moore Distillery

5/10 - Vague Plot, ragenap + dathon, Andrew Scott Young Trio @ The Store

5/11 - Swans, Kristof Hahn @ Metro

5/11 - Portugal. The Man, Reyna Tropical @ Salt Shed

5/11 - Skating Polly, Lord Friday the 13th, Pinksqueeze @ Cobra Lounge

5/11 - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Damon Locks, Ari Brown/Joshua Abrams/Mike Reed @ Lincoln Hall

5/11 - Melkbelly, Loolowningen & The Far East Idiots, Tension Pets, Godstar Megamax @ Empty Bottle

5/11 - METZ, Gouge Away @ Bottom Lounge

5/11 - DEVO @ The Riv

5/11 - Deep Tunnel Project @ Tone Deaf Records

5/11 - MIIRRORS, ClubDrugs, Panda Riot, Shining Nothing @ Chop Shop

5/11 - The Jacksons @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

5/11 - Soft and Dumb, Hell Trash, Pash @ Fallen Log

5/11 - Gaadge, Ira Glass @ Sleeping Village

5/11 - Velocity, D.R.L.N., Colossal Man, The Effect Carnal, Ablaze @ The Crypt

5/12 - Chastity Belt, Charlotte Cornfield @ Lincoln Hall

5/12 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mae Estes @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]

5/12 - Ringo Deathstarr, Old Coke, Babe Report @ Sleeping Village

5/12 - Funds For Gaza @ Empty Bottle (Cel Ray, The Knee-His, Watermelon, Miniskirt)

5/13 - Craig David @ Chicago Theatre

5/13 - Stalled, Time Room, ++ @ Schubas

5/14 - French Police @ Empty Bottle

5/14 - Alice Merton @ Lincoln Hall

5/15 - Dent May, Jimmy Whispers @ Schubas

5/15 - Babehoven, Greg Mendez, Mia Joy @ Sleeping Village

5/15 - Sean Paul @ Radius

5/15 - Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Dive), Deerlady @ Judson & Moore Distillery

5/16 - The Chisel, Home Front,Fuerza Bruta @ Cobra Lounge

5/16 - Ride, Knifeplay @ Metro

5/16 - Dent May, Jimmy Whispers @ Schubas

5/16 - ODESZA (DJ Set), Phantoms (DJ Set) @ Chicago Theatre

5/17 - Com Truise (DJ Set) @ Sleeping Village

5/17 - Say Anything, AJJ, Greet Death @ Aragon Ballroom

5/17 - Chicano Batman, Lido Pimienta @ Salt Shed

5/17 - Heart, Cheap Trick @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

5/17 - Architects, Of Mice & Men, While She Sleeps @ The Riv

5/17 - Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla @ United Center

5/17 - Bad Bad Hats, PRONOUN @ Hideout

5/17 - CKY, Crobot @ Metro

5/17 - Calicoloco, Bottom Bracket, OK Cool @ Beat Kitchen

5/17 - Plant Matter, Sleeper's Bell, Discus @ The Attic

5/17 - The Budos Band, Machïn @ Ramova Theatre

5/18 - Wanda Sykes @ Chicago Theatre

5/18 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Spoon Benders @ Metro

5/18 - Social Distortion, Bad Religion, The Lovebombs @ Salt Shed

5/18 - Fazerdaze (solo), Accessory @ Schubas

5/18 - Combo Chimbita, Pachyman @ Lincoln Hall

5/18 - Uriah Heep, Saxon @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]

5/19 - Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, El Michel's Affair, Eyedress @ Salt Shed (outside)

5/19 - Guitar Wolf, Hans Condor, The Kozmic Kicks @ Avondale Music Hall

5/19 - Asleep At the Wheel @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/19 - Cinchel, Amanda Kraus, Dollfood @ Tone Deaf Records

5/19 - Billy Idol @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

5/19 - Iron Years, Offerings @ Burlington

5/19 - Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla @ United Center

5/19 - Patter, Museum of Light, Bursting, Loose Face @ Cole's Bar

5/20 - Bad Religion, Social Distortion, The Lovebombs @ The Riv

5/20 - Gary Clark, Jr. @ Salt Shed (Outside)

5/20 - Ira Glass, Repent, Dusty Turrets @ Schubas

5/21 - The Decemberists, Ratboys @ Salt Shed

5/21 - 21 Savage, J.I.D, Nardo Wick, 21 Lil Harold @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

5/21 - X Ambassadors, New West, Rowan Drake @ House of Blues

5/21 - Messa, Bruce Lamont @ Empty Bottle

5/21 - Grocer, Cusp, Harvey Waters @ Sleeping Village

5/22 - Baby Teeth, Bronze, Bloodhype @ Schubas

5/23 - Knocked Loose, Loathe, Show Me the Body, Speed @ Salt Shed

5/23 - Neil Young Crazy Horse @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

5/23 - Bill MacKay @ Hideout

5/23 - Electric Six and Supersuckers, Volk @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/23 - Human Eye, Vamos! @ Sleeping Village

5/23 - Part Chimp, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet, Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends, ILLS @ Liar's Club

5/24-26 - Solshine Reverie @ Three Sisters Park [Chillicothe] (Goose, The String Cheese Incident, moe., STS9, Umphrey's McGee, Big Gigantic, deadmau5, Keller Williams, etc.)

5/24 - Buck Meek, Jolie Holland @ Lincoln Hall

5/24 - Billy Strings @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

5/24 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom

5/24 - Lords of Acid, Praga Khan @ Bottom Lounge

5/24 - Finom @ Hideout

5/24 - Passion Pit @ The Vic

5/24 - Burr Oak, Morpho, Pete Willson & The Rooks @ Schubas

5/24 - Djunah, Electric Hawk, Almanac Man, Nonagonn @ The Burlington

5/25 - Mount Kimbie, Chanel Beads @ Lincoln Hall

5/25 - Bleachers, Samia @ Salt Shed (outside)

5/25 - Billy Strings @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

5/25 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom

5/25 - Sprite, Plant Matter, Naked Lunch @ Fallen Log

5/25 - Passion Pit @ The Vic

5/26 - Echo & The Bunnymen @ The Riv

5/26 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom

5/27 - LCD Soundsystem @ Aragon Ballroom

5/28 - NEEDTOBREATHE, Judah & the Lion @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

5/29 - Ladytron, Hiroko Yamamura (DJ Set) @ Thalia Hall

5/29 - Brainiac, Exit Angles, Plum @ Sleeping Village

5/29 - Andrew Bird Trio @ Green Mill (2 shows)

5/29 - Dirty Fences, Nancy, Alive Girl, Celebrities @ Empty Bottle

5/30 - Extortion, Yacopsae, Failure, Sea of Shit, Sick/Tired, Organ Failure @ Reggie's Rock Club

5/30 - Drain, Terror, Angel Du$t, Twitching Tongues, Mindforce, End It, Cosmic Joke @ Metro

5/30 - Jake Owen @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

5/30 - Serpentwithfeet, Miles. @ Lincoln Hall

5/30 - Mordecai, NightFreak, Swimshirt @ Fallen Log

5/30 - Horsegirl, TV Buddha, Donkey Basketball @ Empty Bottle

5/30 - Bloom, Daundry, Scam Likely, Vatos Tristes @ Cobra Lounge

5/31 - Do Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (Horsegirl, Bnny, Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, Midcentury Llama, etc.)

5/31 - Tim McGraw. Carly Pearce @ United Center

5/31 - Jeff Tweedy @ The Vic

5/31 - Glass Beams @ Sleeping Village Park West

5/31 - Drain, Terror, Mindforce, God's Hate, Angel Du$t, End It, Cosmic Joke @ Metro

5/31 - Wine Lips @ Empty Bottle

5/31 - Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Amigo The Devil, Bridge City Sinners, Micah Schnabel, Vanessa Jean Speckman @ Aragon Ballroom

5/31 - Smokey Robinson @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

5/31 - Eddie Peiptone @ Lincoln Hall (2 shows)

5/31 - Divino Niño (DJ Set) @ Sleeping Village

5/31 - Lizzie No @ Hideout

5/31 - Andrew Bird @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

6/1-2 - Beyond Wonderland @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (Tiësto, Diplo, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, RL Grime, Eli Brown, Chris Lorenzo, Matroda, Felx Da Housecat, REZZ, SVDDEN DEATH, etc.)

6/1 - Do Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (Divino Niño, Free Range, Tobacco City, Sybris, Sharp Pins, Susto, Los Eclipses, etc.)

6/1 - Jeff Tweedy @ The Vic

6/1 - Chicago Gospel Music Festival @ Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)

6/1 - Guided By Voices, Kiwi Jr. @ Thalia Hall

6/1 - Melt-Banana, The Flying Luttenbachers, babybaby_explores @ Bottom Lounge

6/1 - Joey Fatone & AJ Mclean @ Salt Shed

6/1 - Clarko, Cel Ray, Consensus Madness, Strapped @ Archer Ballroom

6/1 - Francis of Delirium, Sharp Pins @ Schubas

6/1 - Ceremony. Smut, Stress Positions, Uniflora @ Lincoln Hall

6/1 - Avey Tare @ Empty Bottle

6/1 - Precocious Neophyte, Sunshy, Coral Grief, Golomb @ Sleeping Village

6/1 - Parliament Funkadelic ft. George Clinton @ Outset

6/2 - Do Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (Avey Tare, Arm's Length, Saturdays At Your Place, Pink Siifu, Kacy Hill, Violent Crime, etc.)

6/2 - Chicago House Music Festival @ Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)

6/2 - The Damned, The Dictators @ Concord Music Hall

6/2 - Parliament Funkadelic ft. George Clinton @ Outset

6/3 - Camera Obscura, Photo Ops @ Thalia Hall

6/3 - Reggie Watts @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

6/4 - Alien Ant Farm @ Bottom Lounge

6/5 - BOECKNER & Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade) @ Empty Bottle

6/5 - Okkervil River & The Antlers @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

6/6-9 - Chicago Blues Festival @ Millennium Park (TBA)

6/6 - Machinedrum @ Chop Shop

6/6 - blood club, DustBowlChampion, Casket Cassette @ Empty Bottle

6/6 - Babe Report, Wallplant, Sonny Falls @ Fallen Log

6/6 - Shemekia Copeland, Ronnie Baker Brooks @ Ramova Theatre

6/7 - Andersonville Midsommarfest @ Clark btw Foster & Gregory (NNAMDÏ, Beats y Bateria, Sixteen Candles, etc.)

6/7 - Fatai @ Schubas

6/7 - Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby @ Salt Shed (Outside)

6/7 - Valebol, Elizabeth Moen (duo) @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

6/7 - Sebastian Bach @ The Forge [Joliet]

6/7 - Chris Brown, Ayra Starr @ United Center

6/7 - Cloud Nothings, Idle Ray, Erik Nervous @ Beat Kitchen

6/7 - Manwolves @ Outset

6/8 - Andersonville Midsommarfest @ Clark btw Foster & Gregory (OPLIAM, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Ovef Ow, etc.)

6/8 - Fatai @ Schubas

6/8 - Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby @ Salt Shed (Outside)

6/8 - Sebastian Bach @ Arcada Theatre [St. Charles]

6/8 - Kim Gordon, Irreversible Entanglements @ Bohemian National Cemetery

6/8 - Chris Brown, Ayra Starr @ United Center

6/8 - Hip-Hop is History with Questlove @ Thalia Hall

6/8 - Cruel, Kangaroo Court, Diet Lite @ Sleeping Village

6/8 - Flesh Commodity, Cucuy @ Bric-a-Brac Records

6/8 - Baroness, Portrayal of Guilt, GOZU @ Durty Nellie's [Palatine]

6/9 - Andersonville Midsommarfest @ Clark btw Foster & Gregory (Finom, Impulsive Hearts, etc.)

6/9 - Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby @ Salt Shed (Outside)

6/9 - Of Montreal, Godcaster @ Lincoln Hall

6/9 - Rick Springfield @ Metro

6/9 - Pom Pom Squad @ Subterranean

6/10 - The Raveonettes, Soap Horse @ Bottom Lounge

6/11 - Sarah McLaughlin, Feist @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/11 - Shannon & the Clams, Tropa Magica @ Lincoln Hall

6/11 - Roisin Murphy @ The Riv

6/11 - Neptune's Core, Uniflora, Sima Cunningham @ Subterranean

6/12 - Charli XCX @ Radius

6/12 - Man Man @ Lincoln Hall

6/12 - Tosser, Tension Pets, Sprite @ Sleeping Village

6/13 - Tyler Childers, S.G. Goodman @ United Center

6/13 - Bonny Light Horseman, Alpha Consumer @ Thalia Hall

6/13 - John Cleese @ The Vic

6/13 - Orville Peck, Durand Jones, Debbii Dawson @ Aragon Ballroom

6/13 - The Cell Phones, Chicken Happen, Bleach Party, Nitesmoke (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle

6/13 - Waltzer, Kairos Creature Club, Consensus Madness @ Sleeping Village

6/14-15 - Winnetka Music Fest @ TBA (Band of Horses, Milky Chance, Rebirth Brass Band, Heartless Bastards, The Verve Pipe, Ax and the Hatchetmen, Elizabeth Moen, Neptune's Core, etc.)

6/14 - The Del McCoury Band @ SPACE [Evanton]

6/14 - Donny Osmond @ Chicago Theatre

6/14 - Wilco, Cut Worms @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/14 - John Cleese @ The Vic

6/14 - Loudon Wainwright III, Wesley Stace @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

6/14 - Ben Schwartz @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

6/14 - Seth Meyers @ The Vic

6/14 - Heartless Bastards @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]

6/14 - Bonobo (DJ Set) @ Outset

6/14 -Taste of Randolph @ Randolph btw Peoria & Racine (The Beaches, Friko, Gene Farris b2b Shiba San, etc.)

6/15 - New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul, DJ Jazzy Jeff @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

6/15 - Hot Water Music, Quicksand, Tim Barry @ Concord Music Hall

6/15 - Afroman @ The Forge [Joliet]

6/15 - Dada @ Park West

6/15 - Say She She @ Thalia Hall

6/15 - Cosmic Psychos, Nine Pound Hammer @ Reggie's Rock Club

6/15 - Wilco, Cut Worms @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/15 - PVRIS, Pale Waves @ House of Blues

6/15 - Kevin James @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

6/15 - Seth Meyers @ The Vic (2 shows)

6/15 - Pete Davidson @ Genessee Theatre [Waukegan]

6/15 - Yada Yada, Sunday Cruise, Soft and Dumb @ Schubas

6/15 - No Men, Cellar Dweller, Fetishist, Scuf @ Cobra Lounge

6/15 -Taste of Randolph @ Randolph btw Peoria & Racine (Local H, Sincere Engineer, Phantom Planet, Justin Martin, etc.)

6/16 -Taste of Randolph @ Randolph btw Peoria & Racine (A-Trak b2b Lee Foss, Lucky Boys Confusion, BabyJake, etc.)

6/17 - Nourished By Time, Urika's Bedroom @ Schubas

6/18 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic

6/18 - Mdou Moctar @ Thalia Hall

6/18 - Useless Info, Zig-Zag @ TBA

6/19 - Janet Jackson, Nelly @ United Center

6/19 - Pixies, Modest Mouse, Cat Power @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/19 - They Might Be Giants @ The Vic

6/19 - Quasi (performing 'Birds' in its entirety), Marnie Stern @ Lincoln Hall

6/20 - The Used, Story of The Year, Amira Elfeky @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

6/20 - The Umbrellas @ Cole's Bar

6/20 - Protomartyr @ Empty Bottle

6/21 - Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks @ Soldier Field

6/21 - The Spill Canvas, Punchline @ Bottom Lounge

6/21 - Justin Timberlake @ United Center

6/21 - Brigitte Calls Me Baby @ Lincoln Hall

6/21 - W.I.T.C.H., Rahill @ Thalia Hall

6/21 - Hide, Morgan Garrett, Beau Wanzer (DJ Set), Mukqs, Itsi Ramirez @ Archer Ballroom

6/21 - Protomartyr @ Empty Bottle

6/21 - SuperKnova, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Pictoria Vark @ Schubas

6/22 - Los Campesinos!, Short Fictions @ Thalia Hall

6/22 - Justin Timberlake @ United Center

6/22 - The Young Fresh Fellows, Aunt Kelly @ Hideout

6/22 - Sham 69, Through N Through @ Reggie's Rock Club

6/22 - HIRS Collective, The Human Trials @ Reggie's Music Joint

6/22 - Brigitte Calls Me Baby @ Lincoln Hall

6/22 - The Fray @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]

6/22 - Sludgeworth, The Bollweevils, Feral Tact @ Beat Kitchen

6/22 - Chicago Pride Fest @ Halsted & Addison (Jojo Siwa, Natasha Bedingfield, Bev Rage & The Drinks, etc.)

6/23 - Middle Kids @ Thalia Hall

6/23 - GRLWOOD @ Park West

6/23 - Boyz II Men @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

6/23 - Chicago Pride Fest @ Halsted & Addison (Bob the Drag Queen, Amber Riley, Empress Of, Alex Lahey, Bussy Kween Power Trip, etc.)

6/24 - NightFreak, Pure Intention, Watermelon @ Empty Bottle

6/24 - Pedro the Lion, Squirrel Flower @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

6/25 - Kurt Vile and The Violators @ SPACE [Evanston]

6/25 - Godot, Heet Deth, Urine Hell, Tub Girl @ Fallen Log

6/26 - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ SPACE [Evanston]

6/26 - Pallbearer, REZN, The Keening @ Thalia Hall

6/26 - Cel Ray, Day Residue, Ethers, Watermelon @ Fallen Log

6/27 - The Rolling Stones @ Soldier Field

6/27 - MJ Lenderman and the Wind, Dari Bay @ Sleeping Village

6/27 - Moontype, Mister Goblin, Cusp @ Beat Kitchen

6/27 - The Dandy Warhols, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor @ Metro

6/28-30 - Logan Square Arts Festival @ Illinois Centennial Monument (MJ Lenderman and The Wind, Plum, Stuck, Packs, Gully Boys, Precocious Neophyte, Ira Glass, etc.)

6/28 - Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard, A R I Z O N A @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/28 - Future Islands @ Auditorium Theatre

6/28 - The Church, The Afghan Whigs, Ed Harcourt @ The Vic

6/28 - Adrianne Lenker, Twain @ Chicago Theatre

6/28 - Sex Mex, Sharp Pins, Watermelon, Bandy @ Fallen Log

6/29 - Ocean Alley, The Grogans @ House of Blues

6/29 - Rathole Music Fest @ TBA (TBA)

6/29 - Santana, Counting Crows @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

6/29 - Blushing, Cool Heat, Panda Riot @ Schubas

6/29 - Roger Daltrey, KT Tunstall @ Ravinia [Highland Park]

6/29 - Metric @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

6/30 - The Rolling Stones @ Soldier Field

6/30 - The Early November, Spitalfield, Cliffdiver @ Bottom Lounge

7/1 - Charlie Musselwhite, Ivan Singh @ Pritzker Pavilion

7/1 - Fresh, Party'z, Morpho @ Beat Kitchen

7/2 - The Wallflowers, David Rosales @ Thalia Hall

7/2 - Mr.phlyzzz @ Empty Bottle

7/3 - Necrot, Phobophilic @ TBA

7/4-7 - Rose on the River @ Salt Shed (outside) (My Morning Jacket, Tash Sultana, Thundercat, Vulfpeck, BADBADNOTGOOD, Celebration of the Meters, Flying Lotus, Neal Francis, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, etc.)

7/5 - Dion Lunadon, DJ Todd Killings (Hozac Records) @ Liar's Club

7/5 - Future Nobodies, Velvet Wounds, Heels @ Schubas

7/7 - The Body & Dis Fig, Cel Genesis @ Empty Bottle

7/7 - Os Mutantes @ Outset

7/8 - Iron & Wine @ Salt Shed

7/8 - Cola @ Empty Bottle

7/9 - Etran de L’Aïr @ Empty Bottle

7/10 - Grails @ Empty Bottle

7/10 - L’Eclair @ Sleeping Village

7/10 - WAND @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

7/11 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice, Alana Springsteen, etc.)

7/11 - The New Pornographers @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

7/11 - Buscabulla, French Police @ Pritzker Pavilion

7/12-13 - Open Palm Tapes Fest @ TBA (TBA)

7/12-14 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Damen and Wood (TBA)

7/12-14 - Square Roots Festival @ Lincoln btw Wilson & Montrose (TBA)

7/12 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Parker McCollum, Lee Brice, The Castellows, etc.)

7/12 - Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

7/12 - Lower Automation, Interesting Bricks, Haploid @ The Burlington

7/12 - Barenaked Ladies @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]

7/12 - Pegboy, The Arrivals, Canadian Rifle, Criminal Kids @ Metro

7/13 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Cody Johnson, Billy Currington, Lanie Gardner, etc.)

7/13 - Mother Mother, Cavetown, Destroy Boys @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

7/13 - Train, REO Speedwagon, Yacht Rock Revue @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/13 - Pussy Riot, Nadya @ Outset

7/14 - Windy City Smokeout @ United Center (Carrie Underwood, Nate Smith, Summer Dean, etc.)

7/14 - Black Lips, Watermelon @ Empty Bottle (early)

7/14 - Black Lips, National Photo Committee @ Empty Bottle (late)

7/15 - Def Leppard, Journey, Steve Miller Band @ Wrigley Field

7/15 - Seun Kuti @ Pritzker Pavilion

7/17 - Rat Chasm, Flender, Dusty Turrets, Miserable People @ Fallen Log

7/18 - Mates of State @ Subterranean

7/18 - David Nance & Mowed Sound, The Sueves @ Empty Bottle

7/18 - Kan Kan, Oldstar, National Photo Committee @ Fallen Log

7/19 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Black Pumas, Jai Paul, 100 gecs, Jeff Rosenstock, Yaeji, Sudan Archives, Amen Dunes, etc.)

7/19 - The Rumble @ Cobra Lounge Parking Lot (Weekend Nachos, Frozen Soul, Bulldoze, Creeping Death, etc.)

7/19 - Jason Mraz and The Superband @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

7/19 - Strand of Oaks @ Empty Bottle

7/20 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Jamie XX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessie Ware, De La Soul, Unwound, Bratmobile, Wednesday, Water From Your Eyes, Sweeping Promises, Feeble Little Horse, Hotline TNT, L'Rayn, Lifeguard, etc.)

7/20 - The Rumble @ Cobra Lounge Parking Lot (The Hope Conspiracy, Modern Life is War, Violent Way, Fuerza Bruta, etc.)

7/20 - The Saw Doctors @ Aragon Ballroom

7/20 - Limp Bizkit, Bones, N8NOFACE, Corey Feldman, Riff Raff @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/20 - Sad Summer Festival @ Salt Shed (outside) (Mayday Parade, The Maine, The Wonder Years, We the Kings, Real Friends)

7/20 - Big Clown, Cel Ray, Edging, Big Girl @ Cole's Bar

7/20 - Schoolboy Q, Blue Lips Weekends @ Ramova Theatre

7/21 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Alanis Morissette, Brittany Howard, Muna, Grandmaster Flash, Les Savy Fav, Mannequin Pussy, Hailu Mergia, etc.)

7/21 - As I Lay Dying, Chelsea Grin, Entheos @ House of Blues

7/21 - 311, AWOLNation, Neon Trees @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/22 - Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia, Arooj Aftab @ Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park 

7/24 - Queen of Jeans @ Hideout

7/25 - And So I Watch You From Afar, Caspian @ House of Blues

7/25 - Superdrag @ Subterranean

7/26-28 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North & Paulina (TBA)

7/26 - Out of Space @ TBA [Skokie] (Courtney Barnett, Bob Mould)

7/26 - All Time Low @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/26 - Bowling For Soup, Keep Flying, Eternal Boy @ The Vic

7/26 - Vampire Weekend, Princess, Ra Ra Riot @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

7/26 - Pretenders @ Chicago Theatre

7/26 - Jennifer Lopez @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

7/27 - Out of Space @ TBA [Skokie] (Thee Sacred Souls, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Jeremie Albino)

7/27 - Vampire Weekend, Princess, Ra Ra Riot @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

7/27 - Guerilla Toss, Spread Joy, Glad Rags @ Empty Bottle

7/27 - Barry Manilow @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

7/27 - Lambrini Girls, Edging, Freddie Sunshine @ Sleeping Village

7/27 - Gin Blossoms @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]

7/27 - Six Foot Blonde, Calicoloco, Llo Llo @ Schubas

7/28 - Out of Space @ TBA [Skokie] (Guster, The Lone Bellow, Devon Gilfillian)

7/28 - Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Earthgang @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

7/29 - GZA , Yaya Bey @ Pritzker Pavilion

7/30 - DIIV, Horse Jumper of Love, Full Body 2 @ Thalia Hall

7/30 - Snõõper, Consensus Madness, Fuerza Bruta @ Empty Bottle

7/30 - Mia Joy, 22° Halo, Fran (solo) @ Sleeping Village

7/30 - Juan Wauters @ Hideout

7/31 - Tedeschi Trucks Band, Margo Price @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

7/31 - Locrian @ Cobra Lounge

8/1-4 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (TBA)

8/2 - Steve Hofstetter @ Avondale Music Hall

8/2 - Tinariwen @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

8/3 - Sammy Hagar with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham, Loverboy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/3 - Midwest Punk Fest @ TBA (TBA)

8/3 - The Verve Pipe @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]

8/5 - Wild Nothing, Peel Dream Magazine @ Thalia Hall

8/5 - Protoje, Madison McFerrin @ Pritzker Pavilion

8/7 - Bush, Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

8/8 - Buffalo Tom @ Metro

8/8 - Barbie The Movie: In Concert @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/8 - Corinne Bailey Rae, Terrace Martin with James Fauntleroy @ Pritzker Pavilion

8/9 - Metallica, Pantera, Mammoth WVH @ Soldier Field

8/9 - Hootie & The Blowfish, Collective Soul, Edwin McCain @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/9 - Buddy Guy @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]

8/9 - North Mississippi Allstars @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]

8/10 - Thirty Seconds to Mars, AFI, Poppy, KennyHoopla @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

8/10 - Stray Cats @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

8/10 - Twen, Enumclaw @ Sleeping Village

8/11 - Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills @ Soldier Field

8/11 - Xscape, SWV, Mya, Total, 702 @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/13 - Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas @ Wrigley Field

8/14 - Cage the Elephant, Young the Giant, Bakar @ Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC

8/14 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Outset

8/15 - Shelia E. and the E-Train @ City Winery (2 shows)

8/15 - Dweezil Zappa @ The Riv

8/15 - Sarah Shook and the Disarmers @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]

8/15 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Outset

8/16 - Shelia E and the E-Train @ City Winery (2 shows)

8/16 - Creed, 3 Doors Down, Finger Eleven @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/16 - Packs @ Sleeping Village

8/17 - Sublime with Rome @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

8/17 - Marilyn Manson, The Funeral Portrait @ Aragon Ballroom

8/22 - King Buzzy and Trevor Dunn (acoustic), JD Pinkus @ Subterranean

8/22 - Missy Elliott, Ciara, Busta Rhymes, Timbaland @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

8/22 - Built to Spill @ Metro

8/23 - Deep Purple, Yes @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/23 - Built to Spill @ Metro

8/23 - Umphrey's McGee @ Salt Shed (Outside)

8/24 - P!NK, Sheryl Crow, The Script, KidCutUp @ Soldier Field

8/24 - Styx, Foreigner, John Waite @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/24 - Incubus (performing 'Morning View' in its entirety), Coheed and Cambria @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

8/24 - The Dillinger Escape Plan, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, NO MEN @ Salt Shed (outside)

8/25 - The Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood @ Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/25 - Luke Bryan, Bailey Zimmerman, Tracy Lawrence, Chayce Beckham @ Wrigley Field

8/28 - Glen Hansard @ Salt Shed

8/28 - Why? @ Outset

8/29-9/1 - Chicago Jazz Festival @ Millennium Park (TBA)

8/29 - Pearl Jam @ Wrigley Field

8/29 - The Gaslight Anthem, Joyce Manor, Pinkshift @ Salt Shed

8/30-9/1 - North Coast Music Festival @ SeatGeek Stadium [Bridgeview] (Illenium, Above & Beyond, Slander, Chase & Status, Tchami X Malaa, LSZEE, etc.)

8/30-9/1 - Arc Music Fest @ Union Park (Carl Cox, Carl Craig, Disclosure, Derrick Carter, Gene Farris, Gorgon City, Green Velvet, DJ Heather, Honey Dijon, Idris Elba, Mark Farina, DJ Seinfeld, etc.)

8/30 - Bikini Kill @ Salt Shed

8/31 - Pearl Jam @ Wrigley Field

9/1 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Geese @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

9/2 - Wallows @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

9/6-8 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (TBA)

9/6 - Weezer (performing the Blue Album), The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr. @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

9/6 - Brad Paisley @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

9/6 - The Suicide Machines, Hey Smith, Kill Lincoln, Bad Operation @ Bottom Lounge

9/7-8 - Evanston Folk Fest @ Dawes Park [Evanston] (TBA)

9/7 - Peter Hook & The Light @ The Riv

9/7 - Outlaw Music Festival @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park] (Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Southern Avenue]

9/8 - Pulp, Escape-Ism @ Aragon Ballroom

9/10 - Avril Lavigne Simple Plan, Girlfriends @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

9/11 - Live, Stone Temple Pilots, Soul Asylum @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

9/12 - Kacey Musgraves, Father John Misty, Nickel Creek @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

9/14 - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (performing 'Shake the Sheets' in its entirety) @ Metro

9/14 - Staind, Breaking Benjamin, Daughtry @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

9/15 - Goth Babe, Ritt Momney @ Salt Shed (outside)

9/17 - Royel Otis @ Metro

9/18 - Keane @ Chicago Theatre

9/18 - IDLES @ Aragon Ballroom

9/18 - Hoodoo Gurus @ Thalia Hall

9/18 - Royel Otis @ Metro

9/19 - CDSM, SJOD, Bloodhype @ Cole's Bar

9/20-22 - Riot Fest @ Douglass Park (Slayer, etc.)

9/20-29 - World Music Festival Chicago @ Chicago Cultural Center (TBA)

9/21 - Sigur Rós with the Wordless Orchestra @ Auditorium Theatre

9/21 - Six Organs of Admittance @ Constellation

9/22 - Hans Zimmer @ United Center

9/23 - Cigarettes After Sex @ United Center

9/23 - The Breeders, Man On Man @ Salt Shed

9/23 - Thievery Corporation @ Outset

9/24 - The National, The War on Drugs, Lucius @ United Center

9/24 - Thievery Corporation @ Outset

9/25 - Sunny Day Real Estate @ House of Blues

9/26 - Lake Street Dive @ Salt Shed (Outside)

9/26 - La Luz @ Subterranean

9/26 - Ibibio Sound Machine @ Outset

9/27 - Lake Street Dive @ Salt Shed (Outside)

9/27 - American Football @ Thalia Hall

9/27 - Jeff Lynne's ELO @ United Center

9/27 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (Drab Majesty, SRSQ, Korine, Urban Heat, Male Tears, Carrellee)

9/27 - Dane Cook @ Chicago Theatre

9/28 - Kings of Leon, Phantogram @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

9/28 - American Football @ Thalia Hall

9/28 - Pissed Jeans @ Empty Bottle

9/28 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (A-Split-Second, Pig, Spike Hellis, Cocksure, Puerta Negra, Nuxx Vomica)

9/28 - Korn, Gojira, Spiritbox @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

9/28 - Dashboard Confessional, Boys Like Girls, Taylor Acorn @ Aragon Ballroom

9/28 - Jeff Lynne's ELO @ United Center

9/28 - Spirit of the Beehive @ Outset

9/29 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (Clan of Xymox, The Cassandra Complex, Attrition, Houses of Heaven, Curse Mackey, I Ya Toyah)

9/30 - PJ Harvey @ Salt Shed

9/30 - Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, Shygirl @ United Center

10/1 - Twenty One Pilots @ United Center

10/1 - Bob Vylan @ Subterranean

10/2 - Twenty One Pilots @ United Center

10/3 - Mt. Joy @ Salt Shed (outside)

10/4 - Mt. Joy @ Salt Shed (outside)

10/4 - Yard Act @ Metro

10/4 - Homeshake, Freak Heat Waves @ Thalia Hall

10/4 - Clem Snide @ Robert's Westside [Forest Park]

10/5 - Mt. Joy @ Salt Shed (outside)

10/5 - Marika Hackman, Art School Girlfriend @ Sleeping Village

10/5 - OMD, Walt Disco @ The Riv

10/5 - Meghan Trainor, Paul Russell, Chris Olsen @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

10/8 - Air (performing 'Moon Safari') @ Auditorium Theatre

10/10 - Maxwell, Jazmine Sullivan, October London @ United Center

10/11 - Boris (performing 'Amplifier Worship' in its entirety), Starcrawler @ Ramova Theatre

10/12 - Brooks Nielsen (The Growlers) @ House of Blues

10/12 - Chromeo, The Midnight, Girl Ultra @ Aragon Ballroom

10/15 - Superchunk @ Lincoln Hall

10/18 - OSEES, Iguana Death Cult @ Thalia Hall

10/18 - Whitney Cummings @ Chicago Theatre

10/19 - OSEES, Iguana Death Cult @ Thalia Hall

10/23 - TOPS @ Empty Bottle

10/24 - Iron Maiden @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

10/24 - Marc Maron @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]

10/27 - Justin Timberlake @ United Center

10/28 - Usher @ United Center

10/28 - Sting @ Auditorium Theatre

10/29 - Usher @ United Center

10/29 - Sting @ Auditorium Theatre

10/30 - Chris Cohen @ Empty Bottle

10/31 - Usher @ United Center

11/3 - Tokyo Police Club @ House of Blues

11/7 - The Black Keys, The Head and the Heart @ United Center

11/7 - Drinking Boys and Girls Choir @ Empty Bottle

11/12 - Dehd @ Thalia Hall

11/13 - Dehd @ Thalia Hall

11/15 - Front 242, Kontravoid @ Metro

11/16 - Front 242, Kanga @ Metro

11/22 - Aaron Lewis @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

11/23 - Aaron Lewis @ Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana [Gary]

11/25 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

11/26 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)