Chicago Goings-On (Updated 5/9/25)

FRI

5/9 - Bruce Cockburn @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/9 - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Love Spells @ Salt Shed

5/9 - Lambrini Girls, Party Dozen @ Empty Bottle

5/9 - Strawberry Boy, Nohmads @ Burlington

5/9 - Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps @ The Riv

5/9 - Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue @ Thalia Hall

5/9 - Power Trip, Gridiron, Molder @ Metro

5/9 - Pet Symmetry, Pony, Jimmy Montague @ Sleeping Village

5/9 - Shitty Limo (Brendan Bayliss & Jack Cinninger) @ Garcia's

5/9 - Scarlet Demore, Yada Yada, Latter, Killmoves @ Bottom Lounge

5/9 - Inkjet, Giant Pit of Glass, Hearthands @ Cole's Bar

SAT

5/10 - Bruce Cockburn @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/10 - Ali Siddiq @ Chicago Theatre

5/10 - Saint Motel, Brigitte Calls Me Baby @ The Riv

5/10 - NNAMDÏ, Marcus Drake @ Empty Bottle

5/10 - Freak Heat Waves, Jack J @ Hideout

5/10 - Tom Hamilton @ Garcia's

5/10 - Staring Problem, The Love Part, Kurt Vise, GS70 @ Burlington

5/10 - Tunnel, Ponyboy and the Idiots @ Timber Lanes

5/10 - MVTANT, Body Shop, Club Drugs, Rita Lukea and Club Drippy DJ Set @ Empty Bottle

SUN

5/11 - Squid @ Thalia Hall

5/11 - Converge, Big Laugh, Stress Positions, Hell is Real @ Bottom Lounge

5/11 - Hunting Scene, Clone Trio, TSS Bradley, Dorothy Carlos @ Color Club

5/11 - Prison, Axis: Sova, Doug Shaw @ Burlington

5/11 - Reggie and the Full Effect (solo), Zac Ross playing Man Overboard (acoustic) @ Beat Kitchen

MON

5/12 - Sasami, Mood Killer @ Lincoln Hall

TUE

5/13 - Spellling, Smut @ Lincoln Hall

5/13 - Cheekface, Pacing @ Thalia Hall

5/13 - Black Country, New Road, Friko, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman @ Salt Shed

WED

5/14 - Nils Frahm @ Salt Shed

5/14 - Winged Wheel, Mute Duo @ Smashed Plastic

5/14 - Ovef Ow, Madrid, Scrambled Porn @ Burlington Bar

THU

5/15 - BADBADNOTGOOD, Baby Rose @ Thalia Hall

5/15 - ADULT., Plack Blague @ Empty Bottle

5/15 - Lifecyclist, Dogshit, Hex Toy @ Cole's Bar

5/15 - Cult of Nasty, Cult of Spaceskull, King Sans, NightFreak @ Burlington

5/15 - Tele Novella, Ione, Iris Marlowe, Lydia Cash @ Chop Shop

5/15 - Full Auto, Pure Intention, Laceles, Largemouth @ Cobra Lounge

FRI

5/16 - Lettuce, GZA (performing 'Liquid Swords' in its entirety) @ Ramova Theatre

5/16 - Half Gringa, Gabacho @ Schubas

5/16 - Röyksopp (DJ Set) @ Metro

5/16 - Mayday Parade @ Salt Shed

5/16 - BADBADNOTGOOD, Baby Rose @ Thalia Hall

5/16 - BALTHVS @ Garcia's

5/16 - Bull Heather, King Sans @ Cole's Bar

5/16 - Mallrat, Anna Shoemaker @ Lincoln Hall

5/16 - Catbite, Rodeo Boys, Bev Rage and The Drinks @ Cobra Lounge

5/16 - Armin Van Buuren, Ben Hemsley, Laura Van Dam @ Radius

5/16 - Laikaa, Mateo Suarez & The Public Ear, It Rips!, Take Care of Yourself @ Hazroom

5/16 - Redder Moon, Grave Love, Fantasma Negra, DJ Leo Polo @ Underground Lounge

5/16 - Copies, Joe Glass, Barreleye, Riddle M @ Fallen Log

SAT

5/17 - Peter Bjorn and John @ Thalia Hall

5/17 - BALTHVS @ Garcia's

5/17 - Porter Robinson @ Salt Shed (outside)

5/17 - Underworld @ Radius

SUN

5/18 - The Bollweevils, Greg Norton + Buddies, Spells @ GMan Tavern

5/18 - Kitchen, Sleeper’s Bell, Shep Treasure @ Hideout

MON

5/19 - Napalm Death, Melvins, Titan to Tachyons, Dark Sky Burial @ Metro

TUE

5/20 - Kassie Krut, Dorothy Carlos @ Schubas

5/20 - Billy Idol, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

5/20 - Baroness, The Infinity Ring @ Sleeping Village

5/20 - Stephen Malkmus @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/20 - Momma, Wishy @ Thalia Hall

5/20 - Godot, thisworldisnotkind, Blind Equation, Thotcrime, Sticky Bit @ My Place Ohio

WED

5/21 - A Place to Bury Strangers, The Serfs, The Mall @ Empty Bottle

5/21 - Baroness, The Infinity Ring @ Sleeping Village

5/21 - Paul Simon @ Symphony Center

5/21 - Bartees Strange, Sloppy Jane @ Thalia Hall

THU

5/22 - Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Sierra Ferrell @ Wrigley Field

5/22 - A Place To Bury Strangers, The Serfs, Astrobrite @ Empty Bottle

5/22 - Nikki Glaser @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)

5/22 - Urine Hell, Pinko, Eye Flys, Blood Nymph @ Burlington

5/22 - The Mall, Clickbait, Evinspreagg @ Grindhouse Cafe [Highland, IN]

5/22 - Billy Joel Jr., Microcosms, Molly Carberry @ Sleeping Village

5/22 - Shravan Raghuram, Jake Luce, Nick Litman @ Uncommon Ground Lakeview

FRI

5/23 - Nerf Herder, Diesel Boy, Keep Flying @ Reggie's Rock Club

5/23 - Southern Culture on the Skids, New Duncan Imperials @ Schubas

5/23 - Tennis, Billie Marten @ Salt Shed

5/23 - Paul Simon @ Symphony Center

5/23 - God Bullies, Suckling, Cougars @ Sleeping Village

5/23 - Mr.phlyzzz, Mr. Clit and the Pink Cigarettes, Tension Pets @ Cole's Bar

5/23 - Toubab Krewe @ Martyrs'

5/23 - Wallplant, Atheena, Dying in Space, tony and the Pea, Manless, New Goo, Anteeter, Star Student, Boxed Ookami, Sex No Babies, omg_aeri @ Susan's Applehole

5/23 - Yambag, The Hell, Contempt, Isolation Unit @ The Confessional

SAT

5/24 - Sueños @ Grant Park (Shakira, Peso Pluma, Arcangel, El Alfa, Oscar Maydon, Gordo, etc.)

5/24 - AC/DC, The Pretty Reckless @ Soldier Field

5/24 - Poster Children, Stomatopod @ Bottom Lounge

5/24 - Paul Simon @ Symphony Center

5/24 - Matt Berninger, Ronboy @ Thalia Hall

5/24 - Judson Claiborne, Bloodhype @ Hideout

5/24 - Dawes, Lily Kershaw @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field

5/24 - P. Noid, Autofill, Jason Shapiro, Maxwell Blast @ Pershing and Racine Underpass

5/24 - Sike Fest @ Not Not (Desert Liminal, Taralie Peterson & Anna Johnson, Bil Vermette, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate with Mac Blackout, Bobby Conn, TRAYSH, Mindcrush)

5/24 - Flowerbabe, .com, Heels @ Schubas

SUN

5/25 - Sueños @ Grant Park (Don Omar, Grupo Frontera, Wisin, Jhayco, Tito Double P, Deorro, Kapo, etc.)

5/25 - Florist @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/25 - Hot Buttered Rum, Allie Kral @ Garcia's

5/25 - Dreamist, Peace Monsters, Medical Miracle @ Fallen Log

5/25 - Sarah and the Sundays, Rat Tally @ Bottom Lounge       

5/25 - Kenmujo, Strapped, Home Entertainment, Constant Headache @ Cole's Bar    

5/25 - Liquid Soul, Urban Roots Band @ Martyrs'

5/25 - Moontype, Krill 2 @ Empty Bottle

MON

5/26 - Science Man, Man-eaters, NightFreak @ Empty Bottle

                               

TUE

5/27 - Mr.phylzzz, Vincas, Primitive Broadcast Service, Glorybringer @ Burlington

5/27 - Plum, Everlasting Light, Noiseland @ Empty Bottle

THU

5/29 - The Wedding Present (performing 'Bizarro' in its entirety), The Tubs @ Empty Bottle

5/29 - Peach Pit, Briston Maroney, Bnny @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northely Island

5/29 - Cold, SEPTEMBER MOURNING, University Drive @ Bottom Lounge

5/29 - Los Campesinos! @ Metro

5/29 - The Wonder Years and the Little Kruta String Ensemble, Kevin Devine @ Thalia Hall

5/29 - Yoko and the Oh No's, The Fundamental Kink, Glad Rags @ Beat Kitchen

5/29 - Flesh Panthers, Gentlemen Rouges, Royal Dog @ Cobra Lounge

FRI-SUN

5/30-6/1 - Do Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (TBA)

FRI

5/30 - Hippo Campus @ Salt Shed (outside)

5/30 - Khanate, Jon Mueller @ Thalia Hall

5/30 - The Central, Body Farm, Imelda Marcos, Lower Automation @ Fallen Log

5/30 - Wolf Eyes, John Wiese, Lana Del Rabies @ Burlington

5/30 - Carriers, Major Murphy, Sonny Falls @ Color Club

5/30 - Lovely Little Girls, Problems, Shrift @ Cole's Bar

SAT

5/31 - Nikki Glaser @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)

5/31 - Preoccupations, Still Depths @ Empty Bottle

5/31 - Zola Jesus @ Constellation

5/31 - Stalled, Ghostlike, Creek, Griefeater @ Burlington

5/31 - Die Spitz @ Schubas

5/31 - Ex Pilots, Olympic Deth, Porq, Bungee Jumpers, Maxwell Blast @ Archer Ballroom

5/31 - Doom Flower, Michael Columbia @ Judson & Moore Distillery

SUN

6/1 - Nikki Glaser @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)

6/1 - Maldito Mundo, Verminoze @ TBA

6/1 - Being Dead, Starcharm @ Empty Bottle

6/1 - Illuminati Hotties, Georgia Maq @ Beat Kitchen

MON

6/2 - Maldito Mundo, Verminoze, Perro Mundo, Pillbox @ Grindhouse [Highland, IN]

6/2 - Samia, Raffella @ Thalia Hall

TUE

6/3 - Samia, Raffella @ Thalia Hall

6/3 - Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana @ Salt Shed (outside)

WED

6/4 - Coheed & Cambria, Mastodon @ Peoria Civic Center Arena [Peoria]

6/4 - Widespread Panic @ Chicago Theatre

6/4 - BCMC (Bill Mackay & Cooper Crain) @ Judson & Moore Distillery

THU-SUN

6/5-8 - Chcago Blues Festival @ Various Venues

THU

6/5 - Widespread Panic @ Chicago Theatre

6/5 - Caamp @ Salt Shed (outside)

FRI

6/6 - Kendrick Lamar, SZA @ Soldier Field

6/6 - The Menzingers, Lucero, Queen of Jeans @ Metro

6/6 - Jeremy Piven @ The Vic

6/6 - Todd Barry @ Park West

6/6 - Billy Strings @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

6/6 - Widespread Panic @ Chicago Theatre

6/6 - Blank Hellscape, Answering Machines, Alive Girl, Current Union TM @ Fallen Log

6/6 - Caamp @ Salt Shed (outside)

SAT

6/7 - The Menzingers, Lucero, Queen of Jeans @ Metro

6/7 - Pierce the Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Beach Weather @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

6/7 - Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas @ Chicago Theatre

6/7 - Billy Strings @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

6/7 - Lords of Acid, Little Miss Nasty, Lucia Cifarelli @ Bottom Lounge

6/7 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Auditorium Theatre

6/7 - Discus @ Sleeping Village

SUN

6/8 - Ashe, Bo Staloch @ Metro

6/8 - Bloc Party (performing 'Silent Alarm'), Metric (performing 'Fantasies'), Blonde Redhead @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/8 - The Atlas Moth @ Empty Bottle

6/8 - Consequence, Candy Apple, Volition, Scope, Launch Code @ The Confessional

MON

6/9 - The Kooks @ Salt Shed

6/9 - Cusp, Special World, D. Jean-Baptiste @ Empty Bottle

6/9 - Arm's Length, Charmer, Wakelee @ Bottom Lounge

THU

6/12 - Sleigh Bells, Sophie Hunter @ Metro

6/12 - Florry, Lily Seabird @ Schubas

6/12 - Horse the Band, Sweet//Spine, Melted Bodies @ Bottom Lounge

6/12 - Edging, Bushfire, Snuffed, Consensus Madness @ Empty Bottle

FRI-SUN

FRI

6/13 - Blondshell, Meg Elsier @ Metro

6/13 - Counting Crows, The Gaslight Anthem @ Ravinia [Highland Park]

6/13 - Caroline Rose @ Sleeping Village

6/13 - Spikepit, Man-eaters, Liquids, False Negative @ 6716 Forestdale [Hammond, IN]

6/13 - Boiler Room @ Radius (AK Sports, Dylan Brady, Evil Giane, Snow Strippers, etc.)

6/13 - Taste of Randolph @ 900 W Randolph (Phantogram, Moontype, J.Worra b2b Gene Farris, etc.)

SAT

6/14 - The Tubs, Pleasant Mob, Joe Glass @ Empty Bottle

6/14 - Jet, Band of Skulls @ Salt Shed

6/14 - Sandra Bernhard @ Park West

6/14 - Phoffman (Greensky Bluegrass) @ Garcia's

6/14 - This Will Destroy You, Jesse Beaman @ Lincoln Hall

6/14 - Boiler Room @ Radius (Bonobo DJ Set, DJ Heather, DJ Seinfeld, Mister Wallace, etc.)

6/14 - Taste of Randolph @ 900 W Randolph (Spitalfield, Slow Joy, The Junior Varsity, Showoff, Kyle Watson, GIRL MATH, DJ Heather b2b Lady D, etc.)

SUN

6/15 - DOSS, Crop Rot, Man-eaters, REPENT @ Fallen Log

6/15 - Provoker, Rip Swirl, Faerybabyy @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

6/15 - A Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow, Animotion @ House of Blues

6/15 - Taste of Randolph @ 900 W Randolph (Chromeo, Slow Pulp, Scarlet Demore, OK Go, Alive Girl, Yung Bae, etc.)

MON

6/16 - The Smashing Times, Now, Sharp Pins @ TBA

6/16 - Ben Folds with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra @ Symphony Center

6/16 - Dean Wareham @ Lincoln Hall

TUE

6/17 - Perfume Genius @ The Vic

6/17 - Halsey, Sir Chloe, Flowerovlove @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/17 - The Bug Club, Omni @ Empty Bottle

WED

6/18 - MJ Lenderman, Colin Miller @ Salt Shed

6/18 - Karate, Uniflora @ Lincoln Hall

6/18 - Civic @ Schubas

6/18 - Colleen Green, Rozwell Kid, Tweens @ Beat Kitchen

THU

6/19 - Sunflower Bean, Gift @ Sleeping Village

FRI

6/20 - Simple Minds, Soft Cell, Modern English @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/20 - Jack's Mannequin @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/20 - TOKiMONSTA @ Outset

6/20 - The Spits, Liquids @ Empty Bottle

6/20 - Taste of Joliet [Joliet] (Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, etc.)

6/20 - Neptune's Core @ Schubas

6/20 - Black Lips @ Bottom Lounge

SAT

6/21 - Queens of the Stone Age @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/21 - Ryan Adams @ Chicago Theatre

6/21 - TOKiMONSTA @ Outset

6/21 - The Spits, Man-eaters @ Empty Bottle

6/21 - +LIVE+ @ Brookfield Park Zoo [Brookfield]

6/21 - Broken Demeanor, Shotgun Funeral, Calico Plaid, Vatos Tristes, Clowder, Solemn Grey @ The Fallout

SUN

6/22 - Arooj Aftab @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

6/22 - Sleeper's Bell, Widemouth @ Color Club

MON

6/23 - James Blunt @ Salt Shed

6/23 - Tropical Fuck Storm, Bill Orcutt + Chris Corsano Duo @ Empty Bottle

TUE

6/24 - Tropical Fuck Storm, Bill Orcutt + Chris Corsano Duo @ Empty Bottle

6/24 - FKA Twigs, Koreless @ Salt Shed (outside)

WED

6/25 - Daniel Tosh @ Chicago Theatre

6/25 - The Mission (UK), Poppy Jean Crawford @ Thalia Hall

6/25 - Less Than Jake, The Suicide Machines, Fishbone, Bite Me Bambi @ Metro

6/25 - FKA Twigs, Koreless @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/25 - PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol @ Lincoln Hall

THU

6/26 - Stray Kids @ Wrigley Field

6/26 - Less Than Jake, Fishbone, The Suicide Machines, Bite Me Bambi @ Metro

6/26 - The Convenience, The Lipschitz @ Cole's Bar

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

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

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 @ Lincoln Hall

MON

6/30 - Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas @ United Center

TUE

7/1 - Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas @ United Center

7/1 - Strung Out (performing 'Exile In Oblivion') @ Cobra Lounge

WED

7/2 - Tripping Daisy (performing 'I Am An Elastic Firecracker' in its entirety) @ Bottom Lounge

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

SUN

7/6 - Cap't Jazz, Coffin Prick, Jenny Pulse (DJ Set) @ Thalia Hall

7/6 - Fievel is Glauque, Flanafi @ Empty Bottle

MON

7/7 - Wu-Tang Clan, Run the Jewels @ United Center

TUE

7/8 - Ezra Furman @ Thalia Hall

WED

7/9 - Los Bitchos @ Lincoln Hall

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 (TBA)

7/10 - Buñuel, Today is the Day, Spiritual Poison @ Sleeping Village

FRI-SUN

7/11-13 - Square Roots @ Lincoln Ave btw Montrose & Wilson (TBA)

FRI

7/11 - PRFBBQ 2025 @ Illuminated Brew Works (TBA)

7/11 - Primus, Ty Segall @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/11 - Modern Cults, Julia Steiner (Ratboys), Cherryburn, Anthony Rossi @ Schubas

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 (TBA)

7/12 - Haunt Me, Future Nobodies, Sports Coach, The Masqs @ Bottom Lounge

SUN

7/13 - PRFBBQ 2025 @ Fallen Log (TBA)

7/13 - Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill @ Salt Shed

TUE

7/15 - Alabama Shakes @ Salt Shed (outside)

WED

7/16 - Murder By Death, Laura Jane Grace @ Thalia Hall

7/16 - Alabama Shakes @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/16 - Surprise Chef @ Lincoln Hall

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

FRI-SUN

7/18-20 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (TBA)

FRI

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

7/18 - Keshi @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/18 - Third Eye Blind @ Brookfield Park Zoo [Brookfield]

SAT

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

SUN

7/20 - Phish @ United Center

7/20 - Lord Huron @ Salt Shed (outside)

TUE

7/22 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Chicago Theatre

7/22 - Whirr, Nothing @ Metro

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

THU

7/24 - Out of Space @ North Field at Illinois Science & Technology Park [Skokie] (Sylvan Esso, Bully, Case Oats)

FRI-SUN

7/25-27 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina (TBA)

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

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 @ Lincoln Hall

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

TUE

7/29 - Dinosaur Jr., Snail Mail, Easy Action @ Salt Shed

7/29 - of Montreal, Bijoux Cone @ Thalia Hall

7/29 - Ducks Ltd. @ Empty Bottle

THU-SUN

7/31-8/3 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, The Creator, Sabrina Carpenter, Rüfüs Du Sol, Luke Combs, Twice, A$AP Rocky, Korn, Gracie Abrams, Doechii, Dom Dolla, Cage The Elephant, Clairo, The Marías, Bleachers, Wallows, Mk.Gee, T-Pain, Foster The People, Finneas, Remi Wolf, Royel Otis, Flipturn, Magdalena Bay, Gryffin, Jpegmafia, Ocean Alley, Otoboke Beaver, Fcukers, Ratboys, Nourished By Time, etc.)

FRI

8/1 - Ghost @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

SAT

8/2 - CHEER-ACCIDENT @ Martyrs'

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

FRI

8/8 - Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/8 - The Head and the Heart @ Salt Shed (outside)

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

SUN

8/10 - Wilco @ Salt Shed (outside)

MON

8/11 - Linkin Park, PVRIS @ United Center

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

8/15 - Blue Öyster Cult @ The Riv

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

SUN

8/17 - $UICIDEBOY$, Bones, Night Lovell, Germ, Joeyy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

TUE

8/19 - Coheed & Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, Foxing @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

8/19 - Nine Inch Nails @ United Center

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]

SAT

8/23 - Styx, Kevin Cronin Band, Don Felder @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

TUE

8/26 - Jonas Brothers, Marshmello @ Wrigley Field

WED

8/27 - Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

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

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

SAT

8/30 - All-4-One @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]

SUN

8/31 - System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Polyphia, Wisp @ Soldier Field

8/31 - Streetlight Manifesto @ Salt Shed

MON

9/1 - System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Polyphia, Wisp @ Soldier Field

THU

9/4 - NRBQ @ Lincoln Hall

FRI-SUN

9/5-7 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (TBA)

FRI

9/5 - Dua Lipa @ United Center

9/5 - PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, Ekko Astral @ Salt Shed (outside)

SAT

9/6 - Dua Lipa @ United Center

9/6 - Kruder & Dorfmeister @ Auditorium Theatre

SUN

9/7 - Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy, Sidney Gish, Great Grandpa @ Salt Shed (outside)

9/7 - The Who @ United Center

TUE

9/9 - Supergrass (performing 'I Should Coco') @ The Riv

9/9 - Waxahatchee, Jessica Pratt, Sharp Pins @ Salt Shed (outside)

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]

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

SAT

9/13 - God Street Wine @ Garcia's

9/13 - Jason Aldean, Nate Smith, RaeLynn, Dee Jay Silver @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

SUN-MON

9/14-15 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (TBA)

MON

9/15 - Pixies, Spoon, Fazerdaze @ Salt Shed (outside)

9/15 - Lady Gaga @ United Center

WED

9/17 - Lady Gaga @ United Center

9/17 - Spacey Jane, The Belair Lip Bombs @ Metro

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

FRI-SUN

9/19-21 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Blink-182, Weezer, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Jack White, IDLES, "Weird Al" Yankovic,  Alkaline Trio, All Time Low, Rilo Kiley, Knocked Loose, The Beach Boys, Jawbreaker, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, Knuckle Puck, James, Sparks, DEHD, The Cribs, Hanson, The Bouncing Souls, The Damned, Screeching Weasel, The Linda Lindas, Buzzcocks, Shudder to Think, Stiff Little Fingers, Superchunk, Militarie Gun, Helmet, Pegboy, Camper Van Beethoven, The Didjits, Lambrini Girls, Ovlov, Smoking Popes, H2O, Shonen Knife, Agent Orange, Zero Boys, Weakend Friends, Dune Rats, etc.)

SAT

9/20 - Ethel Cain, 9Million @ Salt Shed (outside)

9/20 - Goose @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

MON

9/22 - The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Metro

WED

9/24 - Silkworm, The Gotobeds @ Sleeping Village

THU

9/25 - Louis CK @ Chicago Theatre

9/25 - Silkworm, Dianogah @ Sleeping Village

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

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

SUN

9/28 - The Raveonettes, Shallowater @ Bottom Lounge

MON

9/29 - Garbage, Starcrawler @ Salt Shed

TUE

9/30 - Swans, Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch @ Metro

9/30 - Kublai Khan TX, Drain, Gideon, Guilt Trip @ Salt Shed

WED

10/1 - Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Population II @ Bottom Lounge

10/1 - Durand Jones & The Indications @ Salt Shed

THU

10/2 - Destoryer, Jennifer Castle @ Thalia Hall

FRI

10/3 - The Murder Capital @ Beat Kitchen

10/3 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Thalia Hall

10/3 - Mr. Gnome @ Sleeping Village

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

TUE

10/7 - Yung Lean @ Salt Shed (outside)

THU

10/9 - Stereolab @ Metro

10/9 - Born Ruffians @ Subterranean

10/9 - Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Thalia Hall

FRI

10/10 - Stereolab @ Metro

TUE

10/14 - BAMBARA @ Empty Bottle

THU

10/16 - Neko Case, Des Demonas @ Salt Shed

10/16 - X, Los Lobos @ Auditorium Theatre

SAT

10/18 - Lucius @ Salt Shed

MON

10/20 - Autechre, Mark Broom @ Outset

10/20 - Oklou @ Metro

THU

10/23 - The Beta Band @ Metro

FRI

10/24 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed

SAT

10/25 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed

10/25 - The Spill Canvas, Mae, Ace Enders @ Bottom Lounge

SUN

10/26 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed

TUE

10/28 - The Legendary Pink Dots, Orbit Service @ Beat Kitchen

WED

10/29 - OSEES @ Thalia Hall

THU

10/30 - OSEES @ Thalia Hall

SUN

11/2 - Everclear, Local H, Sponge @ Thalia Hall

SAT

11/8 - Bear vs. Shark, Signals Midwest @ Thalia Hall

MON

11/10 - Belly @ Thalia Hall

TUE

11/11 - The Saints, Chimers @ Metro

FRI

11/14 - The Mars Volta @ Salt Shed

11/14 - Pixel Grip @ Metro

SAT

11/15 - Minus the Bear @ Metro

SUN

11/16 - Minus the Bear @ Metro

WED

11/19 - The Jesus Lizard, Stuck @ Metro

11/19 - Lorde @ United Center

THU

11/20 - The Jesus Lizard, Meat Wave @ Metro

SUN

11/23 - The Beths, Phoebe Rings, Squirrel Flower @ Salt Shed

MON

11/24 - Good Flying Birds, Phoebe Rings, Cootie Catcher @ Empty Bottle

SAT

11/29 - Neal Francis, The Heavy Heavy, The Dead Bolts @ Salt Shed

FRI

12/5 - All Them Witches, King Buffalo @ Thalia Hall

SAT

12/6 - All Them Witches, King Buffalo @ Thalia Hall

FRI-SUN

12/12-14 - The Second Annual Infestational @ TBA (TBA)

FRI

12/12 - Acid Bath, High on Fire, Weedeater @ Salt Shed

SAT

12/20 - DJ Diesel (Shaq) @ Salt Shed

(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)