Chicago Goings-On (Updated 5/22/26)

FRI

5/22 - Slide Away Festival @ Aragon Ballroom (HUM, Nothing, Chapterhouse, she's green, Total Wife, Crate)

5/22 - Portrayal of Guilt, Street Sects, Halloween, Smut @ Empty Bottle

5/22 - About Face, Flip the Switch, Contempt, Launch Code, Scope @ United Church of Rogers Park

5/22 - Flesh Panthers, Mary Jam, Tuff Sudz, Sweetmelk @ Liar's Club

SAT

5/23 - Slide Away Festival @ Aragon Ballroom (HUM, Nothing, Chapterhouse, Loveiscrushing, Cloakroom, Sunshy)

5/23 - D.R.I., Deathwish, Supreme Mystic, Fastplants, Brainbleed @ Reggie's Rock Club

5/23 - Warm Love Cool Dreams @ Salt Shed (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tortoise, Pixel Grip, Smerz, YHWH Nailgun, Kumo 99, Mark William Lewis)

5/23 - Earl Gary, Jaff Graffner @ Tone Deaf Records

5/23 - Graham Parker @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/23 - The Laughing Chimes, PARKiNG, Kitship, Riddle M @ Lowdown

SUN

5/24 - Warm Love Cool Dreams @ Salt Shed (Courtney Barnett, Toro Y Moi, Whitney, Nourished By Time, Moin, Being Dead, Lauren Auder, Tobacco City)

5/24 - The Spatulas, National Photo Committee, TV Buddha, Answering Machines The Experience @ Hideout

5/24 - Blood Cookie, Mourning Star, Hakas @ Reed's Local

5/24 - Parliament Funkadelic feat. Geroge Clinton @ Hollywood Casino [Joliet]

5/24 - Coma Therapy, Instrument, The Experience @ Lowdown

MON

5/25 - Dauber, Buio Omega, Rad Payoff, Strapped @ Hideout

5/25 - Crate, Sunshy, Daundry, Saccharine @ Lowdown

TUE

5/26 - Ick, Bussy Kween Power Trip, I H8 It Here, Directrix @ Theatre Y

THU

5/28 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'Tigermilk' in its entirety) @ Salt Shed

5/28 - National Photo Committee, Lifeguard, 2W33DY @ Empty Bottle

5/28 - Weird Nightmare, Joe Glass @ Cobra Lounge

5/28 - The Black Angels, L.A. Witch @ Thalia Hall

5/28 - Griffin Brown, Zander Raymond, Paige Alice Naylor @ Hideout

5/28 - Laliberté, Juneau, Imelda Marcos, WingWalker @ Lowdown

FRI-SUN

5/29-31 - Do-Division Street Fest @ Division btw Damen and Leavitt (Wild Pink, Pete & Bas, Adrian Younge, Spitalfield, Wombo, Lady Wray, Elizabeth Moen, Lip Critic, Glyders, Flowerbabe, Junegrass, Starcharm, Alive Girl, Answering Machines, etc.)

FRI

5/29 - Belle and Sebastian (performing 'If You're Feeling Sinister' in its entirety) @ Salt Shed

5/29 - Rilo Kiley @ Chicago Theatre

5/29 - Pete & Bas, Delivery Boys @ Subterranean

5/29 - Maps & Atlases, Documa @ Grindhouse Cafe [Highland, IN]

5/29 - Alga @ TBA

5/29 - EATT, REPENT, Bussy Kween Power Trip, Sour House @ Not Not

5/29 - Corpse Dust, X & Stacy, DJ Lazuli @ Bric-a-Brac Records

5/29 - Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra), Brother Bird @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

SAT

5/30 - Mekons @ Hideout (2 shows)

5/30 - Marisa Anderson @ Constellation

5/30 - Lip Critic, Flatwounds, Bejalvin @ Beat Kitchen

5/30 - bugoff! Tarantula Thread Pose, Spider Baby @ Cole's Bar

5/30 - Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra), Brother Bird @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

5/30 - Baragon, Patron Saints, Yabai, Eye to Eye, Lip Service @ Joybomb [Gary, IN]

SUN

5/31 - Toadies, Local H, Vandoliers @ The Vic

5/31 - American Culture, Cherry Tops, Junebug, Class Ring @ Casa Cafe

5/31 - mekons @ SPACE [Evanston]

5/31 - Talulah Paisley, Kitship, Adelaide @ Empty Bottle

MON

6/1 - Sunset Contender, Airport '77, Star Funeral @ Cole's Bar

TUE

6/2 - Kevin Morby, Liam Kazar @ Metro

WED

6/3 - Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Les Claypool's Fearless Frog Brigade @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/3 - Art Star, Crisis Actress, Pet Peeves, Pudding @ Hideout

THU

6/4 - Terror, Pain of Truth, End It, Start Today, xACHEx @ Metro

6/4 - TsuShiMaMiRe @ Empty Bottle

6/4 - Toss!, Billy Joel Jr., Sun Queen @ Schubas

FRI

6/5 - Dazzling Killmen, Point Line Plane, Big'N @ Sleeping Village

6/5 - Alice Bag Band, Clickbait, Sweetie @ Cobra Lounge

6/5 - Good Doom, Shy Bronco, Spiral Galaxy @ Cafe Mustache

6/5 - Old Coke, Day Aches, Daundry, Hell of a Life @ Cobra Lounge AAA Stage

6/5 - Cabeza de Chivo, Vatos Tristes, Eva Maria (DJ Set) @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

6/5 - Widemouth, Free Range, Sleeper's Bell @ Schubas

6/5 - Jackyl @ Hollywood Casino [Joliet]

SAT

6/6 - Nick Dunston with Ben Lamar Gay, Tomeka Reid, Julian Otis & Caroline Jesalva @ Madlener House

6/6 - BoDeans @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]

6/6 - BCMC @ Hungry Brain

6/6 - Stella Fest @ TBA (Dicot, Maximiano, Ava Brennan, Plant Matter, Only The Middle, Niika, Twila Ping, Conor Lynch, Erin Paulson, Friendly Faces)

6/6 - Coliseum, Lost Legion, Sharilla @ Ramova Loft

6/6 - Edging @ Logan Square Monument Park

6/6 - Hot Girls, Anxiety Patrol, Speed Babes @ Cole's Bar

6/6 - Tragic Heroine, Guerrilla Troop, Model Cars, Oildrum @ Downstairs at Subterranean

6/6 - Birth Rejects, Gripe, Gabber Foos, Pure Joy @ Canalport Riverwalk

SUN

6/7 - My New Band Believe @ Constellation

6/7 - Augustana, Phantom Planet @ Lincoln Hall

6/7 - Your Own Knife, Mother, Scope, Mensa @ Lowdown

6/7 - The Metalliques, Do the Needful, Xonni @ Schubas

MON

6/8 - Neolithic, Can't Lose, The Method, In My Way, New Found Power @ Casa Cafe

6/8 - La Croix Mystique, Tunnel, .liver whip. @ Hideout

6/8 - Prathloons, Hannah Frey, Able Baker @ Empty Bottle

6/8 - Morpho, Joe Suihkonen, Mute Form @ Schubas

WED

6/10 - Wendy Eisenberg, More Eaze @ Empty Bottle

THU

6/11 - Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

6/11 - Mumford & Sons, CAAMP, Dylan Gossett @ Wrigley Field

6/11 - Inara George (The Bird and the Bee) @ SPACE [Evanston]

6/11 - The Hold Steady @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

FRI

6/12 - The Hold Steady @ Empty Bottle

6/12 - RÜFÜS DU SOL @ Wrigley Field

6/12 - The Avengers, Pinksqueeze, Violets @ Cobra Lounge

6/12 - Sprite, Empty Heaven, Lamniforms @ Lowdown

6/12 - Beastii, Added Dimensions, Boybrain, DJ Miss Gross @ Reed's Local

SAT

6/13 - Nate Bargatze @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

6/13 - Devotchka @ Thalia Hall

6/13 - The Hold Stead, Built to Spill, Bully, Titus Andronicus @ Salt Shed

6/13 - OK GO @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field

6/13 - Babe Haven, Bev Rage & The Drinks, NO MEN @ Beat Kitchen

6/13 - The Raspberry Jams, Hip Martyr, The Florist. @ Cobra Lounge AAA Stage

SUN

6/14 - Amyl and the Sniffers, Party Dozen @ Salt Shed (outside)

6/14 - Rostam, Henry Soloman @ Thalia Hall

MON

6/15 - Arrested Development, Linda Sol, DJ Ca$h Era @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

TUE

6/16 - Deer Tick, Jobi Riccio @ Thalia Hall

WED

6/17 - The Strokes, Thundercat, Hamilton Leithauser @ United Center

6/17 - Leftover Crack, Sadplant, The Dollheads, Mikey Classic and His Demons @ Reggie's Rock Club

THU

6/18 - Five For Fighting, Edwin McCain @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]

6/18 - The Hotelier, Graham Hunt @ Lincoln Hall

6/18 - D-Composed and Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, with special guests Nona Hendryx and David Murray @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

6/18 - Enter Shikari, Boston Manor, Initiate @ Thalia Hall

6/18 - K9. @ TBA

FRI-SUN

6/19-21 - Taste of Randolph @ Randolph btw Peoria & Racine (Joyce Manor, Gene Farris, The Happy Fits, Action/Adventure, DJ Heather, Liquid Soul, Neptune's Core, etc.)

FRI

6/19 - Morgan Wallen, Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King @ Soldier Field

6/19 - MOTOBLOT @ Halsted & 35th St. (The Dollyrots, Glyders, The Rumours, The Orchard, Black Widows, Free Times, The Evictins, Curls Ultra)

6/19 - Kate Renegade, Toddo, Life in Public @ Color Club Tavern

6/19 - Winnetka Music Festival 2026 @ Downtown Winnetka (Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Grace Potter, Lucero, etc)

6/19 - The Hotelier, The Ophelias @ Lincoln Hall

SAT

6/20 - Morgan Wallen, Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King @ Soldier Field

6/20 - MOTOBLOT @ Halsted & 35th St. (Nekromantix, The Midnight Cowgirls, Molder, High Command, Boybrain, Electric Hawk, The Knee Hi's, Sex Scenes, Lollygagger, Broken Demeanor, etc.)

6/20 - MOTOBLOT @ Ramova Theatre (High On Fire, Lair of Minotaur, Barren Heir)

6/20 - The Father Costume, Overly Polite Tornadoes, Desert Liminal @ Color Club Tavern

6/20 - Winnetka Music Festival 2026 @ Downtown Winnetka (Father John Misty, Ben Kweller, Futurebirds, V.V. Lightbody, etc.)

6/20 - The Cowboys @ Reed's Local

6/20 - Dead Rider, Pugz Adamz & Codak Smith,Reid Coker @ Hideout

6/20 - Drastic Plastic, Liquids, REPENT, Bath Drawers @ Lowdown

SUN

6/21 - Tigers Jaw, Pool Kids, Bleary Eyed @ Thalia Hall

6/21 - MOTOBLOT @ Halsted & 35th St. (Hillbilly Casino, Mute Duo, Wayne Hancock, Daisychain, Heet Deth, The Krank Daddies, Tuff Sudz, etc.)

6/21 - Alejandro Escovedo & The Electric Saints @ SPACE [Evanston]

6/21 - Dog Guitar, Steeplechase, Tunnel @ Hideout

MON

6/22 - Sheila E., Melody Angel, DJ Larz Natural @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

TUE

6/23 - The Human League, Soft Cell, Alison Moyet @ Chicago Theatre

6/23 - Kim Gordon @ Metro

6/23 - Dark Thoughts, Ejaculators, Navaja @ Empty Bottle

6/23 - Hazel City, Maxwell Blast @ Sleeping Village

THU

6/25 - The Dead South, Amigo the Devil @ Salt Shed

6/25 - Patrice Rushen, Sparklmami, DJ Shon Dervis @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

FRI-SUN

6/26-28 - Logan Square Arts Fest @ Logan Square (Accessory, Body Shop, Porches, Bad Bad Hats, Catie Turner, The Dead Bolts, Crashwolves, Billy Joel Jr., OK Cool, etc.)

FRI

6/26 - Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind and Fire @ United Center

6/26 - Kurt Vile and the Violators, The Sadies @ Salt Shed

6/26 - Guster @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field

6/26 - Tracy Bonham @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Szold Hall

6/26 - Choke Chain, Insula Iscariot, E.T. @ Sleeping Village

6/26 - Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country @ Thalia Hall

6/26 - Lydia Cash, Half Gringa, Mikey Harms @ Empty Bottle

SAT

6/27 - "Weird Al" Yankovich, Puddles Pity Party @ United Center

6/27 - A.J. Croce @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]

6/27 - Prostitute @ Empty Bottle

6/27 - Current Union TM, Shock Tea, Tom Henry, Jason Shapiro @ Color Club Tavern

6/27 - Joel Styzens: Relax Your Ears with Herine Koschak, Jinty McTavish, and special guests @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Szold Hall

6/27 - Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country @ Thalia Hall

SUN

6/28 - Deadbeat Beat, CBVB, Bath Drawers @ Color Club Tavern

6/28 - Widowspeak, Neu Blume @ Schubas

MON

6/29 - Curls Ultra, Marital Bed, Nonnie Parry, Shy Bronco @ Empty Bottle

6/29 - Sir Chloe, Venus & the Flytraps, DJ Jill Hopkins @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

TUE

6/30 - of Montreal, Cormae @ Thalia Hall

FRI

7/3 - Louis Tomlinson, The Beaches @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

7/3 - La Texana, Blood Club, Future Nobodies @ Bottom Lounge

TUE

7/7 - The Church @ Park West

THU

7/9 - Bellows, Cusp, Terror Pigeon, Girl K (solo) @ Sleeping Village

7/9 - DEHD, Starcharm @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

THU-SUN

7/9-12 - PRF BBQ 2026 @ Various Venues (Fruit LoOops, Daddy's Boy, Earl Gary, Masonic Wave, Stomatopod, Weaklung, etc.)

FRI-SUN

7/10-12 - Square Roots @ Lincoln btw Montrose and Wilson (TBA)

FRI

7/10 - Cola, PARKiNG @ Empty Bottle

7/10 - Muse, Bloc Party, The Temper Trap @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/10 - The Bug Club, Golomb @ Lincoln Hall

SAT

7/11 - John Mulaney @ Wrigley Field

7/11 - Jack Johnson, Hermanos Gutiérrez @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

7/11 - John Mellencamp @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/11 - Generación Suicida, Loosey @ Cobra Lounge

7/11 - Dan Gauguin Band, Ovef Ow, Lil' Davy @ Cole's Bar

SUN

7/12 - Cootie Catcher, Memory Card, Sacred Heart Academy @ Empty Bottle

MON

7/13 - Royel Otis @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/13 - Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

7/13 - Babe Report, Grocer, Patter @ Empty Bottle

TUE

7/14 - Royel Otis @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/14 - Noah Kahan, Gigi Perez @ Wrigley Field

7/14 - The Body, BIG|BRAVE @ Empty Bottle

7/14 - Fan Club, War Effort, Navaja @ Reggie's Comedy Shack

7/14 - Gizzae @ Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden - Museum of Contemporary Art

WED

7/15 - Noah Kahan, Gigi Perez @ Wrigley Field

7/15 - L'eclair @ Sleeping Village

7/15 - youbet, Doc Mino @ Schubas

THU

7/16 - Rush @ United Center

7/16 - Jeff Rosenstock, Good Luck @ Metro

7/16 - Hunx and His Punx @ Empty Bottle

7/16 - Man Man, Death Valley Girls @ Lincoln Hall

7/16 - Colleen Green @ Beat Kitchen

7/16 - Marcos Valle, Daniel Villarreal, DJ Clark Quente @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/16 - Big Freedia @ Outset

FRI

7/17-19 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Wood and Damen (TBA)

FRI

7/17 - Paul Simon @ Ravinia [Highland Park]

7/17 - Jeff Rosenstock, Nnamdi @ Metro

7/17 - Model/Actriz @ Empty Bottle

7/17 - Dillinger Four, The Slow Death, Constant Insult, Lost Legion @ Reggie's Rock Club

7/17 - The Rumble @ Cobra Lounge Parking Lot (Hatebreed, Turmoil, Gridiron, Ringworm, etc.)

7/17 - Twisted Teens @ Sleeping Village

SAT

7/18 - Paul Simon @ Ravinia [Highland Park]

7/18 - Rush @ United Cente

7/18 - Limp Bizkit, Cypress Hill, Sevendust, Kittie, Puddle of Mudd, Magnolia Park, The Pretty Wild, Slay Squad @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/18 - Jeff Rosenstock, Saintseneca @ Metro

7/18 - The Rumble @ Cobra Lounge Parking Lot (100 Demons, Missing Link, No Cure, Big Ass Truck, xACHEx, etc.)

SUN

7/19 - Creed, Bush, Mammoth, Candlebox, Hoobastank, Sleep Theory, Big Wresk, Verve Pipe, Ashes of Billy @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/19 - Jeff Rosenstock, Mustard Plug @ Metro

7/19 - Lucy Dacus with the Chicago Philharmonic, Ratboys @ Millennium Park

7/19 - TV Star, Nathan Ma Band, HEAD, Jason Shapiro @ Hideout

7/19 - Pedro the Lion, Advance Base @ Sleeping Village

MON

7/20 - Ms. Ezra Furman @ SPACE [Evanston]

TUE

7/21 - Jeff Rosenstock, Bren Lukens @ Metro

7/21 - Ms. Ezra Furman @ SPACE [Evanston]

WED

7/22 - Pavement, Nap Eyes @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/22 - Jeff Rosenstock, Beach Bunny @ Metro

7/22 - Alex Lahey (solo) @ Schubas

THU-SUN

7/23-26 - Nitro-A-Go--Go @ Various Venues (TBA)

THU

7/23 - Jeff Rosenstock, AJJ @ Metro

7/23 - Jack White @ Radius

7/23 - Aimee Mann (performing 'The Bachelor No. 2' in its entirety), Kimon Kirk @ The Riv

7/23 - Kaki King @ SPACE [Evanston]

7/23 - WU LYF @ Lincoln Hall

FRI

7/24 - Metric, Broken Social Scene, Stars @ Aragon Ballroom

7/24 - Jeff Rosenstock, Sidney Gish @ Metro

7/24 - Jack White @ Salt Shed (outside)

7/24 - Hell is Here @ Lowdown

7/24 - Kylesa, Yakuza, Cloud Rat @ Thalia Hall

7/24 - Argo and the Violet Queens, Instrument, Model Cars, Metalliques @ Cole's Bar

SAT

7/25 - Buddy Guy @ Chicago Theatre

7/25 - LSD and the Search for God @ Cobra Lounge

7/25 - RX Bandits, Catbite @ Thalia Hall

SUN

7/26 - LSD and the Search for God @ Cobra Lounge

MON

7/27 - Aterciopelados, La Rosa Noir, Lumpen Radio DJs @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

WED

7/29 - Guns N' Roses @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/29 - Daisychain, Lord Buffalo, Blue Dream @ Reggie's Music Joint

THU-SUN

7/30-8/2 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (TBA)

FRI

7/31 - Cairo Jag @ Liar's Club

SAT

8/1 - Styx, Chicago @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

MON

8/3 - The Budos Band, Zeshan B, Radius @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

TUE

8/4 - Tomahawk, Melvins @ The Riv

8/4 - Finom @ Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden - Museum of Contemporary Art

WED

8/5 - Gelatinous Cube and the Ambiguous Wrecks, Phet Mak, The Ugly Lovers, Lobotomites @ Reggie's Music Joint

THU

8/6 - Xanny Stars @ TBA

8/6 - Lila Iké, Matt B, DJ Blair Elise @ Millenium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

FRI

8/7 - Train, Barenaked Ladies, Matt Nathanson @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

SAT

8/8 - Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy @ Soldier Field

8/8 - Jack Harlow @ Salt Shed

8/8 - The Psychedelic Furs, Living Colour @ The Riv

SUN

8/9 - Steel Pulse @ Thalia Hall

WED

8/12 - Modest Mouse, Califone @ Salt Shed

8/12 - Oneida, Kinski, BCMC @ Empty Bottle

FRI

8/14 - Tori Amos, Bartees Strange @ Auditorium Theatre

8/14 - Fiddlehead, Narrow Head, Knumears, The Sissy Boys @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

SAT

8/15 - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Loverboy, Six Gun Sally @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

TUE

8/18 - Steve Earle @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

8/18 - Citizen, Anxious, Hotline TNT, Rocket @ Thalia Hall

WED

8/19 - Citizen, Hotline TNT, Anxious, Rocket @ Thalia Hall

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

SUN

8/23 - Swervedriver @ Thalia Hall

8/23 - Frankie Cosmos @ Empty Bottle

TUE

8/25 - Crack Cloud @ Empty Bottle

8/25 - Billy Branch @ Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden - Museum of Contemporary Art

THU

8/27 - BTS @ Soldier Field

8/27 - Monolord, Khemmis @ Thalia Hall

FRI-SUN

8/28-30 - Edgewater Music Fest @ Broadway & Thorndale (TBA)

FRI

8/28 - Peter Hook & The Light @ Metro

8/28 - BTS @ Soldier Field

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

SUN

8/30 - Sludgeworth, The Brokedowns, Josh Caterer @ Cobra Lounge

WED

9/2 - Antibalas @ SPACE [Evanston]

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)

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, 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)

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

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)

MON

9/7 - ARC Music Festival @ Union Park (Honey Dijon, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, Serafina, etc.)

FRI

9/11 - Punch Brothers @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

MON

9/14 - Bikini Kill, Ganser @ Salt Shed

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

THU

9/17 - Jim E. Brown @ Empty Bottle

FRI-SUN

9/18-20 - Riot Fest @ Douglass Park (TBA)

FRI

9/18 - Aldous Harding, Sam Burton @ Thalia Hall

SAT

9/19 - REZN, Cloakroom, DIM @ Thalia Hall

TUE

9/22 - Iron Maiden, Megadeth @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

9/22 - Weezer, The Shins, Silversun Pickups @ United Center

WED

9/23 - Son Volt @ SPACE [Evanston]

THU

9/24 - Son Volt @ SPACE [Evanston]

FRI

9/25 - Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant @ The Riv

9/25 - Cate Le Bon, Horsegirl, Kitship @ Bohemian National Cemetery

9/25 - Paula Cole @ Thalia Hall

SAT-SUN

9/26-27 - Windy Pop Weekender @ Subterranean (The Softies, Rocketship, Dressy Bessy, good flying birds, sunshy, The Laughing Chimes, etc.)

SUN

9/27 - Unsane, The Crosses, Rollo Tomasi @ Beat Kitchen

MON

9/28 - Horse Lords @ Empty Bottle

TUE

9/29 - Lambrini Girls, Big Girl @ The Vic

9/29 - Lambchop, Daughter of Swords @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

9/29 - Arlo Parks @ Thalia Hall

FRI

10/2 - DJ Shadow @ The Vic

SAT

10/3 - Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

THU

10/8 - Gorillaz, Little Simz, Deltron 3030 @ United Center

10/8 - Pinhead Gunpowder @ Metro

FRI

10/9 - W.A.S.P., KK's Priest @ Des Plaines Theatre [Des Plaines]

10/9 - Iron Lung @ TBA

10/9 - Beck @ Auditorium Theatre

10/9 - WAR @ Hollywood Casino [Joliet]

SAT

10/10 - Armand Hammer @ Thalia Hall

10/10 - Beck @ Auditorium Theatre

10/10 - Jerry Seinfeld @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)

SUN

10/11 - Interpol, DIIV @ Salt Shed (outside)

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

THU

10/15 - OSEES ft. Brigid Dawson, Traps PS @ Thalia Hall

FRI

10/16 - OSEES ft. Brigid Dawson, Traps PS @ Thalia Hall

10/16 - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel @ SPACE [Evanston]

SAT

10/17 - Ben Schwartz & Friends @ Chicago Theatre

10/17 - Suki Waterhouse, Rochelle Jordan @ Aragon Ballroom

10/17 - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel @ SPACE [Evanston]

SUN

10/18 - John Scofield’S “Electrospective” feat. Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings & Adam Deitch @ Thalia Hall

THU

10/22 - The Bobby Lees @ Lincoln Hall

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]

SAT

10/24 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre

SUN

10/25 - Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Nine Treasures @ Apollo Theater

10/25 - Jackopierce @ SPACE [Evanston]

MON

10/26 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre

TUE

10/27 - Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theatre

THU

10/29 - The Limiñanas, Native Sun @ Empty Bottle

10/29 - The Dresden Dolls @ Salt Shed

FRI

10/30 - Sweeping Promises @ Empty Bottle

SAT

10/31 - The Damned, Flamin Groovies, The Fabulous Courettes @ Concord Music Hall

10/31 - Geese @ Salt Shed

SUN

11/1 - Geese @ Salt Shed

11/1 - L7 @ The Vic

THU

11/5 - Donny Benet, Otnes @ Thalia Hall

SUN

11/8 - Death From Above 1979 @ Thalia Hall

THU

11/12 - Hiss Golden Messenger, Sam Amidon @ Thalia Hall

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

THU

11/19 - Slow Pulp, Her New Knife, Current Union TM @ Salt Shed

FRI

11/20 - Marc Maron @ The Vic

11/20 - A Place to Bury Strangers, ADULT., DANA @ Metro

MON

11/23 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

TUE

11/24 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

SAT

12/12 - Temples @ Thalia Hall

(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)