Chicago Goings-On (Updated 7/7/26)

TUE

7/7 - The Church @ Park West

7/7 - Local Memory, Comfy, Bugcatcher @ Hideout

7/7 - Valley Porno People, Hither, Laliberté @ Cole's Bar

WED

7/8 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Beach Bunny, Friko, etc.)

7/8 - Suitor, Current Union TM, Alga, Bath Drawers @ Empty Bottle

THU

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

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

7/9 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Original Koffee, Funkadesi, etc.)

7/9 - PRF BBQ 2026 @ Color Club (Mayor for Life, Mason Wave, Witches Wedding, Photo-curio)

7/9 - 108, Racetraitor, Snuffed, Burning Fight, Left of Heaven @ Cobra Lounge

7/9 - Cowboy Mouth @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]

FRI

7/10 - Square Roots @ Lincoln btw Montrose and Wilson (DEHD, Deeper, Starcharm, The Soul Rebels, Sheryl Youngblood, RPA Ensemble)

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

7/10 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Common, Recoechi + Kaicrewsade, etc.)

7/10 - PRF BBQ 2026 @ Comfort Station (Small Awesome, Daddy's Boy, Earl Gary, etc.)

7/10 - Answering Machines, Viktor Gooze, Current Union TM, Starr 67 @ Reed's Local

7/10 - National Photo Committee, Krill @ Kilbourn Park

7/10 - Los Lobos @ Fitzgerald's Patio [Berwyn]

7/10 - Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]

7/10 - Sank, Bimbo, Wallplant @ Radon Ranch

SAT

7/11 - Square Roots @ Lincoln btw Montrose and Wilson (Margo Price, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Robbie Fulks, Grelley Duval feat Finom and Aunt Kelly, Joe Glass, TV Buddha, Chaparelle, Meg and the Wheelers, Sleeper's Bell, etc.)

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

7/11 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Babyface, Opal Staples & Isaiah Sharkey, etc.)

7/11 - PRF BBQ 2026 @ Wholesome (The God Eaters, The Cell Phones, Deady, Microwaves, etc.)

7/11 - Godstar Megamax, Lund Surk @ Color Club Tavern

7/11 - Si Dios Quiere, Sick Joke, Snuffed, Totaled, Absent Soul @ Prison City Vintage [Joliet]

7/11 - King Woman, Left of Heaven, Die Divinity @ Empty Bottle

7/11 - Sticky Bit, Smallssmile, Nifty @ Side Street Studio Arts [Elgin]

7/11 - Los Lobos, Jonah Smith @ Fitzgerald's Patio [Berwyn]

7/11 - Robbie Kuang, Lund Surk, Kitship, XO.Benson (DJ Set) @ Big Foggy

7/11 - Witt Wardlaw, Laurie Duo, TV Buddha (DJ Set) @ Color Club Tavern

SUN

7/12 - Square Roots @ Lincoln btw Montrose and Wilson (Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, JD McPherson, Sons of the Silent Age, The Tossers, etc.)

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

7/12 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Julieta Venegas, Valebol, etc.)

7/12 - PRF BBQ 2026 @ Wholesome (Stomatopod, Fruit LoOops, La Fea, Miniature, Weaklung, etc.)

7/12 - Elway, Tired Radio, The Brokedowns, Sprite @ Beat Kitchen

7/12 - Billy Idol, Tom Hamilton Band @ Ravinia [Highland Park]

7/12 - Margo Price @ Fitzgerald's Patio [Berwyn]

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

7/13 - Nick Offerman, Ho Etsu Taiko @ Ramova Theatre

TUE

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

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

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

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

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

7/14 - Pew Pew, War Machine, Crisis Actress, Naomi 10 Million @ Burlington

7/14 - Cult Canyon @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field

WED

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

7/15 - L'eclair, Charlie Chimi @ Sleeping Village

7/15 - youbet, Doc Mino @ Schubas

7/15 - The Black Keys @ The Vic

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, The Feeders, Sex Dream @ Beat Kitchen

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

7/16 - Big Freedia @ Outset

7/16 - Crown of Thornz, Si Dios Quiere, Cape Fade, Demo Division, Hex, Lavender @ Subterranean

7/16 - Drivin n Cryin, Laid Back Country Picker @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]

7/16 - Tragic Heroine, Prairie Princess, Naked Lunch, Adelaide @ Lowdown

7/16 - National Information Society, Bitchin Bajas @ Constellation

7/16 - Sima Cunningham @ Hungry Brain

7/16 - Trash Kickers, Flesh Panthers, Troy Anderson Band, Try a Dull Knife @ Martyrs'

FRI

7/17 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Wood and Damen (Hunx and His Punx, Downtown Boys, Phantom 45, Sir Hiss, Vatos Tristes, etc.)

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, Alynda Segarra @ Sleeping Village

7/17 - Rick Ross Renaissance Orchestra and the Sainted Trap Choir, Twista @ Chicago Theatre

7/17 - Tobacco City, V.V. Lightbody @ Kilbourn Park

7/17 - The Raspberry Jams, Cherry Decay, Faerie Dream @ Color Club Tavern

SAT

7/18 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Wood and Damen (Model/Actriz, Consensus Madness, Diz, Stuck, Facing, Sneak, Glyde, Striz, etc.)

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.)

7/18 - Welt, Nuclear Addicts, Coronary, Navaja, Trapanation Wound @ La Casa del Migrante 3

7/18 - Ravenswood On Tap @ Ravenswood & Berteau (Cel Ray, Ganser, Bev Rage & The Drinks, La Rosa Noir, etc.)

7/18 - Junglepussy @ Empty Bottle

7/18 - Loose Leaf Fest @ Dovetail Brewery (Abel, Sleep Tight Tiger, Hollow Bastion, Mold Gold)

7/18 - The Tear Garden Collective, A Doll for Abigail, Cableknit, Laliberté @ Lowdown

SUN

7/19 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Wood and Damen (Junglepussy, Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Alice Longyu Gao, Jevon Jackson, Easygoingtech, Justin Reed, etc.)

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, Golden Rulers @ Hideout

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

7/19 - Ravenswood On Tap @ Ravenswood & Berteau (Toronzo Cannon, Joanna Connor, Nathan Graham, Wicked Drawl, etc.)

7/19 - Alice Longyu Gao (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle

7/19 - Chaepter, Sylvia Ivy Spirit Ensemble, Twila Ping @ Record Breakers

MON

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

7/20 - Mr.phylzzz, Scarlet Demore, Astral Hand, Credit Card @ Empty Bottle

TUE

7/21 - Jeff Rosenstock, Bren Lukens @ Metro

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

7/21 - Speed Babes, Anxiety Patrol, Shredded Sun @ Empty Bottle

WED

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

7/22 - Jeff Rosenstock, Beach Bunny @ Metro

7/22 - Alex Lahey (solo), Gay Meat @ Schubas

7/22 - Zorn, Man-eaters, Lost Legion, False Negative @ Empty Bottle

THU-SUN

7/23-26 - Nitro-A-Go--Go @ Various Venues (PARKiNG, Lifeguard, Talulah God, TV Buddha, National Photo Committee, Macie Stewart, Answering Machines, Genre, Post Office Winter, Greg Freeman, 2w33dy, Jason Shapiro, Blank Hellscape, Guyscrapers, Memory Card, Hazel City, Squirrel Flower, Age of Peace, The Badger Hunters, Touch Girl Apple Blossom, Bullseye, Current Union TM, etc.)

THU

7/23 - Jeff Rosenstock, AJJ @ Metro

7/23 - Jack White, Miniskirt @ 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

7/23 - Mess, Mock Execution, Fuerza Bruta, The Stress, VENENÖ, Navaja @ Beat Kitchen

7/23 - The Whiffs, TEMPS., Otoliths @ Empty Bottle

FRI-SUN

7/24-26 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina (Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, The Frights, Ovlov, Devon Gilfillian, Shannon Shaw Band, Austin TV, Georgia Maq, The Back Alley, Mexican Slum Rats, Good Boy Daisy, Future Rootz, etc.)

FRI

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

7/24 - Jeff Rosenstock, Sidney Gish @ Metro

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

7/24 - Hell is Here, Pure Joy, The Consequence, Home Invasion, Flesh Commodity @ Lowdown

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

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

7/24 - Blues Traveler @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]

7/24 - Sea Ghouls, Flowerbabe, Fantasma Negra, Scary Lady Sarah (DJ Set) @ Sleeping Village

7/24 - Cel Ray, Negative Scanner, Fruit LoOops, Bric-a-Brac DJs @ Empty Bottle

7/24 - Radio Outernational, Chicken Happen @ Kilbourn Park

SAT

7/25 - Buddy Guy, Carlise Guy & The Nu Blu Band @ Chicago Theatre

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

7/25 - RX Bandits, Catbite @ Thalia Hall

7/25 - Man or Astro-man?, Serf Lords @ Empty Bottle

7/25 - Jeff Rosenstock, Dan Andriano @ Metro

7/25 - Nelly @ Brookfield Zoo [Brookfield]

7/25 - Mac Blackout, Jimbo Easter, Bryce Morrison @ Tone Deaf Records

7/25 - The Frights, Mexican Slum Rats @ Beat Kitchen

SUN

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

7/26 - WORLD PEACE, Wretched Blessing, Sarin @ Empty Bottle

7/26 - Ovlov, Cusp @ Sleeping Village

MON

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

7/27 - Try a Dull Knife, Oildrum, Autofill @ Burlington

WED

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

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

7/29 - Bad Nerves, Flesh Panthers @ Cobra Lounge

7/29 - Blood Orange @ House of Blues

7/29 - Viagra Boys, Beau Wanzer @ Metro

7/29 - Empire of the Sun @ Salt Shed

7/29 - Wet Leg @ The Vic

7/29 - A Doll for Abigail, plush, Laliberté, NOT MILK @ Casa Cafe

THU

7/30 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Lorde, John Summit, SOMBR, Empire of the Sun, Wet Leg, Blood Orange, Viagra Boys, Boys Noize, Bad Nerves, Chalk, etc.)

7/30 - Kettama, Boys Noize @ Aragon Ballroom

7/30 - High Vis @ Cobra Lounge

7/30 - Suki Waterhouse, Love Spells @ House of Blues

7/30 - Yungblud, Jesse Jo Stark @ The Riv

7/30 - Major Lazer @ Sound-Bar

7/30 - Finn Wolfhard, Kim Theory @ Subterranean

FRI

7/31 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Charlie XCX, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lil Uzi Vert, Yungblud, Major Lazer, Freddie Gibbs, Suki Waterhouse, Oklou, High Vis, Finn Wolfhard, etc.)

7/31 - Cairo Jag @ Liar's Club

7/31 - Clipse, Mick Jenkins @ The Riv

7/31 - Bebadoobie, Been Stellar @ Salt Shed

7/31 - CRASHwolves, Starcharm @ Kilbourn Park

SAT

8/1 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Olivia Dean, Jennie, The Neighbourhood, Ethel Cain, Clipse, Geese, Alison Wonderland, Wolf Alice, Frost Children, Die Spitz, etc.)

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

8/1 - Frost Children, Nina Jirachi @ Ephiphany Center for the Arts

8/1 - Alison Wonderland @ Concord Music Hall

8/1 - The Story So Far, I Am the Avalanche @ House of Blues

8/1 - Hot Mulligan, Footballhead @ Metro

8/1 - Freddie Gibbs, Kaicrewsade @ Ramova Theatre

8/1 - Heet Deth, Orchid Club, The Swabs, Prime Angel Weather @ Burlington

SUN

8/2 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Tate McRae, The XX, Turnstile, Bebadoobee, The Chainsmokers, Hot Mulligan, Duke Dumont, Water from Your Eyes, Case Oats, etc.)

8/2 - Water From Your Eyes, Anthony Fremont's Garden Solutions @ Empty Bottle

8/2 - Ethel Cain, Squirrel Flower @ Metro

8/2 - Cory Hanson @ Hideout

8/2 - Kaycie Satterfield, Morpho, Jane Hobson @ Cole's Bar

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

8/4 - Joe Glass, Gerfety, Airport '77 @ Schubas

WED

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

THU

8/6 - Xanny Stars @ Gallery Cabaret

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

8/6 - Zastava @ Empty Bottle

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

8/8 - Ashley McBryde @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field

SUN

8/9 - Steel Pulse @ Thalia Hall

8/9 - Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center Benefit @ Empty Bottle (NA, HF, Adam Schubert, Free Range (solo), Mass Text, Jason Balla & Brian Case Duo)

MON

8/10 - Buttchug 69, Godstar Megamax, husk @ Hideout

WED

8/12 - Modest Mouse, Califone @ Salt Shed

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

THU

8/13 - Holy Wave @ Empty Bottle

8/13 - Taurus Judge, Plusser @ Lowdown

FRI-SUN

8/14-16 - Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest @ 6900 N. Glenwood Ave. (TBA)

FRI

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

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

8/14 - Racetraitor, Snuffed, Hell is Real, Worst @ Hideout

8/14 - BL3SS @ Outset

SAT

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

8/15 - Tommy Oeffling and the B-Team, Sacred Heart Academy @ Schubas

8/15 - Consensus Madness, The Hell, Bungee Jumpers, Navaja @ Empty Bottle

TUE

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

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

8/18 - Edging, Destrends @ Beat Kitchen

WED

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

THU

8/20 - Jill Scott @ Chicago Theatre

8/20 - Ink & Dagger, Self Defense Family, Stress Positions, Slow Mass @ Metro

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]

SAT

8/22 - Iris Temple, NNAMDÏ, No-Fi RPM @ Empty Bottle

8/22 - Nitzer Ebb, Dopplereffekt @ Metro

8/22 - Jill Scott @ Chicago Theatre

SUN

8/23 - Swervedriver @ Thalia Hall

8/23 - Frankie Cosmos @ Empty Bottle

8/23 - Jill Scott @ Chicago Theatre

8/23 - Kay Krull, Kitship, Zander Raymond (DJ Set) @ Hideout

MON

8/24 - Wild Thyme @ Empty Bottle

TUE

8/25 - Crack Cloud @ Empty Bottle

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

WED

8/26 - Quicksand, Bane, Soul Blind @ Bottom Lounge

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

FRI-SUN

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

FRI

8/28 - Peter Hook & The Light @ Metro

8/28 - BTS @ Soldier Field

8/28 - Magnolia and Johnson Electric Co. @ Lincoln Hall

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

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)

9/4 - Hippo Campus @ Gallagher Way at Wrigley Field

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 @ TBA

9/5 - Shiner, Bursting @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]

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

MON

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

9/7 - Danny Elfman @ Aragon Ballroom

TUE

9/8 - Brandon Curtis (Interpol) and Jesse Beaman @ 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)

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]

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.)

SUN

9/13 - Sex Mex, Won't Stay Dead, King Sans @ Cole's Bar

MON

9/14 - Bikini Kill, Ganser @ Salt Shed

9/14 - Bob Log III @ Beat Kitchen

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

THU

9/17 - Jim E. Brown @ Empty Bottle

9/17 - Gary Clark, Jr. @ Chicago Theatre

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

SAT

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

9/19 - Phoebe Bridgers, Alex G @ United Center

9/19 - Cherry Cheeks @ TBA

SUN

9/20 - She & Him @ The Riv

9/20 - Hélène Barbier @ Planet Java

9/20 - Brown Horse @ Fitzgerald's Sidebar [Berwyn]

MON

9/21 - Hélène Barbier @ 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

WED

9/23 - Son Volt @ SPACE [Evanston]

9/23 - The Belair Lip Bombs, Armlock @ Subterranean

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 - 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)

SAT-SUN

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

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

MON

9/28 - Horse Lords @ Empty Bottle

9/28 - Sara Bareilles @ Chicago Theatre

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

THU

10/1 - Militarie Gun, Softcult, Shady Nasty, Dazy @ Metro

10/1 - Automatic, Accessory @ Empty Bottle

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

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

10/3 - Radioactivity @ Empty Bottle

10/3 - De Rodillas @ TBA

SUN

10/4 - Bill Burr @ Chicago Theatre

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]

10/9 - Feeble Little Horse, Snuggle @ Metro

10/9 - Deerhoof, ira glass, Navaja @ Lincoln Hall

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)

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

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

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 @ Empty Bottle

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]

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

WED

10/21 - The Tubs @ Empty Bottle

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

WED

10/28 - Delicate Steve @ Empty Bottle

THU

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

10/29 - The Dresden Dolls @ Salt Shed

10/29 - Dweezil Zappa @ The Riv

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 @ Salt Shed

SUN

11/1 - Geese @ 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

THU

11/5 - Donny Benet, Otnes @ Thalia Hall

FRI

11/6 - Bert Kreischer @ Chicago Theatre

SUN

11/8 - Death From Above 1979 @ Thalia Hall

11/8 - Ron White @ Chicago Theatre

11/8 - Agriculture, Uniform, Pure Hex @ Empty Bottle

TUE

11/10 - Genesis Owusu @ Empty Bottle

WED

11/11 - mary in the junkyard @ Empty Bottle

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

11/14 - The Afghan Whigs, Night Moves @ Metro

11/14 - Heavens to Betsy @ Empty Bottle

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

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]

SAT

11/21 - George Lopez @ Chicago Theatre

11/21 - Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness @ Fitzgerald's Nightclub [Berwyn]

MON

11/23 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

TUE

11/24 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

MON

11/30 - Angine de Poitrine @ Salt Shed

FRI

12/11 - HEATHEN AXE, Prime Angel Weather, Mild Violence, DJ Bill Roe @ Empty Bottle

SAT

12/12 - Temples @ 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

(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)