Chicago Goings-On (Updated 7/17/25)

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

7/17 - Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

7/17 - Digable Planets, Mother Nature, DJ All The Way Kay @ Millinnium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/17 - Home Entertainment, Time Room, Dogcatcher @ Schubas

7/17 - I Left My Body Behind, DIS, Flowering, When the Angels Come @ Mom's Garage

7/17 - Ira Glass, Dead Hour Noise, Teeth Kids, Displacer @ Burlington

FRI

7/18 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (Les Savy Fav, Edging, Cel Ray, Bianca Oblivion, Phantom 45, Intel, etc.)

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 - Maurer Hall

7/18 - Keshi @ Salt Shed (outside)

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

7/18 - Chelsea Bridge, Gregory Stovetop, Tutorial Music @ Sleeping Village

7/18 - Finom, Senite @ Kilbourn Park

7/18 - Narrow Head, Laffing Gas @ Empty Bottle

7/18 - The Adicts, The Casualties, Flatfoot 56 @ Metro

7/18 - Ejaculators, Pill Box, Navaja, Natural Abuse @ Canalport Riverwalk

7/18 - MaryMary!, Opal Voss, otm., violethead

SAT

7/19 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (Narrow Head, Special Interst, Ira Glass, Hiroko Yamanmura, Feller, Hyperactive, Frankie Vega, Duke Shin, Striz, etc.)

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

7/19 - The Saw Doctors @ Aragon Ballroom

7/19 - OUX, Anne Helen Wells, CoCoJoey @ Cole's Bar

7/19 - Answering Machines, Joe Glass, Harrison & Parker, Jason Shapiro, Squeezebox @ House Show

7/19 - Ravenswood On Tap @ Ravenswood & Berteau (NO MEN, CalicoLoco, Lydia Cash, etc.)

7/19 - Anthony Green, Kurt Travis, Geoff Rickly @ Bottom Lounge

SUN

7/20 - West Fest @ Chicago Ave btw Wood and Damen (Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Mavi, Proyanka, John Simmons, Justin Reed, etc.)

7/20 - Phish @ United Center

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

7/20 - Silversun Pickups, Girl Tones @ The Riv

7/20 - Ravenswood On Tap @ Ravenswood & Berteau (Billy Joel Jr, Serengeti, Joanna Connor, etc.)

MON

7/21 - Novos Baianos, Joe Bataan, DJ Rudy de Anda @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/21 - Tom Henry, Mod Lang, Alga, Joe Glass @ Empty Bottle

TUE

7/22 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gia Margaret @ Chicago Theatre

7/22 - Whirr, Nothing, Sleepwalk @ Metro

7/22 - Wiz Khalifa, Sean Paul, Dababy, Chevy Woods, Fedd da God, DJ Bonics @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/22 - Finom @ Kamen Park West [Evanston]

WED

7/23 - Beck with Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edwin Outwater @ Ravinia [Highland Park]

7/23 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gia Margaret @ Chicago Theatre

7/23 - Michael Franti & Spearhead, Allen Stone @ Salt Shed

7/23 - Kim Deal, Bnny @ Thalia Hall

7/23 - Mopar Stars, National Photo Committee, Bath Drawers @ Hideout

THU

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

7/24 - Open Mike Eagle, Cavalier, Rhys Langston @ Schubas

7/24 - Steel Pulse, Paul Beaubrun, DJ Papa G @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/24 - Hozier, Gigi Perez @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/24 - The Singleman Affair, Official Claire @ Hideout

7/24 - Naomi 10 Million, Paper Hotel, The Lineage @ Beat Kitchen

FRI

7/25 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina (Hotline TNT, Liquid Mike, Le Bump, etc.)

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

7/25 - Crisis Actress, Godstar Megamax, Sunshy @ GMan Tavern

7/25 - Asi Asi, Surgery Boys, Quin Kirchner @ Kilbourn Park

7/25 - Hozier, Gigi Perez @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

7/25 - Nicholas Tremulis and the Prodigals @ SPACE [Evanston]

7/25 - Fuerza Bruta, Brick Assassin, The Slads, Criminal Kids, Splatter Pattern @ Cobra Lounge

7/25 - Bleach Party, Ovef Ow @ Reed's Local

7/25 - Ben Seretan, Hannah Sandoz, Jason Shapiro @ Sleeping Village

7/25 - TEKLIFE CREW feat. TRAXMAN, DJ SPINN, DJ PHIL, DJ TWAN @ Empty Bottle

7/25 - Uniflora, Feller, Lottie's @ Metro

SAT

7/26 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina (Letters to Cleo, Deep Sea Diver, Fig Dish, TimaLikesMusic, etc.)

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, Tagua Tagua @ Lincoln Hall

7/26 - Thomas Dollbaum, Glass-Beagle, Sonny Falls @ Hideout

7/26 - Miniskirt, The Scratch-Offs, Wallplant @ Cole's Bar

7/26 - Life Light, xAblazex, Scope, Urban Guerilla @ Work26 Skate Shop

7/26 - Primitive Man, Huntsmen, Bloodyminded @ Beat Kitchen

SUN

7/27 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina (Glare, Evening Elephants, MSPaint, Lowdown Brass Band, Future Rootz, Motherfolk, Dr. Manhattan, etc.)

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

7/27 - Kat Edmonson @ SPACE [Evanston]

7/27 - Free Them All @ W 27th & S California (TBA)

7/27 - Half-Scratches, Ron Hexagon, 4DGirlz @ The Courtyard

7/27 - Pet Peeves, Ampevne, Galaxxu, Seppuku Survivor @ Reggie's Comedy Shack

MON

7/28 - Horsegirl, Lala Lala, CHIRP DJs @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/28 - Rose City Band, Powers/Rolin Duo @ SPACE [Evanston]

7/28 - Clickbait, Grocer, Plum @ Empty Bottle

TUE

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

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

7/29 - Ducks Ltd., Good Flying Birds, Discus @ Empty Bottle

7/29 - The Church @ Park West

7/29 - Macy Gray (performing 'On How Life Is') @ Ramova Theatre

WED

7/30 - Otoboke Beaver, Spread Joy @ Empty Bottle

7/30 - Glass Beams, Yomi @ Bottom Lounge

7/30 - The Dare @ House of Blues

7/30 - Tanner Adell, DJ One Chance @ Joe's on Weed

7/30 - Alex Warren, Bo Staloch @ Lincoln Hall

7/30 - Sierra Ferrell, Yana @ Metro

7/30 - Isabel Larosa, Sofia Camara, Thomas Larosa @ Outset

7/30 - Half-Alive, The Criticals @ Park West

7/30 - Sunami, Hold My Own @ Reggie's Rock Club

7/30 - Barry Can't Swim, Fcukers @ Salt Shed

7/30 - Durand Bernarr, DJ Cymba @ Schubas

7/30 - Ratboys, Hemlock @ Sleeping Village

7/30 - Kenny Mason, Kaicrewsade @ Subterranean

7/30 - Royel Otis, Dancer @ Thalia Hall

7/30 - Magdalena Bay @ The Vic

7/30 - Macie Stewart @ Hungry Brain

THU

7/31 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Tyler, The Creator, Luke Combs, Gracie Abrams, Dom Dolla, Cage The Elephant, Wallows, Royel Otis, Magdalena Bay, Fcukers, Glass Beams, Ratboys, Nourished By Time, Girl Tones, etc.)

7/31 - Otoboke Beaver, Stress Position @ Empty Bottle

7/31 - Gigi Perez, Nikole @ Bottom Lounge

7/31 - Still Woozy, Winnetka Bowling League @ House of Blues

7/31 - Wyatt Flores, The Droptines @ Lincoln Hall

7/31 - Bleachers, Cassandra Coleman @ Metro

7/31 - Ocean Alley, Dogpark @ Outset

7/31 - Ravyn Lenae, Sky Jetta @ Park West

7/31 - Mau P, Club De Combat @ Radius

7/31 - Hey, Nothing, Winyah @ Reggie's Rock Club

7/31 - DJO, Post Animal @ Salt Shed

7/31 - Fcukers, Sparklmami @ Schubas

7/31 - Azzecca, Cromby, Jayah @ Smartbar

7/31 - Matt Champion, Rachel Prancer @ Subterranean

7/31 - Amaarae, Black Party @ Thalia Hall

7/31 - Wallows, Alemeda @ The Vic

7/31 - The Gobs, Double Over, Misprints @ Ingrown Gallery

FRI

8/1 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Olivia Rodrigo, Korn, DJO, Bleachers, Wallows, T-Pain, Foster The People, Ocean Alley, Otoboke Beaver, Del Water Gap, Orla Gartland, etc.)

8/1 - Ghost @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]

8/1 - Young Miko @ Latin Mafia @ Aragon Ballroom

8/1 - Orla Gartland, Carol Ades @ Bottom Lounge

8/1 - Bilmuri, John Harvie @ Cobra Lounge

8/1 - The Symposium, John Myrtle @ Empty Bottle

8/1 - Wasia Project @ Epiphany Hall

8/1 - Ca7riel& Paco Amoroso @ House of Blues

8/1 - Mark Ambor, Zinadelphia @ Lincoln Hall

8/1 - Mk.gee @ Metro

8/1 - Orion Sun, Sam Austins @ Outset

8/1 - ISOXO, SYZY @ Radius

8/1 - JPEGMAFIA, Crashprez @ Ramova Theatre

8/1 - Max McNown, Landon Conrath @ Reggie's Rock Club

8/1 - Cage the Elephant, Girl Tones @ Salt Shed

8/1 - Del Water Gap, Caroline Kingsbury @ Schubas

8/1 - ALLEYCVT @ Sound-Bar

8/1 - Ole 60, Rob Langdon @ Subterranean

8/1 - Role Model, Jade Lemac @ Thalia Hall

8/1 - Fujii Kaze, Cyso Chamber Collective @ The Vic

8/1 - Identity Crisis, Self Abuse, Asko, Survival Tactic, Aspects of Death @ The Confessional Commissary

8/1 - Dilator, Strapped, Home Entertainment, Cartoon Graveyard @ Downstairs at Subterranean

SAT

8/2 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Rüfüs Du Sol, Twice, Doechii, Clairo, Young Miko, Mk.Gee, Marina, Jpegmafia, Flux Pavilion, etc.)

8/2 - CHEER-ACCIDENT @ Martyrs'

8/2 - Bladee, Xaviersobased @ Aragon Ballroom

8/2 - Joey Valence & Brae, Crashprez @ Bottom Lounge

8/2 - LAYZ @ Cermak Hall

8/2 - Zack Fox @ Concord Music Hall

8/2 - Boynextdoor @ House of Blues (early)

8/2 - Finneas, Charlotte Lawrence @ House of Blues (late)

8/2 - Wild Rivers @ Lincoln Hall

8/2 - Foster the People, Junior Varsity @ Metro

8/2 - La Femme, Tommaso @ Outset

8/2 - Flipturn, Old Mers @ Park West

8/2 - Deborah De Luca, Brennen @ Ramova Theatre

8/2 - Wunderhorse, Newdad @ Reggie's Rock Club

8/2 - Isaiah Rashad, Ray Vaughn @ The Riv

8/2 - Remi Wolf, Flowerovlove @ Salt Shed

8/2 - Laila! @ Schubas

8/2 - Two Friends, Jev @ Sound-Bar

8/2 - Salute, DJ Heather, Rika B @ Smartbar

8/2 - Artemas @ Subterranean

8/2 - Wave to Earth, J.Y.N. @ Thalia Hall

8/2 - Mariah the Scientist, BLK ODYSSY @ The Vic

8/2 - Sumac, Chepang, Patrick Shiroishi @ International Museum of Surgical Science

8/2 - Kurt Vile, Merce Lemon @ SPACE [Evanston]

SUN

8/3 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Sabrina Carpenter, A$AP Rocky, The Marías, Finneas, Remi Wolf, Gryffin, Rebecca Black, La Femme, etc.)

8/3 - Dominic Fike @ House of Blues

8/3 - Julie, Lowertown @ Lincoln Hall

8/3 - Midnight Generation @ Schubas

8/3 - Jane Remover, DAZEGXD @ Subterranean

8/3 - BOA @ Thalia Hall

8/3 - Sumac, Chepang, Patrick Shiroishi @ Empty Bottle

8/3 - Editrix, Landowner, Spread Joy, Tension Pets @ Not Not

MON

8/4 - Orchestra Resavoir, Isaiah Collier, DJs Sonny Daze & King Hippo @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

8/4 - Bow & Spear, Sprite, Djunah @ Empty Bottle

8/4 - DOGSMILES, Cave Brain, trashdotcom @ Cafe Mustache

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

8/7 - Fitz and the Tantrums, Ax and the Hatchetmen @ The Vic

8/7 - AXON, Intrusive Thoughts, Flesh Commodity  @ The Confessional

8/7 - Ten City, Caramelo Haze, DJ Emmaculate @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

8/7 - Krill 2, Clifford, Patter, Bursting @ Empty Bottle

8/7 - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Cobra Lounge

8/7 - Mal Blum, Charlie Mtn. @ Beat Kitchen

FRI

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

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

8/8 - Dwarves, Cancerslug, Burn Kit, You Died @ Reggie's Rock Club

8/8 - Coffee Stain @ TBA

8/8 - Sofia Lucia, Butthole, TH0RN @ Cole's Bar

8/8 - Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, Tobacco City @ Hideout

8/8 - Cruel Fest 2025 @ Navy Pier Beer Garden (Blood Club, Camp Blu, Flowerbabe, Vatos Tristes, Don Bloom, Autofill, Bleu Grave)

8/8 - Cruel Fest 2025 After Party @ Ramova Theatre Loft (Camp Blu, Flowerbabe, Dead Dog)

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

8/9 - The Struts, Dirty Honey @ The Vic

8/9 - Sonic Pavilion Festival @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)

8/9 - Bimbofest @ Canalport Riverwalk (Bimbo, Bimbo Rococo, Shrift, Full Nude)

8/9 - Motorbike @ Empty Bottle

SUN

8/10 - Wilco @ Salt Shed (outside)

8/10 - Kate Fagan, Clickbait, Beastii, DJ Modern Girl @ Empty Bottle

MON

8/11 - Linkin Park, PVRIS @ United Center

TUE

8/12 - Architects, Erra, Holywatr @ The Riv

8/12 - Options, Soft Surface, Jaff Graffner @ Empty Bottle

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]

8/14 - Babehoven, youbet @ Empty Bottle

8/14 - Stress Positions, Commitment, Wretched Blessing, Flowering, DJ Nanoos, DJ Napp, DJ Mo Mami @ Co-Prosperity

8/14 - OK Cool, Truth or Consequences New Mexico, Superdime @ Subterranean

FRI-SUN

8/15-17 - Glenwood Ave Arts Fest @ Morse btw Wayne and Greenview (TBA)

FRI

8/15 - Blue Öyster Cult @ The Riv

8/15 - Xerobot, Bobby Conn, James Marlon Magas @ Color Club

8/15 - The Fray, The Strike @ Chicago Theatre

8/15 - Chevelle, Asking Alexandria, Dead Poet Society @ Aragon Ballroom

8/15 - Tenci, Sima Cunningham, Half Gringa, Samuel Aaron @ Schubas

8/15 - Marlo Plaza, Take Care of Yourself, Laikaa, Lackadays @ The Plaza [Homer Glen]

8/15 - Blood of a Poet, TSS Bradley @ TBA

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

8/16 - SBTRKT (DJ Set) @ Outset

8/16 - Totally Cashed, Hostages, CocoJoey, Strapped @ Lincoln Hall

8/16 - The Queers, The Jasons, Hotlips Messiah @ Reggie's Rock Club

SUN

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

MON

8/18 - Sonic Pavilion Festival @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion (TBA)

8/18 - Portraits of Past, Kathryn Mohr, Mail., Hunting Scene @ Lincoln Hall

TUE

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

8/19 - Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize @ United Center

8/19 - Madeline Kenney @ Schubas

8/19 - Seclusion, World In Action, War Effort, Navaja @ Joybomb [Gary, IN]

WED

8/20 - Hiatus Kaiyote @ The Riv

8/20 - Montaña, Exedo, Perra Mundo @ Fallen Log

8/20 - Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize @ United Center

8/20 - Edging, Tetchy, Muscle @ Sleeping Village

THU

8/21 - Seclusion, Lost Legion, Man-eaters, Launch Code, Urban Guerilla @ The Confessional

8/21 - Summerdrive, Telehope, Uniflora @ Cobra Lounge

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]

8/22 - Braid, Castor @ Bottom Lounge

8/22 - Case Oats, TV Buddha @ Hideout

SAT

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

8/23 - Sign Language, Discern, Illusion of Choice, Half the Math, Junebug @ The Commissary

8/23 - Eyehategod, Crowbar, Hell Is Real @ Reggie's Rock Club

SUN

8/24 - Lil Wayne, Tyga, Belly Gang Kushington @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/24 - Miniskirt, French Inhaler, Sex Dream @ Empty Bottle

TUE

8/26 - Jonas Brothers, Marshmello @ Wrigley Field Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/26 - Blush, Sunshy @ Schubas

WED

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

8/27 - Pile, NNAMDÏ @ Thalia Hall (In the Round)

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

8/28 - Sleeper's Bell, Feller, Joe Glass @ Schubas

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

8/29 - Nervosas, Consensus Madness, Wild Thyme @ Cole's Bar Reed's Local

8/29 - Prevention, Velocity, Payasa, Mano A Mano, Crashout, Ache, Mictlan @ Casa Cafe

SAT

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

8/30 - Falling in Reverse, Slaughter to Prevail, Hollywood Undead, Sleep Theory @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

8/30 - The Methadones @ Cobra Lounge

SUN

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

8/31 - Streetlight Manifesto @ Salt Shed

8/31 - Zakir Khan @ Chicago Theatre

8/31 - Spitalfield, Dan Wade, Enough Already @ Beat Kitchen

MON

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

THU

9/4 - NRBQ @ Lincoln Hall

FRI-SUN

9/5-7 - Edgewater Music Fest @ Broadway & Thorndale (Laura Jane Grace & The Mikey Erg 3, Ric Wilson, Foxy Shazam, Sludgeworth, Bev Rage & The Drinks, Devon Kay & The Solutions, PinkSqueeze, The Brokedowns, OK Cool, Uniflora, etc.)

FRI

9/5 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Lupe Fiasco, Terry Hunter, etc.)

9/5 - Dua Lipa @ United Center

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

9/5 - 10cc @ Park West

9/5 - Chris Distefano @ Chicago Theatre

9/5 - NRBQ @ SPACE [Evanston]

9/5 - Ani DiFranco, Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

SAT-SUN

9/6-7 - Evanston Folk Festival @ Dawes Park [Evanston] (Irown & Wine, Margo Price, Watchouse, Tune-Yards, Bonny Light Horseman, John Moreland, The Milk Carton Kids, Loudon Wainwright III, Marc Ribot, Ryley Walker, Elizabeth Moen, Sima Cunningham, Kara Jackson, etc.)

SAT

9/6 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (JoJo, The O'My's, etc.)

9/6 - Dua Lipa @ United Center

9/6 - Kruder & Dorfmeister @ Auditorium Theatre

9/6 - 79th Street Renaissance Festival @ 79th and Racine (Chaka Khan, etc.)

SUN

9/7 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park (Elvis Crespo, etc.)

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

9/7 - The Who @ United Center

9/7 - Rosanne Cash @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

9/7 - Thanya Iyer, Macie Stewart (solo) @ Empty Bottle

MON

9/8 - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, BCMC @ SPACE [Evanston]

TUE

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

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

9/9 - Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band @ Chicago Theatre

9/9 - Fu Manchu @ Outset

9/9 - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, BCMC @ SPACE [Evanston]

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 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell on the River (Mdou Moctar, Sam Prekop)

9/10 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (Jeremiah Chiu, Mute Duo)

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]

9/10 - TV on the Radio @ The Riv

9/10 - Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band @ Chicago Theatre

THU

9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell on the River (Helado Negro, .Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Third Coast Percussion)

9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (William Tyler, Tara Clerkin Trio)

9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Saccata Quartet, Glenn Kotche, Eucademix)

9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Ken Vandermark Edition Redux, Darius Jones Trio, Cooper Moore)

9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Steve Gunn, Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart/Whitney Johnson, James Elkington/Nathan Salsburg)

9/11 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Basic, Hanging Hearts)

9/11 - The Story So Far, Neck Deep, Origama Angel, Pain of Truth @ Salt Shed (outside)

9/11 - We Are Scientists @ Empty Bottle

9/11 - Brooks Nielson (The Growlers) @ Metro

9/11 - CHERUB @ Chop Shop

9/11 - The Woggles, The Handcuffs, Bum Rush @ Reggie's Music Joint

FRI

9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell on the River (Bill Callahan, Mary Lattimore, Hannah Cohen)

9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Rockwell Patio (Nabiah Iqbal, Memorials)

9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis, Ganavya, Anna Webbe's Simple Trio)

9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Magic Tuber Stringband, Olivia Block/Lea Bertucci, Edsel Axle)

9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Jjjjerome Ellis, Maria Somerville, Michael Zerang's Puzzle House)

9/12 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Chicago Underground Duo)

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, Combat Naps, Alive Girl @ Subterranean

9/12 - Yungblud, Sawyer Hill @ The Riv

9/12 - Howard Jones @ Rivers Casino [Des Plaines]

9/12 - Ginger Root @ Empty Bottle

9/12 - Slow Crush, Faetooth, Flooding @ Reggie's Rock Club

SAT

9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Tarbaby, Rafiq Bhatia, Luke Stewart's Chicago Quartet)

9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Hungry Brain (Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble, Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez, Ana Everling)

9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Judson & Moore Distillery (Geologist, Nadah El Shazly, Sinono)

9/13 - Sound & Gravity @ Beat Kitchen (Body/Head, Elias Ronnenfelt, Glyders)

9/13 - God Street Wine @ Garcia's

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

9/13 - Lots of Hands, Deadharrie @ Schubas

9/13 - Frankie Cosmos, Fantasy of a Broken Heart, Moontype @ Thaliia Hall

9/13 - Ginger Root @ Empty Bottle

9/13 - The Buttertones @ Chop Shop

SUN

9/14 - Sound & Gravity @ Constellation (Andreas Roysum, Ensemble with Marvin Tate)

9/14 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Suzanne Ciani, Windy & Carl, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Jill Fraser, Vines, Zander Raymond, Jeff Kolar)

9/14 - Mudvayne, Static-X, Vended @ Aragon Ballroom

9/14 - Geordie Greep @ Metro

9/14 - Ginger Root @ Empty Bottle

MON

9/14 - Plantasia @ Garfield Park Conservatory (Tim Hecker, Arooj Aftab, John Carrol Kirby, Voice Actor, Don Slepian, Roméo Poirier, African-American Sound Recordings, NOSEDRIP)

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

9/15 - Lady Gaga @ United Center

TUE

9/16 - W.I.T.C.H., Shadow Show @ Chop Shop

9/16 - Hunx and His Punx @ Empty Bottle

9/16 - Kula Shaker @ Metro

WED

9/17 - Lady Gaga @ United Center

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

9/17 - Wombo, Shower Curtain @ Empty Bottle

9/17 - Baths @ Sleeping Village

9/17 - Lawn, Discus @ Downstairs at Subterranean

9/17 - Hibou, Cool Heat, Astrachan @ Chop Shop

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

9/18 - Spacey Jane, The Belair Lip Bombs @ Metro

9/18 - Guerilla Toss, Maya Ongaku @ Empty Bottle

9/18 - Brokeback, Terry Gross @ Color Club

FRI

9/19 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Blink-182, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Alkaline Trio, Rilo Kiley, Knocked Loose, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, Sparks, Senses Fail, Stiff Little Fingers, Shudder to Think, The Didjits, Camper Van Beetoven, Agnostic Front, Mac Sabbath, Samiam, The Tossers, Shonen Knife, Emo Philips, etc.)

9/19 - Sextile, Automatic @ Outset

9/19 - Hannibal Buress @ Ramova Theatre

SAT

9/20 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Weezer, Jack White, Sex Pistols, All Time Low, The Beach Boys, Dropkick Murphys, The Cribs, The Front Bottoms, Knuckle Puck, James, The Bouncing Souls, The Damned, Buzzcocks, Superchunk, Militarie Gun, Helmet, H2O, Citizen, Marky Ramone plays the Ramones, Agent Orange, Girl In A Coma, etc.)

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

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

9/20 - Uzeda, Dianogah @ Color Club

9/20 - DEHD @ Empty Bottle

SUN

9/21 - Riot Fest @ Douglas Park (Green Day, IDLES, Jawbreaker, Bad Religion, DEHD, The Wonder Years, Dance Hall Crashers, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Hanson, Screeching Weasel, Pegboy, Lambrini Girls, Ovlov, Smoking Popes, Inhaler, Delta Sleep, The Ataris, Zero Boys, Weakend Friends, Dune Rats, etc.)

9/21 - Haru Nemuri @ Chop Shop

9/21 - Los Amigos Invisibles @ Outset

MON

9/22 - The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Metro

9/22 - Nourished By Time, Zsela @ Lincoln Hall

9/22 - Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith Present Disiniblud @ Sleeping Village

TUE

9/23 - Silkworm, OUT @ Chop Shop

WED

9/24 - Silkworm, The Gotobeds @ Sleeping Village

9/24 - Nation of Language, Greet Death @ Thalia Hall

9/24 - Bass Drum of Death, Farmer's Wife @ Beat Kitchen

THU

9/25 - Louis CK @ Chicago Theatre

9/25 - Silkworm, Dianogah @ Sleeping Village

9/25 - Panda Bear @ Thalia Hall

9/25 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg]

9/25 - Ben Ottewell (Gomez), Buddy @ SPACE [Evanston]

9/25 - Glare, Cloakroom, Jivebomb, Destiny Bond @ Subterranean

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

9/26 - Múm @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

9/26 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)

9/26 - Cut Worms @ SPACE [Evanston]

9/26 - Cold Waves XIII @ Metro (Nitzer Ebb, Front Line Assembly, Mentallo & The Fixer, Clock DVA, Lead Into Gold, Void Palace)

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

9/27 - Bruce Dickinson @ The Riv

9/27 - The Mountain Goats @ Salt Shed

9/27 - Morrissey @ Aragon Ballroom

9/27 - Big Jay Oakerson @ Chicago Improv [Schaumburg] (2 shows)

9/27 - The Courettes, Miniskirt @ Cobra Lounge

9/27 - Cold Waves XII @ Metro (Clipping., Light Asylum, DJ? Acucrack, I Speak Machine, Choke Chain, E.T.)

9/27 - The Courettes / Miniskirt @ Cobra Lounge

SUN

9/28 - The Raveonettes, Shallowater @ Bottom Lounge

9/28 - Corinne Bailey Rae @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

9/28 - Cold Waves XIII @ Metro (She Past Away, Actors, Forever Grey, Deceits, Sinnerella, Soft Vein)

9/28 - Mustard Plug, The Planet Smasher, The Kilograms, The Write-Ups, DJ Chuck Wren @ Reggie's Rock Club

MON

9/29 - Garbage, Starcrawler @ Salt Shed

9/29 - Infinity Knives, Brian Ennals, Bussy Kween Power Trip, Woes @ Sleeping Village

9/29 - John Maus @ Outset

TUE

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

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

9/30 - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel @ SPACE [Evanston]

WED

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

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

10/1 - Makaya McCraven @ Thalia Hall

THU

10/2 - Destroyer, Jennifer Castle @ Thalia Hall

10/2 - Water From Your Eyes, Her New Knife, This House is Creaking @ Sleeping Village

10/2 - Queens of the Stone Age @ Chicago Theatre

10/2 - Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan @ SPACE [Evanston]

10/2 - Laura Stevenson @ Schubas

10/2 - Jaques Greene & Nosaj Thing @ Metro

FRI

10/3 - The Murder Capital @ Beat Kitchen

10/3 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Humanist @ Thalia Hall

10/3 - Mr. Gnome @ Sleeping Village

10/3 - White Reaper @ Cobra Lounge

10/3 - The Rapture @ The Riv

10/3 - Fear, The Oxys, The Evictions @ Reggie's Music Joint

SAT

10/4 - Bob Mould (solo electric), David Barbe @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall

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

10/5 - Dummy, TV Buddha, Ira Glass @ Empty Bottle

10/5 - Swervedriver, Frankie Rose @ Thalia Hall

10/5 - High Vis, Secret World, Locked Shut, Cold Gawd @ Bottom Lounge

10/5 - Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Iron Roses @ Cobra Lounge

MON

10/6 - Elbow @ The Riv

10/6 - Tall Juan, Jason Shapiro, P. Noid @ Empty Bottle

TUE

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

10/7 - Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Thalia Hall

10/7 - Pokey LaFarge @ SPACE [Evanston]

WED

10/8 - Goat Girl, Maria BC @ Sleeping Village

10/8 - GoGo Penguin @ SPACE [Evanston]

THU

10/9 - Stereolab, Dorothea Paas @ Metro

10/9 - Born Ruffians, Quen of Jeans @ Subterranean

10/9 - Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Thalia Hall

10/9 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Brandy Clark @ Cahn Auditorim [Evanston]

FRI

10/10 - Stereolab, Bitchin Bajas, Natural Information Society @ Metro

10/10 - Iliza Shlesinger @ Chicago Theatre

10/10 - YĪN YĪN @ Chop Shop

SAT

10/11 - Model/Actriz @ Lincoln Hall

SUN

10/12 - Vienna Teng, Alex Wong @ SPACE [Evanston]

TUE

10/14 - BAMBARA, Malice K @ Empty Bottle

10/14 - TOPS @ Thalia Hall

10/14 - Lady Wray @ Lincoln Hall

WED

10/15 - Geese @ Thalia Hall

10/15 - Upchuck @ Subterranean

10/15 - Trash Panda, The Ocho @ Beat Kitchen

THU

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

10/16 - X, Los Lobos @ Auditorium Theatre

10/16 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton @ Chicago Theatre

10/16 - Reverend Horton Heat, Messer Chups @ SPACE [Evanston]

10/16 - Delicate Steve @ Empty Bottle

FRI

10/17 - Acid Mothers Temple, The Macks, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Sharvan Raghuram @ Reggie's Rock Club

SAT

10/18 - Lucius @ Salt Shed

10/18 - Brandy, Monica, Kelly Rowland, Muni Long, Jamal Roberts @ United Center

10/18 - The Tubs @ Schubas

10/18 - Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness, James Felice @ Lincoln Hall

10/18 - Jukebox the Ghost, Boys Go To Jupiter @ Metro

SUN

10/19 - Indigo De Souza, Mothé @ Thalia Hall

10/19 - Vader, Kataklysm, Malevolent Creation, Skeletal Remains @ Reggie's Rock Club

MON

10/20 - Autechre, Mark Broom @ Outset

10/20 - Oklou @ Metro

10/20 - Indigo De Souza, Mothé @ Thalia Hall

TUE

10/21 - Biohazard, Onyx, Bayway, Swollen Teeth @ Concord Music Hall

THU

10/23 - The Beta Band @ Metro

FRI

10/24 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed

10/24 - Penn & Teller @ Chicago Theatre

10/24 - The Bad Plus @ Constellation

10/24 - IAMX, Club Drugs @ Bottom Lounge

SAT

10/25 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed

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

10/25 - Ben Schwartz & Friends @ Chicago Theatre

10/25 - The Bad Plus @ Constellation

SUN

10/26 - My Morning Jacket @ Salt Shed

10/26 - Jackopierce @ SPACE [Evanston]

10/26 - Juan Wauters, Niika @ Schubas

TUE

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

10/28 - Patty Griffin, Rickie Lee Jones @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

WED

10/29 - OSEES, DMBQ @ Thalia Hall

10/29 - Blood Lemon, Black Cross Hotel @ Empty Bottle

THU

10/30 - OSEES, DMBQ @ Thalia Hall

10/30 - GBH, Slaughterhouse, The Mainliners @ Bottom Lounge

SAT

11/1 - The Wombats, Only The Poets, Red Rum Club @ The Vic

11/1 - Jeff Tweedy, Macie Stewart @ Salt Shed

11/1 - They Are Gutting A Body of Water @ Subterranean

SUN

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

WED

11/5 - Pinkshift, LustSickPuppy, Combat @ Bottom Lounge

THU

11/6 - Frost Children, PeterParker69 @ Lincoln Hall

FRI

11/7 - Cowboy Mouth @ SPACE [Evanston]

11/7 - Andy Bell (Erasure) @ Metro

SAT

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

11/8 - Fortune Feimster @ Chicago Theatre

11/8 - Grizzly Bear @ Salt Shed

11/8 - Andy Bell (Erasure) @ Metro

SUN

11/9 - Beach Fossils, Being Dead @ Thalia Hall

11/9 - Thrice, Modern Color, Downward @ House of Blues

11/9 - Boris, Bongzilla @ Metro

11/9 - Jens Lekman @ Lincoln Hall

MON

11/10 - Belly @ Thalia Hall

TUE

11/11 - The Saints, Chimers @ Metro

WED

11/12 - The Faint, Hercules & Love Affair @ Metro

THU

11/13 - Billy Woods @ Thalia Hall

11/13 - Queensrÿche, Accept @ House of Blues

FRI

11/14 - The Mars Volta @ Salt Shed

11/14 - Pixel Grip @ Metro

11/14 - Galactic, The New Mastersounds @ Ramova Theatre

SAT

11/15 - Minus the Bear, Into It. Over It. @ Metro

11/15 - Chris D'Elia @ Chicago Theatre

SUN

11/16 - Minus the Bear, Slow Mass @ Metro

11/16 - French Police @ Ramova Theatre

MON

11/17 - Patti Smith and her band @ Chicago Theatre

11/17 - Wednesday, Daffo @ The Riv

TUE

11/18 - Patti Smith and her band @ Chicago Theatre

11/18 - Post Animal @ Thalia Hall

WED

11/19 - The Jesus Lizard, Stuck @ Metro

11/19 - Lorde @ United Center

11/19 - Samara Joy @ Thalia Hall

THU

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

FRI

11/21 - Dazzling Killmen, Dead Rider, Big’n @ Empty Bottle

SAT

11/22 - Demetri Martin @ The Vic

SUN

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

11/23 - Cut Copy, Ora the Molecule @ Ramova Theatre

MON

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

11/24 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

11/24 - Paul McCartney @ United Center

TUE

11/25 - Kyle Kinane @ Thalia Hall

11/25 - Paul McCartney @ United Center

SAT

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

11/29 - The Happy Fits @ The Vic

FRI

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

12/5 - Thievery Corporation @ Radius

12/5 - Donna the Buffalo @ SPACE [Evanston]

SAT

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

12/6 - Ira Glass @ Cahn Auditorium [Evanston]

FRI-SUN

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

FRI

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

12/12 - The Armed, Prostitute @ Thalia Hall

TUE

12/16 - Cameron Winter @ Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago

WED

12/17 - Cameron Winter @ Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago

SAT

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

THU

1/22 - Cate Le Bon @ Thalia Hall

SUN

1/25 - Shame @ Thalia Hall

(All shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)