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The Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow, The White Ghost Shivers, The Mutiny Sideshow, Magician Michael Burke, Steampunk Chicago DJs
Abbey Pub: 9pm, 21+
Atomic Tom
Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm
DiDi Gutman
Beauty Bar: 10pm, 21+
Times of Grace
Bottom Lounge: 6:30pm
Rude 1, Kevin Beacham, DJ Pratt
darkroom: 9pm, 21+
The Goodness Series
darkroom: 9pm, 21+
Mic Terror (host), The Opus, The Jordan Years
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, 21+
Windy City Soul Club
Empty Bottle: 10pm, 21+
Slutter, The Hamburglars
Hideout: 10pm, 21+
The Dan Band
House of Blues Chicago: 9pm
Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, The Field Auxilary
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, 18+
Emilie Autumn
Metro: 8pm
Michael Smith, Corky Siegel, Come Sunday
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 8pm
Galactic
Park West: 8pm, 18+
Frank & Mac
Reggies Music Joint: 5pm, 21+
S. Joel Norman, Blimp, Mike Gallagher ft. Zzaje
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Chris Webby, Kidd Russell, Elfamail, Ill Ambition
Reggies Rock Club: 8pm
Bobby Long
Schubas: 10pm, 18+
DJ Lady D, Colette, DJ Heather, Dayhota
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Rory Block
SPACE: 7pm
Marc Broussard with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors
SPACE: 10pm
Beans, Serengeti, Tomorrow Kings, Skech185, DJ Uncle El
Subterranean: 10pm
LeRoy Bach
The Whistler: 6pm, 21+
Wolf Eyes, Envenomist, Bloodyminded, Plague Bringer
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, 21+
Hellmouth, Explode and Make Up, Against the Grain
Beat Kitchen: 6:30pm
The Swan King, Chord, Electric Hawk
Beat Kitchen: 10:30pm, 21+
Blu, Scheme, Hollywood Holt, RTC, Vip J, Rude 1
Beauty Bar: 10pm, 21+
Ludo
Bottom Lounge: 6:30pm
Motorhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr
Congress Theater: 7pm
Biffy Clyro, Moving Mountains, Carbon Tigers
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
Future Islands, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Wumme
Empty Bottle: 10pm, 21+
The Sleeptalkers, Cloudbirds
Hideout: 9pm, 21+
Carrie Weston, Mary Nisi
Hideout: 11:30pm, 21+
Badfish
House of Blues Chicago: 8pm
Asylum Street Spankers
Lincoln Hall: 7pm, 21+
The Dismemberment Plan, Kid You’ll Move Mountains8
Metro: 9pm, 18+
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm & 10pm
Think Floyd USA
Park West: 8pm
Sweet Ray Laurel, Mendelssohn, Jackson Bailey, Gabrahm Vitek, Stephanie Tonnemacher
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm
Mendelssohn, Jackson Bailey, Gabrahm Vitek, Stephanie Tonnemacher, Sweet Ray Laurel
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Finntroll, Ensiferum, Rotten Sound, Barren Earth
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm
Matthew Santos
Schubas: 7:30pm
Southeast Engine, The Royal Pines
Schubas: 10pm, 21+
Justin Long, Specter, Gianna Hardt
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Jason Reeves, Joey Ryan
SPACE: 7pm
Antje Duvekot
SPACE: 10pm
Goodbye Coastline, Kieren Smith, Jamestown Story, Nate Flynn, Last Avenue
Subterranean: 5pm
The Paul Collins Beat, The Half Rats, Sleepovers
Subterranean: 10:30pm, 21+
Wisdom in Chains, Grave Maker, Expire, War Hound
Beat Kitchen: 6:30pm
The Scene Aesthetic
Bottom Lounge: 6:30pm
Awdazcate, GQ da Teacher, HasgBrown, Stephstaa, Dirty MF
darkroom: 8pm, 21+
Oro, The Ragtones, Coley Kennedy & The Warm Regards, Slow Witch
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
Bongripper, Sick/Tired, Paucities, Cyborg
Empty Bottle: 7pm, 21+
Cradle of Filth, Nachtmystium, Turisas, Daniel Lioneye
House of Blues Chicago: 5:30pm
The Dismemberment Plan, Maritime, The Forms
Metro: 7pm
Buille & Le Vent du Nord
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm
Bag of Balls, Gena Mason & The Noise, Ovrevolt
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Fashion Bomb, Cynergy 67, Defcon
Reggies Rock Club: 6pm
Fort Frances, The Welcome
Schubas: 7pm
Tim Zawada, Kid Color, Michael Serafini, Adulture
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Ralph’s World
SPACE: 11am
Keith & The Complications, The Numbers, The Pipe Dreams
Subterranean: 8pm, 21+
Al Scorch’s Country Soul Ensemble
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
E-MONEY, Kill-A-Kat, Sway SwIzLe, Vince Nantes, EBO, M.K.O., Rob C Shadowlife
Abbey Pub: 7pm, 21+
Extraordinary Popular, Delusions
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, 21+
The Forms, Archie Powell & The Exports, John The Savage
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Robbie Fulks, The Scavengers!
Hideout: 7pm, 21+
Parkway Drive
House of Blues Chicago: 5:30pm
Alexi Murdoch
Lincoln Hall: 8pm, 18+
Castor & Pollux, The Answer Team, WW10K, The Blue Dragons
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Big Wig Mechanic, Workhorse King, The Nation, Mason Avenue
Reggies Rock Club: 6:30pm
The Streets on Fire, J+J+J, The Cathy Santonies
Schubas: 8pm, 18+
DJ Heather, Chris Santiago, Karl & Mark Almaria, Frankie J, DJ Sangre
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Buckwheat Zydeco
SPACE: 8pm
Sadhu Sadhu, Wumme, CHIRP DJs
The Whistler: 9pm, 21+
Timbuck2, DJ Izzo
Beauty Bar: 9pm, 21+
Immortal
Bottom Lounge: 9pm
Aloud, The Part Five, The Noise FM, Jared Bartman
Double Door: 8pm, 21+
Thank You
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Barehand Jugband
Hideout: 9:30pm, 21+
Morcheeba
House of Blues Chicago: 8:30pm
Tennis, Holiday Shores, Porcelain Raft
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 18+
Mr. Blotto, Little Giant
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Malevolent Creation, Full Blown Chaos, The Absence, Havok, Beyond Terror Beyond Grace
Reggies Rock Club: 6pm
David Berkeley, Edie Carey
Schubas: 7pm
Lizz Wright
SPACE: 8pm
Color Card, Secret Cities, Males & Females, Eiffel Tower
Subterranean: 8pm, 21+
Relax Attack Jazz Series: Paul Giallorenzo/Charles Rumback/Toby Summerfield Trio
The Whistler: 10pm, 21+
Azul de Noche, Memoria, Estrella Negra
Abbey Pub: 8pm, 21+
Bruce Lamont, The Hoyle Brothers, Scott Lucas & The Married Men, The Last Vegas, The Wabash Cannonballs, DJ Jeremy Scheuch
Double Door: 8:30pm, 21+
Krunchies, Brown Brogues (England), Dream Teens
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Small Groups
Hideout: 9:30pm, 21+
Akasha, The Drastics, Hood Smoke, Impala Soundsystem DJs
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 21+
Mehran
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 9:30pm
Black Light Saints, Perfect Kiss, Action/Adventure
Schubas: 9pm, 18+
M50, Giana Hardt, Tyrell Williams, Stephen P, Julian Pena, Blue J
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Mike Mangione and The Union, Todd Kessler and The New Folk, The Spares
SPACE: 8pm
Jason Seed Stringtet
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Mic Crenshaw, The Dark Monk, DJ Kool Ak, DJ Stage One, Vapor Eyes, DJ Didgy Slacker
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, 21+
Penthouse Sweets, The Handcuffs, Tomorrow the Moon, The Low Mids, Organ Wolf
Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm, 21+
DJ Tesha
Beauty Bar: 7pm, 21+
Haste the Day
Bottom Lounge: 6pm
The Bright White, Sissy Mena, Rescue School, Mirror the Second
Double Door: 8pm, 21+
Dum Dum Girls, Minks, Dirty Beaches
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Cleared, White Car, Ken Camden
Hideout: 9pm, 21+
Ke$ha, Beardo
House of Blues Chicago: 6:30pm
Akron/Family, Delicate Steve, Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 18+
Violent Femmes, Pixies
Reggies Music Joint: 9pm, 21+
Death by Stereo, Transit, Hail the Black Dragons, Counterpunch, The Sky We Scrape
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm
The Deep Dark Woods, Juniper Tar
Schubas: 9pm, 21+
An-Ten-Nae, Phaded, Striz, BRC
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Dave Specter’s, Nick Moss
SPACE: 8pm, 21+
Murder by Death, Fake Problems, Buried Beds
Subterranean: 9pm
Thin Hymns, Cross Record
The Whistler: 10pm, 21+
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