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Christ Analogue
Abbey Pub: 7pm, 21+
Mortified Chicago, Blue Ribbon Glee Club
Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm, 21+
River City Tanlines, Lover!
Beat Kitchen: 10:15pm, 21+
Black Gold, All The Way Kay, Barbara Butch, Unisexy
Beauty Bar: 10pm, 21+
Michael Lux and the Bad Sons
Bottom Lounge: 9pm
Bootsy Collins
Congress Theater: 8pm
Nate Manic, Duke Shin, Diskokitty, Weaponry
darkroom: 9pm, 21+
New Bomb Turks, Black Actress, Cool Devices, The Mediums
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
Neon Marshmallow Festival
Empty Bottle: 7pm, 21+
Chicago Blues Festival
Grant Park: 11:00am
Bottomless Pit, Cast Spells, Lord of the Yum Yum
Hideout: 10pm, 21+
Cold Blue Kid, The Suns, Brother George
House of Blues Chicago: 6pm
Above and Beyond, Jaytech
House of Blues Chicago: 10:30pm
Architecture in Helsinki, Hooray for Earth
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, 18+
Alien Queen, Battlestar Fantastica, The Ttttotally Dudes
Metro: 9pm, 18+
Southern Culture On The Skids, The Atomic Duo
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 8pm
Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub
Park West: 7:30pm
Mutts
Reggies Music Joint: 6pm, 21+
Holle Thee Maxwell, Peaches Staten, Liz Mandeville, Vivian Vance Kelly, Demetria Taylor, Ramblin Rose, Dia Madden, Donna Herula, Ebonie Taylor
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Bouncing Souls, The Arrivals, The Brokedowns
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm
Julian Velard, Rachael Sage
Schubas: 7pm, 18+
U.S. Royalty, Matters, Chrash
Schubas: 10pm, 18+
Lance De Sardi, Solar Langevin, Cle Acklin, Acidman, Tyrel Williams
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Pinetop Perkins Tribute Concert featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith Band, Ann Rabson, Barrelhouse Chuck, Erwin Helfer, Sunny War
SPACE: 9pm
Robert James and the Couch, Matlock, White Jesus & Number 2, Micslingers, Moodswangz, Mohrer Les, Palmer Squares
Subterranean: 10pm, 21+
Buckets and Jobe
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Stromkern
Abbey Pub: 6pm, 21+
The Bon Mots, Panther Style, Wells-Nest-The-Sea
Beat Kitchen: 10:30pm
DJ Dave Paul
Beauty Bar: 9pm, 21+
The Branded, Hail the Horizon and V is for Villain, Paragon, Exempt
Bottom Lounge: 8pm
Soul Foundation, John Simmons, Andrew Emil, Brian Gardner
darkroom: 9pm, 21+
Orange Goblin, Nachtmystium, Bible Of The Devil, Buried At Sea, Solace, Zuul
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
Neon Marshmallow Festival
Empty Bottle: 7pm, 21+
Chicago Blues Festival
Grant Park: 11:00am
David Singer and The Sweet Science, Nathan Xander, Beau Finley
Hideout: 9:30pm, 21+
Van Ghost, How Far to Austin, Great Divide, Ben Ripani Music Co, Katie Todd Band
House of Blues Chicago: 8pm
Bell X1, James Vincent McMorrow
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 21+
The Antlers, Little Scream
Metro: 9pm, 18+
Booker T.
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm & 10pm
Eddie C Campbell, Rockin Johnny Band, Tail Dragger, Mary Lane, James Kinds, Reginald Cooper, Vernon Harrington
Reggies Music Joint: 9pm, 21+
Bouncing Souls, The Falcon, The Night Brigade
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm
The Racketeers, DJs E-SIX & ROAN
Schubas: 1pm
Jeremy Messersmith, The Daredevil Christopher Wright, Dinosaur Bones
Schubas: 10pm, 21+
Function, Peter Van Hoesen, Jeff Derringer
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Lucy Kaplansky
SPACE: 7pm
Gooey
Subterranean: 9pm, 21+
DJ Gloria Vanderbilt
The Whistler: 10pm, 21+
Die Warzau
Abbey Pub: 5:30pm, 21+
Holdfast, Warm Ones
Beat Kitchen: 8pm
Hollywood Holt, Johnny Fonseca
Beauty Bar: 9pm, 21+
Red
Bottom Lounge: 6:30pm
The Cathy Santonies, Daylight Robbery, The Ovens, The Blackbelts
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
Neon Marshmallow Festival
Empty Bottle: 7pm, 21+
Chicago Blues Festival
Grant Park: 11:00am
Black Twig Pickers, Northside Southpaws
Hideout: 9pm, 21+
Foster the People, Canon Blue, Gardens & Villa
Lincoln Hall: 8pm, 18+
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 8pm
Deitra Farr, Lurrie Bell Blues Band, The Mathew Skoller Band
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Bouncing Souls, The Copyrights, The Reaganomics
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm
Joey Cape’s Bad Loud, Cory Branan, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators
Schubas: 8pm, 21+
Will Eastman, Michael Serafini, Kid Color, Second City Rhythm
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Stuart Rosenberg, Brothers Lazaroff
SPACE: 8pm
Gizzae
Subterranean: 10:30pm, 21+
DJ Elia
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Extraordinary Popular, Delusions
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, 21+
Pocketfulofscoundrel, Shiloh, Osh Wa, Blesh, Fair Clara
Double Door: 8:30pm, 21+
Cloud Mouth, Cave Bear, Living & Wrestling, Coping
Empty Bottle: 9pm, 21+
Locrian, House of Low Culture, Mamiffer, RM74
Hideout: 9pm, 21+
Campbell Brothers
Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm
Keren Ann, Chris Garneau
Lincoln Hall: 8pm, 21+
Nothing to Gain, Cash O Riley & The Downright Daddies, Shotgun Gambling
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Savagery, Split Heaven, Testimony, Smash Potater
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm, 18+
Allo Darlin’, Very Truly Yours, Chaperone
Schubas: 8pm, 18+
Horse Feathers, Hello Mtn
SPACE: 8pm
Color Radio, Kid Colo
The Whistler: 8pm, 21+
Timbuck2, DJ Izzo
Beauty Bar: 9pm, 21+
The Burrows 4, The Raj, Groove Or Die, The Low End
Double Door: 8pm, 21+
The Shams Band, Johnny Rumble, Antony Ablan and The Tramps
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Sanctified Grumblers
Hideout: 9pm, 21+
Mr. Blotto
Reggies Music Joint: 8pm, 21+
Woodsman, Tape Deck Mountain, Dinosaur Feathers
Schubas: 8pm, 18+
Carolyn Wonderland
SPACE: 8pm
Relax Attack Jazz Series: Keefe Jackson / Cameron Pfiffner / Anton Hatwich / Dave Williams
The Whistler: 10pm, 21+
Rival Sons
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, 21+
The Swan King, Tidal Arms, Drummers
Beat Kitchen: 8pm, 21+
Art Brut, Reptar, Team Band
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
Econoline, The Goblins, Tiny Magnets, Solar Fox, Miss Alex White
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm 21+
The Engines, DJ Anton Hatwich
Hideout: 9:30pm, 21+
Carlos Varela
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 9:30pm
DJ Gold “D”, Erica Kane, DJ Dela
Reggies Rock Club: 8pm, 18+
Clare Burson, Peter Bradley Adams
Schubas: 8pm, 18+
Maurice Joshua, Del, Rees Urban, Czboogie
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Charlie Hunter Duo
SPACE: 8pm
Future Islands, Wumme
Subterranean: 8pm
The Minneapolis Henrys, The Low End
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Lord Stanley, Furious Frank, Escape Hatch, Moirai Band
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, 21+
Kondoziolka, John Sabal Trio
Abbey Pub: 9pm, 21+
The Chicago Ableton Live User Group
Beauty Bar: 8pm, 21+
Chicago Ministry of Rum Festival
Bottom Lounge: 5pm
The Mutts, Yeti vs Yeti, Manic Zamboni
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Voegele, Andy Grammer
House of Blues Chicago: 6:30pm
Hakim, Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm
Pat McCurdy
Reggies Music Joint: 8:30pm, 21+
C Rayz Walz, Night Fox, Free Whiskey, Xperience, Rich Jones, Enigmatic, The Dutchmaster, Alex Ludovico
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm, 18+
Katie Herzig, Aunt Martha
Schubas: 9pm, 18+
Noah D, Richie August, BRC, Bassphreak
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Paul Thorn with Naomi Ashley Band
SPACE: 8pm
Title Flight, The Mezingers, Touche Amore, Dead End Path
Subterranean: 6:30pm
Brighton, Sleepy Kitty
The Whistler: 10pm, 21+
The work of the Chicago Independent Radio Project is supported in part by a generous grant from the Crossroads Fund. More information at crossroadsfund.org.
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