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Showing 176 music listings for Chicago shows in the next 10 days.
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Wednesday August 27 = Editor's Pick
Pistol Pete CD Release Party B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Mitch Lavin Beat Kitchen: 8pm, $8 All Ages
J.W. Williams Blues Band w/ Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Dave Specter Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
John Perona Band, Short Attention Spam, The Crash Engine, Iona Dorian Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Alla, Tirra Lirra, Willis P. Jenkins Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $12 21+
Colorlist, Michael Moore Group Hideout: 9:30pm
Jimmy Burns, Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Garaj Mahal, The Hue Martyrs': 9pm, $10 21+
Garry Gand's Pro Blues Jam Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Killer Ray Allison Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5
Mush Millions + special guests Subterranean: 9pm, 10-$15

Thursday August 28 = Editor's Pick
Biscuit and The Mix B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm
Tub Ring, Dance Club Massacre, Creature Feature, 48sin Beat Kitchen: 6pm, $12 All Ages
Stone Rider, The Run Around, The Inherent, Illusions Fate Beat Kitchen: 10:30pm, $10 18+
The Marshall Tucker Band Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $43 18+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Jimmy Johnson Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Allman Brothers Band, Bob Weir, RatDog Charter One Pavilion: 6:30pm, $25 All Ages
Chicago Cajun Aces Chicago Botanic Garden: 6pm, $15 All Ages
Echonine, Perfect Kiss, Silver Atlas, DJs Trancid and Eddie Riot darkroom: 8pm, $7 21+
Michael Moore Elastic Arts Foundation: 10pm 21+
Michigan City Vandals, Spaghetti Feed, Surrender Dorothy, White Wolf Sonic Princess Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $9 21+
Prairie Cartel, Hey Champ, Ruby Isle Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Sonny Rollins Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm, $0 All Ages
Carl Weathersby, Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Blues Band, Joanna Connor (acoustic) Kingston Mines:
Nico Muhly, Doveman, Sam Amidon Lakeshore Theater: 8pm, $15 All Ages
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Pinataland, Suzanna Choffel, Mas Trueno Martyrs': 9pm, $6 21+
Finch, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Tickle Me Pink, Our Last Night Metro: 5:30pm, $18 All Ages
Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Arlyo, Tony Mangiullo, Vic Jackson Rosa's Lounge:
Yea Big & Kid Static, Mahjongg, DJ Jordan Z Schubas: 9pm, $5
Tiger Surprise, Seepeoples, Helen Money Subterranean: 9pm, $8 21+
Gianna Hardt, Liz Revision Sura: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Chris Botti The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm 21+
Latin Inspiration Tumbao: 9pm, $0 21+

Friday August 29 = Editor's Pick
Murley Shertz, The Soup Abbey Pub: 9pm, $8 21+
Al Hudson, Antoine, SPIRIT African Festival of the Arts: 4:30pm, $10 All Ages
Fertile Ground, Siji, SPIRIT African Festival of the Arts: 3:30pm, $10 All Ages
Rhymefest, Mikkey Halsted, Town Gabbz, Teefa, Dave Jeff, J4, Black Orchid, Amina, Cool Out Chris African Festival of the Arts: 6pm, $10 All Ages
Ang 13, SPQ-Her, Jezai & Taoistics, Cooolout Chris & Amina, FM Supreme, 8th Letter Bassment: 8pm
Todd Carey, Keaton Simons, Curtis Peoples Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $10 18+
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Kenny Neal, Vino Louden, Harmonica Hinds Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm, $10 21+
Jazz Guitar Summit Chicago Jazz Festival: 1:10pm, $0
Kenwood Academy Jazz Band with Nicole Mitchell Chicago Jazz Festival: 12:30pm, $0
Isotope 217 Chicago Jazz Festival: noon
DJ Pogo and Arturo darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
Neak, Sincere, Gizelle, H2O Soul, Allegrea Delores Elastic Arts Foundation: 9pm 21+
Doggybag, Noctaluca, Room 11, The Canvasmen Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $9 21+
Twin Wrecks The Memory, Bone Tosser, The Derbys, Lasers and Fast and Shit Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $8 21+
The Hoyle Brothers Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Anthony Gomes Fitzgerald's: 9pm, $12
Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Band Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Kinsey Report, Joanna Connor Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Indignant, It Is What It Is, Tom Fuller Band, Bill Owens 5 Martyrs': 8pm, $8 21+
WABOLABR Montrose Saloon: 8:30pm, free 21+
Paul Renz Quartet featuring Anders Bostrom Pete Miller's: 9pm, $0 All Ages
Dave Stewart and his 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Lord of the Yum-Yum, the Conformists, Beard Ronny's: 9pm, $5 21+
Nick Moss and The Flip Tops Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $10
Afrika Bambaataa, DJs Tone B. Nimble and Intel Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15
Pacific Division, Rashaan Ahmad, Million $ Mano, Wes Restless, Sean Doe, 1993, Walter J Liveharder Subterranean: 10pm, $13 18+
AACM Great Black Music Ensemble Velvet Lounge: 10pm

Saturday August 30 = Editor's Pick
Elevation Abbey Pub: 9pm, $10 21+
New Orleans Revival, Les Nubians, Raices Habaneras African Festival of the Arts: 4:30pm, $10 All Ages
Ray Martinez, Youssoupha Sidibe, Tribute to Motown African Festival of the Arts: 3:30pm, $10 All Ages
Big Daddy Kane, NoTryDo.Sincere, The Lady of Rage, Swamphouse, M'reld, Special Ed African Festival of the Arts: 4:30pm, $10 All Ages
Billy Branch and The Sons of Blues B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Sweet Cobra, Auxes, Head Of Skulls, Bloodiest Beat Kitchen: 6:30pm, $8 All Ages
Swizzle Tree, Starter Kit, The Insecurities, Ethan Keller Beat Kitchen: 10:45pm, $7 21+
Sammy Fender Blues Band Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm
Magic Slim and The Teardrops, Bill Lupkin, Fruteland Jackson Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Vijay Iyer Quartet Chicago Jazz Festival: 6pm
Dave Douglas' Brass Ecstasy Chicago Jazz Festival: 7:10pm, $0
A Friend Called Fire, Mardelay, Jynx Sticks Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Unicycle Loves You, La Scala, My Gold Mask Empty Bottle: 10pm, $8 21+
Martina McBride, Jack Ingram First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 7:30pm, $26 All Ages
Eddie Clearwater, Lonnie Baker Brooks Band Fitzgerald's: 9pm, $15
James Wheeler Blues Band Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Larry McCray, Joanna Connor Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Johnny Drummer and The Starliters Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
The Flower Kings, John Wesley Martyrs': 9pm, $25 21+
Richie Hawtin, Magda, Troy Pierce, Heartthrob, Marc Houle, Gaiser Metro: 10pm, $30 18+
Diamond Jim Greene Morseland: 7pm, $0 21+
Identity Theft North Beach (Downers Grove): 10pm, $5 21+
Donna Summer Ravinia: 7:30pm All Ages
Totimoshi, Nebula, Lucid Ground Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm 18+
Big Time Sarah & The BTS Express Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $12
Don Cabellero, Ponytail, Mt. St. Helens Subterranean: 9:30pm, $12 18+
Haiku The Burlington: 10pm, $0
Liza Minnelli The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm 21+

Sunday August 31 = Editor's Pick
Slow Gun Shogun, Fil, Six Gun Lullaby, Leaf Bird Abbey Pub: 9pm, $6 21+
Nice and Smooth, Uneq'ka and Just Flow, Keith Murray, Khari Lemuel African Festival of the Arts: 4pm, $10 All Ages
New Orleans Revival, Roland Brown, Odies Williams African Festival of the Arts: 3:30pm, $10 All Ages
Rachelle Farrell, New Orleans Revival, Mulgrew Miller African Festival of the Arts: 4:30pm, $10 All Ages
Joe Barr Artis's Lounge: 9pm 21+
70's Night w/ Chico Banks B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Sharon Lewis Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Josh Berman and His Gang Chicago Jazz Festival: 2:20pm
Ornette Coleman Chicago Jazz Festival: 8:30pm
The Sonnets, The Seude Brothers, Mr. Gnome, Juanita & The Rabbit darkroom: 7pm, $7 21+
So Long Forgotten, Railjacks Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Stress Ape, Vigilante, Catacombs Of Rome Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $3 21+
Labor of Love Sugar Ray, Makeshift Prodigy Enclave: 5pm, $10 21+
NAS and Talib Kweli House of Blues: 6pm, 11:45pm, $38
Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander Kingston Mines:
Aimee Mann, Squeeze Ravinia: 7pm All Ages
Nike+ Human Race Fall Out Boy Soldier Field : 8pm, $35 All Ages
Trudell, J-Phat, Shadowx, GTM, Nova Styles Subterranean: 10pm, $10 21+
Beesknees, Radius, Kenny Keys, DJs Jay too and Elevation The Church: 8pm, $0

Monday September 1 = Editor's Pick
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers : 9pm 21+
Brand Nubian, Rhymefest, Black Sheep, The Main Thang African Festival of the Arts: 4pm, $10 All Ages
Diblo Dibala, Voices, New Orleans Revival African Festival of the Arts: 3:30pm, $10 All Ages
Kool & The Gang, Nicholas Payton, Samba 1 w/Dill Costa, Trinity African Festival of the Arts: 2:30pm, $10 All Ages
Billy Branch Artis's Lounge: 9pm
Pat McCurdy Beat Kitchen: 10pm, $6 21+
Frank Bang & The Secret Stash Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
Closed for Labor Day! Buddy Guy's Legends: 21+
J. W. Williams, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Ravinia Festival Orchestra Ravinia: All Ages
Rob Mazurek, Jason Adasiewicz, Matt Lux, Josh Abrams, John Herndon Velvet Lounge: 8:30pm
Closed Today: Elbo Room
Tuesday September 2 = Editor's Pick
BLUES JAM w/ Tom Crivellone Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0
Linsey Alexander Blues Band w/ Nellie Travis Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Johnny Drummer Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
DJ 33 1/3, General Pacman darkroom: 9pm, $0 21+
Metal Rouge, Scott Tuma & Mike Weiss, Mako Sica Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $7 21+
Baker, Hunt, Sandstrom & Williams Group Hotti Biscotti: 8:30pm, $0
N.E.R.D., Bad Brains House of Blues: 7pm, $5
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
Fred Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art: 5:30pm, $0 All Ages
Pete Galanis Band, Marty Sammon Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5

Wednesday September 3 = Editor's Pick
GBH, Whole Wheat Bread, Krum Bums Abbey Pub: 9pm, $17 21+
Stang Stomper, The Dyes Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $8 18+
J.W. Williams Blues Band w/ Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Xiu Xiu, Prurient, Common Eider, King Eider Bottom Lounge: 8pm, $15
Nellie Travis Buddy Guy's Legends: $10 21+
Rory Lake's Karaoke Dreams darkroom: 9pm, $0 21+
Shalloboi, A Tundra, Ceiling Stars, Umbra & The Vulcan Siege Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $7 21+
Steve Hunt, Michael Zerang, Jim Backer, Greg Ward, Harrison Bankhead Hideout: 9:30pm, $6
Andrew Bird, Occidental Brothers Dance Band Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm, $0
Jimmy Burns, Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Tributosaurus becomes...Hall & Oates Martyrs': 7:30pm, $15 21+
Garry Gand's Pro Blues Jam Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Ellen Allien, Modeselektor Sonotheque: 9pm, $15
Todd Kessler Uncommon Ground: 7pm, $0 All Ages

Thursday September 4 = Editor's Pick
Project ULTRA, Melismatics, Makeshift Prodigy Abbey Pub: 9pm, $8 21+
The Failure's Union Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $8 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
The Johnny Rawls Revue Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30, $10 21+
Alla, Demilos, Bicycle Tricycle darkroom: 8pm, $7 21+
Restavrant, Team Rockit, The Javelinas Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
The Del Moroccos Martyrs': 9:30pm, $0 21+
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Arlyo, Tony Mangiullo, Vic Jackson Rosa's Lounge:
James Sanders & Conjunto Tumbao: 9pm, $0 21+

Friday September 5 = Editor's Pick
The Diplomats Of Solid Sound, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, The Stacks, East Of Eden Soul Express DJs Abbey Pub: 9pm, $10 21+
Mr. G & The Mystery Band Bill's Blues Bar: 9:30pm
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
Linsey Alexander Blues Band w/ Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Sharon Lewis, Guy King Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm, $10 21+
Bald Eagle and Mother Hubbard darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
William Darling Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $5 21+
The Hoyle Brothers Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
The Juan Maclean, Beau Wanzer, Woodhands Empty Bottle: 10pm, $14 21+
Turbine, Terrible Spaceships, Atypical Science Martyrs': 9pm, $10 21+
Backyard Tire Fire, Ha Ha Tonka, Joe Pug Metro: 9pm, $10 18+
Shudder To Think Park West: 8pm All Ages
Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $12

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