Wednesday 10/30/24

Oct 30, 2024

Wednesday!

Plenty of great mid-week music event options are available in and around town… read on for the details, and get out to enjoy them if you can… welcome to new subscribers, thanks for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List!

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x Ravinia Farmers Market Music

9:00a-10:30a Pierce Crask

11:00a-1:00 Imperial Boxmen

11:30a-3:00 Beo String Quartet at Woman's Athletic Club, Chicago Chamber Music Society presents

x 12:00n-2:00 Wednesday Jam with Skip Landt at OTSFM East Lincoln Lobby, free

12:00n-3:00 Dia de los Muertos Ofrendas at Building D Harper College Palatine, free

12:15 Trio Azura with Duncan McDougall violin, Yejin Hong cello, Yanfeng Tony Bai piano at Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist, Dame Myra Hess Concert

5:00-8:00 Steve Knight Trio at The Albert, residency

5:00-7:00 Acoustic Cyphers hip hop at Hairpin Arts Center, RSVP

5:00-8:00 Rujikorn Trikham at Epiphany Center, RSVP, Golden Hour

5:00-8:00 Roger Weaver at Parker's Restaurant & Bar Downers Grove

5:00-8:00 Matt Keen at Flagship on the Fox St Charles

5:30-8:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Steve Million at Catch 35

5:30-9:30 Rees Shad & The Conversations at Evanston House Concert

6:00, 8:15 Charles Heath at Andy's, $15

6:00-9:00 Jon Gram & Jim Conry at On Tour Brewing, free, Grateful Wednesdays

6:00-12:00m Madame TeMo's Cabinet of Curiosities with Spacely at Alhambra Palace Restaurant, $20

6:00-10:00 Ladama at Harris Theater

6:00-10:00 ? Hue aka Huedatband, Fever 333, Zulu at Outset ?

6:00-9:00 Petra van Nuis/Andy Brown Duo at Hemingway's Bistro Oak Park

6:00-8:30 Howl at the Moon Junior Cabaret at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora

6:00-9:00 JJ Smith at Preservation Geneva

6:00-8:30 Down Home Guitars Bluegrass Jam hosted by Steve Haberichter at Cultivate Community Table Frankfort

6:30, 8:30 The Chris White Quartet performs "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" at Winters Jazz Club, $23-28

6:30-9:30 Braden Smith Quartet at French 75 Aurora

x 7:00 McLuhan re-release for 'McLuhan Anomaly' at Montrose Saloon, $10

7:00 Alexis Lombre with Mae Ya Carter Ryan at City Winery, $25-45, jazz, Play On Benefit Concert for Merit School of Music

7:00 Bailey Spinn, Senses, Glimmers at Subterranean, $25-30

7:00-10:30 Slique Jay Adams with Verzatile Band 'Before I Let Go' tribute to Frankie Beverly produced by Paul Hall at Promontory, $20-35

7:00 Kaonashi, Omerta, Blind Equation at Cobra Lounge, $25-28

7:00 Scott Scovill, Tori Allen at Carol's Pub, $5

7:00 Tim Fitzgerald Guitar Trio with Tom Vaitas on Hammond B3 organ at Le Piano Chicago, Latin and Swing Jazz

7:00-9:00 Varo String Quartet at Rosehill Cemetery May Chapel, $15

7:00 Dyke Fright Queer Halloween Fest with DJs Miss Twink USA and Veri Peri, 'Jeepers Peepers' drag performance hosted by Peeper Johnson at Sleeping Village, $15-23, presented by The Queer Social Club, Dyke Nite, Hot Potato Hearts, Baqyard Babes

x 7:00 DC & The Love at FitzGeralds Sidebar, free RSVP, Sidebar Debut

7:00-10:00 On the Air at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

7:00 ZZ Jalapeno as ZZ Top, Ryan Hegarty as John Prine at Chicago Street Pub Joliet

7:00-11:00 Kevin Presbey solo acoustic at Aloft Bolingbrook

x 7:00-10:00 Open Mic hosted by Phil Bayer at Friendly Tap Berwyn, signup at 6:00

7:00-10:00 Shan-Acoustic Jam hosted by Shukin & Dr. Dave Rios with "Spooky" Night at Shanahan’s Woodridge

7:00-11:30 Open Mic Night at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

x 7:30 Almafuerte Canciones Para Muertos at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $10, World Music Wednesdays

7:30 Elsa Lanchester 'She’s Alive' musical tribute with Charlotte Booker, Mark Nutter at Venus Cabaret Theater, Mercury Theater Chicago, $40

7:30 Maria Elena Silva at Hungry Brain, free, $1 PBRs, One Dollar Bill weekly solo series

? 7:30-10:30 Jeannie Tanner ? at Davenport’s Piano Bar

7:30-11:00 Boyslut, Estrogen Molotov, Melon Sprout, Shiningyula at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10

7:30 3 Martini Jeannie at Untitled Supper Club

7:30 Journey through South America with Ching-Fen Lee piano at Epiphany Center, $20-25, Wilma Rueda presents

7:30 Irish Music Session with Larry Nugent and Frank Quinn at Mrs Murphys

x 7:30 Real Pretenders, The Blue Lorraine Quartet at Outta Space, $10, Last Wednesdays with Blue Lorraine, Halloween Eve

7:30-10:00 Vintage Vinyl live Jazz & Blues at Des Plaines Theatre Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy, free, two drink or food equivalent minimum

7:30 Gina Marie & The Golden Bucks with Jason Benefield at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-30

8:00 Esophagus, Carrion Throne, Manifestations, Dysphorectomy at Reggies Music Joint, $15-20

8:00 Wildermiss, Jacob on the Moon at Beat Kitchen, $16-23

8:00 Moonshine, DJ Iggy, Sydfalls at Schubas, $18-22

x 8:00 Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets at Lincoln Hall, $45

x 8:00-10:30 Evon J. Sams Nonet with Gabriel Wade, Dakarai Barclay, Jacob Slocum, Kenneth Leftridge- Tenor, Royce Harrington-Turner, Austyn Menk, Matt Ulery, Cliff Wallace at Fulton Street Collective, $15

8:00 Low Down Brass Band, Selector King Tony at Dorians, 6 Year Anniversary

8:00-12:00m Alfonso Ponticelli with Steve Gibons, Ethan Philion, Bob Rummage at Green Mill, $10

8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago

8:00 Blxst, Joony of House of Blues, $39

8:00 Lucky Cloud single release, Zach Morp at Gman Tavern, $12-15

8:00 Jacolyn Parker, Suggie Dixit, Kevin Brown at Gallery Cabaret, Originals Night

8:00 Elyanna, ZeeMuffin, MC Abdul at Riviera Theatre, $22

8:00 Jimmy Pibbles and the Runny Dribbles, Styles at Night at Phyllis' Musical Inn

8:00-11:50 TomCat Trumpet Experience at aliveOne

8:00-10:30 Alex Kelsh & Intangible Truth with Oliver Scott, Nat Lin, Colin Dorion at Clara

8:00-11:00 Jarvis Squear Open Mic at Jarvis Square Tavern, Queer Centered, Straight Friendly

8:00-11:00 DJs Booger & Truly Unhinged at Cafe Mustache

8:00 Sabertooth at Roberts Westside Forest Park, $12-19

x 8:00 Rickie Lee Jones, Sweet Honey in the Rock, ? 7:00 The Mike Dillon Band? at Cahn Auditorium Evanston, $55-90, presented by SPACE

8:00 Los Temerarios at Allstate Arena Rosemont, $79+

8:00-10:00 Blackened tribute to Metallica at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5

8:00-11:00 Open Mic hosted by Kelly Ott at Pub 78 Brookfield, 5 Year Anniversary

8:00-11:45 Open Mic hosted by Johnny Z. at House Pub St Charles

8:00 Hot Pepper Jam Open Mic at Whiskey River Glenview

8:00-10:00 Acoustic Open Mic at The Mirage Restaurant Oasis Lounge, Four Points Sheraton Schiller Park, signup at 7:00

x 8:00 Drive-By Truckers 'Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024' at Pabst Theater Milwaukee WI, $35-55

x 8:30 Patter, Alexalone, Proun, and Flower Problem at Hideout, $15

8:30 Orion Sun, Cruza at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited number at door

8:30 Salami Rose joe Louis, DJ Scary Lady Sarah, DJ Vorp, Zoofunkyou, DJ Trancid at Reggies Rock Club, $30-60

x 8:30 The Heavy Sounds at Simon's Tavern

x 8:30 Ethan Iverson Trio Blue Note record release with Simón Wilson, Vinnie Sperrazza at Constellation, $25-28

8:30-1:30a Katy at The Zebra Lounge

9:00 Chris Cohen, Mia Joy at Empty Bottle, $18

9:00 Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota at Hungry Brain, free

9:00 The Dream Blunt Rotation Session #7 with Living Thing, Master Steve, Spliffany Evans, Angel Davenport at Subterranean, $10

9:00, 11:00 Joe Doyle Band at Rosa's Lounge, $15-25, Electrifying Blues Performance

9:00 Jimmy Burns hosts The Jam at Buddy Guy's Legends, $15

9:00 Guitar for Guaraldi tribute to Vince Guaraldi's "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with Mich Shirey, Nick Fane, David Kuchera at The Whistler, Relax Attack Jazz Series

9:00-2:00a Bonus Round Punk DJ Drew at Delilah’s

9:00-11:00 Rufus Parenti 4 at Prairie Moon Evanston, $7

9:30 Feel Good Party Band at Mom's Place

10:00-11:15 The Last Minute Jam Session at Andy's, $10

Jerome’s highlights

x = recommended, interested, of note to me or friends

X = the plan, though that can change