Friday!
The weekend is here and while it’s going to be challenging weather wise, there are lots of great music event opportunities to make it worth doing! Read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more of them if you can… Thanks for reading, subscribing to, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List with others!
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4:00 David Hayes at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Hey Day Happy Hour
x 5:00 Joey J. Saye at Judson & Moore, RSVP, Old Fashioned Fridays
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
5:00-8:30 Jaik Willis at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
5:00 Stella & Me with A.L. William & Sandy Stella at Studio Winery & Geneva Lake Distilling Lake Geneva
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, RSVP, Hard Country Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x 5:30 Hillbilly Frolic at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP, Happy Hour
6:00 The Radium Swing Band at Montrose Saloon
6:00, 9:30 Dave Hollister at City Winery, $50-75
6:00, 8:15 Clark Sommers at Andy’s, $15
6:00 DJ Eddie Gobbo at House of Blues Foundation Room, RSVP
6:00-10:30 Doc Elliot at Preservation Geneva
6:00-9:00 JBC The Brothers at The Wine Exchange St. Charles
6:00-9:00 Josh Goodman at Church Street Brewing Itasca
6:30 Denise Lagrasse duo at J. Flemings Westmont
6:30 Whiskey Devils at Tuscan Wine Market Arlington Heights
6:30 Brian Castillo at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda
6:45 Chris Usery Duo at Porkchop, RSVP, The Grand Cabaret After Dark
7:00 Dan Damnit, Pedal, Teddy & The Edibles at Beat Kitchen
7:00 Frank Quinn, ++ at Mrs Murphy’s
7:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet with Dennis Luxon, James Wenzel, ++ at Le Piano
7:00-10:00 Joe Glass, Amaya Peña, Glass Beagle at Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10, Nitroglycerine presents
x 7:00 Arriver, Stomatopod, Numerical Control Society, Underhand at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $16-17 benefits PING nonprofit to provide music equipment & education in OPRF schools
7:00 Good Jim & Kelly Ott at Shanahans Woodridge
7:00 Mark Taylor at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
7:00 Lorenzo D at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield
7:00-11:00 Open Mic with Just in Time at Stage Left Cafe Woodstock
7:30 Poison the Well, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Volcano at Metro, $30-35
7:30, 9:30 Precarious Towers album release for "Ten Stories" with Sharel Cassity, Mitchell Shiner, Johannes Wallmann, John Christensen, Devin Drobka at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33
7:30-3:30a Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band, Joanna Connor Band at Kingston Mines, $20
7:30 Spanish Brass at Logan Center Performance Hall, University of Chicago, $10-40
7:30 Fake Plastic Trees, D'fferent Strokes at Cubby Bear, $8-10
7:30-10:30 Alfonso Ponticelli at Encore Little Gem Oak Park
7:30 3 Day Rain at Brauer House BHouse Live Lombard, $7-15, line dancing before show
7:30-10:30 Anthony Padilla at Pollyanna Brewing St. Charles
7:30 Bienen School of Music Quartet-in-Residence Dover Quartet with Joel Link, Bryan Lee, Julianne Lee, Camden Shaw at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, $30, $10 students, part of The Winter Chamber Music Festival
7:30 Chicago Loud 9 at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $20-45
7:30 Nicki Sage at Light The Lamp Brewery Grayslake
7:30 Bob E Lee Jams with Derek Caruso, Susan Williams, Dan Beaver, Noah Edmaiston at Austin Community Tavern Steger
7:30 Midnight Sun band tribute to Prince vs. Michael Jackson at The Lyric Blue Island, $40
8:00 D2x, Ausar, Sonny, Kiraly Payne, Better Known As, DJ Preme at Reggie's Music Joint, $20-25
8:00 Calicoloco, Madame Reaper & the Gentleman's Club, Kasia at Schubas, 100% off
x 8:00 Joel Paterson Quartet with Andy Brown, Beau Sample, Alex Hall at Green Mill, $20
8:00, 10:00 Pharez Whitted Quintet at Jazz Showcase, $25-40
x 8:00 G. Love & Special Sauce, Jakobs Castle at Park West, $40
8:00 Align, Tvvin, Pods, Sutton Place at Chop Shop, $19
8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago
8:00 Led Zeppelin 2 at House of Blues, $25
8:00 Almost There But Not Really, Neon Noir at The Tonk
8:00 Mike Felten Band, Mike Peccuci at Phyllis' Musical Inn
8:00 Medical Miracle, Jerry Russo, Slow Riser at Cobra Lounge, $13
8:00 FuntCase, Rusko, Concentrates, Dxrtyblonde, Onslaught, Dullahan at Joe's On Weed Street, $30
8:00-11:00 Small Batch at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
8:00 The Misters at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, $10
8:00-11:00 Paolisso-Scofano at Artango Bar & Steakhouse, Argentine guitar/bandoneon duo
x 8:00 Michael Damani at Untitled Supper Club
8:00-10:00 Son of Abbey at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $10, sold out
8:00 Gayun Cannon, Zeno Camera, Kitty Litter, Purp4evaa, Tamarrow at Subterranean, $12, College Night
8:00-2:00a Dancehall Queens vs Soca Queens with DJ Montana & DJ Rybread at Wild Hare, free before 10:00, Freedom
x 8:00 Annie & The Orphans, The Key Suspects at Outta Space Berwyn, $10
8:00 Simply Elton tribute to Elton John at Pub 78
8:00-11:00 Ollie Bolds at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
x 8:00 The Steepwater Band at The Venue Aurora, $15-25
x 8:00 Rebirth Brass Band at SPACE Evanston, $35 SRO, sold out
x 8:00 Uncle Pigeon at 28 Mile Distilling Co Highwood
8:00 Gavin DeGraw at Genesee Theatre Waukegan, $35-62
8:00 The Buzzbins at Q Bar Darien, $9-13
8:00 Louise Kelly at Two Way Street Downers Grove, $10
8:00 Thunderstruck tribute to AC/DC, Wig Wam at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $29-39
8:00 Marrakesh Express tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-49
8:00 Tony John and the Flat Land Sting Band at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach
8:00 Bourbon Country at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $27-35
8:00 Wildwood Country Duo at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00 Low-reen & Harpdog's Firehouse Blues at Cuda’s Bar & Grill Antioch
8:00 Smiley Tillmon Duo at The Studio Lockport
8:00 Tennessee Whiskey tribute to Chris Stapleton, The Ultimate Experience tribute to Eric Church at The Forge Joliet, $10
8:15 The Chicago Experience tribute to Chicago at Stage 119 Elmhurst, $10
8:30 Dexter, The Prime, CrashDive, The Parsnip Factory at Montrose Saloon, $10-15
8:30 Ana Everling Quartet at Constellation, $15
8:30 Allen Moore 'the Black Arcade', Post Consumer Material ‘Full-time’ at Elastic Arts, $15, $10 students, Cleat Series
x 8:30 Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush at Buddy Guy's Legends, $75
x 8:30 Torpedo Los at Cary's Lounge
8:30 George Howe at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret
8:30 Jaren Grey album release at Fuller’s Pub
x 8:30 Aaron Kamm & The One Drops at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20
8:30 Minor Damage at Quigley’s Naperville
(postponed) 8:30-11:30 Flood Waters at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, $5
8:30 Sunblind tribute to Sublime at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $5-20
8:30 Draw The Line tribute to Aerosmith at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $20+
9:00 Lo Essencial, Chicago Divas, Lluvia Gris at Reggie's Music Joint, $15-20
9:00, 11:00 Rene Avila & The Afro Cuban Band at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:00
9:00 Nick Dunston & Lia Kohl at Hungry Brain, $10
9:00, 11:00 Joey J. Saye, Kenny Smith, Bob Stroger at Rosa’s, $15-25, 3 Generations Of Chicago Blues
9:00 Ivan Singh Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00
9:00 Death Party, Moonily, The Troy Anderson Band at Liar's Club, $10
9:00 Brother Derek, Grape Juice Plum, Kimbelle at Gallery Cabaret,
9:00 Pryce, Aurin Woods, Freejay at Cole's Bar, $13
x 9:00 Michelle Billingsley, Cory Grinder and The Playboy Scouts at Carol's Pub, $10
9:00-11:00 Laura Cai at Tack Room, Renaissance/Eras Night The Music Of Beyoncé And Taylor Swift
9:00 Shrimp DJ b2b Rik at Schubas Upstairs, RSVP, Meet Me Upstairs presents
9:00-1:00a Cabbage, bpmslide at Cafe Mustache, Friday Night Kickback
x 9:00 The Nikki O'Neill Band at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP
9:00 The Five 'N' Dime Poets at Brauer House Lombard, $7-10
9:00 Hard Vinyl at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
9:00-11:00 Aaron Kelly at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
9:00 Semple Band at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett
x 9:30 Los Gallos, Shannon Baker and The Burners, Brandon Good at Hideout, $10, The Singer and the Song
9:30 Hi-Glass with Xochi G & Tim Zawada at The Whistler
9:30 Matt Martin at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP
9:30 Abigail Riccards at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Nightcap Music Series
9:30 Ultrabeat at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10
x 10:00 The Courts EP release, Flwers, North by North, Nathan Graham at Empty Bottle, $12
10:00 Lloyd Snyder and the Big Rig Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP
10:00 Led Zeppelin 2 after party at House of Blues Foundation Room, RSVP
10:00 DJ JukieThaKidd at Promontory, $10+, I Am King MLK Weekend Celebration
10:00 American Pie at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5, RSVP
10:30 Perfectly Spaced at Andy's, $15
11:00 Christy Bennett with Kevin Fort at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show
11:00-1:30a DJ James Deia at Gman Tavern, Poison The Well afterparty
x 5:00 Joey J. Saye at Judson & Moore, RSVP, Old Fashioned Fridays
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, RSVP, Hard Country Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x 5:30 Hillbilly Frolic at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP, Happy Hour
x 7:00 Arriver, Stomatopod, Numerical Control Society, Underhand at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $16-17 benefits PING nonprofit to provide music equipment & education in OPRF schools
x 8:00 Joel Paterson Quartet with Andy Brown, Beau Sample, Alex Hall at Green Mill, $20
x 8:00 G. Love & Special Sauce, Jakobs Castle at Park West, $40
x 8:00 Michael Damani at Untitled Supper Club
x 8:00 Annie & The Orphans, The Key Suspects at Outta Space Berwyn, $10
x 8:00 The Steepwater Band at The Venue Aurora, $15-25
x 8:00 Rebirth Brass Band at SPACE Evanston, $35 SRO, sold out
x 8:00 Uncle Pigeon at 28 Mile Distilling Co Highwood
x 8:30 Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush at Buddy Guy's Legends, $75
x 8:30 Torpedo Los at Cary's Lounge
x 8:30 Aaron Kamm & The One Drops at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20
x 9:00 Michelle Billingsley, Cory Grinder and The Playboy Scouts at Carol's Pub, $10
x 9:00 The Nikki O'Neill Band at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP
x 9:30 Los Gallos, Shannon Baker and The Burners, Brandon Good at Hideout, $10, The Singer and the Song
x 10:00 The Courts EP release, Flwers, North by North, Nathan Graham at Empty Bottle, $12