Friday!
And being January, there aren’t quite as many music events, however, being here in Chicago and surrounding areas there are still plenty of great music event opportunities…
Read on for the details and get out to one or more of these shows if you can…
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12:00n Gabriel Datcu at Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese
4:00 Jon Gram at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, free, Hey Day Happy Hour
x 5:00-7:30 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
5:00-7:00 Leo Fron at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
5:00-7:00 Jeff Trudell at Studio Winery Lake Geneva WI, classic rock
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x 5:30 The Menards at FitzGeralds Sidebar, free RSVP, Happy Hour
6:00, 9:30 Kindred The Family Soul at City Winery, $68-95, r&b
6:00-7:15, 8:15-9:30 The MC Quintet with Marques Carroll, Brent Griffin, Christian Dillingham, Greg Artry, Julius Tucker at Andy's, $20, RSVP required
6:00-9:00 Willard Wilcox at The Wine Exchange St Charles, free
6:00-9:00 Mark Steinbraker at Church Street Brewing Itasca
6:00-9:00 Edison Schetter at Sew Hop'd Brewing Huntley
6:00-9:00 Mark Taylor at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park
6:30-9:30 Tim Wilsey at J. Flemings Absolutely Delicious Westmont
6:30-10:00 Tom Holland at Preservation Geneva, free RSVP
6:30-9:30 Jack Whittle Trio at The Red Barn Mount Prospect
6:30 Kevin Mileski at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda
6:30-9:30 Dan Jeslis at Hickory Creek Brewing New Lenox, rock classic, 80, soft, pop
7:00 Frank Quinn & ? at Mrs Murphys
7:00-11:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet with Dennis Luxon, James Wenzel, ++ at Le Piano
7:00-9:00 Charlie O'Neill Trio at Clara
7:00-10:00 J Heavy at Cafe Mustache
7:00-11:00 Andrew Diehl solo at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
7:00-11:00 Lauren Ashley Hall at Grapes & Grains
7:00 Cavedog & Friends, Gin & Sonic at Roberts Westside Forest Park, $10-19
7:00-10:00 Dave Rice Famous Piano Bar at Shanahans Woodridge
7:00 Sponge, Lombardy Black, The Six Five Four, Open Hole Soul at WC Social Club West Chicago, $17-20
7:00-11:00 Common Allies aka Conor and Ryan Ashe at Yorkville Moose Lodge Yorkville
7:00-11:00 Nick Sanzeri at Pub 72 Gilberts
7:00-11:00 Keith Scott Blues at Wolfden Brewing Company Bloomingdale
7:00-10:00 Billy Denton at Pollyanna Brewing Roselle
7:00 ? Mad Man Duo at Harp & Fiddle Park Ridge
7:00 Nahum Smith at Tuscan Market & Wine Shop Arlington Heights
7:00 David’s House, Cornelius & the Sled Dogs, Burning Cactus at Rookies Rochaus West Dundee, $10+
7:00 Kerry Devine 5th Invitational Jam, followed by free DJ LG party at Vixen McHenry, $15+, benefits Turning Point Domestic Violence Services
7:00-10:00 Brad Hides at Pollyanna Brewing Lemont
7:00-11:00 Smashed Adams, The People Readers at Roxy Lockport, $5
7:00 Taylorville tribute to Taylor Swift at The Lyric Blue Island, $50-70
7:00 First Friday Open Mic hosted by Brian Kleidon at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield, sign up at 6:00
7:30 devin, GreenTTea & The Tempos, Cldwaterr, Menace4Hire, Waine Ghazi at Schubas, $13-15
7:30, 9:30 Better Together "Music to Move Your Soul" with Jo Ann Daugherty, Bruce Henry, Joshua Ramos, Ryan Bennett, Henry Johnson at Winters Jazz Club, $30-40
7:30-4:00a Vino Louden Blues Band, Omar Coleman Band at Kingston Mines, $20
7:30-10:00 Gabriel Datcu at Encore Little Gem Oak Park
7:30 Jeff Abruzino at Stage 119 Elmhurst, $10, rock, pop, country, rap, blues, r&b
7:30 Trapper Schoep at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-35
7:30-11:30 stone the crow at Tailgaters Bolingbrook
7:30 Bob E Lee, Liz Manderville, Danny Mac, Myron Robinson at Austin Community Tavern Steger
x 8:00 Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers with Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia, Ray Hangen?, Toronzo Cannon? at Thalia Hall, $50, sold out, limited number at door
8:00 drmanhattan at Beat Kitchen, sold out
8:00 Rotundos record release, La Rosa Noir, Sweet Hudson, Los Skin at Subterranean, $15-18
x 8:00-12:00m Tomeka Reid Quartet with Mary Halvorson, Jason Roebke, Tomas Fujiwara at Green Mill, $20
x 8:00 John Primer Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago
8:00 Cuss, Reivers, Gospel Tremors at Burlington Bar, $10
8:00-10:00 Pauline Conneely, Pat Broaders, Jimmy Keane at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center, free
8:00 13 Tikis at Lizards Liquid Lounge
8:00-10:30 whenthedustsettles, Badtzmaru, The World in Broken Glass at Kitchen 17 Fallen Log, $10
8:00 Sarah Marie Young at Untitled
8:00 Torch the Hive, Naked Brunch, Calico Plaid at Gman Tavern, $12-15
8:00 Bloom, Double Identity, Ovarian Cystas, Violet Clare at Cobra Lounge, $15-19
8:00-10:00 Max & The Fellow Travelers, Pat Potts and The Rolling Blackouts unplugged at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $14, sold out
8:00-11:00 Rattleback Records DJs Tuff N' Such, Tromblau, Echinacea at Pizza Lobo Andersonville
8:00-11:00 Grass Fed Collective at Pub 78 Brookfield
8:00-11:00 Hello Weekend at Jonny Cab's Burr Ridge, $10
8:00 Danny Baron Band at Johnny's Blitz Sports Bar Westmont
8:00 Redline Audio at DeMito's Saloon Villa Park
x 8:00 John Bruhnke and Sonic Soul with E.G. McDaniel, Brady Williams, Tony Lorens at The Venue Aurora, $20-30
x 8:00 Mr Blotto Procrastinator's Ball at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $19-29, dance floor open
x 8:00 Alfonso Ponticelli, Flamenco & Beyond at SPACE Evanston, $20-30
8:00 The Stevie Swing Band at Des Plaines Theatre Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy, free, two drink or food equivalent minimum
8:00 Johnny Russler Beach Bum Band at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00-12:00m Justin Wallace at Lucky Lulu's Deli Crystal Lake
8:00-11:55 The Braymores, Sun Queen at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake
8:00-11:00 Northwest Corner tribute to The Grateful Dead at Teddy O'Brien's Highwood
8:00 Blind Reality at Heroes West Lemont, $8-9
x 8:00 Chicago Farmer solo at Chicago Street Pub Joliet, $12 RSVP required after 6:00, opens 11:00a
8:00-11:00 The Baked Potatoes at Social 45 Frankfort
8:00 Open Mic at Two Way Street Coffee House Downers Grove, 7:30 door and signup
x 8:00 Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound at Shank Hall Milwaukee WI, $20
8:30 Drunk in July, Booti Grooviani, Hot Lagarto at Montrose Saloon, $10-15
x 8:30 Jane Hobson, Daundry, Big Chemical at Hideout, $12
8:30-11:30 ? at Davenport’s Piano Bar
8:30-1:30a Katy at The Zebra Lounge
x 8:30 The Oh Boys at FitzGeralds Nightclub, free RSVP
8:30-1:30a Chains Over Razors, Redfield & Ruptura at Tony D's Elmwood Park, $5
8:30-11:59 St Malarkey at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, $5, bluegrass
8:30-11:30 7th Heaven unplugged at Station 34 Mount Prospect
8:30 Hard Rock Radio, Tooth n Nail tribute to Dokken at Jamo's Mokena, $5-7
8:30 Corky Siegel & Ernie Watts "kickin’ in the new year" at Café Carpe Fort Atkinson WI, $40
9:00 unStrapped Lesbian Kickback at Empty Bottle, sold out, follow for info
x 9:00 Bowie Ball for David Bowie’s 78th Birthday with Heaven Malone, Lucy Stoole, Nico, Sally Marvel, squid the kid at Metro, $15
9:00 Mazegarden, Premeditated, the Sheltered, Plethera at Reggies Music Joint, $10-15, alternative, hardcore, metal
9:00 Flooding, Interlay, Inkjet at Sleeping Village, $15-20
9:00, 11:00 Illville Vanguard at Dorians, $10 after 8:00
9:00 ? at The Tonk
9:00 ? at Four Treys Tavern
9:00-1:00a ? at Gallery Cabaret
9:00-12:00m The Local Group at Nick's Beer Garden, free
9:00-12:00m ? at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
9:00-12:00m Da Menace Party Blues Jam at Fuller's Pub, monthly open blues jam++
9:00-2:00a Chavo Rucos 80s/90s Night at Simone's Bar
x 9:00 Aimont Moon, The Jared Rabin Band at FitzGeralds Sidebar, free RSVP
9:00 Hunting for Sport at Goat Village Norridge
9:00 The Dirty Dead at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
9:00 Prairie Surfers at Quigley's Naperville
9:00 iPop Band at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett
9:00-12:00m Bottled Blues at Madcats Palatine, $6
9:00 The Three Sons at Mackey's Hideout McHenry
9:00 Family Values tribute night with Freak on a Leash tribute to Korn, Peephole tribute to System of a Down, White Pony tribute to Deftones at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $8-30
9:00-12:30a DJ R Celo at Whiskey River Glenview, EDM
9:00-1:00a Ty Hefner's DJ Night ++ at Uptown Westmont
x 9:30 Country Doctors at Carol's Pub, $7
9:30, 11:00 Mike Wheeler Band with Demetria Taylor at Rosa’s, $15-25
9:30-12:00m The Panhandlers at Clara
9:30 Flaccid House with Kiki Kuamo’o at The Whistler, acid, electro, breakbeats
9:30 Covington Groove at House Pub St Charles, $5
9:30 Deja Vu Country at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP
9:30 Brad Smith at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, free, Nightcap Series
9:30-1:00a DJ Mel Q at The Red Barn Mount Prospect, RSVP
9:45 Jessie's Girl at Nellie's Gastropub Palatine, $8
10:00 Matt Martin Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP
10:00 Disco Stew at Mom's Place
10:00-12:00m Sarah's Place tribute to Zach Bryan and Noah Kahan at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5
10:00 DJ Boathouse at aliveOne
10:30-11:45 Paul Abella Quartet at Andy's, $20, RSVP required
10:30 Alysha Monique at Untitled, Stardust
10:30-2:30 The Knockaround Band at Barstool River North
11:00-1:00a Christy Bennett with Kevin Fort at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show
Jerome’s highlights
x = recommended, interested, of note to me or friends
X = the plan, though that can change
x 5:00-7:30 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x 5:30 The Menards at FitzGeralds Sidebar, free RSVP, Happy Hour
x 8:00 Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers with Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia, Ray Hangen?, Toronzo Cannon? at Thalia Hall, $50, sold out, limited number at door
x 8:00-12:00m Tomeka Reid Quartet with Mary Halvorson, Jason Roebke, Tomas Fujiwara at Green Mill, $20
x 8:00 John Primer Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago
x 8:00 Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound at Shank Hall Milwaukee WI, $20
x 8:30 Jane Hobson, Daundry, Big Chemical at Hideout, $12
x 8:30 The Oh Boys at FitzGeralds Nightclub, free RSVP
x 9:00 Bowie Ball for David Bowie’s 78th Birthday with Heaven Malone, Lucy Stoole, Nico, Sally Marvel, squid the kid at Metro, $15
x 9:30 Country Doctors at Carol's Pub, $7
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