Friday 2/23/24

Feb 23, 2024

Friday!

The weekend gets in high gear with a plethora of great music event opportunities in and around Chicago… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more if you can… welcome new subscribers (thanks to Eric Zorn for his share!) and thanks for reading, subscribing to, and sharing Jerome’s Event List!

Share Jerome’s Event List

x Chicago Winter Jazz Fair at Chicago Cultural Center
G.A.R. Hall
11:30a-12:30 Let Freedom Swing with Pharez Whitted, Eddie Bayard, Jeremiah Hunt, Andrew Toombs, ++
6:45-7:45 Jon Irabagon Quartet with Vijay Tellis-Nayak, Clark Sommers, Neil Hemphill
8:10-9:40 Marques Carroll Trumpet Summit with Quentin Coaxum, Ryan Nyther, Christian Dillingham, Greg Artry, Julius Tucker
Claudia Cassidy Theater
1:00-2:00 Windy City Jazz Electric with Frank Russell, Robert Irving III, Paul Wertico, Jose Rendón, Steve Eisen
2:30-3:30 Bethany Pickens' Soulful Coalition with Isaiah Collier, Micah Collier, Jeremiah Collier
4:00-5:00 Hunter Diamond & Mike Reed
5:30-6:30 Sharel Cassity Quartet with Richard Johnson, Clark Sommers, Dana Hall
UVC Room (55 Lounge)
2:45-3:45 Darwin Noguera Quintet with Rocky Yera, Joshua Ramos, Juan Pastor, Victor Gonzalez
4:15-5:15 Clark Sommers & Friends with John Wojciechowski, Geof Bradfield, Dana Hall
5:45-6:45 Echoes from Africa to America and America to Africa discussion with Heather Ireland Robinson & Ernest Dawkins
Millenium Park Room
1:45-2:45 Jazz Education in Chicago: How Are We Doing? panel discussion with moderator Darius Hapton, panelists Pharez Whitted, Shemeka Nash, Angela Lin
3:30-4:30 Aaron Cohen discussion on Ramsey Lewis, Richard Davis, and the Chicago Jazz-Classical Continuum
5:15-6:15 tbd
Preston Bradley Hall
2:00-3:00 Carmani Edwards Trio
3:30-4:30 Jazz Links Ensemble with Wanye Williams, Owen Ruszczyk, Duke Baur, Senya Rogers-Kaufman, Daniel Perez, Macari Ramsey
5:30-7:30 Jazz Links Jam Session

4:00 Mark Taylor at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Hey Day Happy Hour

x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill

5:00-7:30 Kitt Lyles at Lagunitas Tap Room

5:00 DJB at Epiphany Center, RSVP, Golden Hour

x 5:00 Kathryn & Chris at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP, Happy Hour

5:00-6:30 Matt Keen at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, RSVP, Hard Country Honky Tonk Happy Hour

5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Ari Brown at Catch 35

x 5:30-7:30 Downtown Charlie Brown acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends

5:30 Holly Venkitaswaran flute and piccolo at Regenstein Master Class Room, Northwestern University Evanston, Student Recitals

6:00 Harry Tonchev Trio at Montrose Saloon, Friday Jazz Happy Hour

6:00, 8:15 Petra's Recession Seven at Andy’s, $15

6:00-9:00 Kelli Ann and Ken at The Wine Exchange St. Charles

6:00-9:00 Aidan Burke at Church Street Brewing Itasca

6:00-9:00 Cheryl Rodey at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

6:30 Go Ahead and Die, Bodybox, Motherless, Gored Embrace at Reggie's Rock Club, $25-28

6:30 Militarie Gun, Pool Kids, Spiritual Cramp, Spaced at Bottom Lounge, sold out

6:30-9:30 Rich Metz at J. Flemings Westmont

6:30-10:00 Magoo at Preservation Geneva

6:30-11:00 Night of Rhythm at Double Clutch Brewing Evanston

6:30 Chris O'Brien at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda

Fri 2/23? 6:45 Chris Usery Duo at Porkchop, RSVP, The Grand Cabaret After Dark

X 7:00-11:00 Bike Winter Art Show Opening at Agitator Gallery

7:00 Heavy Seas album release, Death Pose, Wrong War, The Age of Bronze at Liars Club

7:00 Wilmette, Ghoul For A Goblin album release, Bottom Bracket, Supercorp at Cobra Lounge, $19

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 Schlupp, Rotundos, Crawling Vines, Sweet Hudson at Fallen Log, Kitchen 17

7:00 Jory Avner at Scratch On Lake Oak Park

7:00 Pierce Crask at Scratch Public House Forest Park

7:00-10:00 Dave Rice Famous Piano Bar at Shanahans Woodridge

7:00 Edia Carey, Gia Dagenhart at Maple Street Concerts Lombard, $20

7:00-3:00a Out Cold Vol 5 Electronic/House/DJ Mini Fest at The Piazza Aurora, $40+

x 7:00 Al Day Trio with Don Stiernberg, Marc Edelstein at Seman Violins Skokie, $25

7:00 Paul McKinney and Jeanne Robert at Tuscan Wine Market Arlington Heights

7:00-10:30 Original Open Mic at Stage Left Cafe Woodstock, $5

7:00-10:00 Haley Klinkhammer at Tighthead Brewing Company Mundelein

7:00 Mace Hathaway at Blue Island Beer Co

7:00-10:00 R&L Rhythm Review at The Quarry Thornton

7:00 Primal Moon, The Perks at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield, Lords of Loud showdown

7:00 The Jack Whittle Trio at Chicago Stret Pub Joliet

x 7:00 (8:00 ET) Ike Reilly Assassination at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $25-50

x 7:30 Howard Hewitt at City Winery, sold out, waitlist

7:30, 9:30 Pharez Whitted Quintet with Eddie Bayard, Andrew Tombs, Jeremiah Hunt, Xazavian Valladay at Winters Jazz Club, $28-38

7:30-4:00a Vino Louden Blues Band, Joanna Connor Band at Kingston Mines, $20

7:30 Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu with Behzod Abduraimov perform Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $35-325

7:30 Natalie Clein cello at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, $20-40, $10 students

7:30 UChorus & Women’s Ensemble at Logan Center Performance Hall, University of Chicago

7:30 Denise La Grassa Band at Epiphany Center, RSVP, Free Blues Friday Presents

7:30-10:00 Bowmanville Duo with Ethan Adelsman, Mason Jiller at Encore Little Gem Oak Park

x 7:30-9:30 Billy Elton tribute to Billy Joel & Elton John at Madison Street Theatre Oak Park, $20-25

x 7:30 Shawn Maxwell album release at The Venue Aurora, $15-25

x 7:30-11:00 Johnny Burnett solo at Rox City Grill Hotel Baker St Charles

7:30 Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra directed by Joachim Schamberger, conducted by Patrick Furrer present Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel at Cahn Auditorium Evanston, $18, $8 students

7:30 Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted by Mallory Thompson at Pick Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, $8, $5 students, Bienen Ensembles

7:30 7th Heaven, Rok Brigade at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $15

7:30 Brontë Fall, Ryan M. Brewer at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-30

7:30-10:30 Josh LaSota at Light The Lamp Brewery Grayslake

7:30 Soul Bliss with LaShera Moore tribute to Aretha Franklin at The Lyric Blue Island, $50-60

7:30-11:59 Fatal Order, Grindstone, Extinction Earth at The Forge Joliet, $15-30

7:30 Bob E Lee Jam at Austin Community Tavern Steger, RSVP

x 7:30 Victoria Victoria with Charlie Hunter, Carter McLean at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $30

7:45 Jackson Dean, Dee White, Mae Estes at Joe's On Weed Street, $30

8:00 Great Moments in Vinyl tribute to U2 "The Joshua Tree" ++ at Martyrs, $15

8:00 Maddie Zahm, Leanna Firestone at Thalia Hall, $28

8:00 Pinksqueeze, Uniflora, Sharp Pins at Metro, $15-20

8:00 Dogbod, Impulsive Hearts, Toosh, Sun Queen at Beat Kitchen, $15

8:00 Molly Grace, The Wonderlands at Schubas, $15-20

8:00 The Lagoons, Cool Heat, Dee Beam at Subterranean, $25

8:00 Abigail Riccards Quintet with Chris White, Tim Fitzgerald, Sean Jacobi, Linard Stroud at Green Mill, $20

8:00, 10:00 Denise Thimes Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $25-40

8:00 Shannon Hayden, Kezia Dorsey Swann Invisible God-sip, Hymns for Inanna at Elastic Arts, $15, $10 students, Elastro Series

8:00 Nate Manos with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago

x 8:00 Toronzo Cannon, Joe Doyle at Buddy Guy's Legends, $25

8:00 Cold War Kids, Joe P at The Salt Shed, sold out?

8:00 Matthew Lorenz at Davenport’s Cabaret, $35+

8:00 Smiley Tillmon with Kate Moss at The Tonk

8:00 AFK & The Beaver Moon Band at Jarvis Square Tavern

8:00 Todd and the Ten Pins at The Thirsty Tavern

8:00 Jamila Woods, DJ Ca$hEra, Ami at The Vic Theatre, $30

8:00 Max Barskih, Bestseller at Park West, sold out?

8:00-11:00 Character Fleadh at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center

8:00-11:00 Four Star Brass Band at The Atlantic Bar and Grill, $10

8:00-10:30 Damian Rivero, Argentine singer at Artango Bar & Steakhouse

8:00 The WiseGuys at Cubby Bear, $9

x 8:00 Will Dailey & Friends with Gerald Dowd at Gman Tavern, $12-15

x 8:00 The Grelley Duvall Show at Color Club, $43

x 8:00 Country on Marz with Golden Horse Ranch Band, Thrifty Kid, DJ Lawrence Peters at Marz Brewing

8:00 Two Tall To Fit with Tony & Brendan Fuller, ++ at Fullers Pub

8:00 Joe Pratt and the One Source Band at Untitled Supper Club

8:00-10:00 Jaeya, Color, Rani at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $10

8:00-2:00a Remedy hosted by DJ Diddi, DJ Fucha, DJ G Sharp, DJ Stachild, DJ Heartbeat at Wild Hare

8:00 Patois, Skapital at Outta Space Berwyn, $10

8:00 Gotham Ramblers at Pub 78 Brookfield

8:00-11:00 Ollie Bolds at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge

8:00 Hard Vinyl at Q Bar Darien, $8-10

8:00-12:00m Abigail, Maiden 81, Metalation, Ride the Lightning at Humo Smokehouse aka Brauer House Lombard, $7-10, Metal Night

8:00 February Sky at Two Way Street Downers Grove, $10

8:00 Haken at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $39-59

x 8:00 Mud Morganfield at SPACE Evanston, $15-25

x 8:00 Howard Levy, Michael Riessler, Lorenzo Riessler at Studio5 Performing Arts Center Evanston, $27-37

8:00 Time Traveller tribute to The Moody Blues at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-49

8:00-11:00 Kevin Purcell & the Root Doctors with Drew Littell at Main Street Outfitter Wauconda

8:00 Joey Acopiado at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach

8:00 Dan Peters at Broken Oar Port Barrington

8:00-11:00 Johnny V's Heart of Gold at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood

8:00 Singer Songwriter Spotlight at The Studio Lockport

8:00 Keith Richard at At The Office Crestwood

(postponed to 10/20) x 8:00 Michael Bolton at Genesee Theatre Waukegan, $50-100

x 8:30 Booti Grooviani, Mrs. Smith and The Present, The Fomites, Smashed Adams at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

x 8:30 Chicago Psychfest Night One with Cabeza De Chivo, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Mac Blackout, Satin Banshee, Free Times at Hideout, $18, $30 Two Day Pass

8:30 The Goddamn Ranchhand Band, The Stumblebum Brass Band, The Metalliques, Dan and Marshall at Reggie's Music Joint, $13-15

Fri 2/23? 8:30 George Howe at Davenport’s Piano Bar

8:30 Mojo 49 at O's Tap

x 8:30 Torpedo Los at Lizards Liquid Lounge

8:30-11:00 DJ Dirty MXN at Cary's Lounge

x 8:30 The Special Consensus at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20

8:30 On The Rocks at Tony Ds Elmwood Park, Rock Night

8:30 Pino Farina Band, Kicked Outta Choir at Stage 119 Elmhurst, $10

8:30 Tres Moustache at Quigley’s Naperville

8:30 Julianna Wang flute and piccolo at McClintock Choral and Recital Room, Northwestern University Evanston, Student Recitals

8:30 Brass From The Past at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $10-20

8:30 The Moods tribute to Motown at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $20-25

9:00 Barry Can’t Swim When Will We Land, Jayah at Lincoln Hall, $25

9:00 Elton Aura, Semiratruth, DJ Simmy at Sleeping Village, $25

9:00 The Sidepieces at Hungry Brain, $10

9:00? Jon Buschner at Four Treys Tavern

9:00-12:00m The Long Goodbye, Renee Nanzer at Gallery Cabaret

9:00 Indira Paganotto, Hhunter, Danny Zeidan at Concord Music Hall, $30

9:00-12:00m Kevan Eftekhari at Tack Room

9:00-12:00m Reverse Cowboys, Magic Ian, Fly Pelicans at Reed's Local, $8

9:00 Chico Dance Party at Schubas Upstairs, Meet Me Upstairs

9:00-2:00a DJ AJ & Tori at Cafe Mustache

9:00-2:00a Morrissey & The Smiths DJ Tony at Delilah's

9:00 Excursions with DJs Cordell Johnson, James Vincent, Whyteout at The Whistler

x 9:00 The Fran Banish Trio at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP

9:00 R-Gang at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

9:00 Joe Stamm Band at The Law Office Yorkville

9:00-11:00 Pete Jive at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

9:00 Eric Case Band at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett

9:00 Seven Soul Band, Tequila Mockingbird at Durty Nellie’s Palatine, $10

x 9:00 Terrapin Flyer at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry, $20

9:15-10:45 The King of Mars at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

9:30, 11:00 Gerald McClendon at Rosa’s, $15-25, part of Rosas 40th Anniversary

9:30 Reverie Stone at Carol's Pub, $8

9:30 Joe Fascetta at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP

9:30 Demi Clara at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Nightcap Music Series

9:30-12:30a The Gingers as Foo La La tribute to Foo Fighters, Far Out Girls tribute to Fall Out Boy at Madcats Palatine, $7

x 10:00 Local H, Ghost Forest at Empty Bottle, $25, sold out, follow for info

10:00 Horrible, Anything is Everything, King Sans at Cole's Bar, $13

10:00 Dalton & The Sherriffs at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00 Cumbia y Los Goths at Subterranean, $10

10:00-12:00m Fueled by Emo at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5, RSVP

10:20-2:00a Love, Cre8ives Art & R&B Fest at Promontory, $15

10:30 Alejandro Salazar at Andy's, $15

10:30 Frankii Davis at Untitled, Stardust

11:00 Christy Bennett with Kevin Fort at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show

?:00 Cole Dziedzic acoustic after show at Joe's On Weed Street Front Bar