x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
x 5:30 Hillbilly Frolic at Fitzgeralds Sidebar, Happy Hour
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x? 6:30 DJ Lovebug at Exit Strategy Brewing Forest Park
x 7:00 Jonas Friddle Trio at Wesleys Place LaGrange, $15
x 7:30 Asleep at the Wheel with Brennen Leigh and Joshua Hedley at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $45
x 7:30 Johnny Burnett at Hotel Baker Rox City Grill St Charles
X 8:00 Chris Smither, Paul Cebar at SPACE Evanston, $20-40
x 8:30 The New Heartaches at Fitzgeralds Sidebar
x 9:00 Los Gallos, The Hurtin Kind, Holy Joke, Thrifty Kid at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 9:00 Cosmic Country Showcase with Honey Harper, hosted by Andrew Sa at Sleeping Village, $15-17
x 9:00 Phil Angotti & Perfect Circle play “College Rock” at Reclaimed Bar & Restaurant, $10
10:45a Industry Office Hours at Golden Dagger
12:00n Master Class with Nathan Gunn at MAC Room 140, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, Music Fridays @ Noon
4:00 Paul McKinnery at Hey Nonny, Heyday Happy Hour
4:00 Metal Threat Fest 2023 at Brauer House Lombard, $60
4:00 Mustard's Last Stand at Sketchbook Skokie
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
5:00 Studebaker John acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:00 Just Jerry & DJ Pharaoh Just Jams at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour
5:00 Geoffrey Duce Piano Master Class at Goodspeed Hall Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago
5:00 Aidan O’Toole at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
5:00 Unofficial Goose Pre-Show Shakedown at On Tour Brewing
5:00 Soul N Smoke Food Truck at Exit Strategy Brewing Co Forest Park
5:00 DJ Sound & Yayathebawse at Zoe’s Patio, RSVP, Friday Night, Get Right
x 5:30 Hillbilly Frolic at Fitzgeralds Sidebar, Happy Hour
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Paul Mabin at Catch 35
5:30 Brother John Kottke at Atlas Chicken Bartlett
6:00 Gregory Dudzienksi at Montrose Saloon, $10, Jazz Happy Hour
6:00, 8:15 New Nostalgia at Andy’s, $15
6:00 Bradley Hides at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park
6:00 Nick Scarpinato at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca
6:00 Vernissage at Color Club, $10, Barely Fair Art Show Opening
6:00 Jukebox JBC at Miskatonic Brewing Company Darien
6:00 Henry JBC at The Wine Exchange St. Charles
x? 6:30 DJ Lovebug at Exit Strategy Brewing Forest Park
6:30 The Sweet Spot Burlesque at Promontory, $20-60
6:30 Truth Or Consequences New Mexico, Sweet Hudson, 1.21 Gigawatts, Midwestern Dirt at Subterranean, $12
6:30 Gregory Hyde at Preservation Geneva
x 7:00 Jonas Friddle Trio at Wesleys Place LaGrange, $15
7:00 Shawn Maxwell at The Venue Aurora, $15-25
7:00 Chicago Loves Drag at Metro, $25, Lucy Stoole presents… A Benefit for Our Trans & Drag Family in Tennessee & Beyond. Benefitting ACLU TN, TransFormation Project, Tennessee Equality Project and Life is Work!
7:00 Yeat at Aragon Ballroom, $60
7:00 Black Flag at Avondale Music Hall, $42
7:00 1312, Arsenal Road at LiveWire Lounge
7:00 Frank Quinn & Irish musicians at Mrs Murphy’s Upstairs, rock, folk, and trad
7:00 Blue Sky Highway at Double Clutch Brewing Company Evanston
7:00 Chad Willetts Quartet at Le Piano
7:00 Dave Rice Piano Bar Sing-a-long at Shanahans Woodridge
7:00 Windy City Dueling Pianos at The Lyric Blue Island, sold out
7:00 Cabaret ZaZou at Cambria Hotel, $85-195
7:00 Lola Ayisha Ogbara, DJs Finding Ijeoma, Duane Powell, Doubledutch at Epiphany, RSVP, Hilarities & Unrest A Black Sonic Experience
7:00 Tres Moustache at Quigley’s Naperville, $20-50
7:00 Oboe Quartet, Faith Humphrey Hill at Gorton Center Lake Forest, $15-35, Rendezvous Arts
7:00 Big Ray & Chicago’s Most Wanted Blues at The Quarry Thornton
7:00 Ryan Craig at Heroes West Lemont
7:00 Dave Burnell at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
7:00 (8:00 ET) The Arcadian Wild at Acorn Theatre, $25-50
x 7:30 Asleep at the Wheel with Brennen Leigh and Joshua Hedley at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $45
x 7:30 Johnny Burnett at Hotel Baker Rox City Grill St Charles
7:30 Scary Pockets, David Ryan Harris at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited number at door
7:30 Marty DeRosa, Jon Torres, Patti Vasquez at Hey Nonny, $10-30, Hey Comedy
7:30, 9:30 Thaddeus Tukes Quartet with Jeremy Kahn at Winters Jazz Club, $23-28
7:30 Toronzo Cannon Blues Band, Omar Coleman Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20
7:30 Jamie Drake, Almond&Olive at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $15
7:30 Alfonso Ponticelli at Encore Little Gem Oak Park
7:30 The Great Pretenders with Suzanne Cross tribute to The Pretenders at Des Plaines Theatre, $19-39
7:30 Yet Again, Hazard , The Midnight Calls, Fatal Order at The Forge Joliet, $5-25
7:30 Pivotal Presented By Para.Mar Dance Theatre at Epiphany, RSVP
7:30 The Chicago Experience tribute to Rock with Horns at Metropolis Performing Arts Center Arlington Heights, $35
7:30 The Squirrels at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theatre, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $8
7:30 Wendy’s Done with Chemo & “Screw You Cancer” Party at Reed’s Local
7:30 Wayland & Back Country Roads at Egyptian Theatre DeKalb, $27-47
7:30 Second Hand News tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Kenilworth Assembly Hall Kenilworth, $20
X 8:00 Chris Smither, Paul Cebar at SPACE Evanston, $20-40
8:00 Paula Boggs Band, Sue Fink at Golden Dagger, $12
8:00 Still IL tribute to The Smiths and Morrissey at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10
8:00 Windborne at OTSFM Szold Hall, $24
8:00 Little Stranger, Jarv, Damn Skippy at Beat Kitchen, $18
8:00 Barbaro, Sara Coral & John Huber at Judson & Moore, $15-18
8:00 Marcia Ball and Tinsley Ellis at City Winery, $45-58
8:00, 10:30 Ari Brown Quintet at Green Mill, $15
8:00, 10:00 Eric Schneider Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
8:00 Billie Howard, Kieran Daly, Crossroads Ar at Elastic Arts, $15, Cleat Series
8:00 Goose at Salt Shed, sold out?
8:00 Straight Up With Stassi, Taylor Strecker at The Vic, $40
8:00 John Mellencamp at Chicago Theatre, $69-139, sold out
8:00 John Primer, ? at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $25
8:00 Kursa at Chop Shop, $38
8:00 Trouble Ahead tribute to The Grateful Dead at Cubby Bear, $10
8:00 Speed, Regulate, Raw Brigade, Hold My Own at Subterranean, $18, sold out
8:00 Sertab Erener at Copernicus Center, $60-140
8:00 InFunktious at Teddy O’Brian’s
8:00 Nonagon, Knife The Symphony, Still Machine at Burlington Bar
8:00 Flatts & Sharpe Student Concert at Sketchbook Skokie
8:00 Bass Drum of Death, Dead Tooth at Cobra Lounge, $18
8:00 Beaver Moon Band at Lizards Liquid Lounge
8:00 Boy Named Banjo, Anna Vaus at Joe's On Weed Street, $12
8:00 Paper Mice, Iverson, Disperser at Gman Tavern, $12-15
8:00 Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour at Symphony Center, $45-350, Celebrating 65 Years
8:00 Mind Crush, Jake Acosta, Havadine Stone, Araim-Osorio, Arias-Smith-Swinn at Cafe Mustache
8:00 Crusty Moore and The Poachers at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
8:00 Carya at Epiphany, $25-50, sold out
8:00 Hurricane Reggae Band hosted by Kinky P at Wild Hare, $10
8:00 Kern, Ledisi, Musiq Soulchild at UIC Pavilion, $59-175
8:00 Xscape, Brian McKnight, El Debarge, 112, Silk, H-Town at WinTrust Arena, $75-145
8:00 Denise La Grassa at Jarvis Square Tavern
8:00 Tributosaurus becomes Van Halen at Theater on the Lake, $35, sold out
8:00 Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $20
8:00 Black Diamond Sessions at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00 Red Pop Fury at Pub 78 Brookfield
8:00 Brooklyn Charmers at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
8:00 JJ Smith at The Studio Lockport
8:00 Grace Morrison, Rad Lorkovic at Two Way Street Coffee House Downers Grove, $10
8:00 An Emo Hangout at The Piazza Aurora, $10, Secretly Sad
x 8:30 The New Heartaches at Fitzgeralds Sidebar
8:30 Rachel Baiman, Seth Walker at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20
8:30 George Howe at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret
8:30 The Humble Badasses at Cary’s Lounge
8:30 John Knight, Dame Grant, hosted by Tim Piotrkowski at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $25, Lucy's Comedy
8:30 DG at Pollyanna Brewing St. Charles
8:30 EJB Acoustic Duo at Bar Evolution Batavia
x 9:00 Los Gallos, The Hurtin Kind, Holy Joke, Thrifty Kid at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 9:00 Cosmic Country Showcase with Honey Harper, hosted by Andrew Sa at Sleeping Village, $15-17
x 9:00 Phil Angotti & Perfect Circle play “College Rock” at Reclaimed Bar & Restaurant, $10
9:00 Left Lane Cruiser, Sean K. Preston, Rockturnals at Reggies Music Joint, $15
9:00 Michigander Abby Holliday at Lincoln Hall, $17-20, sold out
9:00 Flyte, ++ at Schubas, $18-20
9:00 Don Crescendo at Schubas Upstairs, Meet Me Upstairs
9:00 Radio Outernational with Quin Kirchner at Hungry Brain, $10
9:00 Mike Wheeler Band at Harlem Avenue Lounge
9:00 Windy City Rev Ups at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00
9:00 Sugar the Nu-Metal Party at House of Blues, $12-25
9:00 Tierra Roja at Honky Tonk BBQ
9:00, 11:00 Rene Avila’s Afro-Cuban Quintet at Dorian’s, $10
9:00 Jeff Givens Band at Carol’s Pub, $5
9:00, 11:00 Morry Sochat & The Special 20s at Rosa’s, $15-25
9:00 Seedy P at Gallery Cabaret
9:00 Ur Mom at The Garage Bar & Sandwiches
9:00 Whoosh at Madcats Palatine, $5
9:00 Terrapin Flyer at Durty Nellies Palatine, $20
9:00 Smokin Gunz at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett
9:00 Trippin’ Billies tribute to Dave Matthews Band at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $18-28
9:00 Southbound, Jon Rand Band at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $10, sold out
9:00 Moutains on the Moon at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry
9:00 Chronic Flannel at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
9:00 Kovacs & Company at Ballydoyle Aurora
9:00 DJ Shon Dervis at The Whistler
9:00 DJs Mo Mami, Elock, Janesita at Giant Penny Whistle, Fever Dream
9:00 DJ Blanco, Karaoke at Heroes West Lemont, T.G.I.F. Dance Party
9:00 Dario X DJ Set at Emporium Arcade Logan Square
9:00 Soundscapes w/ Aced Spade at Emporium Arcade Wicker Park
9:00 Kinginesse DJ Set at Emporium Arcade Fulton Market
9:30 The Messengers at Bub City Rosemont
10:00 Cafe Racer, Old Coke, Noise Shrine at Empty Bottle, $12
10:00 Watermelon, Baby Tyler, Miniskirt at Cole’s Bar, $13
10:00 Deathpact, Jon Casey, Lightyear at Concord Music Hall, $25
10:00 David Morris at Bub City Chicago
10:00 Rhythm & Booze Sprung at Promontory, $30
10:00 Bedouin, Sinopoli, Miss B. Haven, Nax at Prysm, $30-35, Serum
10:00 Acoop at Prysm No9, $20
10:00 Harryoke at O’s Tap
10:00 MidWest Avenue at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
10:00 Hi Infidelity at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5
10:00 Daddy Yankee vs. Don Omar Dance Party with DJs Real Co & Tecknique, hosted by Mari Pepin at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $10-15
10:00 Luzcid, Gordon, Sid Banger at Sound Bar, $10-20
10:00 Qrion at Spybar, $30
10:00 Emanate, Zehv, Frank Bono, Samuel Sonder at Primary Night Club, $19, Mioli Music Showcase
10:30 Alejandro Salazar at Andy’s, $15
11:00 Christy Bennett with Kevin Fort at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show
11:30 DJs Nook E.X. & Wes-Side at Teddy O’Brian’s, Teddy After Hours
?:00 Keithen Banks at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
?:00 jenniferfauxxpez, DJ Dapper, Vitigrrl at California Clipper, Globethotter