10:45a Industry Office Hours at Golden Dagger
12:00n Student Recital at MAC Room 140, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, Music Fridays @ Noon
x 4:00 Ian Leith at Hey Nonny, Heyday Happy Hour
4:00 Braai Grill food at Sketchbook Skokie
5:00 Mayfest at Armitage between Sheffield and Racine
Main Stage at Racine and Armitage
6:00 Pino Farina Band
8:00 16 Candles
Artist's Lounge at Sheffield and Armitage
6:00 Rico
8:00 Sweet Diezel Jenkins
x 5:00 Hillbilly Frolic at FitzGeralds Patio
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
5:00 Susan Williams Duo at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
5:00 DJ Funky Blackman at Epiphany, RSVP
5:00 Susan Chou Piano Master Class at Goodspeed Hall Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago
5:00 UChicago Guild of Carillonists Senior Carillon Recital at Rockefeller Chapel East Lawn, University of Chicago, bring blanket or chair, Yeehaw Junction, Seniors Ride Off Into The Sunset
5:00 Aidan O’Toole at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
5:00 Friday Night Get Right with DJ Sound, DJ Lite at Zoe’s Patio, RSVP
5:00-9:00 Five Squared Pizza Pop-Up at On Tour Brewing
5:00 Fernando’s Street Kitchen Pop Up at Miskatonic Brewing Company Darien
5:00 Taylors Tacos Pop-Up at Exit Strategy Brewing Co Forest Park
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
5:30 Fruteland Jackson at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Dee Alexander at Catch 35
5:30, 7:30 Spring Art & Performance Showcase at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $6
6:00 The Leisure Committee at Montrose Saloon, $10, Fridays Happy Hour Jazz
6:00, 8:15 Neal Alger's Here & Now at Andy’s, $15
6:00 Hunny, Waterparks at House of Blues, $35
6:00 My City My Future Showcase with Sydney Sanaa Cason, Emauni Rhyne, Prodigy, Mily, 212 Kaliek, Tanya Katleya, Bigg Ceno, and Bren Got Hits at Kehrein Center for the Arts, RSVP
6:00 Nicole Nystrom at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca
6:00 Henry JBC at The Wine Exchange St. Charles
6:00 2ill PutTheCityOn with +++ at The Forge Joliet, $25
6:30 Funny Ha-Ha: Potluck Mish-Mash hosted by Jennon Bell Hoffmann with Carly Oishi, Jeremy Owens, Archy Jamjun, Terry Gant, Amy Sumpter, Stirling McLaughlin, Steve Delahoyde at Hideout, $10
6:30 Ben Quad , Forests, The Others Like Us, Stillwell at Subterranean, $13, sold out
6:30 High & Lonesome at Exit Strategy Brewing Co Forest Park
6:30 General Readings at Cafe Mustache
6:30 Doug Bardolph at J. Fleming’s Absolutely Delicious Westmont
6:30 Alex Hoffer at Preservation Geneva
x 7:00 Nora O’Connor & Casey McDonough, Six of Spade at Izaak Walton Preserve Senior Hall Homewood, $15-20
x 7:00 (8:00 ET) Cowboy Junkies at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, sold out
x 7:00 Uncle Pigeon at Tighthead Brewing Company Mundelein
x 7:00 (8:00 ET) The O’Jays at Horseshoe Casino Hammond IN, $79-140
7:00 Morry Sochat & The Special 20s at FitzGeralds Patio
7:00 Bloodywood, Vended, Wargasm at Metro, $25-30
7:00 Yves Tumor, Pretty Sick, Nation at Riviera Theatre, $36
7:00 Mer, Elevator Factory, Yoko at Cubby Bear, $10
7:00 Victory Boyd at Promontory, $20-25
7:00 Frank Quinn, James Conway & Irish musicians at Mrs Murphy’s Upstairs, rock, folk, and trad
7:00 Just A Mess, Silvertone, Alive Alone, Overcoast at Cobra Lounge, $19
7:00 McKenzie Schwark, Rainn, Flaming Homosexual, Elise Fernandez, Edie McKenna, hosted by Caroline Pescatore at Color Club, $10, Color Club Lesbian Night
7:00 Rebecca Black, Mazie at Bottom Lounge, sold out
7:00 Cabaret ZaZou at Cambria Hotel, $85-195
7:00 Lever, Dark Sun, Audiomonkeys, Artillery & Storm at LiveWire Lounge, $12
7:00 Brian Citro at The Whister
7:00 Scott Anderson at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
7:00 Joe Fascetta at Miskatonic Brewing Company Darien
7:00 Return 2 Soul at The Quarry Thornton
7:00 Zach Brock Trio, Covington Groove at Pollyanna Brewing St. Charles
7:00 Makayla Garrabrant with Nathan Garnica at Roxy Lockport, $5
7:00 True Colors Baroque at Gorton Center Lake Forest, $15-35, Rendezvous Arts
7:00 Chad Willetts Quartet at Le Piano
7:00 Tyler Smith at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach
7:00 Dave Rice Piano Bar Sing-a-long at Shanahans Woodridge
7:00 Nathan Fisher at Heroes West Lemont
7:00 Acapella on the Square at Woodstock Opera House, $10, $5 student
x 7:30 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $40
x 7:30 Johnny Burnett solo at Hotel Baker St Charles
x 7:30 Justin Roberts with Anna Steinhoff, Pascal Innocenti, Elizabeth Hagen at Epiphany, pay what you can - $30, $50 premium
7:30 Riki Rachtman at Reggies Rock Club, $25
7:30, 9:30 Eric Schneider Quartet with Kimberly Gordon at Winters Jazz Club, $25-30
7:30 Vino Louden Blues Band, Omar Coleman Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20
7:30 Bomethius, Jared Jones, Sara Geist at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $10
7:30 Baritone & The Live Jazz Ensemble at Epiphany, $30-48
7:30 Wayne Powers Trio with Bobby Schiff, Joe Policastro, John Scovill at Drews on Halsted, RSVP, $25 Food/Bev minimum, Swing Tunes and Saloon Songs
7:30 DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble Belushi Performance Hall, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, $7
7:30 Terry Adams, Jr tribute to Phil Collins at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-49
7:30 MingHuan Xu, Emily Boone, Doyle Armbrust Nick Photinos, John Bruce Yeh, Winston Choi perform Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, George Crumb’s Black Angels at Unity Temple Oak Park, $20-30, $10 limited student seating, Violins of Hope
7:30 Small Town tribute to John Mellencamp at The Lyric Blue Island, $30
7:30 Alfonso Ponticelli at Encore Little Gem Oak Park
7:30 Abi Sanches, Chelsea Hood, hosted by Luca Ferro at Hey Nonny, $25–30, Hey Comedy
x 8:00 Michele McGuire, Pie Eyed Pete at Carol’s Pub, $10
8:00 The Magikists, Ron Lazzeretti Band at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10
8:00, 10:00 Joe Farnsworth with Jeremy Pelt, Sarah Hanahan, Marc Cary, and Vicente Archer at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
8:00 Bill Frisell Trio with Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston at SPACE Evanston, sold out, small number at door?
8:00 Little Syria, Omar Offendum, Ronnie Malley, Thanks Joey at OTSFM Szold Hall, $25, sold out, wait list
8:00 Monkeys On A String tribute to Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds at The Venue Aurora, $15-20
8:00 swmrs, Gosh Diggity? at Reggies Rock Club, $18-20
8:00 Minivan, Western Bisexual, Plant Matter, Daundry at Schubas, $18
8:00 Capital Soiree, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, The Weekend Run Club at Beat Kitchen, $15
8:00 Kev Herrera at City Winery, sold out, wait list
8:00 Crywolf, Away at Sleeping Village, $20
8:00, 10:30 Karrin Allyson at Green Mill, $20
8:00 Ishmael Ali’s Akjai with Brianna Tong, Johanna Brock, and Andrew Scott Young, Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy, Erik Friedlander at Constellation, $15-20, Chicago Jazz String Summit
8:00 Jeffrey Gardner, Stephan Moore, Sam Clapp at Elastic Arts, $15, Cleat Series
8:00 Sam Butler Sextet, Spencer Schillerstrom Quartet at Fulton Street Collective, $15
8:00 Black Voices In Cabaret/Working In Concert, Acts Of Kindness Cabaret, Anne & Mark Burnell at Epiphany, $30-45, Chicago Cabaret Week Week Opening Night
8:00 Dave Holland with Kenny Barron, Kevin Eubanks, Eric Harland at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $35-300
8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago
8:00 The Misters at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, $7-10
8:00 Bright Eyes, Maya Hawke at The Salt Shed, $40-95, sold out?
8:00 Indie Nite at Chop Shop, $25, Indie Rock & Indie Pop Dance Party
8:00 Clarissa, Ms B LaRose variété, followed by DJ Dance Party at Untitled
8:00 Steal Your Peace duo with Paul Detjen and Joshua Johnson at On Tour Brewing
8:00 Jimmy Moore with Peter Brady at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
8:00 Reggae Express hosted by Kinky P at Wild Hare, $10
8:00 Chicago Swing Project at Fuller’s Pub
8:00 Naked Brunch, Rose Lake, Truth Or Consequences New Mexico, The Sentinels at Burlington Bar
8:00 Gentlemens Club with Justin Hawkes, Hi-Five, B2B, Ayoo, Ashton, Blvnco at Joe's On Weed Street, $25
8:00 Willis McKenna Path Trio at Whiskey Girl Tavern
8:00 Kelly Hunt at Two Way Street Coffee House Downers Grove, $10
8:00 Ruben Studdard & Clay Aiken at Genesee Theatre Waukegan
8:00 Cary Cohen tribute to Elton John at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood
8:00 Automatic Monster at Q Bar Darien, $5-15
8:00 Tijuana No, Los Vicios, De Papa, DJ Super Kid at Distro Music Hall Berwyn, $35
8:00 Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5
8:00 Paul Abella’s Questionable Decisions at Pub 78 Brookfield
8:00 How Rude tribute to 90s at The Piazza Aurora
8:00 TNT Chicago tribute to AC/DC, Sins N’ Roses tribute to Guns N’ Roses at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10
8:00 Theo Katsaounis & Donny Mahlmeister, screening of Sleeze Lake at Tone Deaf Records
8:00 Hello Weekend at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
8:00 Eslabon Armado at Rosemont Theatre, $59-139
8:00 Mitch The Lip at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00 Karaoke with the RodFather at Stadium Club McCook
8:00 My Little Lumpia Food Truck at Emporium Arcade Logan Square
8:00 Tommy Tiernan at The Vic Theatre, $41
x 8:30 Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks at Arcada Theatre, $69-129, Yes Epics & Classics
x 8:30 Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Adeem the Artist at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited tickets at door
x 8:30 Eddie 9V at Golden Dagger, $15
8:30 George Howe at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret
8:30 Super Tease at Cary’s Lounge
8:30 Rural Jurors at Friendly Tap Berwyn
8:30 Red Wigglers, Brother Derek at Phyllis’ Musical Inn
8:30 Mario Aguilar at Copernicus Center, $35-90
8:30 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at Now Arena Hoffman Estates, $74-164
8:30 Unlikely Souls, xORACLESx at Brauer House Lombard
8:30 Prairie Surfers at Quigley’s Naperville
8:30 Midcentury Llama, Llo Llo, Jane Hobson at Gman Tavern, $12-15
8:30 Tyler Krienitz at Bar Evolution Batavia
x 9:00 The New Heartaches at FitzGeralds Sidebar
x 9:00 The Arab Blues with Rami Gabriel at Hungry Brain, $15
x 9:00 Lou Shields at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
9:00 Led Zeppelin 2 at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $39-49, How The Mid-West Was Won
9:00 Moonbird, Danny Cronson Band, Blameless Lake, Matthew Feasley at Montrose Saloon, $10
9:00 The Dubious Brothers with Brendan Bayliss, Jamie Shields at Martyrs, $25
9:00 The Shakedown, C. Buns, Uncouth, Raven Wright at Hideout, $5-10
9:00 Moon Boots, DJ Moonlanding at Lincoln Hall, $22-25
9:00 Miles Minor Band at Harlem Avenue Lounge Berwyn
9:00 Pete’s Diary at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00
9:00 Roy Kinsey at House of Blues Foundation Room, $10
9:00, 11:00 Bear Williams Band at Rosa’s, $15-25
9:00 Mississippi Heat, Chuck A Luck at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $25
9:00 Tierra Roja at Honky Tonk BBQ
9:00 Libido Funk Circus at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
9:00 Two’s Company at The Thirsty Tavern
9:00 Rodeo Rave Modern Country Dance Party at Subterranean, $15
9:00, 11:00 Rene Avila’s Afro-Cuban Quintet at Dorian’s, $10
9:00 McLuhan at Gallery Cabaret
9:00 Beaver Moon Band at Lizards Liquid Lounge
9:00 Shamarr Allen at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry, $12-15
9:00 Desperate Bastards at Madcats Palatine, $5
9:00 One Night Band at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett
9:00 Hairbangers Ball at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $15-50
9:00 7th Heaven at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $20
9:00 DJ Erge, DJ Q at Rivers Casino Des Plaines
9:00 Crown Punks Sketch Show with Matty Merritt & Mehgan Cain, Affliction Live, ++ at Color Club, $10
9:00 Phreaky Bionick at Emporium Arcade Logan Square, Invade the Arcade
9:00 DJ Fire Aux at Emporium Arcade Wicker Park
9:00 DJ Cash Era at Emporium Arcade Fulton Market
9:00 DJ Trak Qwn at Cafe Mustache
9:30 Judson Brown duo at Bub City Rosemont
9:30 DJs Pauly and Ashina at The Whistler, Music We Love, House, Funk, Disco, Afrobeat, Latin grooves
10:00 Radkey, Lunar Moth, The Evictions at Empty Bottle, $12
10:00 Dear Mama at Promontory, $15-20, Rhythm & Booze
10:00 J1S, Dio Grey, Rich $onny, Linda Sol at Cole’s Bar, $13, World Energy Corporation
10:00 Gr!m, Miklo Valens x Eddyhonn, 333toast, Ambition Deficiency, Kona, Scuzzi x More, Mo at Subterranean, $15, Psycho Stars
10:00 Fast Fashion tribute to Depeche Mode at Brauer House Lombard
10:00 Two Beer Tommy at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
10:00 King Pins ++ at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge
10:00 Yankee Cowboy at Bub City Chicago
10:00 Roundhouser at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5
10:00 Stoned at The Jukebox at Carol’s Pub, $5
10:00 Jesse Calosso, Iglesias at Prysm, $10-15, Serum
10:00 Sullivan King, Level Up, Benda, Vastive at Radius, sold out?
10:00 Feed Me, Gordo, Sid Banger, ++ at Sound Bar, $20-25
10:00 Mark Farina, Garrett Belschner, Mikey Hahn at Spybar, $30
10:00 Wassu, Ixto, Yahra at Primary Night Club, $24
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 Highwood, Teddy After Hours
?:00 Blesstonio, Kiki, Jenniferfauxxpez at California Clipper, Globethotter
?:00 Keithen Banks at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
?:00 Brother John Kattke at Chop’d Plainfield
?:00 DJ Cedeño at Giant Penny Whistle, Punches Punchis World, House, Latin beats
8:00 Robbie Fulks at The Backroom at Collectivo Milwaukee
x 4:00 Ian Leith at Hey Nonny, Heyday Happy Hour
x 5:00 Hillbilly Frolic at FitzGeralds Patio
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x 7:00 Nora O’Connor & Casey McDonough, Six of Spade at Izaak Walton Preserve Senior Hall Homewood, $15-20
x 7:00 (8:00 ET) Cowboy Junkies at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, sold out
x 7:00 Uncle Pigeon at Tighthead Brewing Company Mundelein
x 7:00 (8:00 ET) The O’Jays at Horseshoe Casino Hammond IN, $79-140
x 7:30 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $40
x 7:30 Johnny Burnett solo at Hotel Baker St Charles
x 7:30 Justin Roberts with Anna Steinhoff, Pascal Innocenti, Elizabeth Hagen at Epiphany, pay what you can-$30, $50 premium
x 8:00 Michele McGuire, Pie Eyed Pete at Carol’s Pub, $10
x 8:30 Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks at Arcada Theatre, $69-129, Yes Epics & Classics
x 8:30 Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Adeem the Artist at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited tickets at door
x 8:30 Eddie 9V at Golden Dagger, $15
x 9:00 The New Heartaches at FitzGeralds Sidebar
x 9:00 The Arab Blues with Rami Gabriel at Hungry Brain, $15
x 9:00 Lou Shields at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia