Friday 5/3/24

May 03, 2024

Friday!

Lots of great music event opportunities in and around Chicago as the weekend gets underway… read on for the details and get out to one or more shows if you can… I’m on vacation this week, so there hasn’t been time to prepare a future preview update, will get another to you before long… welcome to new subscribers and thanks to all for reading, subscribing to, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List…

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4:00 Despina Pafralides at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Heyday Happy Hour

x 5:00 Joey J. Saye at Judson & Moore, Old Fashioned Fridays

x 5:00-7:30 Chris Foreman at Green Mill

5:00-8:30 Harry Hmura at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

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

5:00 Kabir Dalawari at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour

5:00 Dusk Dance Music at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour

5:00 Fiesta Cuba at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour

x 5:00 The Menards at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP, Patio Happy Hour

Legions of Metal Fest 2024 at Reggie's, $89-130

5:00 Theandric, Dysplacer, Perennial Quest, Olathia at Reggie's Music Joint

5:30 Unleash the Archers, Striker, Greyhawk, Tower Hill, Owlbear, Lycanthro at Reggie's Rock Club

12:00m Abigail tribute to King Diamond at Reggie's Music Joint, free

5:00 Jeff & LJ at Studio Winery & Geneva Lake Distilling Lake Geneva

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

5:30-8:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Stephanie Browning at Catch 35

5:30-7:30 Vino Louden acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends

6:00, 8:15 Marques Carroll at Andy's, $15

6:00-9:00 Family Junket Residency at California Clipper

6:00-9:00 Nathan Fisher at Adelle's Restaurant Wheaton

6:00 New Fuse at Bubblehouse Brewing Lisle

6:00-9:00 Michael Paterson at The Wine Exchange St. Charles

6:00 Emmett Conway horn at Galvin Recital Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, Student Recitals

6:00-9:00 Keithen Banks at Church Street Brewing Itasca

6:00-8:00 Dan Peters at Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley

6:00-9:00 The Smiley Tillmon Band at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

6:30-9:30 Denise LaGrassa at J. Flemings Westmont

6:30-10:00 Magoo at Preservation Geneva

6:30-9:30 Matt Ray at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda

x 6:30 Ian Leith at Banging Gavel Vogt House Tinley Park

6:30? Ivy Neomi at Girl In The Park Orland Park

6:300-9:30 Pete Jive at Werk Force Brewing Plainfield

Fri 5/3? 6:45 Chris Usery Duo at Porkchop, RSVP, The Grand Cabaret After Dark

7:00 Face To Face performs 'Big Choice' ++ at Cobra Lounge, $72, sold out, waiting list

7:00 Frank Quinn & ? at Mrs Murphy’s

7:00 Apollo Chorus Spring Concert, A French Festival at Kehrein Center for the Arts, $15-38

7:00-10:00 Kiraly Payne listening party at Epiphany, RSVP

x 7:00 Expo '76 at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP

7:00 OPRF Milk Crate Concert with Silver October, North Grove, Angel of Thursday at Val's Halla Oak Park, $3-5

7:00 Nicki Sage at Scratch Public House Oak Park

7:00 Zachary Sonny Edwards at Scratch Public House River Forest

7:00 Dorothy Roberson tribute to Tina Turner at Chef Shangi La Riverside

7:00 Mike Agronoff at Wesley's Place La Grange, $15 adults, $0-10 kids

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

7:00 Alfonso Ponticelli at Tuscan Market & Wine Shop Arlington Heights

7:00-10:00 On The Air at Light The Lamp Brewery Grayslake

x 7:00-10:00 Uncle Pigeon at Tighthead Brewing Company Mundelein

x 7:00 Chicago Farmer at Blue Island Beer Co, $20, Songs for Scholars benefits Dwight D Eisenhower Education Foundation at CHSD218

7:00 Larry Wayne Kent & Friends at The Quarry Thornton, classic country/southern rock

7:00-11:59 Korpiklaani, Visions of Atlantis, Illumishade at The Forge Joliet, $35

7:00 Musiq Soulchild & Eric Benet at Hard Rock Gary IN, $49-109

x 7:00 Kelly Hogan and Scott Ligon at Kiki's House of Righteous Music Madison WI, $20

7:00-11:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet with Dennis Luxon, James Wenzel, ++ at Le Piano

7:00-9:00 Acoustic Open Mic with Brian Kleidorn at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield, signup at 6:30

7:30 Ano Bank$, Raymi, Sy at Hideout, $14

x 7:30 Jorma Kaukonen, John Hurlbut at City Winery, $45-65

7:30, 9:30 Better Together with Jo Ann Daugherty, Bruce Henry, Alex Austin, Ryan Bennett, Henry Johnson at Winters Jazz Club, $28-38

7:30-4:00a Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20

7:30 Stonedrift at Phyllis' Musical Inn

7:30 Jesse McCartney, Just Seconds Apart at The Vic Theatre, $220-250

7:30-10:00 Orihana Duo at Encore Little Gem Oak Park, $7

7:30 Libido Funk Circus, Nick & Adam at Stage 119 Elmhurst, $10

7:30 Thomas Silver tribute to Billy Joel at Moonlight Theatre St Charles, $30

7:30 The Day-Glo Freaks tribute to Steely Dan at UpNext Kenilworth Assembly Hall Kenilworth, $20

7:30 Joanne Shaw Taylor at Center Theatre, North Shore Center for Performing Arts, $17-90

7:30 Hiroya Tsukamoto at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $12-30

7:30 Jazz Ensembles Spring Concert at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $7-8

x 7:30 Kurt Elling/Danilo Pérez Duo at Ravinia Bennett Gordon Hall, $55 reserved, no lawn

7:30 Radio Gaga tribute to Queen & Lady Gaga at The Lyric Blue Island, $45-55

7:30 The Prairie Ghosts at Chicago Street Pub Joliet

7:30-9:30 Phil Gatto Band at Roxy Lockport, $10

x 7:30 Kathy Mattea at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $40

7:45 Freak on a Leash tribute to Korn, Super Unknown, Phobia, DJ AK aftershow at The Vixen McHenry, $15-44

x 8:00 Lydia Cash, John Ballantyne's Crazy Heart, Pipes, Red Line Rustlers at Montrose Saloon, $10

8:00 The Hip Abduction, Vana Liya at Martyrs, $20-23, sold out

8:00 Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Hide at Thalia Hall, $22

x 8:00 Robyn Hitchcock at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $45

8:00 Bongripper, Pinebender, Immortal Bird, Bleached Cross at Metro, $20-25

x 8:00 Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Al Simon and The Saturn Kings at Beat Kitchen, $20

8:00 Meth, Usurp Synapse, we Weren't Invited, Godseyes, Colacon at Schubas, $15

8:00 Kyle, Johnny 2 Phones, Jay Eazy at Lincoln Hall, $28-30, $103 VIP

x 8:00-12:00 Frank Catalano Quartet at Green Mill, $20

8:00, 10:00 Winard Harper & Jeli Posse with Jalin Shiver, Dakarai Barclay, Anthony Perez, Nick Masters, Charlie Sigler at Jazz Showcase, $30-45

8:00 Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band at Blue Chicago

8:00 Mzz Reese, Sean McKee at Buddy Guy's Legends, $25

8:00 The 502s, Daniel Nunnelee at House of Blues, $25

8:00 Atmosphere, Hebl, No Fun at Salt Shed Indoors, $39-48

8:00? Buschy at Four Treys

8:00 Profit Prison, Aaayyyaaa, IG Metall, Kurt Vise, Act Of Contrition, Dunjun at The Burlington, $10

8:00 Blvd of Eyes at LiveWire Lounge

8:00 The Last Class, C.H.E.F., Midwest Blender Company at Joe’s on Weed Street, $10-20

8:00 Queer Country with The Queer Country Bandwagon, Iris Marlowe at Cafe Mustache

8:00 The Pandamnits at Mrs Murphy’s

8:00 Kieran Byrne at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center

8:00-10:00 Eric Pedigo, Cory Williams, Michelle McCarthy at Uncommon Ground, $10

8:00 Yam Yam at Bourbon On Division, $22

8:00 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Measuring Marigolds, Greg Taylor at Atlantic Bar & Grill, $10

8:00-12:00m Liliana y Los Caballeros, The Misters, Blxckwell, Ian Jake Robleza at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10

8:00-10:30 Mauro Frosio at Artango Bar & Steakhouse, Argentine Jazz Piano

8:00 Cheekface, Yungatita at Bottom Lounge, $25

8:00 Tamia & Joe at Arie Crown Theater, $69-175

8:00 Brooke & The Nice Things at Untitled Supper Club

8:00 Solomon Lindenberg Trio at Clara, $10

8:00-2:00a Freedom Reloaded hosted by DJ Montana and DJ Rybread at Wild Hare, free until 8:00, Reggae Soca Afro Beats Dancehall

8:00 The Comet Cats at Friendly Tap Berwyn

8:00 Homeboy Sandman, E-Turn, Bob Rok, Greenlights Music at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $21-26

8:00 Ryan Craig Band at Goat Village Norridge

8:00 Baron Von Future, Downers Groove at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10

8:00 The Neighborhood at Pub 78 Brookfield

8:00-11:00 Fuze Band at Jonny Cab's Burr Ridge, $10

8:00 Tommy Pope at DeMito's Saloon Villa Park

8:00 The Run Amoks, MG Bailey at Q Bar Darien, $7-8

8:00 The Dirty Dead with Ian Farrell, Finn Kelly, Sam DeCarlo, Ethan Frias, Charlie DeCarlo, Luke Nelson at The Venue Aurora, RSVP, First Fridays Open House

x 8:00 Jim Messina at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $49-89

8:00-10:30 Covington Groove & Warren Douglas Band at Pollyanna Brewing St. Charles

8:00 Andrew Belle, Hunter Metts at SPACE Evanston, sold out

x 8:00-10:00 Steve Rashid album release for 'is it beautiful there?' with Don Stiernberg at Studio5 Peforming Arts Center, sold out

8:00 South of Grand at Grandpa’s Place Lang Hall Glenview

x 8:00 Air Supply at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, $59-150, sold out

8:00 Angry Tinkerbell and The W.K. Band at Countryside Saloon Des Plaines

x 8:00 Shawn Colvin and KT Tunstall at Des Plaines Theatre, $49-89

8:00 Kevin Purcell & The Root Doctors at Broken Oar Port Barrington

8:00 Andrew Sedlak at Black Lung Brewing Round Lake Beach, blues

8:00 The Orange Vega at Black Lung Brewing Fox Lake

8:00 Mid Atlantic at Main Street Outfitter Wauconda

8:00 Chris Minardi at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

8:00 The Artimus Pyle Band tribute to Ronnie Van Zant's Lynyrd Skynyrd at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $30-65

8:00 Bourbon Country at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $27-35

8:00-11:00 Northwest Corner at Teddy O'Brian's Highwood

8:00 Schtillrokken at Heroes West Lemont, $10-13

8:00 Olivia Ports at Studio Lockport

8:00 Tom Holland at At The Office Crestwood

8:00 The Robots at Austin Community Tavern Steger, RSVP

x 8:00 Los Straitjackets with Daddy-O Grande, Wasted Major at Shank Hall Milwaukee WI, $25

8:00 Open Mic at Two Way Street Downers Grove, sign up from 7:30 door

8:00 DJ Payback at Salerno's Pizza Hodgkins, After Dark Old Scool Friday Nights House Freestyle Techno High Energy

8:30, 10:30 Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet with Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza, Shane Parish at Constellation, $20

8:30 Kari at Elastic Arts, BYOB

8:30-11:30 George Howe at Davenport’s Piano Bar

x 8:30 Casey McDonough & Phil Angotti at Cary's Lounge

8:30 Dashboard Professional, Deep South Dropouts at Cubby Bear, $9

x 8:30 Deke Dickerson, The Joel Paterson Trio at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-30

8:30 Arklight at Tony Ds at Tony D's Elmwood Park

8:30 Forget Hannah at Quigley’s Naperville

8:30 John Till album release, Aaron Kelly at The Law Office Pub & Music Hall Yorkville, $20

8:30 Isaac Boone saxophone at McClintock Choral and Recital Room, Northwestern University Evanston, Student Recitals

x 9:00 Mucca Pazza Annual International Tuba Day Celebration at Sleeping Village, $31

9:00 KVL with Kirchner/Van Duerm/Lux, Jungle Boogie with Walford/Brown at Hungry Brain, $15

9:00, 11:00 Alysha Monique at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:00

9:00 Emo Nite at Subterranean, $21-26

9:00 Stefan Hillesheim Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00

9:00 Madera Once at The Tonk

9:00 Jenny & The Loverboys, Secret Forest Service, Heavy Metal, Erf n Lo at Gallery Cabaret, Band Night

x 9:00 My Biggest Thrills at Lizards Liquid Lounge

9:00-2:00a Kombi with Young Bride, Elusions at Simone's

9:00-12:00m Blind Reality at Firewater Saloon Edison Park

9:00 Black Veil Brides, Creeper, Dark Divine, Ghostkid at Concord Music Hall, $50

9:00 Richard Peña Trio at Sabor A Cafe Steakhouse, RSVP

9:00 Dennis Da Menace Open Jam at Fullers Pub

x 9:00 Fox Crossing String Band at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP

9:00 Sorry for Partying at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

9:00-11:00 The Old Fashioneds at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

9:00 Semple Band at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett

9:00-12:00m Whiskey Devils at Whiskey River Glenview

9:00-12:00 Nothing Personal at Madcats Palatine, $5

9:00 The Textures at Mackey's Hideout McHenry

9:00-11:00 16 Candles at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5

x 9:30, 11:00 John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band at Rosa's, $15-30

9:30 Dry County Line at Carols Pub, $7, 10th Anniversary Show

9:30 DJ John Simmons at The Whistler

9:30 Whoosh at House Pub St. Charles, $5

9:30 Matt & Zach Duo at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP

9:30 Jon Gram at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Nightcap Music Series

10:00 Ariel’s Party with Constantine, Kitty Banks at Hideout, $10-20

10:00 Strapped Prom hosted by Irregular Girl, Siichele with Boss, Sio Bast, Luc Ami, music by Stasney, Pepper Jelly at Empty Bottle, $20, sold out

10:00 Love Jones R&B Party at Chop Shop, $19

10:00 Annie Fish & The Hot Bono Band tribute to U2, Wallplant, Neon Croissant at Cole's Bar, $13

10:00 Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00 Ariel’s Party with Constantine, Kitty Banks at Hideout, $10-20

10:30 Anthony Bruno at Andy's, $15

10:30 Clarissa at Untitled Supper Club, Stardust

11:00 DJ Death Pose at GMan Tavern, Bongripper after party

11:00-1:00a Christy Bennett with Kevin Fort at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show

11:00-1:00a Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Twilight Secret Garden After Party at Tack Room

Jerome’s highlights

x = recommended, interested, of note to me or friends

X = the plan, though that can change