Friday 6/28/24

Jun 28, 2024

Friday!

Enjoy this summer weekend with many great music event opportunities in and around Chicago… read on for the details and get out to one or more of these shows if you can… welcome to new subscribers and thanks to all for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and especially spreading the word by sharing Jerome’s Event List…

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10:00a Trombone Master Classes Recital at McClintock Choral and Recital Room, Northwestern University Evanston, free, student recitals

12:00n-12:00m REO Speedwagon, many more at Summerfest Milwaukee, $24, seniors free before 4:00, full schedule grid online

4:00 Pat Owen-Leary at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Heyday Happy Hour

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

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

5:00-8:30 Ivan Singh at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

5:00 DJB at Epiphany Center, Golden Hour

5:00 Josette Kacey at Heroes West Lemont, Patio Party

x Logan Square Arts Festival aka LSAF at The Monument on Logan Square, free, $10 donation benefits local non-profits, opens 5:00, presented by Sleeping Village

5:30 Hannah Frances

6:15 Gully Boys

7:00 Khaliyah X

8:00 Wishy

9:00 MJ Lenderman

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

5:30-8:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Angel Spiccia at Catch 35

5:30-7:30 Billy Flynn acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends

5:30 Hawthorne Heights, I See Stars, Anberlin, Armor For Sleep, Emery at Salt Shed Indoors, $40-99+

x 5:30-8:00 Connie and Vernam Cipher at Downers Grove Friday Night Live car show, Downers Grove Main Street Metra Station

6:00 Michael Steven Cohen at Montrose Saloon, $10, Jazz Happy Hour

Fri 6/28 6:00-8:00 Torpedo Los at Northman Riverwalk

6:00, 8:15 Andy Brown at Andy's, $20

6:00-9:00 Hunter Peebles & The Moonlighters, Gardener, Local Memory at California Clipper, $5

6:00-9:00 Orjamic Music at On Tour Brewing

6:00 Windy City Rev Ups at Joe's on Weed Rooftop, free

6:00-8:00 Mertitage Trio at Palmer Place La Grange

6:00 The Downhillers at Bubblehouse Brewing Lisle

6:00-9:00 Matt Keen at The Wine Exchange St Charles

6:00-8:00 Pleasant Panic at Riverlands Brewing Company Patio St Charles

6:00 Go Ask Your Mum at Kenilworth Assembly Hall Kenilworth

6:00-9:00 Sammy the Vampyre at Church Street Brewing Itasca

6:00-9:00 Nate Krause at Sew Hop'd Huntley

6:00-9:00 Gritland Band at Lindy's Landing Wauconda

6:00-9:00 Alabama Pines at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

6:00-9:00 Tank & the Beez at Hickory Creek Brewing New Lenox

6:30 Ghostlike, Funeral Commercial, Gerfety, Brinstarr at Subterranean, $12-15

6:30 Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard at Northerly Island Pavilion, $41-219

6:30-9:30 Orbitals at J. Flemings Westmont

6:30-9:30 Stephen Bores at Preservation Geneva

6:30-9:30 Brian Castillo at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda

6:30 Vision in the Rhythm at Banging Gavel Vogt House Tinley Park

6:30? Saul Good Trio at Girl In The Park Orland Park, RSVP

7:00 Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country at Chop Shop, $35

7:00 Black Metal Cowboys PT2 with Harley Omega at Cafe Mustache

7:00 Frank Quinn & ? at Mrs Murphy’s

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

7:00-11:00 Sex Mex, Sharp Pins, Watermelon, Bandy at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17

7:00 Elston Ave, Boxnoise, Svntn at Underground Lounge, $10

x 7:00 The Church, Afghan Whigs, Ed Harcourt at The Vic Theatre, $45-110

7:00 Open Jazz Jam hosted by Connor Sullivan at Archie's Cafe

7:00 Dead Inside at House of Blues Foundation Room, live Dead vinyl, free

x 7:00 The Aaron Kelly Band at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP

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

7:00 John McDonough at Ballydoyle Aurora

x 7:00, 9:30 The Hold Steady storytellers performance at SPACE Evanston, sold out

7:00 Magical Keys & Friends Fantasy Fairytales with Kasia Szczech-Dlugosz, Karen Szczech, Julie Potsic, Megan Elizabeth Cook, Gerardo Martinez at Seman Violins Skokie, $25 BYOB

x 7:00 Mark Ambrose at Take Flight Spirits Skokie

x 7:00 Cheap Talking Wine at Countryside Saloon Des Plaines

7:00 Jagged Little Pill tribute to Alanis Morissette, Torn tribute to Creed at Broken Oar Port Barrington

x 7:00 Uncle Pigeon Open Jam Experience at Rock & Roll Geerage Antioch, no cover, house band set 7:00-9:00, jam after 9:00, all players welcome

7:00-10:00 Cheryl Rodey at Tighthead Brewing Company Mundelein

7:00-10:00 The Moods at Sundance Saloon Outdoor Stage Mundelein, $5, Motown/R&B Night

7:00 Radio Gaga tribute to Queen & Lady Gaga at The Forge Lemont Quarries, $15

7:00-10:00 Toads On The Hill acoustic duo at The Quarry Thornton

7:00 Noah Gabriel at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield, signup at 6:15

7:00? Dan Dougherty Band at Chicago Street Pub Joliet

7:00 Ill Nino, Flaw, A Killer's Confession, Scarlet View, Si Dios Quiere at The Forge Joliet, $20-60

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

7:00 Dustin Lynch at Hard Rock Gary IN, $25-70

7:00 (8:00 ET) Metropolitan Jazz Octet perform The Bowie Project at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $35-60

7:00 Turn The Page tribute to Southern Rock at Belfry Music Theatre Delavan WI, $62-79

x 7:30, 9:30 Sun Ra Arkestra at Constellation, $40

7:30, 9:30 Abigail Riccards & Friends with Tom Vaitsas, Sean Jacobi, Linard Stroud at Winters Jazz Club, $28-38, celebrating the Soul/Blues/Jazz Sides of Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Aretha Franklin

7:30-4:00a Joanna Connor Band, Joe Doyle Band at Kingston Mines, $20

7:30 Adrianne Lenker, Staci Foster at Chicago Theatre, $80-297

7:30 Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, sold out?

x 7:30 Future Islands, Ed Schrader's Music Beat at Auditorium Theatre, $37-65

7:30 Shara Maxwell at Reclaimed Restaurant & Bar, $1

7:30 La Fete du Funk at Epiphany Center, $15-20, live Disco Rock Dance Party

7:30-8:30 Michael St. Angel tribute to Elvis Presley at Chef Shangri La Riverside

7:30 Duck and Cover Band at Muggs-N-Manor Addison, Rock And Roll Party

7:30-10:30 Neil Blankenship at Pollyanna Brewing St. Charles

7:30-9:30 Denny Diamond tribute to Neil Diamond at Moonlight Theatre St Charles, $25

7:30 Guitar Workshop Final Recital at Regenstein Master Class Room, Northwestern University Evanston, free, student recitals

7:30 Terry Byrne at Harp and Fiddle Park Ridge

7:30 Made In September at Grandpa’s Place Lang Hall Glenview

7:30 Yacht Rockettes, DJ AK aftershow at The Vixen McHenry, free, RSVP

7:30-11:30 Amber Lynn at Lodge Antioch

7:30-11:30 Low-reen, Harpdog, Jimmy Upstairs at Rivalry Alehouse Antioch

7:30 Ben Platt, Brandy Clark at Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park, $49-95

7:30-11:30 Mest, Rematch, NightCap, Highwire at 115 Bourbon Street Performance Hall Merrionette Park, $5

x 8:00 Band 2, Tim Ries & Bernard Fowler, The Rolling Stones Project Loving Celebration of Charlie Watts at Martyrs, $60

x 8:00 Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman, Max & Otto Allard at OTSFM Szold Hall, $27, sold out, wait list

8:00 Kassi Valazza, Sequoia, Olivia Love at Beat Kitchen, $15

8:00 Sawyer, Girl K at Schubas, $15-18

8:00 Castroduperly, Paige Alice Naylor, Judd Morrisey’s ‘The Zone of Pure Doubt’ at Elastic Arts, $15, $10 students, Elastro

x 8:00-12:00m Clark Sommers’ Narrative Quintet with Adam Larson, Chris Madsen, Scott Hesse, John Kizilarmut at Green Mill, $20

x 8:00, 10:00 Chicago Soul Jazz Collective with Dee Alexander, Marques Carroll, John Fournier, Amr Fahmy, Larry Brown Jr., Andrew Vogt, Keith Brooks II at Jazz Showcase, $25-40

8:00 Demetria Taylor Blues Band at Blue Chicago

8:00 Eliza Neals Band, Darren Jay and The Delta Souls at Buddy Guy's Legends, $25

8:00 Soul Sisters tribute to Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight 80th birthdays with Felena Bunn, Lynne Jordan, LaShera Moore Ellis, Margaret Murphy-Webb, Brandon Taylor Sides, Daryl Nitz, musical director Andrew Blendermann at Davenport’s Cabaret, $35, two drink minimum

8:00 Speed Therapy, The Sea Ghouls, Foe, The Feat at Burlington Bar, $10

8:00 Paint, Inoculous, HeadTrip at Cobra Lounge, $13-15

8:00-11:00 Diamondback at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center, free

8:00-10:00 Alec Feldges, Rigged Game at Uncommon Ground, $12

8:00 Seven Teller, Casa at Bourbon on Division, $22

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

8:00 Lunar Ticks, Charlie Otto + His Gear at Color Club Tavern, $15

8:00 Letters To Cleo at Bottom Lounge, $30

8:00 West End 40 at Untitled Supper Club

8:00-10:30 La Tosca Italian Mambo Ensemble at Artango Bar & Steakhouse

8:00-10:00 Fünky Fünke with Alex Rembold, John Garza, Chris Santamour, Christian Caceras, Daku, Caleb Hanson, Matty Shutske at Clara

x 8:00 The Regulators at Lighthouse Tavern, free

8:00 Dance Yourself Clean Indie Electronic Dance Party at Subterranean, $10-20

8:00 Open Beats hosted by Fess Grandiose at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:00

8:00? Spaced Out with DJs Tommaso, Wolfgang Amadidas, Chris Kalis at Marz Community Brewing

8:00-11:00 Rattleback Records DJs Tuff N' Such, Tromblau, Echinacea at Pizza Lobo Andersonville

8:00 Patois at Friendly Tap, ska & reggae-esque

8:00 Spectral Distortions, Moon Mannequin, The Dennies at Val's Halla, RSVP required

x 8:00 The Menards, Naomi Ashley Band at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $16-19

8:00-11:00 The Neighborhood at Pub 78 Brookfield

x 8:00 Off Broadway, DJ Payback? at Salerno's Pizza Hodgkins, free RSVP

8:00-11:00 Jersey Girls at Jonny Cab's Burr Ridge, $10

8:00 Doug Bardolph at Demito's Saloon Villa Park

8:00 Mark Dvorak at Two Way Street Downers Grove, $10

8:00 Ballydoyle Bandboozle at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

8:00 The Chicago Experience tribute to Rock with Horns at RiverEdge Park Aurora, $5

x 8:00 Kaleta & Super Yamba Band at The Venue Aurora, $15-25

8:00-11:00 Desperate Bastards at Sidecar Beer Garden Batavia, $5

8:00 Jenene Caramielo tribute to Celine Dion at Arcada Theatre, $39-89

x 8:00 Leftover Salmon at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, $52-89

8:00 ? at Beacon Tap Des Plaines

8:00-11:00 The Orange Vega at Black Lung Brewing Outside Round Lake Beach

8:00 Susan Williams & The Wright Groove at Main Street Outfitter Wauconda

8:00-11:55 Knievel’s Daredevil Band at Sideouts Sports Tavern Outside Island Lake, $5

8:00-11:00 Nicki Sage at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

8:00 Nic Barnum at Toadstool Pub Highwood

8:00-11:00 In Time Out at Teddy O'Brian's Highwood

8:00 Jason Martin Trio at At The Office Crestwood

8:00 Wheels North at Studio Lockport

8:00 Matt Zach & Tom Band at Social 45 Craft Kitchen Frankfort

8:30 Yeti Chaser, Night Baby, Vara Wade at Montrose Saloon

8:30 Ethan Tasch, Bridey Costello at Hideout, $17

x 8:30-11:30 Eric Howell and Greg Jacks at Cary's Lounge

8:30-11:30 James Robinson-Parran at Davenport’s Piano Bar

8:30 PowerAged tribute to Bon Scott era AC/DC at Phyllis' Musical Inn

8:30-2:00a Sasquatch and The Sick A Billys, Dead Beat Jacks at Tony Ds at Tony D's Elmwood Park, $10

x 8:30 The Del McCoury Band at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $65

8:30 Prairie Surfers at Quigley’s Naperville

8:30-11:59 Terrapin Flyer at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, $10, RSVP

x 9:00 Guns and Ammunition tribute to The Clash at Lizards Liquid Lounge

9:00 Super Sapphic III with Vitigrrl, Stasney, iceybby, Jenny Fox b2b karrenoid, Trqpiteca, Virago, Irregular Girl, Siichele, Ramona Slick, Darling Shear, Angelica Grace, Fierce, Mocha Mocha 2.0, Pepper Jelly, Party Mom Kristen, Your Godmutha Tristen at Metro, $20-30, All-Building Event

9:00 Arcade Hustlers, the boi and the Ghouls, Mozey at Reggie's Music Joint, $12-15, BYO Ukelele

9:00 The Four Horsemen, Maiden 81 tribute to Di'Anno era Iron Maiden at Reggie's Music Joint, $20

9:00 Collectivenergy Crew at Schubas Upstairs, free, Meet Me Upstairs

9:00-1:30a Synergy with Blesstonio, Kiki Kuamo'o, Abhijeet, Celeste, Jerwin Santiago at California Clipper

9:00 Chicago Blues All Stars at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00

9:00 The Paul Abella Trio at The Tonk, Rock, Jazz, Samba, Pop, ++

9:00-11:55 Chandelier at The Thirsty Tavern

9:00-1:00a John Cates & Friends at Gallery Cabaret, Band Night

9:00 Sparkle Carcass, Wild Bill and the Bruisers at Carols Pub, $10

9:00 Rhea the Second, OxvyMoron, Mvte at Gman Tavern, $12-15

9:00 Groovy Louie and the Time Capsules, Socktopus, Schlupp at Cubby Bear, $12

9:00-12:00m Christie Huff at Firewater Saloon Edison Park

9:00-11:00 Laura Cai songs by LGBTQ+ artists at Tack Room

9:00-12:00m Repent, Holy Shit, Nuill, Permanent Residue at Reed's Local, $10

9:00 Denise La Grassa Band at Spectrum Bar and Grill

9:00-2:00a Mr. West at Simone's, Beats & Booze

9:00 DJ Chico at The Whistler

x 9:00 The Lizard Kings tribute to The Doors at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP

9:00 Big Bang Baby tribute to Stone Temple Pilots at Stage 119 Elmhurst

9:00 Sultry Salsa Fridays at Ballydoyle Aurora

9:00-12:00m Cherry Purple at Madcats Palatine, $7

9:00 Soul Kitchen at Mickey Finn's Brewery Libertyville

9:00 DJ Wild Bill at Goat Village Norridge

9:00-12:00m DJ Eternal at Black Lung Brewing Courtyard Fox Lake

9:00 DJ D-Nic3 at Heroes West Lemont

x 9:30, 11:00 John Primer with Donna Herula Band acoustic at Rosa's Lounge, $20-30

9:30 Electric Brew at Four Treys Tavern

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

9:30 Skip Class and the Dropouts at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP

9:30 David Hayes at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Nightcap Music Series

9:30-12:00m American Idiots, Blink 312 at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5

10:00 RXKNephew, Casper McFadden, Dawndivision at Empty Bottle, $22

10:00 Candy, Sponj, Aaayyyaaa at Cole's Bar, $13

10:00 Zach Haywood at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00 The Reckoning at Mom's Place

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

10:00-2:00a Souled Out Dates Chicago at Promontory, $25

10:00 DJ Boathouse at aliveOne

10:30 Alejandro Salazar at Andy's, $20

10:30 Cecy Santana at Untitled Supper Club, Stardust

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