Friday!
An abbreviated summery summary, back to normal next week… thanks for reading and sharing with your friends!
Fri 7/28-Sun 7/30 Wicker Park Fest
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
5:00 Downtown Charlie Brown acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:00 Denise LaGrassa at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
5:00 Ricky Liontones at Lagunitas Tap Room
5:00 Joslyn Marie at Epiphany Center, Golden Hour
5:00 Kathryn & Chris at FitzGeralds Patio
5:00 Lord Huron, Allie Crow Buckley at Canal Shores Evanston Out of SPACE, sold out?
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Mark Madsen at Catch 35
6:00 Harry Tonchev Trio at Montrose Saloon, $10, Fridays Jazz Happy Hour
6:00 The Long Farewells at Northman Riverwalk
7:00 Rick King's Royal Hustle at FitzGeralds Patio
7:30 Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20
8:00 Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker, Jake Acosta at Judson & Moore Distillery, $20-25
x 8:00 Cheer-Accident, Outronaut at Martyrs, $15-20
8:00 Dexter and the Moonrocks, Mitchell Ferguson and Sunday Cruise at Thalia Hall, $15-25
8:00, 10:00 G. Thomas Allen Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band, Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago
8:00 Grainne Duffy and Paul Sherry at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
8:00 Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio, Erech at Buddy Guy’s Legends
8:00 whitewolfsonicprincess, Susan and Sons Jarvis Square Pottery
8:00 Best of Soul with Brandon James at Epiphany Center, $15-30
8:00 Royal Son of a Guns, Jenny V. James & the Flames, Andrew Wooten at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10
8:00 Joanna Connor at SPACE Evanston, $15-20
8:00 Melissa Etheridge at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, $65-155
8:00 Robby Krieger at Des Plaines Theatre, $39-69
8:00 Gerald McClendon at Toadstool Pub Highwood
x 8:00 Connie Cipher at The Studio Lockport, Songwriter Spotlight
8:30 Tigershark Don't Quit, Impulsive Hearts, Axons at Golden Dagger, $10
8:30 Nelson Street Revival at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $15-20
9:00 The Dyes, Night Baby, The Spindles, Go Time at Montrose Saloon, $10
9:00 Luke Pytel at House of Blues, $85-120
9:00 Gatorwater at Lizards Liquid Lounge
9:00, 11:00 Cameron Webb and his Soul & Blues Revue at Rosa’s, $15-25
x 9:00 The New Heartaches at FitzGeralds Sidebar
9:00 Pistol Pete Band at Harlem Avenue Lounge Berwyn
9:30 Coffin Prick, Equipment Pointed Ankh, DJ Jim Dorling at Hideout, $15
x 9:30 Diamondback at Carol’s Pub, $5
10:00 Rose City Bandj, Angela James at Empty Bottle, $20
x 5:00 Chris Foreman at Green Mill
x 5:30 The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle, Honky Tonk Happy Hour
x 8:00 Cheer-Accident, Outronaut at Martyrs, $15-20
x 8:00 Connie Cipher at The Studio Lockport, Songwriter Spotlight
x 9:00 The New Heartaches at FitzGeralds Sidebar
x 9:30 Diamondback at Carol’s Pub, $5