Monday 6/16/25
Monday!
There are some great music event opportunities happening tonight in and around Chicago… get out to enjoy one if you can… welcome to new subscribers, and thanks to everyone for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List!
5:00 Open Mic at Uncommon Ground, $5 suggested donation, sign up at 5:00, 1 cash winner each night, all winners invited to compete in finals for prizes
5:30-7:00 Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Devon Sandridge at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
6:00, 8:15 The Tom Garling Jazz Orchestra at Andy's, $20, RSVP required
6:00 Chris Fisher at Shanahan's Woodridge, blues & jazz
x 6:00-9:00 Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Aaron Kelly at Preservation Geneva Patio, all ages, every Monday
6:30 Steve Knight Duo? 7:00 Clark Sommers & Guests? at Angelo's Wine Bar
6:30-10:30 Abigail Riccards Trio at Eddie V's Oak Brook
6:30, 8:00 Bloom Quartet at Petterino's
7:00-12:00m Zack's Open Mic with Zack Fedor, Blake Burkhart at Reggies Comedy Shack, free, 6:00 door, 3 songs and an interview, acoustic guitars, piano, hand drums, no drumset or aux cord
x 7:00 RC Big Band, Rick Shandling's Jazz Coalition at Phyllis' Musical Inn
x 7:00-9:30 Floridiana with Kathy Aagaard, Peter Martin, Laurie Eberhardt, caller Dwayne Johnson at Irish American Heritage Center 4th Floor ballroom, $7-10 adults, $5 seniors & students, Chicago Barn Dance Contra & Square Dance, lesson at 6:30
x 7:00-10:00 Josephine Craven’s Bloomsday Performance with Brad Armacost, Kevin Cassidy, Josephine Craven, Brigid Duffy, Cynthia Judge, Maureen O’Shea, Mark Piekarz at Fifth Province Pub Irish American Heritage Center, $10
7:00-9:00 Feel Good Party Band at Beverly Arts Center Courtyard, $10 suggested donation, Top 40 Hits
7:00-9:00 Ex Ibex, Trio de Ruido at Cafe Mustache
7:00-10:00 Christy Bennett's Fumée at Rogers Park Social, free, Manouche Mondays Gypsy-Swing Jazz
x 7:00-9:00 Trio 3 with Hamid Drake, Tatsu Aoki, Michael Zerang at Airmw
7:00 Dyke Nite presents Pride Music Fest at Lemon Chicago, $10+, hip hop, r&b
? 7:00 The Monday Jam hosted by Danny G Felix Trio with Micah Collier, Frank Morrison at Le Piano Rogers Park, check-in starts 6:00 ?
7:00-10:00 Open Mic Garden Project at Borelli’s Pizza, music, poetry, anything goes
7:00 Dina Bach at Aloft Hotel Bolingbrook
7:00 Open Mic hosted by Rob Lane & Rick Dale at Elmhurst Brewing Company
7:00-12:00m Open Mic hosted by Openshut at DeMito's Saloon Villa Park, every Monday
? 7:00 Open Mic at Okay Cannabis/West Town Bakery 100 Howard Evanston, free
7:30 Andre Jackson tribute to Teddy Pendergrass at City Winery, $25-35+, r&b, soul
7:30 Traditional Irish Music Session hosted by John Condron at Chicago Street Pub Joliet
8:00 Extraordinary Popular Delusions at Beat Kitchen, free, 7:00 door
8:00 Kennedy Ryon at Schubas, RSVP, 18+, 7:30 door
8:00 Dean Wareham, Chris Forsyth at Lincoln Hall, $25-33, 18+, 7:00 door
x 8:00-12:00m Joel Paterson & Friends at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Planning For Burial, Stander, Latter, Lula Asplund at Subterranean Upstairs, $22, 17+, 7:00 door
x 8:00 Ben Folds & the CSO at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $59-299
x 8:00-11:00 Brian O'Hern and the Model Citizens Big Band at Gallery Cabaret, jazz night
x ? 8:00 Conrad Moore, The Hill Country Devil, Lydia Cash at Burlington Bar ?
8:00 Cole's Bar Jam Session hosted by Jeremy Taylor and band at Cole's Bar, suggested donation
8:00 Industry Night with DJ Snowdoge "The Return of GirlGerms Riot Grrrl Jams" at Sleeping Village Main Bar, free
x 8:00 Lamont Landers, Jennifer Hall at SPACE Evanston, $20 SRO
8:00-11:00 Open Mic Blues Jam hosted by Wes Tabayoyong at Johnny's Blitz Sports Bar Westmont
8:00 Open Mic at Mackey's Hideout McHenry
? 8:00-11:00 Rattleback Records DJs Tuff N' Such, Tromblau, Echinacea at Pizza Lobo Andersonville
8:30-1:30 Logan at The Zebra Lounge
9:00 Mother Fortune, Bussy Kween Power Trip, Oyeme, L'Allium at Empty Bottle, free Monday, 8:00 door
9:00-11:30 Jazz Open Jam hosted by Kabir Dalawari Quartet & Friends with Neil Carson at Easy Does It
x 9:00 DJ ? at Simon's Tavern, free, tip the DJ
9:00-2:00a Punk Rock Monday DJ Matty Lite at Delilah’s
9:00 Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Tōru Miyagi at Four Treys
9:00 Pro Blues Jam at Fuller's Pub
Jerome’s highlights
x 6:00-9:00 Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Aaron Kelly at Preservation Geneva Patio, all ages, every Monday
x 7:00 RC Big Band, Rick Shandling's Jazz Coalition at Phyllis' Musical Inn
x 7:00-9:30 Floridiana with Kathy Aagaard, Peter Martin, Laurie Eberhardt, caller Dwayne Johnson at Irish American Heritage Center 4th Floor ballroom, $7-10 adults, $5 seniors & students, Chicago Barn Dance Contra & Square Dance, lesson at 6:30
x 7:00-10:00 Josephine Craven’s Bloomsday Performance with Brad Armacost, Kevin Cassidy, Josephine Craven, Brigid Duffy, Cynthia Judge, Maureen O’Shea, Mark Piekarz at Fifth Province Pub Irish American Heritage Center, $10
x 7:00-9:00 Trio 3 with Hamid Drake, Tatsu Aoki, Michael Zerang at Airmw
x 8:00-12:00m Joel Paterson & Friends at Green Mill, $10
x 8:00 Ben Folds & the CSO at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $59-299
x 8:00-11:00 Brian O'Hern and the Model Citizens Big Band at Gallery Cabaret, jazz night
x ? 8:00 Conrad Moore, The Hill Country Devil, Lydia Cash at Burlington Bar ?
x 8:00 Lamont Landers, Jennifer Hall at SPACE Evanston, $20 SRO
x 9:00 DJ ? at Simon's Tavern, free, tip the DJ
x = recommended, interested, notable to me or friends
X = the plan, though that can change
? = uncertainty, likely good to call ahead to verify
(date)? happening that date? conflicting sources?
(time)? time uncertain?
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