Monday 6/30/25
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 John Wojciechowski at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
6:00, 8:15 Bob Lark’s Alumni Big Band at Andy's, $20, RSVP required
x 6:00 Industry Night at Hideout, free RSVP
6:00-7:30 Saturday June Band at Chicago Botanic Garden Esplanade, classic rock 'n' roll
x 6:00-9:00 Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Aaron Kelly at Preservation Geneva Patio, all ages, every Monday
6:00-8:30 Evanston Open Mic Night at Sketchbook Evanston
6:30 Steve Knight Duo? Clark Sommers & Guests? at Angelo's Wine Bar
x 6:30-9:00 Sudan Archives, Lido Pimienta, DJ Roxyo Sounds at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, free, all ages, 5:00 gate, Millenium Park Summer Music Series
6:30-10:30 Abigail Riccards Trio at Eddie V's Oak Brook
7:00-11:00 The Corner at Promontory, $15-22
7:00 Babatunde Akinboboye HipHopera at City Winery, $32-55+, hip hop, pop
7:00 Sam Robinson Quintet with Rick Shandling, ++ at Phyllis' Musical Inn
7:00-10:30 queer art and music event with Ash at Cafe Mustache
7:00 Alma Russ, Gold Dust at Broken Hearts Bar
x 7:00-9:30 Grand Ol' Aubrey with Aubrey Smith, Kathy Hirsh, Eric Zorn, Tony Scarimbolo, Lezlee Crawford, caller Christine Merryman at Irish American Heritage Center 4th Floor ballroom, $7-10, $5 senior & students, Chicago Barn Dance Contra & Square Dance, lesson at 6:30
x 7:00-9:00 Meg & The Wheelers at Beverly Arts Center Courtyard, $10 suggested donation, Country Western
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
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 Christy Bennett's Fumée at Rogers Park Social, free, Manouche Mondays Gypsy-Swing Jazz
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 Tyler The Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas at United Center, $159-581+
7:30 Mickey Feral, Kissing Disease, Smooth Rogers at Lemon Chicago, $5+, hip hop, r&b
7:30 "Alanis: Thirty Years of Jagged Little Pill" Author Selena Fragassi in Conversation with Jill Hopkins, Xoe Wise, Laura Glyda perform Alanis Morissette songs at Gman Tavern, free RSVP
x 7:30 Sun Ra Arkestra at SPACE Evanston, $38-48, all ages, SRO available, few at 6:30 door?
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 suisside, I've Never Been Here Before, The World In Broken Glass, canine high school literature club, cornelius Sludge at Bookclub, $13-15, 7:00 door
8:00-12:00m Industry Night with Round Trip Records DJs at Sleeping Village Main Bar, free RSVP, 6:00 door
x 8:00-12:00m Joel Paterson & Friends Natalie Scharf, Pete Benson, Alex Hall at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Noiseland at Burlington Bar
8:00-11:00 ? at Gallery Cabaret, jazz night
? 8:00-11:00 Rattleback Records DJs Tuff N' Such, Tromblau, Echinacea at Pizza Lobo Andersonville
8:00-10:00 Quest tribute to Elton John, Queen, Supertramp at Tony D's Elmwood Park, free
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
8:30 Anaiet Soul, Frank Morrison, Tinattrill reinterpret, after listening to Irreversable Entanglements self titled debut album at Hungry Brain, $21, 7:00 door, International Anthem presents 11 of 11
8:30-1:30 Zach at The Zebra Lounge
9:00 The Ineffectuals, Bakantez, Bimbo Rococo at Empty Bottle, free Monday
9:00 Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Tōru Miyagi at Four Treys
9:00 Pro Blues Jam at Fuller's Pub
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 Phuture Retro at Delilah’s
9:00 Abhi DhiYogi at Free Speech Pavilion Naperville opposite Nichols Library on Riverwalk, acoustic covers on guitar
Jerome’s highlights
x 6:00 Industry Night at Hideout, free RSVP
x 6:00-9:00 Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Aaron Kelly at Preservation Geneva Patio, all ages, every Monday
x 6:30-9:00 Sudan Archives, Lido Pimienta, DJ Roxyo Sounds at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, free, all ages, 5:00 gate, Millenium Park Summer Music Series
x 7:00-9:30 Grand Ol' Aubrey with Aubrey Smith, Kathy Hirsh, Eric Zorn, Tony Scarimbolo, Lezlee Crawford, caller Christine Merryman at Irish American Heritage Center 4th Floor ballroom, $7-10, $5 senior & students, Chicago Barn Dance Contra & Square Dance, lesson at 6:30
x 7:00-9:00 Meg & The Wheelers at Beverly Arts Center Courtyard, $10 suggested donation, Country Western
x 7:30 Sun Ra Arkestra at SPACE Evanston, $38-48, all ages, SRO available, few at 6:30 door?
x 8:00-12:00m Joel Paterson & Friends Natalie Scharf, Pete Benson, Alex Hall at Green Mill, $10
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?
++ = and more
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