Monday!
Some great music event opportunities are happening 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!
1:30 Matthias Goerne baritone masterclass at Ravinia Bennett Gordon Hall Highland Park, free RSVP
x 5:00-7:30 Gerald Dowd at Kenilworth Assembly Hall, free, Food Truck Mondays with food from La Cocinita and Da Pizza Dude food trucks
x 5:30-7:00 Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Mardra Thomas at Jazz Showcase, $25-40
6:00, 8:15 The Blueshift Big Band at Andy's, $20
6:00 J&D Just Friends at Shanahan's Woodridge, inspirational music
6:00-7:30 Saturday June Band at Chicago Botanic Garden Esplanade Glencoe, classic rock 'n' roll
6:00-8:00 Pro/Am Open Mic Night at On Tour Brewing
6:00-9:00 Open Mic/Open Jam Monday with host Aaron Kelly at Preservation Geneva
x Mon 8/12? 7:00 Greg Garing's Windy City Circus at Montrose Saloon, weekly residency
7:00-10:00 The Chicago Unity Showcase and 6th Annual Back2School Book-Bag Drive at Promontory, $20, $10 with backpack donation
7:00 The The Resurrection Marys with callers Moose Flores at Irish American Heritage Center 4th Floor Ballroom, $5-10, Chicago Barn Dance Contra & Square Dance, Lesson at 6:30
Mon 8/12? 7:00 Open Mic hosted by Rob Lane & Rick Dale at Elmhurst Brewing Company
7:30 Switch at City Winery, $55-69, r&b
x 7:30 Tony Furtado at SPACE Evanston, $18-25
7:30 Open Mic at The Irish Patriot Orland Park, signup at 7:00
7:30 Traditional Irish Music Session hosted by John Condron at Chicago Street Pub Joliet
8:00-12:00m Zack's Open Mic with Zack Fedor, Blake Burkhart at Reggies Comedy Shack, free, 3 songs and an interview, acoustic guitars, piano, hand drums, no drumset or aux cord, early signup 7:00, late signup 9:00
8:00 Teke Teke, Helicopter Leaves at Schubas, $16-18
x 8:00 Joel Paterson & Friends at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Big Band Boom at Gallery Cabaret, jazz night
8:00 Tate Danger Presents at Cafe Mustache
8:00 Open Mic hosted by MC Tōru-Sama and The Buddies at Four Treys Tavern
8:00-11:00 Tom Muellner's Jazz Jam at Rhapsody Theater Bar
8:00 Video Game Music DJ Night with Equip & Mukqs at Cole's Bar, free
8:00-11:00 Open Mic with Beckie Menzie at Davenport’s Piano Bar
8:00-12:00m Open Mic hosted by Sean Shiel at Mackey's Hideout McHenry
8:00-11:00 Rattleback Records DJs Tuff N' Such, Tromblau, Echinacea at Pizza Lobo Andersonville
x 8:30 The Folk Implosion at Hideout, $30
9:00-2:00a Punk Rock Monday with Punk DJ Bloodshot Scott at Delilah’s
x 9:00 ? at Simon's Tavern
10:00 Toogood Open Mic hosted by Kidjuli & Starlight with DJ Nando, Indica India, Del Marie, Crix, Khing Kwon, The Melanin Blossom at Subterranean, free
Jerome’s highlights
x = recommended, interested, of note to me or friends
X = the plan, though that can change
x 5:00-7:30 Gerald Dowd at Kenilworth Assembly Hall, free, Food Truck Mondays with food from La Cocinita and Da Pizza Dude food trucks
x 5:30-7:00 Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Mardra Thomas at Jazz Showcase, $25-40
x Mon 8/12? 7:00 Greg Garing's Windy City Circus at Montrose Saloon, weekly residency
x 7:30 Tony Furtado at SPACE Evanston, $18-25
x 8:00 Joel Paterson & Friends at Green Mill, $10
x 8:30 The Folk Implosion at Hideout, $30
x 9:00 ? at Simon's Tavern
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