Monday!
And even on the holiday there are some great music options available, though it’s a good idea to verify if you’re intending to go to something that happens “every” week, as this is one of those weeks where it might not be happening, even though the venue still has it listed… read on, verify, and enjoy one or more of the shows on offer… and thanks for reading, sharing, and subscribing, it’s how this list keeps happening!
Fox Valley Folk Festival at Island Park Geneva
Main Stage
11:00a Beth Horner, Shanta Nurullah
11:30a Phil Cooper, Lee Murdock
12:00n Sarah McQuaid
12:30 Gina Forsyth & Friends Cajun Trio
1:00 Bill Robinson & Friends
1:30 Anne Hills
2:00 Snorty Horse
2:30 Bryan Bowers
3:00 Rev Robert Jones and Matt Watroba
3:30 Small Potatoes
4:00 Joe Filisko and Eric Noden
4:30 Sons of the Never Wrong
5:00 Mean Mary
5:30 Zoe Mulford
6:00 Festival Finale with All Performers
WS1/Storytelling
11:00a Fox Valley Folklore Society, sampling of Weekly Sing Around
12:00n Green Man Theater Group
1:00 Shanta Nurullah, Beth Horner
2:00 Shanta Nurullah
3:00 Fox Valley Storytelling Guild
4:00 Beth Horner
WS2
11:00a Lake County Folk Club
12:00n Traditions and Harmonies with Matt and Kim Watroba, Sons of the Never Wrong, Small Potatoes
1:00 The Best Song I (N)ever Wrote with Gina Forsyth, Zoe Mulford, Sons of the Never Wrong
2:00 Story Ballads New & Old with February Sky, Sarah McQuaid, Mean Mary
3:00 Fiddle Me This with Gina Forsyth Cajun Trio, Shortleaf, Mean Mary
4:00 Works Unite (For Labor Day) with Rev Robert Jones, Matt Watrobe, February Sky
5:00 Mentors and Memories with Filisko and Noden, Bill Robinson & Friends, Bryan Bowers
WS3
11:00a Plank Road Folk Music Society
12:00n Are My Roots Showing with Rev Robert Jones, Filisko and Noden, Snorty Horse
1:00 History Marches On with Filisko and Noden, Bryan Bowers, Rev Robert Jones
2:00 Remembering Michael Smith with Anne Hills, Small Potatoes, Matt Watroba
3:00 Good For The Soul with Zoe Mulford, Sons of the Never Wrong, Dave Para & Erika Gerety
4:00 Welcome In with Zoe Mulford, Anne Hills, Sarah McQuaid
5:00 Make 'Em Laugh or Make 'Em Cry with Small Potatoes, Gina Forsyth, ?
Teaching
11:00a Ozark Fiddling with Mike Fraser
12:00 Rolling on a Banjo with Mean Mary
1:00 Intro to DADGAD with Sarah McQuaid
2:00 Dances of the British Isles with Mady Newfield, Cosmic Otters
3:00 Blues Harmonica with Joe Filisko
4:00 Autoharp Songs and Musings with Bryan Bowers
Kids Zone
11:00a Decorate the Festival Banner, draw what makes the Festival fun, all day, SciPlus
12:00n Shiny Calming, Make and Take Your Own Sensory Toy, SciPlus
1:00 All Ages Uke Hands-On with Loaner Ukes available with Amy Sebastian
2:00 Instrument Round-Up, make a recycled instrument, SciPlus
3:00 Jug Band Family Jam & Sing for All Ages with Amy Sebastian
4:00 Kids Festival Olympics, Wacky Races, Games, Contests, ++, SciPlus
5:00 Colorful Crafts, Make and Take a Festival Souvenir, SciPlus
Homegrown
11:00a Set up and Open Jam
12:00n Balfolk Hands On, Lively Euro-French Folk tunes and dances, with Meg Dedolph, Jonathan Whitall and Friends
2:00 We Remember Michael Smith & John Prine, bring your favority song to share, hosted by FVFS
3:00 Open Jam, play nicely together
4:00 Old Time Jam Along with Snorty Horse
Schaumburg Septemberfest
Main Stage
5:30 Heart to HeartBreaker
7:30 Al Jardine and his Endless Summer Band
Local Stage
4:00 The Dynamix
7:00 GooRoos
Craft Beer and Wine Stage
11:30a Cole Brandt
2:00 Strawdawg
Taste of Polonia at Copernicus Center, $15, under 13 free
Tribute Stage
12:30 Keith Stras And Polka Confetti
1:30 The Disco Circus
3:30 TNT Chicago
5:30 Trippin Billies
7:30 Tributosaurus
World Music Stage
3:00 Deleted Society
4:30 Nowator
6:00 Grzegorz Hyży
7:45 Muniek i Przyjaciele
x 1:00 Wichita Jacks at Lindy's Landing Wauconda
2:00 Richard Bandini at Northman Riverwalk
6th Annual Labor Day Jazz Festival at Jazz Showcase, $20-30, $15 students
4:00 Paul Wertico, Scott Earl Holman, Mark Neuenschwander
5:00 Ari Brown, Matt Ulery, Ted Sirota, Jim Holman
6:00 Sam Robinson, Mark Neuenschwander, Linard Stroud, Jim Holman
7:00 Eric Alexander, Tim Davis, John Sutton, Jim Holman
8:00 Eric Alexander, Tim Davis, Clark Sommers, Jim Holman
6:00 Plantasia with Natural Information Society, North Americans, DAOUI Angel Bat Dawid & Oui Ennui, Quin Kirchner, Jason Letkiewicz, Dustin Laurenzi, Surgery Boys at Garfield Park Conservatory, $45, Sacred Bones and Empty Bottle present
6:00, 8:15 The Heritage Jazz Orchestra at Andy's, $15
6:00 Pro/Am Open Mic Night at On Tour Brewing
6:00 Open Mic/Open Jam Monday with host Aaron Kelly at Preservation Geneva
x 7:00 The Dry Look, Man's Body, The Thin Cherries at Montrose Saloon, $10
7:00 Whiskey Bob Taylor hosts Open Mic Night Mondays at Montrose Saloon
7:00 Jacobin and In These Times Present Can Worker Co-ops Lead Us to Socialism at Hideout, RSVP
7:00 Zack Fedor & the Long Goodbyes, Blake Burkhart at Reggies Music Joint, $10
7:00 Jonas Weir, Mass, Eddie McKenna at Cafe Mustache
7:00 Rio Bamba at The Dock at Montrose Beach
7:30 Tom M. Muellner’s Jazz Jam Mondays at Borelli’s Pizza
8:00 Monday Night Open Jam hosted by Bryan Flip and Comrades at Golden Dagger
8:00 Extraordinary Popular Delusions at Beat Kitchen
8:00 Bilal at City Winery, $45-65
x 8:00 Joel Paterson & Friends at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Stardust Big Band at Gallery Cabaret
8:00 Open Mic hosted by Sean Shiel at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry
9:00 Turquoise, Illusion of Choice, Cuss at Empty Bottle, RSVP
9:00 Punk Rock Monday at Delilah’s
x 1:00 Wichita Jacks at Lindy's Landing Wauconda
x 7:00 The Dry Look, Man's Body, The Thin Cherries at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 8:00 Joel Paterson & Friends at Green Mill, $10