Saturday 11/11/23
Saturday!
And there are more than plenty of great music event options available in and around our fantastic city… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more if you can… and thanks for sharing, reading, and subscribing to the list, it really helps!
10:15a Mr. Dave Music at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $25 / Family, Family Fun
11:00a Bluegrass Brunch at Beat Kitchen
11:00a Tom Holland blues at City News Cafe
11:00a Little Miss Ann at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $15
X 12:00n-5:00 Expo '76 & The Total Pro Horns, The Webstirs at FitzGeralds Sidebar, A Concert for Tina
1:00 Chicago Sound Collective at Reggies Music Joint, $10
1:00 Garage Band U at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
2:00 Billy Denton at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles
x 3:00 McLuhan at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 3:00 Paper Machete at Green Mill
3:00 Reading is a Drag, Kerosene at Cafe Mustache
3:30 At the Still Point Piano Quintet by Christopher Theofanidis at Athanaeum Center, $25-50
4:00 Mr. Kingpin, DJ Chuck Wren, DJ Darren Reggae, DJ South Side Eric Keogh at Reggies Comedy Shack, $15
x 4:00 Casey McDonough & Phil Angotti at Cary's Lounge
4:00 Pat Owen-Leary at Hey Nonny, Heyday Saturday Happy Hour
5:00 Anti-Heros, The Prowlers, Fear City, Antagonizers ATL, Fighting for Scraps, Old Salt, Lost Legion, No Guard at Reggies Rock Club, $45
x 5:00 Harmonica Hinds acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:00-8:30 Nigel Mack at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
5:00-7:30 Giovany Revelle at Lagunitas Tap Room
5:00 Fiesta Cuba at Epiphany Center, Golden Hour
5:00 DJ Funky Blackman at Epiphany Center, Golden Hour
5:00 Bob Hartwell at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca
5:00 Blumax Trio at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
x 6:00, 8:15 Charles Heath Presents at Andy’s, $15
x 6:00 Eric Hochberg Trio with Yvonne Gage at Catch 35
6:00-9:00 Nicky & Chip and Friends at On Tour Brewing
6:00 Anniversary Party at Newark Nook
6:00 Groove Witness at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP
6:00 Tom Holland Duo at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park
6:00 Brother John Kattke at The Wine Exchange St. Charles
x 6:00 (7:00 ET) Corky Siegel at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $40-65
6:30 Jimmy Mac at J. Fleming’s Absolutely Delicious Westmont
6:30 DJ Brigitte 70s Night Dance Party at Preservation Geneva, RSVP
6:45 Wednesday 13, Gemini Syndrome, Infected Rain, Black Satellite at The Forge Joliet, $30-105
7:00 Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, One Step Closer, Arm's Length at House of Blues, $35
7:00 Taylor Acorn, People R Ugly at Cobra Lounge, $24, sold out, waiting list
7:00 The Boils at Mrs Murphy’s
7:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet, ++ at Le Piano
7:00 The Maxines, Neckromance, Feels Like Karma at Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10
7:00 Real Barz with The Law of Huey, Rizzi Konway, Chelsea Reject, Jovan Landry, Keff K%nz, Qari, DJ Skoli, hosted by Th0rn at Subterranean, $15-20
x 7:00 Connie Cipher at Savannah Luncheonette
7:00 Phil Gatto Band at Shanahans Woodridge
7:00 Hey Martha, Timmy B, A Boy Called Death at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield
7:00 Lounge Puppets at Heroes West Lemont
7:00 Fuze tribute to Santana at Roxy Lockport, $20
7:00 Susan Williams & The Wright Groove Blues at The Quarry Thornton
7:00 Andrew D Huber at Stage Left Cafe Woodstock
7:00 The Brothers Doobie tribute to The Doobie Brothers at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $28-50
x 7:30, 9:30 Mary Stallings with Jeremy Kahn, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas at Winters Jazz Club, $33-43
7:30 Toronzo Cannon Blues Band, Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20
x 7:30 My Morning Jacket, Devon Gilfillian at Chicago Theatre, $35-75
7:30 Glass & Rachmaninov with Karen Gomyo at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $39-225
7:30 Taste of Emo tribute to My Chemical Romance, Riot tribute to Paramore at Cubby Bear, $9, Tribute to When We Were Young Fest
7:30 Virlan Garcia, Viry Sandoval at Copernicus Center, $50-100
7:30 Kasabian, Silvertone at The Vic Theatre, $35-60
7:30 Into It Over It, Owen, Queen of Jeans at Bottom Lounge, $28
7:30 Choral Showcase at Rooney Hall Loyola University, $5-15
7:30 Guilt Pleasures at Stadium Club McCook
x 7:30 Chicago Calling at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-35
7:30 Rolling Roses Band at Woodstock Opera House, $15-20
x 7:30 Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $35
x 8:00 Vinyl Idols, The Spindles, Go Time at Montrose Saloon, $10
8:00 Half Moon Run, Billie Marten at Metro, $26-31
8:00 Las Cruces, Howling Giant, Restless Spirit, Cokus at Reggies Music Joint, $15-20
8:00 The Brevet, Janet Blackwell at Beat Kitchen, $17
8:00 Gretel Hänlyn, Natsuma, Adelaide at Schubas, $14-16
8:00 Ben Kweller at Lincoln Hall, $35-40, sold out, Q101 presents
8:00 Juan Atkins, Shaun J. Wright, KC Wray, Ctrlzora at Chop Shop, $43
x 8:00 Howard Levy 4 at Green Mill, $20
8:00, 10:00 Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
8:00 Demetria Taylor Blues Band at Blue Chicago
8:00 Mzz Reese, ? at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $25
8:00 The Comfy Show with DJ Hydrate, Samuel Aaron, Fleshed Out, Jeremy Strange, Drew Laughner visuals at House of Blues Foundation Room, $15
8:00 Ronnie and the Nastys, We Are Us at Phyllis' Musical Inn
8:00 Full Of Hell, End, Inter Arma, Wake at Avondale Music Hall, $30
8:00 The 77 Solution at Lizards Liquid Lounge
8:00 TVBOO Collectiv, Drinkurwater, Smith, Komuz at Joe's On Weed Street, $23 SRO
8:00 NightBeams 8 Mostly Modular Synth Jams with La Spacer, Margaret's Apartment, DBL, Caro Arroba, Video Waste at Illuminated Brew Works
x 8:00 The Joyce Boys at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
8:00 J.B. Pariah's Saturday Night Sampler at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, $10
8:00 BCJsPs, The Complexity of Distance at Color Club, $15
8:00 Chamber Orchestra at Logan Center Performance Hall, University of Chicago
8:00 The Flamenco Quartet presents The Carcelera Project with Billy Branch, Joan Collaso, King Moosa/Brian Harrington, Diego Alvarez, Jose Diaz “Cachito”, Patty Ortega, Andrea Salcedo, Wendy Clinard, Bril Barrett, moderator Mike Allemana at Green Line Performing Arts Center, RSVP
8:00 Baby J & Golden Street Reggae Band hosted by DJ G Sharp at Wild Hare, $15 after 8:00
8:00 Guitarra Azul at Artango Bar & Steakhouse, RSVP
8:00 Choose Your Character, Indoorsmen at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $15
x 8:00 Club Foot Reunion 2023 at Reed’s Local
8:00 Los Johnny Jets, D7 Even, Killer Diller at Distro Music Hall Berwyn, $30-35
8:00 Easily Distracted at Pub 78 Brookfield
8:00 Dueling Pianos at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
8:00 Motley II, Youth Gone Wild at Q Bar Darien, $10-13
8:00 Superchair at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
x 8:00 Mark Farner's American Band at Des Plaines Theatre, $39-89
8:00 Dave Burnell at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
x 8:00 The Claudettes, The Billy Flynn Band with Bob Stroger at The Venue Aurora, $15-20
x 8:00 Blue Oyster Cult at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $59-119
8:00 Jose Gonzalez at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts Skokie, $49-65
8:00 Arra, Sealed With A Kiss at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10
8:00 Whiskey Devils at Broken Oar Port Barrington
x 8:00 Johnny Burnett solo at Shirley's Piano Bar Barrington
8:00 Mid Atlantic at Black Lung Brewing Company Grayslake
x 8:00 The Real Pretenders at Austin Community Tavern Steger, RSVP
8:00 Nik Barnum at Toadstool Pub Highwood
8:00 Peach Jam tribute to The Allman Brothers at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, $15
x 8:00 Tommy James and the Shondells at Genesee Theatre Waukegan, $43-84
8:00 Jaik Willis at Dockside Bar and Grill Ottawa
8:00 KEM at Horseshoe Casino Hammond IN, $80-130
8:15 Scarlett's Fire at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, $5
8:30 Axis: Sova, Luggage, Cel Ray, DJ Slinkie at Hideout, $15, Record Release Show
8:30 Slow Pulp, Babehoven at Thalia Hall, sold out
x 8:30 Chicago Immigrant Orchestra at Constellation, $20, $15 students, $5 livestream
8:30 Hitomi Oba ‘Water Stem’ Album Release at Elastic Arts, $15, Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival Day Two
x 8:30 DeeOhGee, The Minks at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-30
x 8:30 Night of 1000 Stars with Jodi Walker, Jim Basten, Maureen Meyer, Sydney Meyer at Friendly Tap
8:30 The Wayouts at Quigley’s Naperville
8:30 Russell Thomas Group at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles
9:00 Puma Blue, Dweller at Empty Bottle, sold out
9:00 Start Making Sense tribute to Talking Heads at Martyrs, $25, sold out
9:00 Nadie Sabe Lo Que, Pasa Esta, Noche at Subterranean, $20
9:00 The Paul Asaro Quartet at Hungry Brain, $15
9:00 Chase Shakur at Dorian’s, $25
9:00, 11:00 Stephen Hull Experience at Rosa’s, $10-25
9:00 Dave Schmidt Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00
9:00 The Nitz & Howe Experience at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret, $5
9:00 Papadosio, Duffrey, Mindex, Orbiix at Park West, $35
x 9:00 Secret Forest Service, Ego Maniacs, Le Bartones at Gallery Cabaret, Band Night
x 9:00 The Bear Williams Band with Chris Winters, Alton Smith, Chuck Lacy, Bill Brickey at Nick's Beer Garden
9:00 Kevan Eftekhari at Tack Room
9:00 Slo Mo Party with ICY BBY, Vitigrrl, Darling Shear, Angelica Grace, hosted by Kristen & Tristen at Sleeping Village, $15-20
x 9:00 Jeremy Short at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP
9:00 Mr. Lucky and his Orchestra of Tomorrow with Ruby Spencer Burlesque Revue at Outta Space, $15
9:00 Omar Coleman & West Side Soul at Harlem Avenue Lounge Berwyn, $6-10
9:00 Wilki at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $72
9:00 Pinion at Brauer House Lombard, $0-10
9:00 Anthony Gomes at Brauer House BHouse Live Lombard, $25-38
9:00 Freebyrd at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
9:00 Anthony Padilla Duo at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
9:00 Soda at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett
9:00 Wait What Band at Arlington Ale House Arlington Heights
9:00 Wall of Denial tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at Madcats Palatine, $10
9:00 People Brothers Band at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry, $10
9:00 Beyond The Blonde tribute to P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $10
9:00 Hollow tribute to Alice in Chains, Creep tribute to Stone Temple Pilots at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $20-25
x 9:30 Wild Earp at Carol's Pub, $8
9:30 DJ White Owl at House of Blues Foundation Room, RSVP
9:30 Patrick Bale & The Pale Ales at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP
9:30 Eric Butler at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, Nightcap free music series
9:30 Ransom Creek at The House Pub St. Charles, $5
10:00 DJ Pluto & Cqqchifruit at California Clipper
10:00 The 'Piano Party Amapiano Night at Promontory, $20
10:00 Miniskirt, New Twenty Saints, Xyzxyz at Cole's Bar, $13
10:00 The Hat Guys at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
10:00 Disco Lines, Angrybaby, Steph at Concord Music Hall, $25
10:00 All Love at The Whistler
10:00 Loudernow at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5
10:30 Alejandro Salazar at Andy's, $15
10:30 The Simple Remedy at Bub City Chicago, RSVP
11:00 Vinny Kabat Trio at Dorian’s
11:00 Petra Van Nuis, Dennis "Deluxe" Luxon at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show
x 12:00n-5:00 Expo '76 & The Total Pro Horns, The Webstirs at FitzGeralds Sidebar, A Concert for Tina
x 3:00 McLuhan at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 3:00 Paper Machete at Green Mill
x 4:00 Casey McDonough & Phil Angotti at Cary's Lounge
x 5:00 Harmonica Hinds acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends
x 6:00, 8:15 Charles Heath Presents at Andy’s, $15
x 6:00 Eric Hochberg Trio with Yvonne Gage at Catch 35
x 6:00 (7:00 ET) Corky Siegel at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $40-65
x 7:00 Connie Cipher at Savannah Luncheonette
x 7:30, 9:30 Mary Stallings with Jeremy Kahn, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas at Winters Jazz Club, $33-43
x 7:30 My Morning Jacket, Devon Gilfillian at Chicago Theatre, $35-75
x 7:30 Chicago Calling at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-35
x 7:30 Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $35
x 8:00 Vinyl Idols, The Spindles, Go Time at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 8:00 Howard Levy 4 at Green Mill, $20
x 8:00 The Joyce Boys at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
x 8:00 Club Foot Reunion 2023 at Reed’s Local
x 8:00 Mark Farner's American Band at Des Plaines Theatre, $39-89
x 8:00 The Claudettes, The Billy Flynn Band with Bob Stroger at The Venue Aurora, $15-20
x 8:00 Blue Oyster Cult at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $59-119
x 8:00 Johnny Burnett solo at Shirley's Piano Bar Barrington
x 8:00 The Real Pretenders at Austin Community Tavern Steger, RSVP
x 8:00 Tommy James and the Shondells at Genesee Theatre Waukegan, $43-84
x 8:30 Chicago Immigrant Orchestra at Constellation, $20, $15 students, $5 livestream
x 8:30 DeeOhGee, The Minks at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-30
x 8:30 Night of 1000 Stars with Jodi Walker, Jim Basten, Maureen Meyer, Sydney Meyer at Friendly Tap
x 9:00 Secret Forest Service, Ego Maniacs, Le Bartones at Gallery Cabaret, Band Night
x 9:00 The Bear Williams Band with Chris Winters, Alton Smith, Chuck Lacy, Bill Brickey at Nick's Beer Garden
x 9:00 Jeremy Short at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP
x 9:30 Wild Earp at Carol's Pub, $8