Saturday 12/30/23

Dec 30, 2023

Saturday!

The Eve of the Eve brings bunches of great music event opportunities in and around this wonderful big city! Read on and get out to enjoy one or some of them if you can… and thanks for reading, subscribing to, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List (which is as simple as clicking the blue button below and entering the email address of someone you care about… nudge, nudge)

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11:00a Bluegrass Brunch at Beat Kitchen

11:00a Piraguas y Piropos at City News Cafe

x 12:00n Maggie's Farm at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, Bob Dylan Brunch

2:30 Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert with Strauss Symphony of America and Chicago Philharmonic conducted by Michael Zehetner, with Brigitta Simon, David Danholt, Europaballett at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $35-147

3:00 Paper Machete at Green Mill

X 4:00 Ramona Dowd at Cary's Lounge

4:00 Shannon Marie at Hey Nonny, Heyday Saturday Happy Hour

4:30-6:30 Aaron Shapiro at California Clipper

5:00-8:30 Ricky Liontones at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

5:00-7:30 Pete Galanis at Lagunitas Tap Room

x 5:00-7:00 DJ Scary Lady Sarah spins Saturday Mourning Early Evening Goth Dance Party at Outta Space, $7

5:00 League of Erics Death of 23 Show at Studio Winery & Geneva Lake Distilling Lake Geneva

5:00-8:00 Keithen Banks at Church Street Brewing Itasca

5:30 ? acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends

6:00, 8:15 Chad McCullough at Andy’s, $15

6:00 Eric Hochberg Trio with Bobbi Wilson at Catch 35

6:00 The Gerry Hundt Trio at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP, Supper Club

6:00-9:00 Terry Byrne at The Wine Exchange St. Charles

6:00 Wheels North at Riverlands Brewery St Charles, Bluegrass Saturday

6:00 Linzy & Coax at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

6:30 Rich Matz at J. Fleming’s Absolutely Delicious Westmont

6:30-10:00 Tom Holland at Preservation Geneva, RSVP

6:30-9:30 Heather Moran and Damian Espinosa at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda

7:00 Junkyard Jet, The Rosetones, The Broken, Beta Dogs, The Wild Oscars at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

7:00, 10:30 Rahsaan Patterson at City Winery, $55-75

7:00 Mafia de la Calle with Chino Pacas, Calle 24 at Aragon Ballroom, $107-147

7:00 Julia Merchant at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret

7:00-3:00 Dummy, Lollygagger, Torch the Hive at Liar's Club, Eve of The Eve

7:00 The Jukebox Heroes at Mrs Murphy’s

7:00 Zakk Sabbath, The Native Howl at Concord Music Hall, $32

7:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet with Bradley Williams, Stacy Mcmichael, Dez Desermeaux, ++ at Le Piano

7:00-11:00 Milk Swarm, And Then What, Brinstarr at Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10

7:00 I Fight Dragons, Jennifer Hall, Boy Meets Robot at Bottom Lounge, sold out

x 7:00 The End Is Near Electronic Audio Improvisation hosted by Alex Wilson with AQ + Nick Noise, Meryhew + Zalek, visuals by Ruby Que at Agitator Artist Collective, $10

7:00 Triple Replay Band at Stadium Club McCook, Pre NYE Party

7:00 Semple Band, Nick Sanzeri at Stage 119 Elmhurst, $10

7:00-10:00 The Danhattans at Shanahans Woodridge

7:00 Billy Gray, The Rangers, Lucas Matthew at Brauer House BHouse Live Lombard, $10-20

7:00 Judson Main at Sketchbook Evanston

7:00 The Sunday Candles modern rock at The Quarry Thornton

7:00 Common Allies with The Ashe Brothers at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield

7:30, 9:30 Bosman Twins Quintet with Dwayne Bosman, Dwight Bosman, Kevin Fort, Marlene Rosenberg, Greg Artry at Winters Jazz Club, $33-38

7:30-4:30a Rico McFarland Band, Joanna Connor Band at Kingston Mines, $20

7:30-1:00a We <3 Soul with DJs Sean Alvarez, Duane Powell, Joe Kollege, DJ Akari at Promontory, $20, 14th Annual Pre-NYE Celebration "The Party of The Year"

x 7:30 Umphrey's McGee, lespecial at Riviera Theatre, $39-95

x 7:30 Freddy Jones Band, The Nadas at Park West, $35

7:30-10:00 ReTurn2Soul at Encore Little Gem Oak Park

x 7:30-11:00 Johnny Burnett at Hotel Baker Rox City Grill St Charles

7:30 Big Sky Ensemble at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-35

7:30 Dave Martin at Stage Left Cafe Woodstock, $15

7:30-10:30 65 North Pickers at Light The Lamp Brewery Grayslake

7:30 Kashmir tribute to Led Zeppelin, The Lizard Kings tribute to The Doors at The Forge Joliet, $25-40

7:30 65 North Pickers at Light the Lamp Brewery Grayslake

x 8:00 WFMT "The Midnight Special Folkstage" presents "New Years Steve" A Tribute to Steve Goodman with James Curley, Jenny & Robin Bienemann, Naomi Ashley, Dennis Leise, Jon Williams, John Abbey, Stephen Schuch live from WFMT Studios on WFMT

x 8:00 Sam Hudgens, Walker, Corn on my Dinner Plate at Martyrs, $15

8:00 Maiden Chicago tribute to Iron Maiden, Sabbatha tribute to Black Sabbath, Reign in Blood tribute to Slayer at Reggies Rock Club, $12

8:00 The Delta Waves at Beat Kitchen, $15

8:00 DJ Soup Time, Tommy Kladis, Vibes on Logan at Schubas, Meet Me Downstairs

8:00 The Symposium, Health Club, Lil Dusty G at Subterranean, sold out

x 8:00 Battle of the Saxes with Pat Mallinger, Kevin Kizer, Jeremy Kahn, Brian Sandstrom, Kyle Swan at Green Mill, $20

8:00, 10:00 Marquis Hill Composers’ Collective at Jazz Showcase, $35-50

8:00 BTS Express with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00 Mt. Joy at Salt Shed, $?-200

8:00 Eske, Daywalker, Disinfo, The Reaganomics, xOraclesx at Cobra Lounge, $15

8:00 Daarling, Dead Dog, Spliff at Gman Tavern, $12-15

8:00-3:00a Hurricane Reggae Band hosted by DJ G Sharp at Wild Hare, free until 8:00

8:00-10:30 Guitarra Azul at Artango Bar & Steakhouse, RSVP

8:00 Gerald McClendon, Tila Von Twirl at Untitled, Eve of The Eve

8:00 505 tribute to Arctic Monkeys, Evil tribute to Interpol at Cubby Bear, $7

x 8:00 Shemekia Copeland, Nathan Graham at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $42

8:00-11:00 Jimmy Nick at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge

8:00 All American Throwbacks at Q Bar Darien, $10-14, Emo Dance Party

8:00 Pleazure Cruze Kevin Presbrey Project at The Venue Aurora, $15-30

x 8:00 BoDeans, Turn Turn Turn at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $59-89

x 8:00 The Lemonheads perform "Come on Feel The Lemonheads", Kiwi Jr. at SPACE Evanston, sold out, small number at door?

8:00 7th Heaven, Serendipity at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $15

8:00 Dan McGuinness at Beacon Tap Des Plaines

8:00 Eliminator tribute to ZZ Top, Midnight Rider tribute to Allman Brothers at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-39

8:00 Bad Motor Scooter tribute to Sammy Hagar, The Soul Chasers at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $5-20

8:00 Nate Chapman North Compass at Black Lung Brewing Company Round Lake Beach

8:00 Creedence Revived tribute to CCR at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $20-60

8:00 R-Gang Motown at Broken Oar Port Barrington

8:00-11:00 Danny Patten, Mike Ryan, Paul Wheatland, Mike Berry, Andy Maar tribute to Pink Floyd at Main Street Outfitters Wauconda

8:00-11:00 Trouble Ahead tribute to The Grateful Dead ++ at Teddy O'Brian's Highwood

8:00-1:00a Tim Spinnin Schommer, Mr. Mixx & Tony O at Brauer House Lombard, $7-15, Pre-NYE Oldschool House Party

8:00 DTCB Trio at The Studio Lockport

8:00 Anthony Hamilton at Horseshoe Casino Hammond, $90-99

x 8:00 Trapper Schoepp at Kiki's House of Righteous Music Madison WI, $15, going fast

x 8:30 Opal Vinopal record release, Local Motive, The Locals, Jackson Kidder at Hideout, $12

8:30 The Eradicator, Royal dog, Distants, Mulva at Reggies Music Joint, $12-15

X 8:30 Robbie Fulks Duets with Joe Dempsey, Christian Sedelmyer, Beau Sample, Don Stiernberg, Robbie Gjersoe, Laura Cantrell, Bill Kirchen at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $39-50

8:30 Patois at Friendly Tap Berwyn

8:30 Rocks Sandwich at Quigley’s Naperville

8:30 Karla & The Phat Cats at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

8:30 Anne & Mark Burnell, ++ at Rhapsody Theater, $30-40, 20th annual Eve of the Eve Show

9:00 Nnamdï & Friends, Monobody at Empty Bottle, $20

9:00 Peter Cunningham & Friends at Hungry Brain, $10

9:00, 11:00 Sheryl Youngblood Band at Rosa’s, $15-25, Tennessee Whiskey

9:00 Funky Mojo Daddy, Sean McKee at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $25

9:00 Smiley Tillmon Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00

x 9:00 Uncle Pigeon, Urban Twang, Missy Vaughn-Dean & the Love Supreme at Gallery Cabaret

9:00 Ride the Lightning tribute to Metallica, Rat Salad tribute to Black Sabbath at LiveWire Lounge, $10

9:00 Kevan Eftekhari at Tack Room

x 9:00, 11:00 Ivan Singh at Dorian's, $10 after 8:00

x 9:00 The Dyes, The Amazing Heebie Jeebies at Outta Space, $10, New Years Eve-Eve

9:00 The Simple Remedy at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

9:00 Hair at Ballydoyle Aurora

9:00-11:00 Ry Guys at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

9:00 Hillbilly Rockstarz at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett

9:00 Hi Infidelity at Durty Nellies Palatine, $5

9:00-12:00 Liquid Faction at Madcats Palatine, $5

9:00 Tipsy Phuddled at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry

9:00 Disco Circus at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5

9:00 Brother John Kattke Quartet with Geoff Lowe, Larry Ortega, Doug Corcoran at The Irish Patriot Orland Park

9:00-1:00a DJ Famous at Dockside Ottawa, Pre New Years Eve Warm Up with Champagne and Snacks provided

9:30-12:30m The Nitz & Howe Experience at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret, $5

9:30 Trailer Park Twisters at Carol's Pub, $5

9:30-2:00a Gerry Hundt Power Trio at The House Pub St. Charles, $5

9:30 Pierce Crask at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, Nightcap free music series

10:00-1:00 The Masters Collection Pre NYE Balloon Drop party at The Tonk/Honky Tonk BBQ

10:00 Matt Martin Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00-1:00a GooRoos at Firewater Saloon Edison Park

10:00 DJ MoBeeThicc at Cole's Bar

10:00 Cloudy at The Whistler

10:00 Feel Good Country Boys at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP

10:30 Chinchano at Andy's, $15

10:30 DJ GXP at Stadium Club McCook, End of the Year Dance Party

11:00 Petra Van Nuis, Dennis "Deluxe" Luxon at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show