Saturday 8/3/24

Aug 03, 2024

Saturday!

There are lots of great music event opportunities in and around Chicago this weekend… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more of these shows if you can… welcome to new folks and thanks to all for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and getting the word out by sharing Jerome’s Event List!

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11:00a Bluegrass Brunch at Beat Kitchen, free

11:00a Piraguas y Piropos at City News Cafe, Latin jazz

11:30a Shoe Fest Family Brunch at City Winery, $15, plus optional $15-25 buffet add-on

x 12:00n 5 Bones No Waiting at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP

Dancing In The Streets at Chicago Brewing District, Hubbard between Paulina & Wood

1:00 Wood Street Bloodhounds

2:30 Trouble Ahead

4:30 Peach Jam

6:30 Terrapin Flyer

8:30 Terrapin Flyer

x 1:00 Maggie's Farm at Bobby's Eastside Forest Park, free

Live on The Lake at Navy Pier

2:00 Joe Richter, rock

5:30 Leon Timbo, r&b/soul

9:00 Mr. Blotto, jam/rock

2:00-4:00 Sing Around at Two Way Street Downers Grove

2:00-5:00 Matt Keen at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

2:00 Sneezy at Broken Oar Port Barrington

2:00 Hairbangers Ball, Heart to Heartbreaker, Cover Dogs, VVX at Sundance Saloon Outdoor Stage Mundelein, $15

2:00 Pat Owen Leary at Chicago Street Pub Joliet

3:00-5:00 The Sam Robinson Quintet at Northman Riverwalk, jazz

3:00 Tierra Roja Duo at The Tonk, Acoustic Lounge Saturdays

3:00-7:00 Bad Motor Scooter at Jamo's Live Mokena, Sammy Hagar pre-partys

x 3:00 Paper Machete at Green Mill, free

3:00 Backroads Bash Vol 3 Country Mini Fest with The Ultimate tribute to Eric Church, Tennessee Whiskey tribute to Chris Stapleton, Shake It Off tribute to Taylor Swift at Piazza Aurora, $25

x 4:00 Soul Message Band at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP

x 4:00-6:00 Jupiter Trio with Dave Walker, Joe Fournier, Gregory Chojnacki at Friendly Tap

4:00 School of Rock at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

4:00 Kim Schaefer at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, Heyday Saturday Happy Hour

4:30 Laurie Berkner at Ravinia Pavilion, $20

5:00-8:30 Breezy Rodio at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

5:00 Rave Down Music Festival with lovesliescrushing, Drowse, Vyva Melinkolya, Sleepwalk, Sueños, Muted Color, Turquoise at Cobra Lounge, $31-37

5:00 Open Decks with Blemkin & You at Cafe Mustache

5:00 Magnetic Soul, Calculon at Epiphany Center, Golden Hour, free

5:00-8:00 Johnny Martinez at Church Street Brewing Itasca

5:00 Hobie & the Leftovers at Studio Winery & Geneva Lake Distilling Lake Geneva

5:30-8:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Alyssa Allgood at Catch 35

5:30 Billy Flynn acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends, free

6:00, 8:15 Marques Carroll at Andy's, $20

6:00-9:00 Josephine, Orillia at California Clipper, $5 after 7:00

6:00-9:00 Paul Strolia at Palmer Place La Grange

6:00 Charlie Oxbow at Bubblehouse Brewing Lisle

6:00-9:00 Alex Hoffer at The Wine Exchange St Charles

6:00-9:00 Eddy Birth Duo at Riverlands Brewing St Charles

6:00-9:00 Justin Wallace at Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley

6:00 Harmonius Jones at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

6:30 Impulsive Hearts, Renée Catrine, Eliza and the Organix, Mars Ray at Subterranean, $13-15

6:30-10:00 Infunktious at Preservation Geneva

6:30-9:30 Jeff Bartlett Duo at Bliss Wine Lounge Wauconda

6:30 Joe Orozco at Banging Gavel Vogt House Tinley Park

6:30? Will Buccellato at Girl In The Park Orland Park

6:30-9:30 Dan Jeslis at Hickory Creek Brewing New Lenox

x 7:00 Flo Estes with Steve Dawson, Emily Lee at Jarvis Square Pottery, music at 8:00

7:00 Brookwood Drive at The Dock at Montrose Beach

7:00 The Boils at Mrs Murphy’s

7:00-11:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet with Bradley Williams, Stacy McMichael, Dez Desermeaux, ++ at Le Piano

x 7:00 Jason Ringenberg at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP

7:00 Tim Swann at Buckledown Brewing

7:00 Chicago's Own Piano Man at Chef Shangri-La Riverside

7:00-10:00 Elliot Krull at J. Flemings Westmont

7:00 Just Friends at Shanahans Woodridge

7:00 Lynn Nardelli at Ballydoyle Aurora

7:00-10:00 Elliot Quast at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

7:00 True Adkins at Evergreen Pub & Grill St Charles

7:00-9:00 Paulina Project at Fat Shallot Evanston

7:00-9:00 Steve Knight Duo at Take Flight Spirits Skokie

7:00 Barley Priest at Tuscan Wine Market Arlington Heights

7:00 All American Throwbacks, Dollar Giraffes at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $25

7:00-10:00 Justin Frosch at Tighthead Brewing Mundelein

7:00-11:00 Jared Rabin Band, Jonas Friddle with Anna Jacobson, Sara Jean Stevens & the Swamp Angels at Madame Zuzu's Tea House Highland Park

7:00 Sammy Hagar, Loverboy at Tinley Park Amphitheatre, $39-341

7:00 Danger Zone at The Quarry Thornton

7:00 Elijah Svboda at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield

7:00? Terry Byrne at Harp & Fiddle Park Ridge

x 7:00 Gladys Knight at Hard Rock Gary IN

7:00 (8:00 ET) The Chicago Experience tribut to Chicago at Acorn Theatre, $40

7:00 Revisited tribute to ABBA at Belfry Music Theatre Delavan WI, $68-86

7:30-5:00a Toronzo Cannon, Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band, Gerry Hundt acoustic at Kingston Mines, $15

7:30, 9:30 Denise Thimes with Ben Paterson, Marlene Rosenberg, Sam Jewell, Henry Johnson at Winters Jazz Club, $28-38, celebrating the music of Roberta Flack

7:30-9:30 Julia Merchant at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret

7:30-10:30 Cat Tag, Saint Romanov, Vatos Tristes, Stanczyk at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10

7:30-10:30 Aaron Williams Duo at Pal Joeys Batavia

7:30-10:00 The Magic tribute to Barry Manilow at Moonlight Theatre St Charles, $30

7:30 Kevin Purcell & The Root Doctors at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $18-35

x 7:30 Expo '76 at The Lyric Blue Island, $40, 2nd Anniversary

x 8:00 There's Still Time, Donna Frost, Reverie Stone at Montrose Saloon

x 8:00 Sunny War at OTSFM Szold Hall, $28

8:00-12:00m Jean-Michel Pilc Trio with Sam Minaie, Jared Lippi at Green Mill, $20

8:00, 10:00 Charles McPherson Quartet with George Fludas, Dennis Carroll, Richard Johnson at Jazz Showcase, $30-45

8:00 BTS Express with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00-9:00 This Performance Is Protest at Davenport’s Cabaret, $30, 2 drink minimum, profit to Palestinian aid

8:00 13 Monsters, Chicago Dad Pop Punk at Thirsty Tavern

8:00 Ed Gershon, Dave Tamkin at Uncommon Ground, sold out

x 8:00-10:00 Greasy Gravy at Lizard's Liquid Lounge

8:00 Night Beams 11 at Illuminated Brew Works, An Evening of Mostly Modular Synth Jams

8:00-10:00 The Quarantinis at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center, free

8:00 WAW, Tyranny of Dave, H Eye at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, $10

8:00 Lo Essencial tribute to Caifanes, Lluvia Gris tribute to Héroes del Silencio, Sueños Líquidos tribute to Mana at Cubby Bear, $20, Chicago Rock Ensamble Tributos presents

8:00 Textbook, Wimp, Anxiety Patrol at LiveWire Lounge, $15

8:00-3:00a Johnny Payne & The True Believers hosted by DJ G Sharp at Wild Hare, free before 8:00, Saturday Night Reggae Party

8:00 Gerald McClendon at Untitled Supper Club

8:00-10:30 Cuban Jazz at Artango Restaurant

8:00 Lauren Hall at Clara

x 8:00 Woolly Rhinos at Ville-a-palooza Canaryville

8:00-1:00a DnBID with Renan and Stunna at Epiphany Center, free

8:00 Ukrainian Vechornytsi & Stepan Giga Charity Event at Epiphany Center, $65

x 8:00 The Verve Pipe at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $42-52

8:00 Acton's Dictum, On Hiatus, Lamp, Disinfect at Outta Space Berwyn, $10

8:00 August James Band at Stadium Club Hodgkins

8:00 RadiO-M-G at Pub 78 Brookfield

8:00 American Cash tribute to Johnny Cash at Salerno's Pizza Hodgkins

8:00-11:00 Fuze Band at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge, $10

x 8:00-11:00 Bill Czerny at Roadhouse 38 Lombard

x 8:00 Melody Angel at The Venue Aurora, $20-30

8:00-11:00 Alabaster at Sidecar Beer Garden Batavia, $5

x 8:00 Ricky Skaggs at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $49-89

x 8:00 Jon Cleary at SPACE Evanston, $27-37

8:00 The Perqs at Grandpa's Place Lang Hall Glenview

8:00 Our House tribute to the music of CSNY by their friends & family at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-89

8:00 Super Sonic Survivors at Bannerman's Bartlett

x 8:00-1:00a Johnny Burnett at Shirley's Piano Bar Barrington

8:00 Pino Farina Band at Broken Oar Port Barrington

8:00 Billy Nixon at Main Street Outfitters Wauconda

8:00 Marty Kavetschanky Rock at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach

8:00 The Orange Vega at Black Lung Brewing Fox Lake

8:00 7 Summers tribute to Morgan Wallen, DJ AK aftershow at The Vixen McHenry, $20

8:00-11:00 McLuhan at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

8:00 The Buzz Worthys at Mickey Finn's Libertyville

8:00 The Luxmen at Toadstool Pub Highwood

8:00-11:05 Fluffy at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood

8:00 Sniper at At The Office Crestwood

8:00 Gregg Hill, Jerry Bern at Austin Community Tavern Steger

x 8:30 The Minks, Thompson Springs, Ione at Hideout, $15

8:30 Her Only Light Connie Converse 100th Birthday Celebration with Emmy Bean, Ronnie Kuller and friends at Constellation, $25

8:30-11:30 Gatorwater at Cary's Lounge

x 8:30 Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes, Rachel Drew & John Szymanski at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-30

8:30-11:59 Superfly Symphony at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, $5

8:30 Brandy Phillips & the R&B Divas tribute to Tina Turner at Club Arcada St Charles, $15

8:30 Love & Rock at Durty Nellies Rooftop Palatine, $10

8:30 The Shades at Station 34 Mount Prospects

9:00 Johnny Kilroy, T’Roche, Trophy Boi, D2G at Reggies Music Joint, $15-20

9:00 Music for the Masses Dark 80's New Wave Nite with DJ Jeff Moyer at Beat Kitchen, $20

9:00 Alejandro Salazar Quartet with Erez Dessel, Tyler Wagner, Aaron Kaufman-Levine at Hungry Brain, $15

9:00, 11:00 Erthe St. James at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:00

9:00 Breezy Rodio, ? at Buddy Guy's Legends, $25

9:00 Liz Mandeville Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00

9:00 Daryl Nitz and ? at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret, $5

9:00 Danny Blanco at The Tonk, Back to the Future Billboard Hot 100 Tribute

9:00-1:00a Mary Rose Reuth, Cale Zepernick, Rota, Leech Lake at Gallery Cabaret

9:00 Knuckleball, ++ at The Humboldt Jungle, $10

9:00-12:00m Kevan Eftekhari at Tack Room

9:00-1:00a Windy City Rev Ups at Briny Swine

9:00 Deftones After Party with Sad Machine tribute to Smashing Pumpkins, White Pony tribute to Deftones, Succubus tribute to Incubus at Distro Music Hall Berwyn, $25

9:00 DJ RDouble at House of Blues Foundation Room, guest list RSVP required

9:00 Broadway Rave Musical Theatre Dance Party at Subterranean, $20-23

9:00 My Best Friend Tom at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

9:00 Smokin' Gunz at Saddle Up at Q Aurora, $5-75, Line Dancing at 6:00

9:00-12:00 Bottled Blues at Madcats Palatine, $5

9:00 Joseph Huber at Mackey's Hideout McHenry, $15

9:00-11:30 Mockstar at Jamo's Live Mokena, $5-7

9:00 Wrought Iron Soul at The Irish Patriot Orland Park

9:30, 11:00 Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band at Rosa's Lounge, $20-30, Cadillac Assembly Line

9:30 Cowboy Co. The Country Music Show at Carol’s Pub, $8-10

9:30 Eric Quigley at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, RSVP, Nightcap Music Series

9:30 Satalyte Gypsies at The Irish Rebel Oak Lawn

10:00 3734 Evolution Orange with Vanity Vixen, DJ Paneer, La Gitana at Sleeping Village Main Bar, free, techno, juke, house, ++

10:00-3:00a Killer Mike, Mother Nature at Promontory, $41, Lolla aftershow

10:00 Snooze, Bitcrush, Narrow/Arrow, Kindkind at Burlington Bar

10:00 Street Fever, Beth Sawltz, Problems, Necklace Jar at Cole’s Bar, $15

10:00 Mersiv, A Hundred Drums, Seth David at Concord Music Hall, $25, Lolla Aftershow

10:00 Cults at Outset, $31+, Lolla aftershow

10:00 Fletcher Rockwell at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

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

10:00 The Reckoning at Mom's Place

10:00 DJ Feelgood at The Whistler

10:00 DJ Boathouse at aliveOne

10:00 Strawdawg at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP

10:00 The Birkenrocks at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5

10:15 Treaty Oak Revival, Wyatt Weaver Band at Joe's Live Rosemont, $26

10:30 Millie Ahearn at Andy’s, $20

11:00 Slow Pulp, Official Claire at Empty Bottle, $31, Lolla aftershow

11:00 The Last Dinner Party, King Isis at Thalia Hall, sold out, Lolla aftershow, limited number at door

11:00 Two Door Cinema Club, Worry Club at Metro, $52-56, Lolla aftershow

11:00 Hanabie, We Weren’t Invited at Reggies Rock Club, $21-26, sold out, Lolla aftershow

11:00 Teezo Touchdown, Kyle Dion at Lincoln Hall, $31, sold out, Lolla aftershow

11:00 Briscoe, Sam Nelson Harris at Schubas, $21, Lolla aftershow

11:00 grentperez, Sundial at Chop Shop, $52, sold out, wait list, Lolla aftershow

11:00 Tate McRae at House of Blues, sold out, resale $202+

11:00 Vince Staples, godly the ruler at The Vic Theatre, sold out?, Lolla aftershow

11:00 Waterparks, Nightly at Park West, $30, Lolla aftershow

11:00-1:00a Petra Van Nuis, Dennis "Deluxe" Luxon at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show

11:00 Wilderado, Happy Landing at Bottom Lounge, sold outs

Jerome’s highlights

x = recommended, interested, of note to me or friends

X = the plan, though that can change