Saturday 8/5/23

Aug 05, 2023

Saturday!

All over town and beyond, there are great music events… read on, then get out to see one or more if you can…

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11:00a Bluegrass Brunch at Beat Kitchen

11:00a Gerry Hundt at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park

11:00a Gabriel Datcu at City News Cafe

12:00n Mike Giannini at FitzGeralds Patio, Rockabilly Brunch

1:00 Shooter at Dockside Ottawa

Shades of Blue at South Asia Institute, 1925 S Michigan, RSVP

2:00 Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo film screening

3:30 Kabir Dalawari Trio jazz

4:14 Shiwali Tenner Kathak Dance

4:45 Kabir Dalawari Trio jazz

5:30 Shiwali Tenner Kathak Dance

6:00 Ivan Singh rocking blues

Thirsty Ears Classical Music Festival on Wilson between Hermitage and Ravenswood

Main Stage

2:00 Masso Quartet

3:00 Bach to Beethoven Experience

4:00 Crossing Borders Music

5:00 Chicago Chamber Music Fest

6:00 Wurtz-Berger Duo

7:00 Windy City Strings

8:00 Black Oak Ensemble

9:00 Gustavo Leone

9:30 Mini Sound of Silent Film Festival

Kid Zone

2:00 Instrument Petting Zoo

3:00 Jenny Viets

4:00 Dawn Marie’s Toddler Jam

5:00 Magic Rob

2:00 Open House, Open Decks at Golden Dagger

2:00 Petty Kings, Atomic Blonde at Broken Oar Port Barrington

2:00 Nicole Devine at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

2:00 Sing Around at Two Way Street Coffee House Downers Grove

3:00 Paper Machete at Green Mill

3:00 Mojo 49 at Northman Riverwalk

x 4:00 Soul Message Band at FitzGeralds Patio, Organ Trio

4:00 Sean Heffernan at Hey Nonny, RSVP, Heyday Happy Hour

x 4:00 Cheap Talking Wine at Cary's Lounge

4:00 Activating the Sun Ra Archive at MCA, organized by Experimental Sound Studio and Otez Gary

5:00 Neil Dixon Smith & Judy Lei at Montrose Saloon in the Garden

5:00 Matt Hendricks at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

5:00 J.Cabb at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour

5:00 Keithen Banks at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca

5:00 Jonny Lyons & The Pride, Jazz Central at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge

5:00 Jade 50's at Durty Nellies Palatine, $20, Dinner Show

5:30 Alicia “Yah Yah” Townsend acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends

5:30 Mudvayne at Tinley Park Amphitheatre, $12+

6:00, 8:15 Marques Carroll Quintet at Andy’s, $15

6:00 Eric Hochberg Trio with Alyssa Allgood at Catch 35

6:00 The KPilla Experience at Northman Riverwalk

6:00 Emily Wolfe, Trapper Schoepp at Cobra Lounge, $19

6:00 Mokena Mike & John Weeks at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

6:00 Joey Wilbur at The Wine Exchange St. Charles

6:30 Matt Rhodes & The Hurtin Kind at Reclaimed Patio, RSVP $10

6:30 Pierce Crask at Exit Strategy Brewing Co Forest Park

6:30 Connie Garritano at J. Fleming’s Absolutely Delicious Westmont

6:30 Infunktious at Preservation Geneva

7:00 Kyle Downs and Felonious Drunk, Cosmic Bull, Turning Birds, Corduroy Cat, Resounding Wayves at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

7:00a Tom Holland at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park

7:00 Coral Moons, The Alright Maybes, Kelsey Montanez at Subterranean, $12

7:00 The Suburbanists, Rent Strike, Rodeo Boys, The Last Great Riot at LiveWire Lounge, $10

7:00 Joeyy at Avondale Music Hall, RSVP

7:00 Kieran Byrne at Mrs Murphy’s

7:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet at Le Piano

7:00 Clean Plate Club at The Dock at Montrose Beach

x 7:00 Kevin Gordon Trio at FitzGeralds Patio, $20?

7:00, 9:30 Daniel Villarreal at SPACE Evanston, $17-27

7:00 Alex Teller at Blue Island Beer Co

7:00 Hugo Elvis tribute to The King at Stadium Club McCook

7:00 Jeff Abruzino at Beacon Tap Des Plaines

7:00 The Niche at Shanahans Woodridge

7:00 Belinda Davids tribute to Whitney Houston at Hard Rock Gary IN, $29-40

7:00 Classic tribute to Female Classic Rock at The Quarry Thornton

7:00 Downtown Charlie Brown Blues Band at Ballydoyle Aurora

7:00 Scott Niekelski at Rosie O'Hare's East Dundee

7:30, 9:30 Jeremy Kahn Quartet with Angel Spiccia at Winters Jazz Club, $25-30

7:30 Vino Louden Blues Band, Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20

x 7:30 Lionel Richie with Earth, Wind, & Fire at United Center, $32+

7:30 Judson Main at Burning Bush Brewery

7:30 ReTurn2Soul at Encore Little Gem Oak Park

7:30 The Music of ABBA tribute to ABBA at Rosemont Theatre, $27-85

7:30 Creedence Revived tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-59

7:30 See Alice at Grandpa’s Place Lang Hall Glenview

7:30 Metal Night with Turbonitro, Bible of the Devil, It Burns at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

7:30 Jack Whittle Trio at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

8:00 Anything Is Everything, Madame Reaper, Así Así, Blinker at Beat Kitchen, $15

8:00 Geof Bradfield Quintet at Green Mill, $15

8:00, 10:00 Alexander McLean Project at Jazz Showcase, $30-45

8:00 Luke Pytel Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago

8:00 Devin B. Thompson at Untitled, followed by late night DJ dance party

8:00 Joe Di Zillo, Strawberry Blonde at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $10

8:00 Mood Puppies at Gallery Cabaret

8:00 Mike and the Moonpies at Joe's On Weed Street, $18

8:00 Summer Son at Joe's On Weed Street Rooftop, RSVP

8:00 Guilty by Association at O's Tap

8:00 Mulligan Stew at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center

8:00 Guitarra Azul at Artango Bar & Steakhouse

8:00 Indika Reggae Band hosted by DJ G Sharp at Wild Hare, $15

8:00 The Noize at Hard Rock Chicago

X 8:00 The Art & Music of Jon Langford and his Fancymen at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10, 6:00 door

8:00 Noches de parranda with Banda Los Montoya, Vanguardia, Los Coroneles, Nuevo Terreno, Banda Ayparen at Distro Music Hall Berwyn, $30

8:00 Rock a La Carte tribute to Queen at The Venue Aurora, $20-25

x 8:00 Country Doctors at Toadstool Pub Highwood

8:00 Marcus Rezak's Gumbo tribute to Phish at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood

8:00 Block Chain Coalition at Broken Oar Port Barrington

8:00 Disco 90's at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $25-80

8:00 My Metal Heart at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $15-25

8:00 Stayin Alive tribute to the Bee Gees at RiverEdge Park Aurora, $20

8:00 Redline Audio at Q Bar Darien, $5-15

5:00 Poor Pauly, The Bad Excuses, Wunderlitch at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10

8:00 Replay at Austin Community Tavern Steger

8:30 Jeremy Freeze, IE, Static Paisley at Hideout, $12-15

8:30 Zack Fedor & The Long Goodbyes, Shannon Baker and The Burners, Los Black Dogs at Golden Dagger, $12

8:30 Price, Ernst, Rempis, Sugimoto, Giallorenzo at Constellation, $15

8:30 Relative Intensity Noise at Elastic Arts, $15

x 8:30 The Otis Clay Tribute Concert with Joe Barr, Mickey Drucker, Willie Rogers, Joe Pratt and The Otis Clay Band at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $25

8:30 Albion West at Hey Nonny, RSVP, Free Summer Show Series

8:30 Adam Ezra at Des Plaines Theatre Bourbon ‘N Brass Speakeasy, $19

x 8:30 Michael McDermott at Northbrook Days Festival

8:30 Prairie Surfers at Quigley’s Naperville

8:30 La Obra tribute to Selena Quintanilla Perez at The Piazza Aurora, $20-30

8:30 Kicked Outta Choir at Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora

9:00 The Gories, Skip Church, The Stools at Empty Bottle, $25, sold out, limited number at door

9:00 Meagan Mcneal, DJ Wizzard at Reggies Music Joint, $25

9:00, 11:00 Gemini Project presented by Isaiah Collier at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:00

9:00 Jimmy Burns, Chicago Blues Angels at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $25

9:00 Indie Nite Indie Rock & Indie Pop Dance Party at Chop Shop, $30

9:00 Nick Moss Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00

9:00 Daryl Nitz and Ester Hana at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret

9:00 The Kansas Thorns at The Thirsty Tavern

9:00, 11:00 Mike Wheeler Band at Rosa’s, $10-25

9:00 Kevan Eftekhari at Tack Room

9:00 The Scovilles at FitzGeralds Sidebar

9:00 Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack at Harlem Avenue Lounge Berwyn

9:00 Rok Brigade tribute to Def Leppard at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $5

9:00 Invisible Cartoons at Madcats Palatine, $5

9:00 40 Years Gone Band at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge

9:00 the Mackenzie O'Brien Band at Saddle Up at Q Aurora, $5-75

9:30 Ipop at Bub City Rosemont, RSVP

10:00 DJ Frail 808 at House of Blues Foundation Room, RSVP

10:00 Saturday luv with Ryan the Person, Cöshe at California Clipper

10:00 Leo Season Dance Party with DJ Jivan Ivan at Cole’s Bar

10:00 AC Slater, Kaleena Zanders, Phox at Concord Music Hall, $25

10:00 Soul Shakin' by DJ Khali Melon, with DJs Lacasa, Mobeethicc, Psylo Soundz at Giant Penny Whistle

10:00 Odesza at Prysm, sold out?

10:00 Meduza, Alex Kislov at Radius Cermak Hall, sold out?

10:00 Odd Mob, Basura Boys at Spybar, $35

10:00 Lively, Nils Hoffman, Ixto, Nax at Primary Night Club, $24

10:00 Solardo, Ose, Twan, Maximo Quinones at Sound Bar, $25-30

10:00 DJ #Feelgood at The Whistler

10:00 Garrett Speer at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:30 Thaddeus Tukes at Andy’s, $15

11:00 L'Impératrice, Josh Fudge at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited number at door

11:00 Bakar, Yeek DJ Set at Reggies Rock Club, $25-30

11:00 Michelle, Girl K at Schubas, $20-22, sold out

11:00 Neil Frances, DJ Lloyd at Lincoln Hall, $25, sold out

11:00 Thee Sacred Souls, Los Aptos at Sleeping Village, $35, sold out, limited number at box office

11:00 A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Skizzy Mars at Metro, $55-60, sold out

11:00 Maisie Peters, Claire Rosinkranz at House of Blues, $30

11:00 Loveless at Subterranean, $25, sold out

11:00 Sudan Archives, Harry Edohoukwa at Bottom Lounge, $25

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

11:00 DJ Esteban and DJ Danny Dan at The Owl Bar