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✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ It's Jen & Jerome Fest III Day! ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶

Nov 17, 2024

Sunday!

Today is the day for Jen & Jerome Fest III at FitzGeralds! Please come enjoy all the great bands, friends old and new, food and drink while doing good with the Greater Chicago Food Depository!

And of course there are more great music event opportunities to enjoy in and around Chicago today and tonight… read on for the details, and get out to enjoy one or more if you can… Thanks for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List!

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8:30a Environmental Encroachment at Reggies Music Joint, free, brass, circus, jass

10:00a-12:00n Joey Halbur at The Lodge Antioch, acoustic breakfast

10:30a-2:30 Fred Cantu's Strollin' Dixieland Trio at Parkers' Restaurant & Bar Downers Grove

11:00a ? at City News Cafe, blues

11:00a-1:00 Pierce Crask at The Moment on Main Market Wheaton

11:30a Dan Fuchs, Ben Zorn, Rachel Kazez at Beat Kitchen, free, Sunday Spotlight Brunch

X 12:00 Jen & Jerome Fest III at FitzGeralds, $28+ benefits Greater Chicago Food Depository

Nightclub

12:00-1:15 Decoy Prayer Meeting, Country Brunch

1:40-2:25 Sears Tower of Folk

2:50-3:35 The Menards

4:00-4:45 Kent Rose and the Remedies

5:15-6:00 Real Pretenders

Sidebar

1:00-1:45 Rachel Drew Band

2:10-2:55 Ed Burch and the Cherry Blossoms

3:20-4:05 Grit and the Double Knit

4:30-5:15 Greasy Gravy

5:45-6:30 Cheryl Tomblin

7:00-7:45 Judson Claiborne

8:15-??? All-Star Finale with Naomi Ashley, Andon Davis, Rachel Drew, Benjamin Ezra,

Miguel H Gonzalez, Michael Krayniak, Kip Rainey, Linda Weseman

12:00n The Bruce Henry Quartet with Thaddeus Tukes at City Winery, $15, plus $25 buffet add-on, WDCB jazz brunch

12:00n-4:00 Lauren Ashley Hall at Pippins Tavern

12:00n? Andy Pratt & Petra van Nuis at Hemingway's Bistro Oak Park

12:30 Pub Church with Pastor Craig and Every Day Grace at Pub 78

1:00 Sunday Session hosted by Irish Music School of Chicago at Mrs Murphy’s

1:00-4:00 Shea Marie at Preservation Geneva

2:00-5:00 Rich Sawyer at Sew Hopped Brewing Co Huntley

2:00-5:00 SameBoat at Milk Money Brewing La Grange

2:00-6:00 Judson Claiborne at Arlington Heights Memorial Library

2:00 Semple Band at Broken Oar Port Barrington

2:00-5:00 Rich Sawyer at Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley

2:00-11:00 Blackberry Jam Duo with Jeff Anthony & Tom Yurick at Sundance Saloon Mundelein

2:00 Sunday Spotlight hosted by John Condron with guests Tom and Becky at Chicago Street Pub Joliet

x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs, Honky Tonk Sundays

3:00-5:00 Uptown Poetry Slam at Green Mill, $10

3:00 Daniil Trifonov piano at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $49-299

3:00 Lincoln String Quartet at Northeastern Illinois University Recital Hall, free, presented by CSO

3:00-6:00 Club Crib at The Tonk, r&b, soul

3:00-6:00 Grateful Gary's Magic Bus tribute to The Grateful Dead at On Tour Brewing

3:00 University Chamber Orchestra at Logan Center for The Arts, University of Chicago, free

3:00 Music of Josef Rheinberger with Voice of Madonna at Madonna Della Strada Loyola University

3:00-7:00 "El Corolla" Afro-Cuban Jam Session at Humboldt Park

3:00 ? Sunday Church with Reverend Herb at Liar's Club ?

x 3:00-5:00 Maggie's Farm at Friendly Tap Berwyn, Sunday matinee, roots americana

3:00 Northwestern Concert Band at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Northwestern University, $6, $4 students, Bienen ensembles

3:00 ATLYS Sonnenberg Suite at Nichols Concert Hall Evanston, free

3:00-6:00 Johnny Don't at Church Street Brewing Taproom Itasca

3:00 Lucky Pickers at Mackey's Hideout McHenry, Caleb's Birthday

3:00 Telstar at Toadstool Pub Highwood

3:00 Danny Lai and friends at Northbrook Public Library, free RSVP

3:00 Superfly Redneck at Jamo's Mokena, free

3:30 Bear Williams Band at Reggies Music Joint, free

3:30 ? The Barb & Barrett Show at Cary's Lounge ?

3:30-4:15 Celtic Influences in American Folk Music with Mike Austin and James Conway at Irish American Heritage Center, OTSFM and iBAM present

x 3:30 “Chicago 1971, The Story of the Night Steve Goodman introduced Kris Kristofferson to John Prine" with John Ballantyne and his band at Impact Fuel Room Libertyville, $18-30, music, story, pictures

4:00, 8:00 Columbia College Jazz Ensemble directed by Scott Hall with Drummer Kendrick Scott at Jazz Showcase, $25-40

4:00-6:00 Trio Dashes at Clara

4:00-6:00 Sura Duprat and the Sidepocket Experience at Woodlawn Tap

4:00-7:00 Sunday Jam Session with John Scoville & Friends at Tre Sorelle Ristorante Oak Park

4:00-6:00 ? Bluegrass Sundays ? at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia ?

4:00-7:00 Torpedo Los at Une Année Brewery & Kitchen Niles

4:00 48th Annual Art of Jazz Concert with guest Michael Rodriguez at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $7-8

x 4:00-6:00 Ian Leith at Sketchbook Brewing Skokie

4:00 Two Generations at Sheely Center for the Performing Arts Northbrook, $0-60

4:00-7:00 Invitational with Jim Sieg and Friends at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

4:00-6:00 Gotham Ramblers at The Roxy Lockport, $10, Irish rock

4:30 Sunday Night Live Original Rock with Single Degree of Freedom, Along the Parallel, A.D.D., Kings by Day, Esculis, Boneshaker at Rookies Rochaus West Dundee, $10+

x 5:00 Stoned at the Jukebox hosted by Reilly Downes & Cody Messick with Clare Doyle, Michael Gay, Brandon Good at Judson & Moore, $10

5:00-8:00 Low-reen & the Maxwell St Market Blues Band hosts the Sunday Chicago Blues Jam at Water Hole

5:00-8:00 Christy Bennett Quartet at Larry's at The Lawrence House

5:00-8:00 Fast Eddie at Emerald Isle

5:00-7:30 Irish & Bluegrass Sundays at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

x 5:00 Joe Hite 'Daybreak' tribute to Barry Manilow at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $39-69

5:00-9:00 ? Moravian, Iris Blue, Elston Ave, My Sister The Heron at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10 ?

5:00 BB Palmer at Law Office Music Hall Yorkville, $20

5:30, 7:30 Judy Carmichael with Eric Schneider, "Spotlight On Judy Carmichael" with onstage interview by Howard Reich at Winters Jazz Club, $10-65

5:30-2:00a Mike Wheeler, ?, Kingston Mines Blues Jam at Kingston Mines, $10, free if jamming

5:30-8:00 The Hilton Hart Project jazz set at Buddy Guy's Legends, free

6:00 Girly Pants, Yin Waster, Willows, The Rescues at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

6:00 Zinadelphia, Claire Ernst at Beat Kitchen, sold out

6:00, 8:15 Andy Brown Quartet at Andy’s Jazz Club, $20

6:00-7:30 The Barefoot Hawaiian Hula Show at Chef Shangri-La Riverside

6:00 Tehya Shapiro trumpet and Arlo Hollander trombone at Regenstein Master Class Room Northwestern University Evanston, free, student recitals

6:00 University Singers at Galvin Recital Hall Northwestern University Evanston, $6, $4 students, Bienen ensembles

x 6:00-9:00 Steve Dawson & Tommi Zender duo, DJ Pickled Beets at Art Makers Output Evanston, $25-30 BYOB, comp Sketchbook beer & La Principal apps, Outpost After Dark

6:00-9:00 Jazz Jam at Madcats Palatine

6:30-9:30 ? at Davenport’s Piano Bar

6:30 Roots Thanksgiving Salon “New Perspectives” with Jamie O'Reilly, Peter Swenson Collective, Meg Broz at Tre Kronor, $25, sold out

6:30-10:30 Glad Rags, Hard Femme, Molly Compton at Bramble Arts Loft, $10

6:30-8:00 "Chicago Sings" at Beth Emet Synagogue Evanston, $25, Jewish Rock Radio presents

x 7:00 Andrew Marlin String Band, Rachel Baiman at OTSFM Szold Hall, $30

7:00 The Bad Plus at City Winery, $42-65, jazz

x 7:00 Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros with The Wolfpack, Chicago Philharmonic at Auditorium Theatre, sold out, resale $125+

7:00-11:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at The Tonk, interpreting jazz and hot dance styles of the 1920s and 1930s

x 7:00-10:00 27th annual Jeff Buckley Tribute at Uncommon Ground, $65-70 includes 3 course dinner with soup or salad, entree, dessert, sold out, Monday available, seating at 6:00

7:00-9:00 Billlie at Copernicus Center, $29+

7:00-11:00 Joe Pratt & The Source One Band at The Odyssey East Lounge

7:00-10:00 Amr Fahmy Trio, ++ at Le Piano

7:00-1:30a Eli Winter Trio, WHPK DJs at California Clipper, free, WHPK Presents

7:00 Siren Songs with Cristina Gallo, Jacqueline Victoria Kerns, AnnaLotte Smith at Epiphany Center, free RSVP

7:00-9:00 Shout Section Swing Dance Night at The Venue Aurora, $20-25

7:00-9:00 Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup sheet at 6:30

7:00 Sunday Sessions Open Jam at The Studio Lockport, signup at 6:00

x 7:00 Chicago Skyliners with Bill O'Connell at FitzGeralds Nightclub, free RSVP, Big Band & BBQ

7:30 Caribou, yunè pinku at Salt Shed Indoors, $35-70

7:30 CYSO Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Allen Tinkham at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $40-60

7:30 Chicago HBCU Alumni Choir at Epiphany Center, $40-75, Scholarship fundraiser

x 7:30 Jess Williamson at SPACE Evanston, $22-32

7:30 Orion Ensemble at Nichols Concert Hall Evanston, $30, $25 seniors, $15 students

8:00 Orla Gartland, Emma Harner at Sleeping Village, sold out, wait list, Metro presents

8:00 Torch the Hive, Drawing Class, Carnivore Mommy, Magicks at Reggies Music Joint, $10

8:00 Virgin Whores, Down Not Out, Insult to Injury at Reggies Comedy Shack, $15, Jimmy Mack's 49th B-Day bash

8:00 Jesse Welles at Schubas, $15, sold out

8:00 Dance With The Dead, Korine at Subterranean, $25

x 8:00-12:00m Soul Message with Chris Foreman, Lee Rothenberg, Greg Rockingham at Green Mill, $10

8:00 BTS Express with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00-11:00 Oxlade at Promontory, $50

8:00 Bobby Mahoney, Anything Is Everything, Sparkling Urbana/Jeff Schaller & the Long Way Home at Burlington Bar, $10

8:00 Nervy at Park West, $86+

8:00 Tucker Wetmore, Eli Winders at Joe's on Weed, sold out

8:00 Sunday Jazz Jam Session with Ernest Dawkins Trio at Norman's Bistro

8:00 Sound Obsession with DJ Zipgun Boogie at Dorian's, free

x 8:30 Hashimoto 5 at Simon's Tavern, Scandanavian jazz

8:30 Natacha Diels, Sam Scranton with Nick Meryhew and Andrew Tham at Constellation, $15-18, Frequency Series

8:30-1:30a Katy at The Zebra Lounge

8:30 Crushes at aliveOne

8:30 Calista Ro-Jei Smith soprano at Galvin Recital Hall Northwestern University Evanston, free, student recitals

9:00 Nicky T and the Snake Charmers at Buddy Guy's Legends, $15

9:00 Grady Drugg & The Kabong Band, Prathloons, Toosh at Cole's Bar, $13

9:00 Wills Mckenna’s Path Quintet with Matt Gold, Jeff Swanson, Justin Peterson, Mehtab Kirtan at The Whistler

9:00 listening experience for Fingy "forgive Me, indefinitely" EP at Empty Bottle, free RSVP

x 9:00 VJ Samarama Plays Rock & Roll Videos All Night at Delilah’s

9:30 Oui Ennui/Julian Otis/Alex Wing, Hatcher/Good at Hungry Brain, $15-18

10:00-2:00a Molly Lovette at Welcome To The Farm

10:30-11:45 Andrew Toombs at Andy’s Jazz Club, $20

Jerome’s highlights

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

X = the plan, though that can change