Sunday 12/10/23

Dec 10, 2023

Sunday!

Lots of Holiday Season fun music and market events in and around Chicago on this wonderful Sunday… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more of these events if you can… welcome to our new subscribers, and thanks very much to all for reading, subscribing to, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List with others who are passionate about music!

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10:15a Mr Dave Music at FitzGeralds XMAS Tent, $25/Family, Holiday Family Fun

11:00a-2:00 Musical Brunch Series with Jared Rabin at Madame Zuzu's Teahouse Highland Park

11:00a The Do-Rights, New Orleans Jazz at City News Cafe

11:00, 1:00 Charlie Brown Christmas Brunch with The Kevin Fort Trio at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $10

Sun 12/10? 11:00a Sundays at Rockefeller at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago

12:00n 2nd Annual Schubas Winter Market at Schubas

12:00n-3:00 Holiday Jamboree with Squeezbox DJ in SPACE, live music on Union Stage, Santa, Facepainting at SPACE Evanston and Union Pizzeria
12:00n The Hogmires
12:45 Pierce Crask
1:30 Bowmanville
2:15 Billingsley & Earp

12:00n-6:00 Christmas Market at Copernicus Center

12:00n Ambient Brunch with Zeetus Lapetus at Cafe Mustache

12:00n-6:00 Rum Punch Brunch with The Wild Hare Sound System and NFL Games at Wild Hare

12:00n Krampus Market curated by Street Artz Alliance at Blue Island Beer Company

x 1:00-4:00 The Mountainaires at Outta Space, $10, Bluegrass 'n' Bloodies

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

1:00 Holiday Pop-Up Shopping at Illuminated Brew Works

1:00-4:00 Matt Kiser at Preservation Geneva, Sunday Funday Island Getaway Steel Drum Party

1:00 Jane Lynch with Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, The Tony Guerrero Quintet at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $42-80, A Swingin' Little Christmas

1:30 Introducing works of Charles de Lint with By Sharon and Richard Price at City News Cafe

2:00 Sip 'n Shop and Toys for Tots at Fuller’s Pub

2:00 Lynn Nardelli at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange

2:00 Just Us Chickens with callers Med Dedolph and Georges Augustin at Grace Lutheran Glen Ellyn, $5-15, All-Ages West Suburban Barn Dance

2:00 Junk Drawer Masterpiece hosted by Kelsie Morway at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach

2:00 7th Heaven's Nick and Adam duo at Broken Oar Port Barrington

2:00 Sounds of Christmas with the Joliet American Legion Band at Rialto Square Theater Joliet, food/non-perishable donation

x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs

3:00 Club Crib at Honky Tonk BBQ/The Tonk

3:00 CSO members perform Home Alone in Concert at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $99-375

3:00-6:00 Sunday Daydream at On Tour Brewing Company

3:00 Gregory Stewart tribute to Nat King Cole at Mercury Theatre Venus Cabaret Theater, $61-71, Just One of Those Things ++

3:00 Blockade Runners at Friendly Tap, Sunday Matinee

3:00 Young Artist Open Mic at Val's Halla

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

3:00 The Bridgeport Ramblers at Toadstool Pub Highwood

3:00 Numbchuck at Une Année Niles

3:30 Sonic Currency at Reggies Music Joint, free after Bears Game music

3:30 Jacob Reed peforms Bach organ works at Bond Chapel, University of Chicago, Bach at Bond

3:30 Chicago Gay Men's Chorus presents The Big 4-0, ho, ho at Center Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Skokie, $52

4:00 Songs of Good Cheer Caroling Party with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $54, sold out

4:00-6:00 Chicago Jazz Composers Collective presents Jim Cooper Quintet with Art Davis, Tom Vaitsas, Dan DeLorenzo, Phil Gratteau, Gustavo Cortiñas’ Kind Regards with Emily Kuhn, Eric Skov, Meghan Stagl, Katie Ernst at Green Mill, $10

4:00, 8:00 Keyon Harrold at Jazz Showcase, $30-45

4:00 Magiczne Święta Wielki Świąteczny Festiwal Rodzinny at Copernicus Center, $20

4:00 Bluegrass Sundays at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

x 4:00 Nora O'Connor & Casey McDonough at Sketchbook Skokie

4:00 Caroling with Kristen Reiff at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $5-10

4:00-7:00 Grumpy Old Men Blues at Black Lung Brewing Company Fox Lake

4:00 Wind Ensemble at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $7-8

4:00 Massey/Rzab/Davenport blues & BBQ at Austin Community Tavern Steger

4:00 Susan Williams Jam Session with Brother John Kattke, ++ at Main Street Exchange Crete

4:30 A Light Sleeper, WiHuBa aka Wilkor/On/Hunt/Bakor at Hideout, $12-15, Sunday Sessions with A Light Sleeper and Friends

4:30 Timeless Gifts Christmas Duets Mentoring Concert and Fundraiser at University of Chicago Logan Center Performance Hall, $30-60

5:00, 8:30 Jon McLaughlin at City Winery, $25-38, plus $35 VIP Add-On

x 5:00-7:00 Pravda Records Holiday Showcase with Sunshine Boys reunion show, Nathan Graham, Chloe F. Orwell, Steve Dawson at Rattleback Records

5:00 Lyric Opera Stage Artists free Holiday Concert at Chief O'Neill's Pub

5:00 Bill O'Donoughue at High Stool Bar

5:00-7:00 Small Batch at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

5:00 Infinity with 10 piece orchestra and choir classic rock tribute to Trans-Siberian Orchestra ++ at Des Plaines Theatre, $25-45, Christmas Wizards

x 5:30, 7:30 Bobbi Wilsyn Quintet with Miguel De la Cerna, Eric Hochberg, Frank Morrison, Larry Brown Jr. at Winters Jazz Club, $28-38, Bobbi's Broadway, Jazz from the Musical Theatre

5:30 Tracye Ellen Jazz set at Buddy Guy's Legends

6:00 Ovlov, Floatie, Disco Doom, Mandy, Cel Rey at Sleeping Village, $33, A Night with Exploding in Sound Records & Friends

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

6:00 Mora at House of Blues, $40-60

6:00 Stop Motion Plant at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17

6:00 Outcast Jazz Band's Big Band Dance Party at Epiphany, $20-25, Traffic Jam Swing lesson at 6:00, show at 6:30, Inatermediate Swing lesson between sets at 6:45

6:00-9:00 The Wind Gypsys with Harry Reinhart at Madcats Palatine, $5

x 6:00 Echo and Ransom, Aaron Kelly and Demi Clara, Darling Victory, The Simple Remedy at The Roxy Lockport, $10, Dynamic Duos

6:00-9:00 Open Mic Night with Katie Bogle at Riverlands Brewing St Charles

6:30-9:30 Julia Merchant at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret

6:30 Joytrip, Cody Steinman at California Clipper

6:30 Debbie Taylor tribute to The Carpenters at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $39-69, Top of the World Carpenters Christmas

6:30 Open Stage hosted by Wattle & Daub at Grayslake Heritage Center, $3, Lake County Folk Club, sign up at 6:00

x 7:00 Al Rose Annual 50th Sunday Of The Year Residency with Steve Doyle, Steve Hashimoto, Lance Helgeson, RD Roth opening at Montrose Saloon

7:00 Ravyn Lenae, Joseph Chilliams, Matt Muse The Long Hair Don't Care Show at Thalia Hall, $30

x 7:00 Jeffrey Foucault, Pieta Brown at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $30

7:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at Honky Tonk BBQ/The Tonk

7:00 Annual Phyllis' Christmas Party with HUP Heisenberg Uncertainty Players at Phyllis’ Musical Inn

7:00 Nonpoint, Hed PE, Sumo Cyco, VRSTY at Bottom Lounge, $25

7:00 Dez Desermeaux, ++ at Le Piano

7:00 Jakob Heinemann “Opacity” Quartet album release at International Museum of Surgical Science, $15-20

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

7:00 Shout Section Big Band at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, Holiday Big Bands & BBQ

7:00 Mike Zito at SPACE Evanston, $20-30

7:00 The Best Time of the Year Holiday Favorites at Metropolis Performing Arts Center Arlington Heights, $12-15

7:30 Evann McIntosh, Morpho at Schubas, $18-20

7:30 Kiki & Herb O Come Let Us Adore Them at Park West, $50

7:30 Voctave at Belushi Performance Hall, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, $65-75, sold out

8:30 DJ Scott at Lizards Liquid Lounge

8:00 Andrew Bird with Margaret Glaspy, Julian Lage, Gezelligheid Concerts at Fourth Presbyterian Church, $56-61, sold out

8:00 Ginger Root at Metro, $30-35

8:00 Demsfightinwords, Brilliant Behemoth, Something in the Shadows, Hanzxgruber at Reggies Music Joint, free after Bears Game music

x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10

8:00 Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band at Blue Chicago

8:00 The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show with BenDeLaCreme & Jinkx Monsoon at Auditorium Theatre, $58-93

8:00 Illusion Of Choice, Velvet Hour, Seventh Cloud, Northwest at Burlington Bar, $12

8:00 Dog Faced Band, Eliminator & Friends at LiveWire Lounge, $10

x 8:30 Mar Caribe Holiday Extravaganza pt II at Simon's

8:30 Nick Zoulak at Constellation, $15, Frequency Series Presents

9:00 bar italia, Mika Zhané at Empty Bottle, sold out, socials/subscribe to find out if more tix become available

9:00 Catalytic Sound Festival with Dave Rempis Group with Gabby Fluke-Mougul, Ben Hall, Joshua Abrams, Michael Zerang, Chris Corsano/Joe McPhee duo, Sarah Clausen Trio with Katie Ernst & Lily Finnegan at Hungry Brain, $25

9:00 Arepa Boogie with Bumbac Joe & friends with Fess Grandiose at Dorian's

9:00 Chicago Blues Angels at Buddy Guy's Legends, $15

9:00 Eighties Freak Fest DJ Dean at Delilah’s

9:00 Aguila & Sian at The Whistler

10:30 Michele Thomas at Andy’s, $15