Sunday 12/17/23

Dec 16, 2023

Sunday!

And the Holiday Season accelerates with a big bunch of great music event opportunities in and around the city… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more of them if you can… and thanks for reading, subscribing, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List with friends who will be glad you did!

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11:00a Mr. Dave Kids Concert at City Winery, $12-15, plus $15-25 buffet add-on, Holiday Brunch Sing-Along

11:00a Sundays at Rockefeller at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago

11:00a Irish Folk Jam with James Conway at City News Cafe

11:00a-4:00 Milwaukee Vegan Pop-Up Market at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17

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

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

11:30a The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of Taylor Swift ++ for Kids at Thalia Hall, $15

11:30a Stephen Moller at Beat Kitchen, $18, Sunday Spotlight Brunch

12:00n Ambient Brunch with Tim, Olivia, Grant at Cafe Mustache

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

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

1:00 Torpedo Los at Outta Space, $10, Rockin Holiday Matinee

1:00-4:00 Joey Wilbur at Preservation Geneva, Sunday Funday

1:30, 4:30 Merry, Merry Chicago conducted by Thomas Wilkins with Ashley Brown at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $45-299

1:30 Slam'n'Jam Open mic for poets and musicians at City News Cafe

x 2:00 The Mich Shirey Trio perform Guitar for Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas Tribute at Montrose Saloon

2:00, 5:00 Do-It-Yourself Messiah with John Bitoy piano at Seventeeth Church of Christ Scientist, RSVP

x 2:00 JR Simpson Memorial Bluegrass Jam at American Legion Post 42 Evanston

2:00 Michael Rawls at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange

2:00 Christmas Dinner with Priscilla Presley at Arcada Theatre Rock 'N Ravioli St Charles, $250, includes dinner, meet & greet with photo

2:00 The Peppermint Patties with Michael Oldham, Nikki Krzebiot, The Feathered Beaus at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-30, Christmas Show

2:00-3:00 The Musichorale Ensemble Choir at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park

2:00 Rick Kaempfer book signing for 'The Loop Files An Oral History of the Most Outrageous Radio Station Ever' at Blue Island Beer Company

2:30 Natalie Frakes with Omkara Gil, John Bitoy at the Schweiker House Schaumburg, sold out, Solstice Concert

x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs

x 3:00, 7:30 Na Ja Peter Brötzman Memorial Concert with all members of the original Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Jason Adasiewicz, ++ at Constellation, $25, includes complementary copy of the catalog Brötzmann: Paintings & Objects

3:00-6:00 Club Crib at Honky Tonk BBQ/The Tonk

3:00 Jay Yau at Madonna Della Strada Loyola University, Organ Concert Series

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

x 3:00 Maggie's Farm at Friendly Tap, Sunday Matinee

3:00-6:00 Johnny Don't at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca, Holiday Art Market 12-5, Santa in the Taproom 1-4

3:00 Van Wailin' at Toadstool Pub Highwood

x 3:00, 6:00 Jon Langford, Sally Timms, John Szymanski, Martin Billheimer, opener Gerald Dowd at Kiki's House of Righteous Music Madison WI, $20, late show at capacity

x 4:00 Stoned at the Jukebox with Ryan Curtis, Lydia Cash, hosted by Reilly Downes & Cody Messick at Judson & Moore, $12

4:00, 8:00 Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas with Terell Stafford, Cyrus Chestnut, Jalen Baker, Rodney Whitaker, Clarence Penn, Georgia Heers at Jazz Showcase, $35-50

4:00 Bonzo Squad ++ perform “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Untitled

x 4:00 Ravenswood Community Orchestra presents Making Spirits Bright at Queen of Apostles Church, donations

4:00 Classical Blast Dark Side of the Yule at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20, Christmas meets Classic Rock

4:00-7:00 Bluegrass Sundays at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

x 4:00 Rachel Drew & Ethan Semone at Sketchbook Skokie

x 4:30-8:00 Old Town School Blues Ensemble Showcase and Graduation at Rosa’s Lounge

5:00-7:15 The Bad Sneakers Orchestra tribute to Steely Dan at Epiphany, $20-30

5:00-8:00 Session Sundays at Chief O'Neill's Pub

5:00 Sunday Chicago Blues Jam hosted by Low-reen at The Water Hole

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

5:00 Bronx Wanderers at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $39-49, dance floor open

x 5:00 Macy Gray & The California Jet Club, Poster Girl at Des Plaines Theatre, $49-99

x 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 Chris White Trio with Sean Jacobi, Ryan Jacobi, 3-person Choir at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33, A Charlie Brown Christmas, 9:30 available

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

6:00-8:00 Undisclosed Sims at California Clipper

6:00 Wicked Drawl at Carol's Pub, $5

6:00 Opera Inter Alia Holiday Show at Borelli's Pizza

6:00 Oak Ridge Boys at Egyptian Theatre DeKalb, $60-90

x 6:00-10:00 DJ Lawrence Peters spins Christmassy country vinyl at Big Star Wrigleyville, Steel-Guitar Christmas

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

6:30-9:30 Jazz Jam at Madcats Palatine

7:00 The Empty Pockets at City Winery, $20-40

7:00-10:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at Honky Tonk BBQ/The Tonk

7:00 A Christmas Cabaret Thee Ricky Harris Way with Laura McKenzie at Mercury Theatre Venus Cabaret Theater, $25

7:00 Dez Desermeaux, ++ at Le Piano

7:00 The BBE Carols album release at Epiphany, $20-30

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

7:00 Chicago Skyliners with Bill O'Connell at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, Holiday Big Bands & BBQ

7:00 North Grove with Elizabeth Reichert Powell at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $12-16

7:00 Great Moments in Vinyl plays The Police at The Venue Aurora, $15-25

7:00 The Barefoot Movement Holiday Show at SPACE Evanston, $15-20

7:00 Nick Scarpinato, Josh Goodman, DRU at The Roxy Lockport, $10, Christmas Show

x 7:00 The Donna Herula Trio at Grayslake Village Hall, $15-18, Lake County Folk Club

x 7:00 Juli Wood & Robin Pluer Quartet with Peter Roller, Guy Fiorentini at Blue Sky Jazz, Hartland WI, $55

7:30 Mariachi Herencia De Mexico Mariachi Christmas Spectacle at Thalia Hall, $40

7:30 The Acoustic Circus at Broken Oar Port Barrington

8:00 Molly Compton, Eyescales, mad Rose at Reggies Music Joint, $12-15

x 8:00 Song Club, Anna Vogelzang, Nathan Graham, Jessica Mindrum at Schubas, $13

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

8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00 Irina Kairatovna at Concord Music Hall, $80

x 8:30 Little High Little Low, Rebecca Jasso at Montrose Saloon

8:30 Possessed by Paul James, ++ at Hideout, $14

x 8:30 Hashimoto 5 at Simon's Tavern

x 9:00 Smiths Night at Danny's Smithsmas Edition with DJ Bobby Burg at Empty Bottle, RSVP

x 9:00 Stefan Hillesheim Band CD release party for 'When I'm Gone' at Rosa’s Lounge, $10-15

9:00-1:30 J Bambii's 31st Bday Shindig with DJ Sets by Psychic Pu$$y aka J Bambii, Celeste Alexander at California Clipper, Sagittarius Szn Celebration

9:00 ? at Delilah’s

9:00 Club Drippy’s Discotheque at The Whistler

9:30 Billy Wolfe Octet at Hungry Brain, $10

10:30 Julia Danielle at Andy’s, $15