10:30a Bill Cessna at Hey Nonny, Jazz Brunch
11:00a Matt Hendricks at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
11:00a Sundays at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago
11:00a Hyde Park Handmade Artisan Bazaar at Promontory
11:00a James Conway, ++ at City News Cafe
11:30a Wicked Drawl at FitzGeralds Sidebar, Country Brunch
12:00n Soul Brunch w/ Jordan Rundle at Cafe Mustache
12:00n, 7:00 Cabaret ZaZou at Cambria Hotel, $85-195
12:00n-6:00 DJ Big Mike, DJ Fucha at Wild Hare, Rum Punch Brunch
12:00n Ryan Burns at Double Clutch Brewing Evanston, live at brunch
1:00 Seven Soul Band at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10
1:00-4:00 Miss Sarah on Piano at The Quarry Thornton
1:00 Sunday Session hosted by Irish Music School of Chicago at Mrs Murphy’s
1:00 Willard Wilcox at Preservation Geneva, Sunday Funday
2:00 In The Round Singer-Songwriter Series with Shannon Marie, Joe McGuire, Dylan Hankey at Golden Dagger, $10
2:00 Blooms ’n’ Bloodies Plant Pop-Up Market at The Outta Space Berwyn, $5
2:00 Empty Bottle Book Club discusses 'This is How You Lose the Time War' by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone at Empty Bottle, RSVP
2:00, 7:00 The Reverend Kristin Hayter of Perpetual Flame Ministries Tent Revival at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited number at door
2:00 Judson Brown Band, Yankee Cowboy at Broken Oar Port Barrington
2:00 Cocina Azteca food at Sketchbook Skokie
2:00 Michael Whalen and Liz Berg at Toadstool Pub Highwood
2:00 Nicky G at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge
2:00 Calleigh McPartin at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange
x 3:00 Rachel Drew Band at Montrose Saloon, $10, Special Matinee Time
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs
x 3:00 Liz Carroll, Brendan and Siobhan McKinney, Kathy Cowan, Brigid Duffy as Mother Jones, ++ at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center, RSVP, Mother Jones Birthday
3:00 Ocean’s Rat Pack at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-59
3:00 Club Crib at Honky Tonk BBQ
3:00 Spare Animals at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach
3:00 Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman & Amanda Forsyth at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $29-125
3:00 Bill Grady at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, Sunday Funday
3:00 Western Occult Traditions Trivia at Illuminated Brew Works, Sunday Themed Trivia
3:00 Off The Vine at Une Année Morton Grove
3:00 Kelsey Montanez at Sketchbook Skokie
3:00 Standard Strings at Friendly Tap Berwyn, Sunday Matinee
3:00 John Lambert at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry
x 3:30 Robin Bienemann at Mrs. Murphy’s, $13
4:00, 8:00 Fareed Haque Trio with Tony Monaco & Isaiah Spencer at Jazz Showcase, $30–45
4:00 John Williams & Friends at The Celtic Knot Evanston
4:00 Taurus Bash Day Party at Promontory, $20-50
4:00 CLC Wind Ensemble Spring Concert at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $6
4:00 Robert Chen performs and leads the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra Strings at Glenbrook North HS Sheely Center for the Performing Arts, $40-55
4:00 Bluegrass Sundays at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
5:00 Hilton/Hart acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:00 The Sixties Show Bell Bottom Bash at Arcada Theatre, $29-59
5:00 Billy Flynn at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
5:00 Mwelwa at Epiphany, RSVP
5:00 Mrs Brovado at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
5:00 Guest Carillonist Geert D’hollander Recital at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago
5:00 La Ofrenda Market at Emporium Arcade Logan Square
5:00 Gia & Mac at Elmhurst Brewing Co
5:30, 7:30 Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Denise Thimes at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33
5:30 Capital Vices, Bouquet, Dead/Awake, Demsfightinwords, Vapid Soul at Bottom Lounge, $10
x 6:00-10:00 DJ Lawrence Peters at Big Star Wicker Park, Classic and Obscure Country Vinyl
6:00, 8:15 Andy Brown Quartet at Andy’s, $15
6:00 Chuck Ragan, The Interrupters, Laura Jane Grace at House of Blues, $38-40
6:00 Jenene Caramielo tribute to Celine Dion at The Lyric Blue Island, $50-55
6:00 Chamber Music Showcase at Goodspeed Hall Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago
6:00 Mdok, Syko, J. Santos, Lite, Sound, Neeko, Ceasedays at Giant Penny Whistle, Los Desvalados
6:30 Madcats Blues Jam with Brother John Kattke, ++ at Madcats Palatine
7:00 Chicago Skyliners with Bill O’Connell at FitzGeralds Nightclub, Big Band & BBQ
7:00 Jeremy Garrett, Tommy Goodroad at SPACE Evanston, $15-30
7:00 Ms. Anita Wilson at City Winery, sold out, waitlist
7:00 Enso: A Multimedia Ikebana Exhibit And Performance at Elastic Arts, $15, $25 2-day pass
7:00 Undertow, Ben Roidl-Ward/Ben Llewellyn at Fulton Street Collective, $15
7:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at Honky Tonk BBQ
7:00 Dez Desermeaux & friends at Le Piano
7:00 Protopsalti & Mpasis at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Skokie, $100-150, Best of Greece, A Tribute to Hellenism
7:00 Open Mic at Gallery Cabaret, signup sheet at 6:30
7:00 Sundaze Karaoke hosted by Sheldon Calhoun, DJ Fucha at Wild Hare
X 7:30 Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Suba Trio with Gustavo Ovalles at Epiphany, $25-50
7:30 Kat Timpf at Park West, $35
7:30 Zodiak World, 1300 Payne, Hbbbssuuuu, Leovisa, PunkRx, Xadvoi, Jahhlu, Adot at House of Blues Foundation Room, $15, Nose Bleed
7:30 Angel-Maker, Bleached Cross, This Is Meant To Hurt You at Subterranean, $12
x 8:00 Graham Nash at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $90-325, sold out, wait list
x 8:00 Naomi Ashley, Peter Joly Group at Golden Dagger, $10
x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Kelly Hunt with Staś Heaney at Montrose Saloon
8:00 Magicks, East Moon, Chaepter, Oos.Maan at Reggies Music Joint, $10-13
8:00 Transviolet, Jaguar Twin at Schubas, $18-20
8:00 Half Gringa, Pictoria Vark, Jessica Mindrum at Sleeping Village, $14-16
8:00 Sunday Night Social Lounge hosted by Micky York at Davenports Piano Bar
8:00 Luke Pytel Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago
8:00 Jazmyn W, Brandi Denise at Chop Shop, $35, Laughing out Loud
8:00 Love is with Sa'Rayah at Epiphany, $35, Kendre Music presents
8:00 Karaoke at Cafe Mustache
8:00 Tempest at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
8:00 Open Jam at The Studio Lockport
x 8:30 Greasy Gravy at Simon’s Tavern
8:30 Shi-An Costello Plays the Orient at Constellation, $15, Frequency Series
9:00 Witch Masquerade, The Metalliques, Pitch Worm at Empty Bottle, $12, Walpurgisnacht
9:00 Dessel/Daisy, Dessel/Berman/Stewart/Daisy at Hungry Brain, $10
9:00 “Big Dog” Mercer Band at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $15
9:00 Eighties Freak Fest DJ Dean at Delilah’s
9:00 flower food, Angelia Word at The Whistler, FemmeDecks techno, jungle, acid, electro, juke, breaks
9:30 Perpetual Flame Gwarsing-A-Long with Gwarsenio Hall at Thalia Hall, $20
10:00 Sundaze with DJ Jukie Tha Kidd, Taylor’s Tacos food at Promontory, $5-20
10:00 Cross, Dom Brown, Sham, Arvi Mala at Prysm, $10-15, Sundown Sundaze
Sun 4/30? 10:00 DJs Equip & Mukqs at Cole’s Bar, Video Game Music DJ Night
10:30 Jordan Baskin’s Utopia at Andy’s, $15
?:00 sorrbet & Dana at California Clipper
?:00 Arepa Boogie with Bumbac Joe and friends with Cabo Blanco at Dorian’s, Modular Synth Set
x 3:00 Rachel Drew Band at Montrose Saloon, $10, Special Matinee Time
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs
x 3:00 Liz Carroll, Brendan and Siobhan McKinney, Kathy Cowan, Brigid Duffy as Mother Jones, ++ at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center, RSVP, Mother Jones Birthday
x 3:30 Robin Bienemann at Mrs. Murphy’s, $13
x 6:00-10:00 DJ Lawrence Peters at Big Star Wicker Park, Classic and Obscure Country Vinyl
X 7:30 Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Suba Trio with Gustavo Ovalles at Epiphany, $25-50
x 8:00 Graham Nash at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $90-325, sold out, wait list
x 8:00 Naomi Ashley, Peter Joly Group at Golden Dagger, $10
x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10
x 8:30 Greasy Gravy at Simon’s Tavern