Sunday 6/15/25

Jun 15, 2025

Sunday!

Happy Father’s Day!

There are some fantastic music event opportunities happening today and tonight in and around Chicago, please get out to enjoy one or more of them if you can…

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x Old Town Art Fair

10:30a Nikki O'Neill Band

x Wells Street Art Festival

x Artists of The Wall Music & Arts Festival Rogers Park

x Andersonville Midsommarfest

x Taste of Randoph

4:30 OK Go

x Sat 6/14 Arts on Sheridan Highland Park

10:00a Jared Rabin

12:30 Noah & The Boogiemen

3:00 Van Gordon Martin

10:00a-12:00n J Henry at The Lodge Antioch, acoustic breakfast

10:30a-2:30 Mario Abney's Windy City Ramblers Trio at Parker's Restaurant & Bar Downers Grove, Sunday Jazz Brunch

11:00a-3:00 Hyde Park Handmade at Promontory, free RSVP

11:00a-2:00 Steve Knight Duo at State and Lake Chicago Tavern in The Wit Hotel, Blues, Barbeque, Bourbon Brunch

11:00a James Conway at City News Cafe, jam, irish folk

11:00a-2:00 Angry Ankles at Madame ZuZus Teahouse Highland Park, free

x 11:30a Sunday Spotlight Brunch with Brandon Good at Beat Kitchen, free, all ages

11:30a-2:30 Sunday Jazz Brunch with Andy Pratt & Petra van Nuis at Hemmingway's Bistro Oak Park

x 12:00n "Fab Four Friends" Beatles Lunch by Phil Angotti at Reclaimed, $10 RSVP

12:00n Megadad, Brandon Pusey at Bookclub, $20

12:00n-2:00 Sunday Brunch Series with ? at Le Piano, $15, 11:00a door, jazz, blues, classical, r&b ?

12:00n-3:00 Sean Skyler at Countryside Saloon Patio Des Plaines

12:00n-1:00 Allen Moore "Summer Soundwalk Sonic Drifting through the Square" at Palmer Square, RSVP

12:00n-7:00 Jazz and Wine Festival at Cantigny Park Wheaton, $75 all access with wine tastings, $50 jazz only, $30 under 21, gates 11:00a

12:00n–1:00 Abigail Riccards Organ Quartet with Tim Fitzgerald in McCormick Allée

1:45–3:00 Marlene Rosenberg Quintet in First Division Museum

3:45–5:00 Marques Carroll Trumpet Summit in McCormick Allée

5:00–5:45 Four Star Brass Band Second Line Parade

5:45–7:00 The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart with Carmen Bradford in First Division Museum

x 12:00n Greg Jacks & Brother Help at FitzGerald's Patio, free RSVP, all ages, Father's Day Funk Brunch

12:00n Time Bandits tribute to 70s Classic Rock at Jamo's Live Mokena, $34 Father's Day Lunch

12:30a-3:30 Mike & Joe at Hideaway Brew Garden Hoffman Estates, Father's Day

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

1:00-4:00 Complacency presents Extended Stillness with D Bayne, Jeb Bishop, Johanna Brock, Daniel Burke, Katie Klocke, Ross Feller, Rob Frye, Jeff Goulet, Billie Jean Howard, Thymme Jones, Taralie Peterson, Julie Pomerleau, Erik Sowa, Woman of The Void at May Chapel Rosehill Cemetery, $15

1:00-4:00 Joey Wilbur at Preservation Geneva all weather patio

1:00-4:00 Kristin Rose Kelly at Riverlands Brewing St Charles

1:00 Sunday Sessions with Justin Watt at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield

1:30 Slam 'n' Jam Open Mic for musicians & poets at City News Cafe

2:00-4:00 American English at Franklin Park Festival 2025

2:00-5:00 Mike Courtney, MC Whiskey at Milk Money Brewing La Grange

2:00-5:00 John Till at Go Brewing Naperville

2:00-5:00 Dave Coy at Brother Chimp Brewing North Aurora

2:00, 4:00 José Cornier at Sabor a Café Steakhouse Niles, Father's Day

2:00 Hillbilly Rockstarz at Broken Oar Broken Barn Port Barrington

2:00-5:00 Christian Hansen at Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley

2:00-5:00 Jon Allegretto at Rush Creek Distilling Harvard

2:00 Telstar at Toadstool Pub Highwood

2:30-4:30 Steve Sharp on Sainte Genevieve Riverboat Sunset Cruise Ottawa, $37, seniors & vets $33, kids 3-12 $27, under 3 free

2:30-6:00 The Tropics Reggae Band at Sideouts Island Lake, $5-11

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

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

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

3:00-5:00 Potliquor with Allen Moore, Sharon Udoh at Experimental Sound Studio, RSVP

x 3:00-5:00 Maggie's Farm at Friendly Music Community, roots, americana

3:00-6:00 Jonny DiSilvestro at Church Street Brewing Itasca

3:00 Sean Slavin at Black Lung Brewing Round Lake Beach

3:00 Justin Howl at Mackey's Hideout McHenry

3:00 Irish Music Session hosted by John Williams and Friends at Celtic Knot Public House Evanston

3:30-7:00 Sinatra Sunday with Vito Zatto at Club Arcada, Rat Pack-age $29, $16 under 12, full menu dinner available, no entertainment fee

3:30-5:30 Joe Fascetta acoustic at Irish Legend Willow Springs patio

3:30-4:30 DiscoPoet Khari B at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, AACM

4:00-9:00 Fathers On The Rooftop Gemini Bash at Jazz Showcase, $35-55

x 4:00-7:00 The Jason & Gerald Dilemma with Jason Batchko and Gerald Dowd at Cary's Lounge, tip hard

4:00-6:00 Jazz in the Yard with Steve Knight at Senn High School

4:00-6:00 Live on the Lawn Featuring Frank Russell at Epiphany Center Courtyard, free RSVP

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

4:00-7:00 We Rascals 3 at McNally's Pub St Charles

4:00 Annalee Koehn at Sketchbook Skokie

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

4:00 Blues Jam with The Fabulous Kings at Cuzin's Tavern & Pizza Tinley Park

x 4:20-7:30 Mr. Blotto at Teddy O'Brian's Highwood, Sunday Funday Residency

x 4:30 National Tap Day with Reggio "The Hoofer" McLaughlin at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $26-33

5:00-7:00 Sunday Irish Session at Chief O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant

x 5:00 Strawdaddy at FitzGerald's Patio, free RSVP, all ages

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

5:00-8:00 Bluegrass Sunday with Anderlik & Church at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia

5:30, 7:30 Janis Siegel with Jeremy Kahn, Clark Sommers at Winters Jazz Club, $28-38

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

6:00-2:00a Mike Wheeler, Omar Colemand Blues Jam at Kingston Mines, $15-18, free if jamming 6:00-9:00, door 5:30

6:00-8:30 Amy Yassinger Trio at Eddie V's Oak Brook

6:00-12:00m Industry Night at Whiskey River Glenview

6:00-9:00 Jazz Jam hosted by Mike Petrie at Madcats Palatine

x 6:00-9:00 Pierce Crask at The Village Squire West Dundee

x 6:30 No Bother with Roan Quinn, Brennan Quinn, Liam Cahill at Martyrs, free, ragtime, country & western, traditional Irish

x 6:30 Kurt Elling celebrates Weather Report with Peter Erskine, Steans Jazz Fellows at Ravinia Martin Theatre Highland Park, lawn $35, reserved $55

x 7:00 Aviram, Cartridge B-Sides at Reggies Music Joint, $29, 6:00 door, alternative rock, indie, indie rock

7:00 Jessie Reyez, RAAHiiM at Salt Shed Outdoors Fairgrounds, sold out?

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

? 7:00 A Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow Annabella at House of Blues, I Love The 80s Music Fest ?

7:00? Stella & the Scotts at O's Tap

7:00-11:50 Salsa Sunday at Cubby Bear, dance lesson at 6:00

7:00 Julia Wolf, Worry Club, Ellis at Cobra Lounge, $29-38, sold out, 17+, 6:00 door

7:00-10:00 José Valdez & His Brazilian Latin Jazz Band at Le Piano

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

x 7:00 Jason Wilber at Grayslake Village Hall, $20, Lake County Folk Club, 6:30 door

7:00-1:00a Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup at 6:30

7:00-10:30 DJ Rybread at The Wild Hare Club Level, $10-15 RSVP, afrobeats, dancehall, r&b

x 7:00 Curtis Salgado at FitzGerald's Nightclub, $25-32

x 7:00 Melissa Ferrick, Rose Cousins at SPACE Evanston, $35-45, all ages

7:00-10:00 Blues Jam with Corey Dennison and Friends at Leroy's Hot Stuff Porter IN

x 7:00 (8:00 ET) Pub Choir at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $52

x 7:30 Hooveriii, Cairo Jag, Junegrass at Hideout, $12-19

7:30 The 4411, Widemouth at Beat Kitchen, $27, all ages, 7:00 door

7:30-9:00 Opus 216 with Ariel Karas, Brian Slawta, Trevor Kazarian, Steven Brija, Patrick Duke Graney at Fulton Street Collective, $15 suggested donation

8:00 Provoker 'In the Round' with RIP Swirl, Faerybabyy at Thalia Hall, $26-34, 17+, 7:00 door

8:00 Janani K. Jha, Te Mo at Schubas, $24+, 18+, 7:30 door

x 8:00 The Spine Stealers, Creekbed Carter Hogan, Growing Boys at Judson & Moore Distillery, $15, 7:30 door

8:00 Draggy Tingz hosted By Logan Zass with Aspen Peak, Art Deco, Ayesha Voodoo, Blythe, Carmen Climax, Grace Van Duran, Iona Sparkx, Roma, ROSKA, Roxy Toxin at Subterranean Downstairs, $15, 17+, 7:45 door

8:00 Janet Blackwell, Sara Geist, The Devil Said Jump at Subterranean Upstairs, $22, 17+, 7:00 door

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

8:00 Sound Obsession with DJ Zipgun Boogie at Dorians, free

8:00 Luke Pytel Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00 Natalia Lafourcade at Chicago Theatre, $63-300+

8:00 Dust Biters, Worldsucks, Gutnoose, Malinche at Burlington Bar, $11

8:00-10:00 John Williams, Katie Grennan and Friends at The Galway Arms

8:00 Club Auras at The Whistler

x 8:00 Leo Kottke at Vivarium Milwaukee, $54

x 8:00 Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Shannon McNally at Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, $70-82

8:30 Hot Second with Dylan Feldpausch, Rebecca McDaniel at Constellation, $21, 8:00 door, Frequency Series presents

8:30-10:00 Do The Needful at Skylark, free, punk Bollywood

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

9:00 Yuma Abe, Astrachan, Head at Empty Bottle, $15-20, 8:00 door

9:00 Rise of Leo, Bachelor’s Grove, Crucial Moves, Nowhere Dontcare at Reggies Comedy Shack, $10-15, 8:30 door

9:00 Erez Dessel Quartet with Mai Sugimoto, Ken Vandermar, Erez Dessel, Chris Corsano at Hungry Brain, $21

9:00 Decomposers, Willem Dafoe Fan Club, Swooper Creek, Caro Granner at Cole's Bar, $14, 9:00 door

9:00-2:00a Beatles DJ Phil Angotti spins Paul McCartney’s 83rd Birthday at Delilah’s

10:00-2:00a Finesse Responsibly at Promontory, $free RSVP-42+

10:30-11:45 Ethereal Kinks at Andy's, $20, RSVP required

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