Sunday!
And back to the grind tomorrow, so get out and enjoy some of the great musical options on offer in and around Chicago… and thanks for sharing the list with your friends, it’s really appreciated!
11:00a Billy Flynn at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
11:00a Studebaker John and Earl Howell at City News Cafe
11:00a Laurie Berkner at Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park, $15-20
11:30a Dennis J. Leise & Tiny Horse at FitzGeralds Patio, Country Brunch
x 12:00n Phil Angotti & Friends Beatles Brunch at City Winery, $15-18, +$25 for brunch
12:00n Dan Peters at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
1:00 Sunday Session hosted by Irish Music School of Chicago at Mrs Murphy’s
1:00 Drew Clausen at Preservation Geneva
1:30 Reilly Downes at FitzGeralds Patio, Country Brunch
2:00 Clay Pigeon tribute to Blaze Foley with Cuchulain at Golden Dagger, $10
2:00 Dry County Line at Northman Riverwalk
2:00 The Reckoning at Toadstool Pub Highwood
2:00 B.C. Carter at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge
2:00 Southern Jack at Dockside Ottawa
2:30 Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $10
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs
3:00 Club Crib at Honky Tonk BBQ
3:00 Jon Gram at On Tour Brewing
x 3:00 Annalee Koehn at Sketchbook Evanston
3:00 Sinner's Friend at Friendly Tap Berwyn, Sunday Matinee
3:00 Johnny Don't at Church Street Brewing Itasca, Sunday Funday
3:00 Jaribu Shahid at Experimental Sound Studio
3:00 Rob & Max at Whiskey Bend St Charles
4:00 Jah Feelgood at Reggies 63rd St Beach, jam/rock
4:00, 8:00 G. Thomas Allen Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
4:00 Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon, Vic Spencer, J Wade & Cloud Boy, Crashprez, Ganawae, Police State at Cole’s Bar, $13, "I've Really Never Been Better"
4:00 Barry and the Fountains at Nichols Park Hyde Park, 2023 George Franklin Memorial Summer Sunday Concert Series
4:00 Incubus, Badflower, Beach Weather at Northerly Island, $25+
x 4:20 Mr. Blotto at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, Sunday Funday Summer Residency
5:00 Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings at FitzGeralds Patio
5:00 Gerry Hundt at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
5:00 Justin Sullivan "The Gambler" tribute to Kenny Rogers at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-59
5:00 Bluegrass Sundays at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
5:30, 7:30 Spider Saloff Quartet at Winters Jazz Club, $25-30, Let’s Misbehave: The Wild Life and Music of Cole Porter
5:30 Hilton/Hart jazz set at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:30 The Permanent Fix at Cobra Lounge, $15
6:00 Torso, The Rust Riders, Judson Main, Mad Drunken Americans at Montrose Saloon, $10-15
6:00, 9:30 Sevyn Streeter, Barton Fitzpatrick at City Winery, $48-62
6:00, 8:15 Andy Brown Quartet at Andy’s, $15
6:00 (7:00 ET) The Water Street Wranglers at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $15-40
6:00 Volbeat at Hard Rock Gary IN, $70
6:30 Madcats Blues Jam at Madcats Palatine
7:00 Smithfield, Sarah Darling, Adam Hambrick at Schubas, $15
7:00 Chicago Grandstand at FitzGeralds Nightclub, Big Band & BBQ
x 7:00 Andrew Bird, Uwade at Canal Shores Evanston Out of SPACE, $61-161
7:00 Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque at SPACE, $20-30
7:00 Binki, Ernest Rareberrg at Sleeping Village, $23
7:00 Salsa Sunday at Cubby Bear, $7-9
7:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at Honky Tonk BBQ
7:00 Ok Cool, The Dreaded Laramie, Cusp, Hard Femme at Subterranean, $13
7:00 Thomas A Matecki Band at Phyllis' Musical Inn
7:00 Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup sheet at 6:30
7:00 Chicken Dolphin at The Dock at Montrose Beach
x 7:00 Rick Fink at Molly’s House Concerts Lincolnwood, $25
7:00 Jellyfish Jam at The Forge Joliet, $15-20
7:30 Telekinetic Yeti, Stinking Lizaveta, Rifflord, Shrineburner at Reggies Rock Club, $20
7:30 Clay Melton, Murali Coryell, Audiomonkeys at Reggies Music Joint, $20, blues/blues rock/soul
7:30 Kashmir at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00 JB Vannatta and The Midnight Thieves at Hideout, $10
8:00 Bodhicitta, Road Waves, Lucid Rooster at Reggies Music Joint, $10-13, funk/fusion/rock
8:00 City, Anatomy of Habit at Beat Kitchen,
x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10
8:00 David Hurlin, Rin Peisert, Marvin Tate at Elastic Arts, $15
x 8:00 Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play REM's Murmur, Nathan Graham, Jill Hopkins DJ set at Metro, $30-50
8:00 BTS Express Blues Band with Sonia Astacio-Downs at Blue Chicago
8:00 Modern Dairy, A-Go-Go, Provider, A Cursecharm at Burlington Bar
8:00 Electric Eels, Spin Age Blasters, Djs Brian Mcmahon, Todd Novak, Mark Henning, Henry Polk, Gentleman John Battles, Q&A with Brian Mcmahon & Paul Marotta at Gman Tavern, $0-30
8:00 Sunday Sessions Open Jam at The Studio Lockport
8:30 Myylo, Kate Yeager at Golden Dagger, $15
8:30 Steve Knight at Simons Tavern
9:00 Man-Eaters ++, Abject Horror at Empty Bottle, $12
9:00 Wark/Harris, Clausen/Wallace/Finnegan at Hungry Brain, $10
9:00 Arepa Boogie with Bumbac Joe & friends with Catieooo at Dorian's
9:00 Giles Corey at Buddy Guy’s Legends
9:00 Eighties Freak Fest DJ Dean at Delilah’s
10:00 Luuk Van Dijk at Prysm, $10-15, Sundown Sundaze
10:30a The Tom Lowery Trio at Hey Nonny, RSVP, Jazz Brunch
10:30 Julia Danielle at Andy’s, $15
?:00 WYA with Duke Shin, Marty Mars at California Clipper
?:00 DJ Kique at Giant Penny Whistle, Open Format
x 12:00n Phil Angotti & Friends Beatles Brunch at City Winery, $15-18, +$25 for brunch
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs
x 3:00 Annalee Koehn at Sketchbook Evanston
x 4:20 Mr. Blotto at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, Sunday Funday Summer Residency
x 7:00 Andrew Bird, Uwade at Canal Shores Evanston Out of SPACE, $61-161
x 7:00 Rick Fink at Molly’s House Concerts Lincolnwood, $25
x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10
x 8:00 Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play REM's Murmur, Nathan Graham, Jill Hopkins DJ set at Metro, $30-50