Sunday 7/9/23
What a full Summer Sunday… dive in and you’ll find lots you expect to find, and some surprises as well! Enjoy some live music on this last day of the weekend, and please share this with someone you know should know, thanks in advance!
x Frankfort Bluegrass Fest
Briedert Green Stage
10:00a Wheels North
11:05a Third Coast Bluegras
12:15 Full Chord
1:30 Becky Buller Band
2:45 Special Consensus
4:00 Henhouse Prowlers
5:15 Tim O'Brien Band
6:30 Instrument Raffle
6:40 New Blu
Prairie Park Stage
10:35a The Grateful String Band
11:40a Fox Crossing String Band
12:40 Special Consensus
1:50 Stillhouse Junkies
3:00 Third Coast Bluegrass
4:10 Full Chord
5:20 Nick Dumas & Branchline
Old Plank Trail Tavern Beer Garden Stage
12:15 Wheels North
1:45 Fox Crossing String Band
3:15 Nick Dumas & Branchline
4:45 River Valley Rangers
Workshop Stage
12:00n Rick Faris Guitar
1:00 Kemedy Hauser Fiddle *at Prairie Park Gazebo
1:10 Don Stiernberg Mandolin
2:25 Henhouse Prowlers
3:30 Tim O'Brien
Southport Art Fest
10:00a Bryan Cee
11:30a Raviv
1:00 The Tax on Doors & Windows
2:30 Leslie Hunt
4:00 Robby Celestin Duo
5:30 Manny Torres
10:30a Jeremy Kahn and Julia Smulson at Hey Nonny, RSVP, Jazz Brunch
11:00a Reverie Stone acoustic at City News Cafe
11:00a, 2:00 Oak Park River Forest Gangster Tour "There Goes the Neighbor Hood" led by John Binder at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $40, meet-up & drop-off at FitzGeralds
x 11:00-2:00 Billingsley & Earp with Doc Brown MD backing at Madame Zuzu's Teahouse Highland Park
x 11:30a The Country Doctors at FitzGeralds Patio, Country Brunch
12:00n Y'All's Brunch hosted by Mini Pearl Necklace at Carol's Pub, 2nd Sundays, It's a Drag Show, Y'All
12:00n Soul Brunch with Jordan Rundle at Cafe Mustache
12:00n-5:00 DJ Big Mike at Wild Hare, Rum Punch Brunch
12:00n Maddie at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
x Square Roots Festival at OTSFM Lincoln Square
North Stage
12:15 Mariachi Cuatro Vientos
1:15 Chicha Roots
2:45 Tuvergen Band
4:30 Brigitte Calls Me Baby
6:15 Slow Pulp
8:00 Real Estate
South Stage
12:30 Urban Twang
2:00 Dill Costa
3:25 Samba Parade
3:45 Etran De L’aïr
5:30 Disq
7:30 Lala Lala
Maurer Hall
12:15 Old Town School Teen Open Mic
2:00 Sabine Mccalla
3:30 Moontype
5:00 Steve Dawson & the Lucid Dreams
6:45 Live Band Karaoke with John Mead, Alton Smith, Tommi Zender, Gregg Ostrom, Peter Manis
Sunnyside Kids Zone
12:15 Bilingual Dance Party With Renée
1:15 Bill Brickey Soul Singalong
2:15 Abby Lyons
3:15 Brandi Berry Benson
4:15 Family Barn Dance with the Silver Trotters
West Fest at Wolcott between Chicago and Rice
Main Stage presented by Empty Bottle
1:30 The Namby Pamby
2:45 Tenci
4:00 Cafe Racer
5:30 The Hecks
7:00 liv.e
8:30 Nick Hakim
Bass by the Pound DJ Stage
1:00 Justin Reed
2:00 Tommaso
3:00 Duke Shin
4:00 Lori Branch
5:00 Andrew Phelan
6:00 DJ Heather
7:00 James Curd
8:00 Derrick Carter
1:00 Sunday Session hosted by Irish Music School of Chicago at Mrs Murphy’s
x 1:00 The Mountainaires at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10, Bluegrass ’n’ Bloodies
1:00 Ryan Craig at Heroes West Lemont, Sunday Funday
1:00 Jake Mack at Preservation Geneva, Sunday Funday
1:30 Art "Turk" Burton and Congo Square, Dee Alexander with Alexis Lombre, Carmani Edwards at Garfield Park Conservatory, AACM, 60 to the 60th
x 1:30 Maggie’s Farm at FitzGeralds Patio, Bob Dylan Brunch
Cicero Fest at 34th & Laramie
2:00 Everett Dean & The Lonesome Hearts
4:00 Kevin Lee & The Kings
6:15 R Gang
8:30 Hello Weekend
2:00 Starcrumbs, Randy Sax at Golden Dagger, $15
2:00 Nombrekari and Dark Matter Resident Panty at Elastic Arts, 'Coming Home' Festival and Panel Discussion at Fourtunehouse Bronzeville, collaboration with Elastic Arts
2:00 Vinyl Idols at Northman Riverwalk
2:00 Lynn Nardelli at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange
2:00 John Devlin at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge
2:00 Eric Howell at Toadstool Pub Highwood
2:00 My Metal Heart at Broken Oar Port Barrington
2:00 AD3 Acoustic Trio at Dockside Ottawa
2:30 Windy City Rev Ups at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $10
Itasca Fest
3:00 Form
5:30 Throwback Jukebox
8:30 Think Floyd with Julie Ann Larson
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs
3:00 Club Crib at Honky Tonk BBQ
3:00 Four Star Brass Band at Une Annee Morton Grove
3:00 Frank Bono, Mattheo, Sam White at Black Barrel Tavern Old Town
3:00-6:00 Conciertos en el Jardín Malinalli with A Flor de Piel, Zacbé Pichardo, Crossing Borders at 2800 S Ridgeway
3:00 Kaleigh Wilder & Ben Hall at Experimental Sound Studio, RSVP
3:00 Sunday Daydream Grateful Dead Jam Session at On Tour Brewing
3:00 Kathryn Lachey & Chris Siebold at Sketchbook Evanston
x 3:00 Ron Lazarretti & Andon Davis at Friendly Tap Berwyn, Sunday Matinee
3:00 Johnny Don't at Church Street Brewing Itasca
3:00 Del Bergeson Swing Orchestra at Roxy Lockport, $10
3:00 Daniel Cole Dailey at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry
3:00 Cam Wize at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach, Sunday Funday
3:00 Grant Milliren at Whiskey Bend St Charles
3:30 Songwriters in the Round hosted by Todd Kessler with Kevin Prchal, Laura Glyda and Ross Krakow at Color Club, $10
4:00, 8:00 Charles Heath Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
4:00 The Steepwater Band at Reggies 63rd Street Beach
4:00 Billy Flynn at Nichols Park Hyde Park, 2023 George Franklin Memorial Summer Sunday Concert Series
4:00 Cancer Day Bash with Chris2tn, DJ Mile High at Promontory, $20
4:00 DJ Outta Control at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park
4:20 Brother John Kattke Trio at Lagunitas Tap Room & Beer Sanctuary
x 4:45 Windy City Ramblers at FitzGeralds Sidebar, Second-Line Sunday monthly fundraising party
5:00 The High Kings at Des Plaines Theatre, $39-59
5:00 River Valley Rangers at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia, Bluegrass Sundays
5:30, 7:30 Alfonso Ponticelli Trio at Winters Jazz Club, $23-28
5:30 Tracye Eileen jazz set at Buddy Guy’s Legends
6:00, 8:15 Andy Brown Quartet at Andy’s, $15
6:30 Weezer at Hard Rock Gary IN, $80
x 7:00 Al Rose, Teresa Storch & Peter at Montrose Saloon, $10, 2nd Damn Sunday of the Fuckin’ Month
7:00 The Steeldrivers at City Winery, $40-58
7:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at Honky Tonk BBQ
7:00 Snuffed, Home Invasion, Lengua Salvaje, Destiny Bond at Subterranean, $12
7:00 HUP Heisenberg Uncertainty Players at Phyllis' Musical Inn
7:00 D2G and the Stadium Status, Abstrak Mind, TY Renée, B. Lily & SOS, and DJ EL at Epiphany Center, $25-40
7:00 Blind Message, Magg Dylan, The Sentinels at LiveWire Lounge
7:00 Dez Desermeaux & friends at Le Piano
7:00 Southbound at The Dock at Montrose Beach
7:00 Salsa Sunday at Cubby Bear, $7-9
7:00 Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup sheet at 6:30
7:00 John Fogerty at Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park, $44-100 lawn, $100-130 reserved
7:30 screening of “We Were Famous, You Don't Remember: The Embarrassment” followed by Directory Q&A, Bill Goffrier solo set at Hideout, $20
7:30 OK Goodnight, Challenger Deep, Legacy Black, the Untold at Reggies Music Joint, $20
7:30 Sam Burchfield and the Scoundrels, Gibby Toombs at Schubas, $15-20
7:30 The Dead South at The Vic Theatre, $58-116
7:30 Belinda Carlisle at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts Skokie, $75
8:00 Superchunk, Stress Positions at Thalia Hall, $25-35
8:00 Mal Blum, Vial, John-Allison Weiss at Beat Kitchen, $17
x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Souls of Mischief, Breakbeat Lou & The Architect, Psalm One, Shazam Bangles at Metro, $30-35
8:00 Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band at Blue Chicago
8:00 Japanese Breakfast, Frankie Cosmos at Salt Shed, $55-75
8:00 Advance Base, Matt Bachmann at Color Club, $15
X 8:00 The James Hunter Six at SPACE, $20-38
8:00 Sunday Sessions Open Jam at The Studio Lockport
8:30 Back Alley Miracle, Cosmic Jaywalkers, Joel Medina at Golden Dagger, $10
x 8:30 Gerald Dowd & Co at Simons Tavern
8:30 Todd Marcus Quintet with Virginia MacDonald at Constellation, $15
9:00 Jeezel Petes, Fruitleather, Microcosms at Empty Bottle, $10
9:00 Wilkerson Jr./Jackson/Ali/Ra at Hungry Brain, $10
9:00 Nigel Mack at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $15
9:00 Arepa Boogie with Bumbac Joe & friends with dj cutz 1 at Dorian's
9:00 DJ Jivan Ivan at Cole’s Bar
9:00 Punk & New Wave DJ Bill V. at Delilah’s
9:00 Femmedecks with J. Cordova & Angelia Word at The Whistler
9:30 Search And Rescue Pop Up Party at Promontory, $15
10:00 Afrobeats Sundays at Primary Night Club, RSVP, $20 after 12:00m, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Dancehall
10:00 ? at Prysm, $10-15, Sundown Sundaze
10:30 Michelle Thomas at Andy’s, $15
?:00 DJs Diz, Tommaso, Duke Shin, Jesse Sandwich at California Clipper
?:00 Los Desvelados with DJs Mdok, Syko, J.Santos, Lite, Sound, Neeko, Ceasedays at Giant Penny Whistle
x Sat 7/8 Frankfort Bluegrass Fest
Briedert Green Stage
10:00a Wheels North
11:05a Third Coast Bluegras
12:15 Full Chord
1:30 Becky Buller Band
2:45 Special Consensus
4:00 Henhouse Prowlers
5:15 Tim O'Brien Band
6:30 Instrument Raffle
6:40 New Blu
Prairie Park Stage
10:35a The Grateful String Band
11:40a Fox Crossing String Band
12:40 Special Consensus
1:50 Stillhouse Junkies
3:00 Third Coast Bluegrass
4:10 Full Chord
5:20 Nick Dumas & Branchline
Old Plank Trail Tavern Beer Garden Stage
12:15 Wheels North
1:45 Fox Crossing String Band
3:15 Nick Dumas & Branchline
4:45 River Valley Rangers
Workshop Stage
12:00n Rick Faris Guitar
1:00 Kemedy Hauser Fiddle *at Prairie Park Gazebo
1:10 Don Stiernberg Mandolin
2:25 Henhouse Prowlers
3:30 Tim O'Brien
x 11:00-2:00 Billingsley & Earp with Doc Brown MD backing at Madame Zuzu's Teahouse Highland Park
x 11:30a The Country Doctors at FitzGeralds Patio, Country Brunch
x Square Roots Festival at OTSFM Lincoln Square
North Stage
12:15 Mariachi Cuatro Vientos
1:15 Chicha Roots
2:45 Tuvergen Band
4:30 Brigitte Calls Me Baby
6:15 Slow Pulp
8:00 Real Estate
South Stage
12:30 Urban Twang
2:00 Dill Costa
3:25 Samba Parade
3:45 Etran De L’aïr
5:30 Disq
7:30 Lala Lala
Maurer Hall
12:15 Old Town School Teen Open Mic
2:00 Sabine Mccalla
3:30 Moontype
5:00 Steve Dawson & the Lucid Dreams
6:45 Live Band Karaoke with John Mead, Alton Smith, Tommi Zender, Gregg Ostrom, Peter Manis
Sunnyside Kids Zone
12:15 Bilingual Dance Party With Renée
1:15 Bill Brickey Soul Singalong
2:15 Abby Lyons
3:15 Brandi Berry Benson
4:15 Family Barn Dance with the Silver Trotters
x 1:00 The Mountainaires at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10, Bluegrass ’n’ Bloodies
x 1:30 Maggie’s Farm at FitzGeralds Patio, Bob Dylan Brunch
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs
x 4:45 Windy City Ramblers at FitzGeralds Sidebar, Second-Line Sunday monthly fundraising party
x 7:00 Al Rose, Teresa Storch & Peter at Montrose Saloon, $10, 2nd Damn Sunday of the Fuckin’ Month
x 8:00 Soul Message at Green Mill, $10
X 8:00 The James Hunter Six at SPACE, $20-38
x 8:30 Gerald Dowd & Co at Simons Tavern