Sunday 8/25/24

Aug 25, 2024

Sunday!

More great music event opportunities to enjoy in and around Chicago today and tonight… read on for the details, and get out to enjoy one or more if you can… Thanks for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List!

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10:00a-3:00 Ramova Community Market August at Ramova Beer Garden, free

10:00a-12:00n Lenny Bains at The Lodge Antioch, acoustic breakfast

11:00a Karen Salmon at City News Cafe, folk

11:00a Jaren Grey Brunch at Town Bar & Grill Aurora, RSVP

11:00a-1:30 Don Stiernberg Trio at Port Clinton Square Art Festival Highland Park

11:00a-2:00 ? at Madame Zuzu's Highland Park

11:30a ? at Beat Kitchen, free, Sunday Spotlight Brunch

x 12:00n Archiepocalypse with Rabbit Foot Puppetry, Bike Theif, Hot The Cat, Radish, Green Tea Tempos, Al Scorch, Tommy Carrol & Lin Rye, Furious Styles at Archie's Cafe

Palatine Street Fest

12:00n Blackberry Jam

2:00 Fletcher Rockwell

4:00 Dancing Queen tribute to ABBA

12:00n Neon Queen tribute to ABBA brunch at City Winery, $25-40, optional $25 buffet add-on

12:00n-4:00 Kenny Reichert & Luke Sagadin Trio at Twisted Spoke, Jazz Brunch

12:00n Ambient Brunch at Cafe Mustache

12:00n-3:00 Watershed Ramblers at Ike & Oak Brewing Woodridge, Bluegrass Sunday Brunch

12:00n Josette Kacey at Heroes West Lemont, Sunday Funday

x Skokie Backlot Bash

Beer Tent Stage

1:00 Stevie Doyle, blues & fingerstyle guitar

2:00 Will Fancher, folk & country

4:00 Charles Kim, rock, folk, pop

Main Stage

3:00 The Chicago Blues Aces, blues

5:00 Thrift Store Halo, indie rock

6:30-8:00 Tributosaurus becomes The Kinks

1:00-8:00 Irish Fest 2024 with 4 Stages at Chicago Gaelic Park Oak Forest

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

x 1:00-3:00 Victor Garcia at Palmer Square Park, Live on Logan

x 1:00 New Heartaches, The Swains at Outta Space, $10, Rockin' Honkytonkin' Matinee

1:00-5:00 Sam Wyatt at Preservation Geneva, Sunday Funday

1:00-4:00 Matt Keen at Riverlands Brewing Company Patio St. Charles, Sunday Sessions

1:00-4:00 Nathan Fisher at Evergreen Pub & Grill St Charles

1:00 Corey O'Donnell at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe, Blues & BBQ Sunday Sessions

1:00-4:00 Taylor Swift Dance Party with Kenny Braasch, DJ Real Co at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, $20

1:30 Stella Chen, Matthew Lipman, Brannon Cho Trio at Ravinia Bennett Gordon Hall Highland Park, $25 reserved, no lawn

Latinxt 2024 at Navy Pier

Lake Stage

5:30 DJ Lapiz

7:00-8:15 Ana Tijoux

Beer Garden

2:00 Future Rootz DJs

3:30 OvejaNegra

5:00 Bulla En El Barrio

6:30 Ramon Chicharron

7:45-9:00 Chava

Fox Fest at Lions Park Fox River Grove

2:00 One of The Boyzz

4:00 Sixteen Candles

2:00-6:00 Great Lake Jumper DJ Set at Gman Tavern, free, celebrating the Alternative Anglers Association

2:00-6:00 Sundress Sunday Day Party & Rum Punch Brunch at Wild Hare, free

2:00-5:00 Sameboat at Milk Money Brewing La Grange

2:00-5:00 Infunktious at Dockside Bar and Grill Ottawa

2:00-2:40 Life Rhythms Community Drum Circle at Port Clinton Square Art Festival Highland Park

2:00 Matt Petko at Plank Road Tap Room Elgin

2:00 Hi Infidelity at Broken Oar Port Barrington

2:00-5:00 Michael Patterson at Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley

2:00 Wheelhouse Music Duo at Rush Creek Distilling Harvard

2:00 Yabba Griffiths at Blarney Island Antioch, Hawaiian Luau Party

2:00-5:00 Arra at Sundance Saloon Outdoor Stage Mundelein, $5+, classic rock

2:00 Big Boss and the Toes at Toadstool Pub

2:00-5:00 Infatuation tribute to Rod Stewart at Jamo's Mokena, free

2:00-5:00 Fabulous Fabtones at The Quarry Thornton, blues

2:00 Sunday Spotlight hosted by John Condron with Ryan Hegarty at Chicago St Pub Joliet

2:00-5:00 Jon Allegretto at Chop'd Plainfield

2:30 Bronzeville The Musical at Logan Center for The Arts, University of Chicago, $45-55, Mahdi Theater Company

2:30-6:00 Rosie & the Rivets at Sideouts Sport Tavern Island Lake, $5

3:00 Golden Fiddle at Montrose Saloon, no cover, tip bucket, matinee

x 3:00-5:00 Jon Goldfine at Northman Riverwalk, acoustic

x 3:00 Paul Marinaro sings Sinatra By Request with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Mike Allemana, string section at Studebaker Theater, $45-55, $31 students

X 3:00-5:00 Peter Joly Band at Friendly Tap Berwyn

3:00-7:00 Jëff Band at Tony D's Elmwood Park, free

(postponed) x 3:00 The Rascals, Phat Cat Swinger at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $49-99

x 3:00 Phat Cat Swinger at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $29-39

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

3:00-6:00 Club Crib at The Tonk

3:00-6:00 Beat The Meatles tribute to The Beatles at On Tour Brewing

3:00-6:00 Nun The Wiser with DJ Jen and Amber Waves at Reverend Herb's Sunday Church at Liars Club, playing the good stuff

3:00-10:00 House Vs Reggaeton The Battle Dance Party at Simone's Bar

3:00-6:00 Dave Coy at Brother Chimp Brewing North Aurora

3:00-6:00 Grant Milliren at Pollyanna Brewing Roselle

3:00-6:00 Paw Paw Steve, Rachel Quest at Une Année Brewery & Kitchen Niles

3:00 Motor City Motown Revue tribute to Motown at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-49

3:00-6:00 Bob Hartwell at Church Street Brewing Itasca

3:00-6:30 Brett Ratner at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach

3:00-6:00 The 5th Fret Americana with John Stoneman at Black Lung Brewing Co Fox Lake

3:00 Jeremiah Tall at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry

x 3:00 Uncle Sexy and Matthew Paige at Uncle Bud's Oak Lawn

3:00 Brendan Mack's Eclectic Sunday Residency with ? at Blue Island Beer Co, $10

3:00-6:00 Marty "Big Dog" Mercer at At The Office Crestwood

3:30 Sugarman Allstars at Reggies Music Joint, free

4:00, 8:00 Gary Bartz and Trio Nexus with Dennis Carroll, Reggie Thomas, George Fludas at Jazz Showcase, $35-50

x 4:00, 7:00 John Pizzarelli Trio at SPACE Evanston, $20-55

4:00-6:00 Connor Bernhard Quartet with Jeff Swanson, Evan Levine, Clif Wallace, Quentin Coaxum Ensemble with Dustin Laurenzi, Julius Tucker, Jeff Swanson, Micah Collier, Marcus Evans at Green Mill, $10, Chicago Jazz Composers Collective presents

x 4:00 Steve Knight Quartet at Senn High School Courtyard, Jazz in the Yard, Sundays residency

4:00 Student Open Mic at Stadium Club McCook

4:00 A Taylor Experience tribute to Taylor Swift at Rookies at the Rink Geneva, $15+

4:00-6:00 The Bart Attacks at Sketchbook Skokie

4:00-6:00 Johnny Russler & The Beach Bum Band at 115 Bourbon Street Beer Garden Merrionette Park, $5

4:00 Invitational with Jim Sieg at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

4:00 The Heart Collecters at Studio Winery & Geneva Lake Distilling Lake Geneva, $20

x 4:20-8:00 Mr. Blotto at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, Sunday Funday

4:30 Mazz Swift, Anaiet Soul at Elastic Arts, $15, $10 students, AfriClassical Futures Series

4:30 Luke Bryan, Bailey Zimmerman, Tracy Lawrence, Chayce Beckham at Wrigley Field, $30+

5:00-7:00 Brooklyn Britches & The Whispers at Tiny Tapp Riverwalk, old standards & moderns songs with a swanky twist

5:00-8:00 Low-reen & Maxwell St Market Blues with Jimmy Upstairs, Rasheed Stewart Muhammad, DC host Blues Jam at Water Hole

5:00-8:00 Bluegrass Sundays with Firewater Tent Revival at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia, psychedelic outlaw jamgrass from Jacksonville FL

5:30, 7:30 Bobbi Wilsyn & Company with Miguel de la Cerna, Marlene Rosenberg, Frank Parker IV, Larry Brown Jr. at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33, ‘S Wonderful, Music from the Gershwins

5:30-8:00 ? dinner set at Buddy Guy's Legends, free

6:00 Anteeter, Missy Vaughn-Dean & The Love Supreme, Butterfield Creek, Mrs. Smith and The Present at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

6:00 Noah Sherman, R.I.C.O. at Judson & Moore Distillery, free RSVP, sold out, waiting list

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

6:00-2:00a Mike Wheeler, Joe Doyle, Kingston Mines Blues Jam at Kingston Mines, $10, free if jamming

6:00-7:30 Rick Lindy & James Lynch Duo at Chef Shangri-La Riverside

6:00 George Holmes at Caliendo's Winfield, Italian family dinner

6:00-9:00 Blues Jam hosted by ? at Madcats Palatine

6:00 Saint Red, Satin Black, Surf Candy, Litwax at RocHaus West Dundee, $10+, punk vs metal

6:00-9:00 Open Mic hosted by Katie B at Riverlands Brewing Company Patio St. Charles, signups ~5:30

6:00 (7:00 ET) Lake Effect Jazz Big Band at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $15-40, Midwest Made

6:30 Song Circle at Grayslake Heritage Center, $3, Lake County Folk Club

x 7:00 Valerie June at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $50

x 7:00 British Buddy Big Band at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, Big Band & BBQ

x 7:00 The Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood at Tinley Park Amphitheatre, $30+

7:00 Black Pistol Fire, Dan Spencer at Thalia Hall, $25

7:00 Joel Paterson, Jonathan Stout at OTSFM Szold Hall, $20

7:00 Bug Hunter, The Narcissist Cookbook at Chop Shop, $30-38

7:00-8:00 When Kander Met Ebb with Daryl Nitz & friends Amy Armstrong, Laura Dellis, Kyle Hustedt, Dan Michel, Laura Freeman, Beckie Menzie, Irwin Berkowitz at Davenport’s Cabaret, $35, 2 drink minimum

7:00-11:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at The Tonk

7:00 Conscious Rockers at The Dock at Montrose Beach

7:00-10:00 Amr Fahmy Trio, ++ at Le Piano

7:00-11:00 Lutan Fyah and Droop Lion with The Irie Lion Band, The Wild Hare Sound System hosted by DJ Fucha at Wild Hare, $20, Wild Hare Music presents

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

7:00 Samara Joy at Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park, $70-99 reserved, $53-70 lawn

7:30 Torch The Hive, Scorched Waves, Lavender Point, Alive Alone at Subterranean, $12

7:30 Alejandro Salazar & Diego Hedez Afro-Cuban Quintet at Elastic Arts, free, Chicago Jazz Festival Citywide

7:30 Brent Penny, Mitch Stahlmann, and Anna Johnson at Comfort Station, Comfort Music

8:00 Adamantis, Ironflame, Fer de Lance at Reggies Music Joint, $15

8:00 The Delta Bombers, Left Lane Cruiser, Mikey Classic And His Demons at Reggies Comedy Shack, $20-25

8:00 Sulfuric Cautery, Girth, Necessary Death, Degenerate Synapse, Melting Rot, Brilliant Behemoth at Beat Kitchen, $20-27

8:00 Dogs On Shady Lane, Morgan Powers, Harvey Waters at Schubas, $15

8:00 Psymon Spine, Vnyts at Sleeping Village, $14-18

8:00 Miki Fiki, The Whips, Sweet Hudson, Midwest Blender Company at Subterranean, $12-15

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

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

8:00 Parachute Day, Strawberry Boy, tenmonthsummer, Inoculous at Burlington Bar, $10

8:00 Bloodhype, Wolfman at The Whistler, CHIRP Night

8:00 Vinyl by Diasfunk at Dorian's, free

8:00 Young Miko at Rosemont Theatre, $38+

8:00 Sunday Sessions Open Jam at The Studio Lockport

x 8:30 Phil Angotti & Friends perform Holly, Isaak, Presley at Simon's Tavern

8:30 Leanna Firestone, Brye at Lincoln Hall, $30

8:30 Y2Gay at Liars Club, $15-20, Sapphic Seance presents, burlesque, drag, live music

8:30 Crushes at aliveOne

9:00 Balthvs, Houseplant at Empty Bottle, $22

9:00 Dog/Days with Michael Moore Quartet Music, Hungry Brain all-stars at Hungry Brain, free

9:00 Sheryl Youngblood at Buddy Guy's Legends, $15

9:00-2:00a Eighties Freak Fest DJ Dean at Delilah’s

10:30-11:45 Mobius at Andy’s Jazz Club, $20

Jerome’s highlights

x = recommended, interested, of note to me or friends

X = the plan, though that can change