Sunday 9/1/24
Sunday!
More great festivals and other 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!
West Loop Art Fest at Fulton & Peoria
10:00a Bryan Cee
11:30a Johnny Alletto
1:00 Annie Vander
2:30 Robby Celestin Duo
4:00 Carla Prather
5:30 Manny Torres
10:00a-12:00n ? at The Lodge Antioch, acoustic breakfast
x Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park
Harris Theater Rooftop, Young Lions Jazz, enter on Randolph
11:00-11:45a Alfie Jackson Quartet
12:00-12:45 Brandon Harper & Friends
1:00-1:45 The Isabella Isherwood Quintet
2:00-2:45 Alejandro Salazar and the Afro Cuban Exchange
3:00-3:50 Jcandthereupband
Von Freeman Stage, North Promenade
11:30a-12:25 Mai Sugimoto
12:40-1:35 Sharel Cassity Alliance
1:50-2:45 Charlie Johnson Quartet
3:00-4:00 Jason Palmer Quartet
WDCB Jazz Lounge, South Promenade
6:45-7:45 Juli Wood’s “Natalies Wood plays Roland Kirk”
4:30-6:15 Alexander McLean Project
2:15-4:00 Ernest Dawkins Quintet
12:00-1:45 Bethany Pickens Soulful Coalition
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
4:15-5:05 Clif Wallace Big Band
5:25-6:10 Eddie Henderson
6:25-7:25 Orrin Evans
7:45-9:00 Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Frankfort Fall Festival
Breidert Green Stage
11:00-1:00 Southside Soul Kings
2:00-3:30 One Foot In
4:30-6:00 Dad Strength
The Garden on Oak Street
2:00-5:00 Music of the Stars
8:00-11:00 Gold Dust Dreams tribute to Fleetwood Mac, $15, 21 and older only
11:00a-6:00 48th Annual Fox Valley Folk & Storytelling Festival at Wheeler Park Geneva, $35, $20 teens and seniors
11:00a Annalise and the Backsliders at City News Cafe, americana
11:00a The Christian Alan Hansen Brunch at The Town Bar and Grill Aurora, free
Schaumburg Septemberfest at Atcher Municipal Center
Craft Beer & Wine Stage
11:30-1:00 Saturn Kings
2:00-4:00 Live Pete
4:30-6:30 The Acoustic Jukebox
7:00-9:00 Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones Duo
Local Stage
11:00-1:00 School District 54 student showcases
1:30-2:00 Atharv Gurukul Dynamic Dancers
2:30-3:45 Rhythmic Fusion
4:30-6:00 No Limit
7:30-9:00 The Tony Ocean Show
Main Stage
6:30-8:00 Mock Star
8:30-10:00 Plain White T's
Yorkville Hometown Days Festival at Beacher Center Yorkville
11:30a-1:30 American English tribute to The Beatles
2:30-4:00 7th Heaven
5:00-7:00 All American Throwbacks
8:00-10:00 Hi Infidelity
11:30a Stephen Moller at Beat Kitchen, free, Sunday Spotlight Brunch
x 11:30a The Hoyle Brothers at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP, Country Brunch
x Taste of Polonia at Copernicus Center
Tribute Stage
12:00-12:45 Pretty The Wolf
1:15-2:30 Polka Generations
3:00-4:15 Soul Sacrifice
4:45-6:00 Voyage
6:30-8:00 Semple
8:30-10:00 Gentlemen of Leisure
World Music Stage
2:00 Polonijna Orkiestra Chicago
3:00 School of Rock Chicago
5:00 Junior Stress
7:00 Gutek
8:30 Krzysztof Cugowski z Zespolem Mistrzow
Naperville Last Fling
Main Stage
12:00n-2:00 RockHouse
2:30-4:30 Heart to Heartbreaker
5:15-7:15 90s Pop Nation
8:00-10:00 16 Candles
Beer Garden Stage
12:00n-10:00 Brent Brown
12:00n PureSoul tribute to Otis Redding, Al Green, Soul of Memphis brunch at City Winery, $22-28, optional $25 buffet add-on
12:00n Beats & Brunch with Kare, Ryan Moses, Hungu at Cafe Mustache
12:00n-5:00 Set Sail Against Hunger Music & Arts Fest with ? at Outta Space, $15
12:00n-4:00 DJ Triple H at Beacon Tap Des Plaines, DJ Brunch
x Shoe Fest at Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See Manteno, $180 3 day camping pass
Bent River Stage
1:45-2:45 Chicago Farmer
4:15-5:30 Family Groove Company
7:00-8:30 Cornmeal with Allie Kral
10:15-11:45 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Happy Water Stage
12:30-1:30 Broken Robots
3:00-4:00 Dan Bern
5:45-6:45 Scott Tipping Band
8:45-10:00 People Brothers Band
12:00m-1:30a Shoe String
1:00 Sunday Session hosted by Irish Music School of Chicago at Mrs Murphy’s
1:00-5:00 Pete Jive at Preservation Geneva, Sunday Funday
1:00-4:00 Justin Moyar at Riverlands Brewing Company Patio St. Charles
1:00-4:00 Jeff Pflueger Duo at Evergreen Pub & Grill St Charles, pig smoker at 12:00n
x 1:00-3:00 Bethany Pickens at Palmer Square Park, Live on Logan
x 1:30 The Lawrence Peters Outfit at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP, Country Brunch
1:30 Pianist David Kaplan "Quasi una fantasia" at Ravinia Bennett Gordon Hall Highland Park, $25 reserved, no lawn
Live on the Lake at Navy Pier Beer Garden Stage
2:00-4:30 The King of Mars
5:30-8:00 I.V. Collective
9:00-11:10 Marina City
Nashwood in Highwood
Toadstool Pub
2:00-5:00 Big Sky Stringband
6:00-9:00 White Saddle Band
2:00-10:00 ARC Music Festival at Union Park, House
2:00-12:00m North Coast Music Festival at SeatGeek Stadium Bridgeview, EDM/Dance
2:00-6:00 I Love Reggae Day Party & Brunch at Wild Hare, free
2:00-5:00 Bryce Hunter at Milk Money Brewing La Grange
2:00-5:00 Isabella Snow & Kenny Potilechio at Brother Chimp Brewing North Aurora
2:00-5:00 Wreckin' Dixie at Dockside Bar and Grill Ottawa
2:00 Rumor Hazit at Broken Oar Port Barrington
2:00-5:00 InFunktious Duo at Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley
2:00 Party Obvious at Blarney Island Antioch, Hawaiian Luau Party
2:00-5:00 CTA aka Chicago Tribute Anthology at Sundance Saloon Outdoor Stage Mundelein, $5+
2:00-5:00 Susan Williams Duo at The Quarry Ballroom Thornton, blues
2:00 Joe Cantafio at Rush Creek Distilling Harvard
2:00-5:00 Grant Milliren at Chop'd Plainfield
2:00 Izzy & Friends Open Jam at Rookies St Charles
2:30-6:00 Big Boss & The Toes at Sideouts Sport Tavern Island Lake, $5, tix at door?
x 3:00-5:00 Ms. Barbara Clifford & The Shakin' Tailfeathers at Northman Riverwalk, rockabilly/americana
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs, Honky Tonk Sundays
3:00-6:00 Club Crib at The Tonk
Sun 9/1? 3:00-6:00 ? at Reverend Herb's Sunday Church at Liars Club, playing the good stuff
x 3:00-5:00 Terry & Pete, OD, Jp, John Carpenter at Friendly Tap Berwyn
3:00-8:00 Sinatra Music Sunday Italian Feast and Songs of Sinatra at Club Arcada St Charles, $25, $13 kids under 13
3:00-6:00 Okay Kiddos at Une Année Brewery & Kitchen Niles
3:00-6:30 Lucky Pickers and Bluegrass Jam Circle at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach, 1st Sunday
3:00-6:00 Claws of Joy Rock at Black Lung Brewing Co Fox Lake
x 3:30 Omar Coleman Band at Reggies Music Joint, free, sidewalk show
x 4:00 Bluegrass Breakdown hosted by Aaron Smith, house band, opens to attendees at Judson & Moore Distillery, free
4:00-7:00 Ron Sorin/John Neafsey Blues Duo at Cary's Lounge
4:00-7:00 Matthew Kopecky at Ike & Oak Brewing Woodridge, Bluegrass Sunday Brunch
x 4:00-6:00 Gerald Dowd at Sketchbook Skokie
4:00 Invitational with Jim Sieg at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich
x 4:20-8:00 Deadfest Band with Josh Olken, ++ at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, Sunday Funday
5:00 Open Access Official Rapbrary Launch Party with Roy Kinsey and DJ Skoli at Thalia Hall, $30+
5:00 True Story at O's Tap
5:00-7:00 The David Boykin Expanse at Tiny Tapp Riverwalk, jazz
x 5:00 Sarah Gayle Meech at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP
5:00-8:00 Bluegrass Sundays at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
5:30, 7:30 Chris Madsen Quartet with Alyssa Allgood, Tom Vaitsas, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas at Winters Jazz Club, $25-30, The Music of Lester Young & Billie Holiday
x 6:00 Royal Sonics, The Opal City Diamonds, Tavern Cats, Mopery at Montrose Saloon, $10-15
x 6:00-8:00 Los Gallos Band at Northman Riverwalk, tex mex americana roots
6:00 Minhasa Pop-Up at Sleeping Village Patio, free, Global Currency pre-party
6:00, 8:15 Andy Brown Quartet at Andy’s Jazz Club, $20
6:00-2:00a Nicholas Alexander Blues Band, Joe Doyle, Kingston Mines Blues Jam at Kingston Mines, $10, free if jamming
6:30-9:30 Julia Merchant at Davenport’s Piano Bar
6:30 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Geese at Northerly Island, sold out? resale $70+
7:00 Rhoda G & Bell Darris at City Winery, $30-45, jazz
7:00-11:00 Chicago Cellar Boys at The Tonk
7:00 The Stingers at The Dock at Montrose Beach
7:00-10:00 Amr Fahmy Trio, ++ at Le Piano
7:00 Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup sheet at 6:30
x 7:00 Chicago Grandstand at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, Big Band & BBQ
7:00 World Turning tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Belfry Music Theatre Delavan WI, $68-86
7:30 Underground Wonder Bar Alumni Reunion #3 at Reggies Comedy Shack, $25
7:30 The 95th Street Band at Roxy Lockport, $10, blues, rock, r&b, motown, soul
8:00 Chofis Sessions at Martyrs, first Sundays
8:00 Eyehategod, Exhorder, Hans Condor, Hell is Real at Reggies Rock Club, $25
8:00 Strawberry Girls, When We Was Kids, East Moon at Beat Kitchen, $25-33
8:00 Draggy Tingz with Bernadette Burnett, Betta, Jade Thee Supreme, Jasmine Green Tea, Lou Sid Dream, Mercy Van Carter, Phoebe Phoenix, Santi Kristo at Subterranean, $10
x 8:00-12:00m Soul Message with Chris Foreman, Lee Rothenberg, Greg Rockingham at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Nate Manos with Mzz Reese at Blue Chicago
8:00-1:30a Diego Gaeta, Caitlin Edwards, DJs King Hippo & Leja Hazer at California Clipper, free
8:00 Thomas A Matecki Band at Phyllis Musical Inn
8:00 Peter Cat Recording Co at The Vic Theatre, $30
8:00 CMF Metal Sunday Riot Fest preview night with DJs Carrie Monster & CMF Rodney at LiveWire Lounge
8:00 Fast Times 80s at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00 Modern Day Romeos at Blarney Island Antioch, Hawaiian Luau Party
8:00 Fuerza Regida at Tinley Park Amphitheatre, $280+
Sun 9/1? 8:00 Sunday Sessions Open Jam at The Studio Lockport
x 8:30 Rachel Drew four piece at Simon's Tavern
x 8:30 After Fest Jam Session hosted by Bobby Watson at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
8:30 Ritual Action, Varo String Quartet, Bendrick at Constellation, $15-18, Frequency Series
8:30 Crushes at aliveOne
x 9:00 Grelley Duvall presents Lady Di at Empty Bottle, $25
x 9:00 Josh Berman, Jason Roebke, Mike Reed, & guests at Hungry Brain, free
9:00 The Kantors, Honeycrush, Oyeme at Cole’s Bar, $13
9:00 Labor Day Queen with Steve "Silk" Hurley, Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, Mark Grusane, Jessica Jane, DJ Wolfy, ++ hosted by Lucy Stoole, Nico, Joan Jullian, Alexandrea Diamond at Metro, $25-30, $20 students before 12:00a
9:00 Global Currency 4 Year Anniversary with Dos Flakos, DJ Iggy, DJ Mochi, Ranee at Sleeping Village, $36, plus Minhasa Pop-Up pre-party at 6:00
9:00-2:00a Maximum R&B DJ Pete Nathon at Delilah’s
9:00-2:00a Research & Development with Zona Cinco, Shanti, Dan B Hood, Makeen, JS Alvarez at The Whistler
10:30-11:45 Elisha 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
x Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park
x 11:30a The Hoyle Brothers at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP, Country Brunch
x Taste of Polonia at Copernicus Center
x Shoe Fest at Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See Manteno, $180 3 day camping pass
x 1:00-3:00 Bethany Pickens at Palmer Square Park, Live on Logan
x 1:30 The Lawrence Peters Outfit at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP, Country Brunch
x 3:00-5:00 Ms. Barbara Clifford & The Shakin' Tailfeathers at Northman Riverwalk, rockabilly/americana
x 3:00 The Hoyle Brothers at Martyrs, Honky Tonk Sundays
x 3:00-5:00 Terry & Pete, OD, Jp, John Carpender at Friendly Tap Berwyn
x 3:30 Omar Coleman Band at Reggies Music Joint, free, sidewalk show
x 4:00 Bluegrass Breakdown hosted by Aaron Smith, house band, opens to attendees at Judson & Moore Distillery, free
x 4:00-6:00 Gerald Dowd at Sketchbook Skokie
x 4:20-8:00 Deadfest Band with Josh Olken, ++ at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood, Sunday Funday
x 5:00 Sarah Gayle Meech at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP
x 6:00 Royal Sonics, The Opal City Diamonds, Tavern Cats, Mopery at Montrose Saloon, $10-15
x 6:00-8:00 Los Gallos Band at Northman Riverwalk, tex mex americana roots
x 7:00 Chicago Grandstand at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, Big Band & BBQ
x 8:00-12:00m Soul Message with Chris Foreman, Lee Rothenberg, Greg Rockingham at Green Mill, $10
x 8:30 Rachel Drew four piece at Simon's Tavern
x 8:30 After Fest Jam Session hosted by Bobby Watson at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
x 9:00 Grelley Duvall presents Lady Di at Empty Bottle, $25
x 9:00 Josh Berman, Jason Roebke, Mike Reed, & guests at Hungry Brain, free
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