Thursday 12/14/23

Dec 14, 2023

Thursday!

And this Holiday time ‘Little Friday’ brings some great music event opportunities happening in and around our well decorated town… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more of them if you can… and thanks very much for reading, subscribing to, and sharing Jerome’s Event List, please keep it up!

Share Jerome’s Event List

5:00 Andy Brown at Green Mill

5:00 Bear Williams at Epiphany Center, RSVP

5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Surely You Jest, Leslie Beukelman at Catch 35, Beyond Night

5:30 Matt Hendricks acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends

5:30-9:30 Hyde Park Youth Symphony Celebration and Concert at Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, donations suggested

5:30 Brother John Kattke at Hugos Frog Bar & Fish House Naperville

6:00, 8:15 Proximity at Andy’s, $15

6:00-10:00 Smiley Tillmon Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

6:00 Live Like Roo Holiday Show & Fundraiser with 8 bands, ++ at Joe's On Weed Street, $45, benefits Live Like Roo Foundation to help animals with cancer

6:00 Liam Durkin at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange

6:00-9:00 Ken Hechtman at Lindy's Landing Wauconda

6:00-9:00 Open Mic Thursdays at Church Street Brewing Itasca

6:00 Ugly Sweater Party Yacht Rock Version at Preservation Geneva

6:30-9:30 Bossa Nova with Luciano Antonio at Artango Bar & Steakhouse

x 6:30 Jeff Tweedy at Unity Temple Oak Park, $109, sold out

6:30 Riley and The Red Hots at Encore Little Gem Oak Park

6:30 Joe Fascetta at The Elm LaGrange

6:30 Nicole Devine at Alter Brewing Company Downers Grove, Music on Tap

7:00 Snakebite Healers, The Scovilles, Dolph Chaney +/- The Phins, Willows at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

7:00 Exmortus, Generation Kill, Hatriot, Claustrofobia, Backlash at Reggie’s Rock Club, $20-25

7:00 Yvie Oddly at Lincoln Hall, $30-35, VIP $95-149

7:00 Rematch, When The Sun Sets, Stillwell at Cobra Lounge, $19

7:00 The Ben Paterson Organ Trio at Le Piano, Laurens Hammond B3 Night

x 7:00 Banjo After Dark with Jonas Friddle & Jug Band Happy Hour, Public Jam afterward at Borelli’s Pizza

7:00 4x4 Animal Style, Sun Queen, Doc Mino, Bitcrush at Fallen Log, Kitchen 17

7:00 Guardrail, High Wire, Ghoul For A Goblin, Farhampton, Hi Ho, Sure Fine Whatever, Paranormal Sky at Bottom Lounge, $15, Pop-Punk Holiday Show

7:00 Fusion of Light with Dupree, Aurin, Shaylin B at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $15

7:00 Jackson Jay Kidder with Doug Ferdinand, Juan Pastor, Morgan Pirtle & Aaron Day at Epiphany Center, $15-20

7:00 Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret

7:00 James Conway & Michael Austin lead an Irish Session at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center

7:00 Elastic Arts Holiday Party with DJ Hunter Diamond at Elastic Arts, free for members, $35+ memberships

7:00 The Machete Holiday Pageant with Baby Teeth, ++ at Carol's Pub, $40

7:00 Heavy Air Happy Hour at Cafe Mustache

7:00-9:00 Steve Shmeegan at Pub 78 Brookfield

7:00 Jazz Central at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge

7:00 Call Me Jo at Quigley’s Naperville

7:00-10:00 Polka Christmas Party with Alex Meixner at Double Clutch Brewing Company Evanston

7:00 Johnny Miller at Beacon Tap Des Plaines

7:00 Pete Jive at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry

7:00-9:30 Mr. Lucky & his Orchestra of Tomorrow at Roxy Lockport, $10

7:00 Open Mic with Low-reen & Jimmy Upstairs guest hosting at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach

7:00 Projam with Alberto Alvarez at Shanahan’s Woodridge

7:00 Open Mic hosted by A.J. Johnson at Dockside Ottawa

7:00 Open Jam with Jimmy Jr. & Friends at The Quarry Thornton, one free drink per player

x 7:00 Stop Making Sense 40th Anniversary Dance Party at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP

x 7:30 Great Moments in Vinyl play The Rolling Stones at Martyrs, $15

x 7:30, 9:30 Patricia Barber Quartet at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33, Songs of the Season and Repertoire Favorites

7:30 Bychkov Conducts Brahms at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $35-199

x 7:30 Kenny G at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $79-129

7:30 The Chicago Soul Spectacular at SPACE Evanston, $15 SRO

7:30 Jump tribute to Van Halen, Sabbath tribute to Black Sabbath at Des Plaines Theatre, $29-49

7:30 Buffalo Rose at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, $15-35

7:30 Colin Cimmarusti at Broken Oar Port Barrington

x 7:30 Wayne Newton at Rialto Square Theatre Joliet, $55-112

x 7:30 JD McPherson with Joel Paterson at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $30, Socks, A Rock N’ Roll Christmas

7:30 Open Mic at The Outta Space Berwyn

8:00 Andrew Bird with Margaret Glaspy, Julian Lage, Gezelligheid Concerts at Fourth Presbyterian Church, $56-61, sold out

8:00 Favelas, LVDP, C.H.E.F., Harvey Lightyear at Reggie’s Music Joint, $10-12

8:00 Koji, Pictoria Vark, Routine Fuss, rat Tally at Beat Kitchen, $17

8:00 Olive Avenue, Red Scarves, Niko Kapetan at Schubas, $13-15

8:00 J&M Jubilee with Red Korn, Boots Off, DJ Colleen Malone at Judson & Moore, $10

8:00 Anything is Everything, Tommy Kessler, Superkick, Getting Started at Subterranean, $12

8:00 Alan Gresik’s Swing Orchestra at Green Mill, $10

8:00, 10:00 Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas with Terell Stafford, Cyrus Chestnut, Jalen Baker, Rodney Whitaker, Clarence Penn, Georgia Heers at Jazz Showcase, $30-45

8:00 Quentin Coaxum Quintet with Dustin Laurenzi, Stu Mindeman, Jake Vinsel, Mikel Avery perform Vince Guaraldi’s 1965 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' at Fulton Street Collective, $15, Jazz Record Art Collective presents

8:00 Ivy Ford Blues Band, Joanna Connor Band at Kingston Mines, $15

8:00 Luke Pytel Blues Band with Sheryl Youngblood at Blue Chicago

8:00 Zeds Dead at Salt Shed, $53-123

8:00-10:30 Mome fka Moomi, Sydcram at California Clipper, $5

8:00 The Bisceglia Brothers at Phyllis’ Musical Inn

8:00 Falcon Superchair, The Unresolved, Josh Bryant? at Burlington Bar, $10

8:00 616, Derision Cult at LiveWire Lounge, $10, MK Ultra Presents

8:00 Stevie McVie tribute To Stevie Nicks at Firewater Saloon Edison Park

8:00 Chris2 at Friendly Tap Berwyn

8:00 Terrapin Flyer at The Venue Aurora, $20, Dead Night

8:00 Mondo Cortez and Friends at Austin Community Tavern Steger, RSVP

Thu 12/14? 8:00 Open Mic with ? at The Studio Lockport

8:30 Mom Rock, Damager at Hideout, $12-15

8:30 Ernest Dawkins at Constellation, $15

8:30, 9:30, 11:00 Rosa's All-Stars Band with Lil Ed Williams, Tony Mangiullo, Harlan Terson, Thaddeus Krolicki, Ariyo or Phil Baron, Joey J. Saye at Rosa’s, $10-20

8:30-11:30 Ester Hana at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret

x 8:30 Mud Morganfield at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20

8:30 The Good Nights at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

x 8:30 Winter Wonderland Christmas Show with Billy Corgan & Friends at Madame Zuzu's Highland Park, sold out

8:30 Open Mic Blues Jam at Harlem Avenue Lounge Berwyn

9:00 Bloodyminded, Nika, Palais Intrige, Lula Asplund, Mortido at Empty Bottle, $12

9:00 Katie Ernst/Lenard Simpson, Erez Dessel/Maria Elena at Hungry Brain, $10

9:00 Dave Specter at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $15

9:00-2:00a Freeway, ++ at Promontory, $40

9:00 Blacc Kristoff, Viano and the Wave, Crashprez, Gordon Skl at Cole's Bar, $13

9:00-11:00 Estlin Usher at Tack Room

9:00-11:55 Open Mic Night with Max Reeve at The Thirsty Tavern

9:00 Thursday Night Mixtape Vol. 5 with Mother Fortune, Noiseland, Pudding, Hot Lips Messiah at Liars Club, $10

9:00 Pop & Punk DJ Tony at Delilah’s

9:00 DJ John Simmons birthday & Jesse Sandwich at The Whistler

9:00 Almafuerte at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP, Pachanka Music Culture presents

9:00-12:00m Christian Alan Hansen at House Pub St Charles, Thursday Showcase

10:00 Feel Good Country Boys at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00 Reggae Gold at Subterranean, $10

10:30 Anthony Bruno at Andy’s, $15