Thursday 5/18/23
4:00-11:00 Bottled Blues at Brauer House Lombard, Tire Swarm Car & Bike Night
4:30 Afro-Cuban Folkloric Ensemble at Goodspeed Hall Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, Tea Time Concert
5:00 Andy Brown at Green Mill
5:00-8:00 Evanston Arts & Craft Beverage Crawl at Main-Dempster Miless
5:00 BattleBots Thursday at Cary’s Lounge
5:00 Christian Yi at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour
5:00 Vivian Garcia at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour
5:00 Pub Food Pop-Up at Exit Strategy Brewing Forest Park
5:00 Open Pool at Whiskey Girl Tavern
5:30 Matt Hendricks at Buddy Guy’s Legends
5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Surely You Jest at Catch 35, Beyond Night
6:00, 8:15 Proximity at Andy’s, $15
6:00 Harry Hmura at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
6:00 Ross Krakow at Preservation Geneva
6:00 Bradley Hides at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange
6:00 Open Mic at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca
6:00 Open Mic Thursday withPoetry, R&B, ++ at Wild Hare
6:00 Grown Folks Stories at Promontory, $10
6:00 whaddayaknow Trivia at Smoke Daddy Wrigleyville
6:00 West Town Comedy Showcase at On Tour Brewing
6:30 Street Dove, Disco Lemonade at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $10
6:30 Ernie Watts Masterclass, A Melodic Approach to Improvisation at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $5-20
6:30 Blue Beginning Blue Thursday Happy Hour at Hideout, RSVP
6:30 Riley and the Red Hots at Encore Little Gem Oak Park
6:30 JD Kostyk at The Elm La Grange
6:30 ? at Alter Brewing Company Downers Grove, Music on Tap
x 7:00 Banjo After Dark with Jonas Friddle & Jug Band Happy Hour, Public Jam afterward at Borelli’s Pizza
7:00 Arco Meza at Fitzgeralds Patio, Pachanka Music presents
7:00 The Morningsides, Don Gibson At Montrose Saloon, $10
7:00 Ragdolls tribute to Aerosmith, Bad Reputation tribute to Joan Jett at Des Plaines Theatre, $15
7:00 Dead/Awake, Light The Fire, Ghost Chant, Dream Alazia at Liars Club, $10
7:00 Oddysseys, Atheena, Llo Llo, Soft Charm at Cobra Lounge, $15
7:00 Black Oak Ensemble with Mary Stolper at Epiphany, $20, Chicago Composers' Consortium presents
7:00 Chokesetter, Her Worst Nightmare, True Love Devil at LiveWire Lounge, $10
7:00 Moonspell, Eleine, Shield Of Wings at The Forge Joliet, $25-75
7:00 Brother John Kattke at Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar Naperville
7:00 Call Me Jo at Quigley’s Naperville
7:00 Good Jim & Kelly at Stadium Club McCook
7:00 Johnnie Miller at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
7:00 Chicago Philharmonic Community AMP Concert at Benito Juarez Community Academy
7:00 James Libera at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
7:00 Victor Brown Band at Double Clutch Brewing Company Evanston
7:00 Bill Uhler at Grandpa’s Place Glenview 2nd Floor Outdoor Terrace
7:00 Dez Desermeaux & Anthony D’agostino at Le Piano, Retro Jazz & Blues Night
7:00 Cabaret ZaZou at Cambria Hotel, $80-190
7:00 Projam hosted by Jordan Macarus at Shanahan’s Woodridge
7:00 Thursday Night Irish Session hosted by James Conway and Michael Austin at Fifth Province Pub, Irish
American Heritage Center
7:00 Open Mic with Jimmy Jr. & Friends at The Quarry Thornton, 1 free drink per player
7:00 Open Mic hosted by Chris Farrell at Dockside Ottawa
7:00 Thirsty Thursday Open Mic Night at The Studio Lockport
7:00 The Open Jam with Chad Watson at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles
7:00 Thursday Open Mic Night at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach
Thu 5/18? 7:00 Open Mic with Alan Cromwell at Blue Island Beer Company Blue Island
7:00 Thirsty Thursday with Evanston Homebrew Club at Sketchbook Skokie
7:00 DJ Nick Levine (Jodi) hosted by Queer Social Club at Judson & Moore, free, Swappin’ Boots at 8:00, $15 Billingsley & Earp dance lesson at 7:00
7:00 Star Wars Trivia with Chicago Trivia Guys at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park
7:00 Trivia Night hosted by Heather at Miskatonic Brewing Company Darien, Bag of Tricks Entertainment
7:00 Gilmore Girls Trivia Night at Heroes West Lemont
7:00 Ted Lasso Trivia at Exit Strategy Brewing Forest Park
x 7:30 The Mavericks at Rialto Square Theatre, $39-69
7:30 Six Foot Blonde, No Candor, Silver Man Walking at Martyrs, $10
7:30 Storyhill at SPACE Evanston, $20-35
7:30 Indigo De Souza, Sluice at Thalia Hall, sold out, limited number at door
7:30 The Walkmen at Metro, $35-40
7:30 Hey Monea at Hey Nonny, $15-35
7:30, 9:30 Jeremy Kahn Trio with Jim Gailloreto at Winters Jazz Club, $18-23, Love Me Some Mid-Century, Songs Written Between 1955-1970
7:30 Retches U Up Poscast at The Vic Theatre, $40-70
7:30 The National, Soccer Mommy at Auditorium Theatre, $39-79
7:30 Ugly Kid Joe, Fozzy, Pistols At Dawn at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $49-99
7:30 Muntu Dance Theatre, Ayodele Drum & Dance, Move Me Soul, Azania Drum at The Kehrein Center For The Arts, Africa Out West presented by OTSFM
7:30 Stephen Schuch at Drews on Halsted, RSVP, $25 Food/Bev minimum
7:30 Open Mic at Outta Space Berwyn
7:30 Chicago Comedy Club at House of Blues Foundation Room, $12
7:30 Storylab Storytelling at Mrs Murphy’s 2nd Floor
7:30 Pub Trivia hosted by Trivia Lab at Mrs Murphy’s
7:30 Team Trivia with Go4It at Sidecar Supper Club Batavia
x 8:00 Courtesy Patrol at Friendly Tap Berwyn
8:00 Sondre Lerche at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $30
8:00 Danielle Nicole at The Venue Aurora, $17-25
8:00 Volcandra, Voraath, Zombie Apocalypse at Reggies Music Joint, $15
8:00 The Orphan The Poet, Moontower, Marina City at Beat Kitchen, $15
8:00 DJs J. Kergylle and Junius Paul at Sleeping Village, Rhythms of Life
8:00 Me Nd Adam, The Whips at Schubas, $13-15
8:00 Shawnee Dez, Qari, Trinity Star Ultra at Lincoln Hall, $20
8:00 Alan Gresik’s Swing Orchestra at Green Mill, $10
8:00, 10:00 Henry Johnson Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $25-40
8:00 Iris Quintet, Jameson Scriver Quartet at Fulton Street Collective, $15
8:00 Sheryl Youngblood Band, Joanna Connor Band at Kingston Mines, $15
8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago
8:00 Carrying Torches, Provider, Billy Joel Jr., Eraserhead at Chop Shop, $13
8:00 Anuel AA at Allstate Arena Rosemont, $39-189
8:00 The Weeks, Dear Bo Jackson at Subterranean, $18
8:00 The League of Erics with Chris "Chickenwing" Quigley, Anne Kay, Steve Karras at Phyllis’ Musical Inn
8:00 Chicago's Piano Man at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
8:00 Joshua Virtue, Godstar Megamax, Accessory at Color Club, $10, New Now Showcase
8:00 Girl Named Tom at Woodstock Opera House Woodstock, $45-60
8:00 Open Jam with Twanglers at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge
8:00 Ariel Zetina, Miss Twink Usa, Dutchesz Gemini at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:30, Rumors
8:00 Skoli Moly Donut Shop at Cafe Mustache, Hip Hop, Rap, and Beats
8:00 DJs Gator & Julie host Country Line Dance Night at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park
8:00 Schubas Open Mic hosted by Naomi Spungen, Adrienne Stout, Suz Ballout at Schubas, LHST Comedy presents
x 8:30 Chicago Soul Jazz Collective with Dee Alexander at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-25
8:30 The Tragedies, Tÿre Fÿre, Dangit at Golden Dagger, $10
8:30 Midnight, Spirit Adrift, Spiter at Reggies Music Joint, $20
8:30 Hemlock, Lily Finnegan, Jim Baker at Constellation, $15, ONEderful
8:30 The Mouth Is The Beginning with Ben Zucker at Elastic Arts, $15, Improvised Music Series
8:30 Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective at California Clipper, $5
8:30 Cody Lee's Last Detail at Lizards Liquid Lounge
8:30, 9:30, 11:00 Lil Ed Williams All-Stars Band, Joey J. Saye at Rosa’s, $15-20
8:30 Stray Bolts at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
8:30 Open Mic Blues Jam at Harlem Avenue Lounge Berwyn
8:30 Open Mic hosted by Khnemu Menu-Ra at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret
8:30 Unbridled, followed by DJ All the Way Kay Dance Party at Untitled
8:30 Karaoke Night at Madcats Palatine
8:45 Summer Drive at FitzGeralds Sidebar
9:00 Olivia Jean, The Knee-Hi’s, Gal Gun at Empty Bottle, $15
9:00 Les Vikq, Black Bear Combo at Hungry Brain, $15
9:00 Dave Specter at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $15
9:00 Alex Williams at Carol’s Pub, $12
9:00 Open Mic Night hosted by Max Reeve at The Thirsty Tavern
9:00 Open Mic at Gallery Cabaret, 8:30 sign up
9:00 Eighties New Wave DJ AC at Delilah’s
9:00 Tribe at Giant Penny Whistle, Chicago Style House Music
9:00 DJ Zebo at Emporium Arcade Wicker Park, Junglistic Proper DnB
9:00 Evie The Cool & Friends at Emporium Arcade Fulton Market, Coins
9:00 Karaoke at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood
9:00 Karaoke Thursdays at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park
9:30 Banditos, In the Pines, Reilly Downes at Hideout, $15-18
9:30 One Big Fun A$$ Shot A Clock Party at Promontory, $15-40
9:30 DJs Diana & David at Emporium Arcade Fulton Market, Only Deep Cuts with Feeltrip Records
9:30 Club Drippy’s Discotheque at The Whistler
10:00 Reggae Gold at Subterranean, $10
10:00 Freaklesque! Sideshow Circus Burlesque at Cole’s Bar, $15
10:00 Matt & Zach at Bub City Chicago
10:30 Anthony Bruno at Andy’s, $15
10:30 Afro Fusion Thursdays at Le Nocturne, Afrobeats, Hiphop, Dancehall, Soca
11:00 DJ Sound Arkitek at The Owl Bar
x 7:00 Banjo After Dark with Jonas Friddle & Jug Band Happy Hour, Public Jam afterward at Borelli’s Pizza
x 7:30 The Mavericks at Rialto Square Theatre, $39-69
x 8:00 Courtesy Patrol at Friendly Tap Berwyn
x 8:30 Chicago Soul Jazz Collective with Dee Alexander at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-25