Thursday 5/2/24

May 01, 2024

Thursday!

Plenty of great music event opportunities in and around Chicago on this “little Friday”… read on for the details and get out to enjoy one or more of them if you can… welcome to new folks and thanks to subscribers for reading, subscribing to, and sharing Jerome’s Event List!

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Broken Barn Inauguration & Grand Re-opening Weekend at Broken Oar Port Barrington

3:30 Cary Chamber Ribbon Cutting

4:30 Alicia & Ben

7:30 Justin Wallace

4:30 Percussion Ensemble at Goodspeed Hall Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, Tea Time Concert, tea & cookies at 4:15

5:00-7:15 Andy Brown at Green Mill

5:00-6:00 Jeannie Tanner at Catch 35, Beyond Night

5:00 Sam Robinson at Epiphany Center, Golden Hour

5:30-8:00 Matt Hendricks acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends

x 6:00, 8:15 Sabertooth at Andy’s, $15

6:00-2:00a Omar Coleman Band, Joe Doyle Band at Kingston Mines, $15

6:00-10:00 Jaik Willis at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

6:00 Liam Durkin at Milk Money Brewing LaGrange

6:00-8:00 Joe Fascetta at The Elm LaGrange

6:00-8:00 Luke Frees at Alter Brewing Company Downers Grove, Live Music Thursdays

6:00-9:00 ? at Adelle's Restaurant Wheaton

6:00-9:00 Matthew Garcia at Preservation Geneva

6:00-8:00 Cassandra Henwood at Alter Brewing & Kitchen St. Charles, Live Music Thursdays

6:00 Yun-Hua Chang piano at Galvin Recital Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, Student Recitals

6:00-9:00 Frankie Miglio at Lindy's Landing Wauconda

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

6:30, 8:30 Elaine Dame Quartet with Chris White, Joe Policastro, Phil Gratteau at Winters Jazz Club, $20-25

6:30 Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive, Nerv, Wolf Rd at Bottom Lounge, $25

6:30-9:00 Riley and The Red Hots at Encore Little Gem Oak Park, $7

6:30 Singer Songwriter Showcase with Jeff Spirek, Brad Yeoman, Chris Rawlins, Triple Zero Markus, Mr. Rees at Black Dog Vinyl Cafe Plainfield

6:30-9:30 Jack Byron at Girl In The Park Orland Park

7:00 The Night Owls, Booti Grooviani, School of Rock Andersonville Adult Band at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

7:00 King 810, Heathensun, Fractal Aura, Lost in Exile at Reggies Rock Club, $22-25

7:00 Face To Face performs 'Don't Turn Away' ++ at Cobra Lounge, $72, sold out, waiting list

7:00-9:00 Thursday Night Trad Irish Session hosted by James Conway & Michael Austin at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center

7:00-9:00 Brittany Ann Tranbaugh, Sadie Gustafson-Zook at Uncommon Ground, $12

7:00-10:00 The Ben Paterson Organ Trio at Le Piano, Laurens Hammond B3 Night

7:00-9:00 Shi-An Costello, Kelly Quesada, Dan Galat perform works from Leoninus, Vivaldi, Mozart, Boccherini, Haydn, J.S. Bach, Beethoven at Colvin House, RSVP, $20, Candlelight Concerts

x 7:00 Banjo After Dark with Jonas Friddle, Jug Band Happy Hour, Public Jam 8:00 at Borelli’s Pizza

7:00-11:00 Sawamura No Hitter, Tiny Voices, Garden Home, Bottom Bracket at The Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $15

7:00-11:00 Sonic Healing with Lauren Hall, Omgee, I am Aurin at Wild Hare

x 7:00 Entre Amigos at FitzGeralds Patio, RSVP, Pachanka Music Culture presents

x 7:00 District 97, Cheer-Accident, Pyramid Theorem, Falset at Robert's Westside Forest Park, RSVP, $21-26

7:00 Silver October, Siphonophore, North Grove, Angel of Thursday at Val's Halla Oak Park, $3-5, Milk Crate Music Club Charity Concert benefits PING

7:00 Chi-Town Duo at Quigley’s Naperville

7:00-11:00 The Open Jam with Sam Wyatt at Pollyanna Brewing St. Charles

7:00-9:00 1312, Career Tomboy at Double Clutch Brewery Evanston

7:00-9:00 Jared Rabin Duo at The Fat Shallot Evanston

7:00-9:00 L.J.Slavin at Grandpa’s Place Lower Patio Outside Glenview, weather permitting

7:00? Lucky Pickers at Mackey's Hideout McHenry

7:00 Desperate Bastards Acoustic Trio at Tighthead Brewing Company Mundelein

7:00-10:00 Projam hosted by Geoffrey Lowe with Kelly Ott at Shanahan’s Woodridge

7:00 Open Mic hosted by Kent Lewis at Black Lung Brewing Co Round Lake Beach

7:00 Open Mic with Rob Rosenberg at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

x 7:00 (8:00 ET) Jim Messina at Acorn Theatre Three Oaks MI, $65-100

x 7:30 Eric Gales, Mathais Lattin at City Winery, $35-55

7:30 End of Year Department Showcase at Fine Arts Center 160A Recital Hall, Northeastern University

7:30-9:15 Intoner EP release, Soaps, Super Dime at Epiphany Center, $12-20

7:30 Sheherazade led by Elim Chan, Toccata performed by Paul Jacobs at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $39-299

7:30 DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble with Carl Allen, Alex Beltran, Raphael Crawford, Dave Katz, Crystal Rebone at Belushi Performance Hall, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, $7, plus free drum masterclass with Carl Allen 4:30-5:45 in MAC Room 138

7:30 Toast tribute to Bread at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $39-89

7:30 Annalee Hooson at Moonlight Theatre St Charles, $15

7:30 The Talbott Brothers, Haley Johnsen at SPACE Evanston, $20-30

7:30 Erin Lesser flute at McClintock Choral and Recital Room, Northwestern University Evanston, Festival & Series

7:30 The Chicago Hitmen, Moe Jo's Jukebox at Des Plaines Theatre, $19-39

7:30-10:00 Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames at Des Plaines Theatre Bourbon ‘N Brass Speakeasy, Live Jazz & Blues

7:30 One Vision of Queen with Marc Martel tribute to Queen at Genesee Theatre Waukegan, $20-65

7:30 Open Mic Night hosted by Mitchell Turner at The Outta Space Berwyn

7:30 Acoustic Open Mic Night at Stadium Club McCook, benefits Beds Plus

x 7:30 Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $30

8:00 John R. Miller, The Local Honeys at Martyrs, $18

x 8:00 Pallett at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $45

8:00 O, Shawnee Dez at Sleeping Village, $23-26, Metro presents

8:00 Impulsive Hearts, Lithia, 6Kitty at Reggies Music Joint, $12-15

8:00 Rosie Tucker, Fran at Beat Kitchen, $15

8:00 Eric Slick, The Darling Suns, Alicia Walter at Schubas, $15-18

8:00 Sam Evian, Hannah Cohen at Lincoln Hall, $20-23

8:00 Aurelio Voltaire, Vision Video at Subterranean, $25

8:00-12:00m Alan Gresik’s Swing Orchestra at Green Mill, $10

x 8:00-10:00 Blueshift Big Band album release for 'Joystick Jazz Vol. 2' with Joel Baer, Chris Parsons, Dan Parker, Brad Macdonald, Matt Beck, Evon Sams, Gerald Martinez, Christian Sanchez, Karli Bunn, Josh Torrey, Andrew Meyer, Grant Dawson, Nick Roach, Chuck Parrish, Sam Wolsk, Bennett Heinz, Juliette Gardiner at Fulton Street Collective, $15

8:00, 10:00 Winard Harper & Jeli Posse with Jalin Shiver, Dakarai Barclay, Anthony Perez, Nick Masters, Charlie Sigler at Jazz Showcase, $25-40

8:00 Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00-10:30 Jay Thomas/Chad McCullough Group, Colour And Sound at California Clipper, $5

8:00 Brent Cobb, The Band Loula at Joe’s on Weed Street, $20 SRO

x Thu 5/2? 8:00 Michelle Billingsley, Jake Penrod at Carols Pub, $10

8:00-11:00 Tarra tribute to Santana at Firewater Saloon Edison Park

8:00 Litz, Pushing Daisies at Bourbon on Division, $18

8:00 Sarah Grace White, Accessory, SFS at Color Club Tavern

8:00 The Antoine Experience host Open Jam Thursdays at The Tonk Chicago

x 8:00 Wax On with Jill Barron, Suzanne Shelton, Karen Wehrle, Jean Scott, Scott Tomlin, Glenn Russell, Derrick Thompson, Don Di Sante at Cafe Mustache

8:00 Pleasures with Dope After Dark, Lost in Kyoto at The Whistler

x 8:00 Chris & Kathryn at Friendly Tap Berwyn

8:00 Kyle Smith, Oveja Negra at Q Bar Darien, $20-100

x 8:00-10:00 Songwriter Series hosted by Aaron Kelly with Lydia Cash, Ernie Hendrickson at The Venue Aurora, RSVP

8:00 DJ Frankie J, El Baron, Jed Walker at Salerno's Hodgkins, Sultry Salsa Thursdays, 8:15 lesson

8:00 Mon Laferte at Rosemont Theatre, $47-248

8:00 Tyler Braden, Graham Barham at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $10

8:00 Eric Lambert and Jeff Massey at Austin Community Tavern Steger, RSVP

8:00-10:00 Jazz Jam Session at Prairie Moon Evanston

8:00 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys at Shank Hall Milwaukee, $20

x 8:00 Deke Dickerson with Beau Sample and Alex Hall at Kiki's Hosuse of Righteous Music Madison WI, $20

x 8:30 Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol at Hideout, $13

8:30 The Strumbellas, Cece Coakley at Thalia Hall, $26

8:30 Mizu, Ohyung at Constellation, $15

8:30 Alex Cunningham/Seth Andrew Davis/Weasel Walter/Andrew Scott Young, Sarah Clausen/Erez Dessel at Elastic Arts, $15, $10 students, Improvised Music Series

8:30-11:30 Sami Scot at Davenport’s Piano Bar

8:30 Kurt Eide trombone at Galvin Recital Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, Student Recitals

x 8:30 Phillip-Michael Scales, Nathan Graham at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20-25

x 8:30 The Kyle Madsen Organ Trio at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP

9:00 Venus Club, Lula Asplund, Bone Study, Lorelei at Empty Bottle, $10

9:00 NF, Dikeman, Flearn & Bishop at Hungry Brain, $15

9:00, 11:00 The Big Kid Show hosted by Raycha & Toaster, tunes by DJ Ca$hera at Dorian's, $10 after 8:00

9:00 Keithen Banks at Buddy Guy's Legends, $15

9:00-11:00 Silverstream Duo at Tack Room

9:00-12:00m Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup at 8:30

9:00 Garageland DJ Vinyl Richie at Delilah’s

9:00 Doug Feltz at House Pub St. Charles, Thursday Showcase

9:45, 11:00 Rosa's All-Star Band with Lil Ed Williams at Rosa’s Lounge, $10-20

10:00 Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00 Reggae Gold at Subterranean

10:00 DJ James Swanberg at Cole's Bar

10:30 The Groove It Pro Jam at Andy’s, $15

Jerome’s highlights

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

X = the plan, though that can change