Thursday 6/12/25
Thursday!
Starting with onsales and presales (with some updates since yesterday) followed by great music event opportunities happening in and around town on Thursday!
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Onsales and presales
x Tue 8/26 7:30 Helen Gillet at SPACE Evanston, $27-41, presale beach
x Wed 10/1 7:00, 9:30 Hiromi's Sonicwonder at SPACE Evanston, $37-90, presale beach
x Wed 10/15 7:30 Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Organ Trio at SPACE Evanston, $34-57, presale beach
x Fri 11/7 8:00 Cowboy Mouth at SPACE Evanston, $41 SRO, presale beach
x Fri 11/7 8:00 Kansas at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, 7:00 door, onsale Fri 6/13 10:00a, The Classics
x Sat 11/8 8:00 Rachael & Vilray at Cahn Auditorium, onsale soon, presented by SPACE
x Tue 12/5 8:00 Donna the Buffalo at SPACE Evanston, $34-54, presale beach
Future Highlights adds, onsale / noted
x Sat 6/14 4:00-7:00 Nora O'Connor & Casey McDonough at Cary's Lounge, tip hard
x Thu 6/19 8:30 Getting Started, What’s Vital, The Wildes at Hideout, $15-19, 8:00 door
x Fri 6/20 8:30 Aunt Kelly, Creaturefight, Josephine at Hideout, $15-19, 8:00 door
x Sat 6/21 8:00 Lydia Cash, Gracie Lou Heuer, Henry Red Forty at Martyrs, $15, 7:00 door
x Sat 6/21 8:30 Edith Frost, Sima Cunningham, Fran at Hideout, $15-19
x Tue 6/24 8:30 Ratchet, Garden Parties at Hideout, $15-19, 8:00 door
x Thu 6/26 8:00 Trouble Ahead tribute to The Grateful Dead at Garcia's, $21-38+
x Wed 6/25 7:30 The First Time "First Night" with The First Time Three aka Liam Davis, Gerald Dowd, Steve Frisbie at Martyrs, $15, 6:30 door, CHIRP Radio presents
x Fri 6/27 8:00 Fareed Haque at Garcia's, $31-46+
x Sat 6/28 8:00 Sabertooth at Garcia's, $13-14+
x Sun 6/29 6:00 Kleenex Girl Wonder, David Singer & The Sweet Science, Mocktag at Hideout, $12-16, 5:30 door
x Sat 7/5 8:30 Emerson Woolf & the Wishbones at Hideout, $20-24, 8:00 door
x Mon 7/7 6:30 Fred Wesley & the New JBs at Millennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion, free, all ages
x Tue 7/8 7:30 We Love Zappa II with Zappa Alumni Robert Marin, Scott Thunes, Ray White, Scott Thunes' Institute For Musical Excellence at Martyrs, $30-35
x Wed 7/9 8:00 Alabaster, Kirkos at Martyrs, $15
x Wed 7/9 8:30 Future Crib, Disaster Kid, Ramsey Bell at Hideout, $15-19, 8:00 door
x Thu 7/10 7:00 Tributosaurus becomes The Who at Martyrs, $30
x Thu 7/10 8:00 Jason Narducy with Neptune's Core & Chaepter Benefit for Santa for a Day at SPACE Evanston, $50-151 SRO, all ages
x Fri 7/11 8:00 Tributosaurus becomes The Who at Martyrs, $30, 7:00 door
x Fri 7/11 8:30 Natalie Bergman at Hideout, $25-29, 8:00 door
x Sat 7/12 8:00 Ode, Ana Everling Quartet at Martyrs, $15-20, 7:00 door
x Wed 7/16 8:00 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Garcia's, $37-55+, 6:00 door
x Thu 7/17 8:00 Mama Roux at Garcia's, $13-20+, 6:00 door
x Thu 7/17 8:30 Dan Licata, Maggie Winters at Hideout, $18-22
x Fri 7/18 8:30 The Psycodelics, Jaewon at Martyrs, $15, 7:30 door
x Thu 7/24 8:30 The Singleman Affair, Official Claire at Hideout, $14-18, 8:00 door
x Fri 7/25 8:00 Gold Dust Woman tribute to Stevie Nicks & Friends at Martyrs, $20, 7:00 door
x Sat 7/26 8:30 Thomas Dollbaum, Glass-Beagle, Sonny Falls at Hideout, $15-19, 8:00 door
x Tue 7/29 8:00 Ketch Secor at Garcia's, $37-61, 6:00 door
x Tue 7/29 8:30 Chloe Kimes at Hideout, $15-19, 8:00 door
x Tue 8/5 7:30 Doolin' at SPACE Evanston, $27-41, all ages, 6:30 door
x Tue 8/5 8:00 Robert Lester Folsom at Garcia's, $34-55, 18+, 6:00 door
x Wed 8/6 8:30 Gemma Laurence, Hannah Frey, Pictoria Vark at Hideout, $18-22+
x Fri 8/8 8:00 JGBCB at Garcia's, $25-38, 6:00 door
x Sat 8/9 8:00 Mihali at Garcia's, $32, 6:00 door
x Tue 8/12 8:00 Improvement Movement, Paul Cherry at Garcia's, $28-43, 6:00 door
x Sat 8/16 8:00 Sabertooth at Garcia's, $13+
x Wed 8/20 8:00 Chris Cain at SPACE Evanston, $24-37+
x Thu 8/21 8:00 Cracker, Thee Shams Band at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $58+, Food Aid 2025 night 1
x Thu 8/21 8:00 Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind at SPACE Evanston, $21-34+
x Fri 8/22 8:00 Cracker, Rachel Swain at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $58+, Food Aid 2025 night 1
x Fri 8/22 8:30 Case Oats, TV Buddha at Hideout, $20-24, 8:00 door
x Fri 8/22 8:30 Rebirth Brass Band at Martyrs, $40, 7:30 door
x Sat 8/23 8:30 Rebirth Brass Band at Martyrs, $40, 7:30 door
x Wed 8/27 7:00, 9:30 John Pizzarelli Trio at SPACE Evanston, $27-74+
x Wed 9/10 7:00, 9:30 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio at SPACE Evanston, $34-60+
x Thu 9/11 8:00 The Machine tribute to Pink Floyd at Garcia's, $34-55, 6:00 door
x Fri 9/12 7:15 Howard Jones, Haircut 100 with Richard Blade at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, $72-122, 7:00 door
x Tue 9/16 8:00 Fruition at SPACE Evanston, $27+ SRO
x Sat 9/28 8:00 The California Honeydrops at Thalia Hall, $35-65, 7:00 door
x Wed 10/1 8:00 Makaya McCraven at Thalia Hall, $25-55, 7:00 door
x Fri 10/3 8:00 Veronica Swift, Cat Ridgeway & The Tourists at SPACE Evanston, $34-60
x Wed 10/22 7:00 Steve Forbert and Peter Holsapple at SPACE Evanston, $34-47, all ages, 6:00 door
x Fri 10/24 8:00 Air Supply at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, $73-153, 7:00 door, 50th anniversary
x Tue 10/28 8:00 Patty Griffin & Rickie Lee Jones at Cahn Auditorium Evanston, $60-124, 7:00 door, presented by SPACE
x Fri 11/14 8:00 Galactic, The New Mastersounds at Ramova Theatre, $46-60
x Sat 11/17 8:30 Eleni Drake at Hideout, $18-22, 8:00 door
x Tue 11/18 7:30 Eydís Evensen at SPACE Evanston, $29-43, all ages
Thursday 6/12/25 shows
Puerto Rican Festival at Humboldt Park
11:00a Denny Diamond Svehla "Elvis and Tom" at White Fence Farm Restaurant, with lunch
12:00n-3:00 Boris Piano at Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese
1:30, 7:00 Always Patsy Cline at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
x 4:00 Justin Roberts with Liam Davis at Akiba-Schechter Jewish School
4:30 partywatcher at Navy Pier Skyline Sessions
4:30-6:30 Marqueal Jordan at Willis Tower 4th floor outdoor terrace, access from Jackson through Catalog
4:30-8:30 Food Truck Thursdays with Music in the Park at Jens Jensen Park Highland Park
4:30-8:30 Taylor Swift Night with DJ and impersonator
5:00-7:15 Andy Brown at Green Mill
5:00 Lisa McQueen Quartet at Epiphany Center, free RSVP, Golden Hour
5:00 Knot United at Epiphany Center, free RSVP, Golden Hour
WDCB Thursday Jazz Night Out at Lake & Marion Downtown Oak Park
5:00-7:00 Tempero Brasileiro Duo
7:00-9:00 Marcel Bonfim's Brazilian Jazz Quartet
5:00-8:00 Randy McCallister Trio at Parkers' Restaurant & Bar Downers Grove
5:00 Strung Out at Centennial West Park Orland Park
x 5:30-8:00 Matt Hendricks acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends, free
x 5:30-9:30 Gerry Hundt at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
5:30 Ryan Argast at Rebel Kitchen Lombard
5:30 Guy King at Patrician Gallery Wilmette, instrumenl solo guitar
x 6:00-7:15, 8:15-9:30 Sabertooth led by Cameron Pfiffner, Pat Mallinger at Andy's, $15 RSVP required
6:00-2:00a Nicholas Alexander Blues Band, Corey Dennison Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $15-18
6:00-7:00 Live Acoustic Series at House of Blues Foundation Room, free RSVP
6:00 DJ Jack Riedy at Gman Tavern, free, Sleigh Bells pre-party
6:00 Sam Thousand solo at Artini Gallery Guichard
6:00 Los Perros Cubanos at Giddings Plaza Lincoln Square
6:00 Second Hand News tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Tiny Tapp Riverwalk
6:00 Smiley Tillmon Band with Kate Moss at Chicago Brewhouse Riverwalk
6:00-9:00 Sameboat at Milk Money Brewing La Grange
6:00 LP Vinyl & LP Vinyl's Escape at Burlington Park Hinsdale
6:00-9:00 Steve Knight 3 at Labriola Restaurant Oak Brook, WDCB Jazz on the Water
6:00 Kevin Presbrey at Golden Boy Barbecue Elmhurst
6:00-9:00 Stephen Kuhn Duo at Adelle's Modern Kitchen & Bar Wheaton, WDCB Jazz Thursdays
6:00-9:00 Nate Krause at Preservation Geneva Patio
6:00-8:00 ? at Alter Brewing & Kitchen St Charles
6:00-9:00 Jon Babin at McNally's Irish Pub & Kitchen St Charles
6:00 Christian Alan Hansen at Portofino St Charles
6:00 Collin Jinks piano at Galvin Recital Hall Northwestern University Evanston, free, student recitals
6:00 Adult Piano Camp Faculty Recital at Nichols Concert Hall Evanston, free
6:00 Keithen Banks at The Foxtail on the Lake Des Plaines, acoustic soul
x 6:00-9:00 Pierce Crask at The Village Squire West Dundee
6:00-9:00 John Lambert at Lindy's Landing Wauconda
6:00-9:00 Open Mic Night at Church Street Brewing, early signup from 4:00 door
6:00-12:00m Open Jam at Main Street Outfitters Pub Wauconda
x 6:30 Dinner and The Dead at Garcia's, RSVP, 18+, 6:00 door, celebrating 10 year anniversary of Fare Thee Well recording of July 5, 2015 Soldier Field Chicago show
6:30, 8:30 Jeremy Kahn Trio "Long Tall Dexter tribute to the Great Recordings of Dexter Gordon" with Geof Bradfield, Christian Dillingham, Keith Brooks at Winters Jazz Club, $24-29
? 6:30-8:30 Vivian Garcia at Colvin House Courtyard, $17+ ?
6:30 Joe Kaplow House Show in Chicago email for address
6:30 The JukeBox Heroes at Flo & Santos South Loop patio
6:30-8:30 Emily Randle at Il Vicolo Trattoria Oak Park
6:30-8:30 Abigail Riccards Trio at Eddie V's Oak Brook
6:30-9:00 Major Wheeler at Alter Brewing Downers Grove, benefits Diveheart
6:30 Joe Kaplow House Show in Chicago email for address
6:30 Paul & Jay at The Office St Charles
6:30-8:30 Chicago Jazz Dads at Evanston Pour, free, all ages
6:30 Kenny Reichert at Uncork, Unwind Des Plaines, solo jazz guitar
6:30 Peter Militec piano at Banging Gavel Vogt House Tinley Park
? 6:30 Open Mic Thursday hosted by Brian Carter at Blue Island Beer Co ?
x 7:00 Celebrating Rory McEwen with Skerryvore, Iona Fyfe, John Ballantyne's Crazyheart, commentary and reflections from Rory's family, Tony Fitzpatrick, Tony Jones CBE at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $35
7:00? Falcon Superchair at O's Tap
7:00-9:00 John Fishell & Vince May at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $13-18
7:00-10:00 The Ben Paterson Organ Trio at Le Piano, Laurens Hammond B3 Night
x 7:00 Banjo After Dark with Jonas Friddle, Red Star Ramblers, Jug Band Happy Hour Public Jam 8:00 at Borelli’s Pizza
7:00 Anacleto Jam Jam, Jake Victor at Lemon Chicago, free
7:00 Blue Cactus at Ludlow Liquors
7:00-9:00 Thursday Night Sessions hosted by Michael Austin and James Conway at Fifth Province Pub Irish American Heritage Center, all welcome
7:00-9:00 Heavy Air Happy Hour at Cafe Mustache
x 7:00 Army of Juan at FitzGerald's Patio, free RSVP, all ages, Pachanka Music Culture presents
7:00 Zydeco Voodoo at Elmhurst Brewing Company Beer Garden Elmhurst
7:00 Josh Goodman solo at The Open Door Taproom Clarendon Hills
7:00-10:00 Projam presented by Geoffrey Lowe with Jordan Macarus at Shanahan’s Woodridge
7:00 Green Jelly, Dust Biters, Radar Waves, Toxcynn at WC Social Club West Chicago, $20-43+, all ages, 6:00 door
7:00 Gabriel Sanchez "The Prince Experience" tribute to Prince at PrairieFest Park Oswego
7:00 Living Dead Girl, The Almas, ++ at Rochaus West Dundee, $10+, 6:30 door
7:00 BFnD at Moretti's Morton Grove
7:00 Justine Ewald at Moretti's Hoffman Estates
7:00 Jimmy Nick at Hideaway Brew Garden & Bar Hoffman Estates, free, Summer Sounds on the Green
7:00 Lara Bell at Bandito Barney's Beach Club East Dundee
7:00 Nick Sanzeri at Moretti's Barrington
7:00? Johnnie Miller/Matt Mayer Duo at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
7:00-9:00 Matt Krahula at Tighthead Brewing Mundelein
x 7:00 The Allman Betts Band, The Record Company, Johnny Stachela? at Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park, lawn $39-55, reserved $55-70
7:00? Blue Rose Duo at Sideouts Island Lake, new country
? 7:00 Marcus Rezak Shred is Dead tribute to Phish at 28 Mile Distilling Highwood ?
7:00 The Dick Biondi Film, Ronnie B. Elvis performance at The Lyric Blue Island, $26, 6:00 door
7:00-9:30 Mr. Lucky & his Orchestra of Tomorrow at Roxy Lockport, $10, jazz, latin, soul classics, vintage cocktail pop, fine music for fine people
7:00? Piano Sam at 933 Speakeasy Lockport
7:00 The Simple Remedy at Lemont Sunset Soiree Concert Series Lemont
7:00-10:00 Open Mic Night hosted by Kent Lewis at Black Lung Brewing Round Lake Beach
7:00-11:00 Open Mic Night hosted by Rich Nelson? at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich
7:00 James Dean DJ Party at Broken Oar Broken Barn Port Barrington, Beats in the Barn
7:30 Florry, Lily Seabird, Glass-Beagle at Schubas, $20-27, sold out, 17+, 7:00 door CHIRP Radio presents
7:30 Riccardo Muti & Esteban Batallán at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $55-395
7:30 Horse The Band, Melted Bodies, Sweet Spine at Bottom Lounge, sold out, 6:30 door
7:30 DJ Bounce House, Sons of RA at Val’s Halla, free, Hyphenated Music Series
x 7:30 Jim Messina at Arcada Theatre, $49-89
7:30 Harold Dawson & Friends at Arcada Theatre Legends Stage St Charles, $5, two drink or food equivalent minimum, Jazz Nite
7:30 Dad or Alive at The Fat Shallot Evanston
7:30 Vinny Appice's Sabbath Knights, McKenna Band at Des Plaines Theatre, $47-79
7:30-10:00 Downtown Charlie Brown, Donna Herula, John Primer at Des Plaines Theatre Bourbon ‘n Brass Speakeasy, $5, two drink or equivalent minimum, delta blues
7:30 Pan Go Steel Band at Harper College Outdoor Pavilion Palatine, free, steel drums
x 8:00 Kurtis James Band, Nilsson is Hear, Lifecyclist at Montrose Saloon, $15
x 8:00 Fantastic Cat, Meaghan Farrell at Martyrs, $20-25
8:00 Leisure Hour with Cinema Stare, Rookie Park, ok cuddle at Beat Kitchen, $22, 17+, 7:00 door
x 8:00 The Great Dying aka Will Griffith solo, Gold Dust at Judson & Moore Distillery, $15, 7:30 door
8:00 Sea Wolf solo, Cat Ridgeway, Winefred RT at Subterranean Upstairs, $33, 17+, 7:00 door
8:00-12:00m Alan Gresik’s Swing Orchestra at Green Mill, $10
8:00 Isaiah Spencer Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $25-40
8:00 resavoir x matt gold dj set at Dorian’s, $10 after 8:00
8:00 BTS Express with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago
8:00 Badfish tribute To Sublime, Crooked Coast? at House of Blues, $20
8:00 Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosius at Chicago Theatre, $49-177
8:00 John Kimler at Phyllis' Musical Inn
8:00 James Marlon Magas, Mukqs, Oubliette, Packmember Angel at Burlington Bar, $11-13
8:00 Michelle Sanchez, Buzzbomb, Iniquitous at Cobra Lounge, $15-17, 17+, 7:00 door
x 8:00 Sulkworm, babyteeth for milla, Evann McIntosh at Bookclub, $11-13, 7:00 door
x 8:00-11:00 Sidestreets at Firewater Saloon Edison Park, rock n' roll
8:00-10:00 Tim Fleming, Lexi Kennedy and friends at The Galway Arms, Irish
8:00-10:00 Jackson Jay Kidder at Clara
x 8:00 Vincent Davis, Ed Wilkerson, Preyas Roy, Christopher Dammann, Jim Baker at Katalyst
x 8:00 Vincent Davis’ Percussion Plus with Preyas Roy, Jim Baker, Scottie Hesse, Ed Wilkerson, Junius Paul, Justin Dillard at Connect Gallery
8:00 Open Jam Thursdays hosted by The Masters Collection with Tracy Baker at The Tonk
8:00 Proper Drum & Bass at Bourbon on Division, free
8:00 Party Girl Night of A Thousand Parker Poseys hosted by Grace Siegelman and Jerwin Gabriel Santiago with Neutral Gena drag, Brigid Broderick and Matty Merritt performance, Ben Cardinal and friends merch, DJ Kiki Kuamo’o at Color Club Tavern, $18
8:00 DJ Papa G at The Wild Hare Club Level, $10-15 RSVP, afrobeats, dancehall, r&b
x 8:00 Chris & Kathryn at Friendly Music Community Berwyn, harmony duet
8:00-10:00 Terrence & Friends at Bobby's Eastside Forest Park, free, tip the artists
8:00 Little Texas at Rock 'N Wheels Addison
8:00 Call Me Jo at Quigley's Irish Pub Naperville
8:00 Jazz Sessions with Jonny Gifford and his band, Jam Session at The Venue Aurora, $5-7, performers free, 7:00 door
8:00 Up in Smoke with Afroman at Piazza Aurora Indoor Stage, $31+
x 8:00 Ana Popovic at SPACE Evanston, $25-48, all ages
x 8:00 Johnny Burnett solo at Shirley's Piano Bar Barrington
8:00 TNT tribute to AC/DC, Van Wailin' tribute to Van Halen at Jamo's Live Mokena, $5-7
8:00-11:00 Open Mic Thursday Jam hosted by Wes Tabayoyong at Johnny's Blitz Sports Bar Westmont
8:00-11:00 Open Jam Thursday at Uptown Plainfield
x 8:30 Nathan Graham, Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir, Jessica Mindrum at Hideout, $12-16, The Singer and the Song
8:30 Sleigh Bells, Sophie Hunter at Metro, sold out, 18+, 7:30 door
8:30 Alvin Cobb, Jr. presents "You'll Need This Later" with Katie Ernst, Julius Tucker, Aaron Day, Nola Adé, Nashon Holloway, Manasseh, Morgan Pirtle at Constellation, $15
x 8:30-10:00 Pete Fucinaro Quartet with Ethan Ditthardt, Jared Beckstead-Craan, Alex Souris, opener Emma Dayhuff solo bass at Fulton Street Collective, $15 suggested donation
8:30 Michael Malis, Stomachs with Mabel Kwan, Carol Genetti, Nick Meryhew, Bill Harris at Elastic Arts, $15, students $10, Improvised Music Series
x 8:30, 9:30, 11:00 Tom Holland & Rosa's All-Star Band, opening Joey J. Saye traditional blues hour at Rosa’s, $15-20
8:30-1:30a Kelly at The Zebra Lounge
8:30-10:00 Sheep Numbers, Roadkill Eddies, Barefoot on Bumblebees at Fallen Log, Kitchen 17, $10, 8:00 door
8:30 96 Cougar, Michael J. Dog, Flake Michigan at Reed’s Local, paywhatyoucan
8:30 Lauren Ashley Hall with Drew at The Pearl Club
8:30-1:00a Open Jam at Fuller's Pub, every Thursday
8:30 DJ Boathouse at aliveOne, 8:30
x 8:30 The Swains at FitzGerald's Sidebar, free RSVP
x 8:30 Dan Bern, Andrew Calhoun at FitzGerald's Nightclub, $22-30+
8:30 Museop Kim baritone at Galvin Recital Hall Northwestern University Evanston, free, student recitals
x 8:30 Fox Crossing String Duo at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, free, Thursday Night After Party
9:00 Edging, Bushfire, Snuffed, Consensus Madness at Empty Bottle, $15-20, 8:00 door
9:00 Goya, Bronco, On The Sun at Reggies Music Joint, $15-21, 8:00 door
9:00 World’s Greatest Dad, Superkick, Choose Your Character at Sleeping Village, $12-15+, 8:00 door
9:00 Greg Ward Quintet with Victor Garcia, Elio Adriano, Junius Paul, Jeremy Cunningham at Hungry Brain, $21, 7:00 door
9:00 Pines, Portyl at Chop Shop, $29
9:00 Mike Wheeler at Buddy Guy's Legends, $17
9:00 Local Legends, Mulva, No Tagbacks, Radio For Pets at Liar's Club, $15
9:00-11:00 Brandon Good at Tack Room
9:00-11:00 High Ball Boys at Cafe Mustache
9:00 Last Call Legend at Tin Roof Chicago
9:00 Open Mic hosted by Max Reeve at Thirsty Tavern
9:00-1:00a Open Mic Night at Gallery Cabaret, signup at 8:30
9:00-2:00a Hozac Sadistic Sound System DJ Todd at Delilah’s
9:00 Blesstonio presents Fusion at The Whistler
9:00 Clayton Mann at Emerald Isle
x 9:00 Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts at Law Office Music Hall Yorkville, $20-23
9:00 Noah Gabriel at House Pub St Charles
9:30 The Reckoning at Mom's Place
10:00 Ira Glass, Gash, Crisis Actress at Cole's Bar, $14, 9:30 door
10:00 Matt Martin Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP
x 10:00-11:15 Groove It Pro Jam at Andy's, $10 RSVP required
10:00 Reggae Gold at Subterranean, reggae, dancehall, afrobeats
Jerome’s highlights
x 4:00 Justin Roberts with Liam Davis at Akiba-Schechter Jewish School
x 5:30-8:00 Matt Hendricks acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends, free
x 5:30-9:30 Gerry Hundt at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
x 6:00-7:15, 8:15-9:30 Sabertooth led by Cameron Pfiffner, Pat Mallinger at Andy's, $15 RSVP required
x 6:00-9:00 Pierce Crask at The Village Squire West Dundee
x 6:30 Dinner and The Dead at Garcia's, RSVP, 18+, 6:00 door, celebrating 10 year anniversary of Fare Thee Well recording of July 5, 2015 Soldier Field Chicago show
x 7:00 Celebrating Rory McEwen with Skerryvore, Iona Fyfe, John Ballantyne's Crazyheart, commentary and reflections from Rory's family, Tony Fitzpatrick, Tony Jones CBE at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $35
x 7:00 Banjo After Dark with Jonas Friddle, Red Star Ramblers, Jug Band Happy Hour Public Jam 8:00 at Borelli’s Pizza
x 7:00 Army of Juan at FitzGerald's Patio, free RSVP, all ages, Pachanka Music Culture presents
x 7:00 The Allman Betts Band, The Record Company, Johnny Stachela? at Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park, lawn $39-55, reserved $55-70
x 7:30 Jim Messina at Arcada Theatre, $49-89
x 8:00 Kurtis James Band, Nilsson is Hear, Lifecyclist at Montrose Saloon, $15
x 8:00 Fantastic Cat, Meaghan Farrell at Martyrs, $20-25
x 8:00 The Great Dying aka Will Griffith solo, Gold Dust at Judson & Moore Distillery, $15, 7:30 door
x 8:00 Sulkworm, babyteeth for milla, Evann McIntosh at Bookclub, $11-13, 7:00 door
x 8:00-11:00 Sidestreets at Firewater Saloon Edison Park, rock n' roll
x 8:00 Vincent Davis, Ed Wilkerson, Preyas Roy, Christopher Dammann, Jim Baker at Katalyst
x 8:00 Vincent Davis’ Percussion Plus with Preyas Roy, Jim Baker, Scottie Hesse, Ed Wilkerson, Junius Paul, Justin Dillard at Connect Gallery
x 8:00 Chris & Kathryn at Friendly Music Community Berwyn, harmony duet
x 8:00 Ana Popovic at SPACE Evanston, $25-48, all ages
x 8:00 Johnny Burnett solo at Shirley's Piano Bar Barrington
x 8:30 Nathan Graham, Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir, Jessica Mindrum at Hideout, $12-16, The Singer and the Song
x 8:30-10:00 Pete Fucinaro Quartet with Ethan Ditthardt, Jared Beckstead-Craan, Alex Souris, opener Emma Dayhuff solo bass at Fulton Street Collective, $15 suggested donation
x 8:30, 9:30, 11:00 Tom Holland & Rosa's All-Star Band, opening Joey J. Saye traditional blues hour at Rosa’s, $15-20
x 8:30 The Swains at FitzGerald's Sidebar, free RSVP
x 8:30 Dan Bern, Andrew Calhoun at FitzGerald's Nightclub, $22-30+
x 8:30 Fox Crossing String Duo at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, free, Thursday Night After Party
x 9:00 Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts at Law Office Music Hall Yorkville, $20-23
x 10:00-11:15 Groove It Pro Jam at Andy's, $10 RSVP required
x = recommended, interested, notable to me or friends
X = the plan, though that can change
? = uncertainty, likely good to call ahead to verify
(date)? happening that date? conflicting sources?
(time)? time uncertain?
172/29