Wednesday 12/20/23

Dec 20, 2023

Wednesday!

Some great music event opportunities in and around the city tonight… read on for the details, then get out to enjoy one or more of them if you can… thanks for reading, subscribing, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List with folks who want to know what’s happening!

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5:00-10:00 Disc Replay Vinyl Night at Two Brothers Tap House Warrenville

5:30 Eric Hochberg Trio with Rob Parton at Catch 35

5:30 Ron Simmons & Carlos Showers acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends

6:00, 8:15 Charles Heath Presents at Andy’s, $15

x 6:00-9:00 Mr. Blotto Paul Bolger & Mark Hague at On Tour Brewing, Grateful Dead Wednesdays

6:00 Sam Wyatt at Preservation Geneva

6:30-9:00 Acoustic Bluegrass Jam at Pete Mitchell's Bar & Grill Frankfort, presented with Down Home Guitars

Wed 12/20? 6:30-10:00 Low-reen & Tampa Tony host the Open Mic at ZumBier Waukegan

7:00 Dominic Glimco, The Unswept, The Chicago Sound Collective at Montrose Saloon, $10-15

x 7:00 Tony Richards with Steve Knight at Angelo's Wine Bar & Pizzeria

7:00 Donovan Melero, tsosis, Erase Theory, Rett Matthews at Cobra Lounge, $25

7:00-10:30 Zeetus Lapetus' Fun House with Kenya Elan, True Romance, DMB Band & Blake Davis at Cafe Mustache

7:00 Luiz Ewerling & Co at Le Piano Chicago, Brazilian Latin jazz "Rio Bamba"

7:00 The Last Word Quintet at FitzGeralds Sidebar, RSVP

7:00-9:00 Christmas Wizards tribute to Trans-Siberian Orchestra at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, RSVP

7:00 Shan-Acoustic Jam hosted by Shukin & Dr. Dave Rios at Shanahan’s Woodridge

7:00 Jazz Jam West at Ballydoyle Aurora

7:00 Irish Music Session at Sketchbook Evanston

7:30 Chanté Moore at City Winery, $65-85, sold out, waitlist

x 7:30, 9:30 A Nat 'King' Cole Christmas with Bryan Eng, TJ Thompson, Stephen Paris at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33

7:30 Irish Music Session with Larry Nugent and Frank Quinn at Mrs Murphys

x 7:30 Cash Box Kings at Robert's Westside Forest Park, $14

x 7:30 Illegal Smiles tribute to John Prine at SPACE Evanston, $12, sold out, small number at door?

7:30 Classical Blast, Dark Side of The Yule at Hey Nonny, $18-40

7:30-11:30 Open Mic Night at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

7:30 Irish Sessions at Quigley’s Naperville sponsored by West Suburban Irish

x 8:00 Delmark Blues & Jazz All-Stars Holiday Concert with Jimmy Burns & Soul Message Band, Mud Morganfield, Billy boy Arnold booksigning, Demetria Taylor, Mike Wheeler, Dave Specter, Sheryl Youngblood, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Greg Guy, Carlise Guy, Rick Kreherat, ++ at Thalia Hall, $30-40

8:00 Pat McCurdy's Ugly Sweater Christmas Party at Reggies Music Joint, $10

8:00 Piwa, Chillona, Cece Maravilla at Schubas, 100% Off

x 8:00 Guitar Madness Toys for Tots with John McLean, John Moulder, Ernie Denov, Chris Siebold, Mike Allemana, Eric Hochberg, Tom Radke at Green Mill, $10 or free with new toy

8:00 M.e.h. at Dorian’s

x 8:00, 10:00 Chicago Soul Jazz Collective with Dee Alexander, Marques Carroll, John Fournier, Amr Fahmy, Larry Brown, Jr., Andrew Vogt, Keith Brooks II at Jazz Showcase, $20-30, students $15

x 8:00-10:30 Michael Nearpass Large Ensemble with Brent Griffin, Artie Black, Hunter Diamond, Alex Beltran, Alex Blomarz, John Moore, Quentin Coaxum, Drew Hansen, Chris Davis, Matt Davis, Josh Torrey, Michael Nearpass, Lara Driscoll, Ashley Summers, Clif Wallace perform Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazz interpretations of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky 'The Nutcracker Suite' at Fulton Street Collective, $15, sold out

8:00 Nate Manos with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago

8:00 Off the Vine at Phyllis’ Musical Inn

8:00 Rose Bud, Sunflower Summit, Jessica Ever at Burlington Bar, $10

8:00-11:00 Xmas Songs, ken Markovich, Allison Phillips at Gallery Cabaret, Originals Night

8:00 Kendré Music at Untitled

8:00 Jarvis Squear Open Mic at Jarvis Square Tavern, Queer Centered, Straight Friendly

x 8:00 Joel Paterson "The More The Merrier" album release party at FitzGeralds Nightclub, RSVP, sold out

8:00 Queen Karla's Musical Menagerie with guests at The Outta Space Berwyn, $10

8:00 Jagaloons at Madcats Palatine, $5

8:00-10:00 CTA Chicago Tribute Anthology tribute to Chicago at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park, RSVP, $5

x 8:00 Tommy Nickles Virtual Open Mic Anywhere on Zoom, search FB for Tommy Nickles Virtual Open Mic

8:00 Open Mic at Friendly Tap Berwyn

8:00 Open Mic hosted by Kelly Ott at Pub 78 Brookfield

8:00 Open Mic at House Pub St Charles

X 8:30 The Real Pretenders' Holiday Spectacular at Simon's Tavern

8:30 Splice Series at Beat Kitchen

8:30 Robot Heart Throb, Mars FM, Broken Robots at Sleeping Village, $16

x 8:30 2x4 with Feldman/Kleijn, Jackson/Adasiewicz, Keepers/Aoki, Berman/Roebke at Constellation, $10

9:00 Various Distractions at Empty Bottle, RSVP

9:00 Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota at Hungry Brain

x 9:00 John Primer with Donna Herula, Marc Edelstein, Tony Wittrock 'Who's Been Cookin' In My Kitchen' at Rosa's Lounge, $15-25

9:00 Brother John Kattke hosts The Jam at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $15

9:00 AlgoRitmo at The Whistler, Relax Attack Jazz Series

9:00 3rd Wednesday Open Mic at Fuller’s Pub

9:00 In The Garage with DJ Gentleman John Battles at Delilah’s

10:00 Toogood's Christmas Pt. 2 at Subterranean

10:30 Pete Benson at Andy’s, $15