Wednesday 1/22/25

Jan 22, 2025

Wednesday!

Plenty of great mid-week music event options available in and around town… read on for the details, and get out to enjoy if you can… welcome to new subscribers, thanks for reading, subscribing to, sponsoring, and especially sharing Jerome’s Event List!

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x 11:30a-12:20, 4:30-5:20 Winter Quarter Carillon Tower Tour at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel University of Chicago, free

12:15 Anastasiya Magamedova piano at Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

5:30-8:00 Carlos Showers & Ron Simmons acoustic at Buddy Guy's Legends, free

6:00-7:15, 8:15-9:30 Charles Heath at Andy's, $15 RSVP required

6:00-9:00 St. Joe Jack at On Tour Brewing, Grateful Dead Wednesdays

6:00 Terry Sullivan Quartet at Trattoria 225 Oak Park, Jazz Supper Club Night

6:00-9:00 Petra van Nuis/Andy Brown Duo at Hemmingway's Bistro Oak Park

6:00-9:30 Open Mic Night hosted by Mr. Rees at Roxy Lockport, signup at 6:00, BYOF

6:00-8:30 Down Home Guitars Bluegrass Jam hosted by Steve Haberichter at Cultivate Community Table Frankfort

6:00-10:00 Britt Dignan at Mugshots Sports Bar & Grill Homer Glen

x 6:30, 8:30 Patricia Barber with Emma Dayhuff, Greg Artry, Neal Alger at Winters Jazz Club, $29-34

6:30-9:30 Thomas Linsk Trio at Eddie V's Oak Brook

x 7:00 Joe Policastro & Friends at FitzGeralds Nightclub, free RSVP

x 7:00 The Hecht/Thatcher/Kirchner Trio at FitzGeralds Sidebar, free RSVP, Jazz in the Sidebar

7:00, 9:00 Dakarai Barclay Sextet with Anisha Rush, Peter Garafalo, Kevin Gunawan, Joshua Ross at Jazz Showcase, $20-30, $15 students

7:00 Ben Barnes, Aaron Childs, Sophia James, Charles Jones at House of Blues, $35

7:00 Tim Fitzgerald Guitar Trio with Tom Vaitas on Hammond B3 organ at Le Piano Chicago, Latin and Swing Jazz

7:00-9:00 The Knockaround Band, Brad Arena & Dylan Hankey at Cafe Mustache

7:00 Steve Million Trio with Elaine Dame at Angelo's Wine Bar

7:00-10:45 Wild Wednesdays SCCDA Second City Country Dance Association LGBTQ+ country/western dance at Color Club, free RSVP, free lessons

7:00-10:00 Shan-Acoustic Jam hosted by Shukin & Dr. Dave Rios at Shanahan’s Woodridge

7:00-9:00 Old Elburn Hall House Band with Randy & Joel Ream, Larry Harris, Michael Barton, Peter Mack at Old Elburn Hall

7:00-10:00 Wednesday Jazz Jam Session hosted by Kent Bredrup Trio at Manhattan's American Bar & Grill Carol Stream

7:00-10:00 On The Air at Copper Fiddle Distillery Lake Zurich

7:00-9:30 Brass Tracks Jazz Orchestra at North & Maple Kitchen & Bar Tinley Park

x 7:00-10:00 Open Mic hosted by Phil Bayer at Friendly Tap Berwyn, signup at 6:00

X 7:30 The Flat Five, Chris Ligon at Hideout, $25, Wig-Out Wednesdays residency

7:30 Burns Night at Martyrs, free

7:30 Lunar New Year Celebration at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $10 donation, World Music Wednesdays, Chinese Fine Arts Society & OTSFM present

7:30 Chrisette Michele is Home at City Winery, $68-88, r&b

7:30 Chinaa Orr at Untitled Supper Club, RSVP

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

x 7:30 The Headhunters with Bill Summers, Mike Clark, Donald Harrison at SPACE Evanston, $35-55

7:30-10:00 Angel Spiccia and the Joe Valentine Trio at Des Plaines Theatre Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy Des Plaines, free, 2 drink or equivalent minimum

7:30 Belinda Davids "The Greatest Love of All" tribute to Whitney Houston at Rialto Square Theatre Joliet, $45-80

8:00 Windows95Man, Luna at Thalia Hall, $30

8:00 Renesans, Nailed Shut, Slamwich, Fates Hand at Beat Kitchen, $15-22

8:00 The Hey Lows with Lance Loiselle and Brian Citro at Dorian’s, free, lo-fi, jazz harmony, hip-hop beats, improvisation, genre fusion

8:00-12:00m Alfonso Ponticelli with Steve Gibons, Ethan Philion, Bob Rummage at Green Mill, $10

8:00 Nate Manos with Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago

8:00 Jersey, Lilpri at Outset, $25

8:00 Freshman, Iniquitous, Manhatten at Burlington Bar, $20

8:00-10:30 The Max Brown Sextet at Clara, jazz, fusion, avant garde

x 8:00-11:00 Pierce Crask at The Hurley Tap Bucktown

8:00-10:00 Katie Grennan and Friends at The Galway Arms, Irish

8:00-11:00 Blues Pro Jam hosted by Chuck-a-luck Crane at Lee’s Unleaded Blues, free, 2 drink minimum

8:00 Jarvis Squear Open Mic at House Pub St Charles, "queer centered, straight friendly"

8:00 No-Fi RPM with DJs Glenn Curran, Frances Farlee, Dillon Kelly, Estevan Medina at Sleeping Village Main Bar, free, Sooper Records presents, electronic

8:00-10:00 Deacon Blues tribute to Steely Dan at 115 Bourbon Street Front Stage Merrionette Park, $5

8:00 Open Mic with Kelly Ott at Pub 78 Brookfield

8:00 Open Mic at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

8:00 Open Mic at House Pub St Charles

8:00 Hot Pepper Jam Open Mic at Whiskey River Glenview

8:30 Righteous Rooster at Reggies Music Joint, $10

x 8:30 Paul Dietrich's Elemental Quartet with Matt Gold, Brian Courage, Devin Drobka at Constellation, $15-18

8:30-1:30a Will at The Zebra Lounge

8:30-12:30a Lauren Ashley Hall at Grapes & Grains

8:30-1:00 Rosa's Blues Jam hosted by David Levit at Rosa's Lounge, $15-20, performing musicians free

9:00 Stalled, Tile, Chaepter at Empty Bottle, $12

9:00 Tom the Mail Man, Tahj Keeton at Reggies Music Joint, $20-25

9:00 Wednesday Night Fellowship jam session hosted by Ted Sirota at Hungry Brain, free

9:00 Jimmy Burns hosts The Jam at Buddy Guy's Legends, $15

9:00 Garm with Isaiah Keith, Rufus Parenti, Ben MacDonald, Charlie O'Neill at The Whistler, Relax Attack Jazz Series

9:00-2:00a Hard Country DJ Mattloch at Delilah’s

9:00-11:00 Jarod Bufe Quartet with Tim Stine, Clark Sommers, Jon Dietemyer at Prairie Moon Evanston, $7

9:30 Feel Good Party Band at Mom's Place

Jerome’s highlights

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

X = the plan, though that can change