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Showing 242 music listings for Chicago shows.
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Saturday December 5 = Editor's Pick
Alisa Simms Green Dolphin Street: 7:30pm, $20 21+
Sabertooth Green Mill: midnight, 0-$5 21+
Detholz!, Volcano!, A Tundra Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Mavis Staples, Blind Boys of Alabama House of Blues: 8:30pm
Julian "Jumpin" Perez, Mario "Smokin" Diaz, Max-A-Million House of Blues: 10pm, $30 21+
Corey Wilkes Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Hairbanger's Ball Joe's Bar: 11pm, $10 21+
Do Make Say Think, The Happiness Project, Years Lincoln Hall: 10pm, $15 18+
Dive Bar, Penthouse Sweets, Twilight Revival, Scattergun, Nashville Wreckers, Medicine Hat, Sawbuck Martyrs': 9pm, $8 21+
Nanci Griffith, The Belleville Outfit Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm, 34-$38 All Ages
Nanci Griffith, The Belleville Outfit Old Town School of Folk Music: 10pm, 34-$38 All Ages
Brendan Bayliss & Jake Cinninger Park West: 8pm, 20-$75 All Ages
Bible of the Devil, Den of Vipers, Dynasty of Poseidon Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Annual, Flatts and Sharpe Red Line Tap: 7pm 21+
S.Y.L., Resurrection Larry Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Susan Werner SPACE: 8pm, 18-$22
Cunninlynguists Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8
Dan Auerbach, Justin Townes Earle, Jessica Lea Mayfield Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $21 18+

Sunday December 6 = Editor's Pick
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Sean Paul w/London House of Blues: 7:30pm, 33-$36 All Ages
Corey Wilkes Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
CCPA Jazz Fest Martyrs': 2pm, $0 21+
Underoath, August Burns Red, Emery Metro: 6:30pm, $20 All Ages
Work Progress Administration Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm, 21-$25 All Ages
About Nothin' Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Bryan Adams Rialto Square Theatre: 8pm, $33 All Ages
Arctic Monkeys Riviera Theatre: 7pm, $28

Monday December 7 = Editor's Pick
Patricia Barber Quartet Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Curtis Harvey, The Glorytellers, Judson Claiborne Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
GWAR House of Blues: 6pm, 17.25-23 All Ages
Elbio Barilari Big Band, Diego Urcola, Claudia Perez Brown Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Sloan, Magneta Lane Lincoln Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Cabaret Vagabond Martyrs': 8pm, $8 21+
MEW Metro: 7:30pm, $19 All Ages
Scott Anderson's Nia Quintet Morseland: 10pm 21+
The Luna Blues Machine Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Nixon Omollo and the Survivors, Rebel Roots Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+

Tuesday December 8 = Editor's Pick
Deep Blue Organ Trio Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Deep Blue Organ Trio Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Sanctified Grumblers Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Rooney w/Crash Kings, Tally Hall House of Blues: 6:30pm, 13-$16 All Ages
Elbio Barilari Big Band, Diego Urcola, Claudia Perez Brown Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Alfonso Ponticelli, Swing Gitan Quenchers Saloon: 9pm 21+
Sexfist Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Mr Blotto, Crawl Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
Tony Lucca, Josh Hoge SPACE: 8pm, 12-$15

Wednesday December 9 = Editor's Pick
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nate Lepine, Jason Adasiewicz, Michael Zerang, Mars Williams, Mike Reed Hideout: 9:30pm, $7 21+
Raekwon, Capone and Noreaga House of Blues: 9pm, 21-$23 Other
BMR4 Jazz Showcase: 8pm, $0
Cadillac Casket, The Locals, Flatbed Orange Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Zutano Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
Lokua Presents: Heartbeats Morseland: 10pm 21+
Adam Percy, Steve Sebby Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Prosaic, The Anything Trio Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+

Thursday December 10 = Editor's Pick
Cheap Trick, Frank Caliendo, The Dan Band Allstate Arena: 6:30pm All Ages
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Honoring 1959: The Music of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis Chicago Jazz Ensemble w/David Sanchez and Steve Wilson Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm
Tomorrow Music Orchestra, Leaf Bird, Love Raid Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Hatebreed w/Cannibal Corpse, Unearth, Hate Eternal, Born of Osiris House of Blues: 4:45pm All Ages
Eric Alexander Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Headlights, Maritime Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 10-$12 18+
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Katastrofist Martyrs': 9pm, $15 21+
Leftsetter, With a Gun, The Von Ehrics Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Black Angus Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
Aaron Neville The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7:30pm, $49 21+
Latinise' Uncommon Ground: 9:30pm, $10 All Ages

Friday December 11 = Editor's Pick
Flaming Lips, Phoenix, Pete Yorn Allstate Arena: 7pm
The Hoyle Brothers Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Green Mill Quartet Green Mill: 1:30am, $0 21+
The Flat Five, Gerald Dowd, Kelly Hogan, Scott Ligon, K.C. McDonough, Nora O'Connor Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
Eric Alexander Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Hello Dave Joe's Bar: 8pm, $10 21+
Gloriana Joe's Bar: 10pm, $10 21+
The Ike Reilly Assassination Lincoln Hall: 10:30pm, $18 18+
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, The Ragbirds Martyrs': 10pm, $15 21+
Lucid Ground, Minus The Girl, Model Stranger, Kelroy, Trainwreck Symphony Metro: 8:30pm, $11 All Ages
The Polkaholics Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Caverns, Double Fortune, Oh Alchemy Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Honest Engines, Brian Martin, PATERNS, Andrew Anderson, Meander, Carley Wolf Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $8 21+
The Queers, The Leftovers, TA80 Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm, $15 All Ages

Saturday December 12 = Editor's Pick
Bully Pulpit, Builder/Destroyer, Mayor for Life Cole's: 8pm, $0 21+
Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Dr. Dog, Emmitt Nershi Band, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, The Giving Tree Band, Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Van Ghost Congress Theater: 11am, $35 All Ages
Sabertooth Green Mill: midnight, 0-$5 21+
Mahjongg, White Car Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
Better Than Ezra House of Blues: 9pm, 18.75-$25 Other
Eric Alexander Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Russian Circles, Young Widows, Sweet Cobra, Phantom Family Halo Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 12-$14 18+
Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players Martyrs': 3pm, $12 21+
Ekoostik Hookah, Savvy Martyrs': 10pm, $15 21+
I Fight Dragons, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Cobalt and the Hired, Guns Metro: 9pm, $11 18+
The Subdudes Park West: 7:30pm, $25 18+
The Runnies, Lions Rampant, fcab Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Long Count, As 40 Sleeps Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Marduk, Nachtmystium, Mantik Ritual, Merrimack Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $15 Other

Sunday December 13 = Editor's Pick
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Shinedown w/ Halestorm, Rev Theory House of Blues: 7:30pm, 30.50-$33 Other
Eric Alexander Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Straight No Chaser Park West: 7:30pm
Holiday House Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Skyfall, Blind Man Leading, Amberlee Sheehan Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+

Monday December 14 = Editor's Pick
Patricia Barber Quartet Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Breaking Benjamin w/ Sick Puppies, Janus House of Blues: 7:30pm, 30.50-$33 Other
Typhanie Monique, Neal Alger Jazz Showcase: 8pm
The Jodie Christian Quartet Katerina's: 8pm, $5 21+
Nathan Angelo, Micah Dalton, Claire Stahlecker Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Nick Mazzarella Morseland: 9pm, $0 21+

Tuesday December 15 = Editor's Pick
Deep Blue Organ Trio Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Sanctified Grumblers Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
The Bravery w/ Manchester Orchestra, As tall As Lions House of Blues: 7:30pm, 23-$26 Other
West Point Jazz Knights Big Band Jazz Showcase: 8pm, $0
Seafarer, Brice Woodall, Mike Nicolai Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Chicago Chamber Choir Music Institute of Chicago: 7:30pm, $18 All Ages
M13 Quenchers Saloon: 9pm 21+
Sexfist Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Osmond Brothers Christmas Show Rialto Square Theatre: 7:30pm, $32 All Ages
Raphael Saadiq Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $32 18+

Wednesday December 16 = Editor's Pick
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Fred Anderson Trio Hideout: 9:30pm, $10 21+
30 Seconds to Mars, the Used House of Blues: 7:30pm, $31 Other
Northern Illinois University Big Band, Warren Township H.S. Big Band Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Kelli Pickler Joe's Bar: 8pm 21+
Just Desserts, Annalyze, Keith MacKenzie, Team Bayside High, Kid Color, Just Desserts Lincoln Hall: 9pm 18+
Grody Hunt, Loaded, Brad Cole Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Lokua Presents: Heartbeats Morseland: 10pm 21+
B1G T1ME Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+

Thursday December 17 = Editor's Pick
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Rise Against w/ Street Sweeper Social Club, AM Taxi House of Blues: 7:30pm, 30.50-$33 Other
Al Maniscalco Quintet, Dallas Brass Jazz Showcase: 8pm, $0
Hey Champ, French Horn Rebellion, A&R Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $12 18+
Black Umbrella Brigade, Nate and His Kite, A Sample Life Martyrs': 9pm, $7 21+
The Streeters, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Ray Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Barry Manilow Rosemont Theatre:

Friday December 18 = Editor's Pick
The Hoyle Brothers Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Green Mill Quartet Green Mill: 1:30am, $0 21+
Sister Hazel w/Tony Lucca House of Blues: 9pm, 25-$26.50 Other
Ross Bon & The Mighty Blue Kings House of Blues Back Porch: 10pm, 14-$17 21+
Star Roberta Gamborini Trio Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Yard Fulla Cards Joe's Bar: 8:30pm, 8-$10 21+
Wes Hayden Joe's Bar: 10pm, 8-$10 21+
School of Rock Kinetic Playground: 6pm 21+
New Generation Dudes Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Motion City Soundtrack Lincoln Hall: 7pm All Ages
Bumpus, Terrible Spaceship, Grammar, Tina Howell & the Fellas, Clip Art, Eve's Mistake Martyrs': 9pm, $12 21+
Rise Against, Bollweevils Metro: 6:30pm All Ages
Reds and Blue, My Gold Mask, Shapers Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Barry Manilow Rosemont Theatre:
Boney James The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7:30pm, $35 21+

Saturday December 19 = Editor's Pick
Sabertooth Green Mill: midnight, 0-$5 21+
The Snow Angels Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Sister Hazel House of Blues: 9pm, 25-$26.50 Other
Star Roberta Gamborini Trio Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Clayton Anderson Band Joe's Bar: 8:30pm, $10 21+
School of Rock Kinetic Playground: 6pm 21+
Motion City Soundtrack Lincoln Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Chicago Afrobeat Project, Get Up with the Get Downs, Bombay Beatbox Martyrs': 10pm, 12-$15 21+
Kill Hannah, Hey Champ, 1997 Metro: 6:30pm, 20-$50 All Ages
STNNNG, Flaum Adger, Wereworm Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+

Sunday December 20 = Editor's Pick
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Dasboton, Slick Conditions Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Star Roberta Gamborini Trio Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Motion City Soundtrack Lincoln Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Lasers and Fast and Shit, Old Fake, Call Me Lightning, Driftless Pony Club Metro: 9pm, $9 18+

Monday December 21 = Editor's Pick
Patricia Barber Quartet Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Tony Do Rosario's New Chicago Jazz Quartet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Tin Lynott Martyrs': 8pm, $5 21+

Tuesday December 22 = Editor's Pick
Deep Blue Organ Trio Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Sanctified Grumblers Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
The Grilly Brother's Sextet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Sexfist Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+

Wednesday December 23 = Editor's Pick
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams Hideout: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Dudley Owens Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Lokua Presents: Heartbeats Morseland: 10pm 21+

Thursday December 24 = Editor's Pick
Marice Brown Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Friday December 25 = Editor's Pick
Marice Brown Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Saturday December 26 = Editor's Pick
Sabertooth Green Mill: midnight, 0-$5 21+
Stellar Road House of Blues: 6:30pm, 10-$13 All Ages
Marice Brown Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Lucky Boys Confusion Metro: 6pm, 18.50-$20 All Ages
Macabre, Maggot Twat, Johnny Vomit, The Muzzler Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm Other

Sunday December 27 = Editor's Pick
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Rusted Root House of Blues: 8pm Other
Marice Brown Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Monday December 28 = Editor's Pick
Patricia Barber Quartet Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Rusted Root House of Blues: 8pm Other
Adam Larson Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Tuesday December 29 = Editor's Pick
Deep Blue Organ Trio Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Roy Hargrove Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Signal Path, Steez Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $15 21+

Wednesday December 30 = Editor's Pick
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Roy Hargrove Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Daedelus, Two Fresh, Auto Body, Jogger, Wyllys Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $15 21+
John Legend The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $55 21+

Thursday December 31 = Editor's Pick
Pegboy, Shot Baker Beat Kitchen: 10pm, 20-$25 21+
Girl Talk Congress Theater: 9:30pm, $35 All Ages
The Polkaholics DANK Haus: 9pm, $10 21+
Jens Lekman Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $30 21+
Big Head Todd & the Monsters House of Blues: 9:30pm, $58 21+
Roy Hargrove Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Future Rock, Dark Party, DJ Thibault Kinetic Playground: 9pm, 20-$25 21+
Future Rock, Dark Party, DJ Thibault Kinetic Playground: 10pm, $25 21+
The Jesus Lizard Metro:
The Tossers, Yakuza, Teen Idols, Scott Lucas and the Married Men Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $30 21+
Black Keys Riviera Theatre: 10pm, $49 18+

Friday January 1 = Editor's Pick
Jens Lekman Empty Bottle: 10pm, $20 21+
Roy Hargrove Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Saturday January 2 = Editor's Pick
Jens Lekman Empty Bottle: 10pm, $20 21+
Roy Hargrove Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Sunday January 3 = Editor's Pick
Roy Hargrove Quintet Jazz Showcase: 8pm

Friday January 15 = Editor's Pick
"The Great Summit": The Music of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Chicago Jazz Ensemble Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm

Sunday January 17 = Editor's Pick
Lee Fields & The Expressions, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $15 18+

Thursday January 21 = Editor's Pick
Nile, Immolation, Krisiun, Abigail Adams, Dreaming Dead Metro: 6pm, 25-$27.50 All Ages

Saturday January 23 = Editor's Pick
Dave Mason Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $38 All Ages

Saturday January 30 = Editor's Pick
Cold War Kids Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $21 All Ages

Wednesday February 10 = Editor's Pick
Air Supply The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7:30pm, $49 21+

Friday March 5 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Jazz Ensemble Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm

Sunday March 14 = Editor's Pick
"A Song of Peace - Sim Shalom" North Shore Choral Society Ezra Habonim Synagogue: 3pm, $25 All Ages
One Night of Queen Rialto Square Theatre: 6pm, $45 All Ages

Wednesday March 17 = Editor's Pick
Engelbert Humperdinck Rialto Square Theatre: 7:30PM, $53 All Ages

Saturday March 27 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Harold Washington Library: 5pm, $0 All Ages

Saturday April 17 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Jazz Ensemble w/James Moody DuSable Museum: 7:30pm All Ages
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Wednesday April 21 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Friday April 23 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Saturday April 24 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Sunday April 25 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 3pm, $30 All Ages

Wednesday April 28 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Friday April 30 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Sunday May 2 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 3pm, $30 All Ages
North Shore Choral Society: Beethoven's 9th Symphony Pick-Staiger Concert Hall: 7pm All Ages

Saturday May 8 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages
The Lettermen Rialto Square Theatre: 8pm, $42 All Ages

Monday May 10 = Editor's Pick
Frederica Von Stade Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7pm All Ages

Wednesday May 12 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Friday May 14 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $30 All Ages

Sunday May 16 = Editor's Pick
Chicago Opera Theater Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 3pm, $30 All Ages
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Symphony Center: 7:30pm, $15 All Ages