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Showing 404 music listings for Chicago shows.
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Wednesday July 16 = Editor's Pick
JW Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Pearlene, Amplified Heat, Velcro Lewis & His 100 Proof Band Double Door: 9pm, $8 21+
T-Model Ford, Gravelroad, Stone Lightning Band Empty Bottle: 9pm, $12 21+
Bill Porter Orchestra Green Dolphin Street: 9pm, $10 21+
Jeb Bishop Trio Hideout: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Uncle Boogie Pants Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $10 21+
Jimmy Burns, Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Sista Otis, Tiger Trio, Opposite of Pants Martyrs': 8pm, $6 21+
DJ Ben Marc spins Funk, Soul, Pysch, and Pop Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Gary Gand's Pro Blues Jam with Blue Truth Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Paper Rival Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm 18+
The Moaners, The Interiors Schubas: 9pm, $10 21+
Versatile, Project Fresh, Bo-g, Sinatris, Bad Byzz, R.I.O., Jnan, P.I., Hi-Money Subterranean: 10:15pm, $15 21+
Mike Staron Duo Sullivan's Naperville: 5pm, $0 21+

Thursday July 17 = Editor's Pick
Urbanites, White Light Riot, The Effects Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $8 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Abakus, Hara, Sanguine Means Double Door: 9pm, $7 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Nicholas Tremulis, Gary Yerkins Hideout: 6:30pm, $0 21+
The Pack A.D. Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Woodbox Gang Martyrs': 9pm, $8 21+
DJs Serpico, GT and Kana Me spin Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk and Reggae Morseland: 10pm 21+
Open Mic Red Line Tap: 9pm, $0 21+
Bottomless Pit, The Kadane Brothers, Wishek Schubas: 9pm, $10 21+
A Birdsong Valentine, Soulfix, Heartset Self Destruct Subterranean: 9pm, $6 21+

Friday July 18 = Editor's Pick
Disappears, Meth Teeth, Box Elders, Radar Eyes Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $8 18+
Tenry Johns Blues Band with Claudette Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Susie Gomez and her Multiple Cats California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
Yes Charter One Pavilion: 8pm, $31 All Ages
The Hoyle Brothers Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Brett Dennen First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 7pm, $38 All Ages
Les Getrex and Creole Cookin Green Dolphin Street: 8pm 21+
The Deb Seitz Blues Band Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Health, Aleks and the Drummer Hideout: 10pm, $10 21+
Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo House Of Blues: 9pm, $48 18+
Kinetix, Bump, Kirsten Price Martyrs': 10pm, $10 21+
Dope, Kittie, A New Revolution, Dirge, Panic Cell Metro: 6pm, $15 All Ages
Lindsay Anderson Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
The Elaine Dame Quartet Philander's: 8pm, $0 21+
John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Ed Harcourt, Jeff Klein Schubas: 10:30pm, $14 21+
Moxie Motive, Leaf Bird, The Cairo Gang Subterranean: 10pm, $8 18+

Saturday July 19 = Editor's Pick
American Idols Live Allstate Arena: 7pm, $43 All Ages
Cory Chisel, Joshua James, Amber Rubarth Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm, $12 All Ages
Crooks & Children, Low Rent Beat Kitchen: 10:30pm, $8 21+
Cherry Poppin' Daddies Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $35 All Ages
Tenry Johns Blues Band with Claudette Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
The True Historians California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
Umphrey's McGee, Sts9 Charter One Pavilion: 7pm, $32 All Ages
Sharam Crobar: 9pm 21+
Voodoo Pilot Emerald Isle: 9:30pm, 1-3 21+
A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Rakim, Method Man & Redman, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Murs, Jav Electronica, Wale First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: noon, 40-$75 All Ages
Power Play Green Dolphin Street: 8pm 21+
Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
STS9 House Of Blues: 11:59pm, $23 18+
Johnny Drummer and The Starliters Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Brian Wright & The Waco Tragedies, Joe Firstman, Tony Lucca Martyrs': 9pm, $10 21+
Mindsight, On The Front, Heavy The Fall, Janus, Sudden Dark Metro: 6pm, $9 All Ages
Fruteland Jackson Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 7pm All Ages
High Places, Pit Er Pat, Abe Vigoda Schubas: 10:30pm, $10 18+
Roosevelt Jenkins, The Lifeline, Shock Stars, The Holiday Subterranean: 9pm, $10 18+
Liquid Courage Wise Fools Pub: 9pm, $10 21+

Sunday July 20 = Editor's Pick
Joe Barr Artis' Lounge: 9pm 21+
Jacuzzi Boys, White Mystery feat. Alex White, Johnny & The Limelites Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $8 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Boris, Torche Empty Bottle: 9pm, $15 21+
The Hush Sound, The Cab, The Morning Light House Of Blues: 6pm, $17 All Ages
Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Jimmy Bennington Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
DJ Hector Lopez spins House Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 5pm All Ages
Bowerbirds, The Thin Man, I Ching Quartet Schubas: 9pm, $10 18+
Mick Luter, Mikkey Halsted, J Beck, Rennessy Subterranean: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Painted Sound DJ Twentys, Scumbags, Hot Cross Nuns, Goodbye Satellite, DJ Kristin, Roze Red, U & I, Deseree Fawn Wild Hare: 7pm, $10 21+

Monday July 21 = Editor's Pick
Billy Branch Artis' Lounge: 9pm 21+
Pat McCurdy Beat Kitchen: 10pm, $6 21+
Yakuza, Indian Big Band, Sweet Cobra, The Sixth, Thieves of Always, Five3nine3, Lynyrds Innards Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Light Pollution Empty Bottle: 9pm, $0 21+
Puddle Of Mudd, Saving Abel, Rev Theory, Tyler Reed House Of Blues: 8:30pm, $24 18+
J.W. Williams, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls Morseland: 9pm, $0 21+
Punch Brothers Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
The Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, Jon Langford & Skull Orchard Schubas: 9pm, $0 21+
Open Mic Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages

Tuesday July 22 = Editor's Pick
Sex Vid, Chronic Seizure, Millions, Deep Troll Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $7 18+
Tom Crivellone Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Killer Ray Allison Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
John Mellencamp Charter One Pavilion: 7:30pm, $35 All Ages
Jose Valdez Latin Jazz Trio Green Dolphin Street: 6:30pm, $0 21+
Salsa Tuesday Green Dolphin Street: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Pistol Pete Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Devil in a Woodpile Hideout: 9:30pm 21+
Lyfe Jennings House Of Blues: 9pm 18+
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Mr. Blotto Martyrs': 9pm, $7 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm 21+
DJ White Russian spins downtempo, nu-jazz, funk and house Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Sexfist Red Line Tap: 10pm, $0 21+
The Ivorys, The Fuz, Capital Road Schubas: 8pm, $7 18+
Coldplay United Center: 7:30pm All Ages

Wednesday July 23 = Editor's Pick
JW Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Boston, Styx Charter One Pavilion: 7:30pm, $41 All Ages
Scale Model, Tiny Speakers, Le Concorde, Coltrane Motion Double Door: 9pm, $5 21+
Buffalo Killers, Blueblood, Pink Devil Empty Bottle: 9pm, $7 21+
Bill Porter Orchestra Green Dolphin Street: 9pm, $10 21+
Jim Baker, TV Pow, Lowe/Zerang Duo Hideout: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Jimmy Burns, Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
DJ Ben Marc spins Funk, Soul, Pysch, and Pop Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Gary Gand's Pro Blues Jam with Blue Truth Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Benjy Davis Project, High Tide Blues, The Alan Bailey Continuum Schubas: 9pm, $10 18+
Coldplay United Center: 7:30pm All Ages

Thursday July 24 = Editor's Pick
The XYZ Affair Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $10 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
O.A.R. Charter One Pavilion: 7:30pm, $33 All Ages
Natalia Zukerman, Trina Hamlin Club Z: 8pm, $15 All Ages
Helmet, Egostatic, Quatre Tete, With A Gun, DJ Timebomb Double Door: 9pm, $15 21+
Scott H. Biram, Bob Log III, Left Lane Cruiser Empty Bottle: 9pm, $13 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Nicholas Tremulis, Rick Rizzo Hideout: 6:30pm, $0 21+
Paulinho Garcia's Orquestra Brazzilli Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm All Ages
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Rebirth Brass Band Martyrs': 9pm, $15 21+
DJs Serpico, GT and Kana Me spin Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk and Reggae Morseland: 10pm 21+
Open Mic Red Line Tap: 9pm, $0 21+
Jeremy Jay, Coupleskate, The Black Umbrella Schubas: 9pm, $10 21+
Horse In The Sea, Kyle Andrews, Ryan Auffenberg Subterranean: 9:30pm, $8 18+
Jimmy Buffett Toyota Park: 8pm, $36 All Ages

Friday July 25 = Editor's Pick
Z-Trip Abbey Pub: 9pm, $20 18+
Deadstring Brothers, Pools Of Frogs, Kyle Mann Combo Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $10 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
John Primer Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Deep Chicago Rhythm Owls California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
DJ Vice Crobar: 9pm 21+
Green Sugar, Cealed Kasket, Hemi, Along The Parallel, Twinray Double Door: 9pm, $10 21+
The Hoyle Brothers Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Hair Police Empty Bottle: 10pm, $8 21+
Rhythm Rockets Green Dolphin Street: 8pm 21+
The Pistol Pete Band Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Melvin Taylor Heartland Cafe: 9pm, $10 21+
Cypress Hill House Of Blues: 7pm, $45 All Ages
Rebirth Brass Band Martyrs': 10pm, $15 21+
Sarah and the Tall Boys, Brian Walker, The Long Gone Lonesome Boys Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
The Elaine Dame Quartet Pops for Champagne: 9pm, $15 21+
Hootie & The Blowfish Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Takka Takka, Grammar, Alina Simone Schubas: 10pm, $8 21+
Polvo, Red Eyed Legends, Sybris Subterranean: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Dark Star Orchestra Vic Theatre: 8:30pm, $24 18+

Saturday July 26 = Editor's Pick
Shot Baker, Off With Their Heads, After The Fall Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $8 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
John Primer Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
The Hoyle Brothers California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
DJ Timbuck2, Bet Damon Williams Congress Theatre: 9pm, $35 18+
Eric Lindell Double Door: 10pm, $12 21+
Alisa Simms DuSable Museum: 8p, $40 21+
Ariel Pink, Chairlift Empty Bottle: 10pm, $10 21+
Hip Pockit Green Dolphin Street: 8pm 21+
Studebaker John & The Hawks Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Earlimart, Peter and the Rabbits Hideout: 9pm, $12 21+
Lucky Boys Confusion House Of Blues: 7pm, $18 All Ages
How Far To Austin, Steven Hollerup Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $8 21+
Johnny Drummer and The Starliters Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Karsh Kale, MIDIval PunditZ, Vishal Vaid, Bombay Beatbox Martyrs': 10pm, $15 21+
Noden and Flisko Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
Jilt, Ikonoklast, Cybergeist Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
The Elaine Dame Quartet Pops for Champagne: 9pm, $15 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 7:30pm All Ages
Canasta Schubas: 11pm 21+
Isis, Dub Trio Subterranean: 10:30pm, $16 18+
Jimmy Buffett Toyota Park: 8pm, $36 All Ages
Neil Diamond United Center: 8pm All Ages
Dark Star Orchestra Vic Theatre: 8:30pm, $24 18+

Sunday July 27 = Editor's Pick
Joe Barr Artis' Lounge: 9pm 21+
Joan Of Arc, Tirra Lirra Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $12 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Secret Chiefs 3, Briliant Pebbles Double Door: 9pm, $14 21+
CoCoComa, Witch Hats, Daily Void, Loto Ball Show Empty Bottle: 9pm, $3 21+
Peter Frampton House Of Blues: 9pm, $48 21+
Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Jimmy Bennington Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
DJ Hector Lopez spins House Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 5pm All Ages
David Vandervelde, The Lickety-Splitz, Danny Black Schubas: 9pm, $10 21+
Neil Diamond United Center: 8pm All Ages

Monday July 28 = Editor's Pick
Billy Branch Artis' Lounge: 9pm 21+
Pat McCurdy Beat Kitchen: 10pm, $6 21+
Grana' Louise and the Troublemakers Blue Chicago: 9pm 21+
The Dials, Walking Bicycles, Aleks and the Drummer Empty Bottle: 9pm, $0 21+
The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born Of Osiris, Psycroptic, Whitechapel House Of Blues: 3pm, $23 All Ages
J.W. Williams, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Michael Jackson's Bangers and Mash Morseland: 9pm, $0 21+
Canadian Brass Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Matt White Schubas: 8pm, $15 18+
Raise High The Roof Beam, Pomegranates, Trio In Stereo Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 18+
Open Mic Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages

Tuesday July 29 = Editor's Pick
Tom Crivellone Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Nellie Travis Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Killer Ray Allison Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Earth, Wind & Fire Chicago Theatre: 7:30pm, $26 All Ages
Jose Valdez Latin Jazz Trio Green Dolphin Street: 6:30pm, $0 21+
Salsa Tuesday Green Dolphin Street: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Nigel Mack Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Devil in a Woodpile Hideout: 9:30pm 21+
Dru Hill, Sisqo, Nokio, Jazz & Tao House Of Blues: 9pm, $37 18+
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm 21+
DJ White Russian spins downtempo, nu-jazz, funk and house Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Sexfist Red Line Tap: 10pm, $0 21+
Gold, Geronimo Schubas: 7pm, $7 18+

Wednesday July 30 = Editor's Pick
JW Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Last Band Standing Double Door: 9pm, $0 21+
The Boy Bathing Empty Bottle: 9pm, $7 21+
Bill Porter Orchestra Green Dolphin Street: 9pm, $10 21+
Double Quartet Showdown Hideout: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Rancid, MXPX, Rule 22 House Of Blues: 6pm, $22 All Ages
Jimmy Burns, Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
DJ Ben Marc spins Funk, Soul, Pysch, and Pop Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Vertikal Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Gary Gand's Pro Blues Jam with Blue Truth Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Essex Channel, The Summer Salts, Zerostars Schubas: 9pm, $7 21+

Thursday July 31 = Editor's Pick
Come On Come On, Talldark Stranger, Moshi Moshi Kaiju Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $8 21+
Nellie Travis Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm 21+
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Polka Madre, Black Bear Combo, Lamajamal Empty Bottle: 9pm, $7 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Rancid, H20, The House That Gloria Vanderbilt House Of Blues: 6pm, $21 All Ages
Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm All Ages
Uncle Boogie Pants Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $10 21+
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
The Black Keys, Magic Wands Metro: 10pm, $30 18+
DJs Serpico, GT and Kana Me spin Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk and Reggae Morseland: 10pm 21+
Open Mic Red Line Tap: 9pm, $0 21+
Tigercity, Violens, DJ SR-71 Schubas: 9pm, $5 21+
Vicky Emerson Uncommon Ground: 8pm All Ages

Friday August 1 = Editor's Pick
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Mates Of State, MGMT Double Door: 11pm, $0 21+
Uncle Boogie Pants Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $10 21+
Gogol Bordello, The Ting Tings Metro: 11pm, $23 18+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Deals Gone Bad, American Taxi, The Box Social Subterranean: 9:30pm, $12 18+

Saturday August 2 = Editor's Pick
Devlin & Darko, Heartsrevolution, Franki Chan, Hollywood Holt Abbey Pub: 10pm 18+
Aventura Allstate Arena: 8pm, $35 All Ages
Battles, Foals, Magic Wands Double Door: 10:30pm, $15 21+
Vans Warped Tour First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 12pm, $30 All Ages
Broken Social Scene, Yeasayer Metro: 11pm, $25 18+
Gipsy Kings Ravinia: 7:30pm All Ages
Pastilla Subterranean: 9:30pm, $13 21+

Sunday August 3 = Editor's Pick
Poison, Dokken, Sebastian Bach First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 7pm, $30 All Ages
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 5pm All Ages

Monday August 4 = Editor's Pick
The Melvins Double Door: 9pm, $20 21+

Tuesday August 5 = Editor's Pick
Killer Ray Allison Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm 21+
She & Him Park West: 7:30pm All Ages

Wednesday August 6 = Editor's Pick
Tilly & The Wall Abbey Pub: 9pm, $15 18+
Millionaires, Hypercrush, Brokencyde, The Arrival Beat Kitchen: 6:30pm, $12 All Ages
Telepathique, Dri Double Door: 10:30pm, $0 21+
The Elaine Dame Trio M Lounge: 7pm, $0 21+
King Crimson Park West: 7:30pm, $67 18+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Bitter:Sweet, The Atomica Project Subterranean: 9pm, $12 18+

Thursday August 7 = Editor's Pick
El Vez For Prez Tour Abbey Pub: 9pm, $15 21+
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Melissa Etheridge Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Amir El Saffar's Two Rivers Large Ensemble Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm All Ages
RX Bandits, Portugal The Man, Maps & Atlases Metro: 6:45pm, $15 All Ages
King Crimson Park West: 7:30pm, $67 18+
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages

Friday August 8 = Editor's Pick
We Are Scientists Abbey Pub: 9pm, $15 18+
Shellshag, The Arrivals, Chinese Telephones, Screaming Females, Black Rainbow, Bad Blood Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm 18+
Gaelic Storm Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $45 All Ages
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Melissa Etheridge Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
King Crimson Park West: 7:30pm, $67 18+
The Elaine Dame Quartet Philander's: 8pm, $0 21+
Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
Miss Alex White & Red Orchestra, Vivian Girls Subterranean: 9:30pm, $8 18+

Saturday August 9 = Editor's Pick
State And Madison, Walrus, Bright Like Japan Beat Kitchen: 6pm, $10 All Ages
Clone Defects, White Mystery Beat Kitchen: 11pm, $10 18+
Trouble, Slough Feg, Bible Of The Devil, Pharaoh, Icarus Witch Double Door: 8pm, $20 21+
4th Annual Jerry Garcia Tribute Show Jack Straw, Allie Kral, The Soup Park West: 8pm 18+
The BoDeans Ravinia: 7:30pm All Ages
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Future Virgins, Party Garbage, Dead Dog, Stupid Party, Sass Dragons, Beach Patrol Subterranean: 9:30pm 18+

Sunday August 10 = Editor's Pick
Hieroglyphics, Blue Scholars, Knobody, Musab, Prince Ali Abbey Pub: 9pm, $20 18+
Cute Is What We Aim For, Ace Enders And A Million Different People, Danger Radio, Powerspace Metro: 6pm, $12 All Ages
Grupo Cantaclaro Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm All Ages
Toots and the Maytals Park West: 7:30pm 18+
Sheryl Crow, James Blunt Ravinia: 7pm All Ages
This Is My Fist, Hidden Spots, Ringers, ADD/C, Tenement, The Closet Fairies Subterranean: 8:30pm 18+

Monday August 11 = Editor's Pick
Amos Lee Park West: 7:30pm, $23 All Ages

Tuesday August 12 = Editor's Pick
Killer Ray Allison Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm 21+

Wednesday August 13 = Editor's Pick
Keith Caputo, Wil Ridge Double Door: 9pm, $10 21+
The 5 Browns Ravinia: 8pm All Ages

Thursday August 14 = Editor's Pick
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Kelan Phil Cohran and The Legacy of Sun Ra Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm All Ages
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, The Glide Subterranean: 9:30pm, $10 18+

Friday August 15 = Editor's Pick
The Dear Hunter, Lydia, Eye Alaska, You Me And Everyone We Know Beat Kitchen: 7pm, $12 All Ages
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, Bunkertown Club Z: 8pm, $10 All Ages

Saturday August 16 = Editor's Pick
Leon Russell Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $40 All Ages
Steely Dan Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Secondhand Serenade, My American Heart, Playradioplay!, The Graduate, Rookie Of The Year Metro: 6pm, $15 All Ages

Sunday August 17 = Editor's Pick
Michael Feinstein, Jane Monheit Ravinia: 8pm All Ages

Tuesday August 19 = Editor's Pick
Killer Ray Allison Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm 21+

Wednesday August 20 = Editor's Pick
UB40 Ravinia: 8pm All Ages

Thursday August 21 = Editor's Pick
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Celebrating Nat King Cole Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm All Ages

Friday August 22 = Editor's Pick
Jim Peterik's Lifeforce Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $25 All Ages
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Cyndi Lauper, MC Hammer, DJ Berrie Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Counting Crows, Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 7pm, $40 All Ages
Tony Bennett Ravinia: 8pm All Ages
The Faint Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $22 All Ages

Saturday August 23 = Editor's Pick
Empires Beat Kitchen: 6pm, $10 All Ages
Third Day, Switchfoot, Robert Randolph, Jars of Clay Charter One Pavilion: 6pm, $36 All Ages
Kill Hannah, The Medic Driod, The White Tie Affair Metro: 6:30pm, $20 All Ages
Tony Bennett Ravinia: 7:30pm All Ages

Sunday August 24 = Editor's Pick
Jonas Brothers First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 7pm, $25 All Ages
Foreigner Paramount Theatre: 8pm, $65 All Ages
Backstreet Boys Ravinia: 8pm All Ages

Monday August 25 = Editor's Pick
Mike Reed's People Places and Things Octet Jay Pritzker Pavilion: 6:30pm All Ages

Tuesday August 26 = Editor's Pick
Killer Ray Allison Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Nicholas Barron Morseland: 8pm 21+
The Elaine Dame Duo with Dan Effland Swirl Wine Bar: 8pm, $0 21+

Thursday August 28 = Editor's Pick
The Marshall Tucker Band Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $43 18+
Nick Charles & The Sons of Blues, The Root Doctor Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Finch, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Tickle Me Pink, Our Last Night Metro: 5:30pm, $18 All Ages
Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang Ravinia: 8pm All Ages

Friday August 29 = Editor's Pick
Blues Island All Stars Blues Island Pub: 10pm 21+
Dave Stewart and his 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra Ravinia: 8pm All Ages