Chicago Shows This Week: 12/7-12/13
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Thursday, December 7th
Bonzo Squad @ aliveOne / 9:30 / 21+ / free
Anthony Bruno @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Bleachers @ Aragon Ballroom / 7:00 / all ages / $64
Doublecamp @ Beat Kitchen / 7:00 / all ages / $15
Jaygee b2b Jayah @ Blind Barber / 9:00 / 21+ / free
The Motions @ Bourbon on Division / 7:30 / 21+ / $10
Morry Sochat and the Special 20’s @ Buddy Guy’s / 9:00 / 21+ / $15
Graphies @ Burlington Bar / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Monogamy @ California Clipper / 8:30 / 21+ / $5
Sawamura No Hitter @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / 17+ / $19
Nolan the Ninja @ Cole’s Bar / 9:00 / 21+ / $13
Drazek Fuscaldo @ Constellation / 8:30 / 21+ / $15
DJ Kid Clay @ Dorian’s / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
DJ Earnmoney @ DSTRKT / 9:00 / 21+ / free
The Mercurian Force @ Elastic Arts / 8:30 / all ages / $15
Larob K. Rafael @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 5:00 / 21+ / free
Andrew Bird @ Fourth Presbyterian Church / 8:00 / all ages / sold out
Laura Cai @ Grapes & Grains / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Alan Gresik’s Swing Orchestra @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Tray Wellington Band @ Hideout / 9:30 / 21+ / $15
Paul Bedal Trio @ Hungry Brain / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
Funky Mojo Daddy Blues Band @ Kingston Mines / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Xavier Omar & Elhae @ Lincoln Hall / 8:00 / 18+ / $40
Old Shoe @ Martyrs’ / 9:00 / 21+ / $25
Lucid Rooster @ Montrose Saloon / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
ted dB @ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
Red Achinelli @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / free
DJ Moonlanding @ Punch House / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Impulsive Hearts @ Reed’s Local / 9:00 / 21+ / $8
50K Check @ Reggies Music Joint / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Potomac Bombs @ Robert’s Westside / 7:30 / 21+ / $12
Joey J Saye @ Rosa’s Lounge / 8:30 / 21+ / $20
Haley Joelle @ Schubas / 7:30 / all ages / $18
Partywatcher @ Sleeping Village / 8:00 / 21+ / $25
Diva D @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
milk. @ Subterranean / 7:30 / 17+ / $22
Dogstar @ Thalia Hall / 8:00 / 17+ / sold out
DJ Ritsman @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Friday, December 8th
DJ Boathouse @ aliveOne / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Alejandro Salazar @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Young The Giant @ Aragon Ballroom / 6:30 / all ages / $76
Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus @ Auditorium Theatre / 8:00 / all ages / $34
Silvertone @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $12
bea miller @ Bottom Lounge / 9:00 / 17+ / sold out
Chalk Dinosaur @ Bourbon on Division / 9:00 / 21+ / $12
Chicago A Cappella @ Fourth Presbyterian Chuch / 7:30 / all ages / $38
James Armstrong @ Buddy Guy’s / 8:00 / 21+ / $25
Radar Waves @ Burlington Bar / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Seth Beck @ Cafe Mustache / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Jenniferfauxxpez @ California Clipper / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Kurtis James Band @ Carol’s Pub / 9:30 / 21+ / $5
horsegiirL @ Chop Shop / 9:00 / 18+ / sold out
Just A Mess @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / 17+ / $15
Mangoland @ Cole’s Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $13
J. Worra @ Concord Music Hall / 9:00 / 18+ / $18
Jazz Is Dead @ Copernicus Center / 8:00 / all ages / $30
Mayor’s Kids @ Cubby Bear / 7:30 / 21+ / $7
Rene Avila & The Afro Cuban Band @ Dorian’s / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $10
DJ Biz @ Double Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Chris Corsano @ Elastic Arts / 8:00 / all ages / $25
Cafe Racer @ Empty Bottle / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
The Sandra Delgado Experience @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 8:00 / 21+ / $35
Schrachee @ Gallery Cabaret / 9:00 / 21+ / free
DJs Matrix & Lost in Kyoto @ Giant Penny Whistle Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Eric Schneider Quintet @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $20
Justin Quiles @ House of Blues / 8:00 / 17+ / $55
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops @ Kingston Mines / 7:30 / 21+ / $20
Nunslaughter @ Liar’s Club / 8:00 / 21+ / $23
Manwolves @ Lincoln Hall / 8:00 / 18+ / $25
Sidney Charles @ Listening Room / 9:00 / 21+ / $30
Bless the Martyr @ LiveWire Lounge / 7:30 / 21+ / $13
Mikal @ The Loft / 11:30 / 21+ / $40
The Lawrence Arms @ Metro / 8:00 / 18+ / $40
The Residency @ Montrose Saloon / 8:30 / 21+ / $15
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong @ Park West / 8:00 / 18+ / $33
RickyD & the Smokestack Mojos @ Phyllis’ Musical Inn / 8:30 / 21+ / free
Jana Rush @ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
DJ Lay and DJ Ringo @ The Promontory / 8:00 / all ages / $20
HE.SHE.THEY @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
DJ Jivefresh @ Punch House / 9:00 / 21+ / free
LSDream @ Radius / 10:00 / 18+ / $40
Patter @ Reed’s Local / 9:00 / 21+ / $8
Passengers @ Reggies Music Joint / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
Jarhead Fertilizer @ Reggies Rock Club / 8:00 / 17+ / $20
Andrew McMahon @ Riviera Theatre / 6:30 / all ages / $20
Ghost Town Blues Band @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $25
Valebol @ Schubas / 9:00 / 18+ / $15
MIRRORS @ Sleeping Village / 8:30 / 21+ / $20
LSDXOXO @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $25
Barcode @ Smoke & Mirrors / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Wenzday @ Sound-Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
Wehbba @ Spybar / 10:00 / 21+ / $25
Motherfolk @ Subterranean / 8:00 / 17+ / $18
Motherfolk @ Subterranean Downstairs / 7:00 / 17+ / $182
Laura Cai @ Tack Room / 9:00 / 21+ / free
vegyn @ Thalia Hall / 8:00 / 17+ / $26
Evan Montgomery @ Uncommon Ground / 8:00 / all ages / $10
Los Lobos @ The Vic / 7:30 / all ages / $55
Kiki Kuamo’o @ The Whistler / 9:30 / 21+ / free
Saturday, December 9th
DJ Boathouse @ aliveOne / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Alejandro Salazar @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Dave Koz @ Auditorium Theatre / 8:00 / all ages / $40
Hajime Kinoko @ Avondale Music Hall / 8:00 / 18+ / $30
Joe Samba @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $15
Stephen O’Malley & François J Bonnet @ Bohemian Nat’l Cemetery Cathedral / 6:15 & 9:15 / 18+ / $30
bea miller @ Bottom Lounge / 9:00 / 17+ / $35
Sheryl Youngblood @ Buddy Guy’s / 9:00 / 21+ / $25
Faces Of The Bog @ Burlington Bar / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Luke Callen/Sparkle Carcass @ California Clipper / 6:30 / 21+ / $5
Diamondback @ Carol’s Pub / 9:30 / 21+ / $5
B. Reed @ The Charleston / 9:45 / 21+ / free
Kyle Hollingsworth Band @ Chop Shop / 8:00 / 21+ / $32
LiV Warfield @ City Winery / 7:30 / 21+ / $20
Nico Play @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / all ages / $19
Langston’s Hue @ Cole’s Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $13
Peekaboo @ Concord Music Hall / 9:00 / 18+ / $30
Resavoir @ Constellation / 8:30 / 21+ / sold out
Justice Hill & Nightime Love @ Dorian’s / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $10
Dorothy Carlos @ Elastic Arts / 8:00 / all ages / $25
Cafe Racer @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / $15
Ben Jones @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 7:30 / 21+ / $30
Penthouse Playboys @ Gallery Cabaret / 9:00 / 21+ / free
DJ Mo Mami @ Giant Penny Whistle Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Eric Schneider Quintet @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $20
Mike Cooley @ Hideout / 8:30 / 21+ / sold out
DJ Tunez & Friends @ Joe’s on Weed / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops @ Kingston Mines / 7:30 / 21+ / $20
Aweful @ Liar’s Club / 10:00 / 21+ / $10
Matthias Tanzmann @ Listening Room / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
Gravehuffer @ LiveWire Lounge / 6:15 / 21+ / $13
Debs @ The Loft / 11:00 / 21+ / $40
Wild Earp @ Martyrs’ / 7:30 / all ages / free
The Lawrence Arms @ Metro / 8:00 / 18+ / sold out
Paul Coady and the The Edsel Bros @ Montrose Saloon / 8:30 / 21+ / $15
Monkey Safari @ Morgan’s on Fulton / 8:00 / 21+ / $45
The Claudettes @ Old Town School of Folk Music / 8:00 / all ages / $28
DJ Esteban @ The Owl / 11:00 / 21+ / free
Brendan & Jake @ Park West / 8:00 / all ages / $40
Stray Bolts @ Phyllis’ Musical Inn / 9:00 / 21+ / free
DJ Fuckoff@ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
DJ D9-3 & Nosike @ Promontory / 10:00 / 21+ / $10
Ian Asher @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
Mark Fuller @ Punch House / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Honey Dijon @ Radius / 10:00 / 18+ / $35
Radkey @ Reggies Music Joint / 9:00 / 21+ / $15
Body Void @ Reggies Rock Club / 8:00 / 17+ / $20
Ivan Gomez Singh @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $25
Salami Rose Joe @ Sleeping Village / 8:30 / 21+ / $23
Todd Terje @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $30
SIT @ Smoke & Mirrors / 10:00 / 21+ / free
One True God @ Sound-Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
Gabriel + Dresden CQ @ Spybar / 10:00 / 21+ / $30
Princess Chelsea @ Subterranean / 8:00 / 17+ / $18
DJ Dizzy Randoms @ Subterranean Downstairs / 10:00 / 21+ / $10
Kevan Eftekhari @ Tack Room / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Big Weather @ Uncommon Ground / 8:00 / all ages / $10
Alllove DJs @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Sunday, December 10th
Michele Thomas @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Treyhouse @ Bling Barber / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Nonpoint @ Bottom Lounge / 7:00 / 17+ / $25
Chicago Blues Angels @ Buddy Guy’s / 9:00 / 21+ / $15
Illusion Of Choice @ Burlington Bar / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Cody Steinmann Trio @ California Clipper / 6:30 / 21+ / free
Jon McLaughlin @ City Winery / 5 & 8:30 / 21+ / $35
Nick Zoulek @ Constellation / 8:30 / 21+ / $15
Bumbac Joe @ Dorian’s / 9:00 / 21+ / free
bar italia @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / sold out
Outcast Jazz Band @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 6:30 / 21+ / $25
DK MDok @ Giant Penny Whistle Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Soul Message @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
A Light Sleeper @ Hideout / 4:30 / 21+ / $15
Mora @ House of Blues / 7:00 / all ages / $40
Dog Faced Band @ LiveWire Lounge / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
The Hoyle Brothers @ Martyrs’ / 3:00 / 21+ / free
Ginger Root @ Metro / 8:00 / 18+ / $35
Dan Darlington b2b Ed Wood @ Never Have I Ever / 4:00 / 21+ / $25
Jeffrey Foucault/Pieta Brown @ Old Town School of Folk Music / 7:00 / all ages / $30
Caramelos de Cianuro @ Patio Theater / 9:00 / 18+ / $50
Hector Briceno @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
D2H and Phatmike @ Punch House / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Demsfightinwords @ Reggies Music Joint / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Evann McIntosh @ Schubas / 7:30 / 18+ / $20
Mar Caribe @ Simon’s Tavern / 8:30 / 21+ / free
Ovlov @ Sleeping Village / 6:30 / 21+ / $33
Derrick Carter @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
Ravyn Lenae @ Thalia Hall / 7:00 / 17+ / $30
Aguila & Sian @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Monday, December 11th
The Blueshift Big Band @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 6 & 8:15 / all ages / $15
Sound Arkitek @ Blind Barber / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Southside Johnny @ City Winery / 8:00 / 21+ / $75
Alex Cunningham + Janna Lee @ Elastic Arts / 8:00 / all ages / $15
bar italia @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / sold out
Andy Brown Quartet @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Roy Woods @ House of Blues / 8:00 / 17+ / $30
The DJ Firm @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
Zack Fedor @ Reggies Music Joint / 7:00 / 21+ / free
Neva Dinova @ Schubas / 7:30 / 18+ / $20
Robot Civil War @ Sleeping Village / 8:00 / 21+ / $20
Tuesday, December 12th
The Windy City Ramblers @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 6 & 8:15 / all ages / $15
Billy Raffoul @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $20
Southside Johnny @ City Winery / 8:00 / 21+ / $75
Brian Citro Trio @ Dorian’s / 6:00 / 21+ / $20
Katinka Kleijn @ Elastic Arts / 8:00 / all ages / $15
Chicago Cellar Boys @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Aqua @ House of Blues / 8:00 / 18+ / $50
Hovvdy @ Lincoln Hall / 8:00 / 18+ / $20
40,000 Headmen @ Montrose Saloon / 7:30 / 21+ / $15
Mr. Blotto @ Reggies Music Joint / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
A Wilhelm Scream @ Reggies Rock Club / 8:00 / 17+ / $25
Dave Herrero @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $20
Anjimile @ Schubas / 8:00 / 18+ / $20
Ariel Posen @ Sleeping Village / 7:00 / 21+ / $25
George Arthur Calendar @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Wednesday, December 13th
Pete Benson @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Creeping Charlie @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $12
Craig Owens @ Bottom Lounge / 7:00 / 17+ / $23
Squirrel Nut Zippers @ City Winery / 6:30 & 9:30 / 21+ / $48
Oso Oso @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / 17+ / $31
From Ashes to New @ Concord Music Hall / 6:30 / all ages / $28
Mega Laverne & Shirely @ Constellation / 8:30 / 21+ / sold out
Nick Mazzarella Trio @ Dorian’s / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Undisclosed Sims @ Elastic Arts / 7:00 / all ages / $15
LA LOM @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / sold out
Liv Roskos @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 5:00 / 21+ / free
Z Frank @ Gallery Cabaret / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Lauren Hall @ Grapes & Grains / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Alfonso Ponticelli @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Swells @ Fallen Log / 7:00 / 17+ / $10
Ted Sirota @ Hungry Brain / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Durry @ Lincoln Hall / 8:00 / all ages / $20
Ivy Ford Band @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $20
Lisa LeBlanc @ Schubas / 8:00 / 18+ / $20
Doja Cat @ United Center / 7:30 / all ages / $146
Stirrup @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
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