This Week's Shows: 8/31-9/6
🔺 Featuring shows at Buddy Guy's, Copernicus Center, House of Blues, PRYSM, Sound-Bar, Top Note Theatre + more 🔻
@ChicagoShowCal is a weekly calendar of concerts around Chicago created by me, Caroline. Buy merch when you can, always tip your bartenders, and enjoy the show! Don't forget to follow the Chicago Weekly Show Calendar Instagram and follow the playlist.
Thursday, August 31st
Bonzo Squad @ aliveOne / 9:30 / 21+ / free
Anthony Bruno @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Jimmie’s Chicken Shack @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $20
DJ Chavaa @ Blind Barber / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Rusty Wright Band @ Buddy Guy’s / 9:00 / 21+ / $15
We Are East Moon @ Burlington Bar / 8:30 / 21+ / $10
Light Blue Lines @ Cafe Mustache / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
BW3 @ California Clipper / 9:00 / 21+ / $5
Musiq Soulchild @ City Winery / 7 & 10:30 / 21+ / sold out
Ace Enders @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / 17+ / $35
Big Sloth @ Cole’s Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $13
Brinstarr @ Color Club / 7:00 / 18+ / $13
Prerex @ Cubby Bear / 6:30 / 21+ / $10
The Drastics @ Dorian’s / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
Rempis/Adasiewicz/Abrams/Damon @ Elastic Arts / 8:30 / all ages / $15
Diruzza Duo @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 5:00 / 21+ / free
CANDY @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / $27
Julio Bishop @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 5:00 / 21+ / free
Disco Nap @ Golden Dagger / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Elisa Carlson @ Grapes & Grains / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Alan Gresik’s Swing Orchestra @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
The Tillers @ Hideout / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Toosii @ House of Blues / 7:00 / all ages / $43
Mr. Eazi’s Choplife Sound System @ Joe’s on Weed / 9:00 / 21+ / $60
Sheryl Youngblood Band @ Kingston Mines / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Together Pangea @ Lincoln Hall / 8:30 / 18+ / $26
Special Guest @ The Listening Room / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
Mo’ynoq @ LiveWire Lounge / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Murder By Death @ Metro / 9:00 / 18+ / $40
Belladonna Road @ Montrose Saloon / 7:00 / 21+ / $15
Phantom 45 @ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Ben Klock @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $30
Corey Taylor @ Riviera Theatre / 7:30 / all ages / $45
Joey J Saye @ Rosa’s Lounge / 8:30 / 21+ / $20
Pixies & Modest Mouse @ Salt Shed / 6:00 / 17+ / sold out
Marble Teeth @ Schubas / 8:00 / 21+ / free
The Courts @ Sleeping Village / 9:00 / 21+ / $14
Firstname Lastname @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
Walker + Royce @ Spybar / 10:00 / 21+ / sold out
Wilmette @ Subterranean / 7:30 / all ages / $15
Olivia Flanigan @ Tack Room / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Disco Lemonade @ Uncommon Ground / 8:00 / all ages / $10
Mike Broers & Chris Kalis @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Friday, September 1st
DJ Boathouse @ aliveOne / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Thaddeus Tukes @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
RayBurger @ Avondale Music Hall / 9:00 / 18+ / $20
Better Love @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $15
Will Galvan @ Blind Barber / 5:00 / 21+ / free
Sonic Soul @ Buddy Guy’s / 8:00 / 21+ / $25
Cougars @ Burlington Bar / 8:30 / 21+ / $10
FakeTwin @ Cafe Mustache / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Larz Natural @ California Clipper / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Nathan Dean & The Damn Band @ Carol’s Pub / 9:30 / 21+ / $7
Musiq Soulchild @ City Winery / 7 & 10:30 / 21+ / sold out
Flake @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / all ages / $15
Excrucis @ Cole’s Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $13
Nina Kraviz @ Concord Music Hall / 10:00 / 18+ / $30
Lombard @ Copernicus Center / 8:30 / all ages / $10
The Spindles @ Cubby Bear / 7:30 / 21+ / $7
Sam Thousand and The Soul Vortex @ Dorian’s / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $10
cqqchifruit @ Easy Does It / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Cloakroom @ Empty Bottle / 10:00 / 21+ / $27
Luciano Antonio @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 5:00 / 21+ / free
DJ Cedeño @ Giant Penny Whistle Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Bitcrush @ Gman Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / $15
Midwest Blender Company @ Golden Dagger / 8:30 / 21+ / $12
Molly Adamson @ Grapes & Grains / 7:00 / 21+ / free
Mike Reed’s Big Gig @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Beck & Phoenix @ Huntington Bank Pavilion / 6:30 / all ages / $65
Toronzo Cannon Blues Band @ Kingston Mines / 7:30 / 21+ / $20
Scarlet Demore @ Lincoln Hall / 8:00 / 18+ / $18
Blesstonio @ The Listening Room / 9:00 / 21+ / $12
Synthetiq @ LiveWire Lounge / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Kettama @ Metro / 8:00 / all ages / $40
Bleeding Colors @ Montrose Saloon / 7:30 / 21+ / $15
Huey Mnemonic @ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / free
King Lil G @ Promontory / 7:00 / all ages / $27
Fatboy Slim @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $179
Eric Prydz @ Radius / 10:00 / 18+ / $109
Turtle Park @ Reed’s Local / 9:00 / 21+ / $8
Cannons @ Riviera Theatre / 8:00 / 18+ / sold out
Ivan Gomez Singh @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $25
Cigarettes After Sex @ Salt Shed / 7:00 / all ages / $125
Swami Sound @ Schubas / 10:00 / 18+ / $20
Precocious Neophyte @ Sleeping Village / 9:00 / 21+ / $17
VTSS b2b Boys Noize @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $40
Yung Bae @ Sound-Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $35
Anfisa Letyago @ Spybar / 10:00 / 21+ / sold out
Sturtz @ Uncommon Ground / 8:00 / all ages / $10
DJ Sean Tanktop @ The Whistler / 9:30 / 21+ / free
Saturday, September 2nd
DJ Boathouse @ aliveOne / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Thaddeus Tukes @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
La Fiera de Ojinaga @ Aragon Ballroom / 7:00 / 17+ / $84
Detour North @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $12
Blesstonio @ Blind Barber / 5:00 / 21+ / free
MZZ Reese @ Buddy Guy’s / 9:00 / 21+ / $25
Julien Leal @ Burlington Bar / 8:30 / 21+ / $10
Josh Gallagher @ Carol’s Pub / 9:30 / 21+ / $7
Sirqueen @ Cell Block / 9:00 / 21+ / $25
Nico Play @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / all ages / $15
Dreamjacket @ Cole’s Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $13
Hot Since 82 @ Concord Music Hall / 10:00 / 21+ / $35
Lombard @ Copernicus Center / 8:30 / all ages / $10
Sunndog @ Cubby Bear / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Will Miller & Les Sons du Cosmos @ Dorian’s / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $10
Portrayal of Guilt @ Empty Bottle / 10:00 / 21+ / $22
Freddie Dixon Blues Band @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 8:00 / 21+ / $25
Dei @ Fulton Market Kitchen / 10:00 / 21+ / $20
Umraan Syed @ Golden Dagger / 8:30 / 21+ / $13
Hasan Govan @ Grapes & Grains / 7:00 / 21+ / free
Mike Reed’s Big Gig @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Equiss @ Hideout / 10:00 / 21+ / $25
Tiwa Savage @ House of Blues / 8:00 / 17+ / $40
Duran Duan @ Huntington Bank Pavilion / 7:00 / all ages / $100
Toronzo Cannon Blues Band @ Kingston Mines / 7:30 / 21+ / $20
The Ocean Blue @ Lincoln Hall / 8:00 / 18+ / $25
Classmatic @ The Listening Room / 10:00 / 21+ / $29
Lilac @ LiveWire Lounge / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
DJ Brazy @ The Loft / 10:00 / 21+ / $40
Carl Craig x Moodymann @ Metro / 10:00 / 21+ / $40
The Devil Said Jump @ Montrose Saloon / 7:00 / 21+ / $15
Brilliant Behemoth @ One City Tap / 8:30 / 21+ / $10
Personal @ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Lee Foss & Shimza @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $50
John Summit @ Radius / 10:00 / 18+ / $129
Kurt Travis @ Reggies / 6:30 / 17+ / $28
Rico McFarland @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $20
Cigarettes After Sex @ Salt Shed / 7:00 / all ages / $125
Violet Crime @ Schubas / 7:30 / 18+ / $15
Falcons & Joaqu.n @ Sleeping Village / 9:00 / 21+ / $16
The Blessed Madonna b2b Jaq Attaque @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $40
Black Sex Tiger Machine @ Sound-Bar / 10:00 / 21+ / $35
Dennis Cruz @ Spybar / 10:00 / 21+ / sold out
Twin Coast @ Subterranean / 8:00 / all ages / $12
Kevan Eftekhari @ Tack Room / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Hazel City @ Top Note Theatre / 6:30 & 8:30 / 21+ / $20
Staxxi @ Uncommon Ground / 8:00 / all ages / $10
DJ #Feelgood @ The Whistler / 10:00 / 21+ / free
Sunday, September 3rd
Michele Thomas @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Superkick & Cut Your Losses @ Beat Kitchen / 7:00 / 17+ / $15
DJ Dommis & Kingspy @ Blind Barber / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Lucky Cloud @ California Clipper / 6:30 / 21+ / free
Distant & Left to Suffer @ Cobra Lounge / 6:30 / 17+ / $22
Vintage Culture b2b Carlita @ Concord Music Hall / 10:00 / 18+ / $40
aja monet @ Constellation / 8:30 / 21+ / $25
Grzegorz Hyży @ Copernicus Center / 6:45 / all ages / $10
Clark Quente @ Dorian’s / 9:00 / 21+ / free
POM @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / $10
Laraaji @ Garfield Park Conservatory / 6:00 / 18+ / $45
DJs Aced Space & Slot A @ Giant Penny Whistle Tavern / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Soul Message @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Smart Objects @ Hideout / 8:30 / 21+ / $15
DJ Carrie Monster @ LiveWire Lounge / 8:00 / 21+ / free
The Carry Nation @ Metro & Smartbar / 9:00 / 21+ / $30
ROM @ Montrose Saloon / 6:00 / 21+ / $15
Thomas A Matecki Band @ Phyllis’ Musical Inn / 6:00 / 21+ / free
LCY @ Podlasie Club / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Jukie Tha Kidd & Amaris @ Promontory / 10:00 / 21+ / $15
Black Coffee @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $109
Sara Landry @ Radius / 10:00 / 18+ / $50
Blankslate @ Reggies / 8:00 / 21+ / $13
Daniel Caesar @ Salt Shed / 8:00 / all ages / sold out
Nicholas Barron & The Divine Affliction @ Simon’s Tavern / 9:30 / 21+ / free
Clamarnhorshe @ Sleeping Village / 4:30 / 21+ / free
ATLiens @ Smartbar / 10:00 / 21+ / $35
Âme @ Spybar / 10:00 / 21+ / sold out
Ariel Zetina @ The Whistler / 7:00 / 21+ / free
Monday, September 4th
The Heritage Jazz Orchestra @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 6 & 8:15 / all ages / $15
Extraordinary Popular Delusions @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Jonas Weir @ Cafe Mustache / 7:00 / 21+ / $10
Bilal @ City Winery / 8:00 / 21+ / $45
Muniek I Przyjciele @ Copernicus Center / 7:45 / all ages / $10
Turquoise @ Empty Bottle / 8:30 / 21+ / free
Natural Information Society @ Garfield Park Conservatory / 6:00 / 18+ / $45
Miss April @ Golden Dagger / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Joel Paterson @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Man’s Body @ Montrose Saloon / 7:00 / 21+ / $10
WADE @ PRYSM / 10:00 / 21+ / $30
Tuesday, September 5th
The Windy City Ramblers @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 6 & 8:15 / all ages / $15
Trippie Redd @ Aragon Ballroom / 6:00 / all ages / $55
The Ivy @ Beat Kitchen / 8:00 / 17+ / $12
Beau Wanzer DJs @ California Clipper / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Bilal @ City Winery / 8:00 / 21+ / $45
Mutilation Barbecue @ Cobra Lounge / 8:00 / 17+ / $18
Escape the Fate @ Concord Music Hall / 6:30 / 17+ / $22
Madsen/Sommers/Hemphill Trio @ Dorian’s / 6:00 / 21+ / $20
Alex Cameron & Roy Molloy @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / $25
Chicago Cellar Boys @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Cardiel @ Liar’s Club / 7:00 / 21+ / $18
Dina Simone @ Montrose Saloon / 7:30 / 21+ / $10
Darsh and Friends @ Porkchop / 9:00 / all ages / $5
Tate McRae @ Riviera Theatre / 7:00 / all ages / $63
Dave Herrero @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $20
Cybertrash @ Schubas / 8:00 / 18+ / $18
Home Entertainment @ Sleeping Village / 9:30 / 21+ / $10
Surf Curse @ Subterranean / 7:15 / all ages / sold out
Wave To Earth @ Thalia Hall / 8:00 / 17+ / sold out
Pearl Jam @ United Center / 7:30 / all ages / $150
Jeff Kmieciak @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
Wednesday, September 6th
Pete Benson @ Andy’s Jazz Club / 10:30 / all ages / $15
Bestowed Harmonies @ Cafe Mustache / 7:00 / 21+ / $10
High Pulp @ Constellation / 8:30 / 18+ / $15
Bonita Appleblunt @ Dorian’s / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Spirit of the Beehive @ Empty Bottle / 9:00 / 21+ / $20
Ana Everling @ Epiphany Center for the Arts / 5:00 / 21+ / free
The Big Bloom @ Golden Dagger / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Lauren Hall @ Grapes & Grains / 8:00 / 21+ / free
Alfonso Ponticelli @ Green Mill / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Electric Callboy @ House of Blues / 6:00 / all ages / $35
Ted Sirota @ Hungry Brain / 9:30 / 21+ / $12
Wyatt Flores @ Joe’s on Weed / 8:00 / 21+ / $15
Paris Texas @ Lincoln Hall / 7:30 / all ages / sold out
Kent Rose and the Remedies @ Montrose Saloon / 7:00 / 21+ / $10
The Hurricane Trio @ Old Town School of Folk / 8:00 / all ages / free
Feels Like Karma @ Reggies / 8:00 / 21+ / $10
Ivy Ford Band @ Rosa’s Lounge / 9 & 11 / 21+ / $20
Tove Lo @ Salt Shed / 8:00 / all ages / $75
The Western Elstons @ Simon’s Tavern / 8:30 / 21+ / free
Hulvey @ Subterranean / 7:30 / all ages / sold out
Claud @ Thalia Hall / 7:15 / all ages / $22
Imperial Boxmen @ The Whistler / 9:00 / 21+ / free
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