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270 events · this week · Music, Comedy, Food & Drink, Nightlife
Monday, September 7
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Christian Dillingham Quartet
Jazz Showcase
Mon · Sep 7
Bring Your Own Game Night!
Emporium Arcade Bar - Wicker Park
20Mon · Sep 7
1st Set With The Heritage Jazz Orchestra
Andy's Jazz Club
$15Mon · Sep 7
Blue Groove Lounge Reunion: “30 Years Later”
Bookclub
Mon · Sep 7
JOEL PATERSON & FRIENDS Dance floor open tonight
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
20Mon · Sep 7
2nd Set With The Heritage Jazz Orchestra
Andy's Jazz Club
Tuesday, September 8
Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM
PRESIDENT
Riviera Theatre- IL · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM
PRESIDENT: North American Campaign 2026
Riviera Theatre- IL · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM
NAOMI ASHELY'S OTHER BAND Live on the PATIO!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
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Trivia Night
Roscoe Village Pub
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Trivia Night
Sheffield's Wine & Beer Garden
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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Punch Bowl Social Chicago
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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Jake Melnick's Corner Tap
Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Between the Lines book club
The Book Cellar
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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Open Mic / Blues Jam
Gallery Cabaret
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Trivia Night
Butch McGuire's
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Trivia Night
Timothy O'Toole's Pub Chicago
$16Tue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
Mouse Magazine Presents: Tragic Heroine Try A Dull Knife Plastic Peach
Cole's Bar
$27-$54Tue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
Nduduzo Makhathini
SPACE · Evanston
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Open Mic Comedy
Harrigan's
Tue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
TLC & Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue - IT'S ICONIC
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island · Chicago
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Open Mic Night
Emerald Isle
Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Nate Sib (18+ Event)
Lincoln Hall · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Radio Outernational, Dark Canyon
The Hideout
Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Childish Gambino - The New World Tour
United Center · Chicago
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Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
CHICAGO CELLAR BOYS
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
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Open Mic Night
Laugh Factory Chicago
$31Tue · Sep 8 · 9:00 PM
Wiki The Park Bench Tour
Three Top Lounge · Chicago
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Open Mic Night
Cubby Bear · Chicago
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Open Mic Night
Vaughan's Pub
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Tue · Sep 8 · 10:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Subterranean · Chicago
20Tue · Sep 8
1st Set With Henry Johnson & Charles ‘Rick’ Heath
Andy's Jazz Club
Tue · Sep 8
Relax Attack Jazz Series: Clif Wallace (DJ Set)
The Whistler
Tue · Sep 8
Mario Kart Open Mic 003
Bookclub
Tue · Sep 8
Tuesday Night Karaoke w/ Grizzy Mack & Jess
Emporium Arcade Bar - Wicker Park
Tue · Sep 8
Dave Herrero feat. Pete Galanis
Rosa's Lounge
Tue · Sep 8
Diego Rodriguez Big Band
Jazz Showcase
20Tue · Sep 8
2nd Set With Henry Johnson & Charles ‘Rick’ Heath
Andy's Jazz Club
Wednesday, September 9
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM
Maddi Mays – Special Event
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM
Politico’s Illinois Playbook Live! with Shia Kapos & special guest Rep. Lauren Underwood
The Hideout
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
The CHRIS GREENE QUARTET on the PATIO!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
Robert Patrick Conlon, "Celtic Knot"
The Book Cellar
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
Michael Lerich Quartet - Swingin’ the Great American Songbook
Winter's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM
Music Trivia with Brendan and Sean: Evanston Folk Festival Edition (Space Patio)
SPACE · Evanston
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Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM
Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Fado Irish Pub
$21-$34Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Mr. Chair
SPACE · Evanston
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Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Commonwealth Tavern
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
¿Qiensave?
Old Town School of Folk Music
12Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Chirp Radio Presents...First Time: First Light
Martyrs'
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Trivia Night
Burwood Tap
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Trivia Night
Carol's Pub · Chicago
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Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
ALFONSO PONTICELLI
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Added Color, Lavisher
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Free↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Comedy Open Mic
Cole's Bar
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Karaoke Night
Rabbit Hole Wrigley
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Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Karaoke Night
Sidekick's Entertainment Lounge
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Trivia Night
George Street Pub
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Elastro: Hunter Brown, chelliah, Stereotypewriters
Elastic Arts
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Shadowgrass
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
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Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Dante's Tavern
$24-$190Wed · Sep 9 · 8:30 PM
CHA WA Returns to FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB w/ special guest The Hurtin' Kind
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:30 PM
LITTLE HOPES @ FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:30 PM
Lara Somogyi: a [time] patterned (Chicago premiere)
Constellation
$16.99↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 9:00 PM
BROTHER JOHN – Host The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends
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Karaoke Wednesdays
Replay Lakeview
20↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9
2nd Set With Charles Heath
Andy's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 9
Relax Attack Jazz Series: Ben Branda Quartet
The Whistler
Wed · Sep 9
I Like To Watch
GMan Tavern
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Soul Message Trio
Jazz Showcase
10↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9
Late Night Concert Series w/Ben Paterson
Andy's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 9
Derek Caruso & The Blues Fuse - "High Voltage Night"
Rosa's Lounge
$12.80Wed · Sep 9
Homeward Bound + Noah Weissman
Bookclub
20↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9
1st Set With Charles Heath
Andy's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 9
River Run Ben with Tyler Stock and Jane Hobson
Uncommon Ground
Thursday, September 10
$15.77Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 AM
Anne Helen Wells, Suroor, MaryMary!
Cole's Bar
Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM
Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
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Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up
Burning Bush Brewery
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Thu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM
ANDY BROWN
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
$114Thu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM
Plantasia TWO DAY PASS
Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 5:30 PM
Plantasia - Day 1 with Helado Tropical (Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical) James K Gigi Masin Elori Saxl and Henry Solomon +more
Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 6:00 PM
Featured Players
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
$18Thu · Sep 10 · 6:00 PM
TBD/Joanna Connor Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 6:30 PM
Paul Marinaro Quartet
Winter's Jazz Club
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Zeruel
Avondale Music Hall · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Erykah Badu
Ravinia · Highland Park
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Victor Ladis Schultz in conversation with Michael Welch, "The Book of the Jaguar"
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Volumes, Until I Wake, Catsclaw, Outrun the Sunlight
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
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Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Whiskey Girl Tavern
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Jeopardy! Bar League
Guthries Tavern
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
And I, You, Sung Drone, Hell of a Life, Funeral Plain
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
Rainbow Girls w. Jordan Smart
SPACE · Evanston
20Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
CC & The Madman: Fall of '86 (2 Sets!)
Martyrs'
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour
Allstate Arena · Rosemont
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
JUNGLE - World Tour 2026
United Center · Chicago
$60Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Jam For Good Presents - Niko Moon
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
CFS Presents: Caligari's Cure
Constellation
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Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
ALAN GRESIK'S SWING ORCHESTRA
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Nai Palm (of Hiatus Kaiyote), with Cazeaux O.S.L.O.
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Niko Moon
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
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Shadowgrass
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago