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1,322 events · Music, Comedy, Theater · evening
Monday, September 14
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Bikini Kill with Ganser
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Up Chicago
The Hideout
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:30 PM
Dominique Fils-Aimé
SPACE · Evanston
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Bob Log III
Beat Kitchen · Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Industry Night Market
Sleeping Village
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Dirty Sound Magnet , Gran Moreno, Tombstone Eyes, Ricky Liontones
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Susanna Hoffs
Old Town School of Folk Music
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Industry Night w/ Saggitari
Sleeping Village
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Open Mic Night
Riddles Comedy Club
Tuesday, September 15
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:00 PM
Stand-up for the Homeless
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:30 PM
BRENN! - AMATEUR AT BEST WORLD TOUR
Outset · Chicago
25Tue · Sep 15 · 7:00 PM
Tony Rogers & Friends - The Significant Birthday
Martyrs'
$27-$41Tue · Sep 15 · 7:30 PM
The 24th Annual Chicago Gypsy Jazz Fest
SPACE · Evanston
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Paul Cauthen w/ Ben Chapman
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Metro Presents… Avalon Emerson & the Charm w/ Lipsticism
Sleeping Village
$46-$611Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Paul Cauthen with Ben Chapman
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Jay Park with special guest LNGSHOT: Serenades & Body Rolls
Aragon Ballroom · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
LP - All Is Not Lost Tour
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Thomas Dollbaum, Glass Beagle
The Hideout
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:30 PM
Dead Pink Radio, the Charlie Berry Project
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
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Open Mic Night
Cubby Bear · Chicago
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Open Mic Night
Laugh Factory Chicago
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Tue · Sep 15 · 10:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Subterranean · Chicago
Wednesday, September 16
Wed · Sep 16 · 6:30 PM
Abigail Riccards & Friends - A Night of Soul Jazz Blues Favorites
Winter's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 16 · 6:30 PM
$uicideboy$ Present Grey Day Tour 2026 W. Destroy Lonely & More
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park
Wed · Sep 16 · 6:30 PM
Claire Sundbye
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM
Tinlicker North America 2026
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM
Tove Lo - ESTRUS TOUR
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Bolokada Conde
Old Town School of Folk Music
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Ronnie Baker Brooks
North Theatre at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts · Skokie
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Kat and the Hurricane, Half Ivory, Dutch Cove, Naked Brunch
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Altin Gun (18+)
Vic Theatre · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Andy Irvine
Martyrs'
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Melvin Taylor
SPACE · Evanston
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM
Trivia Night
Carol's Pub · Chicago
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Carly Pearce – Honest Woman: Up Close – Presented by Conundrum Wines
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM
Grelley Dance Party
The Hideout
Wed · Sep 16 · 8:30 PM
Jazz in the Sidebar w/ Aval Stanley Zaucha Organ Trio!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 16 · 9:00 PM
Metro Presents… upsammy & Valentina Magaletti * composuresquad * Mithra
Sleeping Village
$16.99↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 9:00 PM
JIMMY BURNS – Host The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends
Thursday, September 17
$18Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
Liz Phair & Sleater-Kinney: The Flannel and The Fury 2026
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:30 PM
Jeremy Kahn Trio with special guest Julia Danielle - Voices of the Twenties: Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Ruth Etting
Winter's Jazz Club
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:30 PM
Big Freedia: BIG FREEDOM Tour
Outset · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
THE B-52s * DEVO: COSMIC DE-EVOLUTION TOUR
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
POiSON GiRL FRiEND
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
$13Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
JOE MOESE AND THE POWER THROBS
Cubby Bear · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
Ziggy Marley w/ Thievery Corporation
Ravinia · Highland Park
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
BAPA Presents: Old House Lecture Series
Beverly Arts Center
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Petr Popelka & Hilary Hahn
Symphony Center-IL · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:30 PM
Black Flag W/ the Crosses
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
$27-$41Thu · Sep 17 · 7:30 PM
Reggae Tribute with The Urban Roots Band
SPACE · Evanston
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:30 PM
Gary Clark Jr.
The Chicago Theatre · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM
Morrissey Warm Up Ft. the Handsome Devilz
Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM
Slap Bunt, Pepper Said, Gatsbe
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
$25-$211↻ RecurringThu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM
Carly Pearce – Honest Woman: Up Close – Presented by Conundrum Wines
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM
Bombargo
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM
Dutch Interior w/ Racecourse
Constellation
Thu · Sep 17 · 8:30 PM
Thursday Night in the SIDEBAR w/ LOU SHIELDS!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
$30-$221Thu · Sep 17 · 8:30 PM
Wesley Stace Record Release ! w/ special guest Dag Juhlin
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Thu · Sep 17 · 8:30 PM
Improvised Music Series: Stefan González/Lily Glick Finnegan/Andrew Scott Young Trio, Typhoon Matisse
Elastic Arts
Thu · Sep 17 · 9:00 PM
DJ GLU’s Boogie
Sleeping Village
$16.99Thu · Sep 17 · 9:00 PM
WIN NOLL
Buddy Guy's Legends
Thu · Sep 17 · 9:30 PM
Nick Thune: Special Taping
The Den Theatre
Friday, September 18
Fri · Sep 18 · 6:00 PM
Breaking Benjamin
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park
Fri · Sep 18 · 6:00 PM
Tucker Wetmore: The Brunette World Tour
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 6:30 PM
Chanel Beads
Outset · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
Friday Night on The PATIO w/ THE RHYTHM ROCKETS!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
A Foreigner???s Journey To Boston
Cubby Bear · Chicago
$30Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
A Foreigner's Journey To Boston
Cubby Bear · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
Jose Madero - USA Tour 2026
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
$23Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
Rico McFarland Blues Band/Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM
Phoebe Bridgers: The Lost Tour
United Center · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM
Wonderlove “The Stevie Wonder Experience”
Beverly Arts Center
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM
Gary Clark Jr.
Vic Theatre · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM
Thaddeus Tukes Quartet with special guest Henry Johnson
Winter's Jazz Club
$34-$60Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Somi
SPACE · Evanston
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Sam Greenfield
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
*SOLD OUT* ALDOUS HARDING with Sam Burton
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Castle, Vanishing Kids, On the Sun
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
LAUNDRY DAY
Chop Shop · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Monkeys On A String
North Theatre at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts · Skokie
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Tom Jones
Ravinia · Highland Park
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
10,000 Maniacs
George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center · Skokie
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Rock & Rye
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
LAUNDRY DAY Presents: The Larger Than LIFE Tour
Chop Shop · Chicago
$30-$221Fri · Sep 18 · 8:30 PM
The Gibson Brothers at FITZGERALDS Historic Nightclub
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 18 · 8:30 PM
Experiments
The Hideout
Fri · Sep 18 · 8:30 PM
L’Rain
Constellation
Fri · Sep 18 · 9:00 PM
Garden Of: BACK TO SCHOOL
Sleeping Village
Fri · Sep 18 · 9:00 PM
Friday Night in the SIDEBAR w/ The Meadowlark Lemons!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
$27.30Fri · Sep 18 · 9:00 PM
MISSISSIPPI HEAT
Buddy Guy's Legends
15Fri · Sep 18 · 9:00 PM
Earth Radio, Covington Groove, Arnica Montana
Martyrs'
$14-$20Fri · Sep 18 · 9:00 PM
It's A 2000s Party: Rosemont
Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont
$12Fri · Sep 18 · 9:30 PM
The Simple Remedy
Carol's Pub · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 9:30 PM
Broadway Rave - The Musical Theatre Dance Party
Subterranean · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 10:30 PM
Mariachi El Bronx W/ Max Diaz
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 18 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
$51Fri · Sep 18 · 11:00 PM
Riot Fest Late Night: Thrice
Bottom Lounge · Chicago