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1,403 events · Music, Food & Drink · afternoon/evening
Sunday, September 13
Sun · Sep 13 · 4:00 PM
Hugel at Navy Pier Open Air
Navy Pier · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 5:00 PM
The Phil Angotti Four: POWER POP!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
$18Sun · Sep 13 · 5:30 PM
Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 5:30 PM
Bruce Henry Quartet with special guest Kevin King - The Great Male Voices of Jazz: Armstrong, Cole, Hendricks, Jarreau
Winter's Jazz Club
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Sequinox: A Ritual Cycle with Secrets of the Beehive and Mehtab Kirtan’s Death Songs
Elastic Arts
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Los Tigres del Norte
Ravinia · Highland Park
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Big Band & BBQ w/ SHOUT SECTION BIG BAND
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Bettye LaVette
Old Town School of Folk Music
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Venjent
Outset · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:00 PM
Pitbull - I'm Back with special guest Lil Jon
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:00 PM
Lily Allen Performs West End Girl
The Chicago Theatre · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:00 PM
Joey Harkum, Zack Fedor & the Long Goodbyes, Russ Baum
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:30 PM
Chávez Ismaily Saunier
Constellation
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:30 PM
A Tribute to John Prine's Bruised Orange: Evanston Folk Festival Afterpresented by Bluegrass Situation
SPACE · Evanston
$16.99Sun · Sep 13 · 9:00 PM
MIXX COMPANY
Buddy Guy's Legends
Monday, September 14
Mon · Sep 14 · 5:30 PM
Afterwords Book Club
The Book Cellar
Mon · Sep 14 · 6:30 PM
Racial Justice Book Club (Online)
The Book Cellar
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Trivia Night
City Winery Chicago
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Trivia Night
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years
Constellation
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Bikini Kill with Ganser
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square
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
Tuesday, September 15
Tue · Sep 15 · 4:00 PM
Valena Beety - "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" - Nathan Maxwell
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Tue · Sep 15 · 5:00 PM
Football Themed Trivia + Taco Tuesday
Burning Bush Brewery
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:30 PM
BRENN! - AMATEUR AT BEST WORLD TOUR
Outset · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:30 PM
Dane Bahr, "The Dead Ringer" with conversation partner Michael Welch
The Book Cellar
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
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 15 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Cubby Bear · 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 · 7:00 PM
Tinlicker North America 2026
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM
Cleyvis Natera, "The Grand Paloma Resort"
The Book Cellar
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
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM
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
Thu · Sep 17 · 1:00 PM
Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose" @ Music Box Theater
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 17 · 4:00 PM
Michael E. Sawyer - "The of No Return: Being-As-Black"
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 17 · 5:00 PM
Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up
Burning Bush Brewery
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
Alexander McCall Smith, 'The Big Cats Dance Party' @ Harold Washington Library
The Book Cellar
$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
Mary Dean Cason, "Daughters of Eve"
The Book Cellar
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
A Conversation with Nikita Gill!
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
Ziggy Marley w/ Thievery Corporation
Ravinia · Highland Park
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 17 · 7:30 PM
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
Friday, September 18
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 18 · 1:30 PM
Petr Popelka & Hilary Hahn
Symphony Center-IL · Chicago
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
Veronica Bane, "We're All Going to Die Tonight!" with conversation partner Courtney Corlew
The Book Cellar
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
75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Bernice's Tavern
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
Jose Madero - USA Tour 2026
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
Cortney LaCorte (@cheesegal), "Oversharing" at Everybody's Coffee
The Book Cellar