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200 events · this week · Music, Theater, Food & Drink

Tuesday, September 8

1st Set With Henry Johnson & Charles ‘Rick’ Heath

Andy's Jazz Club

Diego Rodriguez Big Band

2nd Set With Henry Johnson & Charles ‘Rick’ Heath

Andy's Jazz Club

Wednesday, September 9

Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM

Politico’s Illinois Playbook Live! with Shia Kapos & special guest Rep. Lauren Underwood

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

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:15 PM

WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME PRESENTS: COMEDY GRAB BAG W/ ALZO SLADE!

The Den Theatre

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM

Mr. Chair

SPACE · Evanston

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM

¿Qiensave?

Old Town School of Folk Music

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM

Chirp Radio Presents...First Time: First Light

Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM

Trivia Night

Carol's Pub · Chicago

Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM

Added Color, Lavisher

Reggies Music Joint · Chicago

Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM

Elastro: Hunter Brown, chelliah, Stereotypewriters

Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM

Shadowgrass

Garcia's Chicago · Chicago

Wed · 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)

$16.99↻ Recurring

Wed · Sep 9 · 9:00 PM

BROTHER JOHN – Host The Jam

Buddy Guy's Legends

20↻ Recurring

2nd Set With Charles Heath

Andy's Jazz Club

Soul Message Trio

10↻ Recurring

Late Night Concert Series w/Ben Paterson

Andy's Jazz Club

20↻ Recurring

1st Set With Charles Heath

Andy's Jazz Club

River Run Ben with Tyler Stock and Jane Hobson

Uncommon Ground

Thursday, September 10

Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM

Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM

Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up

Burning Bush Brewery

Thu · 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

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

Thu · Sep 10 · 7:15 PM

George Civeris

The Den Theatre

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

Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM

CC & The Madman: Fall of '86 (2 Sets!)

Thu · 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

Thu · 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

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

Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM

Shadowgrass

Garcia's Chicago · Chicago

Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM

Thursday Night in the SIDEBAR w/ BLUE ROSE

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn

Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM

TERRANCE SIMIEN & The Zydeco Experience at FITZGERALDS Nightclub

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM

Improvised Music Series: Gregor Samsa & Karlo Rossmann, Tyler Damon/Jacob Fawcett/Andrew Scott Young

Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM

Spiral Galaxy, Bobby Conn, SiP, DJ Fiendish Thingys

$16.99↻ Recurring

Thu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM

CHRIS O’LEARY

Buddy Guy's Legends

Thu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM

Facing w/ Laliberté, baby

Sleeping Village

Willows and Soul Called Ida

Uncommon Ground

Clark Sommers W'Ba(SH)

20↻ Recurring

2nd Set With Mario Abney

Andy's Jazz Club

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1st Set With Mario Abney

Andy's Jazz Club

10↻ Recurring

Late Night Concert Series w/The Chicago Experiment

Andy's Jazz Club

Friday, September 11

Fri · Sep 11 · 11:00 AM

Children's Storytime!

The Book Cellar

Fri · Sep 11 · 2:00 PM

ESPN Radio Live with Waddle & Silvy

Burning Bush Brewery

Fri · Sep 11 · 5:00 PM

Happy Hour on the PATIO w/ HILLBILLY FROLIC!

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

Fri · Sep 11 · 5:30 PM

Plantasia - Day 2 with Makaya McCraven Green-House Precious Renee Tucker Chee Shimizu +more

Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 6:00 PM

Two Nights at Navy Pier: Friday (18+ Event)

Navy Pier · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 6:30 PM

Mandala Makers Fest, Arushi Mudgal: Odissi Classical Dance

Fri · Sep 11 · 6:30 PM

Yacht Rock Revue - Primetime

The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

Yosha Gunasekera, "Midnight Taxi" w/ conversation partner Mia P. Manansala

The Book Cellar

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

The Matches

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

The Matches, Crooked Teeth

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$23↻ Recurring

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

Joanna Connor Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

Friday Night on The PATIO w/JOE PRATT & SOURCE ONE BAND!

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

DNA: A Bountiful Harvest

The Den Theatre

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM

Of Your Own Making w/ T. Maguire, Miss April, Rios Trios

Cubby Bear · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM

Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary ft El Michels Affair, Brainstory, and Thee Heart Tones

Thalia Hall · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM

Better Together - Music to Move Your Soul!

Winter's Jazz Club

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM

Eric Clapton

United Center · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM

HAIRBANGERS BALL

Nellie's Gastropub & ConcertHub · Palatine

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Coat of Many Colors: LGBTQIA+ Songwriter's Circle: Evanston Folk Festival Afterpresented by Bluegrass Situation

SPACE · Evanston

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods Tour

Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Soul Daddy, Booti Grooviani

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Noname (17+ Event)

Park West · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Ricardo Montaner - El Ultimo Regreso

Rosemont Theatre · Rosemont

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

JAMA! Afrorave: Juls

Outset · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

MIKE DANGEROUX

Buddy Guy's Legends

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Condition Critical, Raider, Scarsin, Carnotura

Reggies Music Joint · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Los Gallos, Meg and The Wheelers

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Troop's Finest

Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Wade Forster - The Aftermath Tour

Carol's Pub · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour

Allstate Arena · Rosemont

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

The Wilder Blue

Garcia's Chicago · Chicago

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

CLEAT Series: Steve Reidell & Tim Kinsella, Alexander Panos, Squonk

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM

Punch Brothers

Cahn Auditorium · Evanston

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:30 PM

Friday Night in the SIDEBAR w/ Lydia Cash and special guest The Devil Said Jump!

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:30 PM

THE GROOVELINER'S Debut @ FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

Fri · Sep 11 · 9:00 PM

Metro Presents… Com Truise (DJ Set) * Merrick Brown * AVA

Sleeping Village

Fri · Sep 11 · 9:30 PM

Amplify, Pink & RenRod Present: Elefante - 30 Anniversary Tour

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

Fri · Sep 11 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Fri · Sep 11 · 11:00 PM

Container, easygoingtech, Anti-Soul Organization, 11111111111

Co-Stanza with Cam Warland and Joe Packham

Uncommon Ground

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Late Night Concert Series w/John Moulder

Andy's Jazz Club

20↻ Recurring

1st Set With Mercurian Force feat. Isaiah Collier

Andy's Jazz Club

20↻ Recurring

2nd Set With Mercurian Force feat. Isaiah Collier

Andy's Jazz Club