Things to do in Chicago, IL

343 events · ticketed · afternoon/evening

Wednesday, September 23

$16.99↻ Recurring

Wed · Sep 23 · 9:00 PM

BROTHER JOHN – Host The Jam

Buddy Guy's Legends

Thursday, September 24

$18

Thu · Sep 24 · 6:00 PM

Rico McFarland Blues Band/Joanna Connor Blues Band

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$96

Thu · Sep 24 · 6:15 PM

JEFF TWEEDY at FITZGERALDS OUTDOORS (Solo Acoustic) w/ special guest Official Claire

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

$20

Thu · Sep 24 · 8:00 PM

Fox N' Vead - Playing The Game Tour with Rob Langdon

Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago

$12-$17

Thu · Sep 24 · 8:00 PM

Joe Rian and The AM Drinkers

Carol's Pub · Chicago

$46-$424

Thu · Sep 24 · 8:00 PM

The Secret Sisters with Mary Bragg

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$42

Thu · Sep 24 · 8:00 PM

The Tear Garden

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$18-$128

Thu · Sep 24 · 8:30 PM

KINDRED VALLEY w/ special guest William Matheny

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$16.99

Thu · Sep 24 · 9:00 PM

SEAN MCKEE

Buddy Guy's Legends

Friday, September 25

$58

Fri · Sep 25 · 6:00 PM

Beyond the Gate featuring Cate Le Bon and Horsegirl Kitship @ Bohemian National Cemetery

Bohemian Nat'l Cemetery (Outside) · Chicago

$32

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:00 PM

Arrows in Action/ I Think We've Toured Here Before/ Chicago, IL

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$13

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:00 PM

ANFANG BEYOND LEGACY BELLEVUE HOLIDAY

Cubby Bear · Chicago

$23↻ Recurring

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:00 PM

Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band/Joanna Connor Blues Band

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$33

Fri · Sep 25 · 8:00 PM

Franklin Jonas & The Byzantines - First of Many Tour with Polyglam

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

$53-$144

Fri · Sep 25 · 8:00 PM

Paula Cole - THIS FIRE: 30 with Rett Madison

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$34

Fri · Sep 25 · 8:00 PM

Devon Gilfillian – Time Will Tell Tour w. Jon Muq

SPACE · Evanston

$16

Fri · Sep 25 · 8:30 PM

Rat Johnson Persian Cowboy Waterpennies

Cole's Bar

$27.30

Fri · Sep 25 · 9:00 PM

KID AND JOHNNY RAMOS with CHICAGO BLUES ANGELS

Buddy Guy's Legends

$14-$28

Fri · Sep 25 · 9:00 PM

Lauren Watkins - If I’m Being Honest Tour with Jordan Cobb

Carol's Pub · Chicago

20

Fri · Sep 25 · 9:00 PM

Hyryder - Grateful Dead Tribute, Featuring Joe Marcinek

Martyrs'

Saturday, September 26

$40-$282

Sat · Sep 26 · 5:30 PM

DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO @ FITZGERALDS! Early (1 of 2)

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$52

Sat · Sep 26 · 6:00 PM

Beyond the Gate featuring Russian Circles Pelican @ Bohemian National Cemetery

Bohemian Nat'l Cemetery (Outside) · Chicago

$23↻ Recurring

Sat · Sep 26 · 7:00 PM

Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band/Joanna Connor Blues Band

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$15-$82

Sat · Sep 26 · 7:30 PM

The Generations

Nellie's Gastropub & ConcertHub · Palatine

$37-$50

Sat · Sep 26 · 7:30 PM

Alicia Witt: Album Release - Between Heaven and Earth (and David Lynch)

SPACE · Evanston

$35

Sat · Sep 26 · 8:00 PM

Cheekface, Apes of the State

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$40-$282

Sat · Sep 26 · 8:30 PM

DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO @ FITZGERALDS! Evening (2 of 2)

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$16

Sat · Sep 26 · 8:30 PM

Dravin and the Ravens Friendly Faces Jack Moony & The Sun Drops

Cole's Bar

$27.30

Sat · Sep 26 · 9:00 PM

CHICAGO BLUES ALLSTARS

Buddy Guy's Legends

Sunday, September 27

$18

Sun · Sep 27 · 5:30 PM

Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

10

Sun · Sep 27 · 8:00 PM

ifwewait. - Album Release!, Woonds, Sana All, Twila Ping

Martyrs'

$33

Sun · Sep 27 · 8:00 PM

Laci Kaye Booth - Love Ain't For The Faint Of Heart Tour with Harper O'Neill

Carol's Pub · Chicago

$16.99

Sun · Sep 27 · 9:00 PM

NICHOLAS ALEXANDER

Buddy Guy's Legends

Monday, September 28

$21

Mon · Sep 28 · 8:00 PM

Blue Monday: Fernando Jones & My Band! w. Felton Crews and Patrick McFowler ft. 2 of Fernando's star blues students

SPACE · Evanston

Tuesday, September 29

$15.77

Tue · Sep 29 · 7:30 PM

Ruth Theodore Damsel. Sgt. Starling

Cole's Bar

$35-$486

Tue · Sep 29 · 8:00 PM

ARLO PARKS - DESIRE TOUR with Baird

Thalia Hall · Chicago

Wednesday, September 30

$27

Wed · Sep 30 · 7:30 PM

Ella Boh - Blurry Tour w. Psylosia

SPACE · Evanston

$16.99↻ Recurring

Wed · Sep 30 · 9:00 PM

JIMMY BURNS – Host The Jam

Buddy Guy's Legends

Thursday, October 1

$18↻ Recurring

Thu · Oct 1 · 6:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$18-$97

Thu · Oct 1 · 8:00 PM

FITZGERALDS & Skeleton Key Brewery Present: The SPECTRAL SILHOUETTE Radio !

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$27-$111

Thu · Oct 1 · 8:00 PM

Ashley Cooke: The Baby Blues Tour with McCoy Moore

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

$16.99

Thu · Oct 1 · 9:00 PM

SONIC SOUL

Buddy Guy's Legends

Friday, October 2

$23↻ Recurring

Fri · Oct 2 · 7:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$16

Fri · Oct 2 · 7:30 PM

Good Morning Bedlam, Winter TV, Sam Roethgen

Cole's Bar

$38-$64

Fri · Oct 2 · 7:30 PM

Ripe presented by Thalia Hall & Deep Cut

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$32

Fri · Oct 2 · 8:00 PM

The Lagoons

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$34

Fri · Oct 2 · 8:00 PM

MARO w. Pedro Altério, Carbeau, & Manuel Rocha

SPACE · Evanston

$32

Fri · Oct 2 · 8:00 PM

Zach John King: Get To Drinkin' Tour

Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago

$14-$44

Fri · Oct 2 · 8:30 PM

606 Entertainment Presents: La Noche del Rock En Tu Idioma – Sin Anestesia & Los CORB

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

$24-$159

Fri · Oct 2 · 8:30 PM

THE SUITCASE JUNKET returns to FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB!

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$27.30

Fri · Oct 2 · 9:00 PM

LIL ED

Buddy Guy's Legends

Saturday, October 3

$56

Sat · Oct 3 · 2:00 PM

Pachanka Music Culture Presents: LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

$23↻ Recurring

Sat · Oct 3 · 7:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$30-$139

Sat · Oct 3 · 8:00 PM

Alana Springsteen's I Hope This Helps Tour with Erin Kinsey

Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago

25

Sat · Oct 3 · 8:00 PM

El Ten Eleven, Tall Tall Trees

Martyrs'

$26-$190

Sat · Oct 3 · 8:30 PM

ELIZABETH MOEN Returns to FITZGERALDS Nightclub

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$27.30

Sat · Oct 3 · 9:00 PM

CURTIS SALGADO

Buddy Guy's Legends

$14-$33

Sat · Oct 3 · 9:30 PM

David Graham & The Eskimo Brothers

Carol's Pub · Chicago

Sunday, October 4

$18↻ Recurring

Sun · Oct 4 · 5:30 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$16

Sun · Oct 4 · 7:30 PM

Origami Summer Gunk Lung

Cole's Bar

$16.99

Sun · Oct 4 · 9:00 PM

DAVE WELD

Buddy Guy's Legends

Monday, October 5

$34-$67

Mon · Oct 5 · 7:30 PM

Paris Chansons

SPACE · Evanston

Tuesday, October 6

$26

Tue · Oct 6 · 8:00 PM

Giovannie & The Hired Guns

Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago

$34-$46

Tue · Oct 6 · 8:00 PM

Mind Enterprises with Fred Fancy

Thalia Hall · Chicago

Wednesday, October 7

10↻ Recurring

Wed · Oct 7 · 8:00 PM

Beat The Meatles (2 Sets!), First Wednesday of the Month

Martyrs'

$35-$305

Wed · Oct 7 · 8:00 PM

Sweet Pill with Heart to Gold and Emily How

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$26-$190

Wed · Oct 7 · 8:30 PM

Celebrate John Prine's Birthday w/ The ILLEGAL SMILES

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$16.99↻ Recurring

Wed · Oct 7 · 9:00 PM

BROTHER JOHN – Host The Jam

Buddy Guy's Legends

Thursday, October 8

$18↻ Recurring

Thu · Oct 8 · 6:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$16

Thu · Oct 8 · 7:30 PM

The Scummies Sparkling Urbana Color to Use

Cole's Bar

$43

Thu · Oct 8 · 8:00 PM

SYML - Solo in North America 2026 with Roger Weeks

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$17

Thu · Oct 8 · 8:00 PM

Wicked Drawl - Album Release Party

Carol's Pub · Chicago

$32

Thu · Oct 8 · 8:00 PM

Chasing Abbey

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$16.99

Thu · Oct 8 · 9:00 PM

JW JONES

Buddy Guy's Legends

Friday, October 9

$23↻ Recurring

Fri · Oct 9 · 7:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$34-$330

Fri · Oct 9 · 8:00 PM

The Dead Bolts with Cab Ellis

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$26

Fri · Oct 9 · 8:00 PM

Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

$29-$111

Fri · Oct 9 · 8:00 PM

Sawyer Hill - Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy World Tour

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$45-$72

Fri · Oct 9 · 8:00 PM

Jahnavi Harrison

SPACE · Evanston

$30-$221

Fri · Oct 9 · 8:30 PM

ROBERT ELLIS Band at FITZGERALDS w/ special guest Philip Bowen

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

$27.30

Fri · Oct 9 · 9:00 PM

WILL TILLON

Buddy Guy's Legends

$12-$22

Fri · Oct 9 · 9:30 PM

Brady Lee

Carol's Pub · Chicago

Saturday, October 10

$23↻ Recurring

Sat · Oct 10 · 7:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$28

Sat · Oct 10 · 7:30 PM

Wind Walkers - The "I Don't Belong Here" Tour w/ If Not For Me & True North

Bottom Lounge · Chicago

$34-$330

Sat · Oct 10 · 8:00 PM

Armand Hammer with Quelle Chris and Open Mike Eagle

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$16

Sat · Oct 10 · 8:45 PM

Blind Season Palmer Hoverboard

Cole's Bar

$27.30

Sat · Oct 10 · 9:00 PM

DEMETRIA TAYLOR

Buddy Guy's Legends

$12

Sat · Oct 10 · 9:30 PM

Riplock

Carol's Pub · Chicago

Sunday, October 11

$18↻ Recurring

Sun · Oct 11 · 5:30 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$40-$148

Sun · Oct 11 · 7:30 PM

EMEI - Night at the Opera Tour with googly eyes

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$15.77

Sun · Oct 11 · 7:45 PM

Biitchseat Empty Heaven Molly O'Malley

Cole's Bar

$16.99

Sun · Oct 11 · 9:00 PM

LUKE PYTEL

Buddy Guy's Legends

$56

Sun · Oct 11 · 10:00 PM

Paul Banks (DJ Set)

Three Top Lounge · Chicago

Tuesday, October 13

$41

Tue · Oct 13 · 7:30 PM

White Denim w. Arc Iris

SPACE · Evanston

Wednesday, October 14

$16.99↻ Recurring

Wed · Oct 14 · 9:00 PM

JIMMY BURNS – Host The Jam

Buddy Guy's Legends

Thursday, October 15

$18↻ Recurring

Thu · Oct 15 · 6:00 PM

TBD/TBD

Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago

$21-$34

Thu · Oct 15 · 7:30 PM

Laura Veirs w. Karl Blau

SPACE · Evanston

$42

Thu · Oct 15 · 7:30 PM

Osees ft. Brigid Dawson with Traps PS

Thalia Hall · Chicago

$26-$119

Thu · Oct 15 · 8:00 PM

Blake Whiten - Something To Say Tour

Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago

$24-$190

Thu · Oct 15 · 8:30 PM

JESSE ROPER Returns to FITZGERALDS Nightclub!

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn