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Showing 151 music listings for Chicago shows in the next 10 days.
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Tuesday December 2 = Editor's Pick
Akron/Family, Angela Desveaux AV-aerie: 8pm All Ages
Blues Jam Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Linsey Alexander Blues Band with Nellie Travis Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Charlie Love Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Sal Carlino Blues Band Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Devil in a Woodpile Hideout: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Pete Galanis Band, Marty Sammon Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Parker House and Theory, Cavashawn, Peter Terry SPACE: 8pm, $10 All Ages
Cries Tiger, The Goddamn Shame, Awesome Gary Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Death Cab For Cutie, Jack's Mannequin, The Ting Tings The Rave/Eagles Club: 7pm, $35 All Ages

Wednesday December 3 = Editor's Pick
J.W. Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Dave Specter Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Jimmy Johnson Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Yes Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Mike Mangione and Victor Delorenzo Double Door: 8pm, $8 21+
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Open Mic Heartland Cafe: 10pm, $3 21+
Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm, $15 21+
Raul Malo Joe's Bar: 8pm, $20 21+
Jimmy Burns (Main) Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats (North) Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Amanda Palmer, The Builders and The Butchers, Zoe Keating Metro: 7:30pm, $23 All Ages
The Afromotive Old Town School of Folk Music: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Garry Gand’s Pro Blues Jam Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Killer Ray Allison Rosa's Lounge: 8pm 21+
Manchester Orchestra, Dead Confederate, Kevin Devine, All Get Out Subterranean: 7pm, $13 18+
Scott Wesley Band Tonic Room: 8pm, $5 21+

Thursday December 4 = Editor's Pick
The BeesKnees, Vyle, Radius Abbey Pub: 10pm, $8 21+
Sarah Brightman Allstate Arena: 7:30pm All Ages
Kent Burnside Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Dick Prall, Gavin Mikhail Double Door: 9pm, $12 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Adam Fitz and The Stacks, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Northside Southpaws Hideout: 9pm, $7 21+
Appetite for Destruction House of Blues: 9pm, $15 18+
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Bring Me The Horizon, Misery Signals, The Ghost Inside, Confide Metro: 6:30pm, $17 All Ages
DJs Qbot & Kamar Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Ariyo, Tony Manguillo, Vic Jackson Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
David Bazan Schubas: 6pm 18+
Aiden, Civet, God Or Julie, Silent Sirens Subterranean: 6:30pm, $14 All Ages
Slacky J Toon's: 8pm, $0 21+

Friday December 5 = Editor's Pick
Don Rimini, Bearries, The Heaven Seventies Abbey Pub: 9pm, $12 18+
Buzz Kilman & The Blues Rocket Scientists Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm, $8 21+
Super Chikan, Matthew Skoller, Eddie Taylor Jr. Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm, $15 21+
Scarface and Swag Congress Theater: 6pm, $30 21+
Joe Public Band DANK Haus: 9pm, $0 21+
The Glamour, DJs Dani Deahl and Willy Joy Debonair Social Club: 10pm, 5-$10 21+
John Brown's Body, Spiritual Rez Double Door: 9pm, $15 21+
Chapter 6 Gorton Community Center: 8pm, $15 All Ages
The Art of Blakey: A Tribute to the Jazz Messenger Hamilton Park: 7pm, $0 21+
Old Town School of Folk Music Blues Harmonica Recital Harlem Avenue Lounge: 7:30pm, $0 21+
Chicago Samba Heartland Cafe: 9pm, $5 21+
The Flat Five Hideout: 8:30pm & 10:30pm, $10 21+
Family Order, Spare Parts Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Carl Weathersby (Main), Linsey Alexander (North) Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
They Might Be Giants Metro: 9pm, $25 21+
Cindy Blackman Morse Theatre: 8pm, 25-$30 21+
Misstress Barbara, Frankie Vega, Philip Stone Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15 21+
Amy Shoemaker and the Mighty Rhinos, Ingrid Graudins SPACE: 8pm, $10 All Ages
The MPLS Henrys, Phillip Morris, Dirty Diamons Subterranean: 9:30pm, $6 18+
Wayne Newton The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $75 21+
Fred Anderson Quartet Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+

Saturday December 6 = Editor's Pick
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm, $8 21+
The Elaine Dame Duo with Kyle Asche Broadway Cellars: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Honeyboy Edwards, Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues, Matt Hendricks Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Spetsnaz & Obscenity Trial, DJs Noir & Brianne Cafe Lura: 10pm, $8 21+
Dave Koz and friends Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Tidal Wave The Graduate, Silencer, Slacky J darkroom: 10pm, 0-$8 21+
The Damnwells, The Hey Day, The Penthouse Sweets Double Door: 9pm, $14 21+
James Wheeler Blues Band Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
East of Edens Soul Express Hideout: 11pm, $5 21+
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Freddie T and the People Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Q-Tip, The Cool Kids House of Blues: 9pm, 30.50-$33 21+
The Fire and Reason, Saber, DJs Trancid, Nando, Dark Wave Disco, and more Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $15 21+
Carl Weathersby (Main), Linsey Alexander (North) Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Infamous Stringdusters Morse Theatre: 8pm, $25
Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinninger (Umphrey's McGee) Park West: 7:30pm, $20 All Ages
Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $12 21+
Alice Peacock SPACE: 8pm, $10 All Ages
Taproot, Roosevelt Jenkins, Heart-Set Self-Destruct Subterranean: 9:30pm, $15 18+
Staind, Papa Roach, Seether The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $45 21+
Fred Anderson Quartet Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+

Sunday December 7 = Editor's Pick
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Lurrie Bell, Tail Dragger, Devil In A Woodpile Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Bill Lupkin Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Kenny G Holiday Show Chicago Theatre: 7:30pm All Ages
Lauren Frost Double Door: 9pm, $0 21+
Jon Langford, Eleventh Dream Day Hideout: 7pm, $15 21+
OneRepublic, Agustana, The Spill Canvas, The Hush Sound House of Blues: 6:30pm, $27 All Ages
Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Toby Lightman, Claire Stahlecker Martyrs': 8pm, $12 21+
DJs Qbot, Kamar and Jeff Moyer Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $0 21+
Uprising Papa G, Zebo, Blackish, Major Taylor Sonotheque: 9pm, $0 21+
Lucy Kaplansky, Ashley Brooke Toussant SPACE: 7pm, $22 All Ages
The Black Crowes, Vetiver The Rave/Eagles Club: 8pm All Ages
Gladys Knight The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7pm, $30 21+

Monday December 8 = Editor's Pick
Mac Lethal, Grieve, Soulcrate, Decay and Selfish Abbey Pub: 9pm, $14 21+
Billy Branch Artis's Lounge: 9pm 21+
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Brother John Hosts The Jam Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
J. W. Williams (Main) John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band (North) Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly, Marc Riordan Skylark: 10pm 21+
The Twelves, Curtified Sonotheque: 9pm, $10 21+
Ernest Dawkins w/ Jeff Parker, Kevin Nabors, Aaron Getsug Velvet Lounge: 8:30, $10 21+

Tuesday December 9 = Editor's Pick
Neil Young Allstate Arena: 7pm All Ages
Blues Jam Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Nellie Travis Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Chicago Blues Angels Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Kings X Double Door: 9pm, $20 21+
Jeff Massey Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Devil in a Woodpile Hideout: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Reverend Horton Heat, Backyard Tire Fire Metro: 8pm, $2 18+
Pete Galanis Band, Marty Sammon Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Brian Gephart Group SPACE: 8pm, $12 All Ages

Wednesday December 10 = Editor's Pick
Ted Leo, Tim Kinsella AV-aerie: 8pm, $10 All Ages
J.W. Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Byther Smith Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Michael Coleman Buddy Guy's Legends: 10pm, $10 21+
Dragonforce Congress Theater: 6:30pm All Ages
Sick Of Sarah Double Door: 9pm, $7 21+
Open Mic Heartland Cafe: 10pm, $3 21+
Hal Rammel w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lou Mallozzi, Michael Zerang Hideout: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Jimmy Burns (Main) Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats (North) Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
The Music Institute of Chicago's Children's Chorus Nichols Concert Hall: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Sekou Conde, Seneke Ensemble Old Town School Of Folk Muisc: 8:30pm, $5 All Ages
Sekou Conde and Seneke Old Town School of Folk Music: 8:30, $5 21+
Garry Gand’s Pro Blues Jam Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Don Ross and Brooke Miller SPACE: 8pm, $15 All Ages
The Alan Bailey Continium, My My My, Lying Delilah Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+

Thursday December 11 = Editor's Pick
Opera Cabal & The Nonsense Company AV-aerie: 8pm, $15 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Algernon darkroom: 8pm, $7 21+
Blues Open Mic Jam Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Open Mic Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Pieta Brown, REGO Hideout: 9pm, $12 21+
Trapt House of Blues: 6pm, $13 All Ages
Live Thursdays DJ Jesse De La Pena J Bar: 6pm, $0 21+
Open Mic Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Mercury Rev, The Duke Spirit Martyrs': 8pm, $25 18+
New Horizons Band Nichols Concert Hall: 7:30pm, $0 All Ages
Oak Ridge Boys Rialto Square Theatre: 7pm, $34 All Ages
James Wheeler Blues Jam w/ Arlyo, Tony Mangiullo, Vic Jackson Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Harry Shearer and Judith Owen's Holiday Sing-A-Long Harry Shearer, Judith Owen SPACE: 8pm, $40 All Ages
Jeff Marx Trio Velvet Lounge: 8:30, $10 21+

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