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Thursday May 15
= Editor's Pick
El-P, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Aaron LaCrate, Busdriver
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $20 18+
Kelly Brand Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Bryan Doherty Band
Andy's: 9pm 21+
Three For Thursday
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears, The Mary Onettes
Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $10 18+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Nick Charles & The S.O.B.'s
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Nicholas Barron
Bourbon: 9pm 21+
Phil Guy
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
DJs Sara and Brian Costello spin International Rock & Roll
Delilah's: 9pm, $0 21+
Frisbie, Ultra Sonic Edukators, The Teniscourts
Double Door: 9pm, $8 21+
Branch/Roebke/Riordan, A Fox Can Be Hungry
Elastic Arts Foundation: 10pm 21+
Turn Of The Century, Something Beautiful, Blackjack Kings, William Darling, J Boozer
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Helio Sequence, Bronze, Yourself and the Air
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $10 21+
Red Rose Ragtime Band
FitzGerald's: 7:30pm, $10 21+
Superheroes of Sound, Dirty Digital, Jyroscope, Dude 'N Nem
Funky Buddha Lounge: 9pm, $5 21+
Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Blues Open Mic
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Singleman Affair, Roma di Luna, Relaxation Record
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Joanna Connor, Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Katherine Davis
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
DJs John simmons, Avi Sic, Frankie Naples, hiLary RAWK
Lava Lounge : 9pm, $0 21+
Open Mic
Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Joe Griffin, Lukedot, Life Like Fire
Lilly's Bar: 8pm 21+
Sars Flannery, Balkans, Brent Pulse
Martyrs': 9pm, $6 21+
Blind Melon, Van Ghost
Metro: 9pm, $16 18+
Kory Quinn
Montrose Saloon: 8:30pm, $0 21+
DJs Serpico, GT and Kana Me spin Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk and Reggae
Morseland: 10pm 21+
Shorthand, Mr. Greenweedz, Baby Bam
Morseland: 10pm 21+
DJs Qbot Kamr spins 80s, New Wave and more
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
Vitallight, The Ability, The New Diet
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm 18+
Cains & Abels, The Zach Heath, Dear Adora
Ronny's: 9pm 21+
James Wheeler, Ariyo, Tony Mangiullo, Vic Jackson
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Laura Veirs, Liam Finn
Schubas: 7pm & 10pm, $14 21+
Fareed Haque Group
Skokie Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Osborne, Michna
Sonotheque: 9pm, $0 21+
The Von Bondies, Die! Die! Die!, My Were They
Subterranean: 7pm, $12 All Ages
Dain Estes, Gregory Douglass
Uncommon Ground: 8pm All Ages
Yearzero
Underground Lounge: 8pm 21+
Jeff Parker, John Herndon
Velvet Lounge: 8pm 21+
Friday May 16
= Editor's Pick
Bryan Cherry Band, Fraker & Sons, Alain de Courtenay, Dave Moran
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $7 21+
Typhanie Monique/Neal Alger Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
The New Invaders
Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant: 9pm, $5 21+
CPC Gangbangs, Cococoma, Mother Of Tears
Beat Kitchen: 10:30pm, $10 18+
Pistol Pete Blues Band
Bill's Blues Bar: 9pm, $10 18+
Peaches and the Groove Shakers
Blue Chicago: 9pm, $10 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $10 21+
Peaches and the Groove Shakers
Blues Chicago: 9pm 21+
South Side Blues Band
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
The Blue Line Riders
California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
Mhondoro
Chicago Cultural Center: 12:15pm All Ages
DJ Kathe Frei
DANK Haus: 7:30pm, $0 All Ages
DJs Brock and Alexander Bassett, Clique Talk, Tirra Lirra
darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
Marco Morales, Heather Doble
Debonair Social Club: 9pm 21+
Sponge, One Night Love Child, Team Rockit, Textbook
Double Door: 9pm, $15 21+
Beyond Words, Jackpot Donnie, Hara, Dexter, Packy Lundholm
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $9 21+
Killer Whales, The Prairie Spies, The Bad Veins, The Spectacles
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $8 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
The Spares, Lou Carlozo
FitzGerald's: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Steve Gibons Gypsy Rhythm Project
Green Mill: 9pm 21+
Happy Hour Show with Chris Foreman
Green Mill: 5pm 21+
Green Mill Quartet Jazz Jam Session
Green Mill: 1am, $10 21+
The Marty Sammon Blues Band
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
The Rosewood Thieves, Cairo Gang
Hideout: 10pm, $8 21+
Bumpus, The Hue, Kinetix
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Duke Tumatoe, Joanna Connor
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
The Pnuma Trio, Eliot Lipp Live Band
Lakeshore Theater: 9pm 18+
Alex Morrill, Le Percolateur, Tautologic, Zack Kline and friends, Paul Karner, Slaughtertown String Band
Lilly's Bar: 8pm 21+
Enter The Haggis, Danny Burns Defectors
Martyrs': 9pm, $12 21+
Thrice, Circa Survive, Pelican
Metro: 6pm, $18 All Ages
DJ Rude 1 and Shon Dervis
Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Moshi Moshi Kaiju, Come On Come On
Mutiny: 9pm, $0 21+
DJ RazerX
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
reMODERN, Ryans Hope, Par Avion, Project: Threeville, The Alaya Conscious
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm 18+
Pillars and Tongues, Talibam!, Binges
Ronny's: 9pm 21+
Sugar Blue
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $20 21+
The Heavenly States, Head Of Femur, The Poison Control Center
Schubas: 10pm, $12 21+
Green Velvet, Josh Werner, Nick Nice
Smartbar: 10pm, $15 21+
Animal City, Jamie Miller, Nathan Xander
South Union Arts: 9pm All Ages
Subnoize Souljaz feat. Big B. and Dirtball, Potluck, DGAF, Fear Nuttin Band, Abica
Subterranean: 10pm, $12 18+
Jeanne T. Arrigo, Carl Hauck
Uncommon Ground: 9pm All Ages
Bob Moses Trio with Doug Rosenberg
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
KT Tunstall, Paddy Casey
Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $34 All Ages
Saturday May 17
= Editor's Pick
The Sadies, Rosie Flores, Sally Timms, Puerto Muerto, John Rice
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $20 21+
Jon Langford & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, The Sadies, Rosie Flores, Sally Timms, Puerto Muerto
Abbey Pub: 9pm 21+
The Cure, 65 Days Of Static
Allstate Arena: 7pm, $50 All Ages
Petra Van Nuis Quartet
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Paul Green's School of Rock presents...The Beatles
Beat Kitchen: 3pm, $12 All Ages
Bottle Rockets, Otis Gibbs
Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $15 18+
The Ventures
Beverly Arts Center: 8, $40 All Ages
Sammy Fender Blues Band
Bill's Blues Bar: 9pm, $10 18+
Peaches and the Groove Shakers
Blue Chicago: 9pm, $10 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $10 21+
Peaches and the Groove Shakers
Blues Chicago: 9pm 21+
Ron Prince
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Eric Noden, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Buddy Guy's Legends: 6pm, $15 21+
The True Historians
California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
DJ Lego spins House
darkroom: 9pm, $8 21+
After School Special, Wabash Cannonballs, The Trashingtons, Penthouse Sweets
Double Door: 9pm, $0 21+
DJ Tapedeck, DJ Issues
Elastic Arts Foundation: 8pm 21+
Sebastian.Dior, My My My, The Freewheels, Team 3, Coachhouse
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Subtle, Pit Er Pat, Locks
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $12 21+
DJ Wizz Kid, Victor R., DJ Sasha
Enclave: 9pm 21+
Instant Karma
FitzGerald's: 9:30pm, $7 21+
The New Invaders
Flatlander's: 10pm, $5 21+
Stephane Wrembel Trio
Green Mill: 8pm 21+
After Hours Jazz Party with Sabertooth
Green Mill: 12am, $5 21+
Mr. G and The Mystery Blues Band with Osee Anderson
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Chicago Opera Theater
Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $35 All Ages
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, The Hood Internet
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
The Butcher's Boy, The Ladybirds, The Robert Hynes Band
Horseshoe: 10pm, $5 21+
The Brakes, Carney
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $8 21+
Duke Tumatoe, Joanna Connor
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Johnny Drummer and The Starliters
Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Dean Welch and the Rhythm Method, Bat Masterson, Clifton Roy and Folkstringer, Dead Roses, Allen Cote
Lilly's Bar: 8pm 21+
Kevin So
Martyrs': 7pm, $12 21+
Dirty Rooks, High End Trio, All Things Lucid
Martyrs': 10pm, $7 21+
Thrice, Circa Survive, Pelican
Metro: 6pm, $18 All Ages
WABOLABR
Montrose Saloon: 8:30pm, $0 21+
SB & The Soul People
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Tongues, Das Kapital, Amen & The Hell Yahs, Childsize Monster Pistol
Mutiny: 9pm, $0 21+
DJ Ryan Bedlam spins Industrial, Power Noise and Retro
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
Ted Aliota & Sound of None
Olympic Theatre: 6pm, $15 21+
Identity Theft
Pheasant Run Resort and Spa: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Chicago Cajun Aces
Portage Park Center for the Arts: 8pm, $10 All Ages
Butterfly Assassins, The Obstacles, Cavashawn, Luster
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm All Ages
Anti-Crew, AMFM, Color Radio, H20 Soul
Reggie's Rock Club: 10pm 18+
The Sass Dragons, Prizzy Prizzy Please, The Coke Dares, The Monikers, The Closet Fairies
Ronny's: 9pm 21+
Sugar Blue
Rosa's Lounge: 10pm, $20 21+
Brighton, MA, Heypenny, Moxie Motive, These Modern Socks
Schubas: 9pm, $10 18+
Beckie Menzie, Tom Michael
Skokie Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Justin Long, Fortune
Smartbar: 10pm, $10 21+
65Daysofstatic, The Felix Culpa, The Glide
Subterranean: 9:30pm, $10 18+
Sleeping Under 47, CTMB, Ideaman, Stuck Underwater, D'Z Nuts, Donkey Punch, Johnny Vomit, Hotlips Messiah
Tiger O'Stylies: 3pm, $7 21+
Mark Minelli, Lovers In Arms
Uncommon Ground: 9pm All Ages
The Cool Kids
University of Chicago: 8pm All Ages
Bob Moses Trio with Doug Rosenberg
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Paul Van Dyk, DJ Spin, DJ Mach 1
Vision Nightclub: 9pm 21+
Sunday May 18
= Editor's Pick
Health and Beauty, Jonny Rumble, My Were They
Abbey Pub: 7pm, $5 21+
Mark Moultrup Trio
Andy's: 10:30am 21+
Alison Ruble Quartet
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Jam Session
Andy's: 7:30pm 21+
Joe Barr
Artis' Lounge: 9pm 21+
Rodney Brown and Hot Rod
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Paul Green's School of Rock presents...The Beatles
Beat Kitchen: 3pm, $12 All Ages
Brice Woodall & The Positrons, Sequoia
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, $8 18+
Chicago Studio of Professional Singing
Berger Park Mansion: 3pm, $25 All Ages
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Chicago Blues Jam
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Reggie's Rock Club
Bottom Lounge: 8pm 21+
Doug McDonald
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Annual All Chinese Music Concert
Chicago Cultural Center: 3pm All Ages
German Cinema Now
DANK Haus: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Lokua, Slava, Garo
darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
DJ Mike Miller spins Ian Fleming's Birthday
Delilah's: 9pm, $0 21+
Drive Train, The Viaducts, The Spherical Banana, Andrew Francis
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Child Bite, Oceans, Love Everything
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $3 21+
Chicago Grandstand Big Band with the Glenbrook H.S. South Jazz Ensemble
FitzGerald's: 6pm, $10 All Ages
Chicago Jazz Composers Collective
Green Mill: 2pm 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam
Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Onesidezero, Munroe, Inn Cinema, Meqqa
Logan Square Auditoriun: 6pm, $10 All Ages
Jimmy Bennington
Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
DJ Hector Lopez
Morseland: 10pm 21+
Nicholas Barron
Motel Bar: 10pm 21+
DJ Jeff Moyer spins Electro, Retro, and Industrial
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $0 21+
Joe Lally, Michael Columbia, MRDR
Schubas: 9pm, $8 18+
DJ Slacky J spins Reggae
Sonotheque: 10pm, $0 21+
Mike Staron Duo
Sullivan's Naperville: 5pm 21+
Convergence
Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages
Isiash Spencer's Jam Session
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Monday May 19
= Editor's Pick
Paul Abella Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Yoko Noge's Jazz Me Blues Band
Andy's: 9pm 21+
Billy Branch
Artis' Lounge: 9pm 21+
Linsey Alexander
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Grana' Louise and the Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 9pm, $8 21+
Grana' Louise and the Troublemakers
Blues Chicago: 9pm, $8 21+
Jimmy Burns hosts the Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Soyoung Kee, piano
Chicago Cultural Center: 12:15pm All Ages
Punk Rock with DJ Vinyl Richie
Delilah's: 9pm, $0 21+
Theo, Shannon Richardson Band, Keeping Kana, Andrew Bailie
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
KTL, Nemeth, Helen Money
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $14 21+
Patricia Barber Quartet
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, Divine Heresy, Firewind
House Of Blues: 6pm, $20 All Ages
J.W. Williams, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Tin Lynott
Martyrs': 8pm, $0 21+
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls
Morseland: 9pm, $0 21+
Nicholas Barron
Motel Bar: 9:30pm 21+
DJ Eleven
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $0 21+
Open Mic
Quenchers Saloon: 8pm 21+
The Asylum Street Spankers
Schubas: 8pm, $18 21+
Open Mic
Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages
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FitzGerald's
Tuesday May 20
= Editor's Pick
Old Time Relijun, B1g T1me, Mayor Daley, Spires In The Sunset Rise
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $10 18+
Tommy Muellner Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Jordan Baskin Trio with Dr. Odies Williams
Andy's: 9pm 21+
Les Getrex and Creole Cookin'
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Tom Crivellone
Bill's Blues Bar: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Linsey Alexander Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $9 21+
Killer Ray Allison
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Guy King
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Matana Roberts Trio
Chicago Cultural Center: 12:15pm All Ages
Screaming Rachael, Mike Tafoya & Tafoya's Lost Boyzz, General Pacman
darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
DJ Cookie
Delilah's: 9pm, $0 21+
The Bellrays, The Architects, Obah
Double Door: 9pm, $12 21+
Tension Wire, Sugarfoot, May Queen, Spike Rebel
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Cluster, Chandeliers, Disappears
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $18 21+
Dandi Wind, Brilliant Pebbles, DJs Rand Sevila, Hunter Husar, Eryka
Funky Buddha Lounge: 9pm 21+
Jose Valdes Latin Jazz Trio
Green Dolphin Street: 6:30pm, $0 21+
Salsa Tuesdays
Green Dolphin Street: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Deep Blue Organ Trio
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Jimbo Delta
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Chicago Opera Theater
Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $35 All Ages
Devil in a Woodpile
Hideout: 9:30pm 21+
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
A Modern Bison, Maurice, GoKartz
Martyrs': 8pm, $6 21+
DJ White Russian spins Downtempo, Nu-Jazz, Broken Beat, Funk and House
Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Nicholas Barron
Morseland: 7:30pm, $0 21+
DJs Kamar and Qbot
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $0 21+
Mike Ness, Jesse Dayton
Park West: 8pm, $30 18+
Seether, Flyleaf, Red
Riviera Theatre: 6pm, $31 All Ages
A Cushicle
Rodan: 10:30pm 21+
Psilocin, Mouthbreather
Ronny's: 9pm 21+
Pete Galanis Band with Marty Sammon
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30 p.m., $7 21+
White Rabbits, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Morning State
Schubas: 9pm, $12 18+
Lilianna Zofia, Todd Hill, Bill Mackay
Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages
Koko Trio with Mikel Avery
Velvet Lounge: 8pm 21+
Wednesday May 21
= Editor's Pick
The Cool Kids, All Natural
Abbey Pub: 8pm 21+
Andy Brown Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Mike Smith Quintet
Andy's: 9pm 21+
Big Ray and Chicago's Most Wanted
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Making Movies, Silent Sirens
Beat Kitchen: 6:30pm, $8 All Ages
Chronic Seizure, Invasion, Sin Orden, No Slogan
Beat Kitchen: 10pm, $7 18+
J.W. Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Jimmy Bennington
Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe: 8:30pm, $3 All Ages
Dave Spector
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Coin Coin: Chapter 1: Gens de Couleur Libre
Chicago Cultural Center: 7pm All Ages
Inna Faliks, piano
Chicago Cultural Center: 12:15pm All Ages
Talseem "Jamila" Firdausee, Lady Gemstar, Amina, Jacinda, Anyi, Unmuvabo
darkroom: 9pm, $5 21+
Felix da Housecat
Debonair Social Club: 9pm 21+
DJ Jason Larsen spins Country & Western
Delilah's: 9pm, $0 21+
Eric Hutchinson, Marie Digby, Justin Nozuka
Double Door: 8pm, $12 21+
Deirium Trigger, Andy Suffers, Rory Miller Band, Emily Mugler
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
The Old Haunts, Red Eyed Legends, Stanley Ross
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $8 21+
Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band
FitzGerald's: 7:30pm, $10 All Ages
Bill Porter Orchestra
Green Dolphin Street: 9pm, $10 21+
Frank Catalano Sextet
Green Mill: 2am 21+
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Jeb Bishop, Dave Rempis, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang
Hideout: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Beto Cuevas, Cucu Diamantes
House Of Blues: 9pm, $40 18+
Jimmy Burns, Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Nick West, Paradigm, Dan Hubbard
Lilly's Bar: 8pm 21+
Stankstar, Awesome Car Funmaker, Lovers Of The Sea
Martyrs': 8pm, $6 21+
DJ Ben Marc spins Funk, Soul, Psych, and Pop
Morseland: 10pm, $0 21+
Doublesaurus Flex, Phillip Morris, Yah Townsend, King Hail Bastards
Mutiny: 9pm, $0 21+
DJ Jeff Moyer
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $0 21+
Garry Gand's Pro Blues Jam
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
No, Riot Inside
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $0 21+
Killer Ray Allison
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $7 21+
Pela, Minipop
Schubas: 9pm, $10 21+
Nightmare Of You, The Graduate, Paper Rival, Edison Glass
Subterranean: 6:30pm, $12 All Ages
Mike Staron Duo
Sullivan's Naperville: 5pm 21+
Sleeper Car
Uncommon Ground: 7pm All Ages
Renee Baker and FAQ
Velvet Lounge: 8pm 21+
Thursday May 22
= Editor's Pick
Chicago Rock Lottery
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $8 21+
Kelly Brand Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Bryan Doherty Band
Andy's: 9pm 21+
Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Nick Charles & The S.O.B.'s
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Nicholas Barron
Bourbon: 9pm 21+
Bryan Lee
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, 10pm 21+
Stone Temple Pilots
Charter One Pavilion: 8pm, $46 All Ages
Quintet Attacca
Chicago Cultural Center: 10:30am & 12pm All Ages
Farewell Captain, Soft Targets
darkroom: 9pm, $7 21+
DJ Gina spins Local Rock
Delilah's: 9pm, $0 21+
Dave Rempis Group
Elastic Arts Foundation: 10pm 21+
Liquorboxx, Retardos de la Mour, Caution Pants, 3rd Times A Charm, Jake Shimon
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Spider Bags, Golden Boys, Black Nag, Mother Of Tears
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $8 21+
DJ Nathan Scott and DJ Jernell Geronimo
Enclave: 9pm 21+
Ghost Pilot, Rotobeam, Tom Valenzano, Alex Mizicko
FitzGerald's: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Blues Open Mic
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Shipping News, The Poison Arrows
Hideout: 8pm, $8 21+
Sean Kingston
House Of Blues: 9pm, $26 18+
Joanna Connor, Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Quintus McCormick
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Open Mic
Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Cory Tcheng, Deen Anbar, Bruce Thorn
Lilly's Bar: 8pm 21+
Matthew Santos, Calvin Marty & The Sunken Ship
Martyrs': 8pm, $17 21+
Rainy Day Woman, Andy Seagram
Montrose Saloon: 8:00pm, $0 21+
Ramsey Johnson, Wes Restless, The Crest,
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Opposite Of Pants, Rule 22, Absolutely Not
Mutiny: 9pm, $0 21+
DJs Qbot Kamr spins 80s, New Wave and more
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
James Wheeler, Ariyo, Tony Mangiullo, Vic Jackson
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Headlights, The Submarines
Schubas: 9pm, $12 18+
Scatteredtrees, Gabriel Lyon, Hinter
Subterranean: 8:30pm, $7 18+
Bangers & Mash
The Burlington: 21+
The Nix, The Hidden Dangers
Underground Lounge: 8pm 21+
Jeff Parker
Velvet Lounge: 8pm 21+
Friday May 23
= Editor's Pick
Mentally Ill, Human Eye, Aluminumknoteye, Teeners, TV Ghost, Daily Void
Abbey Pub: 8pm, $10 18+
Typhanie Monique/Neal Alger Trio
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Vance Kell and the Backstreet Blues Band
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Zero To Sixty, Four Star Alarm, Vacation Bible School, Love & Squalor
Beat Kitchen: 9:30pm, $8 18+
Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band
Bill's Blues Bar: 9pm, $10 18+
Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band with Shirley Johnson
Blue Chicago: 9pm, $10 21+
John Primer Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $10 21+
Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band with Shirley Johnson
Blues Chicago: 9pm 21+
Joe Jammer
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
The Diplomats Of Solid Sound, The Del Moroccos, The Stacks, The Honeybees
Bottom Lounge: 9pm 21+
Harmonica Hinds, Tommy McCracken, Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues
Buddy Guy's Legends: 5:30pm, $15 21+
Susie Gomez and her Multiple Cats
California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
Kaspar Hauser
Cary's Lounge: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Megitza feat. Andreas Kapsalis
Chicago Cultural Center: 12:15pm All Ages
Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, The Hush Sound
Congress Theatre: 6pm, $33 All Ages
The Atomica Project, Corporate X, Comasoft, DJ Johnny Kesh, DJ Michael Lacey
darkroom: 9pm, $8 21+
Capcom, Heather Doble
Debonair Social Club: 9pm 21+
Poverty Tax, Mike Reeb, The Webstirs
Double Door: 9pm, $0 21+
Slink Moss and the Flying Aces, The John Huss Moderate Combo
Elastic Arts Foundation: 9:30pm 21+
The Princes of Futa, Nguzo, Flatbed Orange, Matt Schaefer
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $9 21+
Blood On The Wall, The War On Drugs, Grimble Grumble
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $8 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Rev Run (Run DMC), DJ Mel Debarge
Enclave: 9pm 21+
Vertigo USA
FitzGerald's: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Happy Hour Show with Chris Foreman
Green Mill: 5pm 21+
Green Mill Quartet Jazz Jam Session
Green Mill: 1am, $10 21+
Biscuit & The Mix
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Chicago Opera Theater
Harris Theater for Music and Dance: 7:30pm, $35 All Ages
Icy Demons, Buffalo Stance, Killer Whales, Golden Birthday
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
North Mississippi Allstars
House Of Blues: 9pm, $23 18+
The Windy City Rollers
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $12 21+
Mem Shannon, Linsey Alexander
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Andy Cohn, Matt Thompson, Ethan Sellers, Katie Sack, Alex Tobin, Julius Ceaser, 41K Hill, Mira Mira
Lilly's Bar: 7pm 21+
The Otters, Frozen Moses, Mos Scocious
Martyrs': 9pm, $7 21+
DJ Ryan Ross
MaxBar: 9pm 21+
Tiger Army, The Unseen, War Tapes
Metro: 6:30pm, $16 All Ages
Burnin Man, God & The Architects
Mutiny: 9pm, $0 21+
DJ RazerX
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
Bury Me At Makeout Creek, The Ivorys, Fair Herald, The Red Peace, Philosophy Club
Reggie's Rock Club: 6pm All Ages
Tongues, Bi-Furious, The Straight As, Michael Michael Motorcycle
Ronny's: 9pm 21+
Larry Taylor Blues & Soul Band
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Blueblood, The Teenage Prayers
Schubas: 10pm, $7 21+
DJs AMPM, Itch 13, Tracy Tobey, Michael Serafini
Smartbar: 10pm, $10 21+
Snowden, Colour Revolt
Subterranean: 9:30pm, $12 18+
Lindsey Czechowicz, Steph Taylor, Curb Service
Uncommon Ground: 9pm All Ages
Big Wow, Craven Dogs
Underground Lounge: 8pm 21+
Kanye West, Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco
United Center: 7pm All Ages
Jeb Bishop, Jeff Parker
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Saturday May 24
= Editor's Pick
Zero Boys, Holy Shit!, Clockcleaner, Canadian Rifle, Vapid, Fnu Ronnies, Catburglars
Abbey Pub: 8pm, $15 18+
Petra Van Nuis Quartet
Andy's: 5pm 21+
Dark Meat, Quiet Hooves
AV-Aerie: 9pm, $10 All Ages
Vance Kell and the Backstreet Blues Band
B.L.U.E.S.: 9:30pm 21+
Last Fast Action
Beat Kitchen: 6:30pm, $10 All Ages
Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band with Shirley Johnson
Blue Chicago: 9pm, $10 21+
John Primer Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $10 21+
Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band with Shirley Johnson
Blues Chicago: 9pm 21+
Vino Louden
Blues Island Pub: 9pm 21+
Slink Moss and The Flying Aces, Tijuana Hercules, Waco Brothers, The John Huss Moderate Combo, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, True Historians
Bottom Lounge: 8pm 21+
Joanna Connor, Taildragger, Carlos Johnson
Buddy Guy's Legends: 6pm, $15 21+
Dan Whitaker Country Band
California Clipper: 10pm, $0 21+
Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, The Hush Sound
Congress Theatre: 6pm, $33 All Ages
Benny Benassi
Crobar: 9:30pm 21+
DJs Lego, Steve Melvage and Kellz spin Deep Disco
darkroom: 9pm, $8 21+
Signature, That Saturday, AMFM, Metrovox
Double Door: 9pm, $7 21+
GreenSugar, So Long Charlie, The Ability, The Blissters
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
The Reptoids, The Party Downers, Sang Des Loups, The Sleepy Kissers
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $8 21+
DJ Wizz Kid, Victor R., DJ Sasha
Enclave: 9pm 21+
Tim McGraw, Halfway To Hazard, Jason Aldean
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre: 8pm, $60 All Ages
Ronnie Baker Brooks
FitzGerald's: 9:30pm, $12 21+
After Hours Jazz Party with Sabertooth
Green Mill: 12am, $5 21+
The James Wheeler Blues Band
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Donna Summer
Harold Washington Cultural Center : 7pm, $20 All Ages
Life During Wartime Anniversary
DJs Mother Hubbard, Bald Eagle
Hideout: 9pm 21+
DJ Mwelwa, DJ TopDonn, DJ Maliq, DJ Slacky J
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $10 21+
Mem Shannon, Linsey Alexander
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Johnny Drummer and The Starliters
Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Ryan Miller, Divora, Chris Beckstrom Band, Blue Moon Revue
Lilly's Bar: 8pm 21+
The Long Blondes, Gabby Glaser
Logan Square Auditoriun: 8:30pm, $14 All Ages
Sweat Chicago, IML/Bear Pride with DJ Ted Eiel
Metro: 10pm, $30 21+
Kent Rose and the Remedies
Montrose Saloon: 8:30pm, $0 21+
DJs Serpico and GT, Longshot, and Swift
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
Apehead, Cat or Mouse
Mutiny: 9pm, $0 21+
DJ Ryan Bedlam spins Industrial, Power Noise and Retro
Neo Nightclub: 10pm, $5 21+
The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb The Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi
Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm All Ages
Rilo Kiley, Nik Freitas
Riviera Theatre: 7:30pm, $25 All Ages
Sharon Lewis
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $12 21+
The Lava Brothers, Kyle Mann Combo, Jon Hardy/Public
Schubas: 10pm, $8 21+
Miles Maeda, DJ Joshua E., Valtek
Smartbar: 10pm, $10 21+
Flosstradamus, Pre-Frosh
Sonotheque: 9pm, $7 21+
Ten-Speed, A Light Sleeper
South Union Arts: 9pm All Ages
DJ Dave Roberts & Kristine, Planet Earth
Subterranean: 10pm, $10 21+
PJ Loughran, Ben Abney, Tall Tale
Uncommon Ground: 9pm All Ages
Kanye West, Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco
United Center: 7pm All Ages
Tomeka Reid, Mike Reid, Matana Roberts
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Armin Van Buuren
Vision Nightclub: 9pm 21+
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