Booking Ahead | Diana Krall, Frightened Rabbit, Lianne La Havas, Cam'ron and Big Freedia

Diana Krall

Sultry jazz singer Diana Krall gets the T-Bone Burnett treatment on her latest, Glad Rag Doll, an album of Prohibition era tunes. She sings behind the set at the Chicago Theatre April 27. Scottish indie-rockers Frightened Rabbit head to the big leagues with Pedestrian Verse, their first for Atlantic, which brings them to the Riviera Theatre March 23. Soulful British singer Lianne La Havas stops by Lincoln Hall April 1, while the Double Door welcomes Dipset rhymer Cam'ron February 8. NOLA sissy bounce diva Big Freedia returns to the Empty Bottle one week ahead of that to set asses shaking once again. Find these and other newly announced concerts below or visit timeoutchicago.com/bookingahead for a more extensive list of upcoming shows.

DECEMBER
21 UPDATED Doomtree + Buck 65 + Show You Suck Metro. 18+
22, 23 UPDATED Flosstradamus Metro. Dec 22 sold out.
28 Washed Out (DJ set) + Gemini Club (DJ set) + Zebo + Hey Champ (DJ set) + Gun Love The Mid.
29 Amrita + Trainwreck Symphony + Delightful Downfall + Tattoo the Devil + Boots with Spurs Bottom Lounge. 17+
29 North Shore Pharmacy House of Blues. AA
30 UPDATED Neurosis + Bloodiest + The Atlas Moth Metro. 18+
31 Bottle Rockets + Louie Zagoras & Rollover 27 Live.
31 UPDATED Big Gigantic + Griz + Manic Focus Aragon. SOLD OUT

JANUARY
4 UPDATED Jana Kramer + Walker Hayes Joe's Bar.
4, 5 Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet Green Mill.
4 Pezband + Tomorrow the Moon FitzGerald's.
4 Pound of Flesh + Vulgar + project. 44 + The Obscene Kiss Bottom Lounge. 17+
5 Dead Ending Cobra Lounge.
5 Angel Melendez y su Orquesta Mayne Stage. 18+
5 UPDATED The Vulgar Boatmen + Kerosene Stars Schubas.
7 MER + Marty Casey + Miles Nielsen + Alex V + John Charles Wilson Schubas. 18+
7 Terminal Man + War Brides Empty Bottle.
8 Bill Bourne The Ace Bar.
8 Bitchin Bajas Hideout.
9 Wiping Out Thousands Schubas.
10 The Daredevil Christopher Wright + The Bears of Blue River + The Wild Family SPACE.
10 ProbCause + Vic Spencer + Fitz Fonzarelli + K!DD Tha Chicagoan + Philosopha + Sincere + Duke + Uptown Celebrities Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
12 UPDATED Quicksand + Single Mothers Metro.
15 Bitchin Bajas Hideout.
15 Hollywood Undead Bottom Lounge. AA
17 UPDATED Tomorrow Never Knows 2013: Wild Belle + High Highs + Winston Wolf Lincoln Hall. 18+
18 UPDATED Grace Potter & The Nocturnals + Langhorne Slim Riviera Theatre. AA
18 Tomorrow Never Knows 2013: Slam + Jeff Derringer Smart Bar.
19 Dan Vapid & The Cheats + Jetty Boys + Sore Subjects + Death and Memphis Beat Kitchen. 17+
19 UPDATED Tomorrow Never Knows 2013: Chelsea Wolfe + The Amazing + King Dude + Northside Sabers Schubas. 18+
20 UPDATED Teen Music Fest: Kendall Schmidt + Logan Henderson + Tiffany Alvord + Jasmine Villegas + IM5 + Jenna Rose UIC Pavilion. Rescheduled from Nov 17.
20 Tomorrow Never Knows 2013: Derrick Carter + Michael Serafini + Garrett David Smart Bar.
21 UPDATED Freakwater + Nora O'Connor Hideout.
21 Reel Big Fish House of Blues. AA
22 American Aquarium Schubas.
22 Bitchin Bajas Hideout.
23 Castle + In the Weeds + Crusader + Thunder Driver Cobra Lounge.
24 The Soul Rebels Double Door.
25, 26 Patricia Barber Quartet Green Mill.
25 Ultraísta + Prefuse 73 Lincoln Hall.
26 Devon Allman Reggie's Music Joint.
26 CANCELED apl.de.ap The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
26 Kopecky Family Band + The Eastern Sea Schubas.
26 Olly Murs House of Blues. AA
27 The Darkness + Hell or Highwater Riviera Theatre. 18+
29 Bitchin Bajas Hideout.
31 The Growlers + Magic Milk + Jimmy Whispers Schubas. 18+

FEBRUARY
1 Big Freedia Empty Bottle.
1 Brett Eldredge Joe's Bar.
2 Carrie Newcomer + Dala City Winery.
6 Every Time I Die + The Acacia Strain + Vanna + Hundredth Bottom Lounge. AA
6 Filligar + Taddy Porter Schubas. AA
7 The Paul Collins Beat Township.
7 James McCandless + Ron Lazzeretti FitzGerald's.
8 Baauer + Just Blaze The Mid.
8 Cam'ron Double Door.
8 Jaill Beat Kitchen. 17+
8 Jamey Johnson Joe's Bar.
8 The Mother Hips Schubas.
8 Angel Olsen + Water Liars Hideout.
8 Terrance Simien FitzGerald's.
8, 9 Sugar Blue Rosa's Lounge.
9 Acoustic Basement: Geoff Rickly + Vinnie Caruana + A Loss for Words + Koji + Brian Marquis Beat Kitchen. 17+
9 Allstar Weekend + Cute Is What We Aim For + Tiffany Alvord + Beneath the Sun Bottom Lounge. AA
9 AM Taxi Subterranean. 17+
9 Baile Amor y Amistad: Roberto Tapia + El Coyote y Su Banda Tierra Santa + Banda San Jose de Mesillas + Enigma Norteño Aragon.
9 Luca Ciarla Mayne Stage. 18+
9 The Maccabees + Reputante Lincoln Hall.
9 Retribution Gospel Choir Schubas.
10 Heavy and Light: Jon Foreman + Aaron Gillespie + Bryce Avary + Now, Now + Noah Gundersen House of Blues. AA
10 UPDATED Lindi Ortega + Dustin Bentall & The Smokes Schubas.
13 Zach Deputy Martyrs'.
14 Ricardo Arjona Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
14 Bad Books Subterranean. 17+
14 Joy Orbison Smart Bar.
14 Vaud and the Villains Martyrs'.
14 Nick Waterhouse + Numero Group DJs Metro. 18+
16 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Metro. 18+
16 KEM + Chrisette Michele Arie Crown Theater.
16 The Pimps of Joytime Martyrs'.
17 Damon Fowler Mayne Stage. 18+
20 G-Eazy Lincoln Hall. AA
20 Poundcake featuring Teddy Thompson City Winery.
21, 22 Eli Young Band Joe's Bar.
22 Wolvhammer Ultra Lounge.
23 Herbert Grönemeyer Chicago Theatre.
24 The Ruby Suns Schubas.
26 Trust + ERAAS Lincoln Hall. 18+
28 Commander Cody SPACE.
28 Eric Johnson Mayne Stage. 18+

MARCH
1 The Gaslight Anthem + Cory Branan + The Bouncing Souls Riviera Theatre. AA
2 James Hunter Lincoln Hall.
2 Night Beds + Indians Empty Bottle.
2 Sons of the Never Wrong SPACE.
3 George Thorogood & The Destroyers Star Plaza Theatre.
3 Simon Townshend Martyrs'.
4 Imagine Dragons House of Blues. AA
7 UPDATED Unknown Mortal Orchestra + Foxygen Lincoln Hall.
9 Allister + August Premier + The Fold Reggie's Rock Club. AA
9 Slightly Stoopid + Tribal Seeds Congress Theater. 17+
15 Cherish the Ladies SPACE.
15 Django Django Metro. 18+
15 Nanci Griffith + The Kennedys City Winery.
15 The Ides of March Viper Alley.
16 UPDATED They Might Be Giants + Moon Hooch Vic Theatre. 14+
16 Yes The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
18 Mount Moriah + Blessed Feathers Schubas.
22 Karla Bonoff SPACE.
23 Frightened Rabbit Riviera Theatre. AA
23 G. Love & Special Sauce + John Fullbright Vic Theatre. 18+
29 Brushfire Joe's Bar.
29 Hayes Carll City Winery.

APRIL
1 Lianne La Havas + Jamie N Commons Lincoln Hall. 18+
2 ETHEL with Todd Rundgren Northwestern University, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
3 Kurt Elling & The Chicago Jazz Orchestra Northwestern University, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
3 Hey Marseilles SPACE.
5 Carrie Rodriguez SPACE.
6, 7 David Bromberg Quartet + Allen Toussaint City Winery.
6 Ellis Paul SPACE.
6 That 1 Guy SPACE.
9, 10 David Grisman Andy Statman Quartet City Winery.
19 Holly Near Band City Winery.  
20 Tom Paxton SPACE.
26 Randy Houser Joe's Bar.
27 Diana Krall Chicago Theatre.
27 Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band Vic Theatre. AA

JULY
9 Justin Bieber United Center.

SEPTEMBER
7 The Mission UK House of Blues. 17+