Booking Ahead | Spring Awakening, Major Lazer, Leonard Cohen and Low

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Photo: Sara Kiesling

The trend of putting tickets on sale ahead of lineup announcements continues with the Spring Awakening festival, now the centerpiece of the local EDM scene's concert season, which returns to Soldier Field and expands to three days: June 14–16. Discounted early-bird tickets went quickly but a follow-up announcement is expected shortly. The International Festival of Life formally announced its annual July 4 weekend bash, which moves to Union Park this summer after nearly two decades on the South Side at Washington Park. Like Spring Awakening, featured artists have yet to be revealed. Non-fest news includes a night with Leonard Cohen at the Chicago Theatre March 13, plus a date with Low at the Metro March 22. The Shrine welcomes several high-caliber hip-hoppers in the coming months, including Fatlip and Slimkid3 of the Pharcyde in January, Wu-Tang partners Ghostface Killah and Raekwon in February, UGK vet Bun B in March with a DJ set from Talib Kweli, followed a couple weeks later by Kweli's Black Star partner Yasiin Bey, the former Mos Def. Find these and many other new calendar additions below or visit timeoutchicago.com/bookingahead for a more extensive list of upcoming shows.

JANUARY
15 UPDATED Hollywood Undead Bottom Lounge. SOLD OUT
17–20 Pharez Whitted Quintet Jazz Showcase.
18 The Crystal Method Dolphin.
18, 19 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals + Langhorne Slim Riviera Theatre. Jan 19 added. Jan 18 AA, Jan 19 18+
18 UPDATED Tomorrow Never Knows 2013: The Walkmen + Father John Misty Vic Theatre. SOLD OUT
23 NRG Ensemble Hideout.
24–27 Bobby Broom Trio Jazz Showcase.
24 UPDATED Trampled by Turtles + Carl Broemel Vic Theatre. SOLD OUT
25 Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde Live: Fatlip, Slimkid3, J-Sw!ft & L.A. Jay The Shrine.
25 Expo'76 featuring Renaldo Domino + Black Umbrella Brigade Red Line Tap.
25 UPDATED Palma Violets + Eight Bit Tiger Schubas.
26 UPDATED Jake Miller + Kidd Russell + Cato Lincoln Hall. AA
27 UPDATED Ital + Chrissy Murderbot + Hieroglyphic Being Empty Bottle.
30 Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society Hideout.
30 UPDATED Hannah Georgas + Eve's Twin Lover Schubas.
31 Brooke Candy + Jesse St. John Berlin.

FEBRUARY
1 Mike Golden & Friends + Katz Company + The Ivorys + BambiRaptor + Blood Red Boots Metro. 18+
1 Jon Langford's Skull Orchard Hideout.
1 Santah + Carbon Tigers + Audiences + The Kuhls House of Blues. AA
1 Up Until Now House of Blues. 17+
2 UPDATED David Berkeley + Bryn Rich Schubas. 18+
2 Dumpstaphunk + Dragon Smoke Metro. 18+
2 Meklit Hadero Mayne Stage. 18+
2 UPDATED Carrie Newcomer + Vance Gilbert City Winery.
2 Rockie Fresh + Chance the Rapper + Mark Battles + R.O.E. Bottom Lounge. 17+
2 UPDATED Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall. SOLD OUT
2 Ron Trent + Kennedy Ashinze Lincoln Hall.
6 The New Standards + Nora O'Connor City Winery.
7 Danstock: Board Of Governors + Farkus + Nature Show + Carta Marina Lincoln Hall.
7 UPDATED Angela James + Thomas Comerford & The Reels + Matthew H. Clark Hideout.
7 Justin Miller Berlin.
7 Dan Tedesco Schubas.
8 Brazilian Carnaval: Swing Brasileiro + Bloco Maximo Mayne Stage. 18+
8 Ghostface Killah & Raekwon + Sheek Louch The Shrine.
8 UPDATED Jamey Johnson + Chris Hennessee Joe's Bar.
9 Lasers and Fast and Shit + Speck Mountain + Weatherman Hideout.
9 UPDATED Retribution Gospel Choir + Stagnant Pools Schubas.
11 Guards Empty Bottle.
11 Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound FitzGerald's.
12 Mod Sun + Cisco Adler + Tayyib Ali + Choo Jackson + Pat Brown Reggie's Rock Club. AA
12 UPDATED Of Mice & Men + Texas in July + Capture the Crown Bottom Lounge. SOLD OUT
13 Kodo Symphony Center.
14 UPDATED White Mystery + Absolutely Not + Twin Peax + Post Honeymoon Schubas. 18+
14 Jozef van Wissem + Steve Gunn Hideout.
15 Blane Fonda + Software Giant Hideout.
15 A Silent Film + Gold Fields + Carousel + Give Back Lincoln Hall. 18+
15 Ben Sollee + Jon Guerra SPACE.
16 UPDATED Pepe Aguilar Congress Theater. Postponed.
16 Trina Hamlin SPACE.
16 UPDATED Benjamin Francis Leftwich + Zapruder Point Schubas. 18+
16 Whitehorse Schubas.
17 MER + S. Joel Norman + Acoustic Truth Lincoln Hall. AA
17 Wake Owl Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
20 Lake Street Dive SPACE.
20 The Nadas Schubas.
21 Daedelus + Ryan Hemsworth + Samo Sound Boy Bottom Lounge. 17+
21 UPDATED Griffin House + Larkin Poe City Winery.
22 Panda Riot + BIGCOLOUR + Lightfoils Hideout.
22 Terror + H2O + Backtrack + Code Orange Kids Bottom Lounge. AA
22 Vieux Farka Touré Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
23 Arriver + Electric Hawk + Murmur Hideout.
23 Gramatik + Minnesota Riviera Theatre. 18+
23 Eilen Jewell + Nikki Hill City Winery.
23 Solange Bottom Lounge. 17+
23 YAWN Subterranean. 17+
26 UPDATED Trust + ERAAS + Taught Abroad Lincoln Hall. 18+
27 Mountains + White/Light with Frank Rosaly Hideout.
27 Doug & Telisha Williams + Angel Snow SPACE.
27 Jason D. Williams + Dale Watson + Sleepy LaBeef Martyrs'.
28–Mar 3 Pat Martino Trio Jazz Showcase.

MARCH
1 Bun B + Talib Kweli (DJ set) The Shrine.
1 Honey Island Swamp Band Martyrs'.
1 Jamaican Oldies Weekend II: Eric "Monty" Morris Mayne Stage. 18+
1 Pet Lions + Minor Characters Lincoln Hall. 18+
1 Chase Rice Joe's Bar.
2 Jamaican Oldies Weekend II: Roy Panton & Yvonne Harrison + The Prizefighters Mayne Stage. 18+
2 Major Lazer + Dragonette Congress Theater. 17+
2 Rob Mazurek & Marianne M. Kim Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
2 UPDATED Night Beds + Indians + Cat Martino Empty Bottle.
3 Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite Riviera Theatre. 18+    
4 Dan Croll Schubas.
6 Tame Impala Vic Theatre. SOLD OUT
7 Edie Carey SPACE.
7 UPDATED Unknown Mortal Orchestra + Foxygen + Wampire Lincoln Hall.
8 Strychnine + Fletcher C. Johnson + John Wesley Coleman + The Half Rats Empty Bottle.
9 The Astronomer + Steve Dawson with Alton Smith & Colby Maddox Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
9 UPDATED Gold Mask + Shuteye + K. Serra Schubas.
9 Off with Their Heads + The Copyrights + The Slow Death + Vacation Bible School Beat Kitchen. AA
9 Garrison Starr + P.J. Pacifico SPACE.
10 Deathfix Schubas. 18+
11 Psychic Ills + Föllakzoid Empty Bottle.
13 Leonard Cohen Chicago Theatre.
13 Dave Specter + Steve Freund SPACE.
14 Caspian + Native Subterranean. 17+
15 UPDATED Parmalee + Bush Hawg + Zach Lockwood Joe's Bar.
15 Work Drugs Schubas. 18+
15 Yasiin Bey The Shrine.
16 Sam Lay SPACE.
16 A Memory Down + Screaming for Silence + Another Black Hour Red Line Tap.
19 Jacco Gardner Empty Bottle.
21 JD Samson Berlin.
22 UPDATED Darwin Deez + Caged Animals + Rites Schubas. 18+
22 Low + Geoff Farina Metro. 18+
22 Dan Navarro + Kim Richey Martyrs'.   
23, 24 The English Beat SPACE.
23 Javelin + Raleigh Moncrief Empty Bottle.
23 Tim Kasher Schubas. 18+
27 Holly Williams SPACE.
28 I:Scintilla + Go Fight + Goodnight Criminals Double Door.
28 Scotty McCreery Paramount Theatre.
29 Chelsea Light Moving + CAVE Empty Bottle.
29 Flux Pavilion Congress Theater. 17+
30 Badfish + Makeshift House of Blues. 17+
30 lePercolateur Mayne Stage. 18+
31 Eat the Turnbuckle + They Die Screaming Ultra Lounge.

APRIL
3 Hayden + Lou Canon Schubas.
4 Crashdïet + Crucified Barbara Double Door.
5 Metal Alliance Tour: Anthrax + Exodus + High on Fire + Municipal Waste + Holy Grail House of Blues. 17+
5 Madeleine Peyroux Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall. Two shows.
5 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Symphony Center.
6 Galactic + Nigel Hall Band Park West. 18+
6 UPDATED Jamie Lidell + Ludwig Persik Lincoln Hall.
10 Iceage + Final Grin Empty Bottle.
11 Living Colour Park West. 18+
11 John Scofield's Hollow Body Band SPACE. Two shows.
12 Chris Trapper Schubas.
12, 13 Widespread Panic UIC Pavilion.
16, 17 The Black Crowes Vic Theatre. 18+
16 Aaron Neville North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
17 Dr. John & The Lower 911 SPACE. Two shows.
17 Amy LaVere Red Line Tap.
19 Josh Abbott Band Joe's Bar.
21 Paris Combo City Winery.
30 Coyote Grace SPACE.

MAY
3 All Time Low + Pierce the Veil + Mayday Parade + You Me at Six Congress Theater. AA
5 Zoë Keating Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
15 Telekinesis Lincoln Hall.
22 El Ten Eleven SPACE.

JUNE
7 Randy Rogers Band Joe's Bar.
8 Charlie Worsham Joe's Bar.
14–16 Spring Awakening Music Festival 2013 Soldier Field.
28 Kevin Fowler Joe's Bar.

JULY
4–7 International Festival of Life 2013 Union Park.