Booking Ahead | Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago, Chicago Jazz Festival, Animal Collective and Bad Religion

Animal Collective

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Last week we learned the dates of the Spring Awakening Music Festival and now another fest devoted to EDM has announced its foray into the Chicago market. Promoted by L.A.-based Insomniac, the Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago takes place Memorial Day weekend—less than a month before Spring Awakening—at Joliet's Chicagoland Speedway, a venue known for NASCAR more than music. That's a bit of a hike for city dwellers, though a camping pass is being offered. Earlier today the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events revealed some details about the Chicago Jazz Festival. As in the past, the event is free and takes place Labor Day weekend, however this year's event moves from its longtime base of Grant Park to Millennium Park, with select performances taking place at the Chicago Cultural Center. The festival, now in its 35th year, will continue to offer programming on multiple stages, with brilliant percussionist Hamid Drake serving as this year's Artist-in-Residence, though no other artists have been revealed yet. Other new calendar additions include Animal Collective, who visit the Riv March 16 behind last year's Centipede Hz, and Bad Religion, who play from the new True North at the Congress Theater April 5. Find these and many other new concert dates below or visit timeoutchicago.com/bookingahead for a more extensive list of upcoming shows.

JANUARY
26 Cherub + Ghosthouse + Jib'n'Jab Bottom Lounge.
26 Toy Selectah + Tito Fuentes + Gil Cerezo Simone's.
27 UPDATED The Darkness + Hell or Highwater Vic Theatre. Moved from Riviera Theatre. 18+
29 SOLD OUT Ellie Goulding + St. Lucia Aragon.
30 Redgrave + Viceroy + Sunken Ships Empty Bottle.

FEBRUARY
1 UPDATED Mice Parade + Deadbeat + Daniel Lippel Schubas.
2 The Beatnuts + 1FIFTY1 + Aerias & The Clyde Project + Big X & The Band + Lone Mantis + The I.C. Crew + Eesh Da Streets Jerry's Sandwiches.
4 honeyhoney Bottom Lounge. AA
5 Daniel Knox Hideout.
8 SOLD OUT Jamey Johnson + Chris Hennessee Joe's Bar.
8–10 University of Chicago Folk Festival: Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass + James Kelly & Dáithí Sproule + Reed Island Rounders + Kirk Sutphin & Bertram Levy + Brian Miller & Randy Gosa + Evening Light Brothers + Sheryl Cormier + Elmore James Jr. + Terry Oldfield University of Chicago, Mandel Hall.
9 Deadstring Brothers Honky Tonk Barbecue.
9 Mingo Fishtrap House of Blues Back Porch Stage.
9 UPDATED Retribution Gospel Choir + Stagnant Pools Schubas.
9 SOLD OUT Ty Segall + Ex-Cult Empty Bottle. Two shows.
10 CANCELED Buckwheat Zydeco SPACE.
10 Magic Box & Friends perform Beck Hansen's Song Reader SPACE.
12 Daniel Knox Hideout.
15 The Juan MacLean (DJ set) Smart Bar.
15 Matmos + Horse Lords Empty Bottle.
16 Archnemesis + Wick-it the Instigator Bottom Lounge. 17+
16 DeVotchKa Park West. 18+
16 Sander van Doorn The Mid.
17 Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Navy Pier.
17 Cloudbirds + The Lawrence Peters Outfit Schubas.
18 Rival Sons + Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Schubas.
19 Daniel Knox Hideout.
19 TEEN Township. 18+
21 UPDATED Frontier Ruckus + Grandkids Schubas.
21–24 Marquis Hill Jazz Showcase.
22 Conspirator + Break Science Vic Theatre. 18+
22 The Giving Tree Band + The Shams Band + Sam Doores + Riley Downing & the Tumbleweeds Lincoln Hall. 18+
22 Psychemagik + Orchard Lounge Smart Bar.
22 Soul Asylum + Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts + Ryan Powers Double Door.
23 Renée Baker Artet Experimental Sound Studio.
23 Kindred the Family Soul The Shrine.
23 Michael McDermott The Montrose Room. AA
23 SOLD OUT Solange Bottom Lounge.
24 Shofar Hungry Brain.
24 UPDATED Snowden + Sybris + The Ragtones Subterranean. 17+
25 Arkells + The Postelles + Ambassadors Bottom Lounge. AA
25 Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra featuring Charlie Sexton City Winery.
25 Henry Wagons + Ex Cops Empty Bottle.
26 Daniel Knox Hideout.
27 The Deer Tracks + Magic Wands Empty Bottle.
27 Department of Correction + Strong Intention Cobra Lounge.

MARCH
1 Alexa Dexa + Saul Conrad Elbo Room.
1 UPDATED Honey Island Swamp Band + Uncle Lucius Martyrs'.
1 MURS + Prof + Fashawn + Black Cloud Music Abbey Pub.
3 Mad Dukez + Fresh Kils Reggie's Music Joint.
3 Minus the Bear + Rah Rah Metro. 18+
3 Eric Noden & Joe Filisko SPACE.
4, 5 SOLD OUT Imagine Dragons + Atlas Genius House of Blues.
5 The Summer Set + We Are the In Crowd + Go Radio Bottom Lounge. AA
7 American Opera + Terriers Abbey Pub.
8 Aer Lincoln Hall. AA
8 Dillon Francis + Flosstradamus Congress Theater. 17+
8 Shemekia Copeland SPACE.
8 Thomas Rhett Joe's Bar.
8 Tamburitza Rroma + Harmonia Mayne Stage. 18+
9, 10 Marc Broussard SPACE.
9 Citizens! Lincoln Hall. 18+
9 Denney & The Jets + Lovely Bad Things + Sleepy Kitty The Ace Bar.
9 Infected Mushroom House of Blues. 17+
9 Audra McDonald Dominican University, Lund Auditorium.
9 Jackson Rohm Joe's Bar.
11 UPDATED Psychic Ills + Föllakzoid + Speck Mountain Empty Bottle.
12 Blues Control Permanent Records.
14 Kat Edmonson Schubas.
14 Oz Noy with Anthony Jackson & Dave Weckl Martyrs'.
14 UPDATED Veronica Falls + Cold Showers + Love of Everything Empty Bottle.
15 Crushed Out The Ace Bar.
15 The Drovers Abbey Pub.
16 Animal Collective + Dan Deacon Riviera Theatre. AA
16 Brit Floyd Chicago Theatre.
16 The Holy Mess + Captain, We're Sinking Subterranean. 17+
16 Paper Route Schubas.
16, 17 Todd Snider SPACE.
16 Tomorrows Bad Seeds Beat Kitchen. 17+
16 The Tossers + Continental Metro. 18+
17 Talk Normal Empty Bottle.
18 Kate Nash Empty Bottle.
19 UPDATED Efterklang + Nightlands Lincoln Hall.
19 Fol Chen Schubas.
21 Local Natives + Superhumanoids Vic Theatre. 18+
21 Single Mothers + Dowsing Abbey Pub.
23 UPDATED Frightened Rabbit + The Twilight Sad Riviera Theatre. AA
23 Javelin + Raleigh Moncrief + Jamaican Queens Empty Bottle.
23 UPDATED Tim Kasher + Brighton MA Schubas. 18+
23 Led Zeppelin 2 House of Blues. 17+
23 Volcano Radar Experimental Sound Studio.
25 Delicate Steve Subterranean. 17+
25 Pile + Geronimo! + Fat History Month + My Dad Abbey Pub.
26 Kim Gordon with White/Light Museum of Contemporary Art.
28 Lee Fields & The Expressions + Lady Lincoln Hall.
28 UPDATED Green Day + Best Coast Allstate Arena.
28 Otis Taylor SPACE.
29 Maxi Priest The Shrine.
30 Chris Weaver Band Joe's Bar.
30 Wheeler Brothers + What Made Milwaukee Famous + The Shams Band Martyrs'.

APRIL
2 Ducktails Empty Bottle.
4 Wayne Hancock City Winery.
5 The Alternate Routes SPACE.
5 Bad Religion + Against Me! + Polar Bear Club Congress Theater. AA
5 Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers + Rayland Baxter Lincoln Hall.
6 Banner Pilot Subterranean. 17+
6 Cold War Kids Metro. 18+
6 Monophonics Martyrs'.
7 Marco Benevento Schubas. 18+
8 Creed Bratton City Winery.
9 Watsky Bottom Lounge. AA
10 Joshua James SPACE.
12, 13 Billy Bragg + Kim Churchill City Winery.
16, 17 SOLD OUT The Black Crowes Vic Theatre.
18 Parkway Drive House of Blues. AA
18 Pissed Jeans Empty Bottle.
19 Cloud Cult + JBM Lincoln Hall.
19 Lee DeWyze Viper Alley.
21 Stereo Total Empty Bottle.
23 Tech N9ne House of Blues. AA
24 Lauren Mann & The Fairly Odd Folk + Northern Magnolia Abbey Pub.
25 White Lung + Hunters Empty Bottle.

MAY
2 Goat Empty Bottle.
3 SOLD OUT All Time Low + Pierce the Veil + Mayday Parade + You Me at Six Congress Theater.
3 Senses Fail + Such Gold + Major League Bottom Lounge. 17+
3 Steven Wilson Park West. AA
9 Daughter Lincoln Hall.
11 Danielle Ate the Sandwich Schubas. 18+
17 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Vic Theatre. 18+
24–26 Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago Chicagoland Speedway.
24 Tim McGraw + Brantley Gilbert + Love and Theft First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.

JUNE
6–9 Chicago Blues Festival Grant Park and Millennium Park.
15 Luke Bryan + Thompson Square + Florida Georgia Line First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
30 Toby Keith + Kip Moore First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.

JULY
20 Vans Warped Tour: Hawthorne Heights + Forever the Sickest Kids + Man Overboard + Woe, Is Me + I See Stars + Go Radio + The Story So Far + Like Moths to Flames First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.

AUGUST
3 Blake Shelton + Easton Corbin + Jana Kramer First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
17 Rascal Flatts + The Band Perry First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
29–Sep 1 Chicago Jazz Festival Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park.

SEPTEMBER
7 Miranda Lambert + Dierks Bentley First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.