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MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | JULY 2013
24 The Adicts + The World/Inferno Friendship Society + The Frantic Metro. AA
24–27 Gerald Clayton Trio Jazz Showcase.
24 Eef Barzelay + The Heligoats + Shannon Stephens Hideout.
24 Chris Greene Quartet + The Paul Abella Trio Mayne Stage. 18+
24 UPDATED The Dead Kenny Gs + Furious Frank Martyrs'.
24 UPDATED Dry the River + Otter Petter Beat Kitchen. 17+
24 Lili K. + Enigmatic + Roy Kinsey + Alpha Clef Project The Shrine.
24 David Lindley + Bernie Larsen SPACE.
24 Nikki Lynette Berlin.
24 No Love for Linus + Vintage Blue Schubas.
24 Northern Magnolia + Sarah Holtschlag & The Crosscuts Abbey Pub.
24 Onra Beauty Bar.
24 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros + He's My Brother She's My Sister Riviera Theatre. SOLD OUT
24 Michael Smith & Small Potatoes FitzGerald's.
24 Snoop Dogg The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
24 UPDATED Ben Sollee + Justin Lewis Lincoln Hall.
24 Mark Sultan + Outer Minds + Magic Milk Empty Bottle.
24 Alicia Witt + Jess Godwin + Lying Delilah Subterranean.
24 Yo Gotti + Zed Zilla + D. Meeks & Mikey Streets Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
25 ALO + Chris Kasper Martyrs'.
25 Blood Red Boots + Black Light Saints + Dozens + The Addies Metro. 18+
25 Bone & Bell + Adam Faucett & The Tall Grass + The Columbines Schubas.
25 UPDATED Ryan Broshear + Elisa Grace Abbey Pub.
25 NEW Brother Joscephus & The Love Revival Revolution + B.S. Brass Band + Caravan of Thieves FitzGerald's.
25 Chris Cavanaugh Joe's Bar.
25 Cold Country + Fox The Cat + The Welcome + Wavvy Hands Reggie's Music Joint.
25 Bobby Conn + CAVE + Starring Empty Bottle.
25 De La Soul + Sidewalk Chalk The Shrine.
25 Fake Limbs + Blasted Diplomats + Blizzard Babies Hideout.
25 David Guetta Congress Theater. 17+
25 NEW Hemmingbirds + The Saturday Giant + Audiences + Allen Cruz The Ace Bar.
25 Anders Osborne + Clarence Bucaro SPACE.
25 Danilo Pérez + Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes Symphony Center.
25 NEW Punch Cabbie + Delightful Downfall + Fist to the Sky + Burning Eve + Eyes on Backwards House of Blues. 17+
25 Red Jumpsuit Apparatus + Sparks the Rescue + NameSake Bottom Lounge. AA
25 UPDATED Ben Ripani Music Co. + Divebar + Swift Technique + Mad Bread + Pocketfulofscoundrel Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
25 Shovels & Rope + The Kernal + Robert McShane Subterranean. 17+
25 Sich Mang + Andy Ortmann + Johnny Young Public Works Gallery.
25–27 Summer Camp Music Festival: moe. + Umphrey's McGee + Jane's Addiction + Pretty Lights + Primus + Bob Weir, Chris Robinson & Jackie Greene + Gov't Mule + Tedeschi Trucks Band + Gogol Bordello + G. Love & Special Sauce + Lotus + Zeds Dead + Gigantic Underground Conspiracy + Yonder Mountain String Band + Shpongle + EOTO + Keller Williams + Rebelution + Leftover Salmon Three Sisters Park.
25 Waco Brothers + The Riptones Beat Kitchen.
26 Bible of The Devil + Wizardcastle + Winterhawk The Burlington.
26 Action Bronson + Sidewalk Chalk Cubby Bear.
26 NEW Billy Don Burns + Cochino y Los Pistoleros + Gutterbilly Boys + Ganelle & Donny Ray Reggie's Music Joint.
26 Bubbly Creek Bluegrass Band + Hayward + Trevor McSpadden Hideout.
26 Buck 65 + Busdriver + Qwel & Maker Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
26 Chino XL + Matlock + Nightwalker + MoodSwangz + MicSlingers + Joint Logistics Subterranean.
26 UPDATED Festival of Aloha: Darlene Ahuna + Daniel Ho Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
26 A Friend Called Fire + Holding Mercury + Workout Music Lincoln Hall. 18+
26 Heaving Mass + Witchden + Chicago Thrash Ensemble Empty Bottle.
26 The Honeydogs + Dick Prall + Farewell Milwaukee Schubas.
26 The Kruger Brothers American Legion Music Hall.
26 LMFAO + Far East Movement + Quest Crew + Sidney Samson + Eva Simons + Natalia Kills Allstate Arena.
26 The New Orleans Suspects + Abstract Giants Mayne Stage. 18+
26 Outlier + R. Mutt The Ace Bar.
26 Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound + The Lawrence Peters Outfit SPACE.
26, 27 Poi Dog Pondering Double Door.
26 Haley Reinhart Hard Rock Cafe. AA
26 The Rumrunners Joe's Bar.
26 Uncle Lucius FitzGerald's.
26 Up from the Wormwood + Mike Golden & Friends + AudioBakery Beat Kitchen. 17+
26 Armin van Buuren + Blake Jarrell Congress Theater. 17+
26 The Viaducts + Magatha Trysty + The Right Tidys Abbey Pub.
26 UPDATED whysowhite + Monophonics + Jip Jop Martyrs'.
27 Aim at Your Enemies + Three Cent Cinema + Plastic Smiles + Zero the Hero + Chase This City Beat Kitchen. AA
27 Brother Joscephus & The Love Revival Revolution Orchestra Viper Alley.
27 Crystal Fighters + Is Tropical + Spooky Moon Empty Bottle.
27 DMaC + Significant Others + Secondary Dominance Lincoln Hall. 18+
27 UPDATED The Donkeys + Advance Base + Magical Beautiful Schubas.
27 UPDATED Festival of Aloha: Daniel Ho + Jason Arimoto Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
27 Theo Huff Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
27 Big Jay McNeely + The Crown Vics + Miss Jubilee & The Humdingers Mayne Stage. 18+
27 Scony Mack + Ole Salt + Weird All Subterranean.
28 Apparat + Endian Lincoln Hall. 18+
28 UPDATED Fiesta de Mayo: La Arrolladora Banda El Limón + Prince Royce + Roberto Tapia + Banda Machos + 3Ball Monterrey + Estrellas de Tuzantla Aragon.
28 Bill Gentry + Courtney Patton Joe's Bar.
28 Goes Cube + Exotic Animal Petting Zoo + Arbogast Reggie's Music Joint.
28 Kelly Hogan + Scott Lucas & The Married Men Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
28 Netherfriends + House of Wolves + Bigcolour + Natureboy Empty Bottle.
28 Red Hot Chili Peppers + Little Dragon Allstate Arena.
28 UPDATED Trichome + Elemental Groove Theory + Elephant Quiz Martyrs'.
29 William Beckett + Cara Salimando Schubas. AA
29 NEW Chaperone + Torch Singer + Elusive Parallelograms + Rabbit Children + King of Prussia Double Door.
29 The Early November + The Wonder Years + The Swellers + Young Statues Metro. AA
29 UPDATED I Break Horses + California Wives Lincoln Hall. 18+
29 Ringworm + Everything Went Black + Enabler + Reign Inferno Beat Kitchen. 17+
29, 30 Todd Rundgren SPACE. SOLD OUT
29 Solvent + Svengalisghost + Mike Broers Empty Bottle.
30 Chicago Afro-Puerto Rican Ensemble Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
30 Alan Doyle + Dustin Bentall Schubas.
30 Jim Holman Quintet Jazz Showcase.
30 In the Country Hideout.
30 Tim Larson & The Owner/Operators + The Ragtones Beat Kitchen.
30 Nickelback + Bush + Seether + My Darkest Days Allstate Arena.
30 N.O.R.E. + Black Eye Plaga + B-Ea$y The Shrine.
30 Old Shoe + Lake Shore Vibe Martyrs'.
30 Emeli Sandé Lincoln Hall. 18+
30 Ultraviolet Hippopotamus + The Black Box Revelation + Fresh Hops Double Door.
30 Victor Villarreal + C.J. Boyd + Dhalgren Empty Bottle.
30 NEW The Wailers Durty Nellie's.
31 The Black Belles + Michael Lux & The Bad Sons Empty Bottle.
31 Thomas Comerford & The Reels + The Pillowhammer + Jeff Harms Hideout.
31 The Dig + Dirty Pigeons Schubas. 18+
31 NEW Hustlepalooza: Spenzo + Alex Wiley & Kembe X + Caleb James + Young Giftz + The 2 of Diamonds + Ebone Hoodrich + J. Clark + KiD + XXtra Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
31 Theo Katzman + Communist Daughter + Pat McKillen SPACE.
31 Kenny y Los Eléctricos + Castellano Cubby Bear.
31 KIN: Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr + Steuart Smith Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
31 Langhorne Slim + Honey and Buffalo Lincoln Hall.
31 Manuals + Greg Spero & Makaya McCraven + Brite Lite Abbey Pub.
31–Jun 3 Pat Martino Trio Jazz Showcase.
31 Ron Pope + Zach Berkman + Grace Weber + Josiah Leming Beat Kitchen. 17+
31 R.O.E. + Neak + The B.E.A.T. + Real T@lk + Abstrak Mind Double Door.
31 The Revivalists + The Paige DeChausse Band Martyrs'.
31 Vece Sevdaha + Tifa & Hanka House of Blues. 17+
31 NEW Yelawolf + Show You Suck Durty Nellie's. AA
1 The Besnard Lakes + Brain Idea + Judson Claiborne Empty Bottle.
1 The Cult + Against Me! + The Icarus Line Congress Theater. AA
1–3 Do-Division Street Fest: The Black Belles + JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound + Peanut Butter Wolf + The Besnard Lakes + Craig Finn + Le Butcherettes + O'Death + The Antlers + Pinebender + Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons + Murder by Death Division Ave between Ashland Ave and Leavitt St.
1 Dokken Cubby Bear.
1 Graffiti6 + Yuna Schubas. 18+
1 UPDATED Pat Green + Hudson Moore Joe's Bar. SOLD OUT
1 The Hood Internet + Psalm One + ProbCause + Longshot + E. Brown + Fluffy Hideout.
1 Hopefest: Los Lobos Park West.
1, 2 Sonny Landreth FitzGerald's.
1 Le Butcherettes Subterranean. 17+
1 Jet W. Lee + Swearwords Martyrs'.
1 Ryan Michaels Band + The Aaron Williams Band + 3 in Counting + Joie Scott Double Door.
1, 2 Moutin Reunion Quartet Green Mill.
1 Otis + The Heard + Reels Green Beat Kitchen.
1 NEW Pandora + Revolution + Squirrel + Tomorrow the Moon darkroom.
1 Rachel Platten + Madi Diaz SPACE.
1 Queen Extravaganza House of Blues. 17+
1 Space Invasion Metro. 18+
1 UPDATED Kasim Sulton Martyrs'. CANCELED
1, 2: Throttle Fest Chicago: Buckcherry + Jackyl + Lovehammers + Wayland + Nigel Dupree Band + The Last Vegas Toyota Park. 18+
1 A Tribute to Fats Waller with Jason Moran Symphony Center.
1 Urizen + Winterhymn + Act of Destruction + Lords of the Trident + Gamma Gulp Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
1 Patrick Watson + Cat Martino Lincoln Hall. 18+
2 Iggy Azalea Reggie's Rock Club. Moved from Beauty Bar. AA
2 Battles Bottom Lounge. AA
2 Peter Bernstein Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
2 Canasta + Wooden Rings Schubas. 18+
2 The Coop + Skeetones + Indigo Sun Martyrs'.
2 Crizzly + Vaski + Manic Focus + Fatboy Bottom Lounge. 17+
2 Danilo Montero y Su Banda Congress Theater. AA
2 The Dopamines + Sass Dragons + Be My Doppelganger + Business Papers Subterranean. 17+
2 Drake + Waka Flocka Flame + Meek Mill + 2 Chainz + French Montana First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
2 Electric Frankenstein + Black Actress + Control Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
2 UPDATED Craig Finn + Minor Characters Empty Bottle.
2 Hot Nerds + Manic Zamboni + The Perfection + Snake Party Reggie's Music Joint.
2 The House That Gloria Vanderbilt + The Holy Shakes Double Door.
2 The Freddy Jones Band SPACE.
2 NEW Gladys Knight Star Plaza Theatre.
2 Margot & The Nuclear So and So's + Dinosaur Feathers + Whispertown Lincoln Hall. 18+
2 Anne McCue Martyrs'.
2 My Gold Mask + Lightfoils + Love and Radiation Hideout.
2 Naughty by Nature + Digital Underground + Black Sheep + Ras Kass Congress Theater.
2 One Direction Allstate Arena. SOLD OUT
2 NEW Rachael Sage Uncommon Ground.
2 UPDATED Walter Salas-Humara + Julia Klee + Tim Schweiger Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
2, 3 SausageFest Chicago: Lucky Boys Confusion + Treaty of Paris + Company of Thieves + Ha Ha Tonka Sheffield Ave between Addison St and Waveland Ave.
2 Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Mayne Stage. 18+
2 UPDATED The Soft Pack + Grass Widow + Soft Speaker Beat Kitchen. 17+
2 Tech N9ne + Machine Gun Kelly + Krizz Kaliko + ¡Mayday! + Prozak House of Blues. AA
2 Thrice + Animals as Leaders + O'Brother Metro. SOLD OUT
2 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Chicago Theatre.
3 Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons + Jon Drake & The Shakes + Derek Nelson & The Musicians Empty Bottle.
3 Lightnin' Hopkins Centennial featuring Reverend KM Williams Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
3 Oz Noy, Dave Weckl & James Genus Martyrs'.
3 NEW The Paver + Counterfeit I + Rhone Beat Kitchen. 17+
3 Lou Shields + Cellar Troubadour + Woodrow Hart + Leah Druzinsky + David Prusina Double Door.
3 Al Stewart + Rachael Sage SPACE.
3 Tracer Bullet + The Night Brigade + Modern Day Rippers + Al & The Black Cats Reggie's Music Joint.
4 Antisect + Krang Crustards + Bastard Ritual + Population + Cemetery Bottom Lounge. 17+
4 The Funeral and the Twilight + Claps + Population The Burlington.
4 UPDATED Jonathan Richman + Deep Blue Organ Trio Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
4 NEW Randy Rogers + Wade Bowen Joe's Bar.
4 UPDATED Teengirl Fantasy + Supreme Cuts + When Clouds Attack Empty Bottle.
4 NEW Vanity Theft + Enemies(!) + More Gorgeous Township.
4 Zeus + The Kickback + The Van Goghs Schubas.
5 Jodee Lewis Schubas. 18+
5 UPDATED Steve Moakler + Blake Stratton + Jesse Ruben SPACE.
5 Penguin Prison + Class Actress + Art vs. Science + Gemini Club Lincoln Hall. 18+
5 NEW Al Scorch + The Lawrence Peters Outfit + Poor Elvis Empty Bottle.
6, 8 Jon Anderson Mayne Stage. June 8 at Viper Alley.
6 Grazyna Auguscik & Paulinho Garcia Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
6 Paul Caporino + Mike Felten Empty Bottle.
6 Doug Paisley Hideout.
6 Ramona Falls + The Darcys Schubas.
6 Dave Specter + John Primer SPACE.
7 UPDATED All Natural: Syleena Johnson + Curtis Fields + Emoni + Ben Official + Natalie Oliveri + MiMi + Verzatile The Shrine.
7 Scott H. Biram + Lydia Loveless Hideout.
7 Boy Dirt Car + Eric Lunde + Karl Paloucek + Jason Soliday Empty Bottle.
7 Kenny Chesney + Tim McGraw + Grace Potter & The Nocturnals + Jake Owen Soldier Field.
7 Clark + Jan Jelinek & Andrew Pekler + Casino Versus Japan Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
7 Brad Cole + Rivals of the Peacemaker + Brandon McHose + Matthew Morgan & The Lost Brigade Double Door.
7 NEW Fucking Dyke Bitches + Lezurreccion + Salem Bitch Trials Crown Tap Room.
7 NEW Grandeurs + Shores Beat Kitchen.
7 Jon McLaughlin + Bob Stamper Lincoln Hall. 18+
7 NEW OBN III's + Royal Headache + Football The Burlington.
7 Porcelain Raft Schubas.
7, 8 The Metropia Experience Chicago: Santah + The Night Survives + Shuteye + Veilside + Famous Like You + Ramsen + Cold Blue Kid + Tiny Fireflies + Tim Million + Fathom Blue + Marina City + Milano Atrium Events.
7 Charlie Musselwhite SPACE.
7 Willie Nelson & Family Genesee Theatre.
7 Matt Skiba & The Sekrets + Smoking Popes Metro. 18+
7 Spyro Gyra Mayne Stage.
7 UPDATED Train Company + Suns + Caught in Your Pockets Subterranean.
8 Amrita Abbey Pub.
8 Board of Governors + Fly Over State + The Plastic Boots + King by Friday + The Deeper End Double Door.
8 NEW Ronnie Baker Brooks FitzGerald's.
8 Chance the Rapper + Show You Suck + St. Millie + Manny Muscles Lincoln Hall. AA
8–10 Chicago Blues Festival: Mavis Staples + Texas Johnny Brown + Floyd Taylor Grant Park.
8 Dende Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
8 UPDATED Brett Eldredge + Josh Hoge Joe's Bar.
8 Electric Youth + Hank & Cupcakes + Ghosthouse Subterranean.
8 NEW John Engelmann + Ingrid & The Unicorns FitzGerald's.
8 God Module + Twitch the Ripper + Mordacious Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
8 Guitarra Azul Mayne Stage. 18+
8 Lisa Hannigan + Joe Henry Park West. AA
8 UPDATED Kelly Hogan + Count This Penny SPACE. Moved from June 7.
8 Inspector Owl + The Field Auxiliary + Jared Grabb Beat Kitchen. 17+
8 Bonnie Koloc Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
8 NEW Lemonade + New Canyons Empty Bottle.
8 UPDATED Like Pioneers + The Runnies The Burlington.
8 MarchFourth Marching Band + Jonas Friddle Martyrs'.
8 Marduk + 1349 + Withered + Weapon Reggie's Rock Club. AA
8 The Parlotones + Ryan Star + The Silent Comedy Schubas.
8–10 NEW Ribfest Chicago: The Spinto Band + J. Roddy Walston & The Business + The Features + Megafaun + Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts + Heartless Bastards Lincoln Ave between Irving Park Rd and Berteau Ave.
8 Roger Waters's The Wall Wrigley Field.
8 UPDATED The Steepwater Band + GreenSugar + Murley Shertz + The Dirty Rooks House of Blues. 17+
8 White Mystery + Total Slacker + Swimsuit Addition + Night Manager Township.
9 NEW About the Mess + The Wanton Looks + Seized Up! + Bottle Kids Cobra Lounge.
9 Aer + OCD: Moosh & Twist + Jordan Looney Reggie's Rock Club. AA
9 AM Taxi + Young Distractions Subterranean. 17+
9 Deer Tick + Turbo Fruits + Scott Lucas & The Married Men Metro. 18+
9 UPDATED Dragged into Sunlight + Wolvhammer + Hunters + Austaras Ultra Lounge.
9 Earth, Wind & Fire with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra Ravinia Pavilion.
9 Anna Fermin Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
9 Trina Hamlin Auditorium Theatre.
9 High & Lonesome + Wooden Hearts + Blackfoot Gypsies + Redgrave Martyrs'.
9 Kelly Hogan FitzGerald's.
9 Kinky + Ghosthouse + Nebular + Rude Gentlemen Congress Theater.
9 Greg Laswell + Elizabeth Ziman Schubas. June 9 sold out. June 10 18+
9 Megitza Quartet Mayne Stage. 18+
9 "Old Time Radio Broadcast Show" starring Reggio “The Hoofer” McLaughlin & Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
9 Brad Paisley + Miranda Lambert + Chris Young + The Band Perry + Jerrod Niemann Wrigley Field.
9 Paradise Fears + Late Nite Reading + She's Alive Bottom Lounge. AA
9 Pound of Flesh + Naivian + Chris Connelly Double Door.
9 Archer Prewitt & Sam Prekop + John Butcher & Thomas Lehn + Joseph Mills & Olivia Block Empty Bottle.
9 Megan Reilly + Speck Mountain Hideout.
9 NEW Thomas Rhett Joe's Bar.
9 UPDATED Joe Louis Walker SPACE.
9, 10 Wells Street Art Festival: Trippin Billies Wells St between North and Division Aves.
10 Roberto Carlos Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
10 UPDATED Church of Misery + Earthen Grave + The Pale Horseman Mayne Stage. 18+
10 The Dandy Warhols + 1776 Metro. 18+
10 Azul de Noche Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
10 Dengue Fever Lincoln Hall.
10 Iron & Wine + Dr. John Ravinia Pavilion.
10 Rickie Lee Jones SPACE. SOLD OUT
10 Making Ghosts + Alma Negra + Lost Dog + Batillus + Whitehorse Double Door.
10 New Edition UIC Pavilion.
10 Radiohead + Caribou First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
11 UPDATED Axis:sovA + E+ + E.T. Habit Empty Bottle.
11 Dead Bundy & The Neat Neat Neats Reggie's Music Joint.
11 Charla Corn + The Rankin Twins + Kylie Rae Harris Joe's Bar.
11 The Duke Spirit + Hacienda Lincoln Hall.
11 The Eternals + Wild Belle Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
11 Gospel Music + Wintersleep + 22-20s Schubas.
11 Marco Polo Martyrs'.
11 NEW Young Man Double Door.
12 Husky Schubas.
12 Man Forever + Brokeback + Bitchin Bajas The Burlington.
12 Mean Jeans Crown Tap Room.
12 Ode + BomBBone + The Avantist Martyrs'.
12 NEW Lauren Shera + David Ramirez SPACE.
13 Balkano + Fever in the Funkhouse + Goose Doctor Martyrs'.
13 Harper Blynn + Madi Diaz Schubas. 18+
13 Flamenco A3: Flavio Rodrigues, Pedro Obregón & David Coria Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
13 Lake Street Dive + Midnight Moxie SPACE.
13 Six Feet Under + Dying Fetus + Revocation Reggie's Rock Club. AA
14 Céu + Curumin Double Door.
14 The Deer Tracks + Nouela Schubas.
14 Deerhoof & Ensemble Dal Niente Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
14–17 Dave Holland & Kenny Barron Jazz Showcase.
14 The Lee Boys SPACE.
14 Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles + The Laureates Martyrs'.
14 Octopus Nebula Mayne Stage. 18+
14–17 Jeremy Pelt Quintet Jazz Showcase.
14 Reckless Kelly FitzGerald's.
14 Jill Scott + KEM + Doug E. Fresh Charter One Pavilion.
14 UPDATED Shy Technology + Automata + Audiences Lincoln Hall. 18+
14 UPDATED The Smashing Pumpkins + The Figgs + Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents Metro. SOLD OUT
14 The Split Livers + Benton Harbor Lunchbox + Tumbling Bones Reggie's Music Joint.
14 Tantric Picasso Reggie's Music Joint.
15 UPDATED Katie Armiger + Suburban Cowboys Joe's Bar.
15, 16 Blues on the Fox Festival: Kenny Wayne Shepherd + The Nevilles + Shane Dwight + Shemekia Copeland + The Lee Boys North River Street Park.
15 Danielle Ate the Sandwich Schubas.
15 NEW The Figgs + The Lustkillers + The Van Buren Boys + The Cry Ultra Lounge.
15 The Flatlanders Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall. Two shows.
15 Blane Fonda Subterranean. 17+
15 NEW Give Back + Twin Peaks + Magic Child Martyrs'. AA
15, 16 Victor Goines Green Mill.
15 GreelySavoyDuo Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
15 Al Green with the Chicago Children's Choir Ravinia Pavilion.
15 The Heavies + Johnny Roger Reggie's Music Joint.
15, 16 Will Hoge SPACE.
15 NEW The Hundred in the Hands Empty Bottle.
15 The Incredible Heavies + Johnny Roger Reggie's Music Joint.
15 Jason & The Haymakers + Matt Poss Band Abbey Pub.
15, 16 Gladys Knight + D.L. Hughley Country Club Hills Theater.
15 UPDATED Richard Lloyd + Grand Strand Double Door.
15 Sonu Nigam Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
15 The Old Ceremony Schubas.
15 Cathy Richardson Band FitzGerald's.
15 Pat Travers Band + Jamie McLean Band Mayne Stage. 18+
15 Urbanites + State and Madison + Hidden Hospitals + Sun Cellar Beat Kitchen. 17+
15 Walk the Moon + Morning Parade Lincoln Hall. AA
15 Walter Trout House of Blues Back Porch Stage.
15 Dale Watson + Go Long Mule + Donnie Biggins Martyrs'.
15 Walk the Moon Lincoln Hall. AA
15 The Werks Bottom Lounge. 17+
16 A-Trak + Dillon Francis + Kill the Noise Congress Theater. 17+
16 Clayton Anderson Joe's Bar.
16 B96 SummerBash: Flo Rida + The Wanted + Big Time Rush + Dev + Sean Paul Toyota Park.
16 Baby Dee + Azita Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
16 Boom Chick Reggie's Music Joint.
16 Cobalt & The Hired Guns + How Far to Austin + Band Called Catch + Midwest Hype Metro. 18+
16 Jonathan Coulton + John Roderick Double Door.
16 The Dan Band House of Blues. 17+
16 David Dondero + Stolen Bones + Mechanical River The Ace Bar.
16 Friends Schubas. 18+
16 Joseph Hammer Graham Foundation.
16 John Hammond + Wolf Marshall Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
16 NEW Indian + Witch Mountain + Lord Dying + Bible of the Devil Empty Bottle.
16 Koffin Kats Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
16 Angel Meléndez & The 911 Mambo Orchestra Mayne Stage.
16 Mishka + Anuhea Martyrs'.
16 Moonface + La Big Vic Lincoln Hall. AA
16 Mustard Plug + Los Vicios de Papá + The Dropsteppers + Rocksteady Breakfast Cobra Lounge.
16 Lee Rocker + Johnny Murder & The 25 to Life + The Bama Lamas Bottom Lounge.
16 UPDATED Simpleton & Cityfolk + Dane Penn Subterranean.
16 Skrillex The Mid.
16, 17 Spring Awakening Music Festival: Skrillex + Afrojack + Moby (DJ set) + Benny Benassi + Flux Pavilion + Carl Cox + Laidback Luke + Wolfgang Gartner + Diplo + A-Trak + Ferry Corsten + Markus Schulz Soldier Field.
16 Pat Travers Band Viper Alley.
16 ZZ Ward Schubas.
16 Witch Mountain + Lord Dying Empty Bottle.
17 2:54 + Widowspeak Empty Bottle.
17 34 Puñaladas Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
17 Jimmy Cliff Ravinia Pavilion.
17 Cloud Cult + Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps Lincoln Hall. 18+
17 Diplo + Laidback Luke House of Blues. 17+
17 Hallelujah the Hills Beat Kitchen. 17+
17 Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers + Van Ghost Park West. 18+
17 Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers SPACE.
17 Scotty McCreery House of Blues. AA
17 The Mynabirds + Sean Bones Schubas.
17 Pinback Bottom Lounge. 17+
17 Reigning Sound + Rabble Rabble + The Sights Double Door.
17 Chris Winters + Nathan Baker + Shoji Naito Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
18 Ceremony Bottom Lounge. AA
18 Cloud Cult + Judson Claiborne Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
18 The McClymonts + Charlie Worsham Joe's Bar.
18 NEW volcano! Empty Bottle.
19 Theresa Andersson Schubas.
19 LeRoy Bach + Bill MacKay Hideout.
19 NEW Future + Pusha T Metro. 18+
19 Laura Marling + Willy Mason Athenaeum Theatre.
19 Mount Carmel Empty Bottle.
19 Steve Poltz SPACE.
19 Republic Steel + Green Skies Are Blue + Ice Cream Vendors Martyrs'.
20 Julie Marie Byrne + Mines + Johnny Young + T'bone Empty Bottle.
20 Death Grips Bottom Lounge. CANCELED
20, 21 Foster the People + Tokyo Police Club + Kimbra Congress Theater. SOLD OUT
20 Kerosene Stars + Hemmingbirds + Wells-Next-the-Sea Martyrs'.
20 Lil' Brian & The Zydeco Travelers Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
20 Miracle Condition + Les Rhinocéros + Guzzlemug Township.
20 Mogwai Metro. 18+
20 The Romantics + The English Beat House of Blues. 17+
20 Dan Sartain Schubas.
20 Valient Thorr + Holy Grail + Royal Thunder + The Kickass Double Door.
21 NEW The Big Sleep Subterranean. 17+
21 Bongripper + Winters in Osaka + Akkolyte + Machismo Empty Bottle.
21 NEW Carnal Decay + Exhumer + Coprophiliac + Vomit God + Devour the Unborn + Kataplexy + Asphyxiator Stage Bar.
21–24 Chicago Gospel Music Festival: Fred Hammond + Mary Mary + Blind Boys of Alabama + Take 6 Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center and Mandrake Park.
21 Todd Clouser + The Organ Crushers Reggie's Music Joint.
21–24 Freddy Cole Quartet Jazz Showcase.
21 Bootsy Collins Cubby Bear.
21 Japandroids + Cadence Weapon Lincoln Hall.
21 The Life and Times + Pinebender + The Beta Capsule The Burlington.
21 NEW Pure Prairie League The Montrose Room.
21 Jessica Robbins Schubas.
21 NEW Sons of Bill Abbey Pub.
21 Sweet Cobra + Chicago Thrash Ensemble + The Party Downers Bottom Lounge.
21 NEW Verma Hideout.
22 Aerosmith + Cheap Trick United Center.
22 Bass Drum of Death + DZ Deathrays Schubas.
22, 23 Billy Bragg Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
22 Dinosaur Jr. + Innkeepers Subterranean. SOLD OUT
22 Dope Body + Roach Beach + The Hecks Empty Bottle.
22 Ruthie Foster SPACE.
22 Nnenna Freelon Martin Theatre, Ravinia.
22 Anthony Green + The Dear Hunter Bottom Lounge. AA
22 Honey and Buffalo + Jim Becker Hideout.
22 Immortal Technique + Diabolic + Swave Sevah + DJ GI Joe + Nightwalker Metro. 18+
22 The Jacksons Star Plaza Theatre.
22, 23 Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms Green Mill.
22 Keane Vic Theatre. AA
22 UPDATED Lil' Kim + Bone Thugs-N-Harmony The Venue at Horseshoe Casino. CANCELED
22–24 Loretta Lynn Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace.
22, 23 Marillion + Sun Domingo Park West. 18+
22 Mos Scocious + Kava Martyrs'.
22 Motion City Soundtrack + The Henry Clay People + The Front Bottoms Lincoln Hall. AA
22 Mouth of the Architect + Himalayan Ultra Lounge.
22 NEW The People's Temple Beat Kitchen. 17+
22 Eric Roberson The Shrine.
22 Røsenkøpf + Anatomy of Habit + Maledicere + Sun Splitter Cobra Lounge.
22 Runa Roots Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
22 NEW Summer Girlfriends + Orca Team The Burlington.
22 Chris Weaver Band Joe's Bar.
23 Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers Cubby Bear.
23 Collective Soul House of Blues. 17+
23 Del Rey + Bloodiest + Ken Camden Lincoln Hall.
23 Dream Theater + The Crimson ProjeKct Chicago Theatre.
23 Flatfoot 56 + The Arrivals + The Downtown Struts + Nightcap Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
23, 24 Green Music Fest: Dinosaur Jr. + The Raveonettes + Hey Rosetta! + Passafire Damen Ave between North Ave and Schiller St.
23 NEW Ralph "Soul" Jackson + Adam Fitz + Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble Martyrs'.
23 Man Is Man + Natural Information Society + The Glorious Vapors Hideout.
23 Todd Park Mohr SPACE.
23 Passafire Beat Kitchen. 17+
23 The Polish Ambassador + Archnemesis Bottom Lounge. 17+
23 The Raveonettes + Secret Colours Subterranean. 17+
23 The Retar Crew Double Door.
23 Colin Stetson + Frank Rosaly + Sarah Neufeld Schubas.
23, 24 Stranger Danger Festival: Strange Arrangement + Family Groove Company + Dr. Fameus + Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey + Sexfist + Twin Cats + Ultraviolet Hippopotamus + Dopapod + Fareed Haque's Math Games Abbey Pub.
23 Sugarland + Lauren Alaina + Canaan Smith First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
23 Whiskey Myers + Abigail Rose Joe's Bar.
24 Acoustic Alchemy Mayne Stage.
24 A Day in the Country: The Brothers Goforth + Weepin' Willows + Gin Palace Jesters + The Lawrence Peters Outfit + The Bucktown Aces + Tangleweed + The Golden Horse Ranch Band + Cpt. Captain + Poor Elvis + The Northside Southpaws + Jonas Friddle & The Majority + Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble Hideout.
24 Destroyer + Sandro Perri Metro. 18+
24 Booker T. Jones SPACE.
24 Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers Ravinia Pavilion.
24 Wymond Miles Schubas.
24 Scissor Sisters Vic Theatre. 18+
24 Steve Smith & Vital Information Martyrs'.
24 Rebecca Sullivan with Mike Allemana Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
24 Styx + REO Speedwagon + Ted Nugent Charter One Pavilion.
25 Chandeliers + Golden Birthday + Bitchin Bajas Empty Bottle.
25 Hellyeah + Iced Earth House of Blues. 17+
25 Kate Miller-Heidke Schubas.
25 Occidental Brothers Dance Band International + Chico Trujillo Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
25 Esperanza Spalding Ravinia Pavilion.
25 Tremolux Martyrs'.
26 UPDATED Cory Branan + Audra Mae + Briar Rabbit Schubas.
26 Chappo Subterranean.
26 Death + Gorguts + Morta Skuld House of Blues. 17+
26 NEW Distractions + Gelatin Kids + Sam Adams + Wild Oats Empty Bottle.
26 Explosions in the Sky + Zammuto Chicago Theatre.
26 UPDATED Glen Hansard Vic Theatre. SOLD OUT
26 Northern Magnolia + Sarah Holtschlag & The Crosscuts + Northland Ghost Double Door.
26 Tower of Power Viper Alley.
27 UPDATED BabyBrutha + Hot Hot Robot + Brooke Bartlett & The Blue Lines + Erin Barra Double Door.
27 Bearfoot SPACE.
27 Wayne "The Train" Hancock Reggie's Music Joint.
27 Indonesian Performing Arts Chicago Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
27 Sérgio Mendes & Ramsey Lewis Ravinia Pavilion.
27 Parlovr + Hooded Fang + Goose Hut Empty Bottle.
27 River City Extension + The Drowning Men Schubas. 18+
27 NEW Strictly Jug Nuts + The Roe Family Singers Martyrs'.
27 Wednesday 13 + Biters Reggie's Rock Club. AA
27 NEW Young Man Lincoln Hall.
28 Mickey Avalon + Millionaires + Ajax Bottom Lounge. 17+
28 Barb Wire Dolls + Juicehead + Sleeze Reggie's Rock Club.
28 Brendan Benson + Young Hines + The Howling Brothers Lincoln Hall. 18+
28 Kix Brooks + Marla Morris Joe's Bar.
28 Glen Campbell + Ronnie Milsap Ravinia Pavilion.
28 Cash'd Out Martyrs'.
28 eighth blackbird Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
28, 29 Fruit Bats + Yellowbirds Schubas. 18+
28 Les Nubians + Aniba Hotep & The Sol Collective The Shrine.
28 Cameron McGill + Rachele Eve + The Calumet Reel Hideout.
28, 29 Ministry + Blackburner Vic Theatre. 18+
28 Soul Rebels Brass Band SPACE.
29 NEW American English SPACE.
29 NEW Buffalo Killers The Ace Bar.
29 Colbie Caillat + Gavin DeGraw + Andy Grammer Ravinia Pavilion.
29 Cancer Bats Cobra Lounge.
29–Jul 1 Craft Beer Festival: Pat McGee Band St. Michael in Old Town.
29 UPDATED The Detroit Cobras + The Bama Lamas + Party Bat Empty Bottle.
29 Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Mayne Stage. 18+
29 Mateo y Los Bachateros Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
29 Coco Montoya Viper Alley.
29 John Németh Rosa's Lounge.
29 Jack Oblivian Township.
29 Ozomatli + Nortec Collective + Making Movies Congress Theater.
29 UPDATED Jon Pardi + Ann Marie Joe's Bar.
29 Pelican Lincoln Hall. 18+
29 Joe Purdy + The Giving Tree Band Double Door.
29 Roommate + Magical Beautiful + Still Flyin' The Burlington.
29 Scorpions + Tesla Charter One Pavilion.
29 Ryan Shaw Martyrs'.
29, 30 Matt Ulery Green Mill.
29 Yellow Dubmarine Cubby Bear.
30 Phil Angotti + Steve Dawson SPACE.
30 Black Cobra + Gaza + Earthen Grave Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
30 Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
30 Champions + Power Power Tigerpaw + Fall Classic Martyrs'.
30 Country Throwdown Tour: Gary Allan + Rodney Atkins + Josh Thompson + Sunny Sweeney + Eric Paslay + Florida Georgia Line Toyota Park.
30 Dame-Nation IV: Analog Digital Disorder + Last Red Ransom + Deadmanswake + Persistence of Memory + Schoolcraft + Burning Eve + 4WITHOUT + Virulence Factor Abbey Pub.
30 UPDATED The Forecast + The Lighthouse and the Whaler Beat Kitchen. AA
30 David Gray House of Blues.
30 UPDATED The Hives + Fidlar + Flesh Lights Vic Theatre. 18+
30 Iļģi Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
30 Michael McDermott Lincoln Hall.
30 Sarah McLachlan with Orchestra Ravinia Pavilion.
30 N'digo Gala: Aretha Franklin + The Impressions Arie Crown Theater.
30 Owen + The Rutabega Schubas. AA
30, Jul 1 Phish Alpine Valley Music Theatre.
30 UPDATED The Pines + The Canoes Schubas.
30 Sybris + Bully in the Hallway The Burlington.
30 The Vignettes + William Stull Crown Tap Room.
30, Jul 1 Wavefront Music Festival: Boys Noize + Erick Morillo + Duck Sauce + Sasha + Steve Lawler + Matthew Dear + Nic Fanciulli + James Murphy + John Dahlbäck Montrose Beach.
30 Woody Guthrie 100th Birthday Celebration with Nora Guthrie, Bucky Halker, Sons of the Never Wrong, Mark Dvorak, The Young Stracke All-Stars Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
1 UPDATED Codeine + Brokeback Lincoln Hall. AA
1 Kinky Friedman SPACE.
1 Greg Ginn Red Line Tap.
1 Jake Shimabukuro + A Far Cry Ravinia Pavilion.
1 Darden Smith Schubas.
1 The Sometimes Family + Lindsay Weinberg Double Door.
2 Joan of Arc + Daniel Knox Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
2 Ziggy Marley Cubby Bear.
3 Dead Prez + Illuminati Congo + Gizzae The Shrine.
3 The Rocket Summer + The Scene Aesthetic + States Bottom Lounge. AA
3 UPDATED Victor Wooten + Spare Parts Viper Alley.
4 NEW The Coop Lincoln Hall. 18+
4–8 NEW International Festival of Life: Third World + Tarrus Riley + Rita Marley + Freddie McGregor + Marcia Griffiths + Gyptian + Judy Mowatt + I-Octane + Tony Rebel + Queen Ifrica + Enchantment + Dean Fraser + Ken Boothe + Richie Stephens + Mutabaruka + Public Announcement + Nkulee Dube + Calypso Rose + D'Angel + Mojo Herb + Kenny Rox + Eric Donaldson + Garif + J.Cee Washington Park.
5 Aesthetic Perfection Reggie's Rock Club. AA
5 Conveyor Schubas. 18+
5 NEW Alberta Cross + Everest + Aaron Lee Tasjan Lincoln Hall. 18+
5 Iron Maiden + Alice Cooper First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
5 Los Enanitos Verdes House of Blues. 17+
5 NEW The Lowbrow Reader Variety Hour: Ezra Furman + Daniel Knox + Michael Sanchez Hideout.
5 A Winged Victory for the Sullen & ACME Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
6 The B-52s + Squeeze Charter One Pavilion.
6 UPDATED The Black Lips + K-Holes + Circles Empty Bottle.
6 UPDATED Danielson Schubas. CANCELED
6, 7 Dave Matthews Band + Brandi Carlile Alpine Valley Music Theatre.
6 Neil Diamond United Center.
6 NEW District 97 Martyrs'.
6 El-P + Killer Mike + Despot + Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Bottom Lounge. 17+
6 The Electric Boogaloo + The New Fuse + Brothers Rage + Taggart Transcontinental Double Door.
6 Fountains of Wayne SPACE.
6 Heart The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
6 Novalima Mayne Stage.
6 NEW Rittz + League of Extraordinary G'z + Scheme + Chandler London Subterranean. 18+
6 Tycho Lincoln Hall.
7 American Idol Live! Allstate Arena.
7 Arieb Azhar Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
7 The Bright White + Rockit Girl + The Jetbirds Double Door.
7 NEW CAVE + Paperhead + D. Watusi The Burlington.
7 Dark Star Orchestra Park West. 18+
7 Heartsfield SPACE.
7, 8 Lincoln Park Arts & Music Festival: Sister Hazel + Nikka Costa Racine Ave between Fullerton and Webster Aves.
7 Nicolay + The Hot at Nights Reggie's Music Joint.
7 Slick Idiot + Mona Mur & En Esch + Promonium Jesters + Dead on TV Cobra Lounge.
7 The Sadies Schubas.
7 Tenacious D + Urge Overkill + The Sights Aragon. AA
7 Vans Warped Tour: All Time Low + Anti-Flag + Bayside + Blessthefall + Breathe Carolina + Every Time I Die + I Fight Dragons + Mayday Parade + New Found Glory + Pierce the Veil + Senses Fail + Stepdad + Streetlight Manifesto + Taking Back Sunday + We Are the In Crowd + Yellowcard + You Me at Six First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
7 UPDATED Wheeler Brothers + Thomas Pace Martyrs'.
7 The Young + Judson Claiborne Hideout.
8 Dick Dale SPACE.
8 Jukebox the Ghost + Savoir Adore Lincoln Hall. AA
8 Idina Menzel with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia Pavilion.
8 Ringo Starr The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
8 Wilco + Andrew Bird + The Congregation Fifth Third Bank Ballpark.
8 Young Magic + Quilt Schubas. 18+
9 Barenaked Ladies + Blues Traveler + Big Head Todd & The Monsters + Cracker Charter One Pavilion.
9 Black Breath + Burning Love + Acephalix + Enabler Empty Bottle.
9 Blitzen Trapper Lincoln Hall.
9 Mornin' Old Sport + Actor Slash Model + Sanctified Grumblers + Shiloh Double Door.
9 NEW Josh Rosen + Cole DeGenova + Pat Lyons Martyrs'.
9 The Sadies + James Vincent McMorrow Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
9 Santana Ravinia Pavilion.
9 NEW The Shams Band + Shovels & Rope + Jeremy David Miller Schubas.
10 Fiona Apple Chicago Theatre.
10 Eisley Schubas. 18+
10 NEW Howard Jones Mayne Stage.
10 James Vincent McMorrow SPACE.
10 Natalie Merchant with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra Ravinia Pavilion.
10 NEW Outliers, Vol. 1: Iceland featuring Deru with Scenic, Shigeto, Sweatson Klank and Loscil Lincoln Hall. 18+
10 NEW Reel Big Fish + Big D and the Kids Table + Suburban Legends + The Maxies House of Blues. 17+
11 The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi + The Sacred Hearts Ravinia Pavilion.
11 Johnny Clegg Lincoln Hall.
11 Marc Cohn SPACE.
11 NEW Delta Rae Schubas. 18+
11 The Honeydogs Township.
11 Edwin McCain Viper Alley.
11 Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou Mayne Stage.
11 Taste of Chicago: Jennifer Hudson Grant Park, Petrillo Music Shell.
11 Msafiri Zawose + Sardina de Naiguatá Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
12 NEW Cockney Rejects Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
12 Beat Connection + White Arrows Schubas. 18+
12 Judy Collins SPACE.
12 NEW Delicate Steve Subterranean. 17+
12 UPDATED EMEFE + The Opposition Party Reggie's Music Joint.
12 NEW Library Voices Empty Bottle.
12–14 Barry Manilow Chicago Theatre. Rescheduled from Feb 2–4.
12 Ode + Genome + Kick the Record + Origin of Animal Double Door.
12 NEW Owl City Bottom Lounge. AA
12 Sublime with Rome + Cypress Hill + Pepper Charter One Pavilion.
12 Taste of Chicago: Death Cab for Cutie Grant Park, Petrillo Music Shell.
12 Third Coast Percussion Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
12–15 Steve Turre Quartet Jazz Showcase.
13–15 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Vampire Weekend + Feist + Godspeed You! Black Emperor + Wild Flag + Hot Chip + Sleigh Bells + Beach House + Chavez + Dirty Projectors + Flying Lotus + Danny Brown + A$AP Rocky + Atlas Sound + Cults + Big K.R.I.T. + The Olivia Tremor Control + Real Estate + The Men + Schoolboy Q + AraabMuzik + The Field + Liturgy + Kendrick Lamar + Grimes + Cloud Nothings + Nicolas Jaar + Thee Oh Sees + Lower Dens + Willis Earl Beal Union Park.
13 Big Sam's Funky Nation Mayne Stage. 18+
13 Otis Clay + The Revelations featuring Tre Williams SPACE.
13 NEW Keyshia Cole The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
13–15 Irish American Heritage Festival: The Tossers + Young Dubliners + The Dublin City Ramblers + The Kreellers + The Mickey Finns + Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones + The Sandcarvers + The Larkin & Moran Brothers + The Great Whiskey Broject + Dooley Brothers + Kennedy's Kitchen + Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers + Paddy Homan Irish American Heritage Center.
13 Loopfest: Lynyrd Skynyrd + Paul Rodgers + Loverboy Toyota Park.
13 Maiden Chicago + Balls to the Wall Abbey Pub.
13 UPDATED Kip Moore + Greg Bates Joe's Bar.
13 John Parr + Sam Llanas Viper Alley.
13 Unknown Hinson + Creepy Band + Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band + Krank Daddies Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
13–15 Windy City Ribfest: Smash Mouth + Here Come the Mummies Lawrence Ave at Broadway.
14 Dawnbringer + The Skull + Bible of the Devil + Oblong Box + Borrowed Time Reggie's Rock Club.
14 Father John Misty Schubas.
14 Fischer's Flicker + Space Was Cool + Brouhaha Abbey Pub.
14 Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks SPACE.
14 Maze featuring Frankie Beverly + Patti LaBelle + The O'Jays + Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds + Tank Charter One Pavilion.
14 mewithoutYou + Buried Beds Bottom Lounge. 17+
14 NEW Papa Grows Funk + Davis Rogan + Alex McMurray Martyrs'.
14 Paul Sanchez with Davis Rogan & Alex McMurray Martyrs'.
14 Taste of Chicago: Chaka Khan + Raphael Saadiq Grant Park, Petrillo Music Shell.
15 Callaghan SPACE. Moved from Jul 22.
15 Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa Star Plaza Theatre.
15 The Ragbirds + Chicago Farmer SPACE.
15 Taste of Chicago: Dierks Bentley + Lindi Ortega Grant Park, Petrillo Music Shell.
16 Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires + Abigail Washburn Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
16 Iceage + Milk Music + Skrap Yard + Ooze Subterranean. AA
16 Nicki Minaj Chicago Theatre.
16 NEW The Shams Band + The Congregation + Elephant Gun Schubas.
17 Furthur Charter One Pavilion.
17 Diana Krall + Denzal Sinclaire Ravinia Pavilion.
17 NEW George Watsky + Dumbfoundead + Breezy Lovejoy Reggie's Rock Club. AA
18 Birds of Chicago + Matt the Electrician SPACE.
18 NEW Aaron Lewis Joe's Bar.
18 NEW Spoek Mathambo Lincoln Hall.
18 Tedeschi Trucks Band Ravinia Pavilion.
18 NEW These United States Schubas.
19 Antony & The Tramps Schubas. 18+
19 Edie Carey + Robbie Hecht SPACE.
19 Def Leppard + Poison + Lita Ford Allstate Arena.
19 Liars Metro. 18+
20 Trace Adkins Rialto Square Theatre.
20 NEW Agalloch Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
20 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet SPACE.
20 BoDeans Ravinia Pavilion.
20 UPDATED Disappears + Radar Eyes + Population Empty Bottle.
20, 21 Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL Wold Tour by Cirque du Soleil United Center.
20 Dustin Lynch + Russell Dickerson Joe's Bar.
20 O.A.R. + Rebelution Charter One Pavilion.
20–22 NEW Square Roots: Sidi Touré + Waco Brothers + Ezra Furman + Ron Trent + Canasta + M.A.K.U Sound System + Mrigya + Taj Weekes & Adowa + Paseo Jarocho + Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp Lincoln Square.
20 Xoe Wise + Little Light Schubas. 18+
21 10 Years + Fair to Midland Bottom Lounge. AA
21 UPDATED Akasha + Drop Steady + Green Room Rockers + On Your Marx Martyrs'.
21 The Bourné Family Auditorium Theatre.
21 Wade Bowen Joe's Bar.
21 Marina & The Diamonds + Ms Mr Park West. AA
21 Municipal Waste + 3 Inches of Blood + Black Tusk + Weekend Nachos Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
21 NOMO Empty Bottle.
21 Panteón Rococó + El Gran Silencio + Los Vicios de Papá + Nahuales Underground Congress Theater. AA
21, 22 Roscoe Village Burger Fest: Rusted Root + Van Ghost + Andrew Belle + The Freddy Jones Band Belmont Ave at Damen Ave.
21 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2012: Slipknot + Slayer + Motörhead + Anthrax + As I Lay Dying + The Devil Wears Prada + Asking Alexandria + Whitechapel + High on Fire First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
21 NEW Saint Motel Schubas. 18+
21, 22 Sheffield Garden Walk & Festival: Gomez + Cowboy Mouth + The Congregation Webster St and Sheffield Ave.
21 Jimmy Webb SPACE.
22 John Gorka SPACE.
22 Seal + Macy Gray Ravinia Pavilion.
23 Micky & The Motorcars + Mike McClure Band Joe's Bar.
23 Neulore + The Canvas Waiting Martyrs'.
23 NEW The Shams Band + Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes + Young Jesus Schubas.
23 Ana Tijoux + Sidi Touré Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
24 The Baby Magic + The Cell Phones + The Particulars Double Door.
24 NEW The Dangerous Summer + New Empire + From Indian Lakes Beat Kitchen. 17+
24 Los Perros Cubanos SPACE.
25 Erwin Helfer's Chicago Boogie Ensemble + Ann Rabson SPACE.
25 Mickey Hart Band House of Blues. 17+
26 Jay Brannan Lincoln Hall. 18+
26 NEW Elzhi + Show You Suck + TheWHOevers Subterranean.
26 Rick Estrin & The Nightcats SPACE.
26 Erwin Helfer Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
26 Pitbull + DJ Havana Brown Charter One Pavilion.
26 Refused + OFF! Congress Theater. AA
26–29 Claudio Roditi Jazz Showcase.
27 Best Coast + Those Darlins Vic Theatre. AA
27 Blues Control + Chandeliers Hideout.
27 James Carter Organ Trio SPACE.
27 Cinderella + Sebastian Bach Congress Theater. 17+
27 Cursive Subterranean. 17+
27 Dot Dot Dot Mayne Stage. 18+
27, 28 El Monstero: A Tribute to Pink Floyd House of Blues. 17+
27 NEW Gold Panda Bottom Lounge. 17+
27 Hillbilly Idle + Drench + Auto Pilot Double Door.
27 Randy Houser + Rick Monroe Joe's Bar.
27, 28 James Taylor Ravinia Pavilion.
27 UPDATED The Wallflowers Schubas. SOLD OUT
27 NEW Weezer The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
27 Wiz Khalifa + Mac Miller + Kendrick Lamar + Schoolboy Q + Chevy Woods + Chiddy Bang First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
28 Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz + Edison + Dark Time Sunshine Metro. 18+
28 The Budos Band Subterranean. 17+
28 NEW Chicago + Doobie Brothers Charter One Pavilion.
28 Linda Eder Viper Alley. Two shows.
28 NEW Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons Double Door.
28 The Meatmen Cobra Lounge.
28 Metal Mergence 6: True Witness + A.D.D. + First Jason + Panzer Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
28 NEW Mindless Behavior + Jacob Latimore + Lil Twist Arie Crown Theater.
28 Whitey Morgan & The 78's Joe's Bar.
28 NEW Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan + Reginald R. Robinson SPACE.
28 Rascal Flatts + Little Big Town + Eli Young Band + Edens Edge First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
28, 29 Taste of Lincoln Avenue: Anberlin + Michael Allman + Blue October Lincoln Ave between Fullerton and Wrightwood Aves.
28, 29 NEW Wicker Park Fest: Cursive + The Drums + The Baseball Project + The Budos Band + Lucero + Joe Pug Milwaukee Ave between North Ave and Wood St.
29 The Bouncing Souls + The Menzingers + Luther Metro. AA
29 Henry Johnson Quartet Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
29 NEW Eleni Mandell The Ace Bar.
29 Stooges Brass Band SPACE.
30 NEW The Shams Band + Archie Powell & The Exports Schubas. 18+
30 SMOD + M.A.K.U. SoundSystem Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
31, Aug 1 The Zombies Viper Alley. Aug 1 at Mayne Stage.
1 Carbon Leaf SPACE.
1 NEW Merle Haggard Congress Theater.
1 Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
1 Slim Cessna's Auto Club + The Blind Staggers Beat Kitchen. 17+
2 Boston The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
2 Makaya McCraven’s Global Unit Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
2 Shonen Knife Empty Bottle.
2 Mindy Smith Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
2–5 Cedar Walton Trio Jazz Showcase.
3 Crosby, Stills & Nash Ravinia Pavilion.
3 Everclear + Sugar Ray + Gin Blossoms + Lit + Marcy Playground Allstate Arena.
3 Enrique Iglesias + Jennifer Lopez + Wisin & Yandel United Center.
3, 4 Il Divo Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
3 Robert Earl Keen Joe's Bar.
3–5 Lollapalooza: Red Hot Chili Peppers + The Black Keys + Black Sabbath + Jack White + Florence & The Machine + At the Drive-In + Bassnectar + Avicii + The Shins + Justice + Passion Pit + Sigur Rós + The Weeknd + Kaskade + M83 + Miike Snow + The Afghan Whigs + Bloc Party + Calvin Harris + Franz Ferdinand + Frank Ocean + J. Cole + Nero + Childish Gambino + Delta Spirit + Santigold + Metric Grant Park.
3 Chuck Prophet SPACE.
3 NEW Lucy Woodward Mayne Stage.
4 Big Time Rush + Cody Simpson First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
4 Chicago Women in the Blues SPACE.
4 Robbie Fulks Bluegrass Band Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
4 UPDATED Gloriana + Tyler Hilton + Natalie Stovall Joe's Bar.
4 Happy Together Tour 2012: The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie + Micky Dolenz + Gary Puckett & The Union Gap + The Grass Roots + The Buckinghams Genesee Theatre.
4 Demi Lovato Ravinia Pavilion.
5 Davina & The Vagabonds SPACE.
5 Havana Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
5 Yemen Blues Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
6 Todd Kessler & The New Folk Schubas.
6 NEW Scream It Like You Mean It + The Acacia Strain + Oceano + Impending Doom + Like Moths to Flames + For All Those Sleeping + Volumes + Hands Like Houses + Close to Home Bottom Lounge. AA
7, 8 Coldplay + Marina & The Diamonds + Emeli Sandé United Center. Aug 8 added.
7 NEW Garbage Metro. 18+
7 Michale Graves Cobra Lounge.
7 NEW Matisyahu + The Dirty Hands Congress Theater.
7 Yes + Procul Harum Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
8 NEW Nathen Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang Schubas.
8 Rufus Wainwright + Adam Cohen Bank of America Theatre.
9–12 Charles McPherson Jazz Showcase.
9 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Viper Alley.
9 NEW Toadies + Helmet + Ume House of Blues. 17+
9 Turchi Stage Bar.
10 NEW Cousin Dud + On Again Off Again + The Bonesetters Schubas. 18+
10 Eskmo Bottom Lounge. 17+
10 Huey Lewis & The News + Joe Cocker Ravinia Pavilion.
10 Taj Mahal Trio Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
10 Traveling Baile de Bomba featuring Jorge Emmanuelli Náter Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
11 56 Hope Road Abbey Pub.
11 NEW Krista Detor SPACE.
11 Jodee Lewis Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
11, 12 Northalsted Market Days: Jennifer Holliday + Jessica Sutta + Levi Kreis Halsted St between Belmont Ave and Addison St.
11 Curtis Salgado SPACE.
11, 12 Train + Mat Kearney Ravinia Pavilion.
12 Charlene Kaye + Jay Stolar Beat Kitchen. AA
12 Dennis Luxion & Michael Raynor Quartet Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
12 George Thorogood & The Destroyers + Tom Hambridge House of Blues. 17+
13 Birthmark Empty Bottle.
15 NEW The Handcuffs + The Wanton Looks + Swimsuit Addition + Summer Girlfriends + Pillow Talk Double Door.
15 The Henry Girls Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall.
15 Tim O'Brien SPACE.
15 System of a Down + Deftones Allstate Arena.
16 7 Walkers Lincoln Hall. 18+
16 Cannibal Corpse + Between the Buried and Me + The Faceless + Periphery + Veil of Maya + Job for a Cowboy + Goatwhore + Exhumed + Cerebral Bore House of Blues. AA
16–19 Heath Brothers Jazz Showcase.
16 Matt Ulery’s Loom Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
17 311 + Slightly Stoopid + The Aggrolites Charter One Pavilion.
17 Claire Lynch Band SPACE.
17 Patt & Possum Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
17 NEW Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights Schubas.
18 Jason Aldean + Luke Bryan + Rachel Farley First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
18 Tony Bennett Ravinia Pavilion.
18 The Brian Jonestown Masscare + Magic Castles Metro. 18+
18 Marshall Crenshaw SPACE.
18 Netherfriends + The Loneliest Monk Schubas.
19 Neal Alger's Blue Note Quartet Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
19 Marc Anthony + Chayanne + Marco Antonio Solis Allstate Arena.
19 Arlo Guthrie + Mary Chapin Carpenter Ravinia Pavilion.
21 Dead Can Dance Millennium Park.
21 NEW Dethklok + Lamb of God + Gojira Congress Theater. AA
22 The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue Ravinia Pavilion.
22 Il Volo Chicago Theatre.
22 My Morning Jacket + Band of Horses Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
23 Roger Hodgson Ravinia Pavilion.
23 NEW Lovehammers + Viceroy Beat Kitchen. 17+
23 Frank Rosaly's ¡Todos de Pie! Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
23–27 Ira Sullivan Jazz Showcase.
23 Jesse Colin Young SPACE.
24 Linkin Park + Incubus First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
24 Lyle Lovett Ravinia Pavilion.
24 Meat Loaf The Venue at Horseshoe Casino.
24 Maria Muldaur SPACE.
25 Anita Baker Ravinia Pavilion.
25 UPDATED Dear Landlord + The Murderburgers Subterranean. AA
25 NEW FLASHCLASH Abbey Pub.
25 Gipsy Kings Star Plaza Theatre.
25 Seth Glier SPACE.
25 Tammy McCann Auditorium Theatre.
25 Reginald R. Robinson Bennett-Gordon Hall, Ravinia.
25, 26 UPDATED Shiner Bottom Lounge. Aug 26 added. 17+
26 John Luther Adams's Inuksuit Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
26 Josh Berman & His Gang Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall.
26 John Hiatt & The Combo + Steve Earle Ravinia Pavilion.
26 Dan Navarro SPACE.
27 The Farm Joe's Bar.
28 NEW Rebecca Loebe + Anna Vogelzang SPACE.
29 Duran Duran Ravinia Pavilion.
30 Canned Heat SPACE.
30–Sep 2 Chicago Jazz Festival: Roy Haynes & The Fountain of Youth Band + Dianne Reeves + Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center and Grant Park.
30 Dastardly Schubas. 18+
30 Exquisitely for Ella: A Songbook Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald with Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
31 The Fabulous Thunderbirds SPACE.
31 Neal McCoy + Jason & the Haymakers Joe's Bar.
31–Sep 2 North Coast Music Festival: Pretty Lights + Axwell + Atmosphere + Big Boi + Steve Aoki + Excision + The Rapture + Alesso + Modestep + Mord Fustang + Felix da Housecat + YACHT + Dan Deacon + King Khan & The Shrines + Rebirth Brass Band + Van Ghost Union Park.
1 Kelly Clarkson + The Fray + Carolina Liar First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
1 Daryl Hall & John Oates Ravinia Pavilion.
2 UPDATED Toby Keith + Brantley Gilbert + Thomas Rhett First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
6 Turnpike Troubadours Joe's Bar.
7 Zach Deputy Abbey Pub.
7, 8 KISS + Mötley Crüe First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. Sep 8 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre.
7 UPDATED Tony Lucca SPACE. Late show added.
7 Rusted Root + Mr. Blotto + Mike Himebaugh Viper Alley.
7, 8 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Wrigley Field. SOLD OUT
7, 8 Amon Tobin Congress Theater. 17+
14 Great American Taxi Abbey Pub.
14, 15 Guinness Oyster Fest: The Tossers Roscoe St at Damen Ave.
14–16 NEW Riot Fest: Rise Against + Iggy & The Stooges + The Offspring + Elvis Costello + A Day to Rembmer + Coheed and Cambria + Descendents + Gogol Bordello + Dropkick Murphys + NOFX + The Jesus and Mary Chain + The Gaslight Anthem + Alkaline Trio + AWOLNATION + Slapstick + The Promise Ring Humboldt Park and Congress Theater.
15 Buddy Guy + Jonny Lang Chicago Theatre.
15 Roger McGuinn Beverly Arts Center.
15 Jason Mraz + Christina Perri First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
15 Reckless Kelly Joe's Bar.
15 Rush United Center.
15 Susan Werner Auditorium Theatre.
18 Dragonette + The Knocks Metro. 18+
19 NEW Bob Log III + Cheap Time Double Door.
19, 20 Madonna United Center.
20–23 Fred Hersch Trio Jazz Showcase.
22 Frantic Flinstones + Three Blue Teardrops + Gamblers Mark + Nothing to Gain Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
23 Joan Sebastian + Pepe Aguilar + Shaila Dúrcal Allstate Arena.
24 Nightwish + Kamelot Congress Theater. AA
25 Ani DiFranco + Pearl and the Beard Vic Theatre. AA
25 NEW Ben Howard Vic Theatre. AA
27 Ben Harper Cadillac Palace Theatre. SOLD OUT
28 The Avett Brothers Charter One Pavilion.
28 NEW Joe Jackson & The Bigger Band Vic Theatre. 18+
28 NEW Jim Peterik's Lifeforce + Mindi Abair + Steve Oliver + Lisa McClowry with Lake Effect Genesee Theatre.
29 Michael Feinstein with Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra Auditorium Theatre.
29, 30 NEW Hyde Park Jazz Festival: Wycliffe Gordon + Victor Goines + Dee Alexander + Jeff Parker + Tomeka Reid Multiple venues.
2, 3 Dispatch + Good Old War Aragon. AA
4–7 Benny Green Trio Jazz Showcase.
5 Firewater Lincoln Hall.
5 Arturo Sandoval Viper Alley.
7 Rasputina + Faun Fables SPACE.
9 Norah Jones Chicago Theatre.
13 Adam Ant Cubby Bear. Rescheduled from Feb 18. SOLD OUT
18–21 Joey DeFrancesco Trio Jazz Showcase.
20, 21 UPDATED Vicente Fernández + Vicente Fernández Jr. Allstate Arena. Oct 20 added.
21 Celtic Thunder Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
21 The Fresh Beat Band Chicago Theatre.
26 Rick Springfield Joe's Bar.
26 NEW The Tubes Viper Alley.
2 Ian Anderson Chicago Theatre.
2, 3 Straight No Chaser Genesee Theatre. Nov 3 at Rialto Square Theatre.
3 The Fab Faux Vic Theatre.
3 NEW Squarepusher Metro. 18+
6 Joe Bonamassa Star Plaza Theatre.
18 NEW Citizen Cope House of Blues. 17+
23 NEW Leonard Cohen Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
2 Andrea Bocelli Allstate Arena.
5 Mannheim Steamroller Rialto Square Theatre.
8 Johnny Mathis Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
9 Straight No Chaser Chicago Theatre.
13, 14 One Direction First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. Jul 14 added.
