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By Sarah on July 9, 2012
There are a lot of great music-things going on in Chicago this week! Â In addition to street festivals and the Taste of Chicago, we’ve also got Pitchfork rolling through, which should keep people busy for a while. I’ll be absconding off to Louisville, Kentucky, for the Forecastle Festival, so I’ll miss out on all of […]
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By Sarah on June 18, 2012
In addition to all of the below shows going on this weekend, Make Music Chicago takes place all day on Thursday, involving over 700 musicians at 75 sites across the city. More detailed information can be found on their website, but I am mostly excited about SOUSAPALOOZA on Thusday, where dedicated music nerds will gather […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged al scorch's country soul ensemble, bailiff, barefoot elephants, blind boys of alabama, booker t. jones, brendan losch, brigitte demeyer, chicago gospel music festival, cloud cult, dinosaur jr, don stiernberg, ellis park, empty bottle, evanston space, green music festival, hey rosetta!, hideout, innkeepers, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica robbins, johnny young, jonas friddle & the majority, judson claiborne, julie marie byrne, laura marling, like pioneers, michele mcguire, millennium park, mines, nature show, pearls, robbie fulks, sam vicari, santah, schubas, scony mack, secret colours, simple machines, sister crystals, songs for gods, steve poltz, subterranean, t'bone, the athenaeum theatre, the brothers goforth, the lawrence peters outfit, the ragtones, the raveonettes, theresa andersson, volcano!, willy mason, wilshire
By Sarah on April 9, 2012
Monday, April 9 Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Cory Branan, Nathaniel Rateliff; Bottom Lounge. 6 pm, $17 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, April 10 Preservation Hall Jazz Band; SPACE. 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm, $26-46 The Dog Patch Ramblers; Hideout. 9 pm, $5 suggested donation Rasputina, Daniel Knox; Double Door. 9 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged air this side of caution, bbu, beat kitchen, big freedia, bobby bare jr., bottom lounge, c.u.b.a., canadian brass, chicago theatre, chuck ragan, cory branan, dan andriano, daniel knox, deserters, double dorr, driftless pony club, empty bottle, evanston space, family of the year, farraday, fun, go long mule, good old war, hemmingbirds, hideout, ingrid michaelson, jeffrey david, lincoln hall, metro, mutts, nathaniel rateliff, pearl and the beard, preservation hall jazz band, rasputina, red tail ring, robbie fulks, rodrigo y gabriela, schubas, secret colours, sharpless, subterranean, the assembly, the belle brigade, the cave singers, the dog patch ramblers, the hoyle brothers, the lawrence peters outfit, the vic, these united states, trampled by turtles, wentz concert hall
By Sarah on June 24, 2011
This weekend’s summer festival pick is Wicker Park’s Green Music Fest. Green Music Fest, Saturday and Sunday The festival in Wicker Park (North and Damen) aims to feature “environmentally-friendly vendors, services and cutting edge music”. They definitely follow through on their pledge to be green, with food vendors being asked to use compostable materials in […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged green music fest, les savy fav, musikanto, secret colours, soft speaker, the life and times, the thermals, yo la tengo
By Sarah on May 30, 2011
Monday, May 30 Justin Townes Earle, Andre Williams and the Goldstars; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Kathleen Keane; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, May 31 Friendly Fires, Wise Blood; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out Wednesday, June 1 Meh. Thursday, June 2 Teddy Thompson, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet; Schubas. 9 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andre williams and the goldstars, bailiff, band called catch, box jellyfish, brett dennen, chamberlin, congress theater, cubby bear wrigleyville, dawes, empty bottle, evanston space, friendly fires, grace potter and the nocturnals, hideout, house of blues, jackpot donnie, jerome holloway, justin townes earle, kathleen keane, kopecky family band, kris delmhorst, las guitarras de espana, lauren frost, led to sea, leo kottke, lincoln hall, luke doucet, making movies, mayne stage, melissa mcclelland, mike mangione and the union, millennium park, old town school of folk music, ozomatli, park west, raphael saadiq, robbie fulks, schubas, secret colours, simplesinger, stolen silver, teddy thompson, thao and mirah, the damn choir, the lakeshore band, the vic, wildlife, wise blood
By Sarah on May 9, 2011
I’m going to see Vandaveer on Wednesday. So should you. You may still even have time to RSVP to the Empty Bottle to get in for free. Monday, May 9 Robbie Fulks, Pussycat Trio; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, May 10 Rammstein; Allstate Arena. 8 pm, $49.50-89.50 The Fiery Furnaces; Schubas. 8 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abbey pub, allstate arena, beat kitchen, buke and gass, canasta, cave, chaperone, chris buehrle band, coyote grace, dastardly, dj demchuck, dj intel, ellis, empty bottle, evanston space, fall down, ferraby lionheart, girlyman, hideout, holly golightly and the broke-offs, ian wilson, jeffrey altergott, jessica lea mayfield, jon drake and the shakes, kevin mileski, kickbush, kid koala, levan d. hawkins, lincoln hall, metro, nathaniel rateliff, nicole reynolds, old town school of folk music, prussia, pussycat trio, rachele eve, rammstein, robbie fulks, save the clocktower, schubas, secret colours, sister speak, soft speaker, the fiery furnaces, the goondas, the kickback, the loyal divide, the singleman affair, the streets on fire, tune-yards, vancaveer