This Week in Great Music: 6/18 - 6/24
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 at Daley Plaza on their lunch breaks to play a bunch of Sousa marches. I am reasonably certain that I'll be there. Time to dust off the clarinet!
Monday, June 18Judson Claiborne, Cloud Cult; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, freeRobbie Fulks, Don Stiernberg; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donationVolcano!, Like Pioneers, Songs for Gods; Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, freeTuesday, June 19Laura Marling, Willy Mason; The Athenaeum Theatre (2936 N Southport). 8 pm, sold outTheresa Andersson, Sister Crystals; Schubas. 8 pm, $12Steve Poltz, Brigitte DeMeyer; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-20The Ragtones, Pearls, Nature Show, Wilshire; Subterranean. 8 pm, $8Wednesday, June 20Simple Machines, Scony Mack, Barefoot Elephants, Sam Vicari; Subterranean. 8 pm, $8Julie Marie Byrne, Mines, Johnny Young, T'Bone; Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $8 or free with RSVPThursday, June 21JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound; Millennium Park, Chicago Gospel Music Festival. 7:30 pm, freeBrendan Losch, Jessica Robbins, Michele McGuire; Schubas. 8 pm, $8Friday, June 22Dinosaur Jr., Innkeepers; Subterranean. 10 pm, sold outSaturday, June 23Santah (1:30 pm), Bailiff (5:30 pm), Hey Rosetta! (6:30 pm), Dinosaur Jr. (8 pm); Green Music Festival (Damen/North). $5 suggested donationThe Raveonettes, Secret Colours; Subterranean. 10 pm, $18Sunday, June 24A Day in the Country, ft. The Brothers Goforth, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Jonas Friddle & the Majority, Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble, others; Hideout. 1 pm, $10Blind Boys of Alabama; Ellis Park (37th & Cottage Grove), Chicago Gospel Music Festival. 5:45, freeBooker T. Jones; SPACE. 8 pm, $28-68