Music
EXPLORE THE SOUNDS AROUND YOU…
Music is my passion, and I am lucky to live in Chicago, where clubs, festivals and free city shows consistently attract and nurture great talent .
steph’s concert calendar:
VENUE LINKS AT THE BOTTOM
Sundays 10pm
Jazz @ Hungry Brain
1/31
Lenny Kravitz, Raphael Saadiq
Chicago Theatre
2/1
Tributosaurus… Stevie Wonder
Martyrs’
1/29
Cass McCombs
Lincoln Hall
2/3
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Old Town School of Folk Music
2/3
CJ Chenier
Fitzgerald’s
2/4
Stanley Jordan
Old Town School of Folk Music
2/4
Dark Star Orchestra
Vic
2/9
Marco Benevento
SPACE
2/10
Megadeth, Motohead
Aragon
2/10
Cowboy Mouth
HOB
2/10
Bonerama
SPACE
2/10
Other Lives
Lincoln Hall
2/14
Heartless Bastards
Lincoln Hall
2/15
Moe.
Riviera
2/16-17
Sharon Van Etten
Lincoln Hall
2/17
Twin Sister, Ava Luna
Empty Bottle
2/17
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe FEAT. ANDERS OSBORNE!
Park West
2/17
Mutemath
HOB
2/17
Lotus, Emancipator, Conspirator
Congress Theater
2/18
Dr. Dog
Vic
2/18-19
North Mississippi Allstars Duo
Old Town School of Folk Music
2/19
Charles Bradley
Metro
2/18
Sage Francis
Bottom Lounge
2/18
Adam Ant
Cubby Bear
2/19
Blind Boys of Alabama
Venue @ Horseshoe Casino
2/21
Zola Jesus
Lincoln Hall
2/23
Shawn Mullins
SPACE
2/24
Bettye LaVette
Old Town School of Folk Music
2/25
Playing For Change
Old Town School of Folk Music
2/25
Peter Frampton
Chicago Theatre
2/26
Tennis
Lincoln Hall
2/27
Bombay Bicycle Club
Subterranean
2/27
Ben Lee
Martyrs’
3/1
Punch Brothers
Park West
3/2
Galactic
Park West
3/3
Reverend Horton Heat
Metro
3/8
Wood Brothers
Old Town School of Folk Music
3/8
The Head & The Heart
Vic
3/8
John OATES!!
Lincoln Hall
3/9
Gomez
Vic
3/9
Nicholas Payton
Symphony Center
3/9
Hot Tuna
Old Town School of Folk Music
3/10
Julia Nunes
Subterranean
3/10
Jake Shimabukuro, Helen Money
Old Town School of Folk Music
3/11
Soweto Gospel Choir
Symphony Center
3/16-17
Levon Helm (Blue Jean Gala)
Old Town School of Folk Music
3/17
G. Love & Special Sauce
Metro
3/19
Black Keys
United Center
3/21
Kinobe & The African Sensation (FREE)
Old Town School of Folk Music
3/23
B.B. King
HOB
3/24
Rebeution
Congress Theater
3/26-27
Magnetic Fields
Vic
3/27-28
Ian McCulloch
Schubas
3/28
Of Montreal, Lonely Dear
Metro
3/29
Bowerbirds
Lincoln Hall
3/30
Childish Gambino
Rivera
3/31
Ben Kweller
Lincoln Hall
4/1
Noah Gallagher
Riviera
4/2
Nada Surf
Metro
4/2
Kasabian
Vic
4/5
Wild Flag
Metro
4/5
Reptar
Schubas
4/6
Neon Indian
Metro
4/7
Lucero, William Elliott Whitmore
Metro
4/13
Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman
Symphony Center
4/14
Abigail Washburn
Old Town School of Folk Music
4/14
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion
Symphony Center
4/18
Pink Martini
Symphony Center
4/19
Vieux Farka Toure Quartet, Idan Raichel
Old Town School of Folk Music
4/19
Kaiser Chiefs
HOB
4/20
Paco de Lucia
Symphony Center
4/20
Sara Watkins
Old Town School of Folk Music
4/21 (7 & 10pm)
Loudon Wainwright III
Old Town School of Folk Music
4/21 (7 & 10 pm)
Mason Jennings
SPACE
4/21
Ami Saraiya & The Outcome
Old Town School of Folk Music
5/3
The Bad Plus
Old Town School of Folk Music
5/4
M83
Vic
5/4
Rammstein
Allstate Arena
5/11
Ditty Bops
Old Town School of Folk Music
5/12
Andrew Bird
Auditorium Theatre
5/13
Chris Botti
Rosemont Theater
5/17
Glen Phillips
Old Town School of Folk Music
5/20
Diamonds in our own backyard feat Sharon Lewis and Texas Fire
Old Town School of Folk Music
6/8
Roger Waters THE WALL
Wrigley Field
6/20
Foster The People
Congress Theater
6/22-23
Marillion
Park West
6/28-29
Ministry
Vic
8/7-8
Coldplay
United Center
LINKS:
allstate arena
beat kitchen
chicago theatre
double door
empty bottle (logan square auditorium, beauty bar)
SPACE
fitzgerald’s
hob
jam usa (vic theatre, riviera, park west)
live nation (charter one/northerly island)
lincoln hall
martyrs’
metro
old town school of folk music
pabst theater (the riverside – milwaukee)
ravinia
rosa’s lounge
reggie’s live
schubas
subterranean
symphony center
big ears festival
bonnaroo
lollapalooza
moogfest
NOLA jazz & heritage festival
outside lands
pitchfork
umbrella music festival
