Concert Schedule

Check the Venues page to confirm information listed here and learn about ticket prices, show times, seating charts, etc.  

 

Friday, February 3

Andy Grammar/Ryan Star – Lincoln Hall

Barry Manilow – Chicago Theatre

Carl Craig – The Mid

CJ Chenier – FitzGerald’s

Hush Sound – Bottom Lounge (sold out)

Jambon - SPACE

Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Old Town School of Folk Music (two shows)

Paul Collings Beat/Eric & The Happy Thoughts – Ultra Lounge

Scars On 45 - Schubas

Smith Westerns - Metro

 

Saturday, February 4

Barry Manilow – Chicago Theatre

Bobby Womack/Millie Jackson – The Venue

CJ Chenier – FitzGerald’s

Dark Star Orchestra – The Vic

Hi-Infidelity – Durty Nellie’s

Hush Sound – Bottom Lounge

Voodoo Glow Skulls/Authority Zero – Beat Kitchen

White Mystery - Metro

 

Monday, February 6

Deleted Scenes - Subterranean

First Aid Kit – Lincoln Hall

Jeff Mangum – Athenaeum Theatre

Terrapin Nation – Martyrs’

 

Tuesday, February 7

Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Lincoln Hall

Craig Finn – Empty Bottle

Jeff Mangum – Athenaeum Theatre

Red Wanting Blue - Schubas

 

Wednesday, February 8

Jay Nash – SPACE

Sebastian Bach – Cubby Bear

 

Thursday, February 9

David Hayes and the Project/Gutterbilly Boys/Earthgrazer/Sisero/Boy Alberto – Double Door

O.A.R. – Aragon

 

Friday, February 10

A-Trak – The Mid

Bonerama - SPACE

Cowboy Mouth – House of Blues

Ingram Hill - Schubas

K. Flay - Subterranean

Megadeth/Motorhead – Aragon

Other Lives – Lincoln Hall

V-Nasty – Bottom Lounge

7th Heaven – Durty Nellie’s

 

Saturday, February 11

Cassadee Pope – Beat Kitchen

Darkness - Metro

Down With Webster - Schubas

Isley Brothers – Chicago Theatre

Modern Day Romeos – Durty Nellie’s

Nick Carter – House of Blues

Stockwood – Durty Nellie’s

Trey Songz/Big Sean – Auditorium Theatre

Zoe Keating – SPACE

 

Sunday, February 12

Leon Redbone – FitzGerald’s

Lock Up/Goatwhore – Reggie’s Rock Club

 

Tuesday, February 14

Andrew Belle – SPACE

Cate Le Bon – Schubas

Cody Simpson – House of Blues

Heartless Bastards – Lincoln Hall

 

Wednesday, February 15

Black Belles – Empty Bottle

Die Antwoord – Metro

Maylene & The Sons of Disaster – Beat Kitchen

 

Thursday, February 16

English Dogs/Casualties – Congress Theater

Jon Dee Graham – FitzGerald’s

Lizz Wright – SPACE

Sharon Van Etten – Lincoln Hall

Veronica Falls – Empty Bottle

12th Planet – Bottom Lounge

 

Friday, February 17

Daedelus – The Mid

Drivin’ & Cryin’ - Schubas

Jayhawks – The Vic

Jill Sobule - SPACE

Joe Ely – FitzGerald’s

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe – Park West

Lotus/Conspirator/Emancipator – Congress Theater

Mutemath – House of Blues

Sharon Van Etten – Lincoln Hall

The Spazmatics – Durty Nellie’s

Timeflies – Reggie’s Rock Club

Twin Sister – Empty Bottle

Wolfe Tones – Abbey Pub

 

Saturday, February 18

Adam Ant – Cubby Bear

August Burns Red/Silverstein – House of Blues

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires - Metro

Cut Hands – Empty Bottle

Dr. Dog – The Vic

Flogging Molly - Aragon

Hugh Masekela – Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University

Jealous Sound - Subterranean

Joe Ely – FitzGerald’s

Moe – Riviera Theatre

Rakim/EPMD/MC Lyte/Da Brat – Arie Crown Theater

Rock Candy – Durty Nellie’s

Sage Francis – Bottom Lounge

Soja – Lincoln Hall

Sons of the Never Wrong – SPACE

Think Floyd USA – Park West

 

Sunday, February 19

Blind Boys of Alabama – The Venue

 

Tuesday, February 21

Bronze Radio Return – Beat Kitchen

In Flames – House of Blues

Zola Jesus – Lincoln Hall

 

Wednesday, February 22

Slow Club – Empty Bottle

 

Thursday, February 23

Anvil – Reggie’s Rock Club

Doomtree – Bottom Lounge

Shawn Mullins - SPACE

Young The Giant/Walk The Moon – Riviera Theatre (moved from Metro)

 

Friday, February 24

Bettye Lavette – Old Town School of Folk Music

Elliot Brood - Schubas

Flat Five - SPACE

Jeffrey Foucault - Schubas

Korn – Congress Theater

Life & Times – Empty Bottle

Los Lobos – Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Mord Fustang – House of Blues

O’Brother – Beat Kitchen

Orgy – Bottom Lounge

The Souljazz Orchestra – Double Door

Van Halen – United Center

 

Saturday, February 25

Emilie Autumn – House of Blues

Gulsen – Martyrs’

Livingston Taylor - SPACE

Los Lobos – Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Matthew Good/Emily Greene – Double Door

Papadosio – Double Door

Peter Frampton – Chicago Theatre

Promise Ring – Metro

Queers/Ataris – Reggie’s Rock Club

Sebastian Ingrosso/Porter Robinson – Congress Theater

Sixteen Candles – Durty Nellie’s

 

Sunday, February 26

Allstar Weekend/Hollywood Ending – House of Blues

Del Fuegos - SPACE

 

Monday, February 27

Ben Lee – Martyrs’

Bombay Bicycle Club – Subterranean

 

Tuesday, February 28

Aziatix – Lincoln Hall

Memoryhouse – Schubas

 

Wednesday, February 29

Mona – Subterranean

Polica – Lincoln Hall

 
Thursday, March 1

Commander Cody - SPACE

Glen Matlock, Hugh Cornwall and Clem Burke – Reggie’s Rock Club

Islands – Lincoln Hall

Nic Cowan – Beat Kitchen

Punch Brothers – Park West

 

Friday, March 2

Banner Pilot – Beat Kitchen

Dia Frampton - Subterranean

Galactic – Park West

Malone Brothers – FitzGerald’s

Twilight Sad – Empty Bottle

Zeds Dead – Congress Theater

 

Saturday, March 3

Breathe Owl Breathe - Schubas

Estelle – Double Door

Greenhornes – Empty Bottle

Hate Eternal – Reggie’s Rock Club

Lila Downs – Congress Theater

Rebirth Brass Band – Cubby Bear

Reverend Horton Heat – Metro

Shemekia Copeland - SPACE

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes – House of Blues

Whitehorse - Schubas

 

Sunday, March 4

Fresh Beat Band – Rosemont Theatre (two shows)

 

Monday, March 5

Truckfighters – Ultra Lounge

 

Tuesday, March 6

Korallreven – Lincoln Hall

 
Wednesday, March 7

Corrosion Of Conformity/Torche – Double Door

The Head & The Heart – The Vic

 

Thursday, March 8

Howler - Schubas

Jefferson Starship – Reggie’s Rock Club

John Oates – Lincoln Hall

Katie Herzig - SPACE

Man Overboard – Beat Kitchen

Sleeping With Sirens – Bottom Lounge

The Head & The Heart – The Vic (sold out)

Yellow Ostrich – Empty Bottle

 

Friday, March 9

Alabama Shakes – Lincoln Hall

Black Milk - Subterranean

Company Of Thieves - Metro

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones – FitzGerald’s

Gomez – The Vic

Hot Tuna – Old Town School of Folk Music (two shows)

Lady Antebellum/Darius Rucker – Allstate Arena

Rich Robinson - Schubas

Ryan Montbleau - SPACE

 

Saturday, March 10

Balkan Beat Box - Metro

Buckwheat Zydeco – McAninch Arts Center

Colin Hay – Park West

Deicide/Jungle Rot/Abigail Williams/Lecherous Nocturne – Reggie’s Rock Club

Ema – Lincoln Hall

Honey Island Swamp Band – Martyrs’

Julia Nunes - Subterranean

Julian Velard - Schubas

Kelly Clarkson – The Venue

Rich Aucoin - Schubas

Robert Glasper – Double Door

Teitur - SPACE

 

Sunday, March 11

John Mark McMillan – Lincoln Hall

 
Tuesday, March 13

Anti-Flag – Reggie’s Rock Club

 

Thursday, March 15

Grimes/Born Gold – Empty Bottle

Mindless Self Indulgence – House of Blues

Tab Benoit – FitzGerald’s

 

Friday, March 16

Elevation – Lincoln Hall

Ellis Paul - SPACE

Gaelic Storm – Riviera Theatre

Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble – Old Town School of Folk Music

Orgone - Schubas

 

Saturday, March 17

G. Love & Special Sauce – Metro

Ike Reilly Assassination – Lincoln Hall

Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble – Old Town School of Folk Music

Megan McDonough & Susan O’Halloran – SPACE

Paul Oakenfold – The Mid

Wonder Years – Bottom Lounge

 

Sunday, March 18

Caravan Of Thieves – Schubas

Filisko & Noden - SPACE

 

Monday, March 19

Black Keys – United Center

 

Tuesday, March 20

Saul Williams – Bottom Lounge

 

Wednesday, March 21

A Place To Bury Strangers – Empty Bottle

Narrows – Subterranean

 

Thursday, March 22

Al Di Meola – Reggie’s Music Joint

B.B. King – House of Blues

Mike Doughty – SPACE

Psychic Ills - Hideout

 

Friday, March 23

B.B. King – House of Blues

Chuck Prophet – FitzGerald’s

Delta Spirit – Metro

George Benson – Chicago Theatre

We Were Promised Jet Packs – Bottom Lounge

 

Saturday, March 24

Every Avenue – Bottom Lounge

I Am The Avalanche - Subterranean

Jackopierce - SPACE

Night Beats – Empty Bottle

Ralph Stanley/Seldom Scene/Jim Lauderdale – McAninch Arts Center

Rebelution/The Green/Pep Love – Congress Theater

Saw Doctors – The Vic

Slum Village – Double Door

 

Sunday, March 25

Andrew W.K. - Metro

Boyz II Men – House of Blues

California Guitar Trio – SPACE

Curvise/Cymbals Eat Guitars – Lincoln Hall

Magnetic Fields – The Vic

Peter Case & Paul Collins – Empty Bottle

 

Tuesday, March 27

Black Dahlia Murder – Bottom Lounge

Feedtime – Empty Bottle

Ian McCulloch - Schubas

Oberhofer – Lincoln Hall

Wedding Present – Double Door

Yukon Blonde – Beat Kitchen

 

Wednesday, March 28

Anoushka Shankar – Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University

Fanfario – Lincoln Hall

Ian McCulloch – Schubas

Of Montreal – Metro

Uncle Bonsai - SPACE 

 

Thursday, March 29

Bowerbirds – Lincoln Hall

Housse De Racket – Empty Bottle

Peter & The Test Tube Babies – Reggie’s Rock Club

Pretty Reckless – Bottom Lounge

 

Friday, March 30

Chairlift – Empty Bottle

Childish Gambino – Riviera Theatre

J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Double Door

Lovedrug – Beat Kitchen

Onslaught – Reggie’s Rock Club

William Fitzsimmons – Lincoln Hall

 

Saturday, March 31

Ben Kweller – Lincoln Hall

Katchafire – Double Door

Melissa Ferrick - SPACE

Nadas – Martyrs’

Needtobreathe – Riviera Theatre

 

Sunday, April 1

Alan Holdsworth – Martyrs’

Melissa Ferrick - SPACE

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Riviera Theatre

Seun Kuti – House of Blues

Van Halen – Allstate Arena

 

Monday, April 2

David Choi - Schubas

Kasabian – The Vic

Nada Surf – Metro

 

Tuesday, April 3

Band of Skulls – House of Blues

Lost In The Trees - Schubas

Swervedriver – Bottom Lounge

Ting Tings - Metro

 

Wednesday, April 4

Keep Shelly In Athens – Empty Bottle

Lee Ritenour – Mayne Stage

Lost In The Trees - SPACE

Metronomy – Lincoln Hall

Say Anything – House of Blues

Youth Dead – Congress Theater

 

Thursday, April 5

Hello Seahorse! – Double Door

Reptar - Schubas

Thomas Dolby - Park West

Trevor Hall - SPACE

Turisas/Alestorm – Reggie’s Rock Club

Wild Flag – Metro

 

Friday, April 6

Cloud Nothings – Schubas

English Beat - SPACE

Neon Indian - Metro

 

Saturday, April 7

Arturo Sandoval – Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University

Lucero – Metro

Zeke – Reggie’s Rock Club

 

Sunday, April 8

White Rabbits – Metro

 

Tuesday, April 10

Perfume Genius - Schubas

Rasputina – Double Door

 

Thursday, April 12

Ingrid Michaelson – The Vic

Pure Prairie League - SPACE

Rodrigo Y Gabriela & C.U.B.A. – Chicago Theatre

 
Friday, April 13

Behemoth – Bottom Lounge

Creed – Chicago Theatre

Disappears  - Lincoln Hall

Roberta Flack – The Venue

Trampled By Turtles - Metro

 

Saturday, April 14

Bassnectar – Congress Theater

Creed – Chicago Theatre

Good Old War – Lincoln Hall

 

Sunday, April 15

Darrell Scott - SPACE

The Naked and Famous – The Vic

 

Tuesday, April 17

Joe Firstman & Ernie Halter - SPACE

Portugal. The Man – The Vic

Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar – Empty Bottle

 

Wednesday, April 18

Bear In Heaven – Schubas

Hanni El Khatib – Empty Bottle

 

Thursday, April 19

Kaiser Chiefs – House of Blues

White Denim – Lincoln Hall

 

Friday, April 20

Anais Mitchell - SPACE

Cults - Metro

Excision – Congress Theater

 

Saturday, April 21

Hot Chelle Rae – House of Blues

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives – Dominican University Performing Arts Center

Mason Jennings – SPACE (two shows)

Snow Patrol - Aragon

 

Sunday, April 22

Trans-Siberian Orchestra – The Venue

 

Friday, April 20

Excision – Congress Theater

Jezabels – Lincoln Hall

 

Monday, April 23

Revocation/Cannabis Corpse – Ultra Lounge

 

Tuesday, April 24

Johnny Winter – SPACE

 

Thursday, April 26

Jonathan Edwards – Bottom Lounge

 

Friday, April 27

Band Of Heathens – Martyrs’

Dar Williams – SPACE (two shows)

Green River Ordinance – Beat Kitchen

JD McPherson – Lincoln Hall

 

Saturday, April 28

Ezra Furman – Schubas (two shows)

James Hunter – SPACE

School of Seven Bells – Lincoln Hall

 

Sunday, April 29

Kim Richey - SPACE

Inti-Illmani – Old Town School of Folk Music

 

Tuesday, May 1

Great Lake Swimmers – Lincoln Hall

Kina Grannis – Park West

 

Wednesday, May 2

Priests – Park West

Yanni – Chicago Theatre

 

Thursday, May 3

Yanni – Chicago Theatre

 

Friday, May 4

Boxer Rebellion – Lincoln Hall

Rammstein – Allstate Arena

Yann Tiersen – Metro

M83 – Riviera Theatre (moved from The Vic)

 

Saturday, May 5

Autopsy – Reggie’s Rock Club

Pancho Sanchez with Terrence Blanchard – Old Town School of Folk Music (two shows)

 

Friday, May 11

Eric Church – Sears Centre

St. Vincent – The Vic

Tyrone Wells – Lincoln Hall

 

Saturday, May 12

Andrew Bird – Auditorium Theatre

Go Radio – Bottom Lounge

 

Sunday, May 13

Chris Botti – Rosemont Theater (rescheduled from Oct. 14)

 

Tuesday, May 15

Allo Darlin – Schubas

 

Wednesday, May 16

Damien Jurado - Schubas

Sabaton – Reggie’s Rock Club

 

Friday, May 18

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra – Old Town School of Folk Music

 

Saturday, May 19

Huey Lewis & The News – The Venue

 

Tuesday, May 22

M. Ward – The Vic

 

Thursday, May 24

Adicts – Metro

 

Monday, May 28

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Allstate Arena

 

Wednesday, May 30

Nickelback/Bush – Allstate Arena

 
Saturday, June 2

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Chicago Theatre

 

Monday, June 4

Antisect – Reggie’s Rock Club

 

Friday, June 8

Roger Waters – Wrigley Field

 

Saturday, June 9

Brad Paisley – Wrigley Field

 

Wednesday, June 20

Foster The People – Congress Theater (sold out)

 

Thursday, June 21

Foster The People – Congress Theater

 

Friday, June 22

Anthony Green/Dear Hunter – Bottom Lounge

Marillion – Park West

 

Saturday, June 23

Marillion – Park West

 

Thursday, June 28

Ministry – The Vic

 

Friday, June 29

Ministry – The Vic

 

Friday, July 6

Neil Diamond – United Center

 

Tuesday, August 7

Coldplay – United Center

 

Wednesday, August 8

Coldplay – United Center

 

Saturday, September 22

Frantic Flintstones – Reggie’s Rock Club

 

Saturday, November 3

Fab Faux – The Vic