New

• Maya Azucena Mayne Stage, 6/7, 8 PM.
• Backstreet Boys, Jesse McCartney Charter One Pavilion, 8/2, 7 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires Schubas, 7/11, 9 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• Julianna Barwick Constellation, 9/21, 9:30 PM.
• Big Star's Third: Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, and others the Vic, 6/28, 8 PM, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• Bosnian Rainbows Bottom Lounge, 7/24, 7 PM.
• Boyce Avenue the Vic, 10/11, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• King Britt the Shrine, 6/27, 9 PM.
• Michael Buble United Center, 9/7, 8 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.
• Buckwheat Zydeco SPACE, Evanston, 7/24, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Cedric Burnside Project Reggie's Music Joint, 9/7, 8 PM.
• New Gary Burton Quartet SPACE, Evanston, 10/4, 7 and 9:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• John Butler Trio the Vic, 7/18, 7:30 PM, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• Chop Tops Reggie's Rock Club, 9/10, 6:30 PM, all-ages.
• Billy Cobham SPACE, Evanston, 10/3, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Chick Corea & the Vigil SPACE, Evanston, 8/8, 7 and 9:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• CSS, IO Echo Lincoln Hall, 6/29, 9 PM, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• The Cult House of Blues, 8/27, 8 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.
• Deafheaven Subterranean, 7/6, 9:30 PM, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• Dmitri From Paris the Shrine, 6/13, 9 PM.
• D.O.A. Reggie's Rock Club, 9/7, 8:30 PM.
• Marianne Faithful, Marc Ribot City Winery, 9/22-23, 8 PM, on sale Thu 5/16, 9 AM.
• FIDLAR Subterranean, 10/31, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.
• Forgetters Schubas, 6/22, 3 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• Glossary Schubas, 7/14, 8 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• A Hawk & A Hacksaw Constellation, 7/26, 9:30 PM.
• Hideout Block Party & A.V. Fest Hideout, 9/6-7, 4:30 PM, all-ages.
• Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors Lincoln Hall, 9/27, 9 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• Holy Grail Reggie's Rock Club, 7/12, 7 PM.
• Indigenous SPACE, Evanston, 6/28, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Iron & Wine Chicago Theatre, 9/27, 7:30 PM, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• Glenn Jones Constellation, 7/14, 8:30 PM.
• Gladys Knight & the O'Jays the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 8/16, 8 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.
• Daniel Knox, Josephine Foster Constellation, 6/21, 9:30 PM.
• Laura Marling Athenaeum Theatre, 5/23, 8 PM.
• Mehliana SPACE, Evanston, 10/22, 7 and 9:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Angel Melendez & the 911 Orchestra City Winery, 6/26, 8 PM, on sale Thu 5/16, 9 AM.
• Midnight Red House of Blues, 7/17, 6 PM, all-ages, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM.
• Mother Mother Reggie's Rock Club, 7/10, 7 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• Passafire Reggie's Rock Club, 7/6, 10 PM.
• Pinback, Deathfix Lincoln Hall, 9/3, 8 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, noon.
• John Pizzarelli Quartet SPACE, Evanston, 10/6, 6 and 8:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Poi Dog Pondering, Hot Stove All-Stars Metro, 6/21, 8 PM, on sale Sat 5/18, noon.
• Prism SPACE, Evanston, 10/1, 7 and 9:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Q87.7 Piqniq: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Awolnation, Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups, and others First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 6/29, 12:30 PM.
• Radical Something Reggie's Rock Club, 7/13, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Rascal Flatts First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/17, 7:30 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.
• Martha Redbone City Winery, 8/2, 7 PM, on sale Thu 5/16, 9 AM.
• Timmy Regisford the Shrine, 6/20, 9 PM.
• Said the Whale Bottom Lounge, 7/17, 6:30 PM.
• Martin Sexton City Winery, 5/26, 7 PM.
• Shone Beat Kitchen, 6/19, 8 PM, on sale Thu 5/16, noon.
• Chris Stamey SPACE, Evanston, 6/26, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM.
• Swing Out Sister House of Blues, 7/2, 6:30 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.
• Tortoise Empty Bottle, 7/14, 9 PM.
• Trap Them Cobra Lounge, 8/9, 9 PM.
• Whigs, Deap Vally Subterranean, 6/2, 8 PM, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM.

Updated

• Earth, Wind, and Fire Chicago Theatre, 9/20-21, 8 PM, second show added, on sale Fri 5/17, 11 AM.
• Lonely Island Aragon Ballroom, 7/15, 7:30 PM, all-ages, canceled.

Previously Listed

• Peter Bradley Adams SPACE, Evanston, 7/17, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Adult. Empty Bottle, 6/22, 9:30 PM.
• Alabama Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/30, 8 PM.
• Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Jake Owen Wrigley Field, 7/20, 6:30 PM.
• Alkaline Trio, Bayside, Off With Their Heads Metro, 5/30, 6:30 PM; 5/31, 9 PM, 5/30 is all ages, 5/31 is 18+.
• All Shall Perish Reggie's Rock Club, 8/4, 5:30 PM, all-ages.
• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Park West, 6/2, 7:30 PM.
• AM & Shawn Lee Schubas, 6/21, 10 PM.
• Amadou & Mariam Park West, 6/29, 8 PM.
• American Idol Live Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 7/6, 7:30 PM.
• American Nightmare Metro, 6/6, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Anberlin Subterranean, 7/8, 6 PM, all-ages.
• Ian Anderson Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/22, 8 PM.
• Animal Collective, Dan Deacon Riviera Theatre, 10/17, 7:30 PM.
• Adam Ant Congress Theater, 8/1, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Anti-Flag, Make Do & Mend, Hostage Calm, World's Scariest Police Chases Beat Kitchen, 5/26, 7:30 PM.
• Anti-Flag, Swellers, Hostage Calm, Worship This! Beat Kitchen, 5/27, 7:30 PM.
• Aristrocrats Reggie's Rock Club, 8/14, 7 PM.
• Olafur Arnalds, Sarah Neufeld Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/18, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Joseph Arthur Lincoln Hall, 6/15, 9 PM.
• Badi Assad City Winery, 7/21, 8 PM.
• Atoms for Peace UIC Pavilion, 10/2, 8 PM.
• Austra Lincoln Hall, 8/31, 9 PM.
• Authority Zero, Ballyhoo! Reggie's Rock Club, 6/21, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Bad Company the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 6/28, 8 PM.
• Bad Rabbits Subterranean, 7/18, 9 PM.
• Joan Baez, Indigo Girls Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/9, 7 PM.
• Anita Baker Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/13, 7:30 PM.
• Devendra Banhart Park West, 5/31, 8 PM.
• Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five Charter One Pavilion, 7/9, 7 PM.
• Tim Barry Gingerman Tavern, 8/4, 8 PM.
• Rachel Barton Pine Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/17-18, 6 PM.
• Baths, Houses Metro, 6/7, 9 PM.
• Bear Mountain Schubas, 5/31, 10 PM.
• Beat Club Schubas, 6/30, 8 PM.
• Mosh Ben Ari City Winery, 6/4, 8 PM.
• Tony Bennett Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/22, 8 PM.
• Tab Benoit City Winery, 7/25, 8 PM.
• George Benson, Boney James Chicago Theatre, 6/21, 7:30 PM.
• Bernhoft Schubas, 6/17, 8 PM.
• Dickey Betts & Great Southern City Winery, 8/3-4, 8 PM.
• Beyonce United Center, 7/17, 8 PM.
• Justin Bieber United Center, 7/9, 7 PM.
• Big & Rich, Cowboy Troy Congress Theater, 9/28, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Big Time Rush, Victoria Justice First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/4, 7 PM.
• Birdcloud Empty Bottle, 6/19, 9 PM.
• Elvin Bishop SPACE, Evanston, 8/30, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Black Crowes, Tedeschi Trucks Band Charter One Pavilion, 8/14, 7 PM.
• Black Flag, Good For You Reggie's Rock Club, 6/8, 8 PM; 6/9, 6 PM, 6/8 is 18+, 6/9 is all ages.
• Black Lillies FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/14, 9:30 PM.
• Black Sabbath First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/16, 7:30 PM.
• Bleeding Rainbow, Fat Creeps Empty Bottle, 6/26, 9 PM.
• Blowfly Reggie's Rock Club, 6/6, 8 PM.
• Bodeans Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/20, 7:30 PM.
• Bolt Thrower, Benediction Reggie's Rock Club, 6/1-2, 7 PM.
• Bombino Martyrs', 6/9, 8 PM.
• Bon Jovi Soldier Field, 7/12, 7:30 PM.
• Bow Wow Wow Reggie's Rock Club, 6/27, 8:30 PM.
• Boxer Rebellion Metro, 6/15, 8:30 PM.
• Broken Water, Running, Torture Love Empty Bottle, 5/28, 9 PM.
• The Bronx, FIDLAR Double Door, 6/6, 9 PM.
• Allman Brothers Band Chicago Theatre, 8/20-21, 7:30 PM.
• Jackson Browne Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/26, 7 PM.
• Luke Bryan First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 6/15, 7 PM.
• Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band Charter One Pavilion, 6/29, 8 PM.
• Buika Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/15, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Bustle in Your Hedgerow Bottom Lounge, 6/14, 9 PM.
• David Byrne & St. Vincent Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/6, 7:30 PM.
• Calexico City Winery, 6/2-3, 8 PM, 6/3 show is sold out.
• Cambalache Szold Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 7/26, 8:30 PM, all-ages.
• Canned Heat SPACE, Evanston, 7/20, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Immolation Bottom Lounge, 5/28, 7 PM, Yonkers, New York, might not seem like a natural hotbed for death metal, but it’s produced at least one great band. Immolation came together in …, $25.
• Caravan Palace House of Blues, 7/1, 8 PM.
• Carolina Chocolate Drops, Angela James Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 6/24, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Casey Veggies, Travis Scott Reggie's Rock Club, 5/28, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Tommy Castro & the Painkillers SPACE, Evanston, 6/9, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Cat Empire House of Blues, 7/10, 9 PM.
• Celtic Thunder Chicago Theatre, 10/18, 7:30 PM.
• Chance the Rapper, Sir Michael Rocks Metro, 5/25, 7 PM; 5/26, 7 PM, all-ages, When the last book in the Harry Potter series came out in summer 2007, a friend started habitually pointing out people reading it in public, ….
• Tom Chapin Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/14, 1 PM.
• Cheap Girls, Diamond Youth, All Eyes West Subterranean, 5/26, 8 PM.
• Cheap Trick Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/31, 7:30 PM.
• Cheer-Accident Mayne Stage, 6/22, 8 PM.
• Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine House of Blues, 6/21, 9 PM.
• Chicago Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/24-25, 7 PM.
• Chicago Blues Festival: Shemekia Copeland, Irma Thomas, Otis Clay, James Cotton, and others Grant Park, 6/6-9, free.
• !!!, Sinkane Bottom Lounge, 6/8, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Chosen Few House Music Picnic: Wayne William King, Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Terry Andre Hatchett, and others Jackson Park, 7/6, 6 AM.
• Chvrches Lincoln Hall, 6/10, 8 PM.
• City & Colour Riviera Theatre, 10/30, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• David Allan Coe Reggie's Rock Club, 9/14, 7 PM.
• Cold Cave Empty Bottle, 6/24, 9 PM.
• Cold Waves II: Prong, Cocks Members, Douglas J. McCarthy, and others Metro, 9/27-28, 6 PM.
• Cold World, Tough Luck Cobra Lounge, 6/4, 8 PM.
• Natalie Cole & Ramsey Lewis Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/28, 7 PM.
• Judy Collins & Don McLean Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/6, 7:30 PM.
• Come Empty Bottle, 7/12, 9 PM.
• Harry Connick Jr. Symphony Center, 7/19-20, 7:30 PM.
• Easton Corbin, Chuck Wicks Congress Theater, 10/19, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Counting Crows, Wallflowers Charter One Pavilion, 7/7, 7 PM.
• Darren Criss House of Blues, 6/8, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Dan Croll Schubas, 6/22, 10 PM.
• Mikal Cronin Empty Bottle, 6/11, 9 PM.
• Sheryl Crow Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/19, 7:30 PM.
• Crystal Fighters Lincoln Hall, 6/14, 10 PM.
• Cults Subterranean, 7/26, 10 PM.
• Dada Park West, 10/26, 8 PM.
• Dick Dale SPACE, Evanston, 7/13, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Dandy Warhols, Shivas the Vic, 6/8, 8 PM.
• D'Angelo House of Blues, 8/6-7, 9 PM.
• Dark Star Orchestra Park West, 7/6, 8 PM.
• Daughtry, 3 Doors Down the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 7/25, 8 PM.
• Dawes, Cairo Gang Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/8, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Dan Deacon Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/11, 8 PM, all-ages, free.
• Dead Confederate Lincoln Hall, 5/30, 9 PM.
• Deerhunter Metro, 9/10, 9 PM.
• Delmark Records 60th Anniversary Celebration with Linsey Alexander Blues Band and Willie Buck Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/2, 6:30 PM, all-ages.
• Damien Dempsey Lincoln Hall, 9/4, 8 PM.
• Depeche Mode, Bats for Lashes First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/24, 7:30 PM.
• Desaparecidos Metro, 10/25, 9 PM.
• Dessa, Psalm One Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/29, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Detroit Cobras Double Door, 5/31, 9 PM.
• D.I. Reggie's Rock Club, 6/18, 8 PM.
• Fatoumata Diawara, Alasdair Roberts Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/15, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Die Kreuzen, We Are Hex, Canadian Rifle Double Door, 5/25, 9 PM, Though long overlooked in music-history books, Milwaukee’s Die Kreuzen were a crucial part of the posthardcore puzzle. Formed in 1981, they released their self-titled debut, …, $17.
• Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders, Periphery House of Blues, 8/12, 3:30 PM, all-ages.
• Dirty Projectors Lincoln Hall, 6/13, 7 and 10 PM, early show is all ages.
• Dispatch, Guster Charter One Pavilion, 6/1, 7 PM.
• Do Division: Ariel Pink, Torche, Jeff the Brotherhood, Tilly & the Wall, and others Division between Damen and Leavitt, 5/31-6/2, 1 PM, all-ages, updated lineup.
• Dolly Varden SPACE, Evanston, 6/22, 8 PM, all-ages.
• The Draft Lincoln Hall, 7/27, 9 PM.
• Drivin' 'N' Cryin', Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts Schubas, 5/30, 9 PM.
• Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket Toyota Park, Bridgeview, 7/12, 5:30 PM.
• Eagles United Center, 9/20, 8 PM.
• Eighth Blackbird with Glenn Kotche, Lesley Flanigan Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 8/28, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Electric Daisy Carnival with Above & Beyond, Benny Benassi, David Guetta, Kaskade, Michael Mayer, and others Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, 5/24-26, The Electric Daisy Carnival has its roots in the 90s underground rave scene in southern California, but since the 2008 edition—which by the estimate of ….
• Electric Daisy Carnival: Above & Beyond, Benny Benassi, David Guetta, Kaskade, Michael Mayer, and others Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, 5/24-5/26, Fri-Sun 5 PM-4 AM., Dust off your glow sticks and plastic baby pacifier 'cause we've got ourselves a rave to hit up at the Electric Daisy Carnival, a three-day …, $175 three-day regular admission, $295 three-day regular + camping.
• Eternal Summers Empty Bottle, 6/6, 9 PM.
• Eternals Espiritu Zombie Group Constellation, 7/13, 9:30 PM.
• Melissa Etheridge and friends Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/29, 6:30 PM.
• Everclear, Live, Filter the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 6/22, 8 PM.
• Fab Faux Chicago Theatre, 11/9, 8 PM.
• Face to Face, Teenage Bottle Rocket, Blacklist Royals Bottom Lounge, 6/20, 7 PM.
• Falty DJ, Bill Kouligas Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 6/13, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Mike Felumlee Township, 6/6, 6 PM, all-ages.
• The Field Empty Bottle, 6/5, 9 PM.
• Lee Fields & the Expressions SPACE, Evanston, 7/2, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Lee Fields & the Expressions, Theo Huff & the Platinum Band Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/1, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Joe Firstman SPACE, Evanston, 8/9, 7 and 9:30 PM, all-ages.
• Fitz & the Tantrums Metro, 6/18, 6:30 PM; 6/19, 9 PM, 6/18 is all ages, 6/19 is 18+.
• FitzGerald's Full House Fesitval: Waco Brothers, Churchwood, Yarn, Cannonball FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/8, 9 PM.
• Flat Five SPACE, Evanston, 6/8, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Fleetwood Mac Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 6/14, 8 PM.
• Nils Frahm Chopin Theatre, 6/6, 8 PM.
• Fresh & Onlys Beat Kitchen, 7/6, 10 PM.
• Eleanor Friedberger, Teen Empty Bottle, 6/7, 9:30 PM.
• Front Bottoms Subterranean, 6/27, 8 PM.
• John Fullbright SPACE, Evanston, 6/1, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Richie Furay City Winery, 6/23, 8 PM.
• Future Bible Heroes Lincoln Hall, 7/17, 9 PM.
• Garifuna Collective Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/21, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Kyle Gass Band Double Door, 7/17, 8:30 PM.
• Kepi Ghoulie Township, 7/2, 6 PM, all-ages.
• Andrea Gibson SPACE, Evanston, 9/29, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Gigantour: Megadeth, Black Label Society, Device, and others Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 7/9, 4:20 PM.
• Gipsy Kings Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/11, 7 PM.
• Giraffage Schubas, 6/18, 9 PM.
• Go-Go's, B-52s Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/30, 7 PM.
• Godsmack the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 7/20, 8 PM.
• Selena Gomez Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 11/22, 7 PM.
• Gorod, Kamikabe, Vale of Pnath, Inanimate Existence, Wet the Steel, Epitasis Reggie's Rock Club, 5/27, 6:30 PM.
• Macy Gray City Winery, 5/28, 8 PM; 5/29, 8 PM.
• Green Music Fest: Manchester Orchestra, Joe Pug, Into it. Over it., and others Damen between North and Schiller, 6/22-23, noon.
• Patty Griffin Athenaeum Theatre, 6/12, 7:30 PM.
• Josh Groban Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/10, 7:30 PM.
• Josh Groban United Center, 10/20, 7:30 PM.
• Groundislava Lincoln Hall, 6/1, 9 PM.
• Anthony Hamilton, Keith Sweat Arie Crown Theater, 6/29, 8 PM.
• Wayne "the Train" Hancock SPACE, Evanston, 7/18, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Hands Schubas, 6/8, 10 PM.
• Handsome Family, Azita Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/22, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Glen Hansard Metro, 6/9, 8 PM.
• Glen Hansard Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 6/10, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Hanson House of Blues, 10/13-14, 7 PM.
• Colin Hay Park West, 9/7, 8:30 PM.
• Heart Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/29, 7:30 PM.
• Heartsfield FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/15, 8:30 PM.
• The Heavy Double Door, 6/16, 8 PM.
• Heybale FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/13, 8:30 PM.
• Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson SPACE, Evanston, 8/2, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Anne Hills SPACE, Evanston, 6/30, 2 PM, all-ages.
• Hollywood Undead House of Blues, 7/3, 6 PM, all-ages.
• Holmes Brothers SPACE, Evanston, 6/15, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Patterson Hood & the Downtown Rumblers SPACE, Evanston, 6/11, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Hooded Fang Empty Bottle, 6/9, 9 PM.
• Hush Sound Metro, 6/4, 6 PM, all-ages.
• ICE, Nosaj Thing Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 7/4, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Imaginary Cities Schubas, 6/25, 8 PM.
• Imperial State Electric Reggie's Rock Club, 6/26, 8 PM.
• Inc., Jody Empty Bottle, 6/2, 9 PM.
• Intronaut, Mouth of the Architect Double Door, 6/12, 8:30 PM.
• Gregory Alan Isakov Lincoln Hall, 7/26, 9 PM.
• Jake Bugg Metro, 9/21, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Brendan James SPACE, Evanston, 6/20, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Japandroids, Crocodiles Metro, 6/11, 9 PM.
• Jesse & Joy, La Santa Cecilia House of Blues, 5/29, 8 PM.
• Jewel Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/16, 7 PM.
• Jimmy Eat World the Vic, 8/18, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Jonas Brothers Charter One Pavilion, 7/10, 7 PM.
• Rickie Lee Jones SPACE, Evanston, 5/25, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Journey Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/20-21, 7 PM.
• Juanes Congress Theater, 6/13, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Victoria Justice Akoo Theatre, Rosemont, 7/6, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Kate Boy Schubas, 6/10, 8 PM.
• Toby Keith First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 6/30, 7 PM.
• Stephen Kellogg SPACE, Evanston, 6/2, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Keren Ann City Winery, 7/26, 8 PM.
• Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, B.O.B., Trinidad James First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 7/30, 6 PM.
• Kid Rock, ZZ Top First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/30, 6:45 PM.
• King's X Reggie's Rock Club, 6/30, 8 PM.
• Bill Kirchen FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/21, 9 PM.
• Konshens the Shrine, 6/14, 9 PM.
• Kopecky Family Band SPACE, Evanston, 6/14, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Leo Kottke City Winery, 7/11-12, 8 PM.
• Joe Krown Trio FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 5/25, 8:30 PM.
• Kylesa, Blood Ceremony, White Hills Bottom Lounge, 6/5, 7 PM.
• Ladies of the Canyon FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 5/30, 8 PM.
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo SPACE, Evanston, 6/19, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge SPACE, Evanston, 8/17, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Daniel Lanois Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/16, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Daniel Lanois, Brokeback Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 6/17, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Albert Lee SPACE, Evanston, 8/10, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Subterranean, 7/27, 10 PM.
• Howard Levy, Chris Siebold SPACE, Evanston, 5/31, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/20, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Lights Lincoln Hall, 6/18, 8 PM.
• Lil Wayne First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/10, 7 PM.
• Eric Lindell FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 7/18, 9 PM.
• Eric Lindell & the Sunliners SPACE, Evanston, 7/12, 10 PM, all-ages.
• Liquor Store Empty Bottle, 6/18, 9 PM.
• Lollapalooza: The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Queens of the Stone Age, and others Grant Park, 8/2-4.
• Lone Bellow SPACE, Evanston, 6/21-22, 10 PM, all-ages, 6/21 sold out.
• Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/27, 7 PM.
• Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/23, 8 PM.
• Tony Lucca City Winery, 7/30, 8 PM.
• Luyas, Julian Lynch Empty Bottle, 6/20, 9 PM.
• The Maine Bottom Lounge, 6/21-22, 6 PM, all-ages.
• Ian Maksin & Las Guitarras de España City Winery, 6/21, 8 PM.
• Man or Astro-Man?, Jacuzzi Boys Empty Bottle, 6/14-15, 9:30 PM.
• Manchester Orchestra Subterranean, 6/21, 10 PM.
• Margot & the Nuclear So & So's Lincoln Hall, 7/7, 9 PM.
• Marianas Trench House of Blues, 7/22, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Marilyn Manson Congress Theater, 7/5, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Julian Marley, Richie Spice the Shrine, 5/29, 8 PM.
• Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/25, 7:30 PM.
• Bruno Mars, Ellie Goulding United Center, 7/13, 7 PM.
• Masked Intruder, Elway Beat Kitchen, 7/13, 8:30 PM.
• Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/2-3, 6:30 PM.
• Matmos, Fonema Consort Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 6/27, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Dent May Schubas, 6/15, 10 PM.
• John Mayer, Phillip Phillips First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/9, 7 PM.
• Mayhem Festival: Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Machine Head, and others First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 7/27, 1:10 PM.
• Melvins Double Door, 7/22, 8 PM.
• Pablo Menendez & Mezcla Jazz All-Stars Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/29, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Menzingers, Fake Problems Subterranean, 6/1, 8 PM.
• Rhett Miller, Jon Langford City Winery, 6/5, 8 PM.
• Mission UK House of Blues, 9/7, 9 PM.
• Montgomery Gentry Congress Theater, 5/31, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Mount Kimbie, Vinyl Williams Lincoln Hall, 6/8, 10 PM.
• Mountain Goats, Baptist Generals Lincoln Hall, 6/17, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Mudhoney Mayne Stage, 8/31, 8 PM.
• Mark Mulcahy Hideout, 7/25, 9 PM.
• Murder Junkies, Fighting for Scraps, Sleeze, Morons, Last Chance Boyz Reggie's Rock Club, 5/26, 7:30 PM.
• Mustard Plug, Independents Cobra Lounge, 6/13, 9 PM.
• Naked Raygun, the Arrivals Metro, 6/29, 6:30 PM, all-ages.
• Naked Raygun, Zero Boys Metro, 6/28, 8 PM.
• Dan Navarro SPACE, Evanston, 7/19, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Willie Nelson & Family Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/14, 7 PM.
• New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 7/18-19, 7:30 PM, all-ages, 7/19 show sold out.
• Nighthawks Reggie's Music Joint, 8/23, 8 PM.
• Nightlands Schubas, 6/4, 8 PM.
• NRBQ SPACE, Evanston, 7/5, 8 PM, all-ages.
• O.A.R., Andrew McMahon Charter One Pavilion, 6/28, 6:30 PM.
• Jack Oblivian, Human Eye Empty Bottle, 6/13, 9 PM.
• Oblivians Empty Bottle, 7/13, 9:30 PM.
• Olms Martyrs', 6/13, 8 PM.
• Angel Olsen Lincoln Hall, 8/16, 9 PM.
• OMD Metro, 7/23, 8 PM.
• One Direction First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 7/13-14, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Onerepublic Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/23, 8 PM.
• Orgone Schubas, 6/14, 10 PM.
• Joan Osborne City Winery, 8/18-19, 8 PM.
• Owen Beat Kitchen, 6/29, 7 and 10 PM, early show is all ages.
• Christopher Owens Hideout, 6/12, 9 PM.
• Paper Route Schubas, 6/1, 9 PM.
• Todd Park Mohr SPACE, Evanston, 6/29, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Jeff Parker-Nels Cline Quartet Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 8/8, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Passenger Lincoln Hall, 8/6, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Bill Payne SPACE, Evanston, 6/13, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Peace Schubas, 6/6, 9 PM.
• Pearl Jam Wrigley Field, 7/19, 8 PM.
• Pere Ubu Empty Bottle, 9/21, 9:30 PM.
• Pet Shop Boys Auditorium Theatre, 9/28, 8 PM.
• Shawn Phillips SPACE, Evanston, 7/11, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Phish Charter One Pavilion, 7/19-21, 7 PM.
• Ariel Pink Empty Bottle, 6/1, 10 PM.
• Pink Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 11/20, 7:30 PM.
• Pink United Center, 11/5, 7:30 PM.
• Pitbull, Ke$ha First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 6/9, 7 PM.
• Pitchfork Music Festival: Bjork, Belle & Sebastian, R. Kelly, Joanna Newsome, Solange, and others Union Park, 7/19-21.
• Polyphonic Spree Park West, 7/1, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Matt Pond PA Bottom Lounge, 7/2, 7 PM.
• Popa Chubby FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/28, 9 PM.
• George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners SPACE, Evanston, 6/15, 10 PM, all-ages.
• Portland Cello Project Hideout, 6/28, 9 PM.
• Portugal. the Man House of Blues, 6/20, 7 PM.
• Poundcake City Winery, 6/19, 8 PM.
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band SPACE, Evanston, 6/18, 7 and 9:30 PM, all-ages.
• Louis Prima Jr. & the Witnesses City Winery, 7/17, 8 PM.
• Primus 3D Riviera Theatre, 6/2, 7:30 PM.
• Matt Pryor, James Dewees Schubas, 5/25, 9 PM, Canceled..
• Joe Pug Beat Kitchen, 6/22, 9:30 PM.
• Pure Bathing Culture, Night Panther Empty Bottle, 6/4, 9 PM.
• Rabbit Rabbit Schubas, 7/25, 9 PM.
• Raices del Ande Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 8/17, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. Metro, 10/8, 8 PM.
• Lee Ranaldo Band, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 5/27, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free, Your Turn (Northern Spy) is the second and best album by Ceramic Dog, the knotty rock trio led by guitarist Marc Ribot. The group’s 2008 ….
• Reigning Sound Beat Kitchen, 7/27, 10 PM.
• John Reilly & Friends Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/22, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Reverend Horton Heat, Lee Rocker, Supersuckers Aragon Ballroom, 6/15, 6 PM.
• Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Constellation, 5/28, 9:30 PM.
• Ringworm Cobra Lounge, 6/9, 8 PM.
• Riot Fest Humboldt Park, 9/13-15, all-ages.
• Rival Sons Reggie's Rock Club, 5/30, 8 PM.
• Eric Roberson the Shrine, 5/30, 8 PM.
• Duke Robillard FitzGerald's, Berwyn, 6/14, 9 PM.
• Rodrigo y Gabriela Chicago Theatre, 7/24, 7:30 PM.
• Rogue Wave, Caveman Lincoln Hall, 6/27-28, 9 PM, 6/27 show is 18+.
• Rolling Stones United Center, 5/28, 8 PM; 5/31, 8 PM; 6/3, 8 PM.
• Kelly Rowland, The-Dream House of Blues, 6/23, 8 PM.
• Royal Teeth Bottom Lounge, 6/1, 6 PM, all-ages.
• Darius Rucker Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/28, 7 PM.
• Xavier Rudd Lincoln Hall, 7/11, 8 PM.
• Rush First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 6/28, 7:30 PM.
• Tom Rush SPACE, Evanston, 8/9, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Leon Russell City Winery, 6/17-18, 8 PM.
• RX Bandits, Northern Faces Metro, 7/24, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Trapper Schoepp & the Shades, Andrew Fraker & Sons Reggie's Rock Club, 5/25, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Blake Schwarzenbach Schubas, 6/23, 8 PM.
• Sea Wolf Lincoln Hall, 5/31, 9 PM.
• She & Him, Camera Obscura Aragon Ballroom, 6/29, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Blake Shelton First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/3, 7:30 PM.
• Shoes SPACE, Evanston, 7/27, 8 PM, all-ages.
• The Skull Reggie's Rock Club, 6/29, 8:30 PM.
• Slide Brothers SPACE, Evanston, 7/24, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Slum Village Reggie's Rock Club, 6/14, 8 PM.
• Small Black, Heavenly Beat Schubas, 6/3, 8 PM.
• Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/20, 6 PM.
• Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps Hideout, 5/30, 9 PM.
• Jill Sobule & Julia Sweeney City Winery, 7/3, 8 PM.
• Solid Gold, Marijuana Death Squads Subterranean, 6/18, 8 PM.
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin Schubas, 6/24, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Son Volt Park West, 6/7, 8 PM.
• Sonny & the Sunsets Beat Kitchen, 6/21, 9 PM.
• Spirit Family Reunion, Count This Penny, Spitzer Space Telescope SPACE, Evanston, 5/28, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Spitalfield, Shane Henderson & the Future Perfect Bottom Lounge, 6/7, 8 PM.
• Spring Awakening Festival: Bassnectar, Calvin Harris, ATB, and others Soldier Field, 6/14-16, 3 PM.
• Squarepusher Metro, 7/5, 11 PM.
• Garrison Starr & Adrianne Gonzalez SPACE, Evanston, 8/10, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Staves, Musikanto Schubas, 5/28, 8 PM.
• Steely Dan Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 8/1-2, 7:30 PM.
• Steepwater Band House of Blues, 6/7, 8 PM.
• Rod Stewart United Center, 10/24, 7:30 PM.
• Sting Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 6/7-8, 8 PM.
• Stinking Lizaveta Ultra Lounge, 6/25, 8 PM.
• Straight No Chaser Chicago Theatre, 11/30, 3 and 8 PM.
• Stranglers Cobra Lounge, 6/7-8, 8 PM.
• Mike Stud Lincoln Hall, 6/25, 8 PM, all-ages.
• Superhumanoids Hideout, 6/15, 9 PM.
• Tierney Sutton SPACE, Evanston, 7/25, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Patrick Sweany Schubas, 6/28, 9 PM.
• Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran Soldier Field, 8/10, 6:30 PM.
• Swingin' Utters, Goddamn Gallows Cobra Lounge, 6/1, 9 PM.
• SWV, Cece Peniston the Shrine, 6/7, 9 PM.
• John Talabot, Lemonade Lincoln Hall, 5/26, 8 PM.
• Tamia House of Blues, 6/18, 8 PM.
• Taste of Chicago: Fun., Kelly Hogan, Canasta, and others Grant Park, 7/10-14, 11 AM, free.
• Taste of Randolph Street: Divine Fits, the Joy Formidable, Lord Huron, and others Taste of Randolph Street, 6/14-16, 11 AM.
• Ben Taylor SPACE, Evanston, 8/18, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Teenage Bottle Rocket Beat Kitchen, 7/26, 10 PM.
• Vienna Teng SPACE, Evanston, 9/25, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Tesla House of Blues, 7/20, 9 PM.
• 311, Cypress Hill Charter One Pavilion, 7/3, 6:35 PM.
• Tigers Jaw, Pianos Become the Teeth, Sainthood Reps Beat Kitchen, 5/28, 8 PM, I’ve long assumed that Scranton band Tigers Jaw would be one of the acts to help boost the emo revival from the basements and lofts …, $12.
• Justin Timberlake & Jay Z Soldier Field, 7/22, 8 PM.
• Tomahawk the Vic, 6/7, 8:30 PM.
• Torche Empty Bottle, 5/31, 10 PM.
• Torres, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper Empty Bottle, 6/27, 9 PM.
• Toubab Krewe Martyrs', 5/31-6/1, 9:30 PM.
• Train, Script, Gavin DeGraw First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 7/21, 7 PM.
• Tricky Metro, 6/17, 8 PM.
• Tubes City Winery, 6/28, 8 PM.
• Tuck & Patti SPACE, Evanston, 8/22, 7:30 PM, all-ages.
• Twin Shadow Metro, 6/1, 9 PM.
• Two Gallants Lincoln Hall, 6/26, 9 PM.
• Umphrey's McGee, STS9 Charter One Pavilion, 8/17, 7 PM.
• The Uncluded Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/8, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Uproar Festival: Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction, Coheed & Cambria, and others First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/22, 2 PM.
• Valient Thorr, Gypsyhawk Reggie's Rock Club, 6/22, 8 PM.
• Valleys Schubas, 6/16, 8 PM.
• Frankie Valli Chicago Theatre, 10/5, 8 PM.
• Sharon Van Etten, Speck Mountain Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 6/3, 6:30 PM, all-ages, free.
• Kurt Vile & the Violators Metro, 7/11, 9 PM.
• Vintage Trouble Park West, 8/23, 8 PM.
• Warped Tour: Hawthorne Heights, Forever the Sickest Kids, Motion City Soundtrack, Chiodos, and others First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 7/20, 11 AM.
• Wavefront Beachside Music Festival: Justice (DJ set), Diplo, Caspa, Audiofly, and others Montrose Beach, 7/5-7.
• Wicker Park Fest: Roky Erickson, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Cults, and others Milwaukee between North and Wood, 7/27-28.
• The Wild Beat Kitchen, 6/13, 8:30 PM.
• A Wilhelm Scream Reggie's Rock Club, 7/5, 6 PM, all-ages.
• Brian Wilson Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, 7/26, 8 PM.
• Winterhymn, Wilderun Reggie's Rock Club, 6/4, 7 PM.
• World Party Park West, 7/31, 7:30 PM.
• The XX Aragon Ballroom, 9/26, 7 PM, all-ages.
• Rachael Yamagata, Sanders Bohlke Lincoln Hall, 6/7, 9 PM.
• Zombies Mayne Stage, 6/25, 8 PM.