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Saturday 8/22/26 First Edition

Here’s a First Edition with most shows for the city, along with precompiled highlights and early shows for the surrounding areas

Watch for a Final Edition with most all shows for everywhere coming before too long

There are some great Saturday music event options in Chicago and the surrounding areas

Read on for the details, and get out to enjoy some of the great shows if you can…

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Onsales & Presales

x Mon 9/7 8:30 Daikaiju, Outronaut, The Planet of Little Green Men at Liar’s Club, $20-25, 7:00 door

x Tue 10/20 7:30 Richard Shindell acoustic at SPACE Evanston, $25-54, all ages, 6:30 door, presale sunset

x Thu 10/22 8:00 Maggie Rose at SPACE Evanston, $35-47++, all ages, 7:00 door, presale sunset

x Sat 10/31 8:00 Dumpstaphunk at Garcia’s, presales Thu 8/20 10:00a, onsale Fri 8/21 10:00a

x Sun 11/1 8:00 Dumpstaphunk at Garcia’s, presales Thu 8/20 10:00a, onsale Fri 8/21 10:00a

x Mon 11/9 7:30 Bill Callahan solo at SPACE Evanston, $30-54 SRO, all ages, 6:30 door

x Sat 11/21 7:30-10:00 The Flat Five at Stoughton Opera House Stoughton WI, $27-33, stream $20-21

x Sat 11/28 5:00, 8:00 Susan Werner at SPACE Evanston, $38-64, all ages, 4:00, 7:00 doors, presale sunset

x Thu 12/3 8:00 Over the Rhine acoustic at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $45-56, onsale members Wed 8/19, public Fri 8/21, online 9:00a, in person & phone 10:00a

Today’s Saturday 8/22/26 Shows

x 10:00a Fretboard Summit 2026 at OTSFM Lincoln Square, 1-day Access $150-175, 3-day All Access $350-375

x 10:00a Beyond Borders at Friendly Music Community, tip the band

10:00a-1:00 Nate Bjorge at Woodstock Farmers Market

11:00a Bluegrass Brunch with ? at Beat Kitchen, free RSVP, all ages

x 11:00a-1:00 Kent D. Rosenwald at City News Cafe, tip the artist

x 12:00n Drag Brunch hosted by Eva Styles with Nutmegan, Toby Blunt at FitzGerald’s Patio, $10-12, all ages, 11:00 door

x 12:00n-6:30 2nd Annual Food Aid Block Party with High & Lonesome, Strawdaddy, Pipes, GirlCade, Rock Hands Music at Robert’s Westside Forest Park, parking lot across Circle Ave, free, suggested donations $20-100, Food Aid Block Party benefits A House In Austin, Austin Eats Initiative, Best Of Proviso Township, Beyond Hunger, The Community Fridge Project, Westchester Food Pantry

x 12:00n-10:30 Rockopelli Festival in Crown Point IN, $20+, all ages

12:00n-3:00 pre-party with Watershed Ramblers at One13North

4:00-5:00 Chris Peters at Main Stage

5:00-5:30 Pelliplay Recital at Side Stage

5:30-7:00 Bill Grady Band at Main Stage

7:00-8:00 Nomad Planets duo John Carpenter & Mark Mybeck at Side Stage

8:00-10:30 Rockopelli Super Jam hosted by Joe Marcinek with Robert Randolph, Delvon Lamarr, Calvin Rodgers, Kofi Baker, Sharay Reed, Kenny Kinsey, Greg Ashby, Jerry Clemons, Jack Whittle, Ed Strudas, Marcus Safirt, Dan Soto, Nick Kazonis, Jodi Rosenthal Pesich

1:00 listening party for Alex Warren “Wildchild” at Val’s Halla Oak Park, free RSVP, cool stuff, preorders

1:00-4:00 Tryptic at Pollyanna Brewing Lemont

1:00-9:00 Porch & Park Music Fest 2026 with Sophie Gault Band, Nikki D & Sisters of Thunder, Stacy Antonel Band, Michigan Artists at Preservation Park Joliet 5:30-9:00 and Cathedral Area House Porches 1:30-5:00 Joliet, free

2:00 Bridges We Build, Memories We Keep with Avant Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mina Zikri, Boya Wei, Yang Liu, Ballet Beyond Borders, Mark Hubbard and The Voices at Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, $45-110

2:00-4:00 Country Western Jam at Two Way Street Downers Grove, donations appreciated, fourth Saturdays

2:00-5:00 Billy Denton at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles

2:00 Downpour tribute to AC/DC, Nightsnake tribute to Whitesnake at Broken Oar Port Barrington

x 2:30 The Steepwater Band at Reggies on the Beach at 63rd, free, 1:00 door, blues rock, rock

x 3:00-7:00 All Day Gay “Gay Guy Afternoon with Lezbian Minnelli!” at Hideout Patio, $10+, all are welcome, DJs, Drag, Tatoos, Tarot, Hotdogs

x 3:00-5:00 Paper Machete with Adam Cayton-Holland, Jacqueline Felker, Justin Golak, Kiarra Hughes, Ben Noble, Christian Pitsch, Josh Zagoren, midshow tunes by Sima Cunningham, headlining band Heet Deth at Green Mill, free, 1:00 door

3:00 listening party for Sara Bareilles “Good Grief” at Val’s Halla Oak Park, free RSVP, cool stuff, preorders

3:00 The Cave Dwellers at Ballydoyle Downers Grove

x Northfield Centennial Celebration at Clarkson Park Northfield

3:30-4:30 Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players with Gerald Dowd, Liam Davis

5:30-7:00 King Saturday

8:00-10:00 Dick Holliday and the Bamboo Gang with Gerald Dowd

x 3:00 Al Jardine & The Pet Sounds Band perform the music of Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $67-99, 2:00 door

4:00-7:00 Charlie Pierce at Cary’s Lounge, tip hard, honky tonk piano funk

4:00 Lynn Nardelli at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights, free RSVP, sold out, Heyday Saturday Happy Hour

4:30 The Impossibles, Space Monkey Mafia, DJ Chuck Wren at Reggie’s Rock Club, $30-40, all ages, 4:00 door, ska, ska punk

x 4:30-9:45 Live on The Lake at Navy Pier Beer Garden

4:30 Ur Mom

7:35 Mr. Blotto

x 5:00-8:30 Dave Herrero at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, free, all ages

5:00-8:00 6speed, Girl 2000, j0hann, KYE at Cafe Mustache

5:00-8:00 Mikey Starterkit Perez at 120 Live Bartlett Patio

x 5:30 Carlos Johnson at Reggies on the Beach at 63rd, free, 4:00 door, blues

5:30-8:00 ? acoustic at Buddy Guy’s Legends, free, dinner set

6:00 Chicago Video Game Music Fest 5 with Prog XP, Arc Impulse, Arcade Mode, The Bards Quartet, The Adventure Guild, The Blueshift Big Band at Beat Kitchen, $33, 17+, 5:00 door

x 6:00-7:15, 8:15-9:30 Shawn Jones at Andy’s, $20, RSVP required

x 6:00-9:00 The Lawrence Peters Outfit with Chicago Honky Tonk Dance Lessons at Spirit of Music Garden aka Summerdance Pavilion Grant Park, free

6:30-8:30 Paige Kizer and Isaac Meier at Tack Room Pilsen, piano and voice

6:30 Galantis, Telykast at Salt Shed Outdoors Fairgrounds, sold out?, 5:00 door, dance, electronic

6:30-9:30 Sonic Therapy with Wanye “Wan” Williams at Le Piano, $20, jazz

x 6:30 Shemekia Copeland, Vinyl DJ tba at Robert’s Westside Forest Park, $55-81, under 21 with guardian, 6:30 door, Food Aid Festival benefits A House In Austin, Austin Eats Initiative, Best Of Proviso Township, Beyond Hunger, The Community Fridge Project, Westchester Food Pantry

x 6:30 Mötley Crüe, Tesla, Extreme at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre Tinley Park, $26-247+

7:00 Highvyn album release for “IN BETWEEN”, J.Y.N. at Subterranean Downstairs, sold out, waitlist, 17+, 6:30 door

x 7:00-4:00a Duke Tumatoe and The Power Trio, Rico McFarland Blues Band, Studebaker John acoustic at Kingston Mines, $20-23

7:00? Luke Frees at O’s Tap

7:00-10:00 Jazmin Sky at Grill on 21 Loop

7:00 Usher Raymond & Chris Brown at Soldier Field, $184++

7:00-12:00m Da Menace Birthday Bash, Open Jam at Fuller’s Pub

7:00 Freedom From and Freedom To with Sasha Masakowski, Paul Giallorenzo, Nexus J., Fred Jackson Jr., Caroline Jesalva, Haruhi Kobayashi, Mabel Kwan, Yuri Basho Lane, Janice Misurrell-Mitchel, Allen Moore, Isaiah Spencer, Jefferey Thomas, Eli Wallace at Elastic Arts, $15, students $10

7:00-11:59 Miranda Muffler, VRTUE, Sounds of a Good Life at Gallery Cabaret

7:00-10:00 Swing 33 at Gale Street Inn, RSVP, gypsy jazz

7:00 Aidan O’Toole at Mrs Murphys

7:00 Frontega, Killmoves, Hang Your Hate, The Forty-Twos at Cobra Lounge, $15-17, all ages, 6:00 door

7:00 Substance 101 at The Dock at Montrose Beach

7:00-10:00 Mondo Cortez & The Chicago Blue Angels at Briny Swine

x 7:00 Union Avenue at FitzGerald’s Patio, free RSVP, all ages, 11:00a door

x 7:00-9:00 David Greely with Amelia Biere at Friendly Music Community Listening Room Berwyn, $25-27, cajun

x 7:30 Bitchcraft, Six Five Four, Richard Bandini, Boneyard Creek at Montrose Saloon, $15 door

x 7:30, 9:30 Joe Alterman Trio with Joe Policastro, Charles Heath at Winters Jazz Club, $32-40, one drink minimum $10 per set

7:30 Jill Scott at Chicago Theatre, sold out, resale $210+, arrive 6:30, r&b

7:30 The Quantum Committee Sextet EP release for “The Quantum Committee” with Jacob Nowakowski, Rohan Marr, Caleb Downey, Colin Woniewski, Joji Klooster at The CheckOut, $18, 6:30 door

7:30 esperanza spalding at City Winery, sold out, waiting list, 2 item per person encouraged, 6:00 door

7:30-9:30 Alvin Cobb, Jr. with Katie Ernst, Julius Tucker, Erik Skov at California Clipper, $5, 7:00 door, jazz, soul, rnb, classics, ++

7:30 BabyChiefDoIt at Ramova Theatre, $52+, all ages, 7:00 door

7:30 Fig Dish, The Feeders, Time Thieves, post show DJ set by The Prairie Cartel at Cobra Lounge, $25-32, 17+, 6:30 door

X 7:30 Bonnie Raitt, Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Charlieboy at Ravinia Hunter Pavilion Highland Park, $60-139, 4:30 donor gates, 5:00 public gates

8:00 Pebbles Inc, Morgan Powers, Jake1628 at Martyrs, $15, all ages, 7:00 door

x 8:00 Nitzer Ebb, Dopplereffekt at Metro, $45+, 18+, 7:00 door

8:00 Book of Wyrms, Dead Feathers, Groovy Love Vibes, Black Sunrise at Reggies Music Joint, $20-27, 7:00 door

8:00 Value Select, Grant Clementi at Schubas, $25-33++, 7:30 door

8:00 Chilluminati x Cox ‘n’ Crendor at Lincoln Hall, $40-54, sold out, 7:00 door

8:00 Jake McKelvie, Max Morton, The Gunshy at Judson & Moore Distillery, $15, 7:30 door

8:00 Garaj Mahal, Norside at Garcia’s, $35 GA remain, 18+, 7:00 door, jazz

x 8:00-12:00m Clark Sommers Sextet with Chris Madsen, Adam Larson, Matt Gold, Neil Hemphill, Elio Wijaya at Green Mill, $20

8:00, 10:00 Tim Warfield Quartet with Richard Johnson, Runere Brooks, Dorian Phelps at Jazz Showcase, $35-50

8:00 BTS Express with Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago

8:00 Polo & Pan at Aragon Ballroom, $64, 17+, 7:00 doors, dance, electronic

8:00 Cuevo Perez at The Tonk Pilsen, all ages

8:00 Exotica II with Dela, La Mala Santa, Janesita, Aviator at Avondale Music Hall, $27

8:00-12:00m Wook Me Up at Bookclub, $13-15, 7:00 door

8:00 Sgt. Kessler’s Lonely Hearts Club Band celebration of 60 Years of The Beatles “Revolver” with The Silver Hammers, DJ Set by Windy City Soul Club at Gman Tavern, $18-21, 7:00 door

8:00 Casper Mcfadden, Yesterdayneverhappened, Lil Kevo 303, Fullbody b2b Vxmitspit b2b Absolute Zerø, UrAng3l at The Burlington, $14

8:00 Lurid, Baazlvaat, Beyond Deth, Second Wind at LiveWire Lounge, $15, 7:00 door, black metal, death thrash, heavy metal

8:00 Cue Club “Saint Somewhere” at Lemon Chicago, $10-15, euphoric house, Italo disco, percussive club rhythms

8:00-10:30 La Tosca Italian Mambo Ensemble at Artango Bar & Steakhouse, RSVP, Italian mambo

8:00 The Yohan Experience at Untitled, $5 RSVP with “special request” seating

8:00-10:00 River Glen and Bella Moss at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $18, all ages, 7:30 door

x 8:00 Barrett’s Hidden Agenda at Friendly Music Community, tip the band

x 8:00-10:00 Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials at The Venue Aurora, $20-30, all ages, 7:00 door

x 8:00 Melody Angel album release for “Disturbia” at SPACE Evanston, $30-41, all ages, 7:00 door

x 8:30-2:00a Heart of Chicago Soul Club at Hideout, $15-20, 8:00 door, all vinyl, rare soul dance party

x 8:30 Madam Radar at FitzGerald’s Nightclub, $20-38, 7:30 door

x 8:30 Ani Mari, The Keynote Sisters at FitzGerald’s Sidebar, free RSVP, 7:30 door

8:30-11:30 DJ Chris Baran at Cary’s Lounge, tip hard

8:30-2:00a Kelly at The Zebra Lounge

x 9:00 Sooper Records 10 Year Anniversary with Iris Temple record release for “Ghosts of the Future”, NnamdÏ, No-Fi RPM at Empty Bottle, $15-20, 8:00 door

9:00 The Impossibles, Boy Detective, Werewolf Detective, DJ Chuck Wren at Reggie’s Rock Club, sold out, 17+, 8:00 door, ska, ska punk

9:00-2:00a Bricktown Sound with Raven Wright at Hungry Brain, free, 7:00 door

9:00 Nox Vahn, Ixto at Subterranean Upstairs, sold out, waitlist, 8:00 door

9:00 Funky Mojo Daddy, ? at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $27, 21+ after 8:00

9:00 Harry Hmura Band at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10 after 9:00

9:00-2:00a Everywhere Between with Lady Shaka, DJ Iggy, DJ Mochi, J Santos at Chop Shop, $15-20

9:00 Suzy Wong at Phyllis’ Musical Inn

9:00-12:30a Tazz The Musician & The Lee’s Unleaded Kings at Lee’s Unleaded Blues, free RSVP, 2 drink minimum, 8:00 door

9:00 Caitlin Edwards, Blind Adam and The Federal League, Lipstick Homicide at Cole’s Bar, $16, 8:30 door

x 9:00-2:30a Reilly Downes, Dani Rae at Broken Hearts Bar, tip the band

9:00, 11:00 Jackson Shepard at Dorians, $10 after 8:00, 6:00 door

9:00-3:00a Remedy Chicago Caribbean Night at Wild Hare Club Level, free-$14 RSVP,reggae, dancehall, afrobeats, soca, hip-hop, ++

9:00 Crimewave Goth, Post-punk & Darkwave Party at Bourbon on Division, $25+

9:00 Sábado de Menear at Monday Blues Lounge Rogers Park, cumbia, reggaeton y mas musica Latina toda la noche

x 9:30, 11:00 Mark Hummel with Billy Flynn, Rodrigo Mantovani, Patrick Seals at Rosa’s Lounge, $15-22+, 8:00 door

9:30 The Simple Remedy at Carol’s Pub, $10

9:45-12:00m Devin Shaw Trio at Le Piano, $15

10:00 Leon Vynehall, Sorrbet, Moorhaus at smartbar, $25-31

10:00-2:00 House of 1000 Grooves with Valentina Cappelari, Nevaeh, ErØs, Dysphazia at Subterranean Downstairs, $10 before 11:30, $15 after

10:00-1:00a Nosike & Friends at Salt Shed Three Top Lounge, free RSVP

10:00 Genrefluid hosted by tigermilk with Mobee Thicc, Tamo Active Proyect at The Whistler, tigermilk birthday

10:00 Drew Phillips Band at Bub City Chicago, RSVP

10:00-2:00a DJ Boathouse at aliveOne

10:00 Keithen Banks at Mom’s Place

x 10:30-11:45 Marty “Big Dog” Mercer at Andy’s, $20, RSVP required, Late Night Concert Series

11:00 Nightshade Queer Goth Dance Party hosted by Sindy Vicious with resident DJ Scary Lady Sarah, cast members Auntie Heroine, Fallon, Morteisha Addams, Areal Haunting, Venus, Umami, Element Vicious at Liar’s Club, $18-20, 9:00 door

x 1:00a-4:00a Righteous Rooster Organ Trio with Henry Dickoff, Kenny Reichert, Luke Sagadin at Green Mill, $5

Jerome’s highlights for Today’s Saturday 8/22/26 Shows