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Monday December 1
= Editor's Pick
Billy Branch
Artis's Lounge: 9pm 21+
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Waco Brothers, LMNOP, Corporate X
Hideout: 8pm, $10 21+
J. W. Williams (Main) John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band (North)
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Tuesday December 2
= Editor's Pick
Akron/Family, Angela Desveaux
AV-aerie: 8pm All Ages
Blues Jam
Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone
Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Linsey Alexander Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Charlie Love
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Sal Carlino Blues Band
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Devil in a Woodpile
Hideout: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Pete Galanis Band, Marty Sammon
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Cries Tiger, The Goddamn Shame, Awesome Gary
Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Death Cab For Cutie, Jack's Mannequin, The Ting Tings
The Rave/Eagles Club: 7pm, $35 All Ages
Wednesday December 3
= Editor's Pick
J.W. Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Dave Specter
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Jimmy Johnson
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Yes
Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
Mike Mangione and Victor Delorenzo
Double Door: 8pm, $8 21+
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Open Mic
Heartland Cafe: 10pm, $3 21+
Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project
Jazz Showcase: 8pm & 10pm, $15 21+
Raul Malo
Joe's Bar: 8pm, $20 21+
Jimmy Burns (Main) Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats (North)
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Amanda Palmer, The Builders and The Butchers, Zoe Keating
Metro: 7:30pm, $23 All Ages
The Afromotive
Old Town School of Folk Music: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Garry Gand’s Pro Blues Jam
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
Killer Ray Allison
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm 21+
Manchester Orchestra, Dead Confederate, Kevin Devine, All Get Out
Subterranean: 7pm, $13 18+
Thursday December 4
= Editor's Pick
The BeesKnees, Vyle, Radius
Abbey Pub: 10pm, $8 21+
Sarah Brightman
Allstate Arena: 7:30pm All Ages
Kent Burnside
Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Dick Prall, Gavin Mikhail
Double Door: 9pm, $12 21+
Open Mic
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Open Mic
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Adam Fitz and The Stacks, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Northside Southpaws
Hideout: 9pm, $7 21+
Appetite for Destruction
House of Blues: 9pm, $15 18+
Open Mic
Lee's Unleaded Blues: 8pm 21+
Bring Me The Horizon, Misery Signals, The Ghost Inside, Confide
Metro: 6:30pm, $17 All Ages
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Ariyo, Tony Manguillo, Vic Jackson
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
David Bazan
Schubas: 6pm 18+
Aiden, Civet, God Or Julie, Silent Sirens
Subterranean: 6:30pm, $14 All Ages
Friday December 5
= Editor's Pick
Don Rimini, Bearries, The Heaven Seventies
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $12 18+
Buzz Kilman & The Blues Rocket Scientists
Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm, $8 21+
Super Chikan, Matthew Skoller, Eddie Taylor Jr.
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm, $15 21+
Scarface and Swag
Congress Theater: 6pm, $30 21+
Joe Public Band
DANK Haus: 9pm, $0 21+
The Glamour, DJs Dani Deahl and Willy Joy
Debonair Social Club: 10pm, 5-$10 21+
John Brown's Body, Spiritual Rez
Double Door: 9pm, $15 21+
Chapter 6
Gorton Community Center: 8pm, $15 All Ages
The Art of Blakey: A Tribute to the Jazz Messenger
Hamilton Park: 7pm, $0 21+
Old Town School of Folk Music Blues Harmonica Recital
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 7:30pm, $0 21+
Chicago Samba
Heartland Cafe: 9pm, $5 21+
The Flat Five
Hideout: 8:30pm & 10:30pm, $10 21+
Family Order, Spare Parts
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Carl Weathersby (Main), Linsey Alexander (North)
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
They Might Be Giants
Metro: 9pm, $25 21+
Cindy Blackman
Morse Theatre: 8pm, 25-$30 21+
Misstress Barbara, Frankie Vega, Philip Stone
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15 21+
The MPLS Henrys, Phillip Morris, Dirty Diamons
Subterranean: 9:30pm, $6 18+
Wayne Newton
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $75 21+
Fred Anderson Quartet
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Saturday December 6
= Editor's Pick
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 8pm, $8 21+
The Elaine Dame Duo with Kyle Asche
Broadway Cellars: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Honeyboy Edwards, Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues, Matt Hendricks
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Spetsnaz & Obscenity Trial, DJs Noir & Brianne
Cafe Lura: 10pm, $8 21+
Dave Koz and friends
Chicago Theatre: 8pm All Ages
The Damnwells, The Hey Day, The Penthouse Sweets
Double Door: 9pm, $14 21+
James Wheeler Blues Band
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
East of Edens Soul Express
Hideout: 11pm, $5 21+
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Freddie T and the People
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Q-Tip, The Cool Kids
House of Blues: 9pm, 30.50-$33 21+
The Fire and Reason, Saber, DJs Trancid, Nando, Dark Wave Disco, and more
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $15 21+
Carl Weathersby (Main), Linsey Alexander (North)
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Infamous Stringdusters
Morse Theatre: 8pm, $25
Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinninger (Umphrey's McGee)
Park West: 7:30pm, $20 All Ages
Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $12 21+
Taproot, Roosevelt Jenkins, Heart-Set Self-Destruct
Subterranean: 9:30pm, $15 18+
Staind, Papa Roach, Seether
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 8pm, $45 21+
Fred Anderson Quartet
Velvet Lounge: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Sunday December 7
= Editor's Pick
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Bill Lupkin
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Lurrie Bell, Tail Dragger, Devil In A Woodpile
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Kenny G Holiday Show
Chicago Theatre: 7:30pm All Ages
Lauren Frost
Double Door: 9pm, $0 21+
Jon Langford, Eleventh Dream Day
Hideout: 7pm, $15 21+
OneRepublic, Agustana, The Spill Canvas, The Hush Sound
House of Blues: 6:30pm, $27 All Ages
Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Toby Lightman, Claire Stahlecker
Martyrs': 8pm, $12 21+
Uprising
Papa G, Zebo, Blackish, Major Taylor
Sonotheque: 9pm, $0 21+
The Black Crowes, Vetiver
The Rave/Eagles Club: 8pm All Ages
Gladys Knight
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7pm, $30 21+
Monday December 8
= Editor's Pick
Mac Lethal, Grieve, Soulcrate, Decay and Selfish
Abbey Pub: 9pm, $14 21+
Billy Branch
Artis's Lounge: 9pm 21+
Grana' Louise & The Troublemakers
Blue Chicago: 8pm 21+
The Shirley Johnson Blues Band
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Brother John Hosts The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
J. W. Williams (Main) John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band (North)
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Charlie Love and the Silky Smooth Blues Band, Linsey Alexander
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly, Marc Riordan
Skylark: 10pm 21+
The Twelves, Curtified
Sonotheque: 9pm, $10 21+
Ernest Dawkins w/ Jeff Parker, Kevin Nabors, Aaron Getsug
Velvet Lounge: 8:30, $10 21+
Tuesday December 9
= Editor's Pick
Neil Young
Allstate Arena: 7pm All Ages
Blues Jam
Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone
Bill's Blues Bar: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Charlie Love Blues Band with Nellie Travis
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Chicago Blues Angels
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Kings X
Double Door: 9pm, $20 21+
Jeff Massey
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Devil in a Woodpile
Hideout: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Joe Barr, Joanna Connor
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
Reverend Horton Heat, Backyard Tire Fire
Metro: 8pm, $2 18+
Pete Galanis Band, Marty Sammon
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Wednesday December 10
= Editor's Pick
Ted Leo, Tim Kinsella
AV-aerie: 8pm, $10 All Ages
J.W. Williams Blues Band with Patricia Scott
Blue Chicago on Clark: 9pm, $8 21+
Byther Smith
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $10 21+
Michael Coleman
Buddy Guy's Legends: 10pm, $10 21+
Dragonforce
Congress Theater: 6:30pm All Ages
Sick Of Sarah
Double Door: 9pm, $7 21+
Open Mic
Heartland Cafe: 10pm, $3 21+
Hal Rammel w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lou Mallozzi, Michael Zerang
Hideout: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Jimmy Burns (Main) Andre Taylor and the Blues Alley Cats (North)
Kingston Mines: 8pm 21+
The Music Institute of Chicago's Children's Chorus
Nichols Concert Hall: 7pm, $0 All Ages
Sekou Conde and Seneke
Old Town School of Folk Music: 8:30, $5 21+
Garry Gand’s Pro Blues Jam
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm 21+
The Alan Bailey Continium, My My My, Lying Delilah
Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+
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