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Rock Event Listings
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88 music listings
for Chicago shows.
Sorted A-Z by Music Venue.
Monday December 7
= Editor's Pick
Curtis Harvey, The Glorytellers, Judson Claiborne
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
GWAR
House of Blues: 6pm, 17.25-23 All Ages
Sloan, Magneta Lane
Lincoln Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Cabaret Vagabond
Martyrs': 8pm, $8 21+
MEW
Metro: 7:30pm, $19 All Ages
Tuesday December 8
= Editor's Pick
Rooney w/Crash Kings, Tally Hall
House of Blues: 6:30pm, 13-$16 All Ages
Sexfist
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Mr Blotto, Crawl
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
Wednesday December 9
= Editor's Pick
Cadillac Casket, The Locals, Flatbed Orange
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Adam Percy, Steve Sebby
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Prosaic, The Anything Trio
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
Thursday December 10
= Editor's Pick
Cheap Trick, Frank Caliendo, The Dan Band
Allstate Arena: 6:30pm All Ages
Tomorrow Music Orchestra, Leaf Bird, Love Raid
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Hatebreed w/Cannibal Corpse, Unearth, Hate Eternal, Born of Osiris
House of Blues: 4:45pm All Ages
Headlights, Maritime
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 10-$12 18+
Leftsetter, With a Gun, The Von Ehrics
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Black Angus
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $5 21+
Friday December 11
= Editor's Pick
Flaming Lips, Phoenix, Pete Yorn
Allstate Arena: 7pm
The Flat Five, Gerald Dowd, Kelly Hogan, Scott Ligon, K.C. McDonough, Nora O'Connor
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
The Ike Reilly Assassination
Lincoln Hall: 10:30pm, $18 18+
Lucid Ground, Minus The Girl, Model Stranger, Kelroy, Trainwreck Symphony
Metro: 8:30pm, $11 All Ages
Caverns, Double Fortune, Oh Alchemy
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Honest Engines, Brian Martin, PATERNS, Andrew Anderson, Meander, Carley Wolf
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $8 21+
The Queers, The Leftovers, TA80
Reggie's Rock Club: 7pm, $15 All Ages
Saturday December 12
= Editor's Pick
Bully Pulpit, Builder/Destroyer, Mayor for Life
Cole's: 8pm, $0 21+
Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Dr. Dog, Emmitt Nershi Band, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, The Giving Tree Band, Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Van Ghost
Congress Theater: 11am, $35 All Ages
Mahjongg, White Car
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
Better Than Ezra
House of Blues: 9pm, 18.75-$25 Other
Russian Circles, Young Widows, Sweet Cobra, Phantom Family Halo
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 12-$14 18+
Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
Martyrs': 3pm, $12 21+
Ekoostik Hookah, Savvy
Martyrs': 10pm, $15 21+
I Fight Dragons, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Cobalt and the Hired, Guns
Metro: 9pm, $11 18+
The Subdudes
Park West: 7:30pm, $25 18+
The Runnies, Lions Rampant, fcab
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Long Count, As 40 Sleeps
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Marduk, Nachtmystium, Mantik Ritual, Merrimack
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $15 Other
Sunday December 13
= Editor's Pick
Shinedown w/ Halestorm, Rev Theory
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 30.50-$33 Other
Straight No Chaser
Park West: 7:30pm
Holiday House
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Skyfall, Blind Man Leading, Amberlee Sheehan
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Monday December 14
= Editor's Pick
Breaking Benjamin w/ Sick Puppies, Janus
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 30.50-$33 Other
Nathan Angelo, Micah Dalton, Claire Stahlecker
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Tuesday December 15
= Editor's Pick
The Bravery w/ Manchester Orchestra, As tall As Lions
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 23-$26 Other
Seafarer, Brice Woodall, Mike Nicolai
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Sexfist
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Wednesday December 16
= Editor's Pick
30 Seconds to Mars, the Used
House of Blues: 7:30pm, $31 Other
Kelli Pickler
Joe's Bar: 8pm 21+
Grody Hunt, Loaded, Brad Cole
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Thursday December 17
= Editor's Pick
Rise Against w/ Street Sweeper Social Club, AM Taxi
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 30.50-$33 Other
Hey Champ, French Horn Rebellion, A&R
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $12 18+
Black Umbrella Brigade, Nate and His Kite, A Sample Life
Martyrs': 9pm, $7 21+
The Streeters, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Ray
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Friday December 18
= Editor's Pick
Sister Hazel w/Tony Lucca
House of Blues: 9pm, 25-$26.50 Other
Ross Bon & The Mighty Blue Kings
House of Blues Back Porch: 10pm, 14-$17 21+
School of Rock
Kinetic Playground: 6pm 21+
New Generation Dudes
Kinetic Playground: 9pm 21+
Motion City Soundtrack
Lincoln Hall: 7pm All Ages
Rise Against, Bollweevils
Metro: 6:30pm All Ages
Reds and Blue, My Gold Mask, Shapers
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Saturday December 19
= Editor's Pick
The Snow Angels
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Sister Hazel
House of Blues: 9pm, 25-$26.50 Other
School of Rock
Kinetic Playground: 6pm 21+
Motion City Soundtrack
Lincoln Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Kill Hannah, Hey Champ, 1997
Metro: 6:30pm, 20-$50 All Ages
STNNNG, Flaum Adger, Wereworm
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
Sunday December 20
= Editor's Pick
Dasboton, Slick Conditions
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Motion City Soundtrack
Lincoln Hall: 7pm, $20 All Ages
Lasers and Fast and Shit, Old Fake, Call Me Lightning, Driftless Pony Club
Metro: 9pm, $9 18+
Monday December 21
= Editor's Pick
Tin Lynott
Martyrs': 8pm, $5 21+
Tuesday December 22
= Editor's Pick
Sexfist
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Saturday December 26
= Editor's Pick
Stellar Road
House of Blues: 6:30pm, 10-$13 All Ages
Lucky Boys Confusion
Metro: 6pm, 18.50-$20 All Ages
Macabre, Maggot Twat, Johnny Vomit, The Muzzler
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm Other
Sunday December 27
= Editor's Pick
Rusted Root
House of Blues: 8pm Other
Monday December 28
= Editor's Pick
Rusted Root
House of Blues: 8pm Other
Tuesday December 29
= Editor's Pick
Signal Path, Steez
Kinetic Playground: 9pm, $15 21+
Thursday December 31
= Editor's Pick
Jens Lekman
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, $30 21+
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
House of Blues: 9:30pm, $58 21+
The Jesus Lizard
Metro:
The Tossers, Yakuza, Teen Idols, Scott Lucas and the Married Men
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $30 21+
Black Keys
Riviera Theatre: 10pm, $49 18+
Friday January 1
= Editor's Pick
Jens Lekman
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $20 21+
Saturday January 2
= Editor's Pick
Jens Lekman
Empty Bottle: 10pm, $20 21+
Thursday January 21
= Editor's Pick
Nile, Immolation, Krisiun, Abigail Adams, Dreaming Dead
Metro: 6pm, 25-$27.50 All Ages
Saturday January 23
= Editor's Pick
Dave Mason
Beverly Arts Center: 8pm, $38 All Ages
Saturday January 30
= Editor's Pick
Cold War Kids
Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $21 All Ages
Wednesday February 10
= Editor's Pick
Air Supply
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino: 7:30pm, $49 21+
Sunday March 14
= Editor's Pick
One Night of Queen
Rialto Square Theatre: 6pm, $45 All Ages
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