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Saturday November 7
= Editor's Pick
Jaguares
Aragon Ballroom: 8pm All Ages
The Guess Who
Arcada Theatre: 8pm, $49 All Ages
Jon Drake & The Shakes, Harris & The Mood, Caught In Motion, Waterhens
Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $8 21+
Black Heart Procession, Bellini, The Poison Arrows
Bottom Lounge: 9pm, $15 18+
Ana Popovic, Tail Dragger
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm, $15 21+
Tidal Wave
darkroom: 9pm, $8 21+
William Elliot Whitmore, Hoots & Hellmouth, Death Ships
Double Door: 9pm, $12 21+
Moonshine Matinee, Mahoney, Ben Ripani Music Co., Side of Beef, Sara Masterson, Tim Hort, John Sabaduquia, Tamara Pierce-Vendetta
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Sabertooth
Green Mill: midnight, 0-$5 21+
Umbrella Music Festival
Hideout: 9pm, $15 21+
Red, Pop Evil, Taddy Porter
House of Blues: 6pm, 21-$23 All Ages
Stefon Harris
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Eric Church
Joe's Bar: 10pm, $15 21+
Sparrow & Joanie Pallatto
Katerina's: 6:30pm, $5 21+
Edan, Maker, DJ Rude One
Lava Lounge: 9pm, 5-$10 21+
Eccentric Soul Revue
Syl Johnson, The Notations, Renaldo Domino, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Linda Balintine, Sharon Clark, Pastor TL Bartlett
Lincoln Hall: 8pm Other
Push, City States, Art Galts Widow
Martyrs': 9pm, $8 21+
Mustard Plug, The Toasters, Deals Gone Bad, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Johnstones
Metro: 5:30pm, $15 All Ages
Marco Granados, Matthias Ziegler
Nichols Concert Hall: 8pm, 30/20 All Ages
Earl Scruggs
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm
Earl Scruggs
Old Town School of Folk Music: 10pm, 38-$42
Drama Junkies, White Wolf, Sonic Princess, Telepaths, Red Wigglers
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Chylde, Velcro Lewis
Reggie's Music Joint: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Kool Keith, Shala, Robust
Reggie's Rock Club: 10pm, $20 Other
Ramming Speed, Cannabis Corpse, Slow Horse
Reggie's Rock Club: 5pm All Ages
A.F.I.
Riviera Theatre: 8pm, $25 All Ages
Jonah Smith, Wes Kirkpatrick
Schubas: 7pm, 8-$10 18+
The Grates
Schubas: 10:30pm, $10 21+
Brooks Sings Barbra
Charlene Brooks
Skokie Theatre: 8pm, 20-$25 All Ages
Santiago, Worthy, DJ Weaponry
Smartbar: 10pm, $10 21+
The Rakes
Subterranean: 7pm All Ages
Glad Cloud: Ambient Music Series
The Whistler: 7pm 21+
Jason Clifford, Blind Man Leading, Clone Radio, Stone Guard
US Beer Company: 9pm, $10 21+
The Sounds
Vic Theatre: 7:30pm, $18 All Ages
Victor Calderone
Vision Nightclub: 10pm 21+
The Teflons, Eddie Holstein
World Music Company: 8pm, $20
Sunday November 8
= Editor's Pick
Cochise Soulstar, Innervisionists, Daemon Familiar, B Vax
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Jucifer, Soul Power Trio, Apothecarrion, Pooch Carver, Samaveda
darkroom: 7pm, $10 21+
Killah Priest, DJ Notion, Colazone & Dolomite, Qwel and Maker
Double Door: 9pm
ILLCITIZEN, Realign, Tom Peckskamp, Aaron Newton, Raman Sachdev
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
the binary marketing show, Crooks and Children, Swim Ignorant Fire, Fiction Contest
Empty Bottle: 8pm, $3 21+
New Music Ensemble
Fulton Recital Hall: 8pm, $0 All Ages
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam
Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Stefon Harris
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
J. Tillman, Pearly Gate Music
Lincoln Hall: 8pm, 12-$14
William Bennett, Dennis Bouriakov
Nichols Concert Hall: 3pm, 30/20 All Ages
Jill Sobule, Erin McKeown
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm, 21-$25
Short Punks in Love, Robin Lore
Red Line Tap: 21+
El Ten Eleven, Ohvaur An, Aesthetic Anaesthetic
Schubas: 8pm, $10 21+
Harpoon, Lord Mantis, Wetnurse, The Swan King
Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Monday November 9
= Editor's Pick
Pat McCurdy
Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $6 21+
Giggle Party, The Unemployed Architects, Blue Hippopotamus, Ashley Riley, Jessica Jolly, Annah London, Josh Mease
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Patricia Barber Quartet
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Skinny Puppy, Vverewolf Grehv
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 27.50-$30 Other
Tom Matta
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Kevin O'Donnell's November, Spectacular
Martyrs': 8pm, $8 21+
Nick Mazzarella
Morseland: 9pm, $0 21+
Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales
Schubas: 8pm, 10-$12 18+
Tuesday November 10
= Editor's Pick
Digable Planets, Psalm One, Abstract Giants, Boomjuice
Abbey Pub: 8:30pm, $20 18+
Flyleaf
Bottom Lounge: 6pm, $25 All Ages
The B Foundation, Little District, E3PO, Jaik Willis
Double Door: 9pm, $10 21+
Deep Blue Organ Trio
Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Sanctified Grumblers
Hideout: 9:30pm, $5 21+
Bob Dogan Trio
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Charlie Shafter and the Gnomes
Joe's Bar: 8pm, $6 21+
Band of Heathens
Joe's Bar: 9pm, $6 21+
Art Brut, Surfer Blood
Lincoln Hall: 9pm
Ayanami, Eric Howells' Greatest Hitch, The Vindits
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Haptic and Lisa Slodki
Museum of Contemporary Art: 6pm, $0 All Ages
Sexfist
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Pete Galanis, Nate Manos
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm, 5-$7
Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele, Essex Chanel, Mittens On Strings
Schubas: 9pm, $10 21+
Wednesday November 11
= Editor's Pick
Joe Purdy
Abbey Pub: 8pm, 12-$15 18+
Doghouse Lords
Double Door: 9pm
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan
Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
Joshua Abrams Group
Hideout: 9:30pm, $7 21+
Ian Torres
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Just Desserts, Matt ROAN, Black Holes, Kid Color, Clash Gordon
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $5 18+
Miggs, Gareth Asher, Stereo Deluxe
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Zutano
Morseland: 8pm, $0 21+
Lokua Presents: Heartbeats
Morseland: 10pm 21+
Dulcet Road, Pear Traps, Pervertable Tounges, The Ragtones
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Austin, Free Flyte
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, $0 21+
The Walkmen, White Rabbits
Schubas: 9pm, $20 21+
Gene Farris, Diz, Lego, Frique, Brian Heath
Smartbar: 10pm, $5 21+
Paul Geremia, Ed Holstein
SPACE: 8pm, 12-$22 21+
Cains and Abels, Whatfunnybirdsdiveintowater
Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Daniel Bruce
The Whistler: 9:30pm 21+
Thursday November 12
= Editor's Pick
Ray LaMontagne
Auditorium Theatre: 7:30pm All Ages
The Mumlers
Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $10 18+
Valient Thorr, Red Fang, Ramova, DJ Timebomb
Double Door: 9pm, $10 21+
Branden Mann & The Reprimand, Milatary Special, New Generation Dudes, Gringo Soul, Alessandro
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Girls, Real Estate
Empty Bottle: 9pm, 5-$10 21+
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra
Green Mill: 9pm, $6 21+
The 1900s, Brighton MA
Hideout: 9pm, $12 21+
Blue October, B.O.B.
House of Blues: 7pm, 21-$28
Cedar Walton Quartet, Dimitry Baevsky
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
The Walkmen, White Rabbits, TV Torso
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $18
Peter Bjorn & John, El Perro del Mar, Yourself and The Air
Metro: 9pm, 20-$22 18+
Justin Nozuka
Park West : 6:30pm, $20 All Ages
James Wheeler Blues Jam, Ariyo, Tony Mangiullo, Harlan Terson
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm, $7
Meat Puppets, King Sparrow, Black Wine
Schubas: 9pm, 16-$18 21+
DJ Mertz, DJ Belly, Substr8 vs Phaded, Richie August, Brandon S
Smartbar: 10pm, $5 21+
Trizonna McClendon
Subterranean: 8:30pm 21+
Devo
Vic Theatre: 8pm, 40-$100
Friday November 13
= Editor's Pick
The Bomb, Team Band, Violent Soho, Textbook
Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $8 21+
Dirty Projectors
Bottom Lounge: 9pm, $15 18+
Pool of Frogs, Mr. Gnome, Soft Speak, An Aesthetic Anasthetic
darkroom: 8pm, 8-$10 21+
Bob Schneider, Charlie Mars
Double Door: 9pm, $20 21+
Sister Switchblade, Dollbody Kid, Liquor Boxx, The Infamous Ashley St Ives, Denise Hradecky, Morgan Bracy, Georgia Thomas
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $9 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Girls, Smith Westerns, Dominant Legs
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 5-$10 21+
Green Mill Quartet
Green Mill: 1:30am, $0 21+
Barehand Jugband
Hideout: 5:30pm, $5 21+
CoCoComa, Hex Dispensers
Hideout: 10pm, $8 21+
Keb' Mo'
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 29-$31 Other
Cedar Walton Quartet, Dimitry Baevsky
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Keith Anderson, David Nail
Joe's Bar: 8pm, $50 21+
Jack Straw
Kinetic Playground: 8pm, $8
The Walkmen, TV Torso, The Dig
Lincoln Hall: 10:30pm, $18 18+
Natalia Lafourcade, Hello Seahorse!, Canasta
Logan Square Auditorium: 8pm, $25 All Ages
Pearls Mahone & the OneEyed Jacks
Martyrs': 10pm, $8 21+
Warren G, Kidz In The Hall, U-N-I
Metro: 9pm, $20 18+
The Woes, Wounded Roots
Morseland: 10pm, $5 21+
John McCutcheon
Old Town School of Folk Music: 8pm, 18-$22
Todd Snider
Park West : 8:30pm All Ages
Phillip Morris, John Ibarra
Quennect 4 Gallery: 9pm
Elena Urioste
Ravinia : 8pm, $20
Skapone
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Machinegun Mojo, Beyond Words
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm Other
Wolfmother
Riviera Theatre: 7:30pm, $24 18+
Nick Moss & The Flip Tops
Rosa's Lounge: 8pm, 10-$12
Meat Puppets, Dynasty Electric, Winston Audio
Schubas: 10pm, 16-$18 21+
The Ladies & Gentlemen, The Midnight Shows, The Assembly
Subterranean: 10pm, $8 21+
The Earth Program, Eddie Riot, EchoNine
US Beer Company: 9pm, $7 21+
Ritwik Banerji Quintet, Jeff Chan's Trio Plus One and Friends
Velvet Lounge : 9:30pm, $15
Saturday November 14
= Editor's Pick
Heiruspecs, Rubblebucket Orchestra, Treologic
Abbey Pub: 9pm, 10-$12 18+
Passafire, The Embraceables, The Pinstripes
Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm, $10 All Ages
Asylum Street Spankers
Bottom Lounge: 8pm, 20-$25 21+
Guilty Simpson, Black Spade, Rita J, Radius, Scott Free, Tone B. Nimble, DJ Trew and DJ RTC
darkroom: 9pm, $10 21+
Little Dragon, Brandon S
Double Door: 10pm, $0 21+
The Wandas, Keith and the Complications, Midwest Hype, Lansdowne, 20 Mark Helga, Aviary Ghost
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Sabertooth
Green Mill: midnight, 0-$5 21+
Bottomless Pit, the Karl Hendricks Trio, The Kyle Sowashes
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Aaron Karo
House of Blues: 7:30pm, 25-$30 Other
Infected Mushroom
House of Blues: 11pm, $26 Other
Greensky Bluegrass
House of Blues Back Porch: 10pm, 12-$14 21+
Cedar Walton Quartet, Dimitry Baevsky
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Rock Candy
Joe's Bar: 11pm, $8 21+
Josh Heinrichs
Kinetic Playground: 8pm
Mucca Pazza, Bird Names, Killer Whales
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, $12
Great Crusades, Katie Todd
Martyrs': 9pm, $10 21+
Dorian's Decay, Eli, Victorian Halls, Enjoy The Massacre, Rooks
Metro: 6pm, $11 All Ages
Battle of the Jug Bands
Morseland: 7pm, $7 21+
Bruce Hornsby
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie: 8pm, $74 All Ages
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Sanctified Grumblers
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm, 24-$28
Moving Target, Life After Liftoff, The Hired Goons
Red Line Tap: 9pm 21+
Earthen Grave, November's Doom, Wood of Ypres, Sacred Dawn, Empyrean Sky
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm, 10-$12 Other
Free Moral Agents, Zechs Marquise
Reggie's Rock Club: 4pm All Ages
Meat Puppets, Dexateens, Dynasty Electric
Schubas: 10pm, 16-$18 21+
Uneaq, Lego, Bai-Ee
Smartbar: 10pm, $10 21+
Starter Kit, Heart-Set Self-Destruct
Subterranean: 5:30pm, 8-$10 All Ages
Freezepop, Terrible Spaceship
Subterranean: 11pm, $12 Other
Three Big Guys Plus One, The Hal Tsuchida Organ Trio
Velvet Lounge : 9:30pm, $15
The Fab Faux, Hogs Head Horns, Creme Tangerine Strings
Vic Theatre: 8pm, $59
Sunday November 15
= Editor's Pick
Benjy Davis Project, Andrew Hoover, Peasant
Beat Kitchen: 8pm, $10 18+
Chicago Blues Challenge: The Finals
Buddy Guy's Legends: 7:30pm, $10 21+
Hank III & Assjack, Those Poor Bastards
Double Door: 9pm, $20 21+
Say It With A Smile, Burning at Both Ends, Nate and his Kite, Plain Ole Delicious, Ish Moreno
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
Green Mill: 11pm, $4 21+
Uptown Poetry Slam
Green Mill: 7pm, $6 21+
Edward Burch, Steve Dawson, Steve Frisbie, The Viper & His Famous Orchestra, John Peacock
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Skillet
House of Blues: 5:30pm, 23-$25 All Ages
Paul Riola, Josh Berman, Mark Clifford, Jeff Parker, Josh Abrams, Antwon Owens
Hungry Brain: 10pm
Cedar Walton Quartet, Dimitry Baevsky
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Dengue Fever
Old Town School of Folk Music: 7:30pm, 16-$20
Kate Voegele
Park West: 7pm, $15 All Ages
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, These United States, JT & the Clouds, Adam Fitz
Reggie's Music Joint: 8pm, $8 21+
Heavy Trash, Jon Spencer, Matt Vertaray, The Bama Lamas
Schubas: 8pm, $15 21+
Kimber Leigh Nussbaum
Skokie Theatre: 2pm, $20 All Ages
Reigning Sound, Ronnie Moon and the Style Tycoons
Subterranean: 8pm, $12 Other
Monday November 16
= Editor's Pick
Pat McCurdy
Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $6 21+
The New Red Moons, The Black Lillies, The Tree Shakers, Jim Jenkins, Aaron Zimmer
Elbo Room: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Patricia Barber Quartet
Green Mill: 9pm, $7 21+
Western Illinois Big Band
Jazz Showcase: 8pm
Dir En Grey
Metro: 7pm, 22.50-$25 All Ages
Mud Queens
Reggie's Rock Club: 8pm 21+
The Old Ceremony, Cobalt & The Hired Guns, Nathan Xander
Schubas: 8pm, $8 21+
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