Early Warnings
Chicago’s essential months-ahead music calendar

See also the current community calendar listings of concerts and music events from a wide variety of event organizers—including Reader readers.

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Bratty

3/6/24, 8 PM, Subterranean, 17+

Paula Cole

4/11/24, 8 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, all ages

Dada

6/15/24, 8 PM, Park West, 18+, on sale 12/8 @ 10 AM

Echo & the Bunnymen

5/26/24, 7:30 PM, Riviera Theatre, 18+, on sale 12/8 @ 10 AM

Girlschool, Lillian Axe, Alcatrazz

4/2/24, 7:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+ 

GRLwood

1/26/24, 8 PM, Cobra Lounge, all ages

Idles

9/18/24, 8 PM, Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, 17+, on sale 12/8 @ 10 AM

Joyce Manor

12/31, 10 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+ 

Koji, Pictoria Vark, Routine Fuss, Rat Tally

12/23, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

Bonnie Koloc, Ed Holstein

2/3/24, 8 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, all ages

Indira Paganotto

2/23/24, 10 PM, Concord Music Hall, 18+

PawPaw Rod

1/17/24, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Punks for Palestine: Cut Your Losses, the Flips, Ester, Gosh Diggity

12/14, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

Priya Ragu

3/27/24, 8 PM, Subterranean, 17+

Ana Tijoux

3/21/24, 8 PM, Metro, 18+, on sale 12/8 @ 10 AM

Jon Vinyl

3/30/24, 9 PM, Sleeping Village

Mike Wheeler, NuBlu Band ft. Carlise Guy

12/31, 8 PM, Buddy Guy’s Legends

Winter Solstice Sunrise Concert: Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang

12/21-12/2212/23, 6 AM, Links Hall, all ages

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Bar Italia, Noise Shrine

12/11, 9 PM, Empty Bottle, sold out

Beyond the Gate: Stephen O’Malley & François J Bonnet, Michael Vallera

12/9, 6:15 PM & 9:15, Bohemian National Cemetery Cathedral, 18+, support added

Local H, Sybris

12/31, 9 PM, Bottom Lounge, support added

Nnamdï & Friends, Monobody

12/30, 9 PM Empty Bottle, support added

Nnamdï & Friends, Stress Positions

12/31, 10 PM, Empty Bottle, support added

Poison The Well, SeeYouSpaceCowboy

1/13/24, 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+, sold out

Resavoir, Stewart/Beckstrom/Burns/Leftridge Jr/Pierce/Gold

12/9, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+, sold out

Sham 69, Through N Through

3/13/24, 7:30 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+, support added

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10,000 Maniacs

2/15-2/16/24, 8 PM & 2/17/24, 5 PM & 8:30 PM, City Winery, all ages

Action Bronson, HGH

12/17, 8 PM, the Vic, 18+

Alkaline Trio, Drug Church

3/16/24, 8 PM, Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, 18+

Anjimile

12/12, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Armand Hammer

1/25/24, 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

The Armed, Model/Actriz, Kipp Stone

12/16, 8 PM, Metro, all ages

Arlo Parks, Chloe George

3/16/24, 8:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Aterciopelados, the Braided Janes

12/6, 7 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

BabyTron, Certified Trapper

3/10/24, 8 PM, Patio Theater, all ages

Bad Bunny

3/28/24-3/29/243/30/24, 8 PM, United Center, all ages

Jon Batiste

2/24/24, 8 PM, Riviera Theatre, all ages

Belle & Sebastian, the Weather Station

5/4/24, 8 PM, Salt Shed, 17+

Berhana

4/20/24, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, all ages

The Blessed Madonna, Kon, Jaq Attaque, Olin

12/16, 10 PM, Smart Bar

Bloodbath, Primordial, Grave, Archgoat, Cardiac Arrest

5/28/24, 6:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Bombay Bicycle Club

3/14/24, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

Braid, Startographers

12/16, 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+

Buck Meek

5/24/24, 7 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Buggin, Big Laugh, Enervate

1/18/24, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Sam Bush

2/10/24, 8 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, all ages

Roseanne Cash

1/19/24-1/20/24, 8 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, all ages

Andrés Cepeda, Alejandro Santamaria

4/13/24, 7:30 PM, Riviera Theatre, all ages

Cherry Glazerr, Wombo

3/9/24, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, all ages with adult accompaniment

Chicago Maqam: Relief Concert for Gaza

12/16, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

Cobrah

3/7/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Code Orange, Teenage Wrist, Soul Blind

3/2/24, 7:30 PM, Metro, all ages

Cold War Kids, Joe P

2/24/24, 8 PM, Salt Shed, 17+

Indigo De Souza

2/16/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Deap Vally, Sloppy Jane

2/10/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Delmark Blues & Jazz All-Stars Holiday Concert

12/20, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Digable Planets, Kassa Overall

1/26/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

DJ Shadow

1/31/24, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

Doja Cat, Ice Spice

12/13, 7:30 PM, United Center, all ages

Dorian Electra, Uffie, Izzy Spears

3/16/24, 8 PM, the Vic, all ages

Drama, Ric Wilson, Derrick Carter, Terry Hunter, Emmaculate

1/20/24, 7 PM, Salt Shed, 17+

Elephant Stone, Evolfo, Bret Koontz & Truancy Club

3/29/24, 10 PM, Empty Bottle

Lee Fields & Y La Bamba

3/24/24, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

The Flatliners, Pet Symmetry

12/16, 7 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

Fluorescents, Four Stars, Wolf Rd

12/15, 8 PM, Gman Tavern

Jeffrey Foucault, Pieta Brown

12/10, 7 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall, all ages

Freeway

12/14, 9 PM, the Promontory

G. Love & Special Sauce, Jakobs Castle

1/12/24, 8 PM, Park West, 18+

Ganser, Patter, Plum, Martin Atkins (DJ set)

1/13/24, 9 PM, Empty Bottle

Alice Longyu Gao

1/19/24, 8:30 PM, Sleeping Village

Ginger Root

12/10, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

Glassjaw

12/28, 6 PM, Concord Music Hall, 17+

Greensky Bluegrass

3/2/24, 8 PM, Salt Shed, 17+

Half Gringa, Lucky Cloud

1/10/24, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Tigran Hamasyan

3/17/24, 7 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Mayer Hawthorne

2/3/24, 7:30 PM, Park West, all ages

Health, Pixel Grip, King Yosef

3/22/24, 7 PM, Concord Music Hall, 17+

Helado Negro

4/30/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Honey Dijon, Tsha, DJ Heather

12/9, 10 PM, Radius, 18+

Horse Lords, Ka Baird

3/13/24, 9 PM, Empty Bottle

Brittany Howard, Becca Mancari

2/7/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Hurray for the Riff Raff

3/14/24, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Asha Imuno

1/20/24, 8:30 PM, Sleeping Village

Sarah Jarosz

2/13/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

K. Flay

3/15/24-3/16/24, 7:30 PM, Chop Shop, all ages

The Kills, the Paranoyds

2/14/24, 8 PM, Riviera Theatre, 18+

KMFDM, Cyanotic

3/15/24, 9 PM, Metro, 18+

Lisa LeBlanc

12/13, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

The Lemonheads, Kiwi Jr. 

12/30, 8 PM & 12/31, 9 PM, SPACE, Evanston, all ages, 12/30 sold out

Siena Liggins, Daisha McBride

2/7/24, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Little Stranger

3/22/24, 8:30 PM, Park West, 18+

Living Colour, Radkey

2/8/24, 7:30 PM, Bottom Lounge, all ages

Los Campesinos

6/22/24, 7:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Los Lobos, Them Coulee Boys

12/8, 7:30 PM, the Vic, all ages

Los Rolling Ruanas

1/23/24, 7:30 PM, Schubas, 18+

Machine Head, Fear Factory, Orbit Culture, Gates to Hell

1/31/24, 6 PM, Concord Music Hall, 17+

Mannequin Pussy, Soul Glo

4/10/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Mclusky

3/15/14, 7:30 PM, the Vic, 18+

Ministry, Gary Numan, Front Line Assembly

3/14/24, 7 PM, Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, 18+

Mir Fontane, Caleborate

2/18/24, 7:30 PM, Schubas, 18+

Mike

4/25/24, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

Mitski, Julia Jacklin

3/21/24-3/22/24, 8 PM, Auditorium Theatre, all ages

Mom Jeans, Summer Salt, Bad Bad Hats, Hunny

3/28/24-3/29/24, 6 PM, Concord Music Hall, 17+

Moontricks

3/29/24, 9 PM, Chop Shop, 18+

Meg Myers

1/19/24, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

Ninth Annual War on Xmas featuring the Lawrence Arms, We Are the Union, Pkew Pkew Pkew

12/8, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

Nonpoint, Hed PE, Sumo Cyco, Vrsty

12/10, 7 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

Xavier Omär, Elhae

12/7, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Omni

3/9/24, 8:30 PM, Schubas, 18+

Oso Oso, Carly Cosgrove, Kicksie

12/13, 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+

Otoboke Beaver, Drinking Boys, Girls Choir

3/9/24-3/10/24, 7:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Ovlov, Floatie, Disco Doom, Mandy, Cel Rey

12/10, 6:30 PM, Sleeping Village

Sofiane Pamart

3/18/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

The Paper Kites

3/17/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Peekaboo, Lyny, Wink, Aireloosh

12/9, 9 PM, Concord Music Hall, 18+

Peezy

2/2/24, 8 PM, Avondale Music Hall, all ages

Petey, the Slaps

3/1/24, 8:30 PM, the Vic, all ages

Phora

2/21/24, 8 PM, the Promontory, all ages

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

1/23/24, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall

Porno for Pyros

2/26/24, 8 PM, Salt Shed, 17+

Princess Chelsea, Kitty

12/9, 8 PM, Subterranean, 17+

Ratboys, Disq

12/22, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Reason

1/18/24, 7 PM, Subterranean, all ages

Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on drums

2/24/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, all ages

Gilberto Santa Rosa

3/23/24, 7:30 PM, Riviera Theatre, all ages

Caroline Rose

4/16/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Claire Rosinkranz

3/22/24, 7:30 PM, Metro, all ages

Salami Rose Joe Louis, Jessica Risker, Sparklmami

12/9, 8 PM, Sleeping Village

San Cisco

3/15/24, 8 PM, Sleeping Village

Oumou Sangaré

4/14/23 7 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, all ages

Sango

2/15/24, 9 PM, Concord Music Hall, 18+

Schoolgirl Byebye, Carlos Truly

12/6, 7:30 PM, Chop Shop, all ages

Travis Scott

12/15-1/22/24, 8 PM,  United Center, all ages, 12/15 sold out

The Scratch

3/19, 9 PM, Empty Bottle

Sessanta, A Perfect Circle, Primus

1/23/24, 7:30 PM, Wintrust Arena, all ages

Sheer Mag

4/27/24, 9 PM, Sleeping Village

Sleater-Kinney

3/21/24, 7:30 PM, Riviera Theatre, all ages

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Dead Rider, Cheer Accident

3/13/24, 6:30 PM, Lincoln Hall, all ages

Patti Smith & Her Band

12/27, 8 PM, Salt Shed 17+

Snotty Nose Rez Kids

1/27/24, 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, all ages

Sons of the Silent Age, Michael Shannon

1/13/24, 7 PM, Metro, all ages

Static X, Sevendust, Dope, Lines of Loyalty

2/24/24, 5:30 PM, Radius, 17+

Todd Terje, Harry Cross, Material Luv

12/9, 10 PM, Smart Bar

Thursday, Rival Schools, Many Eyes

1/30/24, 7 PM, Concord Music Hall, 17+

Tornillo, Dharius

3/8/24, 7:30 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

Jeff Tweedy

5/31/24-6/1/24, 7:30 PM, the Vic, all ages

Urban Heat, Rare DM, Flores Negras (DJ set)

12/7, 8 PM, Empty Bottle, 18+

Suzanne Vega

4/24-4/25/24, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, all ages

Vegyn, Louke Man

12/8, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Video Age

3/15/24, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Tweet

2/5/24, 6 PM & 9:30 PM, 2/6/24, 6 PM & 9:30 PM, City Winery, all ages 

Twin Temples, Vowws

3/6/24, 8 PM, Metro, 18+

William Tyler & the Impossible Truth

1/26/24, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

Winter Solstice Evening Concert: Nicole Mitchell, Hamid Drake, and Michael Zerang

12/21, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

Winter Solstice Evening Concert: Moment to Moment

12/22, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

Jamila Woods, Kara Jackson

2/23/24, 8 PM, the Vic, all ages

Jaime Wyatt, Joshua Quimby

2/1/24, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Yonder Mountain String Band

1/26-1/27/24, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, all ages

Young Fathers

4/11/24, 8 PM, the Vic, 18+

Zeds Dead

12/14-12/1512/16, 9:30 PM, Salt Shed, 18+, 12/16 sold out

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Bar Italia, Mika Zhané

12/10, 9 PM, Empty Bottle, sold out

Andrew Bird, Margaret Glaspy, Julian Lage

12/7-12/8, 12/11-12/12-12/13-12/14-12/15, 8 PM, Fourth Presbyterian Church, all ages, sold out

Sky Ferreira

12/6, 7:30 PM, Metro, all ages, sold out

Daði Freyr

3/14/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+, sold out

La Lom

12/13, 9 PM, Empty Bottle, sold out

Magnetic Fields

4/17-4/18, 8:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+, sold out

Ninth Annual War on Xmas featuring the Lawrence Arms, Restorations, Sweetie

12/9, 8 PM, Metro, 18+, sold out

Poison the Well, Seeyouspacecowboy, Volcano

1/12/24, 7:30 PM, Metro, all ages, sold out

Allison Russell

1/14/24, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+, sold out

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