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                Steph's Concert Calendar! by Stephanie Katsaros

  
         
 
4/12
Galactic, Papa Mali
Vic
 
4/12
Kenny Wayne Shepard, Pinetop Perkins...
HOB
 
4/12
Phix (Phish Tribute, last Chicago show)
Double Door
 
4/12
Whigs
 
4/13
Old Town School of Folk Music
 
4/13
Particle, Leadfoot String Band
Abbey Pub
 
4/13
Low, Lonley,Dear, Charlie Parr
Metro, 9pm
 
4/13 sold out
John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae
Chicago Theatre
 
4/13
A Trak, Flosstradamus
Smart Bar
 
4/13-14 (one or both sold out)
Lucinda Williams
Vic, 7:30pm
 
4/14
Carnaval For Justice & Dignity
Zack De La Rocha & Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine
Federal Plaza (FREE)
 
4/14
Ravi & Anoushka Shankar
Symphony Center
 
4/15
Peeping Tom (Mike Patton from Faith No More, KILLED IT at Lolla '06) & Pigeon John
Park West, 7:30pm
 
4/15
Iggy & The Stooges
Congress Theatre
 
4/17
Aqueduct, What Made Milwaukee Famous...
Empty Bottle
 
4/18-19
Riviera
 
4/19
Subterranean
 
4/20
Mofro, New Monsoon, Backyard Tire Fire
HOB
 
4/20
Martyrs
 
4/20
Kaiser Chiefs + The Walkmen
Vic
 
4/20
RJD2
Metro
 
4/20
Riviera, 8pm
 
4/21
Vic
 
4/22
Modest Mouse
Auditorium Theatre
 
4/22
Disco Biscuits
Vic
 
4/23-24
Bright Eyes
Riviera
 
4/27
Antibalas
Park West
 
4/27
Shellac
Subterranean
 
4/27
Art Garfunkel
Genesee Theatre
 
4/28
Schuba's, 10pm
 
 
4/28
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Metro
 
4/30
Future Rock
Abbey Pub
 
5/1
Adrian Belew
Martyrs'
 
5/1
Southern Culture on the Skids
 
5/2
Southern Culture on the Skids
Fitzgerald's
 
5/3
Grant Lee Phillips
 
5/3 -2 shows (sold out)
 
5/4
Vic
 
5/4
AIR
Riviera
 
5/4
Jet, The Virgins
HOB
 
5/4
Donna The Buffalo
Martyrs'
 
5/4-5
Fitzgerald's
 
5/5
Empty Bottle
 
5/5-6
Poi Dog Pondering
HOB
(sold out)
 
5/6
Metro
 
5/7
Cornelius (A sight to see, cool cool Japanese synth)
Park West
 
5/8
Arctic Monkeys, (listen to their song "Vampires"!!)
Be Your Own Pet
Riviera
 
5/8
Peter, Bjorn & John
Empty Bottle
 
5/8
Norah Jones, M. Ward
Chicago Theatre (sold out)
 
5/9
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
HOB
 
5/9 - 2 shows
Michael Penn
Schuba's
 
5/10
 
5/10-11
Perpertual Groove
Martyrs
 
5/11
Empty Bottle
 
5/11-12
Tragically Hip
HOB
 
5/12
Mastodon, Curisve, Planes Mistaken For Stars
Riviera
 
5/12 - 2 shows
Tapes 'N Tapes
Abbey Pub
 
5/12
Bjork
Auditorium Theatre
 
5/13
Riviera
 
5/13
The Head Cat featuring Lemmy of Motorhead and Slim of the Stray Cats and Three Blue Teardrops
Abbey Pub
 
5/14
Dick Dale
Double Door
 
5/14
Damien Rice
Civic Opera House (sold out)
 
5/14-15
Black Orchid
 
5/15
Morrissey
Auditorium Theatre
 
5/17
Mucca Pazza, Slavic Soul Party
Martyrs
 
5/17
Animal Collective
Metro
 
5/18
Greyboy Allstars
HOB
 
5/18-20
Arcade Fire
Chicago Theatre
 
5/22
The Steepwater Band, Wabash Cannonballs
Double Door
 
5/23
Metro
 
5/23
Lily Allen
Vic
 
5/24
Vic, 7:30pm
 
5/25
Summer Camp:
Moe, Umphrey's McGee, Keller Williams, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Les Claypool
Chillicothe, IL
 
5/26
The Flatlanders: Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock
 
5/30
Empty Bottle
 
5/31-6/2
Dinosaur Jr.
Abbey Pub
 
6/2
Empty Bottle, 10pm
 
6/2
Graham Parker
 
6/4
Poi Dog + Chicago Sinfonetta (doing Carmen!)
 
6/7
Sound Team
Schuba's
 
6/7-10
Chicago Blues Festival: Koko Taylor, Irma Thomas +++
Grant Park
 
6/9
Roger Waters/Dark Side of the Moon
United Center
 
6/9
Steve Poltz
Schuba's
 
6/10
Dr. John + Madeline Peroux
Ravinia
 
6/11
Empty Bottle, 9:30pm
 
6/12
Chris Thille
Abbey Pub
 
6/14-17 THE FESTIVAL: BONNAROO
The Police • Tool • Widespread Panic • The White Stripes • Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals • Wilco • The Flaming Lips • MANU CHAO Radio Bemba Sound System • The String Cheese Incident • Franz Ferdinand • Bob Weir & Ratdog • Damien Rice • Ween • Gov't Mule • Ziggy Marley • The Decemberists • The Roots • Kings of Leon • Michael Franti and Spearhead • Wolfmother • Regina Spektor • The Black Keys • Galactic • DJ Shadow • Gillian Welch • Spoon • Keller Williams (WMD'S) • Sasha & John Digweed • STS9 • Old Crow Medicine Show • The Hold Steady • Lily Allen • North Mississippi Allstars • Fountains Of Wayne • Hot Tuna • Feist • Hot Chip • John Butler Trio • Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Aesop Rock • The Richard Thompson Band • Dierks Bentley • James Blood Ulmer • Xavier Rudd • Gogol Bordello • Junior Brown • Tortoise • T-Bone Burnett • Mavis Staples • Clutch • Cold War Kids • Dr. Dog • Paolo Nutini • Brazilian Girls • RX Bandits • The Nightwatchman • The Slip • Girl Talk • Railroad Earth • Martha Wainwright • Rodrigo y Gabriela • Annuals • Tea Leaf Green • Sam Roberts Band • The National • Elvis Perkins in Dearland • Charlie Louvin • Sonya Kitchell • The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians • Mute Math • Apollo Sunshine • Uncle Earl • The Little Ones • Black Angels • Ryan Shaw In the comedy tent: Lewis Black & Friends • Dave Attell • David Cross
 
6/15
 
6/17
Manu Chao
Aragon, 8pm
 
6/22-23
Rebirth Brass Band
Martyrs'
 
6/28-29
Lyle Lovett, KD Lang
Ravinia
 
6/28-29
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Symphony Center
 
6/29 - 7/8
Taste of Chicago
Grant Park
 
6/30
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Star Plaza
 
7/1
Tortise
Metro
 
7/5-6
The Police
Wrigley Field
 
7/13-15
Cat Power, Iron & Wine, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound, Professor Murder...
Union Park
 
7/13-14
Steve Miller Band
Ravinia
 
7/28
Eric Clapton's Crossroad's Festival:
+ Jeff Beck, Doyle Bramhall II, Robert Cray, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, BB King, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Los Lobos, John McLaughlin, Willie Nelson, Robert Randolph, Hubert Sumlin, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vaughan, Steve Winwood
Toyota Park
 
7/28
Etta James & the Roots Band
HOB
 
7/28
Subdudes
 
8/1-2
Peter Himmelman
Schuba's
 
8/3-5
Lollapalooza (line-up announced 4/12)
Grant Park
 
10/10
Al Green
HOB
 
LINKS:
Da Leek = www.daleek.com (updates of the concert calendar)
Aragon Ballroom = www.aragon.com
Allstate Arena = www.allstatearena.com
Schubas = www.schubas.com
Vic Theatre, Riviera & Park West = www.jamusa.com
Empty Bottle & Logan Square Auditorium = www.emptybottle.com
House of Blues & many Congress Theatre shows = www.hob.com
Bob & Ron = www.myspace/bobandronsrecordclub (LISTEN EVERY SATURDAY 12midnight - 5am ON 105.9 WCKG www.1059freefm.com)
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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