5:30 PM · Folk
Celebrate John Prine's Birthday w/ The ILLEGAL SMILES ***Matinee Show***
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB, Berwyn
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Music in Chicago this month.
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Wed, Oct 7
6 PM · Hip-Hop/Rap
EPIK HIGH 3.0 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
House of Blues Chicago, Chicago
6 PM · Other
Rockin' For Rory: Rory David Deutsch Foundation Fundraiser
SPACE, Evanston
6:30 PM · Rock
The Jungle Giants
Outset, Chicago
7 PM · Jazz
PATIO JAZZ: Henry Carpender Quartet w/ special guest Chris Greene!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR, Berwyn
7:30 PM · Pop
Malcolm Todd: Do That Again Tour (MOVED TO THE SALT SHED OUTDOORS)
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds), Chicago
8 PM · Rock
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago
8 PM · Alternative
Sweet Pill with Heart to Gold and Emily How
Thalia Hall, Chicago
TicketsFrom $35
8 PM · Rock
Wayne Hancock, Three Blue Teardrops
Reggies Music Joint, Chicago
8 PM · Rock
Eddie JobsonS U.K. Revisited
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago
8 PM · Rock
Sweet Pill
Thalia Hall, Chicago
8 PM · Country
Elizabeth Nichols - I Don't Kiss & Tell, I Kiss & Tour with Soren Anderson
Carol's Pub, Chicago
8:30 PM · Folk
Celebrate John Prine's Birthday w/ The ILLEGAL SMILES ***Evening Show***
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB, Berwyn
Thu, Oct 8
5:45 PM · Country
Koe Wetzel: The Night Champion World Tour
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed), Chicago
6 PM · Blues
Omar Coleman Blues Band/Funky Mojo Daddy Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center, Chicago
TicketsFrom $18
7 PM · Rock
INVERTED TEMPLE / ESCULIS / JTOPIUM / ZAKHOURY
Cubby Bear, Chicago
TicketsFrom $13
7 PM · Metal
Scalp, Snuffed, Bifid Corpse, Ampolla, Embittered
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago
7 PM · World
MARIACHI ESTRELLAS de CHICAGO: Seventh Anniversary Show!
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB, Berwyn
TicketsFrom $18
7 PM · Blues
THURSDAY NIGHT in the SIDEBAR w/ JAIK WILLIS!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR, Berwyn
7:30 PM · Country
Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine Presented by the Prine Family
The Chicago Theatre, Chicago
7:30 PM · Rock
Gorillaz - The Mountain Tour
United Center, Chicago
7:30 PM · Classical
M??kel??, Petrushka & Belshazzar???s Feast
Symphony Center-IL, Chicago
7:30 PM · Rock
Ripcord, Wynton Existing, Sgt. Starling, Danimal Farm
Reggies Music Joint, Chicago
7:30 PM · Pop
Audrey Hobert
Riviera Theatre- IL, Chicago
7:30 PM · Folk
Luke Tyler Shelton w. Max Subar
SPACE, Evanston
TicketsFrom $21
8 PM · Rock
Karina Rykman
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago
8 PM · Dance/Electronic
Chasing Abbey, Blood
Bottom Lounge, Chicago
TicketsFrom $32
8 PM · Reggae
UB40 - THE UNSTOPPABLE TOUR 2026
The Auditorium, Chicago
8 PM · Other
Pinhead Gunpowder (18 and Over)
Metro, Chicago
8 PM · Alternative
SYML - Solo in North America 2026 with Roger Weeks
Thalia Hall, Chicago
TicketsFrom $43
8 PM · Country
Wicked Drawl - Album Release Party
Carol's Pub, Chicago
TicketsFrom $17
8 PM · Hip-Hop/Rap
Don Omar "The Last King World Tour"
Allstate Arena, Rosemont
9 PM · Folk
Pachanka Music Culture Presents: PANCHITA!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR, Berwyn
Fri, Oct 9
5 PM · Dance/Electronic
Punchis Banda Rave
Navy Pier, Chicago
5 PM · Latin
Punchis Punchis: Banda Rave Experience
Navy Pier, Chicago
5 PM · Folk
Happy Hour on the PATIO w/ The Mountainaires!
FITZGERALDS PATIO, Berwyn
7 PM · Pop
MUNA: Gets So Hot Tour
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds), Chicago
7 PM · Rock
Scene Queen: METALICIOUS
House of Blues Chicago, Chicago
7 PM · Blues
Toronzo Cannon Blues Band/Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center, Chicago
TicketsFrom $23
7:30 PM · Classical
M??kel??, Petrushka & Belshazzar???s Feast
Symphony Center-IL, Chicago
7:30 PM · Rock
BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR
The Auditorium, Chicago
7:30 PM · Country
Shaboozey - Outlaws Never Die Tour
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
8 PM · Rock
Karina Rykman
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago
8 PM · Alternative
Sawyer Hill - Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy World Tour
Bottom Lounge, Chicago
TicketsFrom $29
8 PM · Alternative
The Dead Bolts with Cab Ellis
Thalia Hall, Chicago
TicketsFrom $34
8 PM · Rock
Eyehategod, BL'ast!, Luicidal, Cavity, Evil Army
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago
8 PM · Latin
Tito Nieves - 50 Años La Historia Continua
Copernicus Center, Chicago
8 PM · Blues
Davy Knowles
SPACE, Evanston
8 PM · Other
Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press
Joe's Live Rosemont, Rosemont
TicketsFrom $26
8 PM · Country
Zach Top: Cold Beer & Country Music Tour 2026
Allstate Arena, Rosemont
8:30 PM · Rock
Fighting for Scraps, Hunting Lions, Squared Off
Reggies Bananna's Shack, Chicago
8:30 PM · Rock
TERRAPIN FLYER: A Grateful Dead Tribute @ FITZGERALDS!
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB, Berwyn
TicketsFrom $30
8:30 PM · Rock
THE WOOLLY RHINOS Rock The SIDEBAR!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR, Berwyn
9 PM · Country
Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy, the Fabulous Cowboys, 6'10, the Bansh
Reggies Music Joint, Chicago
9:30 PM · Country
Brady Lee
Carol's Pub, Chicago
TicketsFrom $12
10 PM · Dance/Electronic
VITIGRRL
Three Top Lounge, Chicago
Sat, Oct 10
11:30 AM · Rock
The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of Grateful Dead for Kids
Thalia Hall, Chicago
TicketsFrom $21
11:30 AM · Other
Rock and Roll Playhouse
Thalia Hall, Chicago
12 PM · Other
TenderFest @ East End Plaza at Navy Pier
Navy Pier, Chicago
4:45 PM · Other
How A Sunset Sounds
Three Top Lounge, Chicago
TicketsFrom $25
5 PM · Other
Next Showcase presents Mark Hubbard's 60th Birthday Celebration
Foundation Room at House of Blues Chicago, Chicago
6 PM · Jazz
GROOVE WITNESS on the PATIO STAGE
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR, Berwyn
6:30 PM · Other
Symphony Ball with Klaus M??kel??
Symphony Center-IL, Chicago
7 PM · Hip-Hop/Rap
FilipinX
Outset, Chicago
7 PM · R&B
Alice Smith
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago
7 PM · Rock
Switchfoot with special guest Anberlin - Forever Now Tour
House of Blues Chicago, Chicago
7 PM · Blues
Toronzo Cannon Blues Band/Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center, Chicago
TicketsFrom $23
7 PM · Alternative
MOONBIRD / SPIRIT SHAKERS / NEVER REALLY HERE
Cubby Bear, Chicago
TicketsFrom $13
7 PM · Other
EXPO ‘76 Rocks the Official Final PATIO POP-UP!!!
FITZGERALDS PATIO, Berwyn
7:30 PM · Alternative
Wind Walkers - The "I Don't Belong Here" Tour w/ If Not For Me & True North
Bottom Lounge, Chicago
TicketsFrom $28
7:30 PM · Rock
BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR
The Auditorium, Chicago
7:30 PM · Dance/Electronic
Book of Love (18 and Over)
Metro, Chicago
7:30 PM · Hip-Hop/Rap
JPEGMAFIA: the Experimental Rap Tour
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
7:30 PM
Face 2 Face
George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center, Skokie
8 PM · Rock
Failure (18 and Over)
Park West, Chicago
8 PM · Hip-Hop/Rap
Armand Hammer with Quelle Chris and Open Mike Eagle
Thalia Hall, Chicago
TicketsFrom $34
8 PM · Rock
Copeland w. Special Guest Jenny Dee
SPACE, Evanston
8:30 PM · Rock
Lily Vakili & Her Band, Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen, Greystone
Reggies Bananna's Shack, Chicago
9 PM · Rock
Orange Dog Club, the Courts
Reggies Music Joint, Chicago
9:30 PM · R&B
Alice Smith
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago
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