October

17
Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Laura Cantrell, Chicago Theatre

Tim Haldeman Quartet, Killing Tree; Empty Bottle

Edwin McCain, Himebaugh Bolder and Lee; House of Blues

Quiverlip, Chandler Travis Philharmonic; Double Door

Rock Four, Bleu, The Read Letter; Schubas

Snapcase, Boy Sets Fire, Atreyu, Time in Malta; Metro

Sons of the Never Wrong; Abbey Pub

18-19
Peaches, Chicks on Speed, Wit, Tracey and the Plastics; Abbey Pub

18
Abilene, The Race, Sicbay; Empty Bottle

Beck, Flaming Lips; Chicago Theatre

Eyes Adrift; Schubas

Hoobastank, Blindside, Greenwheel; House of Blues

Morris Minors, Magnus, The Dames; Double Door

Joan Osborne, Sissey Siero; Park West

Marc Ribot; Schubas

Mr. Scruff; Smart Bar

Strangefolk; Martyr's

Amon Tobin, Prefuse 73, Bonobo; Metro

19
Beenie Man, Smilez and Southstar, Silver Kat, Kirk Davis; House of Blues

Dashboard Confessional, Hot Rod Circuit, Rhett Miller, Piebald; Congress

Calvin Johnson, Little Wings, C.O.C.O.; Schubas

Los Lobos; Riviera Theatre

Pork Tornado; Double Door

Songs: Ohia, Damien Jurado; Schubas

20
Acid Mothers Temple, Kinski, Plastic Crime Wave; Empty Bottle

Jets to Brazil, Decibully; Metro

Rilo Kiley, Arlo, Clyde Federal; Schubas

J. Mascis, Cobra Verde; Abbey Pub

21
Counting Crows, O.A.R., Graham Colton; UIC Pavilion

Tommy Emmanuel; Schubas

New Found Glory, Finch, Something Corporate, Further Seems Forever; House of Blues 22
Italo, Roots of Orchis, Oma Yang; Empty Bottle

Forty One Rivers, Kilowatthours, Aldo Hecata; Schubas

New Found Glory, Finch, Something Corporate, Further Seems Forever; Riviera Theatre Nonpoint, Sunset Black; House of Blues

Roots of Orchis, Oma Yang,

23
1-Speed Bike, Criterion and doily, Implode; Empty Bottle

Alice Cooper, White Light Motorcade; House of Blues

Flogging Molly, Andrew W.K.; Vic Theatre

Hella, Ex-Models, Party of Helicopters; Schubas

Hot Water Music, Thrice, Coheed and Cambria, Vendetta Red; Metro

Sing Sing, Venus Hum; Double Door

24
Frank Black, Chris Forte Band; Double Door

Greenhornes, The Forty Fives, Douglass Kings; Empty Bottle

(hed)p.e., Z-Trip; House of Blues

Michelle Malone, Stolie; Schubas

Bob Mould, Jason Narducy; Metro

Dr. Alex Patterson; Smartbar

25-26
Sound Tribe Sector 9; House of Blues

25

Neko Case, John Doe, Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops; Metro

Johnny Dowd, John Kimler, Buddehead; Schubas

Imperial Teen, Assassins; Abbey Pub

Punsapaya, Rana, Dirty Love; Double Door

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Prosiacs; Empty Bottle

26-27
Ellis Paul, Laurie Geltman; Schubas

26
Badly Drawn Boy; Park West

Calexico, Destroyer, Nicola Dunger; Abbey Pub

Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Fireside Bowl

Chris Mills and the City That Works, Zincs; Schubas

Particle; Metro

Pan American, Radian, Signer; Empty Bottle

Pedro the Lion, Seldom, Scientific; Metro

The Streets; Double Door

Keller Williams; Vic Theatre

27-28
The Fall, Low Skies; Empty Bottle CANCELLED

27
Allister, Split Habit; Metro POSTPONED

Musiq; House of Blues

Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Exit, Velvet Teen; Fireside Bowl

Red Elvis; Abbey Pub

Yohimbe Brothers; Double Door

28
Musiq; House of Blues

Punk-O-Rama: Guttermouth, Suicide Machines, GOB, 1208; Metro

Soft Boys; Metro

SR 71; Park West

29
Campfire Girls; Double Door

Vanessa Carlton, Ben Lee; Park West

David Dondero, Virgil Shaw, Good Ship, Lovers; Empty Bottle

Flaw, 3rd Strike, Noise Therapy, Color Red; House of Blues

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmorons, Chris Gilmartin, Paul Dempsey; Schubas

30

Figdish, Gaza Strippers, Hushdrops, Giant Step, Bicycle Tricycle, Monster Trux, Last Vegas; Double Door

Rasputina, Evil Beaver, Lennon; Metro

Scene Creamers, Bluebird; Empty Bottle

Solas; House of Blues

31
Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms, Colossal; Metro

Jump Little Children, Dick Prall; Schubas

31

Captured by Robots, Frontier, Drag the River; Empty Bottle

Jerry Cantrell, Mad at Gravity, Udora, Comes With the Fall; House of Blues

Jump Little Children; Schubas

Lambchop; Abbey Pub

Legendary Pink Dots, Origami Galaktika; Double Door

G. Love and Special Sauce; Vic Theatre

November

1-2
John Wesley Harding; Schubas

1

Alkaline Trio, The Donnas, Lawrence Arms; Metro

Blues Monks, Forty Piece Choir, Wolcott; Double Door

Bob Dylan and His Band; Allstate Arena

Gwar, Bloodlet, Cattle Decapitation; Vic Theatre

James McMurtry, Dayna Kurtz; Martyr's

Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice, Baptist Generals; Empty Bottle

Me'shell N'Degeocello; Park West

Johnny Winter, T-Model Ford; House of Blues

2
Brad, Happy Chichester; Metro

Art Garfunkel, Maia Sharp, Buddy Mondlock; Oriental Theatre

Los Straitjackets; Empty Bottle

Mustache (reunion), Dragstrip Syndicate,

No Use for a Name, Yellow Card, Eyeliners, Slick Shoes; Vic Theatre

Samples; House of Blues

Midge Ure; Abbey Pub (early)

3
Supreme Beings of Leisure, Baldwin Brothers, Ben Neill; House of Blues

4
Divine Comedy; Martyr's

Radio 4, VHS or Beta, Hot Hot Heat; Empty Bottle

Trembling Blue Stars; Schubas

5
Residents; House of Blues

Stars of the Lid, Radar Brothers, Pine Marten; Empty Bottle

Theory of Ruin, Pelican; Prodigal Son

6
Boss Martians; Prodigal Son

Future Bible Heroes with Stephen Merritt, Parker & Lily; Schubas

Mushroomhead, Shadows Fall, High on Fire, Avenged Sevenfold; Metro

The Music; Double Door

The Pattern, Har Mar Superstar; Empty Bottle

Thursday, One Line Drawing, From Autumn to Ashes, Planes Mistaken for Stars; House of Blues

7
The Gloria Record, Swords Project; Abbey Pub

Bob Schneider; Martyrs

8
Ataris, Sugarcult, Auto Pilot Off, Ruffio; Metro

Datsuns, Black Keys; Empty Bottle

Del the Funky Homosapien, People Under the Stairs, Skhoolyard Featuring Planet Asia, Lifesavas; Metro

Donna the Buffalo; Martyrs

Josh Joplin, Peter Stuart; Park West

Jurassic Five; Riviera Theatre

Erin McKeown, Kris Delmhorst; Schubas

The Pushstars, Daybirds; Double Door

Radiators; House of Blues

Wolfetones; Abbey Pub

9
Dan Bern, Andy Stochansky; Martyrs

Black Heart Procession, Cherry Valence, Tara Jane O'Neil; Abbey Pub

Box Car Racer, H20, The Used; Aragon

Jim Breuer’s "Lighten Up" Tour; House of Blues

Disco Biscuits; Vic Theatre

Aimee Mann; Riviera Theatre

Eddie from Ohio; Park West

Smokey and Miho, La Makita Soma, Timeout Drawer; Schubas

Superdrag; Metro

The Warlocks; Double Door

10
Down; House of Blues

Martin Sexton; Park West

Shiner, Capitol City Dusters; Empty Bottle

Sigur Ros; Riviera

12
Oneida, Viza Noir; Empty Bottle

Tahiti 80; Double Door

The Wailers; House of Blues

13
Battlefield Band; Abbey Pub

Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke; Park West

14
Atmposphere, Brother ALI, DJ BK1, The Opus, Illogic, Deejaybird; Metro

House of Large Sizes, The Holy Ghost; Double Door

15
Fountains of Wayne; Double Door

Nad Navillus, T. Griffin; Schubas

Seven Nations; Martyrs

Sun City Girls; Empty Bottle

Supersuckers, Detachment Kit; Abbey Pub

16
Black Dice, Wolf Eyes, Panthers; Abbey Pub

Ani DiFranco; Chicago Theatre

Leftover Salmon, Cabaret Diosa; House of Blues

Matthew, Audible Campaign, Higher Burning, Fire, Carrie Cash; Fireside Bowl

John Mayer, Robert Randolph and the Family Brand; UIC Pavilion

Pinetop Seven, Shannonwright; Schubas

17
Glassjaw, American Nightmare, Blood Brothers, Christiansen; Metro

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Philip Roebuck; Schubas

Thievery Corporation; Park West

18
The Shining; Double Door

19
Bryan Ferry; Chicago Theatre

Hank Williams III; Metro

20
Combo #3, My Name is Rar Rar, The Ponys; Double Door

Jack Johnson, Alana Davis; Riviera Theatre

Pablo Milanes; House of Blues

Southern Culture on the Skids, BR5-49; Metro

21
Black 47; House of Blues

Dismemberment Plan, French Kicks; Metro

22-23
Richard Buckner, Bobby Bare Jr.; Schubas

22
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Deadweight; Vic Theatre

Cowboy Mouth; House of Blues

Mission of Burma; Metro

23
Ed and Fred Holstein; Abbey Pub

B]Stereo Total; Empty Bottle

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Cherrie Blue, Voodou; Metro

Wallflowers, Ours; House of Blues

24
Bruce Hornsby, Steve Kimrock, Yonder Mountain String Band; House of Blues POSTPONED

Yonder Mountain String Band; House of Blues

26
On Fillmore, Rope, Mark Shippy; Schubas

26-27
Café Tacuba; House of Blues

29
Cex, Numbers, Stars as Eyes; Fireside Bowl

30
Smog, Pacific Ocean; Abbey Pub

December

1
Saves the Day, Ash, Kind of Like Spitting; Congress

6
Better Than Ezra; House of Blues

Celtic Tenors; Park West

7
Blind Guardian, Symphony X, Twelfth Gate; Metro

12
T-Model Ford, Steepwater Band; Double Door

Shows on sale this weekend underlined

New announcements in boldface.

Sold-out shows in italics