Listings drawn primarily from Now Is, supplemented by Sound & Gravity, Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, and University of Chicago Events.
Compiled from Now Is, the official Sound & Gravity and Chicago Jazz Festival schedules, Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, and other local venue calendars.
Friday, September 4
Lily Finnegan’s Heat On
Von Freeman Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.
12:40 PM
Sam Wilkes / Resavoir
Rockwell Patio, 3057 N. Rockwell St.
6:30 PM / 8:15 PM
Chris Ryan Williams Vibration Trio / Patrick Shiroishi / Kalia Vandever
The Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave.
6:30 PM / 8:15 PM / 10:00 PM
Eliana Glass / Capatosta: Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, and Gregg Belisle-Chi / Ana Roxanne
Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM / 10:30 PM
Uniflora / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Jim White Trio with Guy Picciotto and Colleen Burke
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont Ave.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM / 10:30 PM
Water Damage / Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas / Hailu Mergia
Rockwell on the River, 3057 N. Rockwell St.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM / 10:30 PM
Andrew Sudhibhasilp Trio with Ben Dillinger and Tim Daisy
Clara, 2027 W. North Ave.
10:30 PM
Saturday, September 5
Josh Berman & Jason Stein Quartet
Von Freeman Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.
11:30 AM
Honoring Sun Ra: Vincent Chancey and Avreeayl Ra
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
1:00 PM
Patricia Brennan Septet
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.
5:05 PM
Katinka Kleijn & Kari Watson / Ami Dang / Keith Fullerton Whitman
Guild Row, 3130 N. Rockwell St.
6:00 PM / 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM
Russ Johnson / Jon Irabagon & Dan Oestreicher / Adam O’Farrill’s Elephant
The Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave.
6:30 PM / 8:15 PM / 10:00 PM
Son Lux / The American Analog Set
Athenaeum Center, 2936 N. Southport Ave.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM
Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer: Contre Jour / Josh Johnson / Marc Ribot
Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM / 10:30 PM
Microplastique / Tomeka Reid Quartet / Gregory Uhlmann Extra Stars
Judson & Moore, 3057 N. Rockwell St., Building 5
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM / 10:30 PM
M.E.B. celebrating the Miles Davis Centennial
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.
7:45 PM
Sunday, September 6
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio / Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier / Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Chris Corsano
The Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave.
6:30 PM / 8:15 PM / 10:00 PM
Eli Winter Ensemble / Tyondai Braxton / Yellow Swans
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont Ave.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM / 10:30 PM
Lucrecia Dalt / Grouper
Athenaeum Center, 2936 N. Southport Ave.
7:00 PM / 8:45 PM
Monday, September 7
Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont Ave.
8:00 PM
Tuesday, September 8
Cuatro Mujeres: “Peaches” featuring Angel Bat Dawid, Fred Jackson Jr., Naydja Bruton, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Adam Zanolini, and others
Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.
6:00 PM
Wednesday, September 9
The Visible Hand: Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, and Preyas Roy, followed by an open improvisation jam
Connect Gallery, 1451 E. 53rd St.
7:30 PM
Lara Somogyi: a [time] patterned
Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave.
8:30 PM
Friday, September 11
Tangible Sound Presents Ben LaMar Gay
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
3:00 PM
Plantasia: Makaya McCraven, Green-House, Okonski, Flore Laurentienne, Gwenifer Raymond, Precious Renee Tucker, Chee Shimizu, and Acopia
Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave.
5:00 PM
Bullshit Dozer: Nick Zoulek, Tim Russell, and Carl Johnson
The CheckOut, 4116 N. Clark St.
8:00 PM
CLEAT Series: Steve Reidell & Tim Kinsella / Alexander Panos / Squonk
Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Ave., Suite 208
8:00 PM
