November 2026 in Chicago

SALSA LOVERS: We’re taking Pitch-A-Friend back to the DANCE FLOOR!

Strawberry Guy hits Metro’s stage

Moody Joody - The Plain Jane Show

JUST ANNOUNCED! @katenash is coming to Martyrs' Wednesday, November 11th.

David Wimbish & The Collection & Jesse James DeConto

MoonBloom Tour

💥 JUST ANNOUNCED 💥 Surely Tempo at Beat Kitchen

A Hex On This Nation!

Riot Fest presents Sunday Cruise at Cobra Lounge with special guests Arcadia Grey and Friend

Riot Fest presents Sunday Cruise with special guests Arcadia Grey and Friend

The Electronic Buffet LIVE

Dante's Inferno LP Release Party

TWIN TALK DELIGHTS ALBUM RELEASE

PINK PARTY

Schuba’s upstairs introductory House Party

Record release concert at Hungry Brain

Cash Money & No Limit Tour

William Basinski ~ 25 Years of The Disintegration Loops ~

ANOTHR ONE!

Patrick Wolf

House Party: A sweaty love-letter to the 2010s rager

ØTTA (360° set)

Versus Me is coming to Cowboy Monkey!

~ 25 Years of The Disintegration Loops ~

Dubbie & Friends: From Hip Hop to Afro Beats, R&B and House Music

CHICAGO, NICK VARELL IS BACK!

956 debut! Join us November Friday the 13th @thegremlinmcallen as we welcome ATL modular maestro @redgotdope to the RGV.

VSME returns to Champaign-Urbana for another heater. @emperorsandangels (Peoria) and @palecurseband (Indy) joining the lineup!

The Simulation

Carter Faith Bar Star Show

Catch us at @cobralounge Nov 13!

THIS WEEK: Twin Talk Album Release / Mycelium New Music w/ Kate Soper / Frequency Series Presents: Nick Zoulek's Rushing Past Willow 10th Anniversary

Matinee banger for Cliffhanger to celebrate the release of their new record "Brain Bleed" with special guests Midway Down!

WeishFest

Nightbreakers and Lake Drive are coming to the AAA Stage at Cobra Lounge with special guest Nick Karcher.

BEBECITAS TAKE OVER AURORA

HOUSE vs REGGAETÓN

Catch the return of the illustrious Afghan Whigs when they make their way back to Metro’s stage on Saturday, November 14th! Joined by psych-country trio, Night Moves.

The Custom Fit Tour

SLACKFEST 2026

Emo Night Karaoke

Cosmic Pre-Show Happy Hour with deadinside_chicago before gratefulshredmusic

WeishFest lineup featuring Five For Fighting, Russell Dickerson and Quinn XCII

Show with Kate Soper performing 'Epithets' and winning pieces from Call for Spores

Bernie Mac 'Midnight Mac Tour' at Arie Crown

Bringing that rage and cry energy to Sound Bar in 37 days. See you Nov. 14 Chicago

312 Comedy Festival - Ali Siddiq

GIVEAWAY: Dinner + a Show 🎶

Slackfest North

NO FRILLS BABY ;) Cafe Modulaire

Don't miss the next one!

Riot Fest presents Spanish Love Songs at Cobra Lounge with special guest TBA

Danny Gonzalez at Park West (312 Comedy Festival)

Honey Revenge x Dead Poet Society with HUNNY and Broadside

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - The Joint Tour with Johanna Samuels presented by 93XRT

Danny Gonzalez - 312 Comedy Festival

Empire Productions presents... Discontent / Ethic / Another Enemy / Viscera Crown / Suffering / Absent Soul / Kartika 55

Miss Monday Night '27

The Native's Anniversary! 10 Years of Our Bullshit

Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge

Pénjamo: A Pocha Road Trip Story staged reading

Lonely World Tour

Devyn Crimson / Big Star Tom / Voice Memo Band Release Show

Strawberry Girls and Andrès are back at Cobra Lounge with Andrès joining Strawberry Girls on vocals in addition to performing a full band set of their own. Killer co-headline bill with special guests TBA.

Henry Cole Trio LIVE! & La Cantera Residency

En Tiempo Con Henry

Pilsen StandUP

For The Art Of It Tour

40 YEARS of the Jayhawks

Protomartyr return to Metro’s stage with Subpop’s J.R.C.G.

JUST ANNOUNCED ✦ Denise Julia at Beat Kitchen

BRINKA-BRINKA Inaugural Event

Thursday, 11/19 we will be supporting the legends in @strawberrygirlsmusic @andresamusica and @parachutedayil at @cobralounge in Chicago.

Riot Fest presents Ghostwoman

Big Damn Band returns to Martyrs' with special guest Adrian and Meredith

Performance and screening of Working

FERRY CORSTEN at Sound-Bar

JUST ANNOUNCED: @dalvinmelody live at The Riviera on Friday, November 20. Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am!

Squirrel Flower returns to Thalia Hall on Friday, November 20th with Sour Widows in support of her new album, Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going

JUST ANNOUNCED: @resentvul live on Friday, November 20th at @avondalemusichall! Catch him at his first ever Chicago headlining show 💥

Bandabarcrawl

Sunshine Daydream at Hangar 9

The Jagbags, Superscript, Plain Suite, Mindfully Blind

George Lopez at The Chicago Theatre

Crown In The Grave World Tour

Trivium: Crown In The Grave World Tour

Support announced! We've got @kendramorris opening for @mamasgun_uk on November 21. Neosoul, here we come.

East coast power pop band @the_smithereens_official with special guest vocalist @john_cowsill will be live at Park West on Saturday, November 21st!

Waku Waku: Anime Rave at Subterranean

Garden Home with Solemn Grey, Rotundos, Maldonado Sea! & Local Boy Meets God

Dusty Crates @ The Whistler

THE A*POP WORLD TOUR

JUST ANNOUNCED: @danna live at The Vic Theatre on November 22. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10am ❤️‍🔥

JUST ANNOUNCED: New York's most promising artist @liimnotliim will be live at @beatkitchenbar on November 22nd 🌻 Tickets go on sale TOMORROW at 10am!

New shows have entered the afterlife

JOHN SUMMIT CTRL ESCAPE ARENA TOUR

Define the Great Line 20th Anniversary Tour

Underoath at Aragon Ballroom

Internationally acclaimed bassist, producer, and vocalist @dey_bass brings her genre blending sound to City Winery Chicago on November 24.

Perceptions Theatre at Chicago Dramatists

Riot Fest presents The Mainliners at Cobra Lounge with special guests The Nu-Viles

BLACK WEDNESDAY PARTY

Jill Hennessy at City Winery

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Blind Staggers with Ditch Witch

EELKE KLEIJN LIVE

THE VIC - CHICAGO - celebrating 40 Years of Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams

An Evening of Radiohead and with Android Paranoid

A Chosen Few Djs Event

DANGEROUS WATERS TOUR

Dexter and The Moonrocks hitting the Aragon Ballroom stage

Whitechapel 20th Anniversary Tour

Dexter and the Moonrocks

The To Whom It Still Concerns Tour

Chicago punk legends Pegboy are hitting the stage at Metro with Mary Jam and Rumblehawk! Join us Saturday, November 28th for an epic show. Catch tickets fast—on sale now at our link in bio!

★ JUST ANNOUNCED ★ PANCHO with Enough Already, Bellends & Fighting For Scraps

@speakeasyhouseradio November lineup

KILL YOUR IDOLS tour

We had access to your cal & added some things. Sorry about that but please enjoy the fresh gigs