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Alternative concerts in Chicago

100 upcoming alternative concerts in Chicago. Dates, venues and tickets.

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Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 12:00 DJ Auntie Party New Wave Matinee All Vinyl Set!just announced Cary's Lounge
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Spanish Love Songs + Kali Masi, tenmonthsummer Cobra Lounge
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Internet Girl + DUSTY Subterranean
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam Thalia Hall
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 20:00 DEAD PINK RADIO (Pink Floyd / Grateful Dead / Radiohead Tribute Experience) + PARIS SCHUTZ BAND Reggies Music Joint
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 20:00 THE SLACKERS + TODD HEMBROOK & THE SEANCE, DETROIT RIDDIM CREW, TONE ZONE SKAM, DJ CHUCK WREN (Jump Up Records) Reggies Rock Club
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Durtnap + Broken Demeanor, Brain Sex, Mano a Mano Schubas Tavern
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 21:00 The Bridge + Jason Stein, Isaiah Spencerjust announced Hungry Brain
Mon, 16 Nov 2026 · 18:00 29TH ANNUAL JEFF BUCKLEY TRIBUTE CONCERTS Uncommon Ground
Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Girl of Glass + Thus Spoke Zarathustra, xMERCYx, Carrion Throne Cobra Lounge
Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 18:00 29TH ANNUAL JEFF BUCKLEY TRIBUTE CONCERTS Uncommon Ground
Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Trickshooter Social Club Café Mustache
Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Kotche/Van Duerm/Lux/Becker + Bill Dolan, DJ Slinkie The Hideout
Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Porcelain + Zastava, Attic Reels Empty Bottle
Wed, 18 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Brent Penny + Mass Text The Hideout
Wed, 18 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Cortex Subterranean
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Scrappy Rat Band & Universal Publick Fiend ! Café Mustache
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Yr Knives + TRAYSH, Puzzle House The Hideout
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Mistrophia + Monroe Martyrs'
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Protomartyr Metro
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Small Brown Bike + Criteria, Just a Fire Subterranean
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Community Thursdaze: Test Crash Takeover + Absnt, more! Bourbon on Division
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Packaging Empty Bottle
Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 22:00 BITCHIN BAJAS (LIVE) * RADIO DE GREGORIO * POTIONS Smartbar
Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 18:30 Godchain + Cherry Decay, Highdiver Subterranean
Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 20:00 The Sheltered + Full Nelson, Love Lost, See God Cobra Lounge
Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Fish Tank: Pixel Hood + T3chnofairy, Proxoxie, Absono, SYM1 Epiphany Center for the Arts
Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 21:00 feral + Bruno Baby Schubas Tavern
Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Earlybirds Club Beat Kitchen
Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 19:00 2026 Beyond Hunger Benefit + Death Cab for Cutie Salt Shed
Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Garden Home + Solemn Grey, Rotundos, Maldita Sea!, Local Boy Meets God Subterranean
Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 20:00 VETHAKEN + WE USED TO CUT THE GRASS, COCOJOEY, TRUST FUND OZU Reggies Music Joint
Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 20:00 They Are Gutting a Body of Water 'In the Round' + Truth Club Thalia Hall
Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Matt Sandelin + My Autumn Attic, Cxpital, Hemlock Row Cobra Lounge
Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 15:00 Cracker Old Town School of Folk Music
Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 17:30 Pure Hatred + Constant Pain, Soaked In Torment, Curbstomp The Opposition, On Dirt, Wall of Flesh Cobra Lounge
Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 18:00 EARLY: FEARFUL SYMMETRYjust announced The Whistler
Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Cracker Old Town School of Folk Music
Mon, 23 Nov 2026 · 18:30 ROTTING OUT + FUERZA BRUTA, HOME INVASION, MAJESTY, LIFETRIAL Reggies Rock Club
Mon, 23 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Industrial Milk // Landsurk // Big Onion Burlington Bar
Tue, 24 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Devil Master + Baazlvaat, Jail, Glorious Descent Cobra Lounge
Tue, 24 Nov 2026 · 19:30 THE KOFFIN KATS + VOODOO GLOW SKULLS, THE RAGING NATHANS, WENDIGO FEVER Reggies Rock Club
Tue, 24 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Rivkah Reyes + mozey Empty Bottle
Wed, 25 Nov 2026 · 17:00 Sid Kingston + Megan WREN, Ellis Djust announced Bookclub
Wed, 25 Nov 2026 · 18:00 The Mainliners + The Nu-Viles Cobra Lounge
Wed, 25 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Absolute Cranberries The Tonk
Wed, 25 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Sleepiest Village: A Dark/Alternative Pajama Party Sleeping Village
Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Lucid Mobz Experience Bookclub
Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 20:00 An Evening of Radiohead + Android Paranoid Beat Kitchen
Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 20:00 WERKSGIVING Garcia's
Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 20:00 New Divine + WOOF, Zercher, Violet Waves Subterranean
Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Pigface + En Esch and I Speak Machine Thalia Hall
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Kurt Travis + Mella, Resilia Cobra Lounge
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 19:00 All Day Gay The Hideout
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Substance 101 playing New Order and Depeche Mode Burlington Bar
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Dexter and The Moonrocks Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 20:00 URBAN TWANG + PAIGE AND THE KIZERS Uncommon Ground
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 21:00 MCLUHAN + BIG HAIR BIG TROUBLE, THE 321’S Reggies Music Joint
Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 21:00 Tommy Bravos + Uma Bloo (EP Release), Liska Sleeping Village
Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 14:00 PunkyReggaeShawtyjust announced Café Mustache
Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 17:30 Your Arms Are My Cocoon Bottom Lounge
Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Angine de Poitrine + zouz Salt Shed
Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 20:00 CHIRP Night + TUFF SUDZ & WEAKLUNG The Whistler
Mon, 30 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Distant + Heavy//Hitter, Squelching, Katywentmissing, Torn Open, Orbital Gate Cobra Lounge
Mon, 30 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Angine de Poitrine + zouz Salt Shed
Wed, 2 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Dyslexicon // Atheena // Bum Rush Burlington Bar
Wed, 2 Dec 2026 · 20:00 BTTRFLY Garcia's
Wed, 2 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Kayo + CASINO TRELL, SONNY, Bandhunta KT Schubas Tavern
Wed, 2 Dec 2026 · 21:00 Citric Dummies + Lost Legion, Lavender, The Alices Empty Bottle
Thu, 3 Dec 2026 · 17:00 voidtheory + Anteeter, Please Return Bookclub
Thu, 3 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Flip Phone Beat Kitchen
Thu, 3 Dec 2026 · 20:00 BTTRFLY Garcia's
Fri, 4 Dec 2026 · 18:30 FEM&M X ASTRID - EMO GIRLS VS RAVE GIRLS Bottom Lounge
Fri, 4 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Barstool Sports Presents: Pup Punk Joe's on Weed
Fri, 4 Dec 2026 · 20:00 The Lawrence Arms 12th Annual War on Xmas Metro
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Mondo Cozmo Bottom Lounge
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Animal Panic + Charity Work, Kangaroo Court, Iris Blue Lincoln Hall
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 20:00 The Lawrence Arms 12th Annual War on Xmas Metro
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Wilco Winterlude 2026 The Chicago Theatre
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 20:00 A HOLIDAY CABARET + THE UPTONES Uncommon Ground
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 21:00 Music for the Masses: Dark 80's New Wave Nite Beat Kitchen
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 21:00 Plush + Try a Dull Knife, Madame De... Cole's Bar
Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 21:00 Daisychain + Machīn, Asi Asi Sleeping Village
Sun, 6 Dec 2026 · 18:00 HAGGUS + BIFID CORPSE, AMPOLLA, CORRUPTURE, COLD SCOPEjust announced Reggies Rock Club
Sun, 6 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Trees Will Return // Shitwolf // Abstentions // SB Burlington Bar
Sun, 6 Dec 2026 · 20:00 Marital Bed + Instrument, Joe Glass Schubas Tavern
Sun, 6 Dec 2026 · 21:00 Whitmer Thomas + comedy from Clay Tatum Empty Bottle
Mon, 7 Dec 2026 · 17:00 Emo Happy Hour Cole's Bar
Mon, 7 Dec 2026 · 21:00 FREE MONDAY + Answering Machines, Oildrum, Pebbles Inc Empty Bottle
Tue, 8 Dec 2026 · 00:00 Q101 TWISTED 3-NIGHT SUPER TICKET Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Tue, 8 Dec 2026 · 19:00 Q101 Twisted + Slightly Stoopid & Dirty Heads Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Tue, 8 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Wilco Thalia Hall
Tue, 8 Dec 2026 · 21:00 Genre Is Death + The Art Gray Noizz Quintet Empty Bottle
Wed, 9 Dec 2026 · 20:00 SHORELINE FRENZY + LATE MODEL, THE SIMSONS Reggies Music Joint
Wed, 9 Dec 2026 · 20:00 The Transference + Danimal Farm Schubas Tavern
Thu, 10 Dec 2026 · 18:00 Laura Jane Grace + Direct Hit! Cobra Lounge
Thu, 10 Dec 2026 · 19:00 Q101 Twisted + Weezer Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Thu, 10 Dec 2026 · 19:00 UNKLE Outset
Thu, 10 Dec 2026 · 19:30 BLACK CAT HEART ATTACK + YOU DIED, WIZZOjust announced Reggies Music Joint
Fri, 11 Dec 2026 · 16:00 HEX COUGAR X ACYAN + LIVE, LAUGH, TRAP TOUR Sound-Bar

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