For the Thursday-through-Sunday stretch of September 24–27, Lincoln Hall makes a particularly clean two-night stop: AJ Lee & Blue Summit with Big Richard on Thursday, September 24, followed by Nick Hakim with Arima Ederra on Friday, September 25. The connection is current work, though the bills point in different directions. AJ Lee & Blue Summit arrive as their label presents Cover to Cover as a new release, while Hakim is traveling behind I Can See, released July 24 on Earseed Records. That shared sense of a live set meeting a present-tense catalog gives the room a focused reason to book consecutive nights without forcing the artists into a single genre lane.[1][2][3][4][5]

Thursday’s show starts at 8 p.m., with doors at 7 p.m., and is 21+. The bill puts AJ Lee & Blue Summit alongside Big Richard, pairing two groups associated with acoustic-string-band formats. Signature Sounds describes Lee’s group as Santa Cruz-based musicians who began by picking together at bluegrass festivals as teenagers; its account of the 2024 City of Glass album also places country soul, Americana, rock-club energy, and a California folk perspective in the band’s working vocabulary. The newer Cover to Cover gives the evening an immediate release-cycle context, while the presence of Big Richard keeps the program centered on ensemble playing instead of a solitary singer-songwriter frame.[1][4][5]

Friday changes the temperature while retaining the same 8 p.m. show time and 7 p.m. doors. Nick Hakim’s Lincoln Hall date is part of a U.S. and Canada tour listed on his own site, positioned between September 23 in Toronto and September 26 in Minneapolis. I Can See sits at the front of that site’s discography with a July 24, 2026 release date, following records including Green Twins, Will This Make Me Good, Small Things, and Cometa. Arima Ederra opens the Chicago date; her official site foregrounds A Rush To Nowhere and a catalog of videos, giving the Friday bill a second artist with a clearly defined recorded-world presence.[2][3][6]

One room, two entry points

The useful choice comes down to how you want to listen. Thursday at Lincoln Hall is the pick for a bill whose lineup itself signals acoustic interplay and roots-oriented band conversation. Friday is the choice for catching Hakim’s current tour at close range, with Arima Ederra named on the venue’s bill. Both nights take place at Lincoln Hall, 2424 N Lincoln Ave., and both list 7 p.m. doors with 8 p.m. music. The age policy shifts from 21+ on Thursday to 18+ on Friday, a practical distinction worth checking before making the plan.[1][2][3]

For a two-night visit, Thursday, September 24 offers AJ Lee & Blue Summit and Big Richard; Friday, September 25 follows with Nick Hakim and Arima Ederra. Readers should recheck Lincoln Hall’s official event pages and the artists’ official pages for tickets, entry rules, set times, and any changeable information before heading out.[1][2][3][4]

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Lincoln Hall’s two-night September run is compact enough to reward a deliberate choice: string-band ensemble energy on Thursday or a current Nick Hakim tour stop on Friday.[1][2][3][4][5]

These concerts happened on 24–25 September 2026

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  1. AJ Lee & Blue Summit + Big Richard — September 24, 2026 — Lincoln Hall
  2. Nick Hakim — September 25, 2026 — Lincoln Hall
  3. Nick Hakim — Nick Hakim
  4. AJ Lee & Blue Summit — AJ Lee & Blue Summit
  5. AJ Lee & Blue Summit — Signature Sounds Recordings
  6. Arima Ederra — Arima Ederra