LIVE MUSIC for WICKER PARK location only
Every Monday 8:30-11:30pm Ears and Eyes Music Series ft. In Transition Quartet
Nate Lepine – saxophone
Randy Tressler – keys
Dan Thatcher – bass
Chad Hochberg – drums
MAY
Mon, May 20th - Viking’s Feast with Solemn Oath Brewery w/Dumpster Babies & Slushy
with Rock DJs Johnny Loftus and Sean Capistrant
Thurs, May 23rd - Jenny Dragon - EVERY Thursday in MAY, with special guest Narciso Lobo
New to the Chicago roots/Americana scene, Jenny Dragon is a six (sometimes eight) piece band that celebrates a throwback take on modern music. Jenny Dragon defines their sound as “Heavy Whimsy,” a sound that has been developing over the past two years and expresses the group’s desire to create music that is both appealing and consequential. The group seems to defy category, dabbling in a nostalgia that combines jazz, blues, country, folk, doo wop, and rock influences, and often shifting genres to best serve the story of a song. Having recorded and recently released their debut album, “A Fair Souvenir,” at Martyrs’ in Chicago, Jenny Dragon continues to write and introduce original material to their live sets at some of Chicago’s best music venues.
Fri, May 24th - Boomtown! A young Chicago breweries tap takeover – Wicker Park
Local beers from several of the numerous breweries that have opened their doors in the Chicago area within the past year. Tentative Tap List includes Pipeworks, Spiteful, Begyle, Lake Effect, Ale Syndicate, and more TBD. Discussion on the Local Craft Beer Boom with the brewers/owners of Begyle and Spiteful.
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Fri, May 24th - The Grasstronauts
Since early 2012 the Grasstronauts have been picking their way around Chicago, performing their unique blend of original contemporary bluegrass, Americana and rock interspersed with traditional bluegrass covers in 3-part harmony.
Sat, May 25th – MC Longshot CD Release w/Psalm One
“Accordingly, Longshot’s music is, at times, intensely personal. On his 2008 album, “Addicted,” the rapper confronts everything from parenthood to his own struggles growing up without a father. “Where my daddy at? Mama why you crying?,” he raps on “Fly.” “God bless the child who keep pushing and trying.”” Andy Downing – Chicago Tribune
Sun, May 26th – Bitchin’ Purge III - Hosts: Emily Drews Westfall, Steve Shields Standup TBA
* Battle Of The Sexes, brackets, tournament style, guys vs. girls. Expect to see epic standup from a guy and a girl as well.
Every month at Jerry’s Wicker Park, servers from all over Chicago break the second rule of industry drinking [1)Don't drink at work and 2)don't talk about work while you drink.] by coming together at Jerry’s to tell horror stories from the front lines of the biz.
Why are we called waiters? Because we have to wait for our souls to return to our bodies every time a customer asks us a dumbass question, like “Do you have a bathroom?” And this doesn’t even scratch the surface. Come see what real servers have to say about their experiences in the business.
Tickets are $5 online thru Brown Paper Tickets. $8 at the door.
Proceeds benefit the MaeBell Ward Foundation for alzheimer’s research.
Every month, the winning story will be made into a video-reenactment produced by Alex Shields.
Thurs, May 30th - Jenny Dragon - EVERY Thursday in MAY, with special guests Justin and the Salty Dogs
New to the Chicago roots/Americana scene, Jenny Dragon is a six (sometimes eight) piece band that celebrates a throwback take on modern music. Jenny Dragon defines their sound as “Heavy Whimsy,” a sound that has been developing over the past two years and expresses the group’s desire to create music that is both appealing and consequential. The group seems to defy category, dabbling in a nostalgia that combines jazz, blues, country, folk, doo wop, and rock influences, and often shifting genres to best serve the story of a song. Having recorded and recently released their debut album, “A Fair Souvenir,” at Martyrs’ in Chicago, Jenny Dragon continues to write and introduce original material to their live sets at some of Chicago’s best music venues.
Fri, May 31st - Dirty MF
It’s time to spark up a pound of Chi Town’s underground sounds with Grammy nominated MC/DJ Dirty MF and his band The Smokin’ Sextion. This band always play enough hits to go around. With their red eyed rhythms and hard hitting beats they’re known to keep the crowd lifted for hour. It’s easy to catch a contact from the cloud of music moving through the room as the front man passes around fat freestyle rhymes and the mystery mix of musicians keeps the whole joint lit. So get ready to take a big hit of funk, jazz, soul, rock and hip hop all rolled up in one as Dirty MF and The Smokin’ Sextion takes you on a musical high!
Sat, June 1st – DJ Seanile
Thurs, June 6th – Outertown w/special guests
Sat, June 8th - DJ Neal Christyson
Fri, June 14th – Songwriter Showcase w/Jonathon Fell and friends
10pm The Ye-Ye’s
11pm Great Life
12am On Again Off Again
Sat, June 22nd – Papa G presents a Reggae Extravaganza
Wed-Sat, June 26th-29th – Chicago Independent Songwriter Festival - Details coming soon
Sue Fink
Hannah Frank Group
Clare Adella
Jen Reilly & Eddy Bluma
Moses Valdez
Jenny & Robin Bienemann
Brother Moose
Rob Reid
Ryan Suzuka
Matt Crews
Josh Leahy
Kevin Viol
Rich Krueger
Humminbird
Natalie Grace Alford
Saturday, June 29th
Chris Darby
Aquariums
Youth In A Roman Field
Facing Winter
Duck and Goose
Emily White
Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray
Durmiendo
Sun, June 30th – Bitchin’ Purge IV
JULY
Sat, July 27th - Big Apple Rocks presents…
10pm Whitewolfsonicprincess (whitewolfprincess.com)
11pm Jungle of Cities (jungleofcities.com)
12am Adam Michaels
1am Late For Lunch