Arts & Entertainment
Local Live Music Recommendations for Feb. 19-25
Horsegirl (Credit: Ruby Faye)
Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.
Daily Chicagoan, the newsletter from WTTW News, sends these picks to your inbox each week along with more essential recommendations from our staff. Sign up here. Wednesday, February 5:
Thursday, February 20:
Lucy Dacus at Driehaus Museum. Sold out.
Presented by Metro Chicago, the Boygenius member and acclaimed solo songwriter plays a brand-new downtown venue at an 1883 mansion turned museum.
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Ava Brennan, Park Hills Circle, Hannah Frey at Judson and Moore. Tickets.
Three local women showcase their excellent songwriting at the Avondale distillery.
Natural Information Society, Zosha Warpeha at Constellation. Tickets.
This experimental jazz show is part of Constellation’s week-long Frequency Festival.
Justice Hill & Nightime Love, Alysha Monique at Hideout. Tickets.
The Chicago producer and keyboardist makes vibrant and soulful pop music.
Friday, February 21:
Egyptian Lover, jonathan d. Valdez, JS Alvarez at Empty Bottle. Tickets.
The West Coast hip-hop and dance pioneer celebrates a five-decade career at the Empty Bottle.
Yonder Mountain String Band at SPACE. Sold out.
The popular bluegrass outfit plays two sold-out shows in Evanston.
Molchat Doma at Salt Shed Indoors. Tickets.
Though the popular post-punk outfit hails from Belarus, they all live in Los Angeles now.
Saturday, February 22:
Music Frozen Dancing: Egyptian Lover, BIB, Landowner, Double Over, Clickbait and more at Empty Bottle. Free.
Music Frozen Dancing is the Ukrainian Village mainstay’s annual outdoor music festival. It’s a blast and the weather this weekend looks great for it. Still, you should bundle up for it.
Horsegirl, Lifeguard, Answering Machines at Metro. Tickets.
An all-local lineup featuring headliners celebrating the release of their new LP “Phonetics On and On.”
Yonder Mountain String Band at SPACE. Sold out.
The popular bluegrass outfit plays the second of two sold-out shows in Evanston.
Sunday, February 23:
BIB, Subliminal Excess, Pasture, Asko at Empty Bottle. Tickets.
The U.K. hardcore outfit plays a Music Frozen Dancing aftershow.
Monday, February 24:
Icken Grimms, Roy Kinsey, PRXPHET at Empty Bottle. Free.
This 21+ hip-hop show is a part of the Ukrainian Village venue’s Free Monday series.
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