Indie & Alt Concerts in Chicago

Violent Femmes

Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, IL, US

St. Lucia

Park West, Chicago, IL, US

Siddhartha

Auditorium, Chicago, IL, US

Cece Winans, Jeremy Camp, and Andrew Ripp

Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Deep Blue Something

North Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, US

Gregory Alan Isakov and Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra

Ravinia, Highland Park, IL, US

Jimmy Eat World Sunny Day Real Estate and The Get Up Kids

Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL, US

Alabama Shakes and Liam Kazar

Hunter Pavilion, Highland Park, IL, US

Eagles of Death Metal Mountain Head

Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Superchunk

SPACE, Evanston, IL, US

Joe Pug

Robert's Westside, Forest Park, IL, US

Mötley Crüe, Tesla, and Extreme

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US

POLO & PAN Midnight Generation

Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, US

Bonnie Raitt

Hunter Pavilion, Highland Park, IL, US

Frankie Cosmos

The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL, US

Swervedriver and Slow Fiction

Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Sheryl Crow, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Lukas Nelson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Margo Price, Sierra Hull, Robert Randolph, Lily Meola, Willie Nelson, and Don Was

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US

Outlaw Music Festival 2026 Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Stephen Wilson Jr., Lukas Nelson, and Don Was

Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL, US

Brandi Carlile I'm With Her

Ravinia Pavilion, Highland Park, IL, US

Pond

Metro, Chicago, IL, US

NEEDTOBREATHE Drew & Ellie Holcomb

Shed, The Salt Shed (Indoors), Chicago, IL, US

Kate Renegade Disaster Kid and Modern Cults

Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL, US

Slow Magic Azura

Bookclub Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Peter Hook & The Light

Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Kesha, Chromeo, and Erika Jayne

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US

The Fray, Dashboard Confessional, and Colony House

Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL, US

Ray LaMontagne

Ravinia Pavilion, Highland Park, IL, US

Peter Hook & The Light

Metro, Chicago, IL, US

The Orphan The Poet

Subterranean, Chicago, IL, US

Helmet and Spirit in the Room

Ramova Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Wicca Phase Springs Eternal

Subterranean, Chicago, IL, US

John Fogerty and Steve Winwood

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US

Hippo Campus

Gallagher Way, Chicago, IL, US

Collective Soul

The Event Center at Rivers Casino Des Plaines, Des Plaines, IL, US

Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Orgy, and The HU

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US

O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, and KT Tunstall

Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL, US

Squeeze and Adam Ant

Hunter Pavilion, Highland Park, IL, US

Moon Destroys, The Reivers, and The Well (Austin)

Sleeping Village, Chicago, IL, US

Com Truise, merrick brown, and Ava

Sleeping Village, Chicago, IL, US

Punch Brothers

Cahn Auditorium, Chicago, IL, US

The Matches

Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL, US

The Weeks Lenox Hills

Subterranean, Chicago, IL, US

Emarosa

Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL, US

Kinky

Park West, Chicago, IL, US

Evanston Folk Festival 2026 Indigo Girls, Josh Ritter, Valerie June, Mdou Moctar, Kathleen Edwards, James McMurtry, Margaret Glaspy, and Tift Merritt

Dawes Park, Evanston, IL, US

Fastball and Spacehog

Park West, Chicago, IL, US

Sondre Lerche

Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Brandon Flowers

Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

The B-52's, Devo, and DJ Cummerbund

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US

Liz Phair and Sleater-Kinney Frankie Cosmos

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US