Beginning tomorrow in Chicago’s best venues, The Hawk Winter Music Festival is a showcase of some really great live music.
I won tickets to the Double Door to see Tim Reynolds open for Dearborn, so that should be cool…
Buddy Guy’s Legends
Fri 2/17, 21+, Harmonica Hinds, Johnnie Bassett, Sharon Lewis, $15
Sat 2/18, 21+, Eddie C Campbell, Eric Noden, Sammy Fender, $15
Sun 2/19, 21+, Byther Smith, $10
Double Door
Fri 2/17, 9 PM, 21+, Dearborn, Tim Reynolds, $12
Sat 2/18, 9:30 PM, 21+, Animate Objects, Bad News Jones, Know Boundries, Tabakin, $8
Empty Bottle
Fri 2/17, 10 PM, 21+, Hard Lessons, The Quitters, The Ruiners, $8
Sat 2/18, 9:30 PM, 21+, The Dials, The Negligents, The Returnables, $8
Sun 2/19, 9:30 PM, 21+, Black Angels, The Danger, The Sleepers, $8
Hideout
Fri 2/17, 9:30 PM, 21+, Palaxy Tracks, Roommate, Velvetron, $8
Sat 2/18, 9:30 PM, 21+, Life During Wartime Dance Party with Disc Jockey CB, Mother Hubbard and J2K, $5
Sun 2/19, 8 PM, 21+, Lonesome Organist, Mucca Pazza, $7
HotHouse
Fri 2/17, 10 PM, 21+, Monday Michiru, $20
Sat 2/18, 10:30 PM, 21+, Tiempo Libre, $20
Sun 2/19, 2 PM, All Ages, Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Famoudou Don Moye, $15
Sun 2/19, 9 PM, 21+, Langford Band, Nick Tremulis Orchestra, Rick Rizzo, $15
House of Blues
Fri 2/17, 9 PM, 21+, B.B. King, $72.50 advance, $75 day of show
Fri 2/17, 10 PM, 21+, Oteil & The Peacemakers, $15
Sat 2/18, 9 PM, 21+, Rik Emmett Band, $18.50 advance, $20 day of show
Sat 2/18, 10 PM, 21+, Oteil & The Peacemakers, $15
Sun 2/19, 5:45 PM, All Ages, 1000 Foot Crutch, Silvertide, Trapt, $17
Martyrs’
Fri 2/17, 10 PM, 21+, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Fareed Haque Group, $10 advance, $12 door
Sat 2/18, 12 PM, All ages, Children’s Concert with John Langford, Sally Timms, $8
Sat 2/18, 9 PM, 21+, Raised on Zenith, Splean, $35
Sun 2/19, 7 PM, 21+, Alison Breitman, BFF, Cracklin Moth, Hummingbiird, Justin Sconza, $8
Metro
Fri 2/17, 9 PM, 18+, Stars, The Elected, $16
Sat 2/18, 9 PM, 18+, Brad Peterson, Cameron McGill & What Army, JT & The Clouds, Katie Todd Band, $9
Sun 2/19, 2 PM, All Ages, The Hawk Children’s Festival with Julie Frost, Free
Park West
Fri 2/17, 9 PM, 18+, Mark Eitzel, The Undertow Orchestra featuring Dave Bazan, Vic Chesnutt, $16 advance, $18 day of show
Schubas
Fri 2/17, 7 PM, 21+, David Mead, Matthew Ryan, $15
Fri 2/17, 10 PM, 21+, Brandi Carlile, Dick Prall, $8 advance, $10 day of show
Sat 2/18, 10 PM, 21+, Ariel Pink with Belong and Volcano!, $8 advance, $10 day of show
Sun 2/19, 8 PM, 21+, Kelly Kessler & Whippoorwill, Old School Freight Train, $8 advance, $10 day of show
Uncommon Ground
Fri 2/17, 8 PM, All Ages, Andy Zipf, Josh Harty, Mike Reeb, Free
Sat 2/18, 8 PM, All Ages, Aerin Tedesco & Andrea Bunch, Sam Shaber, Free
Sun 2/19, 7 PM, All Ages, Amanda Crumley, Free