Indie/Alternative Shows in Chicago

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Julius Tucker is a pillar of Chicago's jazz and creative music community—a pianist, composer, bandleader, and producer whose expansive artistry transcends genre boundaries. With a career spanning over 15 years, Tucker has solidified his reputation for masterful keyboard fluency, harmonic sophistication, and a multifaceted voice that moves effortlessly between jazz, improvised music, electronic experimentation, and beyond. Rooted in Chicago's rich musical legacy, Tucker began his classical training at the Van Moody School of Music at age seven. He later honed his jazz sensibility at the Merit School of Music and Whitney Young Magnet High School, ultimately completing his academic journey at Northwestern University earning degrees in both Jazz Piano and Civil Engineering. Tucker is also a recipient of the Luminarts Cultrual Foundation's Jazz Improvisation Fellowship and is an Artist in Residence at The Cliff Dwellers.

Jazz Record Art Collective presents A Night of Lester, Nat & Buddy with Jeremy Kahn Trio Tuesday November 3rd at Fulton Street Collective. The night will also feature live painting from visual artist TBA. Lester, Nat & Buddy In 1946, Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich teamed up in Hollywood, California to document what would be released as two legendary records. With no bass player involved, this sax/piano/drums trio (a somewhat unusual combination) recorded such classics as "I Cover The Waterfront", "Mean To Me", "The Man I Love" and "Three Little Words." Eric Schneider, Jeremy Kahn and George Fludas will recreate this trio, drawing from the repertoire of these immortal recordings.

TICKET EVENT INFORMATION: This event is UPSTAIRS This event is 17+ All sales final, NO refunds or exchanges, events are rain or shine. Door times are subject to change without notice. Tickets purchased at box office will be inclusive of fees. Once you’ve purchased, you will receive an order confirmation email from See Tickets on behalf of ‘Beat Kitchen’ or 'Subterranean' with your eTicket(s) attached. We accept physical IDs or official digital IDs. Photos or screenshots of an ID are not accepted. *IMPORTANT: If you do not see your order confirmation in your inbox, make sure to check your junk/spam folder. If you still do not see your order confirmation or have any other technical ticketing-related issues with your order, click here to access the See Tickets help center. We take pride in creating a space where everyone feels welcome and safe, and we strive to provide accommodations for all guests to the best of our ability. While we commit to doing everything in our power to accommodate when given advanced notice, there is no elevator or ramp available to our upstairs ballroom. Guests who require accessibility accommodations should contact us at info@subt.net . Staff can provide assistance when possible. If you have tickets to an upcoming event and require special accommodations, or have questions, please contact info@subt.net at least one week prior to the event. More information can be found here on our FAQ page.

Chicago Cellar Boys featuring: Andy Schumm – cornet, clarinet, saxophone John Otto – clarinet, saxophone Natalie Scharf – clarinet, saxophone Jim Barrett – banjo, guitar Paul Asaro – piano, vocals Dan Anderson – tuba, bass

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Independent local night out.

A modern folksinger whose music nods to the genre's 1970's glory days, Amy Speace is considered one of the great contemporary singer-songwriters. Heralded by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Billboard Magazine and NPR's "Weekend Edition," Amy Speace was discovered by Judy Collins, who signed her to her record label and has recorded her song, "Weight of the World." Amy's latest 3 releases all debuted at #1 on the Folk DJ Charts. "What Amy Speace says – what she sings – she says with a confluence of poetry and honesty, of emotional specificity" – Jon Pareles, The New York Times.

TICKET EVENT INFORMATION: This event is All Ages. Please bring a physical ID. All sales final, NO refunds or exchanges, events are rain or shine. Door times are subject to change without notice. Tickets purchased at box office will be inclusive of fees. Once you’ve purchased, you will receive an order confirmation email from See Tickets on behalf of ‘Beat Kitchen’ or 'Subterranean' with your eTicket(s) attached. We accept physical IDs or official digital IDs. Photos or screenshots of an ID are not accepted. *IMPORTANT: If you do not see your order confirmation in your inbox, make sure to check your junk/spam folder. If you still do not see your order confirmation or have any other technical ticketing-related issues with your order, click here to access the See Tickets help center. We take pride in creating a space where everyone feels welcome and safe, and we strive to provide accommodations for all guests to the best of our ability. While we commit to doing everything in our power to accommodate when given advanced notice, guests who require accessibility accommodations should contact us at info@subt.net or info@beatkitchen.com . Staff can provide assistance when possible. If you have tickets to an upcoming event and require special accommodations, or have questions, please contact info@subt.net or info@beatkitchen.com at least one week prior to the event.

The way she tells it, Isabel Dumaa doesn't remember finding music so much as the music finding her. Born and raised in San Francisco, Dumaa was "humming and trilling before she could talk" and pursuing a career making authentic, feminine, story-driven pop shortly thereafter. Her innate talent and desire was met with nothing but the most profound support from Dumaa's moms, who schlepped her to chorus classes, summer camps, and singing competitions all across the country. Their insistence on taking her artistic ambitions seriously was an invaluable boon to Dumaa's confidence and provided an early lesson in trusting one's gut. Moving to LA right after high school, the city represented a new frontier professionally. Everyone seemed one degree removed from the stars she idolized, and it required a lot of trial and error to find her voice. Dumaa had to learn to make herself heard as a young woman in the studio and communicate how she wanted to sound. After a few years cycling through various collaborators, she came out with her first single, "Call My Bluff", in 2022 and followed up quickly with "Quarter Life Crisis" a few months later. The guitar driven indie pop ballad about a girl on the brink of change marked a turning point in Dumaa's career. After years of making music others wanted her to make, it was the first song that felt authentically like Dumaa. Together with collaborators, Drew Polovick, Jed Jones, Brandon Shoop, and David Balshaw, Dumaa then put together an EP, Just My Nature, released in 2024. Centered on "Quarter Life Crisis", Just My Nature is a nostalgia-hued trip through the joys and anxieties of growing up and "a must-listen for anyone looking to process life as they know it while dreaming about what the future holds" (Tongue Tied Mag, 2024). Still, Dumaa felt compelled to create a project with a more coherent sonic throughline. Creatively, she drilled down on finding her singular sound. One that was influenced by the music she grew up with; the folk singers of the 70's like Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, and John Prine, the stars of Motown, like Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, and The Supremes, and, of course, The Beatles. Around this time, Dumaa connected with Sammy Witte, the type of collaborator she "felt like I'd been searching so long for." Their first session lasted ten hours and produced the seeds of the song, "You Don't Know Me", the lead single from her forthcoming EP, Reverie. In addition to understanding her vision, Witte granted Dumaa the space and time to come to her own conclusions, nurturing her point of view rather than steamrolling it with his own. Like "Quarter Life Crisis", "You Don't Know Me" struck Dumaa like a clarifying bolt of lightning. The story of a woman observing the wreckage of a failed relationship became a center pole for a collection of songs chronicling Dumaa's youthful attempts at romance. In her earlier work, Dumaa resisted the idea that she needed a man in her life to fill her notebooks. She wrote to process all sorts of feelings about friendship, coming of age, and her sense of self. But two years ago, Dumaa decided she was ready to let "a little drama in." After years of intentional singlehood, she realized she "didn't even know what (she) looked like in a relationship" and she was ready to find out. Finding out might be the core theme of Reverie. Drawing inspiration from two recent entanglements, Dumaa approaches the universal experiences of young love and heartbreak with clear eyed specificity. Rather than slip into cliche melodramatics, her lyrics contain the knowing perspective of a woman who understands these guys aren't the one but finds value in examining the pain regardless. With Reverie, Dumaa hopes fans hear their own experiences reflected. She knows "these are uncomfortable emotions…but I do want to feel them because that's a part of living". While the songs may be specific to a certain time in her life, its lessons, she hopes, are eternal. Dumaa says, "I'm not in high school, I'm not in college. But I am still just a young woman encountering the world. And I think that I'm continuing to learn that."

TICKET EVENT INFORMATION: This event is UPSTAIRS This event is 17+ All sales final, NO refunds or exchanges, events are rain or shine. Door times are subject to change without notice. Tickets purchased at box office will be inclusive of fees. Once you’ve purchased, you will receive an order confirmation email from See Tickets on behalf of ‘ Beat Kitchen’ or 'Subterranean' with your eTicket(s) attached. We accept physical IDs or official digital IDs. Photos or screenshots of an ID are not accepted. *IMPORTANT: If you do not see your order confirmation in your inbox, make sure to check your junk/spam folder. If you still do not see your order confirmation or have any other technical ticketing-related issues with your order, click here to access the See Tickets help center. We take pride in creating a space where everyone feels welcome and safe, and we strive to provide accommodations for all guests to the best of our ability. While we commit to doing everything in our power to accommodate when given advanced notice, there is no elevator or ramp available t o our upstairs ballroom . G uests who require accessibility accommodations should contact us at info@subt.net . Staff can provide assistance when possible. If you have tickets to an upcoming event and require special accommodations, or have questions, please contact info@subt.net at least one week prior to the event. More information can be found here on our FAQ page.

The Elohim Tour 2026. With special opener Brian Ernst. Event features a General Admission Dance Pit in front of the stage! The Satsang Pre-Show VIP Experience may be selected with the General Admission tickets, however there is a limited number of spots. VIP includes early entry to the venue at 6pm, an intimate soundcheck performance by Satsang (solo), a Q&A session with Satsang, a collectable tour poster signed by Satsang, and a commemorative pre-show tour laminate. All sales are final, no refunds/exchanges permitted, but tickets may be transferred through your TM Account. Garcia's is fully ADA compliant featuring wheelchair lifts and ramps between the various levels of the venue, assisted listening devices upon request, and allows official service animals.

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There’s an ecstatic melancholy in Dent May’s music, bittersweet, exuberant songs that break your heart as you sing along. On The Big One, he ditches his solo bedroom process for spontaneous sessions at Honeymoon Suite with a rotating cast of friends. Blending DIY pop with ’70s songwriter warmth, May embraces improvisation, community, and cautious optimism, finding joy, connection, and possibility even as the world feels uncertain.

For Diles que no me maten, every note is a small step into the unknown. The five-piece Mexico City band have always operated on a first-thought, best-thought basis, drawing on a jam-based, krautrock philosophy to craft intricate constructions of wiry art rock spiked with bluesy balladry and poetic mysticism. While their fourth album Escrito en Agua (Writ in Water) is their most consciously crafted and accessible to date, their founding principle of slow, wide-eyed exploration is alive and well.

For Diles que no me maten, every note is a small step into the unknown. The five-piece Mexico City band have always operated on a first-thought, best-thought basis, drawing on a jam-based, krautrock philosophy to craft intricate constructions of wiry art rock spiked with bluesy balladry and poetic mysticism...

Andy Brown No cover charge

Static Dress - Injury Episode USA TourIn an effort to mitigate scalping, Bottom Lounge does not certify any secondary ticket sales via third parties and is not responsible for fraudulent ticket sales on third party websites. Please be mindful of scammers. Tickets for this event will be sent on a delay (extra time is required to process and confirm all orders), but you'll always receive your tickets in time for your event. If you have not received your tickets two days before your event, be sure to let us know.

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Called one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation, by The New York TimesTeddys glorious tenor is bracing but warm and never showy. The Associated PressBuoyant, soulful BillboardBeloved London-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson has returned with the exquisitely crafted Never Be The Same, his first collection of original material since 2020. Across ten tracks, Thompson refines his craft via an exploration of musics enduring preoccupations love, longing, and the uneasy passage of time.This album wasnt built upon a grand narrative. There was no self-imposed exile, no forced reinvention. Instead, it is centered around an exhortation that is threaded through the songs like a refrain: Never Be The Same, its title only revealing itself to Thompson after hed completed the recording.Its a phrase that, unconsciously, I used twice. And when I saw it on the page, I realized, this is the message of this album, says Thompson. Dont ever be the same. Change. Grow! Even when the sentiment is, woe is me, Ill never recover after that love or loss. The message is still, change. Dont get too comfortable. Everything is temporary, so evolve or perish!

21+ 8pm DOORS

Event features a General Admission Dance Pit in front of the stage! All sales are final, no refunds/exchanges permitted, but tickets may be transferred through your TM Account. Garcia's is fully ADA compliant featuring wheelchair lifts and ramps between the various levels of the venue, assisted listening devices upon request, and allows official service animals. Premium Table seating is located closest to the stage offering the most intimate music experience for guests and includes table service. Reserved Table seating is located on our main floor, behind the Premium section, and also includes table service. Both Premium and Reserved table seating is cabaret style which means you may be sitting with other fans. Private Booths are available and depending on the booth seats 1 to 4, 5, or 6 guests. General Admission/Standing Room is located around the sides of the room on an elevated level for quality viewing and easy bar access.

Friday Vibes is built for the moment the lights come up, the room fills in and the whole dance floor starts moving together. Get ready for a high-energy night of throwbacks, Top 40, Latin tracks, dance remixes and all your favorites with Martin behind the decks. Boy J and Sativa Diamond host the party and keep the energy going as Hydrate turns Friday night into a full dance-floor experience. Bring your friends, step into the lights and start your weekend at Hydrate.

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS: GERALD DOWD seen HERE w/ Special Guest NOAH GABRIEL Whether he's inhabiting a dark bar corner with his 1936 National resonator or waking the dead with his green Stratocaster, Noah Gabriel honors every note. He's made 15 records, [with a couple more in the oven] - the songs seemingly scratching & clawing to get out. He follows no road map; the songs take the wheel. Genres are defied, unusual guitar tunings prevail. And melodies to hang your filthy hat on. His latest release- Peg Leg Killer Jonez and the Pitchfork Pine- is a song cycle planted firmly in the Mississippi Delta. You can almost smell the bald cypress and sweetgum. If your movie needs a soundtrack, you'll find one here. Mr. Dowd hosts a monthly residency in FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR. It's called SONG OF THE MONTH CLUB, and for a damn good reason: each month he and his invited guest will debut one BRAND NEW SONG. among the many other cool things they will do. You'll want to be in the room when it happens. FREE SHOW! Click , "rdquo" -> Book Now" to Make a Reservation Enjoy dinner from BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw. MORE ON THE DOWD: Gerald Dowd has been described as , "rdquo" -> the hardest working drummer in Chicago" (Richard Milne, WXRT), playing on over 100 albums, and averaging 150 live dates a year around the world. In recent years, he's been releasing solo albums of original material, starting with his 2012 release, Kingsize EP. In 2014, he was the recipient of an IAP arts grant from Chicago's Dept. Of Cultural Affairs/Special Events (DCASE), which led to his first full-length solo album, Home Now, produced by Grammy-nominated producer Liam Davis, and featuring, among others, Chicago legends Robbie Fulks and Nora O'Connor. To celebrate the release, he held a benefit concert (DAY OF THE DOWD) at which he played for 13 hours straight with 16 different bands, raising over $10,000 for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. __________________________________ Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE