Jazz Shows in Chicago

JAZZ BRUNCH IN THE CLUB featuring: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Album Performed LIVE by CHRIS WHITE TRIO! $12 General Admission Enjoy BRUNCH from BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.

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World famous Kingston Mines features the best Blues music from 2 bands on 2 stages. Docs Kitchen offers great Catfish, Wings, Burgers, Beignets, and more! Kingston Mines has returned to general seating - no reservations. The doors & kitchen open at 7:00pm on Friday. Tickets can be purchased at the club after 7:00 PM, if not purchased online. Must be 21 to enter. Saturday: 7pm 4amAcoustic Set: 7:30pm to 9pmNorth Stage Sets: 9:00pm, 11:30pm, 1:30amMain Stage Sets: 10:30pm, 12:30am, 2:30am Hear Blues, Drink Booze, Talk Loud, Youre Among Friends ...Doc

Join the Kevin Fort Trio as they perform the iconic music from A Charlie Brown Christmas. This special concert features all the beloved tunes from Vince Guaraldi’s classic soundtrack, including Christmastime Is Here, Linus and Lucy, Skating, O Tannenbaum, and more. More than just a concert, the evening will also explore the fascinating stories behind the music and the making of the holiday TV special that has charmed generations. Whether you're reliving childhood memories or discovering this music for the first time, this performance promises festive joy for all ages.

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FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS: CYRIL NEVILLE at FITZGERALDS Historic Nightclub $45 General Admission // $50/seat reserved tables available CYRIL NEVILLE, the Uptown Ruler, brings a lifetime of dreams come true. This two-time grammy winning icon is brilliant and beautiful on stage and in his recorded work.In this new chapter of his creative life, Cyril levels up even more with new songs, a fresh perspective on his decares of performance worldwide and a determined eye on the future. As Quint Davis, fonder and head of the new Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival watching Mr. Neville perform at the 2025 Jazz Fest Congo Square Stage said," He's still got it." Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE Or enjoy full service dining inside the club when doors open. ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw. ***AGE RESTRICTIONS*** 21+, minors admitted with guardian

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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.

Chicago musician Abigail Riccards has made an international name for herself in the jazz and pop music community for nearly 20 years. After launching her career in New York City in 2002 at storied clubs like Birdland, the Jazz Standard, Smalls, and the Kitano, she garnered praise as a selected semifinalist in the 2004 Thelonius Monk International Jazz Competition. After nearly a decade on the east coast, Riccards broadened her scope to the iconic Chicago jazz scene, where she frequently headlines legendary clubs such as the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase, and Winter's Jazz Club. After releasing her 3rd studio album in 2013, she performed on the main stage at the Chicago Jazz Festival with Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt tour. She has also collaborated with artists such as Jane Monheit, Peter Bernstein, Joel Frahm, and Mulgrew Miller.

"Upon his passing a decade ago at the relatively young age of 58, Barrelhouse Chuck Goering had cemented his place in the pantheon of Chicago blues pianists, among the very same masters whose memory he worked zealously to preserve. His education was on the piano bench - with Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Moose Walker, Pinetop Perkins, Detroit Junior, and more, and he went on to play with numerous Chicago stalwarts such as Johnny B. Moore and Willie Kent. The latter part of his career saw him touring with Nick Moss and Kim Wilson, being featured on the soundtrack for the movie Cadillac Records, and performing at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama in Washington, DC. This evening of music celebrating Chuck's legacy is brought to the stage by Lee Kanehira, pianist for Alligator Records artist The Cash Box Kings, whose Otis Spann and Memphis Slim-informed style was nurtured by Chuck and his good friend and colleague Erwin Helfer. Joining her in this tribute is pianist Johnny Iguana, Delmark recording artist and engine behind "garage cabaret" combo The Claudettes, Grammy-winning guitarists Billy Flynn and Little Frank Krakowski, and rhythm section of Gerry Hundt, bass, and Smokey Campbell, drums, both of whom played countless gigs and recorded with Chuck. Expect blues, boogie, and lots of laughs, just the way Chuck would have it."

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.

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS HAPPY HOUR ft. The Kevin Fort Trio $10.00 General Admission / Reserved Tables Available Kevin Fort has established himself as one of the most in-demand pianists on the Chicago jazz scene. Praised for his , "rdquo" -> thrilling virtuosity and agile, vibrant improvisations," (Chicago Jazz Magazine) and as , "rdquo" -> one of those rare piano players who can temper his technical brilliance in the service of the composition" (Scene Newspaper). Kevin is a champion of the straight-ahead jazz tradition while embracing modern influences. He has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Bob Brookmeyer, John Clayton, James Moody, Ira Sullivan, Slide Hampton, Phil Woods, Steve Turre, Bill Watrous, John Pizzarelli, Harry Allen, Melissa Aldana, and Makaya McCraven. Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw. ***AGE RESTRICTIONS*** 21+ Minors admitted with Guardian

Petra's Recession Seven: Petra van Nuis - vocals, Art Davis - trumpet, Eric Schneider - reeds, Russ Phillips - trombone, Andy Brown - guitar, Dan DeLorenzo - bass, Bob Rummage - drums. At the start of the Great Recession in September 2008, Petra's Recession Seven, an authentic Chicago-style jazz band was born at Chicago's legendary Green Mill. The seven piece ensemble is led by Petra van Nuis, a vocalist praised by the Chicago Tribune for her 'interpretive savvy...light-and-silvery vocals and, better still, saucy manner of delivery that emphasizes the art of the double entendre.'

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.

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR Presents: Aval Stanley Zaucha Organ Trio FREE SHOW! Aval Stanley Zaucha is a budding force in Chicago's jazz scene. As a skilled and in-demand musical collaborator on both piano and the Hammond organ, he has played consistently in the best of Chicago's venerated jazz venues. Now, Zaucha shows his own voice on the Hammond Organ - accompanied by , "rdquo" -> funkiest guitarist in the city" Sam Cho, and triumphant, award-winning drummer Greg Artry. The Fitzgerald's Sidebar is in for a night of lively, energetic, guaranteed-to-be-grooving music presented by three masterful voices. Hammond B3 Organ - Aval Stanley Zaucha Electric Guitar - Sam Cho Drums & Cymbals - Greg Artry Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw. ***AGE RESTRICTIONS*** 21+, Minors admitted with guardian!

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.

Celebrate the Holiday Season with Tim Warfield's Jazz Christmas!

Dave Specter's Cool Azul Organ Trio brings together Chicago B3 legend Chris Foreman, drummer extraordinaire Greg Rockingham and guitarist Dave Specter for an exciting and soulful evening of blues, jazz and beyond. Dave Specter a 40 year veteran of the Chicago blues scene, just released his 14th album, Live at SPACE on Delmark Records. He appears on over 50 albums as a guitarist, bandleader and/or producer including compilation recordings with Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Eric Clapton and Mike Bloomfield. Downbeat magazine calls Dave , "rdquo" -> one of the few top-tier guitarists" and he's performed in 19 countries with recent shows in Spain, France, Belgium and Switzerland.Dave's unique guitar style combines elements of Chicago blues with influences ranging from Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush to the Texas/West Coast styles of T-Bone Walker, Gatemouth Brown and the Vaughan brothers. Chris Foreman is a masterful musician and heir to the throne occupied by the soulful, bluesy jazz organ legends who were once his influence. Blind at birth, Foreman started playing piano at age five and began formal training at seven. As a teenager he was attracted to the organ sounds of Jack McDuff, Groove Holmes, Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff. This attraction led Chris to pursue playing jazz on the organ, which he undertook through intensive study of recordings. Unlike many African- American musicians whose musical knowledge begins and is established through the church, Chris didn't start his apprenticeship as a church organist until he was almost twenty years old - well after his jazz roots were established. He has arrived at a most exciting blend of blues-gospel and jazz and has developed a stunning command and range on the instrument. The blend of his sound is evident in his professional experience, which has included work with Hank Crawford, Albert Collins, Bernard Purdie, The Mighty Blue Kings and Deep Blue Organ Trio. Greg Rockingham began playing when he was just three years old and debuted as a professional musician at age five in his father's jazz ensemble. An alumnus of the famed Interlochen Arts Academy and Northeastern University, he has won numerous musical awards from the Notre Dame Jazz Festival. Greg has performed or recorded with a wide range of famous names, including the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Guy Lombardo, vocalists Freddie Cole, Patty Page and Jerry Vale and instrumentalists Nat Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Charles Earland, Irene Reid, Ellis Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, and Deep Blue Organ Trio.

World famous Kingston Mines features the best Blues music from 2 bands on 2 stages. Doc's Kitchen offers great Catfish, Wings, Burgers, Beignets, and more! Kingston Mines has returned to general seating - no reservations. The doors & kitchen open at 7:00pm on Friday. Tickets can be purchased at the club after 7:00 PM, if not purchased online. Must be 21 to enter. Friday: 7pm -- 4am Acoustic Set: 7:30pm to 9pm North Stage Sets: 9:00pm, 11:30pm, 1:30am Main Stage Sets: 10:30pm, 12:30am, 2:30am "Hear Blues, Drink Booze, Talk Loud, You're Among Friends" ...Doc

The Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (KPAC) annually presents Korean Music Fridays (KMF), an ongoing concert series. This project features the talents of KPAC's artists. To ensure a high level of musical diversity, the concert programs are kept flexible, with the final lineup confirmed at least one month before each performance. Program notes for each concert will be available on the day of the event. Experience the vibrant sounds of Korea through Korean Music Fridays, an annual concert series celebrating the depth and diversity of traditional and contemporary Korean music. Presented by the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago KPAC, the series brings together master musicians, emerging artists, and cross-cultural collaborations for an engaging and memorable musical journey. Each performance spotlights a different facet of Korea's musical heritage, from the powerful rhythms of pungmul and samulnori, also known as nongak or farmers' music, to the refined and expressive sounds of the gayageum zither and daegeum bamboo flute. Audiences will also encounter the rich storytelling traditions of gugak and folk song, alongside innovative works that weave Korean musical language with global influences. Whether you are a longtime listener or discovering Korean music for the first time, Korean Music Fridays offers a welcoming space to experience its artistry, history, and evolving creative spirit.

FITZGERALDS PRESENTS: THE MEADOWLARK LEMONS FREE SHOW! Click "Book Now" to RSVP for guaranteed entry Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.

Join us for just $20! Secure your seat in advance, or grab your ticket at the door for $25 (if available; advance purchase highly recommended). $15 General Admission is a relaxed, free-flowing late-night blues set where artists stretch out, special guests musicians often sit in. Entry begins at 10:30-11 PM. Shared-table and bar seating are available as space permits. Important Details: Doors open at 8 PM: To secure guaranteed seating, guests should arrive between 8 PM and 9 PM. Guests arriving after 9 PM will be guaranteed entry, but seating will be based on availability. Seating: Available on a first-come, first-served basis at tables and the bar. Please note that tables are shared.

JAZZ BRUNCH IN THE CLUB featuring: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Album Performed LIVE by CHRIS WHITE TRIO! $12 General Admission Enjoy BRUNCH from BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.

JAZZ BRUNCH IN THE CLUB featuring: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Album Performed LIVE by CHRIS WHITE TRIO! $12 General Admission Enjoy BRUNCH from BABYGOLD BARBECUE ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.