Pop Shows in Chicago

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM / 21+ Anna Johnson celebrates the release of her debut LP Swarm of Tongues, out October 2 on Somnimage. She will be accompanied by Paige Naylor, Ben Baker Billington, and Andrew Scott Young. Joining the night are the dark, lush art rock sounds of Facing and the haunting intensity of Louise Bock, solo project of Taralie Peterson (known from Spires That In The Sunset Rise), with experimental percussionist Michael Zerang. ~~~~ Anna Johnson's sound unites electroacoustic improvisation with backgrounds in medieval folk traditions and sacred music. Based in drone and hypnotic repetition, she is invested in vocal expression as a portal to somatic and emotional presence. Anna's performances integrate projection installations of her textural film work, and her approach to live art is ritualistic; she seeks embodied and communal experiences of vulnerability and spiritual catharsis. She is drawn to the meeting points between personal and mythical, present and ancient. Anna is based in Chicago and tours regularly in North America and Europe. She originates from Minnesota, where she was raised with Celtic and Anglo folk traditions and sacred choral music, and studied both Western classical as well as traditional Eastern European vocal polyphony. She holds an MFA from the Performance department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Studio Art from Macalester College. Anna's debut EP Unknowing was released in 2025 on UK label Industrial Coast and her debut LP Swarm of Tongues releases in October 2026 on Somnimage. She was awarded an Outer Ear Session at Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio in spring 2026 for a recording project, and selected as a finalist for National Sawdust's 2026 Hildegard Commission, which will culminate in a December 2026 concert featuring a performance of her compositional work by Trinity Choir and the National Sawdust ensemble.

Doors open at 7PM. Performance begins at 8PM. This show is for AGES 17 AND OLDER. Valid Photo ID is required for age restricted shows. Forms of valid ID are current and non-expired Driver's License, State ID, or Passport. House of Blues Chicago is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. *All support acts are subject to change without notice.* Individuals under 17 are allowed to attend if accompanied by their parent or legal guardian Upgrade Your Experience: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/hobchicago/hobwebsite

Please Note: There is a delivery delay on all orders until approximately two weeks prior to the show. La Roux: La Roux Pre-Show Experience Includes: ● One (1) GA Standing Ticket ● Access to an exclusive pre-show soundcheck featuring 2--3 songs ● Group photo with La Roux ● Early entry to the venue ● Exclusive La Roux VIP merchandise ● Commemorative VIP laminate & lanyard ● Priority access to merchandise shopping ● Limited availability La Roux: La Roux Early Access Package Includes: ● One (1) GA Standing Ticket ● Early entry to the venue ● Exclusive La Roux VIP merchandise ● Commemorative VIP laminate & lanyard ● Priority access to merchandise shopping Terms and conditions for the VIP packages can be found here. She's the Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and performer who has worked with Tyler, The Creator, CASISDEAD, Skream and Skrillex and sold millions of records across the globe. Yet, judging by her new work, the best is yet to come forLa Roux who returns with a fiercely redemptive fourth record. , "rdquo" -> Old Flames" is a brilliant, imaginative, cinematic record whose references include David Lynch and Donnie Darko, All Saints and Mariah Carey alongside her jeep and summertime rain. Composed, written, produced, and arranged by La Roux, , "rdquo" -> Cabin Fever" is a triumphant return from a multi-award-winning composer who sold over two million albums in the US alone. She's worked with some of the world's most influential musicians; DnB frontrunner Zinc reworked Bulletproof, while dubstep pioneer Skream and Grammy winner Skrillex both remixed In For The Kill; she later worked with Skream on his second album, 2010's Outside The Box. In 2019, she featured alongside guests including Solange and Lil Uzi Vert on Tyler, The Creator's boundary-breaking album Igor. The following year, Tyler remixed La Roux's , "rdquo" -> Automatic Driver" from her third album, Supervision. In 2021, she worked with reclusive rapper Casisdead on , "rdquo" -> Park Assist", featuring alongside the BRIT winner in the video directed by Deadpool baddie Ed Skrien. Her work continues to inspire and influence other artists; French Montana, Tion Wayne, Mavado and Major Lazer are just some of the acts who have sampled La Roux's work.

Doors @ 7PM, Performance @ 8PM This is an AGES 17 AND OVER event. Valid Photo ID is required for age restricted shows. Forms of valid ID are current and non-expired Driver's License, State ID or Passport. Aragon Ballroom is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. There is NO re-entry. Individuals under 17 are allowed to attend if accompanied by their parent or legal guardian https://www.aragonballroomchicago.com/

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Thursday, February 18 Metro & Kickstand Productions present… James Marriott $29 Adv. / $31 Day of / All Ages / Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm James Marriott has partnered with PLUS1 to support War Child. $1 from every ticket sold will help War Child to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children affected by war. www.warchild.org.uk

BERTHA: Grateful Drag has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold goes to The Center on Halsted to support their work in advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the LGBTQ people of Chicagoland and throughout the Midwest. 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.

There is a delivery delay on all orders until approximately one week prior to the show. This show will be taking place inside the Shed.

BERTHA: Grateful Drag has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold goes to The Center on Halsted to support their work in advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the LGBTQ people of Chicagoland and throughout the Midwest. 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.

This is an ALL AGES event. Outset is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. There is NO re-entry.

Doors @ 7PM, Performance @ 8PM This is an ALL AGES event. Aragon Ballroom is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. There is NO re-entry. https://www.aragonballroomchicago.com/

BERTHA: Grateful Drag has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold goes to The Center on Halsted to support their work in advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the LGBTQ people of Chicagoland and throughout the Midwest. 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.

Doors: 7:00PM | Show: 8:00PM | 17+

A portion of the proceeds from CHVRCHES 2027 tour will go to TAC and their work supporting LGBTQ Youth across the country. There is a delivery delay on all orders until approximately one week prior to the show. This show will be taking place inside the Shed.

Doors @ 5PM, Performance @ 6PM This is an ALL AGES event. Aragon Ballroom is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. There is NO re-entry. https://www.aragonballroomchicago.com/

Doors open at 7PM. Performance begins at 8PM. This show is for AGES 17 AND OLDER. Valid Photo ID is required for age restricted shows. Forms of valid ID are current and non-expired Driver's License, State ID, or Passport. House of Blues Chicago is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. *All support acts are subject to change without notice.* Upgrade Your Experience: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/hobchicago/hobwebsite

Doors open at 6PM. Performance begins at 7PM. This show is for ALL AGES. House of Blues Chicago is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. *All support acts are subject to change without notice.* Upgrade Your Experience: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/hobchicago/hobwebsite

Mei Semones VIP Experience includes the below: A Meet & Greet and photo with Mei Semones One (1) VIP exclusive merch item Early Entry To The Venue Early Access To The Merch Table One (1) GA Standing ticket Mei Semones - Howl Out January 15th via Verve/Interscope On the night of the Fourth of July, fireworks over Mei Semones' Brooklyn block were competing with something more primal. Up and down the street, dogs answered each burst with a long, ragged howl of their own. Semones, alone in her apartment with her guitar while the rest of the city celebrated outside, found she didn't mind the solitude. The howling struck her less as a cry for help than as a kind of greeting: proof that she was never really by herself, not with music always keeping her company. By morning, she had the seed of the title track for her sophomore album, Howl. "Sometimes making music feels like howling into the universe," Semones says. "I make music because I like it, because it feels instinctual --- but it also connects me to people close and far. I like to think of this music as my howl." It's a title that might invite a familiar story of pressure and release, but Semones sees songwriting differently. Nothing was bottled up, she says, waiting to come pouring out. Music is simply something she does, every day, because it feels natural to her. That idea runs through Howl, an album that embraces the full range of her experiences rather than settling into a single emotional register. Tenderness and joy coexist with grief, self-doubt and memories of loss --- the same range audible in a sound that can move from delicate fingerpicking to distorted, rhythmically restless swells within a single song. At 26, the Brooklyn-based Japanese American guitarist and singer-songwriter --- already named an Artist to Watch by The New York Times and Stereogum, and Artist You Need to Know by Rolling Stone and The FADER --- has developed a sound that brings together jazz, bossa nova, samba and grungy math rock without treating any of them as separate worlds. Her bilingual songwriting works in much the same way. Few songwriters weave between languages as naturally as Semones does, slipping between English and Japanese within the same song --- sometimes the same line --- and letting both languages become part of the music itself. As she puts it, writing in both languages "felt more true to myself." Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Semones began playing piano at age four on an instrument gifted by her Japanese grandmother before picking up electric guitar at 11, inspired in part by Marty McFly's performance of "Johnny B. Goode" in Back to the Future. Semones also spent summers as a child in Yokosuka, Japan --- where her grandmother lived --- attending a local elementary school for two weeks each year and spending long afternoons catching cicadas, playing soccer, building things with mud, and searching for rhinoceros beetles. Those unhurried childhood experiences would later shape her 2024 EP, Kabutomushi, named after the very beetles she would catch with her school friends in Yokosuka

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There is a delivery delay on all orders until approximately one week prior to the show. This show will be taking place inside the Shed.

PLEASE NOTE: Pricing is all-in and includes fees (before taxes if applicable). By purchasing tickets to this event, you agree to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the time of the event. Government mandates, venue protocols, and event requirements are subject to change. For more information, please search your event on www.chicagotheatre.com. This event may have immersive elements, which may include flashing or strobe lights, intense lighting, visual effects, loud noises, smoke and/or fog. Such elements may aggravate certain medical or physical conditions, and guests should take this into consideration if they have a history of discomfort or physical symptoms when experiencing these elements.

Riot Fest Presents

Doors open at 7PM. Performance begins at 8PM. This show is for AGES 17 AND OLDER. Valid Photo ID is required for age restricted shows. Forms of valid ID are current and non-expired Driver's License, State ID, or Passport. House of Blues Chicago is a standing room only venue, all tickets are General Admission unless otherwise stated. *All support acts are subject to change without notice.* Individuals under 17 are allowed to attend if accompanied by their parent or legal guardian Upgrade Your Experience: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/hobchicago/hobwebsite

An American Singer-Songwriter signed to Capitol Records at age 25, Universal Records at 28, James has collaborated or toured with the likes of John Mayer, John Legend, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Keb Mo, and Andy Grammar, and his songs have been placed in over 15 major television shows and films worldwide. Writing songs on the topics of love, optimism, political enlightenment, simplifying, self-empowerment, wanderlust, and adventuring aimlessly through the natural world, James has left no stone unturned in his six studio albums to date. His performances are chock full of stories and fresh perspectives that seem to leave his crowds wanting more every time.