Chicago live music

R&B Shows in Chicago

Live r&b events across Chicago-area venues on RUE. Listings come from venue calendars — open a show for tickets and details.

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Garcia's Chicago·West Loop

Theo Katzman

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.

RockR&b / SoulPop
Sep 25
9:30 PM
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Gman Tavern·Wrigleyville

DJ Joe Shanahan

Saturday, September 26 DJ Joe Shanahan All Vinyl – Funk / Punk / Soul and a splash of Disco Free / 21 & over / Event: 3pm-7pm A portion of bar proceeds to benefit Nourishing Hope

FreeR&b / Soul
Sep 26
3:00 PM
FitzGerald's·Berwyn

DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO @ FITZGERALDS! Early Show (1 of 2)

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS: DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO at FITZGERALDS Historic Nightclub! $35 General Admission // $45/seat Reserved Tables Available Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio---or as it is sometimes referred to, DLO3---specializes in the lost art of , "rdquo" -> feel-good music." The trio is formed by collecting a unique blend of guitarists and drummers worldwide. They leave you with a feeling of wonder caused by seeing something surprisingly beautiful and unforgettable for their fans at every show. DLO3 was formed from the ground up by Delvon's wife and manager, Amy Novo, and together they created feel-good music to heal the world. The trio started from humble beginnings in 2015 and has since released several Billboard charting albums and toured the world to sold-out venues. Today, the power couple has taken the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio beyond their wildest dreams through her tireless work ethic and his bottomless talent. 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

Jazz / BluesR&b / Soul
Sep 26
5:30 PM
Salt Shed·Bucktown

Thee Sacred Souls, La Lom and the Womack Sisters presented by Heineken

Thee Sacred Souls, LA LOM, and The Womack Sisters join together to bring heart melting harmonies, genre-blurring grooves, and timeless soul on their Constellation Tour across North America, produced by Live Nation. Hailing from Southern California, raised on classic soul, Cumbia and cookouts, this is the sound of the modern West Coast. Thee Sacred Souls' tender slow burns, LA LOM's Latin instrumental heat, and The Womack Sisters' kindred harmonies roll nationwide this August and September.

R&b / SoulJazz / BluesRock
Sep 26
6:00 PM
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Beat Kitchen·Roscoe Village

Charlie Burg

TICKET EVENT INFORMATION: This event is ALL AGES 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.

RockR&b / Soul
Sep 26
7:30 PM
Green Mill·Uptown

JEFF NEWELL'S NEW TRAD OCTET

Jeff Newell's New Trad Octet featuring: Jeff Newell – sax, James C. Davis – trumpet, Andy Baker – trombone, Mike Hogg – tuba, John McLean – guitar, Steve Million – Hammond B-3 organ, Lawrence Kohut – bass, Rick Vitek – drums.

Folk / RootsRockWorld
Sep 26
8:00 PM
FitzGerald's·Berwyn

DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO @ FITZGERALDS! Evening Show (2 of 2)

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS: DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO at FITZGERALDS Historic Nightclub! $35 General Admission / Reserved Tables Available Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio---or as it is sometimes referred to, DLO3---specializes in the lost art of , "rdquo" -> feel-good music." The trio is formed by collecting a unique blend of guitarists and drummers worldwide. They leave you with a feeling of wonder caused by seeing something surprisingly beautiful and unforgettable for their fans at every show. DLO3 was formed from the ground up by Delvon's wife and manager, Amy Novo, and together they created feel-good music to heal the world. The trio started from humble beginnings in 2015 and has since released several Billboard charting albums and toured the world to sold-out venues. Today, the power couple has taken the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio beyond their wildest dreams through her tireless work ethic and his bottomless talent. Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE (link to restaurant website) 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

Jazz / BluesR&b / Soul
Sep 26
8:30 PM
Thalia Hall·Pilsen

ARLO PARKS - DESIRE TOUR with Baird

London-born Arlo Parks won the Mercury Music Prize for her debut 2021 album Collapsed in Sunbeams, won Breakthrough Artist at the 2021 Brit Awards, and received two Grammy and Ivor Novello nominations. She was coined the voice of her generation. Her follow up My Soft Machine featured the likes of Phoebe Bridges and saw her continue to tour globally. 2025 saw her become the youngest ever appointed UNICEF Ambassador as she continues her humanitarian work. 2026 sees the release of her much anticipated third album Ambiguous Desire. Referencing everything from the queer hedonism of NYCs Paradise Garage to the moody nocturnal British beats of The Streets and Burial, the glittering synth catharsis of LCD Soundsystem, and rooted house grooves of Theo Parrish, Ambiguous Desire is Parks at her most confident and experimental. A soundtrack to unguarded self-expression, it is a life-affirming new piece of work from one of musics most irrepressible voices.

FreeR&b / SoulPop
Sep 29
8:00 PM
Thalia Hall·Pilsen

Ripe presented by Thalia Hall & Deep Cut with Boys Go To Jupiter

Ripe remembers sweating to hell in a basement underneath a Subway sandwich shop, building their very first songs in a concrete cube that smelled like fresh bread. They remember selling their first tickets by hand outside the coffee shop that their friends worked at, holding court like twenty-something impresarios trying to move like 50 tickets to a bar that was willing to let you keep the ticket sales if they kept the bar. In a world where we constantly feel the loving pressure to "tell our story", where so many of our friends that have found success as artists have done it alone, Ripe is using their bio to tell you that at the center of everything is collaboration and community, a friendship that has become a bond as strong as family, a constantly spinning object that cannot be properly captured by any single still photograph. This moment, the two songs already out and the new songs coming, catches the band in a moment of intense joyous swelling energy. Working in dream studios, in a city they spent years trying to take a proper chance on, with a producer that had made albums we loved in our formative years, alongside the closest musical relations we've formed. This is our love letter to complicated nostalgia, to relentless empowering change, to realizing that making dreams come true (just like a crisis) only fully makes sense when it is shared. Joy in the wild unknown let us tell you who we were. Bright blues had us ripped apart so we could start again. What comes next is the band swinging for the fences, all in at the table, risking everything for a shot at feeling connected to you. Thank you for being here. Ripe remembers sweating to hell in a basement underneath a Subway sandwich shop, building their very first songs in a concrete cube that smelled like fresh bread. They remember selling their first tickets by hand outside the coffee shop that their friends worked at, holding court like twenty-something impresarios trying to move like 50 tickets to a bar that was willing to let you keep the ticket sales if they kept the bar. In a world where we constantly feel the loving pressure to "tell our story", where so many of our friends that have found success as artists have done it alone, Ripe is using their bio to tell you that at the center of everything is collaboration and community, a friendship that has become a bond as strong as family, a constantly spinning object that cannot be properly captured by any single still photograph. This moment catches the band in a moment of intense joyous swelling energy. Working in dream studios, in a city they spent years trying to take a proper chance on, with a producer that had made albums we loved in our formative years, alongside the closest musical relations we've formed. This is our love letter to complicated nostalgia, to relentless empowering change, to realizing that making dreams come true (just like a crisis) only fully makes sense when it is shared. Joy in the Wild Unknown let us tell you who we were. Bright Blues had us ripped apart so we could start again. Play The Game is the band swinging for the fences, all in at the table, risking everything for a shot at feeling connected to you. Thank you for being here.

MetalPopRock
Oct 2
7:30 PM
Dorian's·Wicker Park

Erthe St. James

Dorian's Presents Erthe St. James Live at 9PM & 11PM Happy Hours 6-8pm Nightly No reservations ~ 6pm – 2am 21+ $10 Cover after 8PM A native from the Westside of Chicago. This Modern Soul singer has obtained the ability to intertwine genres to create his own unique blend of Soul, Jazz, & Funk. Playing venues, with his band, The ErtheTones, such as City Winery, Untitled Supper Club, House of Blues, Navy Pier, The California Clipper, The Promontory, and opening for artist such as Erykah Badu, Estelle, Mali Music, Jamison Ross, SUCH, Rudy Currence, Conya Doss, Tye Tribbet, & Nikki Giovani. £rthe has been featured on the albums, R.O.E's "LIVE in Chicago" [2015], Lili K's "Ruby" [2015], The whoEVERs?'s "Marathon" [2016], Tovi Khali's, "French Quarter Style" [2017], Neak's "KWESBAAR" [2019], R.O.E's "Radiant" [2020], Flowers For The Living's "Bouquet of Beautiful" [2021], and on the Documentaries, "Got The Love: A Soul Music Documentary" [2017] & "The final Push; Sam Thousand & The Soul Vortex Documentary" [2023]. £rthe has also been featured on Chicago's WGN Mid-Day News and has served as entertainment for the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson. £rthe can be seen on supporting vocals as a member of Sam Thousand & The Soul Vortex and also apart of Harold Green's, Flowers For The Living [FFTL] Collective.

R&b / Soul
Oct 3
9:00 PM
Salt Shed·Bucktown

The Revivalists with Robert Randolph presented by Jack Daniel's

The Revivalists have made the journey from hole-in-the-wall marathon gigs to sold-out headline shows at such hallowed venues as New York City's Radio City Music Hall and Morrison, CO's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, multiplatinum success, and more than 1.6 billion worldwide streams thus far. The eight-piece New Orleans, LA-based band - David Shaw (lead vocals, guitar), Zack Feinberg (guitar), Andrew Campanelli (drums), George Gekas (bass), Ed Williams (pedal steel guitar), Rob Ingraham (saxophone), Michael Girardot (keyboard, trumpet), and PJ Howard (drums, percussion) - broke through. The Revivalists have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to Rev Causes, a fund that supports the essential work of organizations dedicated to reviving and investing in our communities, our health, and our environment. By allocating a portion of our ticket sales, and through fan donations and a variety of fundraising efforts, we aim to assist these exciting organizations in building a better future.

RockR&b / SoulPop
Oct 4
6:30 PM
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Salt Shed·Bucktown

Malcolm Todd: Do That Again Tour (MOVED TO THE SALT SHED OUTDOORS)

When Malcolm Todd graduated high school in 2022, he told his parents he would be taking a gap year to pursue music. They, unsurprisingly, were less than thrilled by the proclamation, but gave him a year to see if it could work. They learned what the rest of the music industry quickly realized: never bet against Malcolm Todd. ?Every single day since I told my mom I wanted to do this, I have actively worked to grow my fanbase, to get better at music, to build this world,? he explains. By the time he shared Sweet Boy in 2024, his day job at Cold Stone was in the rearview. Tracks like ?Roommates? were racking up millions of streams daily. Fast forward a year, and Todd is more motivated than ever on his self-titled album, a declaration that he isn?t a hype machine or a flash in the pan, but a generation-defining voice.

PopRockR&b / Soul
Oct 6
7:30 PM
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Salt Shed·Bucktown

Malcolm Todd: Do That Again Tour (MOVED TO THE SALT SHED OUTDOORS)

When Malcolm Todd graduated high school in 2022, he told his parents he would be taking a gap year to pursue music. They, unsurprisingly, were less than thrilled by the proclamation, but gave him a year to see if it could work. They learned what the rest of the music industry quickly realized: never bet against Malcolm Todd. ?Every single day since I told my mom I wanted to do this, I have actively worked to grow my fanbase, to get better at music, to build this world,? he explains. By the time he shared Sweet Boy in 2024, his day job at Cold Stone was in the rearview. Tracks like ?Roommates? were racking up millions of streams daily. Fast forward a year, and Todd is more motivated than ever on his self-titled album, a declaration that he isn?t a hype machine or a flash in the pan, but a generation-defining voice.

PopRockR&b / Soul
Oct 7
7:30 PM
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Chop Shop·Wicker Park

DON WEST

If you wanted a unicorn thought experiment, pairing deliriously sultry soul music from the height of Stax and Motown era with au courant heartthrob handsomeness, then Don West has done the hard work for you; he is the answer.

R&b / Soul
Oct 8
7:30 PM
Garcia's Chicago·West Loop

Karina Rykman

Late Checkout Tour 2026! 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.

RockPopR&b / Soul
Oct 8
8:00 PM
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Smoke & Mirrors·Logan Square

IVY LAB @ SMOKE & MIRRORS

Thursdaay, October 8th, 2026 IVY LAB Lake Hills - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2045 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60647 Doors 10pm – 21+ w/valid ID ***Tickets available at the door throughout the night***

ElectronicR&b / Soul
Oct 8
10:00 PM
Smoke & Mirrors·Logan Square

Ivy Lab

Ivy Lab Lake Hills Jack Galactic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2045 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60647 Doors 10pm – 21+ w/valid ID ***Tickets available at the door throughout the night***

ElectronicR&b / Soul
Oct 8
10:00 PM
Garcia's Chicago·West Loop

Karina Rykman

Late Checkout Tour 2026! 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.

RockPopR&b / Soul
Oct 9
8:00 PM
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