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What's Happening 
Club & Venue Guide  
Volume 301
March 21st-28th     
Lyric Opera at the Harris Theater
205 E Randolph St, Chicago
 
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Charlie Parker Yardbird
March 24th 7:30pm
March 26th 2pm

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Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart - Bob Koester Opens a New Shop!
3419 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago
773-539-5002
210 Restaurant & Live Music Lounge
  210 Green Bay Rd, Highwood, IL 60040 

March shows start at 7pm
23 Stephanie Aaron Trio
26  Hammond Heaven: Highered Current
30 Keri Johnsrud Trio
A pril 13
Bobby Broom, Dennis Carroll, Makaya McCraven



 

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts 
9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 
 

April 8th 
John Pizzarelli -  Midnight McCartney
 

 
 

Auditorium Theatre 
50 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago 

March 31st 
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra 
with Bernadette Peters



Visit Website for Tickets 
 

 
 

The Monk Meets the First Lady 
Saturday April 29th at 8pm
Celebrating the Music  
of Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonious Monk

Presented by  
Orbert Davis Chicago Jazz Philharmonic featuring Tammy McCann and  
Leandro Lopez Varady
 
Governors State University 
sponsored by
Southland Arts Municipalities  
and Business Alliance
 
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Jazz Showcase
806 S Plymouth Ct, Chicago

  
April 23-26
Adam Larson, Rob Clearfield, Clark Sommers, Jimmy MacBride

Jazz Showcase
 
 

Ottawa 2 Rivers
Wine Fest
Ottawa, IL 
 
June 9-10-11 
Featuring the Very Best of Chicago Jazz!

Performance Schedule Coming Soon.  
 
 
 

Elkhart Jazz Festival
30th Anniversary 

Downtown Elkhart, IN




June 23-25th
Full Performance Schedule Coming Soon! 
 
 
Open Door Theater
902 S Ridgeland Ave 
Oak Park, IL

April 28th 
Ty Cooper - I'm All for You! 
 
A collection of songs that  
celebrate YOU in life, love and living featuring such classics as:

"It Had to Be You" 
"I Wish You Love" 
"Body & Soul"

Featuring Vocalist Ty Cooper
with Jim Seller, Jim Cox
and Justin Kramer
 
 
Fitzgerald's
Berwyn (708) 788-2118
6615 W. Roosevelt


Big Band in the Clu
 
March 
26  6 pm British Buddy Alumni Big Band with Frieda Lee
  
 
SideBar Sessions at FitzGerald's
March
22  8 pm Ellen Germaine/Tim McNamara Group
29  8 pm Suenos
 
 
UCHICAGO Presents
JAZZ AT THE LOGAN

VIJAY IYER SEXTET
Friday, May 19th, 7:30 pm

Logan Center, Performance Hall

The elegant and ever-inventive pianist/composer offers his latest works.






Green Mill  
4802 Broadway St, Chicago

Visit GreenMillJazz.com


Sundays
Uptown Poetry Slam  9pm

Sunday Night
Soul Jazz Party 
with the Paterson Trio 11pm 

Mondays
Patricia Barber 9pm

Tuesdays
Fat Babies 9pm
 
Wednesdays
Alfonso Ponticelli  9pm 
Frank Catalano 2am
 
Thursdays 
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra

Weekends
Fridays
5pm Flipside Show with Chris Foreman 
1am -Green Mill Quartet Jam Session

Saturdays
1am - Sabertooth

March 24th & 25th 
Orrin Eveans Trio  
 
 

Hyde Park Jazz Society
Room 43
Sunday Night Jazz Series at Room 43

1043 E. 43rd Street
March 
26 Keyboardist Reginald T. McCants
April
2 Saxophonist Bernard Scavella
9 Bill McFarland & The Chicago Horns
16 Saxophonist Jarrard Harris
23 Vocalist Bobbi Wilsyn
30 Vocalist Joan Collaso & HPJS 5th Sunday Jam

 

Lindsay Hugé and Jazz Institute of Chicago 
Present

The Brent Griffin, Jr. Trio

Brent Griffin Jr
Isaiah Spencer

Junius Paul
April 7th
6pm-9:30pm
$10 cover
$25 Dinner Buffet
To have dinner, please call ahead and reserve by April 4th  with 
Lindsay Hugé, [email protected] / 773-972-1110

Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums

Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums is 
Chicago and Manhattan's only Vintage and Custom Drum Shop and Museum. 
Visit Website


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