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JAZZ Quickguide

30th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival Opening Night:

Thursday, August 28, 6:30 pm (Sonny Rollins); Millennium Park, Between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive at Washington Street;
312.744.3315
chicagojazzfestival.us
freekid friendlywheelchair friendly

30th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival:

Thursday, August 28–Sunday, August 31, 11 am–9:30 pm (Sunday 8:30 pm Ornette Coleman); Grant Park;
Jackson Boulevard and Columbus Drive;
312.744.3315
chicagojazzfestival.us
freewheelchair friendly

The Soul of Jazz: An African Tribute to James Brown

featuring Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Cheikh Lo and Vieux Farka Toure:
Tuesday, August 26, 8 pm; Jazz Institute 40th Birthday Concert; UIC Forum; Roosevelt Road and Halsted Street;
www.jazzinchicago.org
$
wheelchair friendly

jazz drummer

Jazz Club Tour:

Wednesday, August 27,
6 pm–Midnight; 312.427.1676
www.jazzinchicago.org
advance $25, night-of $30
(Presented by the Jazz Institute of Chicago in partnership with Chicago
Trolley Company)

JazzFest Heritage Music Weekend:

Saturday, August 2–Sunday, August 3; Saturday; local youth talent 10 am–Noon, rising to national talent 1–9 pm; Sunday Noon or 12:30–9 pm; South Shore Cultural Center; 7059 S. South Shore Drive; 773.734.2000
www.jazzunitesinc.org/
events.htm
(Presented by Jazz Unites)
freekid friendlywheelchair friendly

Made in Chicago Series:

Thursdays, July 24–August 21 and Monday, August 25; 6:30 pm; Millennium Park, Between Michigan
Avenue and Columbus Drive at Washington Street; 312.742.1168
www.millenniumpark.org
freewheelchair friendly

upclose jazz bass
July 24: 50 Years of Bossa Nova featuring Paulinho Garcia’s Orquestra Brazzilli

July 31: Chicago Afro-Latin
Jazz Ensemble

August 7: Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Large Ensemble

August 14: Kelan Phil Cohran and The Legacy of Sun Ra

August 21: Celebrating Nat King Cole

August 25: Mike Reed’s People Places and Things Octet

Hungry Brain’s Sunday
Transmission Series:

Sundays (usually 2–3 sets) 10 pm; Hungry Brain; 2319 W. Belmont Avenue; 773.935.2118
emergingimprovisers.org
21+ w/ID; (Presented by the Emerging Improvisers)
free

Jazzcity Concert Series:

(A Jazz Institute of Chicago/Chicago Park District collaboration);
312.427.1676
www.jazzinchicago.org
freekid friendlywheelchair friendly

watching music performance

Friday, June 13, 7 pm:
Black Earth Strings
Columbus Park Refectory;
5701 W. Jackson Boulevard




Friday, July 11, 7 pm:
Latin Jazz Festival
Humboldt Park Boathouse; 1359 N. Sacramento Avenue

CheckerJazz:

Sundays 7:30 pm; New Checkerboard Lounge for Blues ’n’ Jazz; 5201 S. Harper Court; 773.684.1472
www.checkerjazz.org
general $10; students 21+ w/ID $5; (Presented by the Hyde Park Jazz Society)
wheelchair friendly

2nd annual Hyde Park
Jazz Festival:

Saturday, September 27, Noon– 2am; 773.834.4122
www.hydeparkjazz
festival.org
(Presented by HPJS in partnership with the University of Chicago and others.)
freekid friendlywheelchair friendly

Immediate Sound Series:

Wednesdays, approximately 10 pm (2 sets with a DJ in between); The Hideout; 1354 W. Wabansia Avenue;
773.227.4433
www.hideoutchicago.com
21+ w/ID; $5 and up; (no drink minimum)

man playing trumpet

Uptown Poetry Slam:

Sundays 7–10 pm; The Green Milll; 4802 N. Broadway; 773.878.5552
www.slampapi.com
$6 per person
wheelchair friendly

Andy’s:

Daily, Mondays– Thursdays 3 pm–2 am (music until 1 am), Fridays–Saturdays 3 pm–2 am (music until 1:30 am), Sundays 10 am (brunch; evening’s music from 5 pm–Midnight; 11 E. Hubbard Street; 312.642.6805
www.andysjazzclub.com
21+ w/ID; evenings $5–$25; Sunday Brunch adults $24.95, children $14.95
kid friendlyw/adult chaperone (dinner 5:30–8 pm and Sundays)


Go Jazz

Von Freeman:

Tuesdays, 10:30 pm–3 am; The New Apartment; 504 E. 75th Street;
773.483.7728; (no drink minimum)
freewheelchair friendly

Andy’s Spotlight Performance:

Mulgrew Miller Trio: Wednesday, June 11– Thursday, June 12, 8 and 10:30 pm; online $21.50; door $25

trumpet player

Close Up 2:

Tuesdays–Fridays 4 pm–2 am, Saturdays 9 pm–3 am; live music; Wednesdays– Saturdays; 416 S. Clark Street;
312.385.1111
www.closeup2jazz.com
21+ w/ID; Tuesdays Free,
Wednesdays–Saturdays $5;
(no drink minimum)
wheelchair friendly

Jazz Showcase:

Times and days vary;
Dearborn Station;
806 S. Plymouth Court;
312.360.0234;
www.jazzshowcase.com
$ vary (children under 12 Free
if 4 pm Sunday matinee);
21+ w/ID (no drink minimum)
kid friendlyw/adult chaperone wheelchair friendly

Jazz Club at Pops for Champagne:

Live music Tuesdays – Thursdays 9 pm– Midnight, Fridays–Saturdays 9 pm–1 am; 601 N. State Street;
312.266.Pops (7677)
www.popsforchampagne.com
21+ w/ID; weekdays $10, weekends $15; (no drink minimum)
wheelchair friendly

piano keys

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