Indie & Alt Concerts in Chicago in 2026

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

King Tuff

Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL, US

The Paper Kites

House of Blues - Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Inner Wave Twin Seas

Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Lovin' Spoonful, The Hollies, and Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels

Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, IL, US

Ivy

Park West, Chicago, IL, US

Bring Me The Horizon Amira Elfeky

Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL, US

The Psychedelic Furs We Are Scientists

Waukegan Artwalk, Waukegan, IL, US

Vundabar Slow Fiction

Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL, US

Teen Suicide and Cloud Nothings

Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL, US

Soul Asylum and Jason Narducy

SPACE, Evanston, IL, US

Empath

Color Club, Chicago, IL, US

Yellowcard, New Found Glory, and Plain White T's

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US

Vundabar Goon and Slow Fiction

Subterranean, Chicago, IL, US

Soul Asylum and Jason Narducy

SPACE, Evanston, IL, US

Into It. Over It. and Spaced

Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL, US

Joe Jackson

Park West, Chicago, IL, US

Chet Faker

Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

STRFKR

Paulie Gee's Logan Square, Chicago, IL, US

Joe Jackson

Park West, Chicago, IL, US

Twin Peaks and Post Animal

Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Electric Six

Chop Shop, Chicago, IL, US

Hum, Nothing, and Chapterhouse

Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, US

Plague of Carcosa, Our Earth Is A Tomb, and Radian

Cobra Lounge, Chicago, IL, US

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pixel Grip, Tortoise, Smerz, and Kumo 99

Salt Shed, Chicago, IL, US

Hum, Nothing, Chapterhouse, loveliescrushing, Cloakroom, and sunshy Dim (Chicago)

Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, US

volcano!

Ramova Loft, Chicago, IL, US

Warm Love Cool Dreams Festival - Saturday - with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tortoise, Smerz, and more 2026 The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tortoise, Smerz, mark william lewis, Pixel Grip, Kumo 99, and YHWH Nailgun

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US

Warm Love Cool Dreams 2026 Toro y Moi

Shed, The Salt Shed (Indoors), Chicago, IL, US

Courtney Barnett, Whitney, Toro y Moi, Nourished By Time, Moin, Being Dead, Tobacco City, and Lauren Auder

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US

Claire Rosinkranz and Stevie Bill

Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Belle and Sebastian and U.S. Girls

Shed, The Salt Shed (Indoors), Chicago, IL, US

The Black Angels L.A. Witch

Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Stygian Bough and 40 Watt Sun

Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL, US

Belle and Sebastian and U.S. Girls

Shed, The Salt Shed (Indoors), Chicago, IL, US

Rilo Kiley Jean-Luc Eldenwood

Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Jeff Tweedy

Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Dragonette, The Knocks, and Aquaria

House of Blues - Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Jeff Tweedy

Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Toadies Local H and Vandoliers

Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Toadies Local H and Vandoliers

Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, US

Kevin Morby Liam Kazar

Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, and Les Claypool

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US

Forrest (Frank), Tori Kelly, Cory Asbury, and Figs

Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL, US

Bleachers

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US

Tommy James And The Shondells

Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, IL, US

Bleachers

Fairgrounds, The Salt Shed (Outdoors), Chicago, IL, US

Augustana and Phantom Planet

Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL, US

The Unlikely Candidates

Cobra Lounge, Chicago, IL, US

James Blake

Shed, The Salt Shed (Indoors), Chicago, IL, US