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LIVE IN FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR:Joe Policastro & FriendsFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table.And Hey: Its $5 Burger Night! Bassist Joe Policastro is a Chicago-based performer, composer, educator, and bandleader. Originally from Cincinnati, OH, he spent time performing in Europe, and settled in Chicago in early 2003. He is an in-demand bassist for vocalists, combos, and big bands alike. As a composer/arranger, he leads and a contributes to a wide array of ensembles. Visit the GROUPS page to f

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:Kevin Trims AllStar Band!$15 General Admission / Reserved Tables Available Join Kevin Trim and his All-Star Band as they lift your collective souls with an evening filled with heart-thumping rock, pop, RB, and soul music. This collection of Chicagolands favorites includes members of Tributosaurus, the Zimmermen,Real Pretenders, Expo 76, The Sunshine Boys, Meadowlark Lemons, The Diff, MomCore, Cannonball, The Naomi Ashley Band, The Menards, Pipes and several of the

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS:JAVIER RED TRIO seen HEREFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table.We always leave room for walk-ins so if you cant find a reservation, dont sweat it, cmon over!Comprising Javier Red on piano, Dan Thatcher on bass, and Tim Davis on drums, the trio presents a performance centered around their interpretation of Thelonious Monks compositions. They skillfully meld Monks distinct rhythmic nuances with their own improvisational styles.Grab dinner before the show at BABY

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:FRED EAGLESMITH at FITZGERALDS Nightclub$50 General Admission SEAT / Reserved Tables Available Fred Eaglesmith has played them all; from televisions The Late Show with DavidLetterman to the legendary Grand Ole Opry in Nashville to the refined acousticsof the Lincoln Center, but this fall, Canadas most uncompromising troubadourbrings his whip-smart songwriting and road-tested show back to the verycommunites that inspired him.And you wont want to miss it.The Juno Awa

HAPPY HOUR ON THE PATIO FEATURING:The Menards (show will move indoors if required due to inclement weather) Band namesake Tim Menard is a Chicago veteran. Tims hand-picked a coterie of his favorite players his wonderful, fiddle-playing bride, Cathie Van Wert Menard, veteran bass ace Michael Krayniak, pedal steel guru Gabriel Stutz and drum legend Paul Bivans. Featuring Tims indelible original tunes mixed with some carefully curated covers, the Menards spin aspects of folk, rock and country into

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:Cult Canyon & Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee & The Blanks w/ special guest Jacob AugustineGrab 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

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS:FRAN BANISH TRIO seen HEREFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to RSVP for guaranteed entry.Original and classic Blues, Rock, and Funk. Travel through musical space and time with us from Chicago to Memphis and New Orleans, from San Francisco to London, Outer Space and all points in between! Fran is on guitar and vocals, Nick Fane is on bass and backing vocals, and Jahari Thompson is on drums.Fran Banish is a Chicago born, formerly Los Angeles based Blues-Rock guitar legend. Aft

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTSSOUL MESSAGE BAND FREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table.We always leave room for walk-ins so if you cant find a reservation, dont sweat it, cmon over!Chris Foreman is a masterful musician and heir to the throne occupied by the soulful, bluesy jazz organ legends who were once his influence. Blind at birth, Foreman started playing piano at age five and began formal training at seven. As a teenager he was attracted to the organ sounds of Jack McDuff, Groove Holmes

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS:PUSH PUPPETSLISTEN & WATCH BEFORE THE SHOW HEREFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to RSVP for guaranteed entry.Push Puppets bring their dual-vocal attack to Fitzgeralds Sidebar for a FREE SHOW! Their critically acclaimed 2025 release Tethered Together has drawn comparisons to Squeeze, Nick Lowe, XTC and Ben Folds in both the quirky writing and the gloriously polished production.Push Puppets consists of Erich Specht (lead vocals, guitar), Steve Frisbie (backup vocals, guitar),

FITZGERALDS PATIO Presents: HENRY CARPENDER QUINTETFREE SHOW! RESERVATION AVAILABLE! Henry Carpender is a trombonist, composer, and educator based in the city of Chicago. An artist who is equally informed by his classical training, love of Jazz, and childhood playing rock music (primarily with his father John Carpender), Henrys playing and writing is a charming blend of punchy, sensitive, quirky, and dripping with love for life and self expression. Henrys dedication to music making began at age

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR Presents:Anthony Bruno Quartet seen HEREFREE SHOW! Genre-bending saxophonist Anthony Bruno is a distinguished and in-demand Chicago musician who has honed his craft performing around the world, Since 2020, he has had a burgeoning career as a solo artist, with a multitude of releases on Spotify, crafting songs that combine lyrical melodies with complex musicality. Brunos music is rooted in jazz but draws from pop, rock and R&B. He writes and plays unapologetically from the sou

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:SILKWORM at FITZGERALDS Nightclub$25 General Admission (limited seats, mostly Standing Room Only) Founded in 1987, SILKWORM is a storied and beloved rock band, revered among many of those in the know. The band released nine richly distinctive, influential albums and a bunch of singles, EPs, and compilations over an eighteen-year period, as well as touring worldwide in North America, Europe, and Asia, notably playing every state in the continental USA except Delawar

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:The JACKIE VENSON Residency at FITZGERALDS Nightclubm (Night 1 of 4)$25 General Admission / Reserved Tables Available Heralded as one of Austins rising stars by Rolling Stone and an Austin legend in the making by Forbes, Jackie Venson has established herself as one of the most commanding performers to come out of Texas. An Austin native, Venson has shared the stage with icons like Gary Clark Jr and Melissa Etheridge and even performed with Alanis Morissette and Lai

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR Presents: JENNY DONT AND THE SPURS!FREE SHOW! Click Book Now to RSVP for guaranteed entry.Jenny Dont and the Spurs have spent over a decade forging their own path, pioneering a unique brand of high-energy Surf Western that appeals to fans from the Western scene to garage rock enthusiasts. Frontwoman Jenny Dont embodies the authentic outlaw spirit, with songwriting influenced by the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern desert. The bandfeaturing Kelly Halliburton (bass), Christop

FITZGERALDS PRESENTS A HAPPY HOUR CONCERT WITH: HILLBILLY FROLICFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table. Enjoy dinner from BABYGOLD BARBECUE**PARKING***There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.

LIVE ON FITZGERALDS PATIO:Friday Night on the Patio w/ RICK KINGS ROYAL HUSTLE!FREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table. We always leave room for walk-ins so if you cant find a reservation, dont sweat it, cmon over!Rick Kings Royal Hustle cooks up a gumbo of Chicago Soul music and New Orleans funk with a psychedelic side dish of Grateful Dead influenced jams Grab dinner from BABYGOLD BARBECUE***PARKING***There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare,

FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE SIDEBAR WITH:OUTRONAUT seen HEREFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a tableLed by guitarist/composer Steve Gerlach (Tommy Keene, John Cale, Plush) and featuring members of The Tossers and Sons Of The Silent Age, Outronaut is largely an instrumental affair that leaves room for the imaginationPsymphonic surf-noir crime-jazz or exquisite background noise? You decide.Grab dinner before the show from BABYGOLD BARBECUE***PARKING***There is rather limited street parking in the area

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:Robbie Fulks Duets Night (Night 1 of 2)$35 General Admission SEAT / Reserved Tables Available JOIN FOR AN INTIMATE EVENING OF COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES AS ROBBIE INVITES A CAST OF INCREDIBLE TALENT TO JOIN HIM FOR A FUN PROGRAM OF DUETS! Its time to make a change, Robbie Fulks declares at the start of Now Then, his second album on Nashvilles Compass Records. This statement is familiar to anyone who follows this critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated singer-song

FITZGERALDS PATIO PRESENTS:GROOVE WITNESSFREE SHOW! Groove Witness is a 7 piece funk band from Chicago featuring, vocalist VERONICA KOTT , PAUL GULEZIAN on trumpet, MARCUS RANUCCI on tenor sax, NICOLAS RANUCCI on bari & alto sax, DAN PARKER on bass, MIKE AMANDES on drums, and ROB ZETTL on guitar. ***PARKING***There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.

LIVE ON FITZGERALDS PATIO:Saturday Night on the Patio w/ JON LANGFORD & KELLY HOGANFREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table. We always leave room for walk-ins so if you cant find a reservation, dont sweat it, cmon over!Catch HOGAN on tour singing back-up for Mavis Staples, or at home with The Flat Five Chicago!Jon Langford born October 11, 1957, Newport, Monmouthshire is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is presently based in Chicago. He is the younger brother of science-fiction author an

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:Robbie Fulks Then Now Then (Night 2 of 2)$35 General Admission SEAT / Reserved Tables Available ROBBIE FULKS and BAND WILL PERFORM SELECTIONS FROM HIS MOST RECENT RECORD NOW THEN, AS WELL AS FAVORITES FROM HIS FIRST RECORD COUNTRY LOVE SONGS IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 30th ANNIVERSARY!Its time to make a change, Robbie Fulks declares at the start of Now Then, his second album on Nashvilles Compass Records. This statement is familiar to anyone who follows this critically

FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR Presents: FREE SHOW! Click Book Now to RSVP for guaranteed entry.The Vaughan Building is a 4-piece Blues Rock band from Chicago. Mixing the sounds of Garage and Psychedelic Rock with the tunefulness of Folk Rock and Power Pop, The Vaughan Building aims to take Blues-based music kicking and screaming into the 21st century with energy, authenticity, and classic Rock n Roll fun! Theyve opened for legacy acts as diverse as Al Jardine (The Beach Boys), Blue Oyster Cult, and Rick N

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:SHOUT SECTION BIG BAND - 7pmShout Section burst on to the scene in 2007. Since then, weve been entertaining audiences at swing dances, city concerts, school clinics, weddings and corporate events all over the Midwest. Weve been featured on WGN TV, WBEZ radio, and on the nationally syndicated television show, Vampire Diaries. Staffed by some of the best musicians in the Chicago area, youre going to love listening to and dancing to Shout Section Big Band!Grab dinner

LIVE ON FITZGERALDS PATIOQUIN KIRCHNER TRIO FREE SHOW!Quinlan Kirchner (b. December 14, 1981) is a drummer, composer, improvisor Eldio, Omar Rojas s drumming masters including Ricky Sebastian, Jason Marsalis, Troy Davis and Johnny Vidacovich and his undergraduate studies led to a B.A. in Music, Jazz Studies, and the Gregory Frederico Senior of the Year Award. It was also while in New Orleans that Kirchner began his career as a performing & recording artist with QMRplus, Red Shift, The Other Plan

FITZGERALDS PRESENTS:Chris Greene Quartet FREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table.We always leave room for walk-ins so if you cant find a reservation, dont sweat it, cmon over! The Chris Greene Quartet - led by the Evanston saxophone colossus - played its first gig in 2005 and has since become one of the most highly visible, award-winning and critically lauded bands in the Chicago area. While honoring jazzs tradition, the band incorporates elements of funk, hip-hop, rock, Afro-Cuban, the bl