Not much going on this week, but hey, it’s the holidays, there’s some expectation to spend time with loved ones or something. I don’t know. There are still some interesting things going on, though. There are two nights of the do-it-yourself Messiah, where the audience gets the music and gets to sing along, and for the third year in a row, I’ve forgotten to get tickets to go. Schubas has a holiday party, complete with live band karaoke. Lincoln Hall, meanwhile, has a benefit performance put on by various women-in-rock from Chicago, for the CAWC Greenhouse Shelter, a shelter for abused women and children.
Monday, December 21
Do-it-Yourself Messiah, Harris Theater. 7 pm, sold out
Tuesday, December 22
Do-it-Yourself Messiah, Harris Theater. 7 pm, sold out
Breakers Broken, with The Feel, Automata, Ghosthouse, and City at Large, Double Door. 8 pm, $10, or $8 with an ugly Christmas sweater (no, really)
Schubas Holiday Party, 9 pm. Schubas, free
Wednesday, December 23
Covers for Cover II, Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $12, or $10 with donation of new toiletries
Thursday, December 24
Nothing
Friday, December 25
Nothing
Saturday, December 26
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Allstate Arena (6920 Mannheim, Rosemont). 2 pm and 7 pm, $26-58
The Waco Brothers, Schubas. 10 pm, $12-14
Emily Wells, Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $12
Sunday, December 27
The Waco Brothers, Schubas. 7 pm, $12-14
Rusted Root, House of Blues. 8 pm, $35.50-37.50