I suppose the holiday weekend makes for a slow concert week.  The most exciting stuff is happening over at the Taste of Chicago, really.  On Saturday, I’ll be heading to a super-secret location for a teeny-tiny show by Rocky Votolato, who is doing a series of living room concerts over the summer.   There are only a handful of tickets still available (7, at the time I’m writing this post), so if you’re interested, you should act fast.  He was fantastic when I saw him at Schubas, so I’m super excited to see him in a much smaller setting.

Monday, June 28
Robbie Fulks, Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Huntsville; On Fillmore ft. Nels Cline; Millennium Park. 7:30 pm, free
Thao and Mirah with the Most of All, These United States; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $14

Tuesday, June 29
Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys; Grant Park (Taste of Chicago).  5:30 pm, free
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Hacienda; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $12-14

Wednesday, June 30
Matt Kearney, Brett Dennen; Grant Park (Taste of Chicago).  5:30 pm, free
Eisley, The Lion and The Sail, Christie DuPree; Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $15

Thursday, July 1
Todd Kessler, A Band Called Catch; Park Grill. 4 pm, free
Sons of the Never Wrong; Grant Park (Taste of Chicago).  5:20 pm, free
Sara Bareilles, A Rocket to the Moon; Hard Rock Cafe. 6 pm, free
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, ft. Samba Mapangala; Grant Park (Taste of Chicago).  6:40 pm, free

Friday, July 2
Derek Nelson and the Musicians; Empty Bottle. 10 pm, $7

Saturday, July 3
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound; Grant Park (Taste of Chicago).  12 pm, free
Brooke Waggoner, Dignan; Schubas. 10 pm, $10
Rocky Votolato; A living room in Chicago. 8 pm, $20

Sunday, July 4
Passion Pit; Grant Park (Taste of Chicago).  12 pm, free

Related posts:

1. This Week in Great Music: 6/14 – 6/20
2. This Week in Great Music: 6/21 – 6/27
3. This Week in Great Music: 7/19 – 7/25

A note to the city of Chicago:  I don’t care what kind of ridiculous budget cuts you have to make in the future, given that the city’s got a gigantic budget deficit to make up for.  Please never, ever let go of Michael Orlove.  This guy has done a whole lot to energize downtown Chicago with music of all genres.  And best of all, it’s free.

This year’s schedule has been… leaked?  Announced?  Whatever, Jim DeRogatis posted it, and I’m pretty sure he’s usually right.

The schedule is below.  Of course, the one that everyone is flailing all over is the She & Him show.  I’m tempted to try to go to all of them.  I mean, it’s free.  Why not?  (Aside: whenever I saw Andrew Bird’s free show at Millennium Park in 2008, there were a lot of people there who were clearly just there because it was free, and were really really confused by the quirky guy with the violin.)

May 24: The Besnard Lakes with the Ponys
May 31: Hum with Volcano!
June 7: She and Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) with Hollows
June 14: Tony Allen with Great Lake Swimmers
June 21: The Books with Via Tania
June 28: Huntsville with On Fillmore and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline
July 5: The Thermals with Disappears
July 12: Caribou with Budos Band
July 19: Kid Sister with Konono No. 1
July 26: Naomi Shelton with Bomba Estereo

Tip of the hat to Gapers Block and Jim DeRogatis for the information.

Related posts:

1. This Week in Great Music: 6/28 – 7/4
2. This Week in Great Music: 6/7 – 6/13
3. This Week in Great Music: 6/27 – 7/3