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Upcoming CHIRP Events
CHIRP Welcomes: Low Cut Connie
Evanston SPACE
1245 Chicago Avenue
Evanston
,
IL
60202
(847) 492-8860
All Ages
CHIRP welcomes Low Cut Connie to Evanston SPACE on Saturday, November 16th!
For years now, Low Cut Connie has built its grassroots coalition of oddballs, underdogs, and fun-loving weirdos with songs that celebrate life on the fringes of polite society.
The band’s infamously wild, passionate live shows provide a total release – of stress, of inhibition, of shame – working up a primordial rock n roll sweat for fans to get blissfully soaked in.
Cathc them on November 16!
The CHIRP Music Film Festival Presents: John Waters’ Hairspray
Gman Tavern
3740 N Clark St
Chicago
,
IL
60613
(773) 549-2050
21+
The CHIRP Music Film Fest brings an evening of moral turpentine to Gman with a special screening of John Waters' iconic movie, Hairspray (original 1988 version) on November 18th.
Arrive early and get in the spirit with a John Waters-themed playlist and a chance to show off your knowledge of the Pope of Trash to win some fabulous film-related prizes!
Will a dance competition break out? You never know!
Door at 6:30pm, trivia and screening start at 7:30pm.
You're welcome to bring outside food.
Your $5 suggested donation benefits CHIRP.
CHIRP Monthly Music Trivia at Beermiscuous: It’s a Family Affair
Beermiscuous
2812 N Lincoln
Chicago
,
IL
60657
21+
For the next edition of CHIRP Music Trivia, it's a family affair! Join us on Tuesday, November 19 for a night of "family" themed questions. In addition to your music knowledge, bring a snack to share for the second annual pre-Thanksgiving trivia potluck. DJs Alex Gilbert and Paul LaScolea will kick things off at 7pm at Beermiscuous, 2812 North Lincoln Avenue. Bring a friend and a snack for a fun trivia night with your CHIRP family!
CHIRP Is Proud to Support Quiet Pterodactyl
Color Club
4146 North Elston
Chicago
,
IL
60618
(708) 320-8431
21+
CHIRP is proud to support Quiet Pterodactyl!
Quiet Pterodactyl, a non-profit that hosts and produces non-profit and educational music and arts programming, is celebrating its 5th anniversary! The event will include a silent auction as well as live musical performance from Angel Bat Dawid, JOBS, 4Dgirlz, DJ All the Way Kay, as well as additional surprises. Stop by the CHIRP table to say hello and pick up some swag!
The concert and auction take place on Sunday, November 24th at the Color Club, a new arts incubator and venue in the historic Irving Park neighborhood.
For more information, visit Quiet Pterodactyl’s website.
CHIRP Night at the Whistler with La Rosa Noir and This House Is Creaking
The Whistler
2421 N. Milwaukee
Chicago
,
IL
60647
(773) 227-3530
21+
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On Sunday, November 24th, CHIRP Night at the Whistler returns with La Rosa Noir and This House Is Creaking!
Every last Sunday of the month is CHIRP Night at the Whistler — an evening where you can enjoy the music of CHIRP-curated local artists, the Whistler’s take on classic cocktails, and the good feeling of supporting independent radio.
This September, we're excited to welcome Chicago's own La Rosa Noir and This House Is Creaking to the Whistler stage. As usual, there is no cover for this 21 and over event, and the night kicks off at 8:00 PM.
CHIRP Welcomes: Wishy
Schubas
3159 N. Southport
Chicago
,
IL
60657
(773) 525-2508
18+
On Thursday, December 5th, CHIRP Radio 107.1FM welcomes Indianapolis indie rockers Wishy to Schubas!
You could call Wishy’s story a lucky one. For years, Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites’ musical paths crossed then diverged, until they finally came together to form a new band. For a couple more years that band morphed, changing names and styles, but once everything cohered, it was clear Krauter and Pitchkites’ musical synergy was a rare one–the kind that sounds like someone hitting the jackpot. Part sly wink and part warm gratitude, it’s only fitting their much anticipated full length debut is titled Triple Seven.
Krauter and Pitchkites first met in high school in Indianapolis, but didn’t connect as friends until a little later, when Pitchkites was in college. At the time, Pitchkites was making music and playing shows around Indiana as Push Pop; Krauter, also gigging around Indiana, became an instant fan. After a brief stint in Philadelphia, Pitchkites found herself back home in Indianapolis in the spring of 2021. Krauter, who had since garnered acclaim for his solo albums, was eager to start a new band. He approached Pitchkites with material he’d written during the pandemic, and suggested they work together.
By day Krauter works as a music teacher, giving drum and guitar lessons to students, while Pitchkites is a seamstress by trade and often makes embroidered merch for the band. Coming up in a scene defined by hardcore and emo, Krauter and Pitchkites instead found themselves writing melodies in their heads while driving to work, pulling music from the air and arriving at a blearier, more ethereal interpretation of Midwest expanse. Initially, their music oscillated between hazy dream-pop and heavier alt-rock.
CHIRP Welcomes: Bettye LaVette
Old Town School of Folk Music
4544 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago
,
IL
60625
(773) 728-6000
All Ages
CHIRP is excited to welcome Bettye Lavette to The Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday, December 8th!
Bettye LaVette was hailed by the New York Times as “one of the great soul interpreters of her generation”. She is a song stylist. Her gift is being able to take a song from any genre, whether well known or obscure, and making it completely her own. To quote the late, great George Jones, "Bettye is truly a 'singer's singer'."
These intimate shows feature Bettye and her keyboard player, Thomas West. They allow her voice to be the complete center of attention, and feature Bettye performing songs from throughout her 62 year career. Hearing Bettye in this intimate setting, stripped down to just her voice and a piano, is a very moving experience.
Her career began in 1962, at 16 years old, in Detroit, Michigan. Her first single, "My Man-He's A Lovin' Man", was on Atlantic Records. Throughout the 60s and 70s, she recorded for several major labels. She also appeared in the Broadway Musical Bubbling Brown Sugar alongside Honi Coles and Cab Calloway.
The 2000's started what she calls her "Fifth Career". Since 2000, she has received the R&B Foundation's Pioneer Award, won several Blues Music Awards, was inducted into both The Blues Hall Of Fame and The R&B Hall Of Fame, received the Legacy Award from the Americana Music Association, and has received 7 Grammy Nominations.
CHIRP DJ Night @ The Native
The Native
2417 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
,
IL
60647
(872) 206-5526
21+
CHIRP DJ Night at the Native is the 2nd Tuesday of every month! This December, join our next CHIRP DJ, DJ Eddie Sayago, spinning his favorites on Tuesday, December 10 starting at 9pm.
There is no cover for this event, and a portion of the bar proceeds helps support CHIRP. The Native is cash only, and dog friendly! Hope to see you there!
The First Time: First Day
Martyrs’
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago
,
IL
773.404.9494
CHIRP Radio’s longtime live lit and music series, The First Time, is unlike any other storytelling show in Chicago, pairing six readers' personal "first" stories with a song performance.
This unique structure allows the story to resonate with audience members as they experience the accompanying song performed by our house band, The First Time Three, featuring Liam Davis, Gerald Dowd and Steve Frisbie.
This show's theme is "First Day" - mark your calendar today!
CHIRP Monthly Music Trivia: Divas 2
Beermiscuous
2812 N Lincoln
Chicago
,
IL
60657
21+
CHIRP Welcomes: The Bevis Frond
Schubas
3159 N. Southport
Chicago
,
IL
60657
(773) 525-2508
18+
CHIRP is happy to welcome The Bevis Frond to Schubas on Thursday, March 6th!
The Bevis Frond (guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Nick Saloman) have ultimately become the UK’s leading underground psychedelic rock band. Their music is an iconoclastic collision of distinctly British psychedelia, space-rock, grunge, slow-burning soulful laments, even grizzled folk and more than occasional moments of sublime pop genius.
If there is any artist who could be considered as having followed a tangential path from Hendrix to Big Star to Spacemen 3, that would be The Bevis Frond -- and that’s not hyperbole, the evidence is to be found in countless albums over 30 years of thrilling musical innovation that few have matched.
Yet, he remains the best kept secret in Rock ‘n’ Roll. Isn’t it about time you discovered one of England’s finest songwriters and insightful lyricists?