The Empty Bottle is a great venue, I highly recommend anyone interested definitely try for tickets. I read that vault members will be sent a code and get presale access starting tomorrow at 9AM.
Same, got the drop down, but nothing available. Going to be a legendary show for everyone that gets to go.
i too saw the dropdown but was unable to execute. our fatal flaw appears to have been thinking about our friends instead of just ourselves. curses!
Q101 is giving away tickets until 5PM for tonight. Next drawing is at 11:30. You have to call in and be the tenth caller.
I am in a “Vanished Chicago” Facebook group and I saw this post and holy shit, they just destroyed entire parts of Chicago to build the Kennedy? This is kind of insane.
Want to see how dramatically highways changed Chicagoland? Further reading if you're interested on it.
The whole interstate system's conception is wild. We would have got them in some shape eventually, but Eisenhower being on the 1919 convoy, then WW2, and then President was such the perfect storm. Ike's Interstates at 50
Tryna catch more Chicago local shows in 2023 than i did this year. What’re some of your favorite Chicago bands? And as always, check out ultimately fruitless cc @chewbacca110
My bands that should both have some shows early next year: Pelafina and Jeff Schaller And The Long Way Home Other local bands I love: The Flips Rust Ring Tiny Kingdoms Better Love
Awww - thanks for the love! And of course check out Upstairs! My band went to see METZ last night and a local opener called Stuck opened and rocked. Other bands I’d recommend: MeatWave Anfang The Weekend Run Club Solipse Basement Family Touched By Ghoul
Instill, Si Dios Quiere, Buggin, Big Bird, Cult Fiend, Two Houses, and Lurk are really good if you are looking for stuff on the punk and hardcore end of things.
can a non-chicagoan lurker recommend ok cool couple former members of the aforementioned weekend run club