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After briefly grazing through this summer’s music festival line-ups, shows, events, and more, I’ve decided to do myself and hopefully you a favor and list some of —what I assume will be–- the best shows in Chicago this summer…and most of them are free.

6/28 Stevie Wonder at the Taste of Chicago, Orchestra Baobab at Jay Pritzker Pavilion

6/30 Killer Whales at Millenium Park

7/1 and 9/2 Fred Anderson at the MCA

7/6 Icy Demons, Golden Birthday at Ronny’s

7/9 Michael Columbia at Empty Bottle

7/12 Slavic Soul Party at Martyr’s

7/12 Tortoise at Empty Bottle

7/15 and 8/16 Steely Dan at Chicago Theatre

7/17 Pitchfork Music Festival Free Preview at Millenium Park

7/19 Gershwin’s Greatest hits at Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/19 High Places at Schubas

7/18-20 Pitchfork Music Festival feat. Public Enemy an much much more at Union Park

7/19 A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

7/24 50 Years of Bossa Nova feat. Paulinho Garcia at Jay Pritzker Pavilion

7/27 Matmos at Empty Bottle

8/4 Tortoise at Millenium Park

8/13 Wagner “Die Walkure” at Jay Pritzker Pavilion

8/14 Kelan Phil Cohran and the Legacy of Sun Ra

8/28 Sonny Rollins at Chicago Jazz Festival

8/31 ORNETTE COLEMAN at Chicago Jazz Festival

9/20-21 Hideout Block Party at the Hideout

9/25 Janet Jackson at Allstate Arena

9/25 My Bloody Valentine at Aragon Ballroom

10/10 Stereolab, Monade at Vic Theatre

more to come later…… dates courtesy of Chicago Reader, Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Millenium Park, the Hideout, and Empty Bottle.