Hey everyone! I live in Omaha, NE and will be visiting Chicago on Friday 9-7 and will be leaving Sunday morning 9-9. Just wondering if there are any awesome shows going on that weekend, or any other bars/venues/sandwich or pizza shops I should check out. This will be my first time in Chicago, so any suggestions would be great!!

Thanks!

Kevin

Hey , Kevin. I'm just now seeing this for the fiirst time , or I'd have replied sooner. But , if you have any questions , feel free to contact me here. Saturday night , The Polkaholics are playing at Lincoln Square Lanes. LSL is a great old school bowling alley , with a great old school bar. There's even a few old pinball machines . The Polkaholics are hilarious, drunken, but actually tight , punk rock polka .None of that "You've got to sound like ASS or it's not Punk" nonsense. iT'S FREE, SO IS THE NEARBY gERMAN fEST (LINCOLN SQUARE , LINCOLN AVE. ,BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND WILSON.The bowling alley is a little bit North of Lawrence /Lincoln , on Western , one block  west.

RECORDS!!!!!!! RECKLESS (3 LOCATIONS) , Laurie's Planet of Sound (aLSO IN LINCOLN SQ), SHAKE RATTLE 'N'READ (UPTOWN , LAWRENCE/BROADWAY , NOT TOO FAR FROM LINCOLN SQ.), DAVE'S RECORDS (CLARK , NEAR FULLERTON. ALSO CLOSE TO THE BELMONT/BROADWAY AREA RECKLESS.) , LOGAN HARDWARE ( FULLERTON , DUE WEST OF WESTERN.) , ROSCOE VILLAGE RECORDS (I THINK THAT'S THE NAME.NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED A FEW TIMES. IN THE "HISTORIC ROSCOE VILLAGE ,ROSCOR NEAR DAMEN.

Pizza ,well.......depends how you want it. My regular closed , recently....

Hey Kevin,

Check out this site for house shows/basement shows and some clubs:

http://diychi.org/