Suburban clubs
Beans & Leaves Coffee & Tea Cafe, 320 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove: Long Grove Wood and Wire Company, 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12; Steve Justman, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. Free. (847) 821-0011.
Blues Bar, 2 W. Busse Ave., Mount Prospect: Hi Infidelity, 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11; Cougar, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. (847) 788-9977 or blues-bar.com.
Carlucci Restaurant, 1801 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove: Nojo, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12; Soda, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17. (630) 512-0990 or carluccirestaurant.com.
Charlie’s Charhouse, 1180 W. Devon Ave., Elk Grove Village: John Truncall, Friday, Nov. 11; Homewreckers, Saturday, Nov. 12. (847) 923-5000.
Cubby Bear North, 21661 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lincolnshire: Wedding Banned, 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 ($8); Exit 147 with 3 If By Air, 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 ($6); Everlast, Redlight King, 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. ($15-$18). (847) 541-4700 or cubbynorth.com.
Durty Nellie’s, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine: Second Hand Smoke (Sublime tribute), Stache, 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, ($5); Kashmir, 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, ($5); The Loop presents Monsters of Mock, 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, ($5); Jazz Consortium Big Band, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, ($10); Aly Jados, 10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, (free). (847) 358-9150 or durtynellies.com.
FitzGerald’s, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn: Monte Montgomery with Carolyn Wonderland, 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, ($15); Ralph Covert’s Acoustic Army, 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the SideBar music room ($10); An Evening with Monte Montgomery, 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, ($15); Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners, 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, ($5-$10); Exposure with Dave Kay, Sawbuck, The Doobie Cousins and The Screamin’ End, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, ($5). (708) 788-2118 or fitzgeralds nightclub.com.
Harlem Avenue Lounge, 3701 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn: Mike Wheeler Blues Band, 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, ($6); Rob Blaines’s Big Otis Blues, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, ($6); Solo by Joe Filisko, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, (free); Open Mic Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, (free). (708) 484-3610 or harlemavenue lounge.com.
John Barleycorn, 1100 American Lane, Schaumburg: Dot Dot Dot, 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. (847) 619-5540.
Lucky Monk, 105 Hollywood Blvd., South Barrington: Bad Medicine, 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. (847) 898-0500 or theluckymonk.com.
Montrose Room at the InterContinental O’Hare Hotel, 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont: In Bound Kennedy, Friday, Nov. 11; Robbie Fulks & the Country Allstars, Saturday, Nov. 12. (847) 544-5300 or montroseroom.com.
Penny Road Pub, 545 Penny Road, Barrington: ADEMA, Persistence of Memory, Shallow Side, Savior Self, Paragon, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11; Jim Goffron, 11:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, on the Jagermeister Stage; Ron Pope, Zach Berkman, Broken Blues, 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12; Blue Eyed Jesus, Villa Avenue, 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. (847) 428-0562 or pennyroadpub.com.
S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston: Freedy Johnston (indie-rock) with the Alison Scott Band, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, ($18-$30); The Sweetback Sisters, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, ($10-$14). (847) 492-8860 or evanstonspace.com.
Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss St., Downers Grove: Tom Kastle, 8:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, ($7). (630) 969-9720 or twowaystreet.org.
Viper Alley, 275 Parkway Drive, Lincolnshire: The Association, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 (standing-room-only tickets available for $22); Local H, 10:15 p.m. Friday Nov. 11, ($15-$35. Note: All military veterans, active or discharged, can receive a free ticket to the Local H concert with the purchase of one ticket at the door. Military ID is required.): Rusted Root with Mr. Blotto, 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, ($30-$45); Paula Cole, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, ($20-$35). (847) 499-5000 or viper-alley.com.