At the clubs: April 29 to May 6

Aleks’ Restaurant, 525 Rockland Road, Lake Bluff: The Lake County Folk Club presents Jan Krist and Jim Bizer at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 1. Admission is $10 for club members; $12 for nonmembers. (847) 271-1584 or thelakecounty folkclub.org.

America’s Historic Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway Ave., Aurora: 3 in Counting, The Elm Trio, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ($7). (630) 892-0034 or rh34.com.

Beans & Leaves Coffee & Tea Cafe, 320 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove: Back Porch Moon (Americana), at noon on Friday, April 22; Thomas Swenson (Americana), 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23; Back Porch Moon, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 29; Jimmy Liggett (folk/blues), 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 29. All free. (847) 821-0011.

Blues Bar, 2 W. Busse Ave., Mount Prospect: Eleventh Hour, Friday, April 29; Second Time Around, Saturday, April 30. (847) 788-9977 or www.blues-bar.com.

Charlie’s Charhouse, 1180 W. Devon Ave., Elk Grove Village: Bob Abrams, Friday, April 29; Chick Stella, Saturday, April 30. (847) 923-5000.

Chicago Prime Steakhouse, 1444 E. Algonquin Road, Schaumburg: Victor Flanagan, 7 p.m. Friday, April 29; Chuck & Regina, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30. (847) 969-9900 or ChicagoPrime Steakhouse.com.

Cubby Bear North, 21661 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lincolnshire: Scattergun, No Love for Linus, 10 p.m. Friday, April 29, (free); Pat McCurdy, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ($6). (847) 541-4700 or cubbybear.com/lincolnshire.

Durty Nellie’s, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine: This Must Be The Band, Second Hand Smoke, 10 p.m. Friday, April 29, ($7); Modern Day Romeos, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ($7). (847) 358-9150 or durtynellies.com.

FitzGerald’s, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn: Bad Examples, 9 p.m. Friday, April 29, ($12); Cannonball, 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, in the SideBar; Special Consensus, Henhouse Prowlers, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ($15); Studebaker John & The Maxwell St. Kings, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in SideBar; Chicago Grandstand Big Band, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 1, ($5-$10); Dave Polk Project, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, ($10). (708) 788-2118 or fitzgeraldsnightclub.com.

Harlem Avenue Lounge, 3701 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn: Danny & The Devils, 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, ($6); Toronzo Cannon & The Cannonball Express, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ($6); Solo by Tom Holland, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, (free); Open Mic Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, (free). (708) 484-3610 or harlem avenuelounge.com.

The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb: Lenin/McCarthy, Danger Boy, Yeti vs. Yeti, Friday, April 29. (815) 787-9547 or thehousecafe.net.

Montrose Room at the InterContinental O’Hare Hotel, 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont: Cathy Richardson, Macrodots, Saturday, April 30. (847) 544-5300 or montroseroom.com.

Otto’s, 118 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb: The Peach Tree, From Chaos, 9 p.m. Friday, April 29, ($7). (815) 758-2715 or myspace.com/ottosniteclub.

Penny Road Pub, 545 Penny Road, Barrington: Dirty Deeds, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Nevertrain, 10:45 p.m. Friday, April 29; December in Rome, Sunnyside, Bloody Mary, Shannon Boehm, 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, in the Hidden Rock Room; Fresh Nuts, The BC3, Black Pearl, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29; Under Influenced, Attempt to Fail, Aces to Ashes, 29 Needles, Lasy Affliction, 6:45 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the Hidden Rock Room Stage; Dirty Deeds, Mockstar, The Mashed Potatoes, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 30; Skrude Loose, 10:45 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the Hidden Rock Room; Double Dealer, War Hound, No Zodiac, Unreckoned, Beggars, No Regrets, 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in the Hidden Rock Room. (847) 428-0562 or pennyroadpub.com.

Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss St., Downers Grove: Sarah McQuaid, 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 29, ($7). (630) 969-9720 or twowaystreet.org.

Viper Alley, 275 Parkway Drive, Lincolnshire: Soul Asylum, (alternative rock), 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 29, ($30-$50); Edwin McCain (alternative rock), 8:15 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ($22-$40). (847) 499-5000 or viper-alley.com.