Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)

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1035 North Western Avenue

Chicago, IL 60622 (map)

Website: Empty Bottle
Well known for its extreme devotion to the local and indie scene, the Empty Bottle is one of the best venues in town for a personal concert. The stage is a full stage, some three fee...

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Thu 12/4 9:30 pm Anomie Belle / LAltra / Silences
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Fri 12/5 10:00 pm 18th Dye / Devon Williams / Coupleskate
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Sat 12/6 10:00 pm Bound Stems
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Sun 12/7 9:00 pm Emeralds / Sun Circle / Bird Show / Joe Grimm
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Tue 12/9 9:00 pm Priestess / Tight Phantomz / Raise The Red Lantern
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Wed 12/10 9:00 pm Kris Poulin Achilles Benefit featuring David Daniell, Jeremy Lemos,
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Thu 12/11 9:30 pm El Segundo / Bully In The Hallway
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Fri 12/12   Noah and the Whale
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Fri 12/12 10:00 pm Milk At Midnight (record release) / Penthouse Sweets / The Jeff Mangum
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Sat 12/13 12:00 pm handmade Market
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Sat 12/13 10:00 pm Constantines / Obits / Light Pollution
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Sun 12/14 9:00 pm Love Is All
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Wed 12/17 9:00 pm Paramount Styles / The Living Blue
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Thu 12/18 9:30 pm Scatteredtrees / Horse in the Sea / Kyle Andrews
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Sat 12/20 10:00 pm Judson Claiborne / GP Folk/Hathaway / The Keys
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Sun 12/21 9:00 pm The Loneliest Monk / Les Ourses / Thin Hymns
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Tue 12/23 9:00 pm Hope Hope Hope A Holiday Rock Show Benefiting The Chicago Coalition
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Sat 12/27 10:00 pm The Empty Bottle & The Chicago Metal Factory present Macabres Holiday
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Tue 12/30 9:00 pm Mr. Russia / Venom Lords / Avagami / American Draft / Emulsion (DJ set
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Wed 12/31 10:00 pm Jay Reatard
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Tue 1/6 9:00 pm Helicopters / The New Monarchs / I, Colossus
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Tue 1/20 9:00 pm Lions Rampant
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Thu 1/22 9:30 pm Annuals / Jessica Lea Mayfield / What Laura Says
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Sat 1/24 10:00 pm Frightened Rabbit
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Thu 1/29 9:30 pm Vic Chesnutt
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Venue details: Empty Bottle in Chicago metro area

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Well known for its extreme devotion to the local and indie scene, the Empty Bottle is one of the best venues in town for a personal concert. The stage is a full stage, some three feet high, and faces the bar from the back corner. Rooms extend in two directions from the stage, and hallways connect them. A front room serves as the entry and has a pool table, where only casual games are played, surrounded by couches that enable either lounging or coming down.

Continually booking well-known and/or well-critiqued underground acts, the Empty Bottle sustains its place atop the short list of bars in Chicago that consistently give an audience to good bands. It out-classes the Double Door, which often books over-rated yet popular acts, and even the Metro due to the intimate nature of the stage.

Shows are fairly priced, betwen ten and twenty dollars, as is the bar (some bottles are as cheap as $1). Filled with hipsters and Wicker-Types, it's certainly not for everybody. The Empty Bottle is one of those dark dungeonic hip-spots where a swinger's status is usually upheld or advanced, where the self-proclaimed cool scene hangs out. It is a great place, nevertheless, and anyone looking for a lively night out or an original show can usually count on the Empty Bottle.



Phone: (773) 276-3600
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