Pop or Music Venue Bars & Clubs

Logan Square Auditorium -

2539 N. Kedzie Ave. - Chicago (Logan Square)

Once a venue-for-hire, this second floor auditorium is now being booked more regularly as a music venue. While still available for weddings, DJs and...

Wise Fools Pub -

2270 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)

This dog-friendly pub caters to locals with TVs for sports watching, two bars pouring plenty of draft options and occasional live music on the...

Deals & Specials:

• $2 Miller Lite, High Life and Coors Light drafts, $3 select drafts and well drinks, $4 select shots

Beat Kitchen -

2100 W. Belmont Ave. - Chicago

Showcasing an array of indie bands and comic shows during the week and weekend, Beat Kitchen competes as one of the best underground venues in the...

FitzGerald's -

6615 Roosevelt Rd. - Berwyn

Slightly off the beaten path for most Chicagoans but right on the mark for music lovers, FitzGerald's has been hosting all stripes of roots music for...

The Mutiny -

2428 N. Western Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)

A dive bar that reaches new depths, The Mutiny is hard to find, barely lit, marginally clean, and raucous fun top to bottom. Indie-rock and punk...

Deals & Specials:

• $1.50 mugs, $3 well drinks, $4 all super mugs
• $1.50 Old Style Light pints

The Whistler -

2421 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Logan Square)

Take one part music venue, one part bar and a dash of art gallery and you've got Logan Square's newest addition, The Whistler.

Subterranean -

2011 W. North Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)

There's nothing underground about Subterranean; the popular Wicker Park hang is neither clandestine nor below ground. Deejays spin on the first floor...

Deals & Specials:

• $3 beer of the month, $6 Long Island iced teas
• $3 drafts