Venue, press, and radio information for the Chicago area
If you’re already going to be in Chicago for CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference (September 30th – October 2nd), why not book a gig while you’re in town?
During last year’s conference, I joined a bill that CD Baby artist and conference attendee Matt Wheeler had booked at a local club, and it was fun to play some music and get to know him a bit before the conference was in full swing (when I knew I’d be running around like crazy).
Playing your own show is a great way to make the most of your time while visiting one of America’s coolest music scenes. And if you’re traveling by car, Chicago could even serve as the midway point of a whole tour. That’s what Matt did last year, booking several gigs between Chicago and his home state of Pennsylvania.
If you do schedule a Chicago-area show, maybe some of the friends you make at the conference will be cheering in the audience!
Chicago booking and promotion contacts
CD Baby has partnered with the Indie Bible to give you free access to exhaustive lists of Chicago-area resources, including venues, talent buyers, promoters, festivals, radio stations, music listings, and media contacts (with corresponding genres included).
To download these comprehensive lists, visit the Indie Bible page on our DIY Musician Conference website.
Remember, last year’s conference sold out, so if you want to be a part of the only music industry event geared specifically towards DIY artists, get your tickets now for just $99.
Chris Robley is an acclaimed singer-songwriter and award-winning poet from Maine.
His Beatlesque indie-pop and milltown Americana songs have been praised by The Associated Press, No Depression, KCRW, The LA Times, Boston Globe, NPR, American Songwriter, and others.
His poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, The Poetry Review, and more.
Robley has received a Maine Literary Award in Poetry, Boulevard’s Emerging Writers Prize for Poetry, and in 2016 was selected by former US-poet laureate Robert Pinsky as a finalist for the Dorset Prize.