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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Empty Bottle, Chicago
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, United StatesSeth Bogart brings his garage-punk band Hunx and His Punx to the Empty Bottle, the intimate 400-capacity room on North Western Avenue. The Bay Area outfit, Bogart alongside Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams, broke a 12-year studio silence with 2025's "Walk Out On This World" on Get Better Records, so expect new material woven through the trashy, lovesick power-pop and bubblegum-punk they built their name on. A 21+ show in a tight, sweaty space made for exactly this kind of band.
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Sat, Jul 11
6 PM - 10 PM
Kit Kat Lounge, Chicago
The Christmas in July Drag Dinner at Kit Kat Lounge is a holiday-themed Fri-Sat drag dinner show in Chicago's Boystown with the Kit Kat Divas.
Weekly
Sat, Jul 11
7 PM - 11 PM
Greenhouse Theater Center, Chicago
Multi-venue leather & kink weekend in Northalsted, Chicago, July 10-12.
Sat, Jul 11
7 PM - 11 PM
Charlie's, Chicago
Weekly Wednesday line dancing at Charlie's for Chicago's queer country community. Two-step, drink specials, and $1 Jack Daniel's support for SCCDA.
Weekly
Sat, Jul 11
7:30 PM - 9 PM
Steppenwolf 1700 Theater, Chicago
Camp-drag stage parody of The Lizzie McGuire Movie at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theater, Chicago, July 10-11.
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