Weber Grill Restaurant - Lombard

Contemporary Art Center of Peoria presents the recurring Live at Five Spot concert series, featuring regional bands across R&B, jazz, blues, pop, rock, and other genres. The arts-center setting gives musicians a listening-focused environment that still feels relaxed and community-oriented. For performers, the series offers a chance to play for an audience that arrives specifically for live music rather than encountering it as background entertainment. Bands should be prepared to deliver a polished set with enough variety and stage presence to sustain a full concert. The venue is especially well suited to regional acts with strong musicianship and a clear live identity. Compared with a bar, the atmosphere is more curated and arts-focused, which can make arrangements and performance quality stand out more clearly. Live at Five Spot is best for bands that want a concert-style audience without moving into a formal theater environment.

The Fat Shallot is an all-ages Evanston sandwich shop that hosts live music a couple of times each month, generally on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The room holds about 100 standing or 75 seated and books local acts working in acoustic, blues, classic rock, jazz, R&B, singer-songwriter, and soul. Performers must bring their own PA and microphones. A public booking channel is not confirmed, so artists should establish the appropriate contact route along with available dates, set times, compensation, stage footprint, and load-in expectations before making plans. The limited monthly calendar and restaurant setting favor a compact act with controlled volume. This is a sandwich shop with music, which is a perfectly respectable arrangement so long as the guitar rig does not require its own table.

Winnetka Chapel is a 300-capacity, All Ages room in Winnetka, Illinois. This chapel regularly hosts live music Friday - Sunday. Musically, Winnetka Chapel accommodates Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Funk, Indie, Jazz, and R&B. Winnetka Chapel accepts booking inquiries through the venue’s online form. Artists need to confirm Winnetka Chapel’s sound system, monitoring, available backline, and technical staffing. Artists should confirm Winnetka Chapel’s final schedule and show-specific deal before publishing the date. Show inquiries for Winnetka Chapel are handled by its talent buyer function. Any remaining detail for Winnetka Chapel should be treated as show-specific and confirmed before commitment. The proposal should match Winnetka Chapel’s documented room, policy, and programming details.