The Kurt Allen Band will come visit the Hawg Pitt BBQ, located at 821 W. Main St. in Grafton, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 13. For over a decade, Kurt Allen, from Kansas City, Missouri, has been fusing ...

Still, when he rose to prominence at around the age of 25 about five years ago, in a landscape where more modern, edgy alternative R&B dominated, he allowed his steady, soulful production to ride on ...

Windy City Smokeout: 2-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 10-11, and 1-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, outside the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago.

Leo Kottke: The guitarist from Athens, Georgia, will perform; 7:30 p.m.; $34 (plus $6 historic preservation fee); Tower ...