Music listings are compiled by LAURA KOPEN and RENALDO MIGALDI (classical, fairs and festivals) from information available Tuesday. We advise calling ahead for confirmation. Please send listings information, in-cluding a phone number for use by the public, to Reader Music Listings, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago 60611, or send a fax to 312-828-9926, or send E-mail to musiclistings@chicagoreader.com.
TED ALIOTA & THE GROOVE MACHINE Benefit for the I & M Canal Restoration Fund. Saturday, 5 PM, General Fry’s Landing, east of Stevens and north of the Canal, Lemont. 630-257-9357.
MARY J. BLIGE Saturday, 8 PM, Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Rd., Rosemont. 847-671-5100 or 312-559-1212.
ROBERT CRAY BAND, COREY HARRIS Benefit for Lincoln Park Zoo. Friday, 7 PM, Lincoln Park Zoo, 2200 N. Cannon Dr. 312-742-2283.
THE GIRLS Free in-store performance. Next Saturday, July 1, 5:30 PM, Record Emporium, 3346 N. Paulina. 773-248-1821.
LEGENDS Free concert. Thursday, June 29, 7:30 PM, Hubbard Woods Park, Gage and Green Bay, Winnetka. 312-461-6764 or 312-461-6625.
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FIRESIDE BOWL 2646 W. Fullerton: All-ages shows nightly. Friday, 6 PM, Teen Idols, Beautys, Rumblers, High Strung; 10 PM, Jean Smith (see Critic’s Choice), Be/non. Saturday, 6 PM, Traitors, Menstrual Tramps, Mashers, Glory Whores; 10 PM, Wolf Eyes, Lightning Bolt, This Robot Kills, Maximum Cloud, Nautical Almanac. Sunday, 7 PM, Bane, Death by Stereo, Adamantium, Idle Hands. Tuesday, 7 PM, Orchid, Red Scare, Blood Brothers, Song of Zarathrustra, La Mantra de Fhiquria. Wednesday, 6 PM, 18 Visions, Though Down, 26 Days Till Freedom, Seven Angels Seven Plagues; 10 PM, Jets to Brazil, Rapture, Explosion. Thursday, 7 PM, Dairy Queens. Next Friday, June 30, 7 PM, Sig Transit Gloria. Next Saturday, July 1, 5 PM, Nobodys, Mulligan Stu; 9 PM, Hot Rod Circuit. 773-486-2700.
