33 1/3

An extra-special, celebratory series of shows to commemorate the Bottle somehow existing for this long. We can’t believe it either.

WE’RE HAVING A PARTY. A REALLY, REALLY BIG PARTY.

We’ve only celebrated our existence once before in 2017, which was sick as hell, everyone happy-cried and a ton of amazing bands played. We’re doing something wilder and weirder this time around and celebrating our 33 1/3 anniversary (like a vinyl record, heh). 33 years ago the Bottle dropped the needle, hit “play” and we’ve been spinnin’ ever since (c’mon now). Prepare yourselves. October 31st - November 10th.

10/31 - OSEES / Melkbelly
10/31 - Hard Country Honk Tonk with The Hoyle Brothers (early)
11/01 - The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series, 1996-2005 Record Release Party (early)
11/01 - Teklife featuring RP Boo / Spinn / Jalen (late)
11/02 - Whitney / Free Range (early)
11/02 - Whitney / Free Range (late)
11/03 - Free Monday w/ FACS / Cabeza De Chivo / Cel Ray
11/04 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Living Hour / Sunshy
11/05 - Cindy Lee / Freak Heat Waves / Accessory XL
11/06 - Soul Glo / Stress Positions / Consensus Madness
11/07 - Strapped featuring King Molasses
11/07 - Hard Country Honky Tonk with The Hoyle Brothers (early)
11/08 - Vivian Girls / Skip Church
11/09 - ESG / Clickbait / The Lipschitz
11/10 - Free Monday w/ Deeper / Stuck / The Knees

HAPPY HOUR POP-UP

For the anniversary things will work a little bit differently. Empty Bottle will not be opening early for these shows. The venue will open at showtime. We’ll be hanging out early at Pizza Friendly Pizza instead.
We’re transforming our next door neighbor’s space into a lil’ party zone before & during every show. Exclusive, limited 33 ⅓ merchandise for sale. 10 tickets for sale for that night’s show (get there early if you want one and please don’t be mad at us). Raffle tickets. Pizza. Libations. Exquisite jams. Free and open to the public before every show.

BOTTLE BIRTHDAY RAFFLE

Every day of the anniversary (Oct 31-Nov 10, keep up) we’ll have a one-of-a-kind raffle package that you can enter to win. Every night is a different package. We’ll be posting what the raffle prize is for that night on our Instagram story day of. It’s a fun surprise. Keep your eyes peeled. All proceeds from the raffle will be donated to Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, Chicago Abortion Fund and Brave Space Alliance. $5 per raffle ticket. Buy as many as you want.

The prize packages are bonkers. Depending on the night, gift cards to our favorite places– Boeufhaus, Lula Cafe, Chef’s Special, Longman & Eagle, All Together Now, Pizza Lobo, Easy Does It, Four Letter Word, Dante’s, Pretty Cool Ice Cream, Exfolia Botanica, Music Box, Reckless Records, Logan Arcade, Elston Electric, Avondale Bowl, Myopic Books, Perpetual Books, Decoraters Tattoo, Lost Girls Vintage, Vintage House Chicago. Tickets to the Field Museum, Salt Shed, Thalia Hall, Space and IO Chicago. Ceramic classes at Gnarware. Gifts from Quimby’s, Busy Beaver Buttons & Merch, Terror Vision and Hard Broom. The generosity of these businesses knows no bounds. We appreciate and love them so much, all in the name of raising funds for organizations that we believe in and support deeply. Don’t be shy. Buy a raffle ticket if you’re around.

We’ve curated raffle prize packages per show. Announced the day of. This is fun as hell, for a good cause.

Happy Birthday from us to you! If this feels like a lot of information, it's because it is. We love you.

A big thank you to our sponsors Jack Daniel’s, White Claw, Spiritless, Cruz Blanca and Communion Wines for supporting 33 1/3!