Spread Joy (Album Release) / Body Shop / Goo / Crassostrea LLC / Elyse Johnson

Thursday, 29 October 2026, 20:00

Venue: Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago
Category: Music

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM / 21+ A dream for short-attention-span punks; imagine an elastic gymnast doing a jittery floor routine to the Suburban Lawns. These wirey, zig-zag punks from Chicago make good on their band name and will bring happiness to old schoolers who love Y Pants and new schoolers into the NWI scene á la the most excellent Coneheads. Spread Joy's absurdly weird and wonderful angles make them the Picasso of the Midwest (minus the macho BS). Creation and destruction in under a minute? Yes please.

Last updated: 30 Sep 2026