Okay, there's several things specifically happening during your time here.....on the evening of the 27th, King Diamond-Nile-Behemoth-Black Dalia Murder are performing at the House of Blues, which is near downtown Chicago. On Friday the 29th, we are performing a show as well, though it is all ages and it's slightly outside of Chicago (not extremely far though). But in case you have any interest, here's the details-
CRY FOR DAWN
NOVEMBERS DOOM
DIGITAL MINDY
Friday Apr 29, 2005 - at 5:00 PM
ALL AGES - $5
RLSC
1102 cedar Lake Rd
Round Lake, IL 60073
Later that same night, there's a show that's located in the actual city, that features Origin, Rellik, Gorgasm and some other DM bands, at a place called Cafe Lura.
April, 29 2005 at Cafe Lura
3184 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60411
Cost: $10
As for specific restraunts and places to go, your best bet is to head up to Chicago's North Side. It's only minutes from the downtown area, and it's where the aforementioned Metal Haven store is located as well. The area is basically the "happening" part of town where there are many many cool stores, bars, restraunts and other things going on, and all within a reasonable walking distance (or short bus or cab ride) from one another. It's also a fairly safe area to walk around at night and stuff, lotsa interesting characters walking about but they're harmless usually and it's regularly patrolled by police. Belmont Avenue, Clark street, Halstead ave, Broadway ave are some of the main streets that go through there. For example, the address of Metal Haven is--
METAL HAVEN
604 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
USA Phone: (773) 755 9202 Email:
metalhavenstore@yahoo.com
Tues-Thurs 1-9pm | Fri-Sat 12-9pm | Sun 1-6pm | Central US time
Closed Mondays except holidays.
This is basically right near the corner of Belmont and Broadway avenues, which is a pretty good place in terms of where to start on the North Side. There's alot of different restraunts and clubs and stores within a several block radius of there. Wrigley Field (where the Chicago Cubs play) is within a few blocks from there as well. Well known clubs such as The Metro, Cubby Bear and others are located on or near Clark and Addison ave., right across the street from Wrigley Field. In fact, the North Side area is also known by some as "Wrigleyville". Anyhow, in terms of stuff to do in the evenings and nightlife, this area is your best bet. If you're looking for clubs to have a drink in that are more for the metal-punk-goth sort of vibe, places like The Exit Nightclub (located at 1315 W. North Ave. in Chicago , about a 5 min. cab ride from Metal Haven) is a good bet.
For daytime more tourist-y type of things, there's many museums and places to see, that pretty much all are located along Lake Shore Drive, such as the Field Museum, Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, and Navy Pier. They're cool places to go but they all tend to be closed relatively early (by around 6 p.m. usually) so it's best to get up early to do that stuff.
If you want any more specifics, like addresses or specific names of any kinds of restraunts you're interested in, I can try to look them up for you, just drop me a PM.
Hope this helps somewhat.
