Events
The Yellow House Release Show
Friday, February 6, 2026
9:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Hideout Chicago
1354 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, IL 60642
Jontan: The Yellow House introduces Chicago's Jontan through twelve buoyant, richly arranged songs that move between folk rock, jazz, bossa nova, soul, and tropicália. For the album release, Jontan leads an expanded six-piece band, showcasing the music at its most exuberant and fully realized. Talha Waqar: A genre fluid vocalist from Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Talha Waqar blends jazz, soul, and South Asian classical influences into raw, contemporary Urdu-language songs. The entirety of his music is a reclamation, tracing solitude, intimacy, and existential drift, rooted firmly in the East. No Lonesome: No Lonesome is the DIY project of Chicago-based musician and producer, Jeb Backe. Their mixed-fidelity sound shows a forward-thinking ear while flexing a studied understanding of what has come before.
Jontan @ Lemon w/ Violet Hearts + Widemouth
Saturday, November 22, 2025
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Lemon
1600 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Trio Jontan @ Boat Drinks
Friday, September 19, 2025
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Boat Drinks at Burnham Harbor
600 E Waldron Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Free; set of Brazilian music, pop and soul covers.
Trio Jontan @ Nabala Cafe
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Nabala Cafe
4660 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Free; set of Bossa Nova and Brazilian funk.
Jontan + Choroscope + C3zR @ Opus
Saturday, July 19, 2025
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Opus
1239 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60642
Zaq Baker + Jontan w/ C Mikhail
Saturday, February 8, 2025
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Tangible Books
3326 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Free; part of Zaq Baker's A Very Unspectacular Book Release Tour.
Jontan (solo) at The Society with Any Two Words, Jack Sullivan, Grant Lendvay, Stealing Bricks
Thursday, November 14, 2024
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Society
Lincoln Park, Chicago
Lincoln Park, Chicago / $5
Jontan (solo) at Cafe Mustache with N. Hell and Our Mutt
Monday, October 21, 2024
7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Cafe Mustache
Free. With Special Guests.