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Ukrainian Village

The Empty Bottle, at 1035 N. Western Ave., is Ukrainian Village's defining music venue, hosting local, regional, and touring acts across indie rock, punk, metal, hip-hop, electronic, experimental, and jazz. It opened in 1992 as a straightforward neighborhood bar and has held to the same low prices and lack of attitude ever since. The venue is open seven days a week and hosts performances every night. Monday nights are a draw of their own, when most shows are free to attend. Capacity runs up to 400, and the space includes arcade games and pinball. A connected restaurant, Pizza Friendly Pizza, operates next door. Gold Star Bar, at 1755 W. Division St., bills itself as a dive bar with free pool and great music since 1938. Music here is jukebox-driven: the jukebox is stocked with punk, ska, and various crowd pleasers, and the bar leans on cheap drinks over live bookings. It's a reliable late-night stop, but not a live-music destination in the way the Empty Bottle is. Together, the two spots reflect a neighborhood where serious indie and underground music, and the bars that have always surrounded it, have coexisted for decades.

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Wicker Park · 10West Town · 4Humboldt Park · 1Goose Island · 4Bucktown · 2