Here is the complete list of concerts I saw in 1997.
| Rank | Bands | Location |
| 1 | Bad Livers, Moonshine Willy | Lounge Ax |
| 2 | Parasol, Glow, Braniac | Lounge Ax |
| 3 | Blue Mountain | Schubas |
| 4 | Dinosaur Jr, Smoking Popes, Lotus Crown | Vic |
| 5 | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Doo Rag, Blue Rags | Vic |
| 6 | Bottle Rockets, Sister Soleil, Silver Jet | House of Blues |
| 7 | the Folk Implosion | Schubas |
| 8 | Old 97s, Rollover, Mystery Driver | Metro |
| 9 | Prichard, Pulsar, Handsome Family | Fireside Bowl |
| 10 | 60 Foot Dolls, Hummer | Schubas |
| 11 | Son Volt, Bettie Serveert | Vic |
| 12 | Scrawl, Jayhawks, Wilco | Riveria |
| 13 | Edith Frost, USA, Smog | Lounge Ax |
| 14 | Devil in a Woodpile, Bad Livers | Lounge Ax |
| 15 | Dusters, Mecca Normal, Prichard | Lounge Ax |
| 16 | Sourpuss, Heroic Doses, Mike Watt | Double Door |
| 17 | Handsome Family, Pinetop seven, Aluminum group, Dr. Sinister's Rambling Puppet Revue | Schubas |
| 18 | Edith Frost, Chris Mills, Pinetop Seven, Volebeats | Schubas |
| 19 | Dinosaur Jr, Electric Airlines | Metro |
| 20 | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, North Mississippi All-Stars | Metro |
| 21 | Mike Helm, Over The Rhine | Schubas |
| 22 | Jeff Tweedy, Handsome Family | Lounge Ax |
| 23 | Peat Moss, Robbie Fulks, Blue Mountain | Double Door |
| 24 | Guided By Voices, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apts | Metro |
| 25 | Shudder to Think, Pavement | Metro |
| 26 | Morphine | Riveria |
| 27 | Twistin Tarantulas, Moonshine Willy, Riptones | Elbow Room |
| 28 | Dana Cooper, Moonshine Willy, DelStars | Beat Kitchen |
| 29 | OB1, Slow Gherkin, Flux Skapacitor, Skagina, Eastern Standard Time | Fireside Bowl |
| 30 | Q101 Jamboree | New World |
| 31 | Country Melvins, Waco Brothers | Gunther Murphy's |
| 32 | Hazeldine, Prickets,Whiskey Town, Old 97s | Schubas |
| 33 | Bob Mould, Andrew Deplants | Metro |
| 34 | Whiskey Town, Moonshine Willy | Double Door |
| 35 | Jeff Tweedy, Richard Fontaine | Lounge Ax |
| 36 | Kelly Willis | Schubas |
| 37 | Big Head Todd & the Monsters | Petrillo Music Shell |
| 38 | Shonen Knife, Pluto | House of Blues |
| 39 | Mt. Pilot, Moonshine Willy, Robbie Fulks | Empty Bottle |
| 40 | Over The Rhine | Schubas |
| 41 | Jayhawks, Pushbacks | Metro |
| 42 | Jeff Tweedy, Nora O'conner | Lounge Ax |
| 43 | Mountain Goats, John Davis, Mia Doy Todd | Empty Bottle |
| 44 | Rain Kings, Mt.Pilot, Moonshine Willy, Crackpot | Metro |
| 45 | Ellis Paul | Schubas |
| 46 | Susan Vega, Bruce Cockburn | Ravinia |
| 47 | Mitch Mitchell & the terrifying experience, the dishes, Pete Weiss rock band | Lounge Ax |
| 48 | Katy Belle, Moonshine Willy, Freakwater | Empty Bottle |
| 49 | Chris Smither, Peter Mulvey | Fitzgerald's |
| 50 | Counting Crows, Engine 88 | Aragon Ballroom |
| 51 | Nil Lara | Martyr's |
| 52 | Richard Buckner & Freakwater | Schubas |
| 53 | Sister Soleil,Pet, Q-Up | Metro |
| 54 | SugarBottom | Otis's |