Improvement Movement / Jalen Reyes — live event on Nov 12, 2026

Improvement Movement live at Empty Bottle, Chicago on Thu, Nov 12, 9:00 PM. Tickets from $26.78. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM / 21+Improvement Movement, the social betterment campaign/prog-rock quartet/non-denominational cult from Atlanta, GA, have made a new record just for you and your modern day malaise. Its called Your Perfect Real Life, because, well, theres a lot going right these days, right? Arriving August 21, 2026 via ATO Records, Your Perfect Real Life is prismatic, angular, jumpy, and eccentric. Its sure to inundate your ears, corporeal form, and spiritual body with equal parts unadulterated bliss and realist catharsis, or, in other words, as much good as you can reasonably feel these days. Set in a world of chaos where the news seems to be perpetually recounting stories of planes falling out of the sky, urban wildfires, the uncanny nature of a southern snowfall, and schlepping ads that feel plucked from a sci-fi movie, Your Perfect Real Life makes an earnest case for embracing lifes relentless unpredictability. Animated by the bands baroque take on the angular harmonies of …
Starts: Thu, Nov 12, 9:00 PM
Ends: Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 PM
Where: 1035 North Western Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622, United States
Price: $26.78
Lineup
Venue: Empty Bottle
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