Here is the complete list of concerts I saw in 2000.
| Rank | Bands | City | Location |
| 1 | Moto, Dianogah, Coctails | Chicago | Lounge Ax |
| 2 | Storm & Stress, Sam Prekop & Archer Prewitt, Tortoise | Chicago | Lounge Ax |
| 3 | Pinebender, Velour 100, Pedro the Lion | Chicago | Schubas |
| 4 | Bonnie Prince Bille & the Marquis de Tren, Godspeed Your Black Emperor | Washington DC | 9:30 Club |
| 5 | The Naysayer, Clem Snide, Songs: Ohia | Chicago | Schubas |
| 6 | Bride of No No, Palace Brothers, Jim O'Rourke, "the Dance", King Kong | Chicago | Lounge Ax |
| 7 | the Race, Pele, Karate | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 8 | Taking Pictures, Drums and Tuba, Dianogah | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 9 | Bottle Rockets | New York | Brownies |
| 10 | Five Style, the Eternals, Abeline | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 11 | Grant Lee Phillips | Chicago | Schubas |
| 12 | Slim Cessna's Auto Club, 16 Horsepower | Chicago | Schubas |
| 13 | Marah, Jayhawks | New York | Bowery Ballroom |
| 14 | Sea and Cake | Chicago | Hideout |
| 15 | Sam Prekop Band, Terry Callier | Chicago | Double Door |
| 16 | Stinking Lizaveta, Califone, Modest Mouse | New York | Bowery Ballroom |
| 17 | The Giant Arms, Dianogah, Don Caballero | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 18 | Little Grizzly, A-Set, Sin Ropas | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 19 | Speed to Rhoam, Town and Country, For Carnation | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 20 | Brokeback w/ Chicago Underground Duo, Joan Of Arc, Macha, Isotope 217, Sea and Cake | Chicago | Metro |
| 21 | Lonesome Organist, Antietam, Tortoise | Chicago | Metro |
| 22 | Nora O'Conner, Handsome Family, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire | Hoboken | Maxwell's |
| 23 | Chestnut Station, Tim Kinsela & Todd Mattei, David Grubbs | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 24 | Golden Arm Trio, Designer, Euphone | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 25 | Chicago Underground Duo, Isotope 217 | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 26 | Other Dimensions in Music, Yo La Tengo | New York | Irving Plaza |
| 27 | Archer Prewitt & Friends, Mekons | Chicago | Metro |
| 28 | Tara Jane O'Neil, Sue Garner & Rick Brown, Tara Key & Rick Rizzo | New York | Mercury Lounge |
| 29 | PJ Olson, Twilight Singers | Chicago | Metro |
| 30 | Bees Are Black, Taking Pictures, Dianogah, Pinebender | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 31 | Bottle Rockets | Chicago | Schubas |
| 32 | John Wesley Harding, Fastball, Jayhwaks | Washington DC | 9:30 Club |
| 33 | Rebecca Gates, The aluminum Group, Tweedy & O'Rourke | Chicago | Double Door |
| 34 | Traitors, Scrawl, Thinking Feller's Union, Shellac | Chicago | Lounge Ax |
| 35 | Taking Pictures, Victory at Sea, Shipping News | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 36 | The Fucking Champs, Califone, Black Heart Procession, Don Caballero, Trans Am | Chicago | Metro |
| 37 | Tigerlilies, Fairmont Girls, Loveland | Cincinnati | Sudsy Malone's |
| 38 | Blue Tip, Shiner, Hey Mercedes, Burning Airlines, Promise Ring | Chicago | Metro |
| 39 | Moreno, Kimball Roeser Effect, J Mascis and the Fog | Chicago | Metro |
| 40 | The Bought Low, Karyn Kuhl, Hellride East | New York | Brownies |
| 41 | The Minders, Elliott Smith | Chicago | Metro |
| 42 | Poi Dog Pondering, Spin Doctors, Natalie Merchant | Chicago | United Center |
| 43 | Brokeback, Two Dollar Guitar | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 44 | Prohibition | New York | Prohibition |
| 45 | Datach'I,Alvin Curran, Elliot Sharp, Jim O'Rourke/Charles K. Noyes/Zena Parkins Trio | New York | Knitting Factory |