Metamorphis – Penny Road Pub, South Barrington; Crawford's
Daughter/Crazy Talk – Q Bar, Darien; Brendan & The Black
Jackets/Injecting Strangers/Cougar Island/Rapids/Signals
Midwest/Fur Coats/Jason Swearingen – Quenchers, Chicago;
Cake-Chicago LGBTQ Showcase – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Spare
Change/Grim Reaper – Reggie's, Chicago; St. Vincent/Noveller
– Riviera, Chicago; Jonathan Polit – Rock House, St. Charles;
Split Single/Bear Claw – Schubas, Chicago; 7th Heaven/
Kinetik Edge – Shark City, Glendale Heights; Bella Cain –
Sideouts Bar & Grill, Island Lake; Truncate/Jeff Derringer/DJ
Hyperactive – Smart Bar, Chicago; Shawn Colvin w/Josh Farrow
– Space, Evanston; Experience Hendrix – Star Plaza Theater,
Merrillville, IN; Hazard – Sullivan's Irish Pub, Midlothian; Yourz
Truly/Lounge Puppets – Tailgater's, Bolingbrook; Exit 147 – The
Alley, Highwood; Chicago Underground Film Festival After Party
w/ONO & She Speaks In Tongues – The Burlington, Chicago; Hi
Fi Superstar – The Cabin, Woodstock; An Evening With Dream
Theater – The Chicago Theater, Chicago; Coverlicious – The
Drunken Monkey, Chicago; Snafu – The Gambler, McHenry;
Chances Dances – The Hideout, Chicago; Inroads Unplugged –
The Irish Patriot, Orland Park; Makj/Bill Basil – The MID,
Chicago; Molehill/Red Sun Rising – Township, Chicago; AfroZep
(early)/Tributosaurus becomes Supertramp (late) – Wire ,
Berwyn; Boxset – World Of Beer, Evanston.
SUNDAY 6
Traditional Irish Session w/Larry Nugent – Abbey Pub, Chicago;
Whiskey Bros. – Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Apples, Peaches,
Lemonade/Animal Holograms/The Great American Canyon
Band/Pool Holograph/Hobbyist – Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Smokin' Gunz – Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Nicholas Barron/Kate Moss & Smiley Tillmon Band – Buddy
Guy's Legends, Chicago; Giving Tree Band w/The Cavepainters –
City Winery, Chicago; Brian Baxter/Luke Gullickson –
Constellation, Chicago; Big Sur/A Fire Within/The Drafts/
Daniel Voth – Elbo Room, Chicago; Cajun Dance Party/Cajun
Vagabonds/Spray Paint/NE-Hi/The Rubs/Permanent Records/
Everyone's A VJ/Jesse Hodges – Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Legendary Count Basie Orchestra – Fitzgerald's, Berwyn; Kirk
Franklin's Gospel Brunch/Iced Earth/Sabaton/Revamp –
House Of Blues, Chicago; Mikey O Comedy/ACM Viewing Party
– Joe's Bar, Chicago; Jaymal Green/Isaiah Grass/Matterx/
Julian Bell/Tess Considine – Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Dog One
And The Famous Brothers – Mayne Stage, Chicago; White
Couch Productions – Q Bar, Darien; Bear Weather/Solemn
Meant Walks/Overly Polite Tornados/Brittle Branches –
Quenchers, Chicago; Brass Monkey Bunch/Jazz w/Mike
Finnerty & The Heat Merchants – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Of
Eld/PFM – Reggie's, Chicago; Whipstitch Sallies/Small Black –
Schubas, Chicago; Alexander Robotnick/Michael Serafini/
Garrett David – Smart Bar, Chicago; Johnnyswim/Hollow Wood
– Space, Evanston; Old Irving/Foster Home/Mirror Coat – The
Burlington, Chicago; Eleventh Dream Day/Nick Tremulis – The
Hideout, Chicago; Wait For 8/TacoCat – Township, Chicago.
MONDAY 7
Eddie Taylor Jr./Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam – Buddy Guy's
Legends, Chicago; Darrian Ford In The Cooke Book: The Music
of Sam Cooke – City Winery, Chicago; Peep Show: The Peter
Carpenter Performance Project/Jeff Hancock/Katherine Young
– Constellation, Chicago; Oshwa/KSRA/James Rojo – Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Boheme In A Bar - Act 1 – May