SATURDAY 1 APRIL
Amanda Miguel Y Diego Verdaguer / Leo Dan / King Clave— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Lee Rocker— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Smarty Pants Band— Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; The Glamorous Life w / Sheila E & Morris Day & The Time— Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Mallrats— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Diamond / Gravity / Powerhouse— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Boy Band Review— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Sh’ Bang / TNT— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; American English— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; The Three Beards— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Lounge Puppets / Rumor Hazit— Base Camp, Lisle; Boo Seeka / Emblems / As Giants / Faux Furrs— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; James Libera— Bella Mia, Midlothian; The Walk-Ins— Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; John Primer / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey / Jamrose / Fu5ion Band— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Maggie Speaks— Blue Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops— BLUES, Chicago; Fishbone / Downtown Brown / Skapone / DJ Chuck Wren— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Blackened / Fools Brew / Kenny— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Capadonna of Wu-Tang Clan / King Magnetic / Recognize Ali / Mood Swangz / DJ Handz Solo— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Superfly Redneck— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Erik Donner— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Smokin’ Gunz— Bub City, Chicago; Cowboy Jukebox— Bub City, Rosemont; Coco Montoya( CD Release)— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Midnight Road— Bungalow Joe’ s, Hanover Park; Sam Savage— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Billy Crystal— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Dude York & Paws— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; La Gran Batalla: Band vs. Bachata— Concord, Chicago; James Falzone’ s Allos Musica— Constellation, Chicago; Queens of The Stone Age, Deftones and Muse Tributes— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Five Guys Named Moe— Cuzin’ s, Tinley Park; Ken Qualter— Cuzin’ s Pub, Midlothian; Poison’ d Crue— District Bar & Grill, Rockford; Wedding Banned— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Daniel Weatherspo / Minus Montgomery / Badge Man / Silver Liz / Country Priest— Elbo Room, Chicago; Nana Grizol / Al Scorch / Toby Foster— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Mr. Blotto / Lil Band— Evenflow, Geneva; Chicks With Picks— Fatty McGoo’ s, Bolingbrook; Focal Point— Fireside Ale House, Streamwood; Special Concensus / Chris Jones & The Night Drivers— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; DJ Uncle Jesse / Shock Roxy( Hard Rock)— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Taylor Dayne / Expose— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; R-Gang— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Paper Machete / Stephane Wrembel / Sabertooth— Green Mill, Chicago; Heart To
Heartbreaker— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Junkyard Groove— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; The Hair Band Night / Lava Rock— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; MaKenna Hartlin— Hoppy Pig, Bradley; Simple Plan / Nicholas Barron / Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress— House of Blues, Chicago; Prairie Station— Jambalaya @ Pheasant Run, St. Charles; True Company— Jenny’ s Southside Tap, Mokena; 7th Heaven— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Windy City Dueling Pianos— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Joanna Connor / Vance Kelly— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mipso / Tyler Childers— LIncoln Hall, Chicago; Phat Kiss / Sinister Deed / Hymen Moments— Live Wire, Chicago; Colleen Wild— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; The Stray Birds / Manny Torres Band / Willy Dynomite / Two Filipinos— Martyrs’, Chicago; Adrian Belew Power Trio / Saul Zonana / Loudon Wainwright III / Teen Open Mic— Old Town School, Chicago; Hayley Kyoko / Flor— Park West, Chicago; Black Market Democracy / So Called Saints / Convoy / Wrecked / Mark Rose and Larry Lesniak— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Mark Rose and Larry Lesniak— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Paul Mooney Comedy— Portage Theater, Chicago; Kashmir / Close The Door Band— Q-Bar, Darien; Hi Infidelity / School of Rock Glen Ellyn— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Whiskey Romance— Q-Bar, Plano; White Shape / The Idle Rich / Doves of Mercury— Quencher’ s, Chicago; Days N Daze / Silent Party / Shawn Maxwell’ s New Tomorrow Quintet— Reggie’ s, Chicago; The Dig— Schubas, Chicago; Soul Clap— Smart Bar, Chicago; Dalton Rappatoni / Shemekia Copeland— Space, Evanston; Home Burial / Jain— Subterranean, Chicago; Motley II / Photograph— Sullivan’ s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Soda Lite— Sweet Caroline’ s, Hoffman Estates; Shockjaw— T Bar Ranch, Island Lake; Coverlicious / Chosen Ground— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Son Volt / Anders Parker— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Frontwoman Fest 2017— The Burlington, Chicago; Undercover— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Wham City Comedy / Christine Ferrera— The Hideout, Chicago; Dixie Crush— The Lodge on 64, St. Charles; Jax Jones— The Mid, Chicago; DJ Metro— The Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Bernie Glim— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein— Top Fuel Saloon, Braidwood; Kurt Baker Combo / Indonesian Junk / Mono In Stereo / Soraia— Township, Chicago; Max Subar / Starving In the Belly Of The Whale / RJ Nordlund— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Party Obvious— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Unforgiven / The Gingers / Kevin Lee & The Kings— Wire, Berwyn; AM / FM— Wise Owl, Chicago; Downtown Charlie Brown— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights.
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SUNDAY 2
The Commodores / The NuBlu Band Feat. Carlisle Guy— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Whiskey Bros.— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Bury Your Dead / Counterweight / Endmember / Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Spike & The Spitwads / Rebel Pride— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co.— BLUES, Chicago; Party Apple Peel / White Siberian Tigers / Frequilibrium / The Metro Project / Wilde— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Salute Office Gary Hughes— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Devin Clemons Band— Bub City, Chicago; Scott Dubose— Bub City, Rosemont; Mary Lane— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Billy Crystal— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Kris Kristofferson— City Winery, Chicago; Nebs / t0nb0t / Sjod / Kuh Lida— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Crystal Fighters / Machineheart— Concord, Chicago; Matthew Duval— Constellation, Chicago; A Little Fire Scarecrow / Lake Toba / Something Good Comedy— Elbo Room, Chicago; Arnold Dreyblatt & Tim Kinsella— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bagshot Row— Evenflow, Geneva; Star Fall Orchestra— Fitz Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Chicago Grandstand Big Band— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night— Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel Brunch / Corey Dennison / Rob Stone— House of Blues, Chicago; 4Podium— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Linsey Alexander / Claudette Miller— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Maggie Rogers / Jil— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Amazing Heeby Jeeby’ s / Razorhouse / Xoe Wise— Live Wire, Chicago; Loudon Wainwright III— Old Town School, Chicago; Radiomen( All Ages)— Q-Bar, Darien; Goalie Fight / DoubleSpeak / The Glazzies / StereoViolet— Quencher’ s, Chicago; Archspire / Slapshot— Reggie’ s, Chicago; The Regrettes / Active Bird Community— Schubas, Chicago; Queen! w / Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David— Smart Bar, Chicago; Deb Talan w / Carsie Blanton— Space, Evanston; Blaklite Productions— Star Bar, Chicago Ridge; Aseethe & Bereft— Subterranean, Chicago; Rock Chicago Records— Sullivan’ s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Sunday Funday— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Sonny & The Combovers— The Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Greg Ward Quintet— The Hideout, Chicago; Zenith Quartet— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; The Remedies / Brian Sees Stars / Ben Russell / Pronto Zombie— Wire, Berwyn.
MONDAY 3
Bastille / Mondo Cozmo— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Lisa Prank / Dogbreth / Richard Album / Pledge Drive / Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns /
Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Brecken Miles— Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Joshua James( Album Release) w / Timmy The Teeth— City Winery, Chicago; Shaun Peace / Kahrion / Delron Hubbard— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Scribecash / Buzzed Spelling Bee— Elbo Room, Chicago; Cosmonauts / The Molochas / La Cosa / Eye Vybe DJs— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Abigail Riccards— Green Mill, Chicago; Joanna Connor / Doktu Rhute— House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison / JW Williams— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kate Tempest— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; S. O. A. D./ DJs— Live Wire, Chicago; Kilgubbin Brothers— Martyrs’, Chicago; Sleaford Mods / Negative Scanner— Metro, Chicago; Straight Outta Oz— Portage Theater, Chicago; Improv Night w / Sand N Spitballin’/ Open Mic— Quencher’ s, Chicago; Bingo w / Burke / Trivia Night— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Deap Vally / Crosstown— Schubas, Chicago; Bridget Kearney— Space, Evanston; Staring Problem— Subterranean, Chicago; Sohn / William Doyle & Nylo— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Nebs / t0nb0t / Shaun Peace / Kahrion / Delron Hubbard— The Burlington, Chicago; Songs Of Love and Hate / Weeds Poetry Open Mic— The Hideout, Chicago; Sinema Obscura: Runaway + I, Robot— Township, Chicago; Backtrack / Open Mic— Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
TUESDAY 4
Marshall Tucker Band— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night w / Mark— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Pete Ellman’ s Big Band Jazz— Base Camp, Lisle; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; LIve Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Mz. Peachez— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Mute Duo w / Garrit Hatcher & Russ Calderwood— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Secrets, Lies & Alibis— Elbo Room, Chicago; Open Mic— Empire, Naperville; Open Jam Night— Evenflow, Geneva; Chicago Wind feat. Matthew Skoller & Deitra Farr / Open Mic— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; Pub Trivia— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Mike Wheeler / Comedy Cocktail / Funky Mojo Daddy— House of Blues, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / Giles Corey— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Thao / Yowler— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Superfly Redneck— Mackell’ s Inn, Chicago; Caution— Martyrs’, Chicago; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Open Mic Poetry— Quencher’ s, Chicago; Mr. Blotto / UK Subs— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Jeff Austin Band w / Donnie Biggins— Space, Evanston; Charlie Curtis- Beard / Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke—
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