SUNDAY 1 APRIL
The Whiskey Brothers— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; DJ Jeff Overstreet— Base Camp, Lisle; The Night Shift Band / Scott Dubose & The 101 Ranch— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Valentine— Bub City, Chicago; Miguel & Justin— Bub City, Rosemont; Christopher Cross— City Winery, Chicago; Salsa Sunday: Afinicao— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Soft Kill / VOWWS / Choir Boy / DJ Philly Peroxide— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson Trio & Chris Forman / Uptown Poetry Slam— Green Mill, Chicago; Trivia Night— H. O. M. E. Bar, Arlington Heights; MIssissippi Heat / Gospel Brunch— House of Blues, Chicago; Moldanazar w / Ilyas Japarov— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Linsey Alexander / Claudette Miller / Blues Jam— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Jonathan GrossTrio— Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Photo-Curio / The Elements of Style / Heroes of Lake Erie— Quenchers, Chicago; Saxon / Scars of Armageddon / Pipe / Shokker— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Queen! w / Michael Serafini / Garrett David / CelestetheDJ Alexander— Smart Bar, Chicago; Dylan Leblanc / The Artisanals— Space, Evanston; Creed Bratton— Subterranean, Chicago; Body— The Promontory, Chicago; DJ / Karaoke w / Karoake Zach— Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
MONDAY 2
Crumb / Combo Chimbita / Slow Pulp / DJ Sound Culture / Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Al Jardine— City Winery, Chicago; Absolutely Not / Dumb Vision / No Men— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Trivia Night— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Trivia Bingo— Hoppy Pig, Bradley; Guy King— House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison / JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers— Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Strypes— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; DJs Raepalm Death & Metal Marge— Live Wire, Chicago; Congress of Starlings / Lindsay Weinberg / Boundary Waters— Martyrs’, Chicago; Bernie & Rachel— Natural Law, Blue Island; Improv Night w / Sand & Spitballin’— Quenchers, Chicago; Music Trivia / Bingo w / Burke— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Dan Auerbach & The Easy Eye Sound Revue / Shannon & The Clams— Riviera Theater, Chicago; Public Access T. V./ Honduras / Prism Tats— Schubas, Chicago; Blue Mondays w / Chicago Wind— Space, Evanston; Goody Grace / Big Lo / Tony Patagonia / Lone Wolf Cub / The Surge— Subterranean, Chicago; Bloodhype / Cass Cwik / DJ Adam Luksetich— The Owl, Chicago; The Corner Series— The Promontory, Chicago; Funk Vendetta—
Tonic Room, Chicago; Open Mic— Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
TUESDAY 3
Trivia Nite / Pat O’ Malley— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; The Special 20’ s— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Antonio Zambujo— City Winery, Chicago; Laurel Halo / Thoom / RXM Reality / Jarvi— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joanna Connor / Open Mic— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; Ten Foot Tail / Comedy Cocktail / Ferg— House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor / Mike Wheeler Band w / Peaches Staten— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Fujiya & Miyagi— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Marianne Sullivan— Nevin’ s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Open Mic Poetry— Quenchers, Chicago; Pine Travelers— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo— Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Jin & Tonic Band— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Current Joys / Lillie West— Schubas, Chicago; Margaret Glaspy / Buck Meek— Space, Evanston; Holy Hum Spilitek / In Secure Models / Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Open Mic— Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 4
Bill Porter Orchestra— 210 Live, Highwood; Michael Bolton— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Over The Side— Bub City, Chicago; Nigel Mack— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Karla Bonoff— City Winery, Chicago; MER’ s Music Showcase— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Alex Zayas— Cuzin’ s, Tinley Park; Madman Open Mic— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Andrea Devriendt / Open Mic— Elbo Room, Chicago; Frigs / The Hecks / Desert Liminal— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Electric Dirt / Rachel Drew & The Bitter Roots / Lonesome Organist— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Alphonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Frank Catalano Sextet— Green Mill, Chicago; In One Ear— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Way Back Wednesday / Lindsey Alexander— House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey / Corey Dennison— Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Go! Team / Basement Revolver— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus Becomes The Replacements— Martyrs’, Chicago; NIU Steelband— Old Town School, Chicago; Luicidal( Rock Club)/ Live Band Karaoke( Music Joint)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Kyle Craft / Carriers
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THURSDAY 5
Smiley Tillmon Band / Kate Moss— 210 Live, Highwood; Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Royal Thunder / Pinkish Black— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Vandoliers / South City Revival— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Lewis Copeland— Bub City, Chicago; The Chicago R & B Kings— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Storm Large of Pink Martini— City Winery, Chicago; Tim Reynolds & TR3— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Reality Bites / Hamsterdam / Double Starch / The Motions / Ryan Pleckham— Elbo Room, Chicago; Hanni El Khatib / The Buttertones— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Elmhurst College Jazz Band— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Bitters— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Country Night— H. O. M. E. Bar, Arlington Heights; Leroy Winn— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Bingo Night— Hoppy Pig, Bradley; Pop Evil / Rollover— House of Blues, Chicago; Los Lobos w / Gooey & Mariachi Herencia de Mexico— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Mike Wheeler Band / Mz. Peaches— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Digitalism / Metavari— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; We Killed The Lion / Escape Is Not Freedom / From Beyond These Walls / Only The Bones— Live Wire, Chicago; Michael Paterson— M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; The Belvederes / Bart Alonzo Band— Martyrs’, Chicago; Ethan Bell— Nevin’ s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Prodigy’ s Open Mic— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; American Circumcision— Portage Theater, Chicago; Mint Mile / The Bismarck / Korean Jeans / Hungry Man— Quenchers, Chicago; Common Deer / Dark Trilogy( Music Joint)/ Richie Kotzen( Rock Club)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Dueling Pianos— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Cut Copy / Kauf— Riviera Theater, Chicago; James Wheeler Blues Jam— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; S. Carey / Gordi— Schubas, Chicago; Red Tailed Luna Hawk / Zooey Glass / Hunter Vita— Smart Bar, Chicago; Mud Morganfield— Space, Evanston; Lo Moon / Kraus / Reggae Gold— Subterranean, Chicago; Of Montreal / Mega Bog / Vail— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Rob Bell / Peter Rollins— The Vic Theater, Chicago; The Expanders— Tonic Room, Chicago; Ken Yates— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; DJ / Karaoke w / Karoake Zach— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Open Jam—
Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Brooke Nicole Lauritzen Band— Venuti’ s, Addison; Tony Cartel— Wire, Berwyn; James Libera— Zaza’ s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 6
Dida Pelled Trio— 210 Live, Highwood; Black Star Riders— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; South of Disorder— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Decades Undercover— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Epic— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Rise— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Friday Jackson Duo— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Libido Funk Circus— Base Camp, Lisle; LIfted Bells / The Felix Culpa / Monobody / Bloodsport: The Movie The Band— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood Band— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies / Whistle Pigs— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Albert Hammond Jr./ The Marias— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Reaganomics / Death & Memphis / Benny and The No Goods / Size 5’ s / Cyberfest Chicago w / Covenant / The Rain Within / Project. 44 and more— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Joe Fascetta— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Kenton Bryant— Bub City, Chicago; Lewis Copeland— Bub City, Rosemont; Big James & The Chicago Playboys / Will Tilson— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Kyle Hollingsworth Band / Joe Cummins of Umphrey’ s McGee / Crosseyed / Phishless— Chop Shop, Chicago; The English Beat— City Winery, Chicago; Timeflies / Bryce Vine / Baby Raptors— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Ars Nova / Captain Coopersmith / Namorado / Spiderberries— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Matt Skoller— Cuzin’ s, Tinley Park; Lol Band— Dock’ s Bar, Wauconda; Orange Star— Draft Picks, Naperville; 97Nine— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; My Double Life / Roxy Swain / Annie & The Orphans / Jory Avner / Eric Quigley— Elbo Room, Chicago; Lucy Dacus / And The Kids / Adult Mom / The Hoyle Brothers— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Deacon Blues— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The Outfit / 3 If By Air— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; American English / Jenny Bienemann & Friends— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Risky Business— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; The Flipside Show w / Chris Forman / After Hours Jam Session / Orrin Evans Trio— Green Mill, Chicago; Final Groove— H. O. M. E. Bar, Arlington Heights; Planet Groove— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; 7th Heaven— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Phillip Phillips / Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings / Elevate: DJ Jason Wolfe— House of Blues, Chicago; Peter & The Versatiles / Gil La Paz Trio— Incontro A Tavola, South Barrington; Luke Pell & Logan Mize— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Trippin Billies / Gravity— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Sorry For Partying— JW Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; Stark Guitar Duo— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Brendan
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