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Thalia Hall, Chicago; Blackened/War Pigs — The Forge, Joliet;
OutlawGentlemen/Voodoo/Big Band Daddy — The Forge, Joliet;
7th Heaven — The Quarry, Lemont; Tributosaurus Becomes The
Monkees — Wire, Berwyn; Moonshine Bros. — World Of Beer,
Evanston; The Baked Potatoes — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 6 APRIL
Red Carpet Riot — 210 Live, Highwood; James & Friends/Peter
& The Versatiles — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Chris Greene
Quartet/Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House/Juli Woods Big Bari Band
— Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; El Fantasma — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Midnight Band — Arlington Ale House,
Arlington Heights; Planet Groove — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
American English — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Ebony & Ivory — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; No Limits Music Fest/Moon Landing/
Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Taylor Street Duo —
Bella Mia, Midlothian; Chicks With Picks — Blarney Stone Pub,
Oak Forest; John Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Blue Chip Casino It’s
Vegas Baby!, Michigan City, IN; Claremont Drive/Jamrose/It
Takes Two — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Atliens/Porn & Chicken/Elevatd — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Loudernow — Bourbon Street, Merionette Park; Drama Queen
w/Kevin Lee & The Kings/Sic/Imaginary/Hybrid Theory/
Extreme Midget Wrestling — BrauerHouse, Lombard; AJ Skrabis
— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Murph — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; South of 80 — Bub City, Chicago; Thornetta Davis/
Mz Reese — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Pinion — Bungalow
Joe’s, Hanover Park; Damaged Justice/Rattlehead — Cheers,
Midlothian; Middleditch & Schwartz — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Party Pupils/Pat Lok — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
Willie Nile — City Winery, Chicago; Everett Dean & The
Lonesome Hearts — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Sinmara/
Wormreich/Suffering Hour/Empyreus — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Mr Eazi — Concord, Chicago; Time Bandits — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park;
Out of Storage — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Feel Good Party Band
— Draft Picks, Naperville; Erik Donner — Draft Picks, Mt.
Prospect; MMCM/WithGrace/Jerod Bolt/Little Birds/
Architects of Beauty/Bug Hunter/Veaux — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Chicago Modual Synth Meet/Kemba/Brittney Carter/Calid
B./DJ RTC/DJ Ca$h Era — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Trouble
Ahead — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Soul Spectacular Tribute to
Aretha & Classic Soul/The Heavy Sounds — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
HiFi Superstar/DJ Jelliebean — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo,
MI; Mory Sochat & The Special 20’s — Frankie’s Blue Room,
Naperville; Jacki Evancho — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; The
Paper Machete/Stephane Wrembel Quartet/After Hours w/Pat
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Millinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Kimi Hayes — Harp
& Fiddle, Park Ridge; Peter Bradley Adams — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Charlie Foxtrot — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
The Jersey Girls — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Modern Day
Romeos — HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Eric B & Rakim/Windy
City Rev Ups/Windy City Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Head
Honcho — JJ Kelley’s, Lansing; The Boy Band Night — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Hairbanger’s Ball — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Midlife
Crisis 1999 — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Sniper — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Nellie Tiger Travis/Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Mr. Dave/Justin Roberts & The Not Ready For
Naptime Players/The Cactus Blossoms/Jack Klatt — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Embalmer/Krawg/Agrinex/Ratbatspider/Her
Worst Nightmare — Live Wire Lounge, Chicago; Mark Taylor —
Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Matt Meyer — M Supper Club, Crystal
Lake; Six on Friday — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Flatts & Sharpe
/Maybe April/Zach Dubois — Martyrs’, Chicago; Urbanite XXII:
Chicago Dance Showcase — Metro, Chicago; Six Speed Tranny
— Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; 7th Heaven/The Gingers — MT
Barrels, Schaumburg; Downtown Charlie Brown — Muldoon’s,
Wheaton; Mark V — Niko’s R&R Supper Club, Marengo; 28 Days
— Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Marshal Crenshaw & The
Bottle Rockets — Old Town School, Chicago; Geoff George —
Oswego Brewing Co., Oswego; Journey Recaptured — Palace
Theater, Wisconsin Dells, WI; 5th Annual Laugh Your Face Off —
Park West, Chicago; Harbour/Chief State/Telltale/Lava
Rock/Master Plan — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; The Niche
Trio — Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Euphoria — Potter’s Place,
Naperville; Dabylon — Q Bar, Darien; Arra — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Jack Salamander — Ranger Studios, Franklin Park; The
Goddamn Gallows/Scott H. Biram/Animal Factory/Dark Trilogy
— Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Mach 1/DJ Q/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino,
Des Plaines; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Intocable — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; The Rack &
The Riddler — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Blac Rabbit — Schubas,
Chicago; The Wrong Boys — Slapshots, Midlothian; The Wild
Reeds/Valley Queen — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Kevin
Saunderson/Phillip Stone — Smart Bar, Chicago; John Moreland
— Space, Evanston; Delta Sleep/Gleemer/Bogues/Cypher
Chicago/Jordan Ceasar — Subterranean, Chicago; Hi Infidelity
— Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; The Antlers/Tim Mislock — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; The Allstars — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Anthem
— The Quarry, Lemont; Nate Bargatze — The Vic, Chicago;
Faction: Industrial Echoes — Underground Lounge, Chicago;
Little Orphan Monkey — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Superchair —
White Tavern, Naperville; Aye That’s That Comedy — Wise Owl,
Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 7
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan — 210 Live, Highwood; Chris
Heath Early Risers/Pharez Whitted’s Late Night Jam — Andy’s
Jazz Club, Chicago; Little Anthony and The Imperials — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; The Last Bison/Red Scarves — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Replay/Scott
Dubose & The 101 Ranch — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Plini/Mestis/Dave Mackay — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Kickin For Kim — Bourbon Street, Merionette Park;
Jess Piano — Bub City, Rosemont; Smiley Tilmon/Kate Moss —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Crywolf — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Tusk: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Experience — City
Winery, Chicago; Ryan Pollock/Tori Leppert/Cursed Ritual/
Nagazi/My Own Will — Elbo Room, Chicago; Hitter/Mock
Identity/Lilac — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Grandstand
Big Band — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz
Night w/Joel Paterson Trio & Chris Foreman — Green Mill,
Chicago; Fifth House Ensemble — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Chicago Blues All Stars/Studebaker John/World Famous
Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam w/Linsey
Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Toni Callahan & Her Jazz
Guys — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Sondorgo — Old Town School,
Chicago; Skull Fist/Starkill/Okilly Dokilly/Playboy Manbaby/
Black Bear Rodea/Death of Self — Reggie’s, Chicago; The
Unlikely Candidates/The Brevet — Schubas, Chicago; Tara Terra
/Fay Ray/Ryan Hadarah — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Lucy &
Suzy Roche — Space, Evanston; Burna Boy — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Afton Presents — The Forge, Joliet; Makari/Artica/
Westmore/Common Threads/Far Under — Wire, Berwyn.
MONDAY 8
Eric Schneider Quartet/Bowmanville — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Conan Gray/Girl In Red — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Frank Busch — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts
The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Miki Howard — City
Winery, Chicago; Poly Action/Spooktacular/Skyd/Jamie Jean/
Just Jax — Elbo Room, Chicago; Something Is Waiting/Low
Dose/Thieves — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Quartet
— Green Mill, Chicago; Joanna Connor — House of Blues,
Chicago; Corey Dennison — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Horsewhip/Blackthrone/Ribbonhead/Joint Dislocation — Live
Wire Lounge, Chicago; The Last Word Quintet — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Trivia Night/Open Mic Comedy — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Minus Montgomery — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Telekinesis/
Sontalk — Schubas, Chicago; Blue Monday — Space, Evanston;
Greet Death/Meth/Dead Sun/Brady — Subterranean, Chicago;
Andrea Gibson — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 9
Gianni Coletta — 210 Live, Highwood; Keri Johnsrud/After Dark
Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Silent Film
Night — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Jeremy Enigk/Tomo Nakayama/
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Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Grateful
String Band — BrauerHouse, Lombard; Live Band Karaoke — Bub
City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; The
Chicago R&B Kings — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Miki
Howard — City Winery, Chicago; Songwriters Singing Songs —
Elbo Room, Chicago; The Coathangers/Big Bite/Skip Church —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Voicebox w/Cathy Richardson/Open
Mic — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Andrew Bird/The Fat Babies —
Green Mill, Chicago; Songwriters In The Round — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Corey Dennison/Comedy Cocktail/Hoodoo
Brown — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Mike Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Lil Tracy/Lil Raven/Buku Bandz —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggie’s, Chicago; Pete
Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; The
Dead Tongues/Minor Moon — Schubas, Chicago; Open Mic Hip
Hop — Subterranean, Chicago; Let’s Eat Grandma/Twinkids/
Claire George — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Spiritualized — The Vic,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 10
Bill Porter Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Andy Brown
Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/
Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Tommy Genesis/Deb
Never — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Over The Side — Bub City,
Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Bub City, Rosemont; Willie Buck —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Against The Current/Chapel/
GucciHighWaters — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Victory Boyd
w/Infinity’s Song — City Winery, Chicago; Magie Night w/Tim
Balster — Club Arcada, St. Charles; The Parlor Mob/The Cold
Seas/Ryan Powers & The Secret Weapons — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Visceral/badXchannels/Midoca — Concord, Chicago;
How Rude — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Morgan Gold/Donyae Asante
/Open Mic — Elbo Room, Chicago; Blue Dream/Mother
Tongues/Carinae/Uma Bloo — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago
Latin Jazz Collective/Terrapin Mountain — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Late Night
w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Libido Funk
Circus — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Gene Picchiotti — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; The Ultra — Martyrs’, Chicago; Broods/Bad Sounds —
Metro, Chicago; Mn’JAM Experiment — Old Town School,
Chicago; Disney Pixar Trivia Night — Q Bar, Darien; Disney
Cartoon Trivia — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Oh Sleeper/Earth
Groans/Uada/Wormwitch — Reggie’s, Chicago; Lurrie Bell/
Melvin Smith — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Tennyson/Sports
Boyfriend — Schubas, Chicago; The Scientists/Richard Vian/
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