Hall, Chicago; Black Stone Cherry/Thyler Bryant & The
Shakedown — The Forge, Joliet; Vito Zatto — Zaza’s Tavola,
Barrington.
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Absolutely Not — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Southside Johnny &
The Asbury Jukes/Adam Ezra — Space, Evanston; Epic Beard
Men — Subterranean, Chicago; Ex Hex/Moaning — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Dave Polk Project — Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 11 APRIL
Gravity — 210 Live, Highwood; Pete Benson Organ Trio/The
Trumpet Summit — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Jon Anderson of
YES — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Open Mic — Arlington Ale
House, Arlington Heights; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
Kolars/Brett Newski & The No Tomorrow/Cousins — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Jamiah Rogers — BLUES, Chicago; Copeland/From
Indian Lakes/Many Rooms — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Friends
Trivia — Bourbon Street, Merionette Park; Broken Robots/
Jukeboxes — BrauerHouse, Lombard; Martin McDaniel — Bub
City, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic — Cheers, Midlothian;
Downtown Seder w/Bavid Broza/Michael McDermott/Corky
Siegel/Lynne Jordan/Rich Jones and more... — City Winery,
Chicago; Keep Flying/Sundressed — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Hatebreed/Obituary/Terror/Cro Mags/Fit For An Autopsy —
Concord, Chicago; Shajarian-Pournazeri — Copernicus Center,
Chicago; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Xeno
& Oaklander/Odonis Odonis/Public Memory — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; The Purple Xperience — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
Exposure Local Music Showcase w/Orenda/Blue Lincolns/Jodi
Walker Project/Eric Gales — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Carma — Four
Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Andy Brown /Alan Gresik Swing
Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Jeff Ulus — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Smiley Tillmon Band — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
We Came As Romans/Crown The Empire/Nigel Mack/John
Primer — House of Blues, Chicago; Pop Up Karaoke — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Vino Louden/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Cracked Podcast/Sarah Squirm/Maya Dukmasova/
Jane Dailey — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Deep Hallow — Lone
Buffalo, Ottawa; Tank & The Beez — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine;
The 9th Power/The Congregation — Martyrs’, Chicago; The
Highwaymen Live — Palace Theater, Wisconsin Dells, WI; Todd
Snider/Chicago Farmer — Park West, Chicago; The Top 10/
Rebel Force Radio — Reggie’s, Chicago; Corey Dennison — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Nicky Jam — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Wait, What? —
Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Cherry Pools/Tillie — Schubas,
Chicago; Pert Near Sandstone/Chicken Wire Empire/Them
Coulee Boys — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold — Subterranean,
Chicago; Trapt/Tantric — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Durand
Jones & The Indications/Divino Nino & Melvin Knight — Thalia
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FRIDAY 12
Motown Night w/Gerald “The Soulkeeper” McClendon — 210
Live, Highwood; Matt Shevitz Quartet/Juli Woods Big Bari Band
— Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; The Purple Xperience — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; The Hat Guys — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; The Billy Martin Band — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Rumor
Hazit — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Bannerman’s Bash w/Rise
— Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Modern Day Romeos/Loop Rockers — Base Camp, Lisle;
RDGLDGRN/Tropidelic — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/
Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Tynan/Sheryl & Say
Yes — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The
Driver Era/Public — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Hi Infidelity —
Bourbon Street, Merionette Park; Brass From The Past/Radio
Buzzkills/Kobanes/Imbecile Missile/TBA — BrauerHouse,
Lombard; Johnny Alletto — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Martin
McDaniel w/Kylie Frey — Bub City, Chicago; Rendition — Bub
City, Rosemont; Joyann Parker — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Hairbanger’s Ball — Cheers, Midlothian; Amanda Palmer —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Anomalie/Rob Araujo — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Martin Sexton w/Chris Trapper — City
Winery, Chicago; R&B Jam w/Sam Savage — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; Tauk/BIG Something — Concord, Chicago; Father And
Son — Copernicus Center, Chicago; The Stone Chromatics/
Brothers & Wine/Breakfast Beer/Joe Renardo & Friends —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Sid & Hala — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; The
Acousticles — Draft Picks, Naperville; Sixteen Candles — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; Baccano/Cotter Hill/Garrett Biggs/Nicholas
Raymond — Elbo Room, Chicago; Sen Morimoto/Faux Ferocious
/Glyders/Junegrass/Magic Ian — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Nashville Electric Company — FireBar, Crystal Lake; Bunkertown
/Chris Smither — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; One Night Band — Four
Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; OMT & Mixtape Junkies —
Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Jon Anderson of YES —
Genesee Theater, Waukegan; The Flipside Show w/Chris Chris
Freeman & Bernard “Pretty” Purdie/After Hours Jam — Green
Mill, Chicago; Steve Roth Duo — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Flat
Five — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Scott Dubose — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; Bella Cain — HOME Bar, Arlington Heights;
Mississippi Gabe Carter/Citizen Cope/Mike Wheeler Band —
House of Blues, Chicago; Diva Montell — Incontro A Tavola, S.
Barrington; Live Band Karaoke — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; The
Ron Burgundy’s/Motown Nation — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago;
Sorry For Partying — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Good Clean Fun
— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Simply Sound — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band/Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Joe Fascetta — Level 257,
Schaumburg; Jared & The Mill/Michigander/Twinsmith —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Catherine Tecktiel/Magnaphonic/Too
Much Saturn/Gal Gun/King Mixer/Reaction — Live Wire
Lounge, Chicago; The Woods Brothers — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa;
The Business Casuals — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Nasty
Snacks/New Nostalgia/Low Spark — Martyrs’, Chicago; GnM —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Carpacho y su Super Combo — Old
Town School, Chicago; Make It A Double — Oswego Brewing Co.,
Oswego; The Highwaymen Live — Palace Theater, Wisconsin
Dells, WI; Airforce — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; C-Factor —
Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Jaik Willis — Pig Minds Brewing Co.,
Machesney Park; John Mayer Experience — Potter’s Place,
Naperville; Big Bang Baby/Gen-X — Q Bar, Darien; Captain
Beyond/Furr/Mark Ellis — Reggie’s, Chicago; Afrodisiacs & DJ
Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr&
Matthew Skoller — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Why Don’t We —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Charlie Burg/Billy Lemos/Son!/
Old Sea Brigade — Schubas, Chicago; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee
— Slapshots, Midlothian; Night Beats/Heaters/Flesh Panthers
— Sleeping Village, Chicago; Physical Therapy/Harry Cross —
Smart Bar, Chicago; Portland Cell Project — Space, Evanston;
The Movielife/Vacation Manor/O.R. They? — Subterranean,
Chicago; Ronnie Baker Brooks — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Lee
Fields & The Expressions — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Uli Jon Roth —
The Forge, Joliet; Dueling Pianos — The Quarry, Lemont; Muse
— United Center, Chicago; Lateralus — Wire, Berwyn; Kyle Young
— World Of Beer, Evanston; Cirrus Falcon — Zachary’s, Palos
Heights.
SATURDAY 13
Nikki Hill — 210 Live, Highwood; Erik Donner — 750 Cucina
Rustica, Cary; Chris Greene Quartet/Tim Fitzgerald’s Full
House/Juli Woods Big Bari Band — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
Uli John Roth — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Ivy Ford Band —
Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; The End Up — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Chasing Alice — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Make It A
Double — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Tomorrows Bad Seeds/
Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Aleks and Frank —
Bella Mia, Midlothian; Sean & Charlie — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak
Forest; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Semple — Blue Chip Casino It’s Vegas Baby!, Michigan City, IN;
Classical Blast/The Dancing Noodles/Sorry For Partying —
Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; South City
Revival/The Ron Burgundy’s — Bourbon Street, Merionette Park;
Bear & Jake Acoustic — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Acoustic Alibi
— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Casey Muessigmann — Bub City,
Chicago; Martin McDaniel — Bub City, Rosemont; Mike Wheeler
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Tom Segura — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Holly/Wilde/Silent Party Chicago: 90s Jajama Jam —
Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Martin Sexton w/Chris Trapper
— City Winery, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; Boys of Fall/Oh, Weatherly/Never Loved/Late Nights/
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
Tougher Than You Thought — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Freestyle
Forever: Judy Torres/Cynthia/Lisette Melendez/Sweet
Sensation/Supporting DJ Tim Schommer — Concord, Chicago;
Hello Weekend — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Billy Osman Band —
Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Soda — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Peter
Taylor/Alright Alright/Ian Mahan — Elbo Room, Chicago; Acid
Mothers Temple/Yamantaka/Sonic Titan — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Hot Rocks — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Alewife/The
Flat Five — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Howie Mandel (Silver
Creek)/Shock Roxy/DJ Jelliebean — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Mellencougar — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville;
The Paper Machete/George Freeman & Bernard “Pretty”
Purdie/After Hours Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green
Mill, Chicago; JC Brooks Band/Mike Maimone — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Cadillac Groove — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
This Is It — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; In The Flesh — HOME Bar,
Arlington Heights; D’Ussepalooza 2019/Banda Jam 2019/
Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings — House of Blues, Chicago;
Junkyard Groove — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Replay — JJ Kelley’s,
Lansing; The Boy Band Knight — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; X-
Girlfriend — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; The Sylvies — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band/Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Roger Clyne & The
Peacemakers/Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Enuff Z’Nuff/Anthanor/The Queue/Steve
Ramone & The Pensioners/The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club/
The Jay Goeppner Band/Rose Cora Perry & The Truth Untold/
The Francos/The Pickpockets/Blameless Lake/The Jeremy
Band — Live Wire Lounge, Chicago; Kimi Hayes Duo — Lone
Buffalo, Ottawa; HiFi Superstar — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake;
Unfinished Business — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Reykjavik
Calling w/Hildur Guonadottir & Kaelen Mikla — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Veil of Maya/Intervals/Strawberry Girls/Cryptodira/
Nocturna — Metro, Chicago; Wheelhouse — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; My Metal Heart — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Murph
— Muldoon’s, Wheaton; Steve Roth — Niko’s R&R Supper Club,
Marengo; Simple Remedy — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock;
Cowboy Junkies (Maurer Hall)/Soul Train Uncovered (Szold
Hall) — Old Town School, Chicago; Mirabelle Skipworth —
Oswego Brewing Co., Oswego; The Highwaymen Live — Palace
Theater, Wisconsin Dells, WI; Foreigner & Co. — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; Mighty Joe DJ — Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Mr.
Blotto — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Strangled
Darlings — Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Kashmir/
Eclipse — Q Bar, Darien; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Midnight Iris — Ranger Studios, Franklin Park; Evil
Empire/Dyers Eve — Reggie’s, Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez/DJ
Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Guster/Saintseneca —
Riviera Theater, Chicago; Rico McFarland Band — Rosa’s Lounge,
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