WEDNESDAY 24
Greg Fishman Luciano Antonio Duo — 210 Live, Highwood;
Blackpink — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; 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; Joey Pecoraro/Englewood —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Randy
Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Van Morrison —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Terror Jr. — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Rhonda Ross & Rodney Kendrick — City Winery,
Chicago; 97Nine — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open Mic — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Ryan Schultz/Chad McCullough’s Metal on
Flesh/Will Kimbrough — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Paper Machete/
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Late Night w/Frank Catalano
Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Keithen Banks/Smiley Tilmon
Band/Mer’s Showcase — House of Blues, Chicago; 7th Heaven
w/Horn Section — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Corey Dennison/Mike
Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Bea Miller — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Intoxicats — Martyrs’, Chicago; Game of Thrones Trivia
— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Live Band Karaoke — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Straight No Chaser — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet;
Michael Bloom & The Blues Prophecy — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Diane Coffee/Woongi — Schubas, Chicago; Thank You Scientist
/Kindo/In The Presence of Wolves — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Rob Winn/Jack Minogue/Voolted — Subterranean, Chicago;
Astrobrite/Sleepwalk/Slow Thrills — The Owl, Chicago.
THURSDAY 25
Rally Day — 210 Live, Highwood; Pete Benson Organ Trio/The
Trumpet Summit — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Marc Martel: The
Ultimate Queen Celebration — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Open
Mic — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Trivia Night —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Hillbilly Casino/The Buzzhounds — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel Blues Band/Shirley Johnson —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Linsey Alexander — BLUES, Chicago;
Bilmuri/No Dice — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Friends Trivia —
Bourbon Street, Merionette Park; Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts
— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Chad Bearden — Bub City, Chicago;
Stacy Brooks — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Van Morrison —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; The Dip/Moorea Masa & The Mood —
Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Whitechapel/Dying Fetus/
Revocation/Fallujah/Spite/Uncured/Buried Above Ground —
Concord, Chicago; James Manno — Cubby Bear, Chicago; David
Quinn Band/Hey Hey Think Think — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Makaya McCraven/Resavoir — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Phil
Angotti & Friends/Country Night In Berwyn — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Rob Yocom — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Andy
Brown /Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Simply Sound — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Nick Moss Band
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Tom Holland/Corey Dennison —
House of Blues, Chicago; Jeff & Kurt Acoustic — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; Nelllie Tiger Travis/Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Billy Bragg — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Open Mic
Variety Showcase — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Great Moments In
Vinyl: Pearl Jam ‘10 — Martyrs’, Chicago; Beth Hart — Park West,
Chicago; The Jimi Project/Captain & Crew/Boogie/KB
DeVaughn — Reggie’s, Chicago; Dueling Pianos — Rivers Casino,
Des Plaines; Craig Gerdes — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Ayla
Nereo/Handmade Moments — Schubas, Chicago; Guerilla Toss
/Blacker Face/Good Willsmith — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Radius Etc/Chandeliers/Shannon Esoterik Being/Charles
Mantis/Stepchild — Smart Bar, Chicago; Terry Reid w/Railheart
— Space, Evanston; Shy Girls/Eevee/Reggae Gold —
Subterranean, Chicago; Eels — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Riot Shield
/Bad Planning/Makena/Tiny Kingdoms/Muted Color — Wire,
Berwyn; Taylor Street Solo — Zaza’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 26
Woodstock is 50! — 210 Live, Highwood; Matt Shevitz Quartet/
Battle of the Saxes — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Broken Arrow
— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Gerald & Camille — Arlington Ale
House, Arlington Heights; 90’s Dance Party w/Fool House —
Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Epic — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Karma Committee — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler
Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; The Slaps/Girl K/Modern
Nun/Hater’s Club — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Chicago Wind Blues
Band w/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Soda — Blue Chip
Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Alice Merton — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Rockin’ It For The Rocks/Maggie Speaks —
Bourbon Street, Merionette Park; Rico — BrauerHouse, Lombard;
HiFi Superstar — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Broseph — Bub
City, Chicago; Chad Bearden — Bub City, Rosemont; Corey
Dennison/Dave Herrero — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Little
People/Marley Carroll/Anchorsong — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Eric Roberson — City Winery, Chicago; The Rumble Day
1: Breakdown/Red Death/Bib/Wild Side/Magnitude/
Restraining Order/Lower Species/Revenge Season — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Jai Wolf — Concord, Chicago; Jess Piano —
Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; The Three Beards — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Pat McCurdy/Mungion — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine;
Bourbon House/The Russells/Reflex Machine/Left of Nowhere
— Elbo Room, Chicago; Six To Midnight — Empire, Naperville;
Tokyo Police Club/Dizzy — Empty Bottle, Chicago; LFC — FireBar,
Crystal Lake; American English/Cannonball — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Final Say (Hard Rock)/Live DJ — Four Winds Casino,
New Buffalo, MI; The Flipside Show w/Chris Forman/Pat
Mallinger w/Bill Carrothers/After Hours Jam — Green Mill,
Chicago; Simply Sound/Perry Hutchins — Harp & Fiddle, Park
Ridge; Railway Gamblers/Bluefish Fellows — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Midnight Band — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Rival Sons/The Sheepdogs — House of Blues, Chicago; Hunter
Hayes/Levi Hummon/Tegan Marie — Joe’s Live, Rosemont;
Code Blue — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Gone Country — JW
Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Chicks With Picks — Kennedy Pointe,
Bristol; Doug Bardolph — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Big James &
The Chicago Playboys/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Keith Semple — Level 257, Schaumburg; Billy Bragg —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Hushdrops/Lever/The Differents/
Encouter at L-5 — Live Wire Lounge, Chicago; Nikki Morgan/
Christina Marie & Matthew Michael — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa;
The Social Act/Ilhen Sesen & Sunay Akin — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Framing The Red — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Jonas Friddle/
Sons of the Never Wrong — Old Town School, Chicago; Stephen
Bores — Oswego Brewing Co., Oswego; Troy Quin’Ton —
Paramount Theater, Aurora; Rhinestone DJ D — Pheasant Run,
St. Charles; 4 Aces & A Queen — Potter’s Place, Naperville;
Judas Beast — Q Bar, Darien; Varaha/Dusk/Withering Soul/
Dismalimerence — Reggie’s, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Julian
Jumpin Perez/DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Vance Kelly &
The Backstreet Blues Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Ethan
Bell — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Bayonne/Palm Daze —
Schubas, Chicago; Mormor — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Charlie
Hunter & Lucy Woodward — Space, Evanston; Walk Among Us/
Dance Yourself Clean — Subterranean, Chicago; The Claypool
Lennon Delirium/Uni — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Elvy The God — The
Forge, Joliet; Hi Infidelity — The Quarry, Lemont; Neko Case/
Shannon Shaw — The Vic, Chicago; DJ Messes — World Of Beer,
Evanston; Simply Sound — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 27
Mike Walters Trio — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Misfits — Allstate
Arena, Rosemont; Chris Greene Quartet/Battle of The Saxes —
Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; San Holo — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Tracy Byrd — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Breastfest 10: Breast
Cancer Benefit w/Heather Lynne Horton/Gina Gonzalez and
The Wingmen/Modern Day Romeos — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Frankie
Smiles Project — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Night Train/Diver
Down — Base Camp, Lisle; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Jeorge Holmes — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Crosstown
Classics — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Chicago Wind Blues
Band w/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Lt. Dan’s New
Legs — Blue Chip Casino It’s Vegas Baby!, Michigan City, IN;
Planet Groove/Sam Savage & Co. — Blue Chip Casino Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Perpetual Groove/CBDB — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Infidelity/Bostyxx — Bourbon Street,
Merionette Park; Adam Calhoun & Who TF Is Justin Time/
Who’s Who/Jailbreak/Black Rose — BrauerHouse, Lombard;
Melissa N Shawn — Brazen Head, Crestwood; SK8ER Boyz —
Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Nick Lynch — Bub City, Chicago;
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Demetria Taylor/Red Sugar — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Tributes to Slipknot/Pantera/NIN/Mudvayne — Cheers,
Midlothian; Tim Allen — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Eric
Roberson — City Winery, Chicago; Tammi Savoy & Chris Casello
Combo — Club Arcada, St. Charles; The Rumble Day 2: Death
Threat/Damnation A.D./Xibalba/Year of The Knife/Three Knee
Deep/World of Pain/LIne of Scrimmage/Borrowed Time/
Vamachara/Never Ending Game/MH Chaos/Facewreck/
Dissent/Absent Mind — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Yasiin Bey —
Concord, Chicago; Charlie Foxtrot/Anderlik & Otto — Craft Beer
Festival, Long Grove; Strangelove/Salt Sweat Sugar/Shoeshine
Boy Productions 19th Anniversary w/Marlon & The
Shakes/Workout Music/Element/Trick Shooter Social Club —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Sniper — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Brian
Carmona Band — Cuzin’s Pub, Midlothian; GENR8R — Dock’s
Bar, Wauconda; C-Factor — Draft Picks, Naperville; Triadd Duo —
Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Wedding Banned — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; Lily DeTaeye/Tall Green Pine/Local Jokes — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Maypole Folk Festival w/Sam Amidon/The
Western Elstons/Rami Gabriel Arabic Xhaman/Square Dance
w/The White Mules/Emily Nott — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Broken Arrow — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The Lotus Kings/All-
StarSantana Tribute w/Cecy Santana — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Fu5ion/Live DJ — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; The
Mudmen — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; The Paper Machete
/Pat Mallinger w/Bill Carrothers/After Hours Jazz w/Pat
Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Mike & Eileen —
Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Dan Tedesco — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Britbeat — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Hi Infidelity —
HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Dave Herrero/Bad Suns/House of
Burlesque/Sheryl Youngblood — House of Blues, Chicago;
Morat — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Sixteen Candles — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Rendition — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Felix &
Fingers — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Kick Back — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Big James & The Chicago Playboys/Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Billy Bragg — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Grace & John — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Karen Shook —
M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; The Gingers — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Jacob Joliff Band/Dan Andree & Aaron Dorfman —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Black Lips/Fucked Up/Wooing — Metro,
Chicago; Hello Dave — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Judas Beast
— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Bert’s Revenge — Muldoon’s,
Wheaton; Simply Kathleen — Niko’s R&R Supper Club, Marengo;
Two Tones — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Erwin Helfer/
Elsa Harris/Pastor Donald Gay — Old Town School, Chicago; The
Jib Brothers — Oswego Brewing Co., Oswego; Heart to
Heartbreaker — Palace Theater, Wisconsin Dells, WI; Steady
Ahead/Constance/Opium Death — Penny Road Pub, Barrington;
Low-Reen & The Maxwell St. Market Blues Band — Pheasant
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