ers — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Hairbangers Ball — Evenflow , Geneva ; Nora O ' Connor / Janet Beveridge Bean — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Michele McGuire / Way Down Wanderers — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Doyle / Otep / Red Devil Vortex — Forge , Joliet ; Disco Circus — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Nikki Glaser — Genesee , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / James Morrison — Green Mill , Chicago ; LP Vinyl — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; May Erlewine — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Nightcap 9:30pm : Sad House Guest — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Coco with Sima Cunningham — Hideout , Chicago ; Operation Empire / Hangar 18 — Humo Live , Lombard ; Smiley Tillmon & Kate Moss — Humo Smokehouse , Lombard ; Tony Rock — Improv , Schaumburg ; Alyssa Allgood CD Release / Kendrick Scott — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hamdi / Chee / CLB / Hershe — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Minor Moon / Macie Stewart / Moontype — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Assault / Wraith / Speedpussy — Live Wire , Chicago ; M80s — Madcats , Palatine ; Grateful String Band — Martyrs ', Chicago ; KETTAMA / DJ Hyperactive / HOTPRETTY — Metro , Chicago ; Frank Busch & The Names — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; International Pop Overthrow — Montrose , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons / DJ — Nellies , Palatine ; Secretly Sad Emo — Nellies , Palatine ; Joe Pug — Old Town School - Szold , Chicago ; Lotus — Park West , Chicago ; Dancing Queen — Piazza , Aurora ; Sam Wyatt — Pollyanna , Lemont ; JD Kostryk — Pollyanna , Roselle ; DJ Smitty — Q Bar , Darien ; Skilla Party / DJay Mando / JP / Big Frank — Rave / Eagles Club , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Album Release Party — Rave / Eagles Club , Chicago ; Delta Bombers / IV & The Strange / Left Lane Cruiser — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; TommyInnit — Riviera , Chicago ; Red Roses — Roberts Westside , Forest Park ; Taylor Swift Listening Party ( 3pm ) — Roberts Westside , Forest Park ; CJ Stanley Band — Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Jamiah Rogers — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Love The ' 80s & ' 90s Tour — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Carter Ace / Brendan Lemkin — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanhan ' s , Woodridge ; Collate / Spread Joy / Daddy ' s Boy — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Akua / Ariel Zetina / Miss Twink USA — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Aaron Lee Tasjan / Molly Martin — Space , Evanston ; Nexus 6 — Subterranean , Chicago ; Vs . Self / Knumears / Norfair — Subterranean , Chicago ; Eve Casino / Aranica Montana — Tailgaters , Chicago ; The Magnetic Fields — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Justin Willman — The Vic , Chicago ; Who Dat Dere — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Made in America — Vixen , McHenry ; KrizzKaliko / Lock Smith / Vin Jay — WC Social , West Chicago ; Ian Fidance — Zanies , Chicago ; Justin Silva — Zanies , Rosemont .
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SATURDAY 20 APRIL
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Pat Malinger / Jimmy Farace — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Al Di Meola — Arcada , St . Charles ; Sanetria - Sublime Tribute — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Wayne Landino / Lewis Band — Black Lung , Fox Lake ; Tokemagic — Black Lung , Round Lk . Beach ; Luke Pytlel Band & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Black Kray — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; All American Throwbacks — Bourbon St ., Merrionette Pk .; South City Revival — Bub City , Chicago ; Ginger Road — Bub City , Rosemont ; Cros — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; Sudden Depths — Burlington , Chicago ; Toasted Coconuts — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Sam Grisman Project — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Lalah Hathaway — City Winery , Chicago ; Comedy & Vito Zatto — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Slothrust — Cobra , Chicago ; Miniskirt / Daisy Heaves / Everday Specials — Coles , Chicago ; Sultan + Shepard / RINZEN — Concord , Chicago ; Ho Etsu Taiko — Constellation , Chicago ; Bent Dimes / Littlebirds — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Robert Cray Band — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Interstate Nineties / Magnificent Villains — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mint Mile / Alan Epley / Palm Electric — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message Band — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Ann Marie & Friends — Forge , Joliet ; Dancing Queen — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Taylor Swift Dance Party — Geneva Stage , Lake Geneva ; Paper Machete / James Morrison — Green Mill , Chicago ; Godsmack / Bastian da Cruz — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; Breakfast Club — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; DJ Marquez Antonio — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Bad Examples / Andras Jones — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Happy Hour : Michael Rawls — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Nightcap 9:30pm : Cassie H — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Chicago Barn Dance / Chicago Square Dance — Hideout , Chicago ; Thy Art Is Murder — HOB , Chicago ; Fast Times — Humo Live , Lombard ; Buzzworthys — Humo Smokehouse , Lombard ; Tony Rock — Improv , Schaumburg ; Alyssa Allgood CD Release / Kendrick Scott — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Fool House — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Big Something / The Ries Brothers — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Lair The Minotaur — Live Wire , Chicago ; Icons of Country — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; Major Climb — Madcats , Palatine ; PriMary / Still IL — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Motel Breakfast / Scarlet Demore / Harrison Gordon — Metro , Chicago ; Goo Roos`` — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Karaoke ( 10:30pm ) — Nellies , Palatine ; Rod Tuffcurls — Nellies , Palatine ; The Weight Band — Old Town School , Chicago ; Willie Nile — Old Town School - Szold , Chicago ;
DJ Smitty — Q Bar , Darien ; Afrobeats To The World — Radius , Chicago ; Movements / Tigers Jaw / Webbed Wing / Paerish — Rave / Eagles Club , Chicago ; Prof / Grip / Futuristic / Willie Wonka — Rave / Eagles Club , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Mark Leavelle ( Open Mic Comedy : Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Twisted Burlesque : Harley Go ' ightly / Clit Hardwood / Beaver Knievel — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials / Funky Mojo Band — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Uli Jon Roth — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; BoDeans — Rialto , Joliet ; Todd Rundgren — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Sematary / Buckshot / Anvil — Riviera , Chicago ; Black Oil Bros ./ Hoover Harley — Roberts Westside , Forest Park ; Freak on a Leash / Now I ' m Nothing / Hellbilly Deluxe — Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Milk N Blues — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Los Acosta — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Waxahatchee / Good Morning — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Michael Seyer / Sundiver Ca — Schubas , Chicago ; Danny Daze / Shaun J Wright / Posthuman — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Berhana / Asha Imuno — Space , Evanston ; 2000s Hip Hop Nite — Subterranean , Chicago ; Rich Aucoin / Oux — Subterranean , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Tailgaters , Chicago ; The Magnetic Fields — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — The Cadillac , Paxton , IL ; Anthem — Timber Lake Resort , Mount Carrol , IL ; Beta Dogs / Hilltop — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity — Vixen , McHenry ; Project Pay — WC Social , West Chicago ; Uroy & The Tropics — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Ian Fidance — Zanies , Chicago ; Justin Silva — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 21
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Greatest Piano Men — Arcada , St . Charles ; Drake White — Art Theatre , Hobart ; PÆR- ISH — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express & Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; The Dailies / Diagonal / Doghead — Burlington , Chicago ; Impractical Jokers — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Howie Day — City Winery , Chicago ; Rat Pack Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; First To Eleven / Daytona Beach 2000 — Cobra , Chicago ; Tri-Centric Experiencers Unit — Constellation , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Experience — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Max Look & The Breakers / Mezclado / Doc Mino — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Chicago Skyliner ' s Big Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Firewind / Edge of Paradise / Immortal Guardian / Hexxx — Forge , Joliet ; Evil Woman — Genesee , Waukegan ; Tony Rock — Improv , Schaumburg ; Alyssa Allgood CD Release / Kendrick Scott — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Dance Party + Brunch — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Hoyle Bros . ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Karen Shook Acoustic — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Raul Midón — Old Town School , Chicago ; David Morris / Jake Banfield — Rave / Eagles Club , Chicago ; Dillanoiz / Yung Sirc / MIGG — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Becky Robinson — Rialto , Joliet ; Meatbodies / Population II — Schubas , Chicago ; Queen !: Hanna aka Warren Harris / Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Slaughter Beach , Dog / Erin Rae — Space , Evanston ; Draggy Tingz — Subterranean , Chicago ; Giant Rooks — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; I Love The 80s — Vixen , McHenry ; Rebels in Stereo / The Tragedies / Dreadwolf — WC Social , West Chicago ; Ben Brainard — Zanies , Chicago .
MONDAY 22
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Clif Walace Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Shauna Dean Cokeland / Brye — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; ClubDrugs / Soft Lies / Ghost Days — Burlington , Chicago ; Howie Day — City Winery , Chicago ; Prathloons EP Release / Alta Vista / Gerfety — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Struggle Jennings / Lakeview — Forge , Joliet ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Read Leather — Schubas , Chicago ; Hiromi ' s Sonicwonder — Space , Evanston ; Chastity / Take Out the Blade — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Lake Shore Jive — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Joe Kigallon — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 23
Life ' s a Bit — Alive One , Chicago ; Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Zeno Camera / Wesley Wolffe / Anteeter — Burlington , Chicago ; Blaq Ice — City Winery , Chicago ; Silent Film Experience — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Louise Post / Slaznik — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Heartbyrne — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Oneohtrix Point Never — Metro , Chicago ; DJ & Bingo — Nellies , Palatine ; Jinjer — Rave / Eagles Club , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Dave Herrero — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Bodega — Schubas , Chicago ; Tommy Bravos / Josephine / Thair — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Hiromi ' s Sonicwonder — Space , Evanston ; Lovelytheband / Luke Wild — Subterranean , Chicago ; Sierra Ferrell / Cat Clyde — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Band with Sycamore HS — Venue , Aurora ; Dwayne Kennedy — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 24
Tom Cat Trumpet — Alive One , Chicago ; Heartbyrne / Birds of a Feather ( Talking Heads & Fish Tribute ) — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Abbey Road Beatles Show — Bourbon St ., Merrionette Pk .; Brother John Open Jam — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; Sulffffffer / Hayley Elizabeth / The World In Broken stimulate your senses .... with the finest instruments made .
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