Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, September listings by August 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 751-5051, or
e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
THURSDAY 31 JULY
School Of Rock Allstars — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; VItto Zatto
Show — Beelow’s , Lake Zurich; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee — Bella
Mia, Midlothian; Deja Vu — Blue Chip Rocks, Michigan City, IN;
Rockin’ Eddie’s Blues Jam — Bobby McGee’s, Chicago Ridge;
Eddie Taylor Jr./Matt Hendricks/Johnny Rawls Band — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Rock Of Ages — Carlucci, Downers
Grove; Jill Sobule — City Winery, Chicago; Charles Gayle —
Constellation, Chicago; Tricky Mission — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Ryan Beatty/Derringer & Rye — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Blood
Orange/Ratking — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Expo’76/Country
Night w/The Knessels & Terry White — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Paul Martin — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Broken Bells/Wild Cub —
House Of Blues, Chicago; Joey Saye — Landshark Beer Garden
Navy Pier, Chicago; Portugal. The Man/Royal Blood — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; whysowhite/Kansas Bible Company/Woo Park —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Grouplove/Joywave — Metro, Chicago; Kevin
Presbrey Duo — Metro Deli Station, Chicago; Kooks/Clara-Nova
— Park West, Chicago; The Clash “London Calling”/Joy Division
“Closer” — Reggie’s Music Joint, Chicago; Blooze Brothers —
Summer Concerts, Antioch; Dead Fingers/Hartford/Focht — The
Hideout, Chicago; CHVRCHES/Panama — The Vic, Chicago;
Sorry For Partying — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
Coop/EGi/The Funky Nuggets — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Eric
Johnson — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Cruel Melody/Soul
Patch Monkey — Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Placebo Effect —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Word To Your Mother — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; School Of Rock Allstars — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Yabba
Griffiths — Black Finn American Grill , Mt. Prospect; Mr.
Blotto/Herbert Wiser Band — Blarney Island, Antioch; Shirley
Johnson Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Radio Tokyo —
Blue Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Jimmy Johnson/Rico
McFarland/Big Ray — BLUES on Halsted, Chicago; Gone
Country — Bobby McGee’s, Chicago Ridge; Bombay Bicycle
Club/Bear Hands — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Evil Beaver —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Cee Cee James/Lawuandia — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Kate Nash w/Meg Myers — City Winery,
Chicago; Gramatik/Hero Bust — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Lounge Puppets — Coon Creek Days, Hampshire; Infinity —
County Fair, McHenry; Pale Horseman/Sacred Monster/
Shifting Totem/Central Disorder — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Mosquitos — Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; Phosphorescent/
Papa — Double Door, Chicago; Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress
— Durty Nellies, Palatine; Michael Laechel/Natalie Duke/Arc
Impulse/Knight Of Round/Time Crash — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Hoyle Brothers/Parquet Courts/Running — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Deacon Blues — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Crobot/Dory
Drive/Alterra Tale — Freakster’s Roadhouse, Pontiac, IL;
Whiskey Romance Band — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Head And
The Heart/Vance Joy — House Of Blues, Chicago; Sunday Best
w/Brother Trouble — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Classical Blast — JW
Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Lurrie Bell/Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Typhoon/Desert Noises — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Eminem/Arctic Monkeys/Lorde/Zedd/Above &
Beyond/Broken Bells/Interpol/Lykke Li/Phantogram/
Chvrches/The Glitch Mob/Iggy Azalea/AFI — Lollapalooza,
Chicago; Just Enuff — Luigi’s, Aurora; Kinsey Sicks In
Americas/Next Top Bachelor/Housewife Celebrity/Hoarder
Makeover Star Gone Wild — Mayne Stage, Chicago;
Spoon/Wildcat! Wildcat! — Metro, Chicago; Electric Es