MONDAY 1 AUGUST
Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Buddy Guy’ s 80th Birthday Bash— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Chicago Jazz Orchestra w / Dee Alexander— City Winery, Chicago; The Fort Awesome Band— Cruisin’ Into Lockport, Lockport; Run Forrest Run— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Post Animal / The Voluptuals / Siamese / Slow Pulp / Psychic Nurse— Double Door, Chicago; Buzzed Spelling Bee— Elbo Room, Chicago; Guy King / Skyla Burrell— House of Blues, Chicago; Kilgubbin Brothers / The Black Horse Pikes— Martyrs’, Chicago; Improv Night w / Sand & Spitballin’/ Open Mic— Quenchers, Chicago; Unmanned Ship / Dogs In Ecstasy / Rezn / Job— Schuba’ s, Chicago; Redgrave / Modality / Still Machine— The Burlington, Chicago; Robbie Fulks— The Hideout, Chicago; The Apollo Affair— The Tree, Joliet; Hungry Man / Out / Petrillo / Small Awesome— Township, Chicago; Lollipop Band— Trio, Palos Heights; Open Mic— World of Beer, Naperville.
TUESDAY 2
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Live Music TBA— Art dans la Rue, Oak Park; The Acacia Strain / Oceano / Knocked Loose / Vctms / Orinoco— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; School of Rock Gives Back / Dalton Rapattoni— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Dave Specter— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; El DeBarge— City Winery, Chicago; Run Forrest Run— Cubby Bear, Chicago; King Lil G— Double Door, Chicago; Quiet Hollers / Maks The Fox / Katie Boeck— Elbo Room, Chicago; Lovely Little Girls / Shellshag / Pookie & Poodlez— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bluesday Tuesday w / Guy King / Open Mic— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Mike Wheeler / Anni Piper / Sessions w / Daniel Peters / Comedy Cocktail— House of Blues, Chicago; Grace Beechy Music— JW Hollsteins, Tinley Park; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Open Mic— Quenchers, Chicago; Mr. Blotto / Planetary Blues— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Pete Galanis / Dave Herero— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Petty Crimes / Joe Bordenaro & The Late Bloomers / Sleeping Jesus / Junkee Girl— Schuba’ s, Chicago; Jam Night— Star Bar, Chicago Ridge; Gina Glocksen Band— Summer Concert Series, Downers Grove; Mighty Wheelhouse— Summer Concert Series, Mundelein; Antlr’ d / Lightpole / Bucket Brigade— The Burlington, Chicago; Faun Fables / Jay Jayle— The Hideout, Chicago; Lollipop Band— Trio, Palos Heights; Rookie of the Year / Goodnight Moon— Wire, Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 3
Ted Nugent— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Deshawn Flaire( Album Release)/ Brittany Nacole / The King of Mars— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Albert Castiglia Band— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Bettye LaVette / Comedy & Wine w / Patrick Ney— City Winery, Chicago; DuPage Band— Concert on the Commons, Warrenville; Shindig— Concerts in the Park, Barrington; Teddy Lee Orchestra— Concerts Series, Bolingbrook; The Summer Slaughter Tour w / Cannibal Corpse / Nile / After The Burial / Suffocation / Carnifex / Revocation / Krisiun / Slaughter To Prevail / Ingested / Enterprise Earth— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Sectionals / Everyone Says / The Typical— Double Door, Chicago; Karthick Iyer / Motel Raphael / Open Mic— Elbo Room, Chicago; Esme Patterson / The Awful Truth / Nightfade— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sidebar Sessions w / Jeannie Lambert & Judy Roberts— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Rachmaninov Rhapsody— Grant Park Music Fesitval @ Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago; Tributosaurus Becomes... Supertramp— Martyrs’, Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstarz— Music in The Park, Bensenville; Bella Cain / Tabasko Sound Kitchen / Derrick Procell— Northbrook Days, Northbrook; Agents of Change / Jesse Alexander / Oh Me Oh My / Bluebirds— Quenchers, Chicago; Planning For Burial / Magick Potion / Varaha— Reggie’ s, Chicago; The Renegades / Safety Squad— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Giles Corey— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Melissa Brooks & The Aquadolls / Troy Anderson / The Greeters— Schuba’ s, Chicago; Soda Jerks— St. Donatus Parish Fest, Blue Island; Wye Oak / Tuskha— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Marianne Sullivan Open Mic— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Lollipop Band— Trio, Palos Heights; Prince Tribute Party— Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
THURSDAY 4
Tommy Muellner & Stephanie Aaron— 210 Bar, Highwood; Liberty’ s Teeth— Algonquin Summer Concerts, Algonquin; Blooze Brothers— Antioch Summer Concerts, Antioch; 1976— Arbortheater Concerts, Vernon Hills; Songwriter’ s Showcase— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Thrift Store Halo— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Nonzoo / Hit School / Bully In The Hallway / Black Hole Youth— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Six Speed Tranny— Blarney Island, Antioch; Maurice John Vaughan / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Muddsharks— Blue Chip Casino- Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The Alder Kings— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Guy King— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Windy City
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Dueling Pianos— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Scythian Feat. Trinity School of Dance / Comedy & Wine w / Patrick Ney— City Winery, Chicago; Mr. Myers— Concert in The Park, Plainfield; Second Hand Soul Band— Concert in the Park, Hoffman Estates; Spoken Four— Concert in the Park, N. Riverside; The White Saddle Band— Concert in the Park, Roselle; Wild Daisy— Concert in the Park, St. Charles; Arra / New Odyssey-3Guys— Coon Creek Days, Hampshire; Absolutely Delicious— Cruisin’ Night, Westmont; Leeloo Dallas / Lever / Teach The Fire / The Clowder— Double Door, Chicago; Gaelic Storm— Durty Nellies, Palatine; We The Fierce( EP Release)/ Mason’ s Case / Audiobakery / Shark Fin Soup / Jerry Oliver— Elbo Room, Chicago; Cale Young / Quinn Tsan / Kevin Andrew Prchal— Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Shapeshifter Tour w / Smile Empty Soul / Romantic Rebel / Shallow Side / The Everyday Losers / Jimi Falls— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Bopology— Hot Summer Nights, Glencoe; 3AM— Kanakee County Fair, Kankakee; Elizabeth Cook / Derek Hoke— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Donnis Trio / Big C Jamboree / Tikis— Martyrs’, Chicago; The Willis Clan / Caroline Kole— McHenry County Fair, Oak Park; Corinne Baily Rae— Metro, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos— Music in The Park, Lindenhurst; Mission Improv-able— Night at the Bowl, Wilmette; Open Mic with John Buschner— Nite Cap, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos / Diva / Mariachi Band— Northbrook Days, Northbrook; Those Damn Accordians— Peanut Butter & Jam Concert Series, Kenosha, WI; OMT— Promenade Concerts, Bolingbrook; 40,000 Headmen— Ravinia Artisans Market, Highland Park; Demrick / DJ Hoppa / Jahni Denver / Oliver Spits / Marley B / Solosam / Manwolves / High Five / Cookup Cam— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstarz— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Deacon Blues— Rock N’ Wheels, Addison; Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress— Rockin In The Park, Rosemont; Mike & Joe / Lights Out Chicago— RomeoFest, Romeoville; Melody Angel / James Wheeler Blues Jam w / Lil Ed Williams— Rosa’ s, Chicago; RIC AB Concert Series / Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds / Kolars— Schuba’ s, Chicago; DJ SJ / Jena Max— Smart Bar, Chicago; The Fortunate Sons— Sounds of Summer, Arlington Heights; La Obra— St. Donatus Parish Fest, Blue Island; Chicago Experience— Summer Concerts, Carol Stream; Tom Carey Band— Summer Concerts, Wauconda; FM Stars— Sunset Soiree, Lemont; Jesse W. Johnson & Coyote Scream / Sadie & The Stark / She Rides Tigers— The Burlington, Chicago; The Down Hill Strugglers— The Hideout, Chicago; Lollipop Band— Trio, Palos Heights; Ear Candy— Uniquely Thursday Concert in the Park, Hinsdale; Walter“ Wolfman” Washington— WDCB Jazz Series, Glen Ellyn; Vince Mammoser— Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 5
Chicago Mike Beck— 210 Bar, Highwood; The Purple Xperience Prince Tribute— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Gingers— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Fool House— Bar 145, Mt. Prospect; Jason Jackson— Bar Louie, Oak Brook Terrace; Mighty Joe— Bar Louie, Skokie; Like Rats / Endmember / Young & Dead / Dethbeds— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; In The Stix— Blarney Island, Antioch; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Visions of Santana / Crawpuppies— Blue Chip Casino- Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Vance Guitar Kelly— BLUES, Chicago; Soft Speaker / Cassettes On Tape / 8-Bit Creeps / Blind Moon— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; B-Side Players / Tribute to Curtis Mayfield— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Sonic7— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Biscuit Miller w / Joe Lewis— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; American English / Run Forrest Run / R Gang / Polkaholics / Foolhouse— Chicago Hot Dog Fest, Chicago; Karaoke— Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; Will Hoge w / Brian Dunne— City Winery, Chicago; The Doo Wop Project— Concert in The Park, Glen Ellyn; Soda— Concert in The Park, Lombard; The Stingrays— Concerts in The Park, Niles; Rumor Hazit / Whiskey Romance— Coon Creek Days, Hampshire; Piper Road Spring Band— Courtyard Concerts, Waukegan; Libido Funk Circus / Brass From The Past— Crossroads Festival, Shorewood; Hot Rocks— Cruise Night, Roselle; Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Miguel Garza— Cuzin’ s Pub, Midlothian; Dixie Crush— Dock’ s Bar, Wauconda; The Bank Notes / Brandon James / Dear Dario / Furious Frank / Western Automatic / Night Fever— Double Door, Chicago; Craig Scott / Funkstastic— Durty Nellies, Palatine; Jillian Somera & The Beta Option / Above All / Intisaar & Johndus Beckman— Elbo Room, Chicago; Hard Country Honky Tonk w / Hoyle Brothers / New Madrid / The Tomblands / Luke Henry & Rabbitfoot— Empty Bottle, Chicago; 16 Candles / Big Wheel— Endless Summer Fest, LaGrange; Cheap Trick— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Sushi Roll— Four Winds Casino- Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; Falcor / Dibiase / Los Gem— GMan Tavern, Chicago; Dr. Feelgood & The 80’ s Babies— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Mozart Mass in C Minor— Grant Park Music Fesitval @ Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago; Second Time Around— Hawthorn Woods Concerts, Lake Zurich; Deja Vu— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Whiskey Road— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Art of Rap Festival— Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; King Michael-Michael Jackson Experience— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; The Island Dwellers— House of Blues, Chicago; The Mersey Beatles / Windy City Rev Ups( Roof)— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago;
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