MONDAY 31 JULY
Ted Nugent— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Free Salamander Exhibit / Cheer-Accident— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Zydeco Voodoo Band / Project Two Music— Bloody Mary Fest, Highwood; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Anthem— Cruisin’ Car Show, Lockport; Dim / Torture Love / Cocktail Twins DJ Set— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Corey Dennison / J. W. Williams and Chi- Town Hustlers— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Death Sentence / Air Raid / Advorsa / Predator / Sandy of Cannibal Abortion— Live Wire, Chicago; The Imperial Sound— Martyrs’, Chicago; Improv Night w / Sand & Spitballin’— Quenchers, Chicago; Bingo With Burke— Reggie’ s- Music Joint, Chicago; The National Parks / Max Subar— Schuba’ s, Chicago; Cash Box Kings— Space, Evanston; Dog Party— Subterranean, Chicago; Dead Sun / Pleasures of The Flesh / Richard Friction— The Burlington, Chicago; Patricia Barber Quartet— The Green Mill, Chicago; Weeds Poetry Open Mic— The Hideout, Chicago; Porn and Chicken— The Mid, Chicago.
TUESDAY 1 AUGUST
Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke / Jason Mizelle / Filmore— Bub City, Rosemont; Mike Dangeroux— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer— Chop Shop, Chicago; Phish Live From MSG Webcast— City Winery, Chicago; Nerdvana— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Cash Box Kings— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Skyla Burrell Band / Mike Wheeler— House Of Blues, Chicago; Jason Mizelle / Filmore— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Eddie Ifft— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Superfly Redneck— Mackell’ s Inn, Chicago; Jon Bellion / Max / Anthony Pavel— Metro, Chicago; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Poetry Open Mic— Quenchers, Chicago; Old Town Songwriter’ s Showcase— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto / Galen Weston Band— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Smooth Hound Smith / Christian Lopez— Schubas, Chicago; Marcia Ball Band / Ginger Bourbonnais & Beth Galiger— Space, Evanston; Mark McGuire— The Empty Bottle, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST
Highland Park Big Band Swing— 210 Music Lounge, Highwood; Gallagher / Artie Fletcher & JJ Walker— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Make Them Suffer / Enterprise Earth / Spite / TanZen— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby— Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Suicide Boys( Lolla Aftershow)— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Kevin Presbrey— Bub City, Chicago; Stone Ruckus— Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy’ s 81st Birthday Bash— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Porno for Pyro’ s Peter Destefano— Chop Shop, Chicago; Tiempo Libre— City Winery, Chicago; Nick Lynch— Concert Series, LaGrange Park; Kaytranada / Kweku Collins( Lolla Aftershow)— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Senn Alan Band— Cubby Bear, Chicago; David Paige & The Skyline— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Judy Roberts & Jeannie Lambert— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Jen Porter Band— Highwood Gourmet Market, Highwood; Big Break Auditions— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Temples / Declan McKenna— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Spoon / CRX— Metro, Chicago; Semple— Music In The Park, Lake Villa; Hillybilly Rockstarz / 3 If By Air / Razzemetazz— Northbrook Days, Northbrook; Liam Gallagher( Lolla Aftershow)/ Blossoms— Park West, Chicago; Open Mic w / Willie Max— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Trivia Night— QBar, Plano; Rad Payoff / Suaka / Svlphvrvs / Mine Collapse— Quenchers, Chicago; In One Ear Open Mic— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Hippo Campus / Remo Drive( Rock Club)/ Live Band Karaoke( Musi Joint)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Mondo Cosmo / Billy Raffoul( Lolla Aftershow)— Schubas, Chicago; Mutlu— Space, Evanston; Thirsty Boots Band— Summer Concert Series, Bolingbrook; Beggar’ s Banquet— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; The Drums / Stef Chura— The Empty Bottle, Chicago; Foster The People( Lolla Aftershow)/ Honne— The Vic, Chicago; Bifunkal & Friends— Tonic Room, Chicago.
THURSDAY 3 AUGUST
Derrick Procell & The Redeemers— 210 Music Lounge, Highwood; Shawn Mendes— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; The Fixx— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; King Shelter / The Evening Attraction / Beach Tiger / Max & The Mild Ones— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; DJ Nu Vintage & Mark Esses— Blarney Island, Antioch; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Visions of Santana— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The Pretty Reckless / Slothrust( Lolla Aftershow)— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; South City Revival— Bub City, Chicago; HiFi Superstar— Bub City, Rosemont; Xpression Band— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Andrew Leahey and The Homestead / Simpleton and Cityfolk— Chop Shop, Chicago; Ann Hampton Callaway— City Winery, Chicago; Minor Morals / Bad Blood— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Little Dragon( Lolla Aftershow)— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Friday Jackson / 4th Point— Coon Creek Country Days, Hampshire; The High Divers / The Kids Are Taking Over— Elbo
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Room, Chicago; The Great Crusades / Expo‘ 76— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Devon Gilfillian / Phantogram( Lolla Aftershow)/ Breezy Rodio— House Of Blues, Chicago; Crystal Castles( Lolla Aftershow)/ Pham / Farrows— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Muse / Lorde / Cage The Elephant / Wiz Khalifa / Porter Robinson / Liam Gallagher / Migos / Spoon / Lil Uzi Vert / Jon Bellion / George Ezra / Capital Cities / Kaytranada / Baauer / The Drums / A- Trak / Tritonal / Gryffin / CRX / Temples / Suidcideboys / Hippo Campus / Honne / Cheat Codes / Kevin Devine / Paper Diamond / Middle Kids / White Reaper / Jain / Oliver Tree / The O’ My’ s / Declan McKenna / Unlike Pluto / Atlas Genius / Arizona / Gibbz / Pham / Michael Blume / Elohim / Stanaj / Kweku Collins / Max / Gold Clap— Lollapalooza, Chicago; Blink 182 / ELOHIM— Metro, Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters / The House Banned— Northbrook Days, Northbrook; Tegan and Sara( Lolla Aftershow)/ Frenship— Park West, Chicago; Big Al Wetzel Band— Peanut Butter and Jam Concerts, Kenosha, WI; Prodigy R & B / Hip Hop Open Mic— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Live DJs— QBar, Glendale Heights; Live DJs— QBar, Plano; Narrow / Arrow / How It Burned / Sorespot / Coach, I’ m Gay— Quenchers, Chicago; The Stardust Big Band— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Cloud Nothings / Oozing Wound( Rock Club)/ Sowflow / Elementree Livity Project / The Concrete Roots( Music Joint)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Stateline— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; 52nd Street— Rockin’ The Park, Rosemont; 7th Heaven— Romeofest, Romeoville; 7th Heaven— Romeofest, Romeoville; Skott / Flor( Lolla Aftershow)— Schubas, Chicago; Matt the Electrician / Antje Duvekot— Space, Evanston; The Fairlanes— Summer Concert Series, Antioch; PUP Deeper— The Empty Bottle, Chicago; Ryan Adams( Lolla Aftershow)/ The Districts— The Vic, Chicago; Da $ Htone / Groovy Louie & The Time Capsules— Tonic Room, Chicago.
FRIDAY 4 AUGUST
Hoopla / Diana Lawrence— 210 Music Lounge, Highwood; Hans Zimmer— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; New World Men tribute to Rush— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Lurrie Bell— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Severed Ties / Ruptura / Acardia / Lies As We Speak— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Terrapin Flyer— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Seven Soul Band w / The Loop Rockers / Double Bill— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Hot Mulligan / Save Face / City Mouth / Short Handed / Furlough / Actuator— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Nick Lynch— Blarney Island, Antioch; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; EZFM / Crawpuppies— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Final Say— Blue Chip-Vegas Baby,
Michigan City, IN; Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness / Missio( Lolla Aftershow)— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Nick Bell Band— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Five Rounds— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Fletcher Rockwell— Bub City, Chicago; The Mantz Brothers— Bub City, Rosemont; Corey Dennison / Will Tillson— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Ricoquinn— Cheers, Midlothian; Kool Keith— Chop Shop, Chicago; Rachelle Ferrell— City Winery, Chicago; School of Rock Allstars— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Mac DeMarco( Lolla Aftershow)— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Hi Infidelity / Young Guns— Coon Creek Country Days, Hampshire; Arra / Back Country Roads— Crossroads Festival, Shorewood; DJ Little Lisa( Catfight)— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; James Picchiotti— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Ludlow / One More Moon / Down The Sea— Elbo Room, Chicago; Infinity / Kickin’ Jimmy— Endless Summer Festival, LaGrange; Sunset Strip— Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express / Jess Malin / Jenny Bienemann & Friends / The Giving Trio— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Strawdog— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; The Mix— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The Moods— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Vance Joy( Lolla Aftershow)/ Joanna Connor / Corey Dennison— House Of Blues, Chicago; Too White Crew / Covergurl— Jeff Fest, Chicago; Senn Alan Band— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Luke Pell w / Chris Karabas— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Leroy Winn— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos— Lake Villa Days, Lake Villa; Six To Midnight— Level 257, Schaumburg; Royal Blood( Lolla Aftershow)/ White Reaper— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Killers / Blink-182 / DJ Snake / Run The Jewels / Foster The People / Ryan Adams / Gramatik / Phantogram / Tegan & Sara / Crystal Castles / Kaleo / Little Dragon / 3Lau / Whitney / Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness / Majid Jordan / Getter / The Pretty Reckless / Slushii / Cloud Nothings / Jidenna / Mura Masa / Bishop Briggs / Ookay / The Districts / Pup / Moose Blood / Skott / The Lemon Twigs / Mondo Cozmo / San Holo / The Frights / Saint Jhn / Bibi Bourelly / Missio / Cobi / Moski / Slothrust / Allan Rayman / Frenship Harriet Brown / DJ Who / Jesse Malin / Caitlyn Smith— Lollapalooza, Chicago; Drumming All-Stars / Steve Smith & Todd Sucherman— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Joker( Record Release)— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Cowboy Jukebox— Nikko’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Breakfast Club / Big Sugar / School of Rock— North Aurora Days, North Aurora; Mr. Blotto / Harry & Peter Project / Suede Fringe— Northbrook Days, Northbrook; The Shelters( Lolla Aftershow)— Park West, Chicago; Victorian Halls— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Just Enuff— Porter’ s Pub, Elgin; Live DJs
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