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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