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continued from page 38 Lightbody — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Soup & Whiskey — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; King Louie — The Forge , Joliet ; Delta Rising — The Gambler , McHenry ; St . Stephen ’ s Green — The Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; Tripolar Breakdown — The Lone Buffalo , Ottawa ; Wolfgang Gartner — The Mid , Chicago ; One Hott Mess — The Sandlot , Chicago ; DJ / Karaoke w / Karoake Zach — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; The Rockin ’ Eldorados — White Eagle , Niles ; Whiskey & Harmony — Worth Days , Worth ; Tall Paul & River Country — Zach ’ s On Tap , Palos Heights ; Bobby Dunne Trio — Zachary ’ s Bar , Palos Heights .
SUNDAY 26 AUGUST
Jan & Dean ’ s Beach Party w / Dean Torrence — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Smokin ’ Gunz / Back Country Roads / Dixie Crush — Bannerman ’ s , Bartlett ; Matamoska / The Circle City Deacons / The Bank Notes — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Ask Jimmy — Blarney Island , Antioch ; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Mr . Smooth Legend Show / Jared Knox & The Hager Bombs — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Lounge Puppets — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Scott Dubose / Jason Sturmon — Bub City , Chicago ; The Paranoid Style / David Singer & The Sweet Science / Amy Rigby / Lay Chickie / Allegra Malone & The Revival / The Arts of Life Band — Bucktown Arts Festival , Chicago ; Smiley Tillmon / Kate Moss — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Libido Funk Circus — Captain ’ s Quarters , Antioch ; Justin Hayward / Michael Dawes — City Winery , Chicago ; Journeyman / Howard & The White Boys / Pistol Pete — Corn Fest , DeKalb ; Bluegrass Brunch w / Patrik , Aaron & Eli / The Rhythm Rockets — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; British Buddy Alumni Band w / Frieda Lee — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; Mike Talbot — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Doktu Rhute / Lil Baby / Mike Wheeler / Gospel Brunch — House of Blues , Chicago ; Blues Jam w / Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Empty Bottle Presents : Prefuse 73 / The Men / Palm / Chancha Via Circuito / Glyders / Quareter Mile Thunder / Pool Holograph / The Family Gold / Longface / Bloom — Logan Square Food Truck Social , Chicago ; The Aunt Janet Band — Niko ’ s Red Mill Tavern , Woodstock ; The Meteors — Pheasant Run Mainstage , St . Charles ; Voodoo Threauxdown w / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Cory Branan / David Dondero — Schubas , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — St . Albert The Great Carnival , Burbank ; Bands TBA — Taste of Greektown , Chicago ; Check With Lucy / Railheart — Taste of Highland Park , Highland Park ; Michael Ian Black — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Stevie Craig — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; DJ / Karaoke w / Karoake Zach — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Kashmir — Worth Days , Worth ; Taylor Street — Zach ’ s On Tap , Palos Heights .
MONDAY 27
Dae from Love & Money — Base Camp , Lisle ; Luke Pytel Blues
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Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Peter Joly Band / The James Wagner Band / The Menards / The Frizz / Dharma — Bucktown Arts Festival , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; The Lotus Kings w / Cecy Santana — City Winery , Chicago ; Hello Weekend — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Nigel Mack / Joanna Connor — House of Blues , Chicago ; Corey Dennison / JW Williams — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Tom Walker / Kelsey Wild — Schubas , Chicago .
TUESDAY 28
Trivia Nite w / Pat O ’ Malley — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Rosemont ; Watermelon Slim — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Louis Prima Jr . & The Witnesses — City Winery , Chicago ; Steel Pulse / Tribal Seeds — Concord , Chicago ; 97 Nine — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Open Mic — Empire , Naperville ; Open Mic — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; Studebaker John / Mike Wheeler — House of Blues , Chicago ; Joanna Connor / Mike Wheeler w / Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Lyle Lovett & His Large Band — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Tombs / Barishi — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Peter Bradley Adams — Schubas , Chicago ; Ziggy Marley — Thalia Hall , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 29
Orbert Davis Chicago Jazz Philharmonic : Legends & Lions @ Pritzker Pavilion — 40th Annual Jazz Festival , Chicago ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lauren Mitchell — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Jeff Bradshaw & Friends Feat . Glenn Lewis & Teedra Moses — City Winery , Chicago ; Mer ’ s Music Showcase — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; We Banjo 3 — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Trivia Night — Empire , Naperville ; Goodnight , Texas / Greg Dudzienski Trio — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; Jim Hay Strawdawg Acoustic — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Breaking Benjamin / Five Finger Death Punch — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater , Tinley Park ; Funky Mojo Daddy / Keithen Banks — House of Blues , Chicago ; Corey Dennison / Giles Corey — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Harlan Terson Duet — Lincoln Park Zoo , Chicago ; R-Gang — Morton Arboretum Concerts , Lisle ; Jerry Medina y La Banda — Old Town School , Chicago ; Davido — Park West , Chicago ; Karaoke — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Abigail Williams / Ghost Bath / Wolvhammer — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Nicholas Barron Band — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Jackie Venson — Schubas , Chicago ; Wayne Messmer — Summer Concert Series , Bolingbrook ; Powerglove — The Forge , Joliet .
THURSDAY 30
Kurt Elling / Nicole Mitchell & Mandorla Awakening / Geof Bradfield Nonet / Second Line Procession / Chicago Jazz Philharmonic ( Pritzker Pavilion ); Miyumi Project , Jazz /
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Beat / Great Black Music Ensemble / Mindeman / Hall / Sommers Trio ( Cassidy Theater ); Chicago Cellar Boys / Paul Giallorenzo Trio / Carmes Stokes Quartet / Ernie Adams Improvisation ( Preston Bradley Hall ) — 40th Annual Jazz Festival , Chicago ; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; L . A . Witch / Moonwalks / Pussy Foot — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Blarney Island , Antioch ; Luke Pytel / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Return2Soul — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; The Bama Lamas — Brauer House , Lombard ; Nathan Dean & The Damn Band — Bub City , Chicago ; 97Nine — Bub City , Rosemont ; The Cash Box Kings — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Scott Sedlacek / Voices Found / Awesomemonsters Live / It ’ s ... Burlesque / Central Open / Mashmallow Party / Bands Central / — Chicago Fringe Festival @ Jefferson Park , Chicago ; Pedro Capo — City Winery , Chicago ; Eminem Night — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Country Night in Berwyn / Scott Ligon ’ s All-Star Freakout — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; JD Kosyk — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Open Mic — HOME Bar , Arlington Heights ; Just Janet & I — Houlihan ’ s , Algonquin ; Makena Hartlin — Houlihan ’ s , Orland Park ; Who ’ s Bad : Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute / Chicago Slim & Friends / Chicago Blues All Stars / Burlesque & Variety Show — House of Blues , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Olivia Gatwood / Joaquina Mertz / Raych Jackson — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Bert ’ s Revenge — Nevin ’ s , Plainfield ; The Hat Guys — Peanut Butter & Jam Concerts , Kenosha , WI ; Prodigy Open Mic Night — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; DJs Chris Ullrich & Ian Spacee — Q Bar , Darien ; John Hiatt & The Goners / Sonny Landreth — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Persephone / Manticora — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; James Wheeler Blues Jam — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Bad Gyal — Schubas , Chicago ; Round Robin — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Crosstown Traffic Patio Concert — The Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; Patrick Gemkow Acoustic — The Sandlot , Chicago ; DJ / Karaoke w / Karoake Zach — Uptown Lounge , Chicago . |
FRIDAY 31
Twista / Shaggy / Seun Kuti & The Egypt 80 Band — 28th African Festival of The Arts @ Washington Park , Chicago ; Louis Hayes Quintet / Dianne Reeves / Sabertooth Orang Quartet 25th Anniversary / Big Shoulders Brass Band @ Pritzker Pavilion / Million Brazilian Project w / Sarah Marie Young & Guy King @ Chase Promenade ; Gret Ward & 10 Tongues / Chris Speed Trio / Quin Kirchner Quartet / Junius Paul Quartet @ Von Freeman Pavilion — 40th Annual Jazz Festival , Chicago ; Zebra ! — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Michael Riser — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; LVL Up — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Trippin ’ Billies — Blarney Island , Antioch ; Mike Wheeler / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Zane ’ s Way — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; The Delta Bombers / Bailey Dee / The Gravetones — Brauer House , Lombard ; Anthony Gomes — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Nathan Dean & The Damn Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Simple Remedy — Bub City , Rosemont ; The Original
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Chicago Blues All-Stars / JB Ritchie — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Euphoria Band / Suburban Cowboys / Tanglewood / Andrew Blendermann — Buffalo Grove Days , Buffalo Grove ; Scott Sedlacek / Voices Found / Awesomemonsters Live / It ’ s ... Burlesque / Central Open / Mashmallow Party / Bands Central / — Chicago Fringe Festival @ Jefferson Park , Chicago ; Midwest Live & Loud 2018 — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Concrete Roots / Signal the Launch / Personal Blend — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Doug Bardolph — Doc ’ s Victory Pub , Elmhurst ; Deja Vu — Dock ’ s Bar , Wauconda ; Murph — Eaglewood Resort , Itasca ; 90 ’ s Throwback — Empire , Naperville ; Big Suit : Tribute to The Talking Heads / Cannonball — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; Havana Nights / Paul Decker / DJ B3 — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Free Fallin ’/ Rico / The 17th Floor / South of Disorder / Smiley Tillmon Band / Aniba Hotep & The Soul Collective / Bassel & The Supernaturals / Little Big Fat / School of Rock / Buffalo Rose and more — Great American Lobster Fest @ Navy Pier , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Gruben ’ s Uptown Tap , Plainfield ; Handful of Peter — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Paulie & The Shakers — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Final Say — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; John Primer — House of Blues , Chicago ; Vito Zatto Show — Incontro A Tavola , S . Barrington ; Simple Remedy — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Feel Good Country Boys — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; Dana French — Kennedy Pointe , Bristol ; Larry McCray / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Lance Bass / OTown / Aaron Carter / Ryan Cabrera / Tyler Hilton — Last Fling , Naperville ; Joe Fascetta — Level 257 , Schaumburg ; Tynan / This is It — Maria SS Lauretana Society Festival , Niles ; Libido Funk Circus — Niko ’ s Red Mill Tavern , Woodstock ; Miguel / Axwell Ingrosso / Snails / DVSN / Smokepurpp / Juice Wrld / Too Many Zooz / Barclay Crenshaw / Two Friends / Drezo / Bryce Vine / Monte Booker / Beak Nasty / Takerover / The Cool Kids / Iris Temple / Vic Lloyd / Babes Only / Marty Mars / Pachanga / DJ King Marie / Kaina & Sen Morimoto / Esquire — North Coast Festival , Chicago ; Dave Eno Smooth Rockin ’ Jazz — Pearce ’ s Pub , Oswego ; Jason Stone — Pheasant Run Mainstage , St . Charles ; Live Music — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Culture Club / The B-52 ’ s / Thompson Twins w / Tom Bailey — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Venom Inc ./ Metalfier / Sons of Famine — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Lurrie Bell Blues Band — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; DJ Ranger — Shakers , Ottawa ; Prairie Station — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Libido Funk Circus / Neverly Brothers / One Foot In The Groove / Out of Storage / Prissillas / The Student Bodies / Take Five / The Hat Guys / Think Floyd USA / Tributosaurus / 28 Days / Ampol Aires / Beggars Banquet / D Street Band / Gentleman of Leisure / Jailbreak Chicago / Keith Gras & Polka / Confetti / Lisa Renee Band — Taste of Polonia , Chicago ; Giorgio Moroder / Little Boots — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; The Baked Potatoes — The Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; Space Bastards — The Sandlot , Chicago ; DJ / Karaoke w / Karoake Zach — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Jack Miuccio — White Eagle , Niles ; Hi-Fi Stereotypes — Zach ’ s On Tap , Palos Heights . |
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PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF : JOURNEY , BOSTON , STYX , VAN HALEN , BON JOVI , DEF LEPPARD , AEROSMITH AND MORE ...
" Voted Best Classic Rock Band In A Local Reader ' s Poll - 4 years in row "
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