Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, January listings by December 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 717-5666, or
e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
MONDAY 1
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry
Johns Band/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Eddie
Taylor Jr./Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Fear No Art Presents:The Dinner Party — City Winery,
Chicago; Peep Show — Constellation, Chicago; Ne-Hi/
Landmarks/The Hecks/StarTropics — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Best Night Ever — GMan Tavern, Chicago; Rise Against/Royal
Blood — House Of Blues, Chicago; Robert DeLong — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Outset/The Unknown New/Bob Kessler/Paul
Dietrich Quartet — Martyrs, Chicago; Deathscribe 2014:
Festival of Horror Radio Plays — Mayne Stage, Chicago;
DeadEnd Comedy — Penny Road Pub, Chicago; Improv Comedy/
Open Mic — Quenchers, Chicago; Open Mic — Red Line Tap,
Chicago; Mike Golden & Friends — Schubas, Chicago;
Communion/Gnar Wave Rangers/White Bronco — The
Burlington, Chicago; Industry Mondays — The MID, Chicago.
TUESDAY 2
Open Mic — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Chicago Underground Comedy
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Charlie Love Band/Demetria Taylor —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Carlos Johnson w/Bill Dickens — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; St. Vincent/Future Islands — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Nick Cave 20,000 Days On Earth Movie
Screening — City Winery, Chicago; Trap House — Double Door,
Chicago; Gunner And Smith/Simeon Pebbler/Jesse O’Neil —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Moritat/Axons/Spaces Of Disappearance
/Zigtebra — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Pecha Jucha Vol. 32 — Martyrs, Chicago; TheMoth —
Park West, Chicago; Chocolate Cake For Breakfast/Wit Rabbit
Reading Series — Quenchers, Chicago; Mudflapps/Claudio
Conti — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago;
Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Full Contact
Karaoke — Schubas, Chicago; Hip Hop Open Mic —
Subterranean, Chicago; Solt/Sam Wagster & Kent Lambert —
The Burlington, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 3
Open Mic with John-O — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Slice
Series: Owen Davis/Jessica Cornish/American Wrestlers —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams/Lauretha Weathersby —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Nick Thomas Of The Spill Canvas/My
Body Sings Electric — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Open Mic —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Judson Brown — Bub City, Chicago;
Anthony Moser/Eddie Taylor Jr./Dave Specter/Howard & The
White Boy