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Ivan & Alyosha — Empty Bottle, Chicago; 34th Anniversary
Holiday Open House Featuring County Night/Axes Of Evil —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Holiday Trunk Show — Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Jason Jackson — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Nellie Tiger
Travis — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Way Down Wanderers/
Brother George/Hundred Heads — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Davy
Knowles/The Belvederes — Martyrs, Chicago; 2nd Nature —
Mayne Stage, Chicago; Mallory Lennon Duo — Metro Deli
Station, Chicago; Pusha T/ Mic Torrance & Eyezik — Mojoes,
Joliet; Open Mic with John Buschner — Nite Cap, Chicago;
George Winston — Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago;
Ephyra/Young Distractions/She Rides Tigers/Hong
KongDanger Duo/Moon Men — Quenchers, Chicago; Vicarious
Venues — Red Line Tap, Chicago; District 97/Luck Of Eden Hall
— Reggies Music Joint, Chicago; New Standard Jazz Orchestra —
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago; 7th Heaven — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; James Wheeler Blues Jam — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
#MIAParty/Alfonz Delamota/M1D1/Diotropics/Cosmo/Kode
X/MC Questionmark UK/Rifle MC/MC T.A.E. — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Pallbearer/Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago;
Kiesza — The MID, Chicago.
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Mama/Dumpster Babies — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bill
O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Kirk
Franklin’s Gospel Brunch/Chris Isaak — House Of Blues,
Chicago; Doublemint Mustache/The Coyotes/Black Markey
Democracy/Ther Bannermans — Live Wire, Chicago; Sam Fazio
Holiday Show — Mayne Stage, Chicago; The Browning/It Lies
Within/Annointing the Sick/Through the Ashes/The War In Me
— Mojoes, Joliet; Songs of Good Cheer — Old Town School Of
Folk Music, Chicago; Phantom Film Night — Quenchers, Chicago;
Jazz w/Mike Finnerty & The Heat Merchants — Red Line Tap,
Chicago; Simply Elton 80s Show/Ugly Radio Rebellion/Ike
Willis — Reggies, Chicago; Eric Guitar Davis Memorial Benefit —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Gabriel Iglesias — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Wandering Boys/Courage My Love — Schubas,
Chicago; Rahaan/Michael Serafini/Garrett David — Smart Bar,
Chicago.
MONDAY 15
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; Music & Wine: Rack And Riddler w/Serafin Alvarado
— City Winery, Chicago; Jackrabbit/False Hope Fades/The
Exalted Armada/Trap House — Double Door, Chicago; Snack
Attack Comedy Showcase — Elbo Room, Chicago; Exit
Verse/Pink Frost/Total Jams — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Best
Night Ever — GMan Tavern, Chicago; Michelle Chamuel/Trivial
Shields — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Louder Than A Mom — Martyrs,
Chicago; Over the Rhine/ Lily & Madeleine — Old Town School
Of Folk Music, Chicago; Improv Comedy/Open Mic — Quenchers,
Chicago; Open Mic — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Centro-Matic —
Schubas, Chicago; Industry Mondays — The MID, Chicago.
TUESDAY 16
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Charlie
Love Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Matt
Hendricks/Joanna Connor — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Delbert McClinton — City Winery, Chicago; Jo Dee Graham/Jon
Langford