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Chicago; Derringer & Rye — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; James
Libera — Niko’s Lodge, Algonquin; Moonlight Cocktail Music —
Porter’s Pub, Elgin; Punktastic Holiday Party w/The Sky We
Scrape/Rapids/Bagheera/In Exile — Quenchers, Chicago;
Flabby Hoffman Show — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Pete Berwick —
Reef Point, Racine, WI; PJ & Soul (late) — Reggies Music Joint,
Chicago; Von Stranz/The Skull/Mount Salem — Reggies Rock
Club, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
London Calling/All Mods Conned — Schubas, Chicago;
Matrixxman/Jacob Meehan/Michael Serafini — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Recycle The Day — Strike & Spare II, Lockport; Lincoln
Lodge/Owls — Subterranean, Chicago; Ear Candy — Sullivan’s
Irish Pub, Midlothian; Hillbilly Rockstarz/Gone Country —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Jonathan Polit — The Black Thorn Grille,
Lake Villa; Alex & The All Stars — The Gambler, McHenry; North
Poles — The Irish Patriot, Orland Park; Party Favor/Meaux Green
— The MID, Chicago; Dr. Feelgood — World Of Beer, Evanston.
SATURDAY 20
Kashmir — 27 Live, Evanston; Christmas w/The Beetles Feat.
Meet The Beetles/Ringer Star/Danny Donuts/Jantsen/Love
And Light/Kyral x Banko/M.O.B. — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Robin
Zander Band — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Big Trouble — Bada
Brew, Crest Hill; Breakfast Club — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
Slaves/Malfacha/Nahuales Underground — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Peter Oprisko — Bella Mia, Midlothian; John
PrimerBand w/Peaches — Blue Chicago, Chicago; B.B.I. — Blue
Chip Rocks, Michigan City, IN; Naked Karate Girls — Blue ChipVegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Lounge Puppets — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Bubba Sparxx/Mood Swangz/DJ
Handz — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Mike Wheeler/DIamond Jim
Greene/Jon McDonald/Billy Branch — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Dirty Water — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Niche
Trio — Carlucci, Downers Grove; Tab Benoit — City Winery,
Chicago; Hemispheres — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Alexis Y Fido
& K. Rose Live — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Parlour Tapes —
Constellation, Chicago; According To Sarah & Hello Weekend —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Deja Vu — Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda;
Soul Summit Free Dance Party: DJ’s Sloppy White/Dave Mata
& Duke Grip — Double Door, Chicago; Born Of Osris (early) (all
ages) — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench
Press — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Jordan Cox/Fresh Intellect/
Zach Glasbrenner Standup Comedy/Bits & Beats w/Barragoon
— Elbo Room, Chicago; Snow Angels — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Redmonds/Duct Tape Band/Dana French — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Mike & Joe — Fuel Room, Libertyville; Tynan — Heroes
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns Band/Claudette Miller —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Eddie Taylor Jr./Brother John Hosts The
Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Michael McDermott
w/Anne Heaton — City Winery, Chicago; 24th Annual Winter
Solstice Concert — Constellation, Chicago; Lagartha/Jay Jayle —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; American Grizzly/RON/Green Marsh
Friends — Martyrs, Chicago; Improv Comedy/Open Mic —
Quenchers, Chicago; Open Mic — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Diana
& The Dishes — Schubas, Chicago; Hip Hop Open Mic —
Subterranean, Chicago; Light Em Up Industry Christmas Party
— The MID, Chicago.
West, Joliet; Soda — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Holiday Nights
w/Jhene Aiko /SZA — House Of Blues, Chicago; 16 Candles —
Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Big James — Kingston Mines, Chicago; I
Fight Dragons/Fantastic Mammals/Random Encounter —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Just Enuff — Luigi’s, Plainfield; Sun
Stereo/Bumpus — Martyrs, Chicago; Amy Lowe Kids Show (early
show) — Mayne Stage, Chicago; We Carol Lot: Downwrite
Holiday Show Feat: Matt Pryor/William Beckett/Mike
Kinsella/Tim Kasher/Mark Rose/Bob Nanna/Jon Walker —
Metro, Chicago; A State of Trap ft. Ookay/Animale/Skyler
Shores, JSquared (17 & Up) — Mojoes, Joliet; Erik Donner —
Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Nation Wu World Radio (WuTang) Hip Hop Showcase — Penny Road Pub, Chicago; Big
Dammit Holiday Party w/Homer Marrs & The Excellent
Adventure/McFabulous/Corey Willis — Quenchers, Chicago;
David Costa/Brandon Fox Project — Reggies, Chicago; Melvin
Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Mannheim
Steamroller Christmas — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Libido
Funk Circus — Sideouts, Island Lake; Justin Long/Sevron/
Bezier — Smart Bar, Chicago; St. Millie — Subterranean,
Chicago; Time Line — Sullivan’s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Poison’d
Crue — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; 413 — The Gambler, McHenry;
Chicks With Picks — The Irish Patriot, Orland Park; Nightmare
Before XMas Fashion Show — The MID, Chicago; FM Stars —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; HiFi Superstar — World Of Beer,
Evanston.
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Charlie
Love Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Knockout Kid/The Timmy’s/A Brighter Life — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Matt Hendricks/Jimmy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Michael McDermott w/Anne Heaton — City
Winery, Chicago; 24th Annual Winter Solstice Concert —
Constellation, Chicago; Trap House — Double Door, Chicago; G
Creature/Mad Syndicate/Goat Motor/JD3/Dave Tamkin — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Open Mic — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Moth
StorySLAM — Martyrs, Chicago; Mudflapps/Medicine Bear &
The Herbal Remedies — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto —
Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; J1S — Schubas, Chicago.
SUNDAY 21
WEDNESDAY 24
Robin Zander Band — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Nellie Tiger Travis Band
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Nicholas Barron/Vino Louden —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Westies’ Record Release
w/Nicholas Tremulis — City Winery, Chicago; 24th Annual
Winter Solstice Concert — Constellation, Chicago; Dirty Dirty
Dollars/DJ Supernova — Double Door, Chicago; Starfall
Orchestra — Durty Nellies, Palatine; The Quiet Things/Castle Of
Lions/Westwood/Brede Baldwin/Corey Kennedy — Elbo Room,
Chicago; All Chili Considered — Empty