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e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER
Weezer — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Edgar Winter Band w/Cool
Rockin’ Daddies Feat. D irty Dan Buck — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Songwriter’s Showcase — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Bally’s
Got Talent: Auditions — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The
Men/Vamos/The Peekaboos/Fitness — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Mixed Company/Dean Milano — Berghoff, Chicago; Maurice
John Vaughn/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; JW
Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers — BLUES, Chicago; Chris
Bandi — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Rosemont; Chicago R&B Kings/Anthony Moser — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Rhett Miller’s 2nd Annual Holiday
Extravaganza — City Winery, Chicago; Booka Shade/Doorly —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Dave McDonnell Group —
Constellation, Chicago; Jesse & Joy — Copernicus Center,
Chicago; Save The Lost Boys/Uh Huh Baby Yeah/Burn It Up —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Copeland/Rae Cassidy — Double Door,
Chicago; Primal Feelings/Settling Houses/Float Like A Buffalo
/Tortilla Flat/Lever — Elbo Room, Chicago; Bill McKay/Jeremy
Lemos/Matt Jencik — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Andy Brown Solo
Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Johnny Don’t — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Devil In A
Woodpile/ClickHole — Hideout, Chicago; Karaoke — HOME,
Arlington Heights; Guy King/Mike Wheeler Band — House of
Blues, Chicago; Cole Swindell — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Nora Jean
Bruso — Kingston Mines, Chicago; We Are Scientists/The Noise
FM/Highchair Kings — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Johnny Vomit/
Splatter/Corpse Gas — Live Wire, Chicago; BigC Jamboree/The
Modern Sounds Feat. Oscar Wilson — Martyrs, Chicago; Fast
Decay/Highball/Modern Advances/Toxic Rocket — Quenchers,
Chicago; Stardust Big Band — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Shake,
Sparkle & Stir — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Suburban
Cowboys — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Madman Jam Night —
Rocky Vander’s, Prospect Heights; The James Wheeler Blues
Jam Hosted by Lil’ Ed Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Hayden- 20th
Anniversary Tour — Schubas, Chicago; DJ SJ/Jena Max — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Otis Clay Tribute — Space, Evanston; Futurebirds
/American Grizzly — Subterranean, Chicago; Head/How Green?
/American Cream/Barn Duet — The Burlington, Chicago; Amine
Edge & Dance — The Mid, Chicago; Puddle of Mudd/Non Exotic
/OUTDrejas — Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 2
Classic Addiction — 210 Bar, Highwood; Cage The Elephant —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Beatolution & Joe Tirrito — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; 7th Heaven/Moon Money — Austin’s Fuel
Room, Libertyville; 28 Days — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Coverlicious —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Soul Kats — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Raleigh Truckers — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Just 4 Kixx
— Bar Louie, Oak Brook Terrace; Anthony Raneri/Mark Rose —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Diva Montell — Bella Mia, Midlothian;
Dan Peters — Berghoff, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Crawpuppies/X-Girlfriend — Blue
Chip - Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Soda/DJ Night — Blue
Chip - Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Lil Ed & The Blues
Imperials — BLUES, Chicago; Kevin Devine & The Goddamn
Band/Pet Symmetry/Petal — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Welshfest — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Off With Their
Heads & Brendan Kelly Acoustic — Brauer House, Lombard;
Rick & Ashley Stripped — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Corey Fox
— Bub City, Chicago; Chris Bandi — Bub City, Rosemont; James
Armstrong/Planetary Blues — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Bert’s Revenge — Carlucci, Downers Grove; A Wilhelm Scream/
Much The Same/La Armada/Still Alive — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Seven Lions/Pegboard Nerds/Unlike Pluto/Grum —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; 90’s Party Feat. Run Forrest Run
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Juliana & Phil — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park;
Cock Sparrer/Flatfoot56/Brick Assasin — Double Door,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters/Stereo Heart — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; A Is A/Architectur E Aviva/Horrible/Be Aut/
Uncouth/MzSaigon — Elbo Room, Chicago; Earthless/Ruby The
Hatchet/Marmora/Hard Country Honky Tonk w/The Hoyle
Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Dueling Pianos
(Hard Rock) — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; LeAnn
Rimes/The Bundys — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Nashville
Electric Company — Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; The Flipside
Show w/Chris Foreman/Sinne Eeg Quartet/After Hours Jam
Session — Green Mill, Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; Interview Show w/Mark Bazer — Hideout, Chicago;
Libido Funk Circus — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Judas
Rising/Jaktripper — HOME, Arlington Heights; Indigo Sun/DJ
Charlie/Jake Shore Drive — House of Blues, Chicago; The
Messegers — Jambalaya @Pheasant Run, St. Charles; April’s
Reign — Jenny’s Southside Tap, Mokena; The Farmraiser 2016
Benefit Concert w/Hello Dave & The Nadas — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; 80’s Wonderland w/Eddie Money — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Six To Midnight — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Giana
Casale — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Billy Branch & The Sons of
Blues/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Live Wire/
Reggie Watts — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Feral Ghosts/
Allworry/Vices/Flabby Hoffman Comedy w/Bighead — Live
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Wire, Chicago; Rockstar Rodeo — Loaded Buffalo, Mundelein;
The Three Beards — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Back Country Roads
— Lucky Star, Bartlett; Great Moments in Vinyl...Exile on Main
St. by The Rolling Stones & Through the Past Darkly — Martyrs,
Chicago; Rokkor/Hinge — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Esso!
Afrojam Funkbeat/The Emergent Series Feat. Big Sadie — Old
Town School, Chicago; Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount
Theater, Aurora; Chyomin/Meerkat Mobsters/Dang Blasted
Cranks — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Bad Ass Art & Music
Show — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Muggsy Bogues/Ryan D & The
Village Trustees/The Perks/Man Bites Dog — Quenchers,
Chicago; Saigon Kick & Rebel Revival (Rock Club)/Jimbo Delta
& Chip Ratliffe & The Dirtyblucrue (Music Joint) — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Ronnie Milsap — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet;
Hairbangers Ball — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Kinsey Report —
Rosa’s, Chicago; Remember Jones/Brielle Von Hugel —
Schubas, Chicago; Prins Thomas — Smart Bar, Chicago; Joe Pug
w/Carson McHone — Space, Evanston; Environmental
Encroachment/The Polkaholics/Lazy Legs/Sleepwalk/Liqs —
Subterranean, Chicago; Live Pete Show — Sweet Caroline’s,
Hoffman Estates; Maggie Speaks — Tailgater’s, Chicago; Richard
Cheese & The Lounge Against The Machine — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Windy City Dueling Pianos — The Lodge on 64, St.
Charles; Bakermat — The Mid, Chicago; Brent Brown — Tilted
Kilt, Bolingbrook; Henry JBC — Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Tractor
Kings/We The Animals/Bishop — Township, Chicago; DJ
Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Someday Fall/Harry
Hmura/UnderFire/Nebulion/I Ya Toyah — Wire, Berwyn;
Related Rhapsody — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 3
Heartache Tonight — 210 Bar, Highwood; Fitz & The Tantrums
— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Scotty McCreery — Arcada Theater,
St. Charles; Retch — Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Covergurl —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Enter The Haggis — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; The Hat Guys — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Peach’s
Christmas Beach Party — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Brian Posehn/
Derek Sheen — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Blake Alexander — Bella
Mia, Midlothian; Classical Blast — Berghoff, Chicago;
Crosstown Classics — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; BBI — Blue
Chip - Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Radio Tokyo — Blue Chip
- Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials —
BLUES, Chicago; Hi Infidelity/Dick Diamond & The Dusters —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Rock For Brandon Cancer
Benefit Concert w/Wrecked/Emperors + Elephants/Faith In
The Fallen/DePablos-Fortier — Brauer House, Lombard; Chicks
With Picks — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Senn Alan Band —
Bub City, Chicago; Guy King — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Tequila Mockingbird — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Ollie
Bolos & Soul Town — Carlucci, Downers Grove; Miracle on State
Street w/Charlie Puth/James Bay & JoJo — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Toh Kay — City Winery, Chicago; Taste of Ink/
Achilles/Stonder/Bury the Machines — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Okkyung Lee & Andrew Lampert — Constellation, Chicago;
Karski — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Ship Captain Crew/
Valaska/When We Was Kids/Daniel Wade — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Acoustic Highway — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Cock
Sparrer/Flatfoot56/Mystery Actions — Double Door, Chicago;
Summer Son — Draft Picks, Naperville; Dixie Crush — Dusty
Boots Saloon, Rockford; Laughing Stock: Chicago Comedy
Musical Festival/DG’s 9th Annual Holiday Celebration — Elbo
Room, Chicago; The King Khan & BBQ Show/The Gartrells/The
Pukes — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Pete Stillwell — Fatty MaGoo’s,
Bolingbrook; Chris & Heather’s Everything Plus Show/Ralph
Covert’s Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Sushi Roll (Hard
Rock) — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Chi-Town Soul —
Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; The Paper Machete/Sinne Eeg
Quartet/After Hours Jazz Party w/Sabertooth — Green Mill,
Chicago; Matt Cantlon — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Joan
Shelley/Moon Bros. — Hideout, Chicago; Electric Avenue —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The Boy Band Night/Robby Hayes &
Wells Adams — HOME, Arlington Heights; Nonpoint/Escape The
Fate/Keithen Banks/Cadillac Dave & The Chicago Redhots —
House of Blues, Chicago; FM Stars — Jenny’s Southside Tap,
Mokena; Modern Day Romeos — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Johnny
& Coax & Friends — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Billy Branch &
The Sons of Blues/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Sweater Beats/Different Sleep — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Eon
Arc/Dwyersant/Deleted Society/Autofobia — Live Wire,
Chicago; Damaged Justice/Backlash — Loaded Buffalo,
Mundelein; Joe Fascetta — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; American
English — Mahoney’s Pub, Chicago; Krampus Fest/Elle
Casazza/Jetdriver/Curious Grace & Black Rabbit — Martyrs,
Chicago; Speed of Sound/Kashmir — MT Barrels, Schaumburg;
Funkadesi 20th Anniversary/Teen Open Mic — Old Town School,
Chicago; Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater,
Aurora; Michael Kiwanuka/Cloves — Park West, Chicago; The
Krank Daddies/Slick 50/The Haymakers Holiday Xmas Show &
Toy Drive — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Dr. Feelgood & The
80’s Babies — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Arra/There
Goes The Neighborhood — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Jap Herron