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Oak Brook Terrace ; Bad Bad Hats / Flint Eastwood — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Dean Milano — Berghoff , Chicago ; JW Williams / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; DJ Night — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Triple Threat Level Midnight — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Run Forrest Run / Scott Marek — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Matthew Curry — Brauer House , Lombard ; Makena Hartlin — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Shane Martin — Bub City , Chicago ; Brandon Ray — Bub City , Rosemont ; Shawn Holt / JB Ritchie — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Sal & Izy — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Jerry Seinfeld — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Condition Critical / Manic Outburst / Spare Change / Smash Potater / Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Queensryche / Armored Saint / Midnight Eternal — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Helen Money — Constellation , Chicago ; Tributosaurus Beatles Project - RED Album — Copernicus Center , Chicago ; Sin Anestesia / Sugar Free Guns / Hyperplane / Od Joe — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ Sean — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; The Lawrence Arms 2nd Annual War on Christmas / Worriers / Dowsing — Double Door , Chicago ; 90 ’ s Girl Power Night w / Girl Power Night & One Hot Mess — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Hard Country Honky Tonk w / The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; My Gold Mask ( Vinyl Release )/ New Canyons / Wingtips — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Anthem — Fitz Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; Speed4Sarah ALS Fundraiser — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Rock Band Karaoke ( Hard Rock ) — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Margaret Cho — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; Final Groove — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Wilson ’ s Christmas Tree-O / After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill , Chicago ; Simply Sound — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Charles & Company — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Trapt / Stitched Up Heart / Through The Fire / Shallow Side — HOME , Arlington Heights ; Nicholas Barron / Sister Hazel / The Good , The Bad & The Blues / DJ Delaney — House of Blues , Chicago ; EZFM — Jambalaya @ Pheasant Run , St . Charles ; Sh ’ Bang — Jenny ’ s Southside Tap , Mokena ; Frisky Taylor — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Kip Moore — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Hello Nuvo — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; Nellie Tiger Travis / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Aaron Kelly Band — Lone Buffalo , Ottawa ; Sixes & Sevens — Lucky Star , Bartlett ; King of Mars / Fall Classic / Local Motive / Human Bloom — Martyrs , Chicago ; Big City Burn / The Punch / Trick Shooter Social Club / The Bishop ’ s Daredevil Stunt Club / Western Automatic — Metro , Chicago ; C-Factor — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Orisha Dance Chicago w / Ire Elese Abure / Songs of Good Cheer w / Mary Schmich & Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater , Aurora ; Karl Denison ’ s Tiny Universe / Brownout — Park West ,
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Chicago ; Rendition — Pheasant Run Resort , St . Charles ; Dog & Wolf / Avenues / The Bigger Empty / Airstream Futures — Quenchers , Chicago ; The Mr . T Experience / Nobodys / The Reaganomics / The Timmy ’ s ( Rock Club )/ Wonky Tonk / Littlebirds / Wilem Hurrican Simmons ( Music Joint ) — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; It ’ s A Wonderful Life Radio Broadcast — Rialto Square Theater , Joliet ; Libido Funk Circus — Rivers Casino , DesPlaines ; Big James & The Chicago Playboys — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Hip Hop Nutcracker — Rosemont Theater , Rosemont ; Dan Hubbard / Ryan Arnold / Attus / Evan Ireland — Schubas , Chicago ; DVSI / Olin — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Stanley Clarke Band — Space , Evanston ; Sunjacket / Merit Badge — Subterranean , Chicago ; Cirrus Falcon — Sweet Caroline ’ s , Hoffman Estates ; Wedding Banned — Tailgater ’ s , Chicago ; Lasers and Fast and Shit / New Dougs — The Burlington , Chicago ; Stone Ruckus — The Lodge on 64 , St . Charles ; The Martinez Brothers & Lee K — The Mid , Chicago ; Michael Heaton Duo — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; Neal Rudnick — Tilted Kilt , Woodridge ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; James Libera — Zachary ’ s , Palos Heights .
SATURDAY 10
Unfinished Business — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Jingle Ball w / Britney Spears / Shawn Mendes / Fifth Harmony / The Chainsmokers — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Midnight Rider — Angry Brothers Pub , Racine , WI ; Morrissey — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Tony Orlando — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Kashmir — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Came Out Swingin / Ohm / FloxFlitz — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Fool House — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Larkin & Moran Brothers — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Brock & Abrams — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Sal & Izy — Bar Louie , Oak Brook Terrace ; Thank You Scientist / Moon Tooth / The Tea Club / Megosh — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mr . Smooth Legend Show — Bella Mia , Midlothian ; The North Poles — Berghoff , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Blarney Stone Pub , Oak Forest ; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Dopapod / Pigeons Playing Ping Pong — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Semple / Lounge Puppets / Blizzard of Oz — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; The Jasons & Flamingo Nosebleed — Brauer House , Lombard ; KDB Unplugged w / Kristin Knievel — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Rendition / Shane Martin — Bub City , Chicago ; Brandon Ray — Bub City , Rosemont ; Eddy Clearwater / Scotty & The Bad Boy — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Insession — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Mama Jimi / Model Stranger / The Fox and the Hounds / Midwest State of Mind — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; 12th Planet / Lumberjvack / Bommer — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Constellation & Links Hall Holiday Party — Constellation , Chicago ; Tributosaurus Beatles Project - BLUE Album — Copernicus Center , Chicago ; 21st Annual Tbox Car Crawl — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Ali Cat & The Rat Rods — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley
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Park ; The Lawrence Arms 2nd Annual War on Christmas / The Copyrights / The Brokedowns — Double Door , Chicago ; Boy Band Review — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Cowboy Jukebox — Dusty Boots Saloon , Rockford ; Mirrored Series Feat . Keef Jackson / Jim Baker / Phil Sudderberg / Windy City Soul Club 8th Anniversary — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Justrand — Fatty MaGoo ’ s , Bolingbrook ; The Deadbeats & Why Not Reunion Show / J Hanrahan Quartet / Jon Dee Graham — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Donny & Marie — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; The Whistle Pigs ( Hard Rock ) — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; GenR8R — Galati ’ s Hideaway , Cary ; Planet Groove — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; The Paper Machete / Matt Wilson ’ s Christmas Tree-O / After Hours Jazz Party w / Sabertooth — Green Mill , Chicago ; Perry Hutchins — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Seven Soul Band — HB Jones , Elmhurst ; The Claudettes / The Imperial Sound — Hideout , Chicago ; Snap Shot — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Too White Crew — HOME , Arlington Heights ; Sister Hazel / Vino Louden / DJ Phillsgood / DJ Marquee — House of Blues , Chicago ; Kip Moore — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Retropolitan — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; Nellie Tiger Travis / Corey Dennison — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Mortified w / Shay Degrandis / Mr . Dave ( CD Release ) — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Spillage / Convoy / Deepspacepilots — Live Wire , Chicago ; Modern Day Romeos — Loaded Buffalo , Mundelein ; Dario Radio Dueling Pianos — Lone Buffalo , Ottawa ; 7th Heaven — Lucky Star , Bartlett ; 7th Heaven — Lucky Star , Bartlett ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball — Mahoney ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Minor Moon / Half Gringa / Son of Abbey — Martyrs , Chicago ; Red Fang / Torche / Whores — Metro , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Stone Rollin ’ Devils — Off Sides Bar , Woodstock ; Songs of Good Cheer w / Mary Schmich & Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater , Aurora ; Brendan & Jake Holiday Acoustic Show / Joel Cummins — Park West , Chicago ; Headbangin Helliday II w / Scars of Armageddon / Act of Destruction / Devil Land / Warmouth — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Ear Candy — Pheasant Run Resort , St . Charles ; Bounty Hunter — Port of Blarney , Antioch ; Reckless / Heart to Heartbreaker — Q-Bar , Glendale Heights ; Hungry Man / Sewingneedle / Horrible — Quenchers , Chicago ; Frontier Folk Nebraska / Hungry Mountain — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Superstuckers / Jesse Dayton ( Rock Club )/ Abigail Williams / Wolvhammer ( Music Joint ) — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Cirque Musica Holiday Spectacular — Rosemont Theater , Rosemont ; Covers For Cover 8 : w / Geezer / Superstar / Wave of Mutilation / Scary Monsters / Inxx / Little Queens — Schubas , Chicago ; Pat Mahoney / Michael Serafini — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Joseph / Krisin Hersh ( early ) — Space , Evanston ; Oscar Bait / Kaminanda — Subterranean , Chicago ; Dan Peters — Sweet Caroline ’ s , Hoffman Estates ; Smells Like Nirvana & Chained — Tailgater ’ s , Chicago ; The Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Magic Carpet / I Kong Cult / Coultrain — The Burlington , Chicago ; Kimi Hayes — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; Dangerous Joes — The Gambler , McHenry ; Dixie Crush — The Lodge on 64 , St . Charles ; |
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SUNDAY 11
Gary Hoey ’ s Rockin ’ Holiday Show — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Sinatra 101st Birthday Party — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Another Lost Year — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; The Whiskey Bros . — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Electric Neil & The Electroleits / Spririt Animal / Nico Yaran / Kullers / Even Thieves — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Two Ton Heads / Brandon Von Vacik / Armadillo / Recall — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Sashe Taylor — Bub City , Chicago ; Dave Koz — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Los Lobos / Dan Zanes Holiday Sing A Long ( morning show ) — City Winery , Chicago ; Dead to Me / Downtown Struts / Arms Aloft / Sincere Engineer — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Francesco D ’ Orazio — Constellation , Chicago ; Xavier Wulf — Double Door , Chicago ; Jazz Consortium Big Band — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; American Wrestlers / Varsity / Laverne — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Pete Ellman Big Band — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson Trio / Chris Forman — Green Mill , Chicago ; Gospel Brunch / Musicality / Doktu Rhute / Laura Rain — House of Blues , Chicago ; Trans-Infinity Orchestra — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Songs of Good Cheer w / Mary Schmich & Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater , Aurora ; Hinsdale Music Studio Student Showcase — Q-Bar , Darien ; Pete Berwick — Racine Yacht Club , Racine ; The Casualties / The Virus / Last False Hope / The Eruptors — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Joliet American Legion Band — Rialto Square Theater , Joliet ; Derek Fawcett ( Album Release )/ Brooke Nicole Lauritzen — Schubas , Chicago ; Queen ! w / Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Harry Shearer & Judith Owen ’ s Christmas Without Tears — Space , Evanston ; Sekta Core / Nana Pancha / Malafacha — Subterranean , Chicago ; Cochino y los Pistoleros — Township , Chicago ; Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago .
MONDAY 12
Nick Pontarelli ( CD Release ) — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Valentine — Bub City , Chicago ; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam —
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