& Her/Hannah Rand Band — Martyrs, Chicago; Nutcracking
Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater, Aurora; Paper Hero/
Tanjir/Late./Done In — Reggie’s, Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstarz —
Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; The James Wheeler Blues Jam
Hosted by Lil’ Ed Williams/Melody Angel — Rosa’s, Chicago;
Anne Heaton w/Stephanie Rogers — Space, Evanston; CSO’s
Merry, Merry Chicago — Symphony Center, Chicago; Hillbilly
Rockstarz — The Lodge on 64, St. Charles; Herobust — The Mid,
Chicago.
FRIDAY 23
EZFM — 210 Bar, Highwood; Trans-Siberian Orchestra — Allstate
Arena, Rosemont; Bret Michael’s Christmas Show w/Bad
Medicine — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jingle Ball Flashback
w/Stevie B/Jumpin’ Julian Perez/Time Spinnin’ Schommer/
Mickey Mixin’ Oliver — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Wombo
Combo — Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Kevin Presbrey & The Midwest
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Boy Band Review — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Soda — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Chicks With Picks — Bar
Louie, Oak Brook Terrace; Fool House — Bedrocks, Shorewood;
Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Girl Next Door/Size
Matters — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night
— Blue Chip - Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Too White
Crew/Rendition Gone Country — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Chix Pix & Stix — Brauer House, Lombard; Sal & Izy —
Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Senn Alan Band — Bub City,
Chicago; Ginger Road — Bub City, Rosemont; John Primer w/
Paul Filipowicz — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Guy Dominick
— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Michael McDermott Mischief &
Mistletoe — City Winery, Chicago; Cocksure/Caustic/DJ
Mutilato/DJSJ — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; 26th Anniversary
Winter Solstice Concert — Constellation, Chicago; Merry-Achi
Christmas — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Commonweather/
Gardens/Stratford/Heavenfaced — Cubby Bear, Chicago; DJ
Sean — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Phantom Roar/Axios/A Story
Unwritten/Fetch The Burn Book/The Red Birds — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Silver Abuse/End Result/Droid’s Blood — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; The Redmonds Family Christmas Show —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Libido Funk Circus (Hard Rock) — Four
Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Final Say — Grand Victoria
Casino, Elgin; The Flipside Show w/Chris Foreman/Victor
Garza/After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill, Chicago; HiFi
Superstar — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Christmas w/The
Bangers — Hideout, Chicago; Nashville Electric Company —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Matthew Bielawa w/Nashville
Electric Company/Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; Keithen Banks/Inept/Kevin Singleton — House
of Blues, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Hillbilly Rockstarz — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; April’s Reign — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Big
James & The Chicago Playboys/Mike Wheeler Band — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Mary & The Trouble Makers — Lone Buffalo,
Ottawa; Dumpstaphunk — Martyrs, Chicago; Taylor Bennett/
Holiday Bash — Metro, Chicago; #Whatstrending — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Chi-Town Soul — Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield;
Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater, Aurora;
Butchered/The Cheap Dates/Uglybones/Dead Drugs —
Quenchers, Chicago; Macabre/Maggot Twat/Dysphoria (Rock
Club)/Bear Mace/Beyond De-th /Born To Lose (Music Joint) —
Reggie’s, Chicago; Kashmir — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Billy
Branch & The SOBs — Rosa’s, Chicago; Justin Long — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Mud Morganfield — Space, Evanston; CSO’s
Merry, Merry Chicago — Symphony Center, Chicago;
Hairbangers Ball — Tailgater’s, Chicago; Kickin’ It In The Sticks
— The Lodge on 64, St. Charles; Moon Boots & Kill Frenzy — The
Mid, Chicago; Jimmy John — Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Craig Scott
— Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Charles & Company — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 24
Tynan/Downtown Charlie Brown — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; DJ Night — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby, Michigan
City, IN; Carol-Oke — Bub City, Chicago; Carol-Oke — Bub City,
Rosemont; Christmas For The Jews w/Joel Chasnoff/John Roy
/Aaron Freeman — City Winery, Chicago; DJ Aaron Hodge (Hard
Rock) — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Big James & The
Chicago Playboys/Mike Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Nutcracking Holiday Revue — Paramount Theater,
Aurora; Sander Van Doorn — The Mid, Chicago; Latkepalooza —
The Underground, Chicago.
SUNDAY 25
The Whiskey Bros. — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chip Ratliff &
The E.C.S./Mytyme — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge, Michigan City,
IN; DJ Night — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Mr.
Blotto Christmas Show — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Gospel Brunch
— House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam w/Brian BJ Jones/Linsey
Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Queen! w/The Black
Madonna/Michael Serafini/Garrett David — Smart Bar, Chicago;
Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
MONDAY 26
Tenry Johns/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
EZFM/Scott Marek Band — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Perry Hutchins Duo — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns
Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Poi Dog
Pondering — City Winery, Chicago; Patricia Barber Quartet —
Green Mill, Chicago; Weeds Poetry Open Mic — Hideout,
Chicago; Joanna Connor — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison/JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Improv Night w/Sand and Spitbllin’/Open Mic
Night — Quenchers, Chicago; Music Trivia/Bingo w/Burke —
Reggie’s, Chicago; Santa’s Twerk Shop — The Mid, Chicago.
TUESDAY 27
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Trivia Nite — Ballydoyle, Aurora