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e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER
Concert For George — 210 Live, Highwood; Marc Anthony —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Mike Smith/ Mark Colby — Andy’s
Jazz Club, Chicago; TNWSC/Smashing Pumpkins/Grandson/
Albert Hammon Jr. — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Winger —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Lurrie Bell — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago;
Coverlicious — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Six To Midnight —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Luke Null — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic/
Recycle The Day — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City,
IN; Hey Jimmy — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN;
Keys N Krates — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Coax & Folks/Johnny
Justice & The Southside Railroad/DJ Mike Gator/DJ Mike Y —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Monster/After Forever —
Brauer House, Lombard; Kimi Hayes — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Sorry For Partying — Bub City, Chicago; Fletcher
Rockwell — Bub City, Rosemont; Dr. Feelgood/Photograph
Tribute — Cheers, Midlothian; Trailer Park Boys — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Sidewalk Chalk/Lowdown Brass Band/
Dynamo — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Jane Lynch & A
Swingin’ Little Christmas — City Winery, Chicago; Mike Toomey
Christmas Special — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Googoosh —
Copernicus Center, Chicago; The Way Down Wanderers/Growler
/Amoramora — Cubby Bear, Chicago; McLennon — Doc’s Victory
Pub, Elmhurst; Face N Time — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Pat
McCurdy/In The Flesh — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Comedy Dance
Chicago — Elbo Room, Chicago; Cult Leader/Primitive Weapons
/God Mother — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Trouble Ahead —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Rendition — Fire Water Saloon, Mt.
Greenwood; American English/Cannonball — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Loverboy (Silver Creek)/Shock Roxy/DJ — Four Winds
Casino, New Buffalo, MI; OMT — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville;
Flipside Show w/Chris Foreman/Velvet Lounge Legacy/After
Hours Jazz Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; My Metal Heart —
H.O.M.E. Bar, Arlington Heights; Simply Sound — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; Wume/TALsounds/ Hujo — Hideout, Chicago; It
Takes Two — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Tynan — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; Dave Herrero/John Primer — House of Blues,
Chicago; James Libera — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Whiskey & Harmony — Jake’s on Tap, Palos Heights; Joey
DeFrancesco — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke w/
Erik Donner — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Sal & Izy/The
FarmRaiser 2018 w/Hello Dave — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Hoosier
Ditty — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Kathleen Dooley —
Kennedy Point, Bristol; Joe Fascetta — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook;
Joanna Connor/Shawn Holt — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
MeWithoutYou/The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No
Longer Afraid To Die/Hold Down The Ocean — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Punch Cabbie/Along THe Parallel/When Wealthy
Fell/A Silent Truth — Live Wire, Chicago; Golden Gate Wingmen
w/John Kadlecik/Jay Lane/Jeff Chimenti/Reed Mathis —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Horton’s Holiday Hayride w/The Reverend
Horton Heat/Junior Brown/The Blasters/Big Sandy — Metro,
Chicago; Mixtape Junkies/Members Only — Nevin’s Brewing Co.,
Plainfield; Bob Schneider — Old Town School, Chicago; Rowdy
Souls/Burnt Biscuits — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Heaven
And Hell/Lights Out Chicago — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St.
Charles; Zeshan B — Promontory Theater, Chicago; The Slackers
— Reggie’s, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Julian Jumpin Perez/DJ Q —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Carlile/Emily Blue/People Museum —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Dolly Varden — Space, Evanston;
Advanced Placement Tour/The Regrettes/ Welles/Micky
James/Hallow Point — Subterranean, Chicago; J.D. McPherson
w/Joel Paterson — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Saving Abel/Frontline
/Achilles/Blacklist Regulars — The Forge, Joliet; The
Pickpockets — The Sandlot, Chicago; Phosphorescent/Liz
Cooper and The Stampede — The Vic, Chicago; John Kimsey &
The Twisted Roots Quartet/Donna Adler — Uncommon Ground,
Chicago; Charlie Wilson R&B Jam — United Center, Chicago;
Jason Stone — White Eagle, Niles; DJ Messes — World of Beer,
Evanston; The Baked Potatoes — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER
Sharel Cassity Group/Battle of the Saxes feat. Mike Smith &
Mark Colby — Andy’s, Chicago; Q-101 The Night We Stole
Christmas w/Walk The Moon — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Scott Stapp of Creed — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Planet
Groove — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Modern Day Romeos —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Double Treble — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Framing Hanley — BaseCamp, Lisle; Trouble/Sacred Monster —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Afterglow — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Total
Rhapsody — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; BTS Express/Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey/Jamrose/Good
Clean Fun — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
P.S. Dump Your Boyfriend — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby,
Michigan City, IN; Vance Guitar Kelly & The Backstreet Blues
Band — BLUES, Chicago; Sal & Izy/Prairie Surfers — Board &
Barrel, Naperville; Haken/Leprous/Bent Knee — Bottom
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Lounge, Chicago; Weishfest 2018 — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Millenial Music Mayhem/Maz/Dolo Mann/2K Dre/Savoy
Brown/The Steepwater Band — Brauer House, Lombard;
Melissa N Shawn — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Murph — Broken
Oar, Port Barrington; Chris Cavanaugh — Bub City, Chicago;
Rendition — Bub City, Rosemont; John Primer/Luca Chiellini —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Collective — Bungalow Joe’s,
Hanover Park; My Metal Heart — Cheers, Midlothian; Bad Motor
Scooter/Vicious Circle — Chicago Loop, Streamwood; Armchair
Expert w/Dax Shepard — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Roy Blair/
Jack Larson/Ross Aaron DJ Set — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Andrew Ripp & Friends — City Winery, Chicago;
Audiodream/Brandon Fox Project — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
TroyBoi/GG Magree/Crwns — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Nick Photinos & Cipher — Constellation, Chicago; Jon Wayne &
The Pain/Tropidelic/Zoofunkyou — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Bliss
— Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Triadd — Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect;
Mister Fester — Draft Picks, Naperville; 7th Heaven/Dick
Diamond & The Dusters — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Etumu
Elmari — Elbo Room, Chicago; Mutual Benefit — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Mike Toomey Christmas Special — Evanston Rocks,
Evanston; Chris & Heather’s Country Calendar Show —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Stevie Craig — Gifford’s, Elgin; The Paper
Machete/Velvet Lounge Legacy Ensemble/After Hours Jazz
Party w/Pat Mallinger & Co. — Green Mill, Chicago; Cirrus
Falcon — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Chi-Town Soul — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; Gone Country — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Making A Murderer Pt. 2 w/Laura Nirider & Steven Drizin —
House of Blues, Chicago; Joey DeFrancesco Trio — Jazz
Showcase, Chicago; The Hair Band Night w/Faded Flannel —
Joe’s Bar, Chicago; The Danhattans — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook;
Joanna Connor/Shawn Holt — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mr.
Dave Music/Mortified — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Ready
Freddies/First Ward Problems — Live Wire, Chicago; Mighty Joe
— M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Dawn O’Keefe Williams & The
Lucky Dogs — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Golden Gate Wingmen
— Martyrs’, Chicago; VNV Nation/Holygram/The Rain Within/
DJ Scary Lady Sarah — Metro, Chicago; Wheelhouse — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Irish Christmas In America — Old Town
School, Chicago; Felly/Gyyps — Patio Theater, Chicago; Roy and
Patsy’s Road Show/Flows In The Snow — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; New Colony Six — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St.
Charles; Nygel Ajax Band — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles;
Claremont Drive Fan Appreciation Show — Q-Bar, Darien; 90’s
Grunge Night w/Chained & Smells Like Dave Grohl — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Paul Allodi Duo — Reefpoint Brew House,
Racine, WI; Jay O’Rourke Band/Altered Stage/Fresh Hops/
Little Big Fat (Music Joint)/The Slackers/Brandon Phillips/The
Fuss (Rock Club) — Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Q/DJ Erge — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Hip Hop Nutcracker — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Helena Deland/Gia Margaret/Upbeat Music
Student Showcase — Schubas, Chicago; Five Guys Named Moe
— Slapshots, Midlothian; Brendan Kelly/Rik/Dan Tinkler —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Floorplan/Bruce Bailey/John
Simmons — Smartbar, Chicago; Kenny Garrett Quintet — Space,
Evanston; Killer Moon (Album Release) — Subterranean,
Chicago; Hi Infidelity — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; The Last
Podcast on The Left — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Gunshy/
Heligoats/Flying Potion — The Burlington, Chicago; Hott Mess
— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Kashmir/Too Bad Company — The
Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl,
Chicago; Infinity — The Quarry, Lemont; Allen Stone/Nick
Waterhouse — The Vic, Chicago; Mike Mentz — Uncommon
Ground (Edgewood), Chicago; Inho & The Violet Suns/Glow
Pez/Will Barnard — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Crazy X/DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; The Stingers
— White Eagle, Niles; Can’t Stop The House Concert & House
Party — Wire, Berwyn; Acoustically Sound — Zach’s On Tap,
Palos Heights; 1st Impression — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights;
Mark Normand — Zanies, Chicago; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies,
Rosemont; Nate Craig — Zanies, St. Charles.
SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER
The Howard Levy 4 — 210 Live, Highwood; Charles Heath’s Early
Risers Jazz Jam/Pharez Whitted’s Late Night Jazz Jam —
Andy’s, Chicago; Q-101 The Night We Stole Christmas w/Death
Cab For Cutie — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Jarboe/Father
Murphy/The Pirate Twins/Mary Macaroni — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Spike & The Spitwads/Scott Dubose & The 101 Ranch
— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The
Contortionist/Intervals — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Maxwell —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Prep/Mystery School — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; An Evening w/Suzy Bogguss — City
Winery, Chicago; International Contemporary Ensemble —
Constellation, Chicago; ieuan/The Rock N’ Soul All-Star Revue
— Elbo Room, Chicago; Wonky Tonk/Sunny War — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; The Colors of Christmas/Peabo Bryson/Taylor Dayne
/Jon Secada/Deniece Williams — Genesee Theater, Waukegan;
Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night w/Joel Paterson
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