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Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Helltrap Nightmare/
Itsi — Hideout, Chicago; Atreyu/Memphis May Fire/ice Nine
Kills/Sleep Signals/Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago;
Joey DeFrancesco Trio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Kingston
Mines Blues Jam w/Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Weeks/The Lonely Biscuits —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Toni Callahan & Her Jazzy Guys — Mac’s
On Slade, Palatine; 30H!3 And Emo Nite/Lil Aaron — Metro,
Chicago; On Big Shoulders (Album Release) w/Matt Brown/
Steve Dawson/Brian Wilke & More — Old Town School, Chicago;
Brandon James/Adam Ness (Music Joint)/The Slackers/The
Circle City Deacons — Reggie’s, Chicago; Reckless — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Moscow Ballet Russian Nutcraker —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Elley Duhe/Tatiana Hazel/Mark
Dvorak — Schubas, Chicago; Tengger Cavalry — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Steve Silk Hurley/Michael Serafini/Garrett David —
Smartbar, Chicago; The Accidentals/Beth Nielsen Chapman/
May Erlewine — Space, Evanston; Nova One/Fauvely/Kachi/
Dorsia — Subterranean, Chicago; Jimmy Carr — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Zona — The Forge, Joliet; Fran/Heaven Honey/Claude
— The Owl, Chicago; A.C.E. World Tour — The Vic, Chicago;
Donyae Asante/Lindsie Bliss/Theycallmericky — Uncommon
Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; WICYC — White Tavern, Naperville; Forever Undefined/
Bianca Shaw/J. Writes — Wire, Berwyn; Mark Normand/Steve
Rannazzisi — Zanies, Chicago.
MONDAY 3 DECEMBER
Eric Schneider Quartet/Chris Greene Quartet — Andy’s,
Chicago; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Luke Pytel/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Alunageorge/Akenya — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Bear & Jake —
Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Maxwell — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Dave
Hollister — City Winery, Chicago; Fotocrime/Luggage — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago;
Corey Dennison/JW Williams & The ChiTown Hustlers —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Deathscribe: Helleven — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Badlands — Martyrs’, Chicago; Bingo w/Burke/Music
Trivia — Reggie’s, Chicago; Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin
Evening — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Marissa Nadler/
Johanna Warren — Schubas, Chicago; Parquet Courts DJ Set/
Deejay 420 Web MD — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Foiled Again —
Space, Evanston; Speed Rack — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Bernie &
The Wolf/Arthhur/Sc-Fi Sleep Cycles — The Burlington, Chicago;
Parquet Courts/Combo Chimbita — The Vic, Chicago; Open Mic
— Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Russ Williamson —
Zanies, Chicago.
Jason Stein Quartet/After Dark-Vonski Tribute — Andy’s,
Chicago; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Tenry Johns/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Rosemont; The Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Thom Yorke — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Kris
Allen/Sawyer — City Winery, Chicago; Moon Ruin/Fernando
House/Jessica Risker — Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Fat Babies
— Green Mill, Chicago; Flasher/Public Practice/Gong Gong
Gong — Hideout, Chicago; Rittz & King Lil G — House of Blues,
Chicago; Giles Corey/Mike Wheeler/Peaches Staten —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Japanese House — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; 40,000 Headmen — Martyrs’, Chicago; Karaoke — Q-
Bar, Darien; Mr. Blotto/School of Rock — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Noel Holiday Musical — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; H.E.R./Bri
Steves/Tone Stith — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Pete Galanis &
Friends — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Open Mic Hip Hop —
Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Draco Rosa — Thalia Hall, Chicago; J. Douglass/Grammaw/
Daniel Rickard — The Burlington, Chicago; Russ Williamson —
Zanies, Chicago; Tuesday Ten Showcase — Zanies, Rosemont.
WEDNESDAY 5
Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio —
Andy’s, Chicago; Lord of The Rings Trivia — BaseCamp, Lisle;
Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW Williams/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Folk Yeah — Bub City,
Chicago; Mike Geo — Bub City, Rosemont; The Special 20’s —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Brett Eldredge — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Majestic Casual/Sunni Colon/StarRo/Noah
Slee/Quickly, Quickly/Lakim/Rei Brown/Mothica — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Joe Pug w/Carson McHone — City
Winery, Chicago; Andrew Lawrence Trio/Black Diamond —
Constellation, Chicago; Brian Kristmas/Open Mic — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Cat Mullins & ThemBoys/Hill Dunes — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Jon Dee Graham/Ben De laCour — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Paper Machete/Guitar Madness for Toys for Tots/Late
Night w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; In One
Ear — Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Haley Fohr — Hideout, Chicago;
Lil Skies/Fashion in Foundation — House of Blues, Chicago;
Sunny Sweeney/Brennnen Leigh/Ward Davis — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Peter, Bjorn & John/Talos — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Dave Ulrich/KY2K — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Tributosaurus
Becomes: Simon & Garfunkel — Martyrs’, Chicago; Stars/My
Brightest Diamond — Metro, Chicago; Amber Liu/Justin Park —
Park West, Chicago; Buttcracker Burlesque/Live Band Karaoke
— Reggie’s, Chicago; John Primer & Steve Bell — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Susto Stories/Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster —
Schubas, Chicago; Birds of Chicago — Space, Evanston; The
Spirit of The Beehive/Horse Jumper of Love/Spencer Radcliffe
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and Everyone Else — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Kimbra — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Rob
Winn/Ghost Ape/Meg & The Wheelers — The Burlington,
Chicago; Esperanza Spalding — The Vic, Chicago; Tiny
Shoulders/Ross Childs/Ryan Mannix/Higherwave —
Uncommon Ground (Edgewood), Chicago; Russ Williamson —
Zanies, Chicago; April Macie — Zanies, Rosemont.
THURSDAY 6
Soul Message Band/The Trumpet Summit — Andy’s, Chicago;
Dave Mikulskis — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Shinigami/
Familypet/93Feetofsmoke — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS
Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Brian Allison
— Board & Barrel, Naperville; With Confidence/Broadside/
Sleep On It/Small Talks — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Radar/
Taco Shock/Fantastic Mammals — Brauer House, Lombard; 32
Below — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; 93XRT Holiday Jam w/The Head and The
Heart — Chicago Theater, Chicago; The Empty Pockets Holiday
Concert — City Winery, Chicago; Homewrecker/Mutilated/
Phobophilic/XEuthanizedX/Scumlord — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Minnesota/CharlestheFirst — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
James Manno — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Kelly Renee/The
Winnemac 3/Ryan Burns — Elbo Room, Chicago; Hieroglyphic
Being/Cube/Good Fuck — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’
Brass Prohibition Band w/Nicole Kestler — Evanston Rocks,
Evanston; Jason Stone — Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Deja Vu
— Firewater Saloon, Mt. Greenwood; Andy Brown Solo Jazz
Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Sanctified Grumblers/Buxton/Bodega — Hideout,
Chicago; Carmen Lundy Quartet — Jazz Showcase, Chicago;
Yung Bae/Fess Grandiose/Tuuwa — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Simply Sound — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Moonshine —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Brittany Campbell/Cole Degenova/
Hood Smoke — Martyrs’, Chicago; Junkyard Groove — Nevin’s
Brewing Company, Plainfield; DJ Chris Ullrich & Ian Spacee — Q-
Bar, Darien; DJ Night — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Squared Off/
Doc Rotten/Won’t Stay Dead/October Bird of Death — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Billy Croft & The Five Alarm — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Melody Angel/James Wheeler Blues Jam — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Scott Helman/Jordanna — Schubas, Chicago;
All-Champs Ft. Mark De Clive-Lowe/Isaiah Spencer/Joshua
Griffin — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Stacey Kent — Space,
Evanston; Icarus The Owl/Adventurer/When We Was Kids/
Luzma’ (early)/Reggae Gold (late) — Subterranean, Chicago;
Preoccupations and Protomartyr w/Rattle — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Ballroom Boxer/Honeystone/Max Subar — The
Burlington, Chicago; September Mourning — The Forge, Joliet;
Adam Conover — The Vic, Chicago; Kacie Swierk/Aris P —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Travis Scott — United
Center, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; I
See Stars — Wire, Berwyn; Jake Johannsen — Zanies, Chicago;
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April Macie — Zanies, Rosemont; Mr. Showtime — Zanies, St.
Charles; Makena Hartlin — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 7
Bowmanville/The Flat Cats — Andy’s, Chicago; Snails — Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; King’s X w/UFO’s Vinnie Moore & His Band
— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jetsetters DJ — Arlington Ale
House, Arlington Heights; The Hat Guys — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Smokin’ Gunz — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Make It A
Double — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Too White Crew — BaseCamp,
Lisle; Forever Deaf Fest 2018 — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry
Johns/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies
— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Lurrie Bell
— BLUES, Chicago; Junkyard Groove — Board & Barrel,
Naperville; Trophy Eyes/Seaway/Microwave/Can’t Swim/Hot
Mulligan — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Six 2 Six/DJ Gator —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; White Pony w/Fred Durst
Explosion — Brauer House, Lombard; Hi Fi Superstar Unplugged
— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago;
Over The Side — Bub City, Rosemont; Jamiah Rogers/Dylan
Saifer — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Karaoke — Chicago
Loop, Streamwood; Dave Koz — Chicago Theater, Chicago;
DMVU/Of The Trees — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Syleena
Johnson — City Winery, Chicago; Xibalba Itzaes/Unholy Lust/
Tombstoners/Impure — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; States United
— Constellation, Chicago; Daughtry — Copernicus Center,
Chicago; Revolt Coda/Rotten Mouth/The Dead Licks — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; LOL Show — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Ready, Set,
Dance — Dock’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Live Ro Conn Show
w/Anna Davlantes — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Chorus For A Cure
X — Elbo Room, Chicago; The Blow/Petra Glynt — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo/Ho Ho Ho-
ey Gary Hoey Holiday Show — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Hello
Weekend — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Mason Rivers — Firewater
Saloon, Edison Park; Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening
(Silver Creek)/Zero (Hard Rock) — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo; Melissa Etheridge — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Mark
V — Gifford’s, Elgin; The Flipside Show w/Chris Foreman/
Laurence Hobgood Trio/After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill,
Chicago; King of The North — Heartland Cafe, Chicago; The
Lawrence Peters Outfit/Los Gallos/Horseshoe Bender —
Hideout, Chicago; 7th Heaven — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; 45
RPM Band — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Jess Piano — Incontro A
Tavola, S. Barrington; Carmen Lundy Quartet — Jazz Showcase,
Chicago; Deja Vu/From Love & Money — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; Wheeler Walker Jr./The Acoustiholics — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; Stevie Craig — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna
Connor/Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Caamp/Savannah Conley — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
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