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Rumpke Mountain Boys/Old Salt Union/Miles Over Mountains
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Omar Apollo/Manwolvers/Role Model/
Kenny Hoopla — Metro, Chicago; Woogie WInter Rock Jam —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Five Guys Named Moe/Will B. —
Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Hot Tuna Acoustic — Old
Town School, Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Original Sundance
Saloon, Mundelein; Brendan Bayliss & Jake Cinninger — Park
West, Chicago; Dave East — Patio Theater, Chicago; Halfway to
AMB Fest 2019 — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; HO HO HOliday
Show - Dennis O’Brien Band — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St.
Charles; Mario Mata Duo — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles;
Steve Roth — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; South Arsenal/
Papa Jupiter/Evil Empire/Battle Royale (Music Joint)/The
Faceless/Rings of Saturn/The Last Ten Seconds of Life/Vale of
Pnath/Interloper/Dead Eyes Always Dreaming (Rock Club) —
Reggie’s, Chicago; Kashmir & DG Q — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Lucky Peterson Blues Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Musical — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Shakers, Ottawa;
Dizzy Invert — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Mike Cooley — Space,
Evanston; Oliver Francis/Chloe Moriondo/Lili Trifilio/
Backpack vs. Street Vol. 1 — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Richard Thompson Electric Trio/Logan
Ledger — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Underwire/Queen’s Teeth/
Tanner — The Burlington, Chicago; American English/Beggar’s
Banquet — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl,
Chicago; Box Whine/The Bluebirds/Toys for Tots show — The
Quarry, Lemont; Ingrid Michaelson Trio/Jenna Nicholls — The
Vic, Chicago; Erin Costelo — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Hugo’s Elvis
Show — White Eagle, Niles; Tributosaurus Becomes: Simon &
Garfunkel — Wire, Berwyn; Simply Sound — World of Beer,
Evanston; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee — Zach’s On Tap, Palos
Heights; Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights;
Jake Johannsen — Zanies, Chicago; April Macie — Zanies,
Rosemont; Mr. Showtime — Zanies, St. Charles.
SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER
B96 Jingle Bash w/Camila Cabello/Shawn Mendes/Cardi B/
Mike Posner/Why Don’t We/Lauv — Allstate Arena, Rosemont;
Bowmanville/The Flat Cats — Andy’s, Chicago; Manchester
Orchestra/The Front Bottoms — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Journey Recaptured/Trans Infinity Orchestra/Infinity/West
Towns Chorus Christmas Show — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
The Hat Guys — Ballydoyle, Aurora; In The Flesh-Echoes of Pink
Floyd — BaseCamp, Lisle; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; The Beat 2 — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Tenry Johns/
Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Charles & Company
Band/The Dancing Noodles/Ultrafab — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Gas Station Disco — Blue Chip Casino-
Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Johnny Alletto/John Rowland —
Board & Barrel, Naperville; Cavetown/Chloe Moriondo — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Super Unknown — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Taking Back Emo — Brauer House, Lombard; Bobby K —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Mark Taylor — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; James Armstrong/
Charlie Brown — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Millenials
— Cheers, Midlothian; Band Night — Chicago Loop, Streamwood;
The Piano Guys — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Marvel Years/
DeFunk — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Velvet Acid Christ —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; K?D — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
States United — Constellation, Chicago; VooDoo Moon/
Reverend T — Cuzin’s, Blue Island; Swan Song — Cuzin’s, Tinley
Park; Chicks With Picks — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Hairbangers
Ball — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Windy City Soul Club — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’ Brass Prohibition Band w/Dakota
Horvath/Hollywood Swingin’ Tribute to Kool & The Gang —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Tennesee Borderline — Firewater
Saloon, Edison Park; Mike Cooley — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Poison’d Crue — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo; Strawdawg —
Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Stripped — Gifford’s, Elgin; The
Paper Machete/Laurence Hobgood Trio/After Hours Jazz Party
w/Pat Mallinger & Co. — Green Mill, Chicago; Genr8r/Epic —
H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; MC Whiskey — Harp & Fiddle, Park
Ridge; The Claudettes/Baby Teeth/Young Heirlooms/Emmet
Otter’s Jug Band Christmas/The Golden Horse Rancy Band/
Adventure Sandwich/Ariel’s Party — Hideout, Chicago; Tynan —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Strung Out — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; Lucky Boys Confusion — House of Blues, Chicago;
Monster — JJ Kelley’s, Lansing; Modern Day Romeos — Joe’s
Live, Rosemont; Salt Creek Boys — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook;
Joanna Connor/Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Good Old War/Beta Radio/Allman Brown — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Stevie Craig — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake;
Susan Williams Band — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Son of Abbey
/Roberts Joseph/Krampus Fest 2018 — Martyrs’, Chicago; Eve
6/Party Nails/Somme — Metro, Chicago; HenneBerry — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Bad Medicine/Coverlicious — Nevin’s
Brewing Company, Plainfield; The Lone Bellow/Triio/Robert
Ellis — Old Town School, Chicago; Snakebite/Sixxx/Lovedrive
Chicago — Original Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; HO HO HOliday
Show - Dennis O’Brien Band — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St.
Charles; Rhinestone — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; New
House/The Fundamental Kink/Bardo (Music Joint)/Brand X/
Grape Juice Plus (Rock Club) — Reggie’s, Chicago; Julian
Jumpin Perez/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Billy
Branch & The Sons of Blues — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Rudolph
The Red-Nosed Reindeer Musical — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; April’s Reign — Slapshots, Midlothian; Studio
Barnhus/Zooey Glass — Smartbar, Chicago; Harry Shearer &
Judith Owens — Space, Evanston; Good Brother (Album
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Release)/Mush/Mollow/Shed/Free Throw/Kayak Jones/
Charmer/Off The Top Freestyle Rap Battle/Silent Party —
Subterranean, Chicago; Louder Now/Karma Committee —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Richard Thompson Electric Trio/Logan
Ledger — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Lazer-Wulf/JOB/Double Ferrari/
WM Covert — The Burlington, Chicago; Rockstar Radio Chicago
— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Done Dirt Cheap/Damaged Justice
— The Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The
Owl, Chicago; Fool House — The Quarry, Lemont; Unotheactivist
/Kami/Brendan Bennett/S.A.G./Eiigo Groove — The Vic,
Chicago; Vagabond Maurice/Shi La Rosa/Good At Bad —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Little Orphan Monkey/
DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Soda/Rick Lindy &
The Wild Ones — White Eagle, Niles; Paul Strolia — Zach’s On
Tap, Palos Heights; Flipside — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights;
April Macie — Zanies, Chicago; Jake Johannsen — Zanies,
Rosemont; Mr. Showtime — Zanies, St. Charles.
SUNDAY 9
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/Muse/Jungle/Barns Courtney — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes/West Towns Chorus
Christmas Show — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Alex’s Music
Studio Winter Recital/Laser Comedy Show — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Melodious Funk/The Original Hazzard County Band — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Brother Ali — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Bub City, Chicago; Brian
Allison — Bub City, Rosemont; Ivy Ford — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; School of Rock Chicago — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; An Acoustic & Electric Evening w/Los Lobos — City
Winery, Chicago; Ammie Brod — Constellation, Chicago; Born of
Osiris/Portals — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; The Bannerman
(Album Release)/Animal Factory/The Isherwoods/Anna p.s. —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Cordoba/Blacker Face/Taylor Seaberg —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night
w/Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago;
Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas/The Golden Horse Rancy
Band/Adventure Sandwich — Hideout, Chicago; Scotty
McCreery/Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Mikey O’s
Jingle Jam — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Kingston Mines Blues Jam
w/Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; John Grant/Two Medicine — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Joe
Moese — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; The Lone Bellow/Triiio/
Robert Ellis — Old Town School, Chicago; The Weepies Holiday
Acoustic Tour — Park West, Chicago; Trigger Happy — Penny
Road Pub, Barrington; Manitowoc Minute — Pheasant Run
Mainstage, St. Charles; King’s X/Hero Jr./Black Sites/Live
Band Karaoke — Reggie’s, Chicago; American Legion Band
Concert — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Carol of The King —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Lulu Be./Akenya/Aaliyah
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Allah/Melissa Lozada-Oliva — Schubas, Chicago; Derrick Carter
/Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Lucy Stoole/JoJo Baby/
Nico/The Lady Ivory — Smartbar, Chicago; Harry Shearer &
Judith Owens — Space, Evanston; Summer Wars/Never Loved/
Action-Adventure/Latenightsinmycar/The Number Twelve
Looks Lik You/Meth/Crowning — Subterranean, Chicago; The
Music of Wilco for Kids/Lucha Libre Galli — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Club Malos/WIG/LIP/Harry Vetch — The Burlington,
Chicago; Texas Hippie Coalition — The Forge, Joliet; Emma
Grace/Robin & Aida — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; MojoWindow — White
Tavern, Naperville; Nate Weatherup — Zanies, Chicago.
MONDAY 10
Eric Schneider Quartet/Chris Greene Quartet — Andy’s,
Chicago; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Mike Wheeter/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; MG Bailey — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts
The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; An Acoustic &
Electric Evening w/Los Lobos — City Winery, Chicago; Molly
Compton — Elbo Room, Chicago; Campdogzz/Reunion/Wreath
of Hogs — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green
Mill, Chicago; The Golden One w/Whitmer Thomas — Hideout,
Chicago; The Internet — House of Blues, Chicago; Holiday
Rhythms — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW
Williams & The ChiTown Hustlers — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Caroline Lucius/Margo — Martyrs’, Chicago; Cannabis Corpse/
The Derangement/Cereviscera/Inner Decay — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Haerts/Vlad Holiday — Schubas, Chicago; Oxbow and
Moor/Wright Gatewood & Bob McGuire — Uncommon Ground
(Edgewood), Chicago; Open Mic — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Nate Weatherup — Zanies, Chicago.
TUESDAY 11
Jason Stein Quartet/After Dark-Vonski Tribute — Andy’s,
Chicago; Tony Orlando & Dawn Christmas Reunion — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; 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; Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; An Acoustic & Electric Evening w/Los Lobos
— City Winery, Chicago; The Rack & The Riddler — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Modern Vices/Stuyedeyed/Town Criers — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
Silverstein 15th Anniversary Tour — House of Blues, Chicago;
Giles Corey/Mike Wheeler w/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Eve Black/Big Fucking Idiots/Svobodni/Anfang —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Mr. Blotto —
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