THURSDAY 13
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Reggie’s, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Pentatonix — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Harry
Hudson/JP Saxe — Schubas, Chicago; Coral Reefr/Sophagus/
Hitter — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Kris Delmhorst w/Sam Moss
— Space, Evanston; Open Mic Hip Hop/A Summer High/
Bronnie/The Catching — Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; The Black Dahlia Murder/Havok/
Midnight/Ghoul/Gost/Skeletal Remains — The Forge, Joliet;
Open Mic — Uncommon Ground (Edgewood), Chicago; Nate
Weatherup — Zanies, Chicago; Tuesday Ten Showcase — Zanies,
Rosemont.
WEDNESDAY 12 DECEMBER
103.9 Jingle Ball w/Shawn Mendes/Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa/
Alessia Cara/Bebe Rexha/Bazzi/Sabrina Carpenter — Allstate
Arena, Rosemont; Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith/The Jordan
Baskin Trio — Andy’s, Chicago; Greta Van Fleet — Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; Matthew Curry — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW Williams/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Roosevelt — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Over The Side — Bub City, Chicago; Griffin
Crowder — Bub City, Rosemont; Giles Corey — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; An Acoustic & Electric Evening w/Los Lobos
— City Winery, Chicago; Rob Clearfield Quartet/Information
Superhighway — Constellation, Chicago; Steph’s Darling Parlour
/Open Mic — Elbo Room, Chicago; Jessica Moss/Brian Case —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli &
Swing Gitan/Late Night w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill,
Chicago; In One Ear — Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Haley Fohr —
Hideout, Chicago; Mitchell Tenpenny (Album Release)/Adam
Hambrick — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Sean & John — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Pecha Kucha Vol. 48 — Martyrs’, Chicago; Song of
Good Cheer w/Mary Schmich & Eric Zoern — Old Town School,
Chicago; Buttcracker Burlesque/Live Band Karaoke — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Nicholas Barron Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Pentatonix — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Quickly, Quickly/
Luminate — Schubas, Chicago; Dave Specter/Jimmy Johnson
90th Birthday — Space, Evanston; Coast 2 Coast Live/Safe
Bet/Northbound/Movies About Animals/Fredo Disco —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; The
Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Sinema Obscura — Uncommon Ground (Edgewood), Chicago;
Callum Grant/Alex Sokol/Tom Benko/Brock Alter —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Grant Lyon — Zanies,
Chicago; Marty DeRosa — Zanies, Rosemont.
Soul Message Band/The Trumpet Summit — Andy’s, Chicago;
BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Alex
Hoffer — Board & Barrel, Naperville; The Lawrence Arms 4th
Annual War on Christmas/A Wilhelm Scream/Canadian Rifle —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Stinking Lizaveta/Bruce Lamont —
Brauer House, Lombard; Brushville — Bub City, Chicago; Folk
Yeah — Bub City, Rosemont; Claudette Miller — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Rahkii/Nola Ade/Chai Tulani/Calid B —
Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Life’s Question/No Victory/
Purgatory/Kharma/Low End/Forced Impact — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Coone — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Frode Gjerstad
/4tet — Constellation, Chicago; James Nickele — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Reality Bites — Elbo Room, Chicago; Jollys/Tutu and
The Pirate/Wet Wallet — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’
Brass Prohibition Band w/Angela Spiccia — Evanston Rocks,
Evanston; The Gingers — Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Andy
Brown Solo Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra —
Green Mill, Chicago; Joe Fascetta — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Devil
In A Woodpile/Thalia Zedek/Helen Money — Hideout, Chicago;
Donald Harrison Quartet — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Country
Christmas w/Luke Combs/David Lee Murphy & Lon Langston
— Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Mike Wheeler Band/Mississippi Heat —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Amber Run & Guest — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Makena Hartlin — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake;
Jennifer Pepper Ramsey — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Tiny Bit of
Giant’s Blood/The Fifth Star Band — Martyrs’, Chicago; Dos
Santos/Resavoir/DJ Rae Chardonnay — Metro, Chicago; Bert’s
Revenge — Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Song of Good
Cheer/Mary Schmich & Eric Zoern — Old Town School, Chicago;
DJ Chris Ullrich & Ian Spacee — Q-Bar, Darien; DJ Night — Q-
Bar, Glendale Heights; Story Party Chicago/True Dating Stories
— Reggie’s, Chicago; Brother John — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
James Wheeler Blues Jam — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Justus
Proffit/Jay Som/Discus — Schubas, Chicago; Olin/
Heckadecimal/Nishkosheh/Club Politix — Smartbar, Chicago;
Stephen Kellogg — Space, Evanston; FayRay/Christian Jalon/
Melvin Knight/Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago; William
Elliott Whitmore w/Tight Phantomz/Raye Zaragoza — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Fury Fight — The Forge, Joliet; Cascader (Album
Release)/Horrible/Basement Family — The Owl, Chicago; Sal
Daddy/Will Phalen — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Emily Galati — Zanies,
Chicago; Marty DeRosa — Zanies, Rosemont; Jimmy Shubert —
Zanies, St. Charles; James Libera — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 14
Bob Seger — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Joe Policastro Trio/The
Mario Abney Effect — Andy’s, Chicago; Greta Van Fleet — Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; Jack Russel’s Great White Led Zeppelin
Show Feat. Frank Hannon of Tesla — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Jetsetters DJ — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Soda —
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Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Hinge — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Ja
Rule — BaseCamp, Lisle; The Voluptuals/Fran, Luke, Henry
Monomania — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeter/Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; That’s What She Said/Hat Guys
— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Rico
McFarland — BLUES, Chicago; Rescue Dogs — Board & Barrel,
Naperville; The Lawrence Arms 4th Annual War on Christmas/
American Steel/Ramona — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Rod
Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; The Outfit/Kevin Lee & The Kings/Racing The Sun/
Frontline/Terrapin Flyer — Brauer House, Lombard; Jess Piano
— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Senn Alan Band — Bub City,
Chicago; Sunfallen — Bub City, Rosemont; Shawn Holt/Smiley
Tilmon feat. Kate Moss — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Kashmir — Cheers, Midlothian; BossyDog — Chicago Loop,
Streamwood; Art Garfunkel — City Winery, Chicago; Slander/
Gammer/Wavedash — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Chachuba/
Sneezy/Wanyama — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The Nothing Personal
Band — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Doug Bardolph — Dock’s Victory
Pub, Elmhurst; One Hott Mess — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; MGR
Pop Up Show — Elbo Room, Chicago; Run Forrest Run — Empire,
Naperville; Dead Rider/Brokeback/Pinebender — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Nick Pontarelli Trio — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
Suburban Cowboys — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Cowboy Jukebox —
Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Off Broadway/Tish Hinojosa —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Warrant w/Slaughter/Lynch Mob —
Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Leroy Winn — Gifford’s, Elgin; The
Flipside Show w/Chris Foreman/Joel Paterson’s Holiday Bash/
After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill, Chicago; 7th Heaven/
Rise — H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Gerry O’Keefe — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; Valley Maker/V.V. Lightbody — Hideout,
Chicago; Final Say — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Karma
Committee — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mike Walters — Incontro
A Tavola, S. Barrington; Donald Harrison Quartet — Jazz
Showcase, Chicago; HiFi Superstar/Gibson Morris — Jimmy’s
Grill, Naperville; Lee Brice/Josh Phillips/John Gurney — Joe’s
Live, Rosemont; Good Clean Fun — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Neal
Rudnik — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Doktu Rhute Muuzic/John
Primer/Nora Jean Bruso — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cards
Against Humanity Writers Room — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Covington Groove — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Dassit/Malcolm
London/Sam Trump — Martyrs’, Chicago; Gang of Youths/
Gretta Ray — Metro, Chicago; Jamie Lono & Noble Heart —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Pearl — Nevin’s Brewing Company,
Plainfield; Song of Good Cheer w/Mary Schmich & Eric Zoern
— Old Town School, Chicago; Pink Talking Fish — Park West,
Chicago; Etas Tonne — Patio Theater, Chicago; Meigs Field
Band — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Prom Night Perm/
Aunt Kelly — Reggie’s, Chicago; The Tenors: Home For The
Holidays — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Hi Infidelity & DJ Erge
— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Hablot Brown/Iris Temple —
Schubas, Chicago; Feel Good Party Band — Shakers, Ottawa;
Oozing Wound/Rectal Hygenics/Bruges/Conduit — Sleeping
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Village, Chicago; Ben Sims/Jeff Derringer — Smartbar, Chicago;
Flow Tribe — Space, Evanston; Paris Chansons — Space,
Evanston; Ivy Lab — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Cloud Nothings/The Courtneys/Good Willsmith —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Kodachrome/Ovef Ow/Lettering/
Coronary — The Burlington, Chicago; Stevie Stone — The Forge,
Joliet; DJ Grandiose — The Owl, Chicago; Shut Up and Give Me
Murder Podcast — The Vic, Chicago; Downtown Charlie Brown
— Tuscany, Oak Brook; Drunk Shakespeare — Uncommon Ground
(Edgewood), Chicago; Pilot & The Helm/John Boyle —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; DJ Karel King — White Eagle, Niles; 20 Bands
of Xmas — Wire, Berwyn; The Walk-Ins — World of Beer, Evanston;
Joe Fascetta — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Diva Montell —
Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights; Emily Galati — Zanies, Chicago;
Pat Tomasulo — Zanies, Rosemont; Jimmy Shubert — Zanies, St.
Charles.
SATURDAY 15
Nelson Street Revival w/Cathy Richardson — 210 Live,
Highwood; Joe Policastro Trio/Mario Abney Effect — Andy’s,
Chicago; Greta Van Fleet — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Ides of
March Christmas Show — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Unfinished Business — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights;
Ron Hawking Christmas — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville;
Chasing Alice — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Raleigh Truckers — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Wedding Banned — BaseCamp, Lisle; Parker
Gispert/Distant Brothers/Henry True/Bluegrass Brunch —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Kacey Myles Duo — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; Sean & Charlie Live — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak
Forest; Mike Wheeter/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Planet Groove/BBI — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Light Up The Moon — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas
Baby, Michigan City, IN; Rico McFarland — BLUES, Chicago;
Summer Son — Board & Barrel, Naperville; The Lawrence Arms
4th Annual War on Christmas w/The Lillingtons/The Lippies —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Too White Crew — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Psychobilly X-Mas/The Koffin Kats & Elvis
Hitler/Bailey Dee/Barbara Clifford/The Gravetones/Get Up
and Go/The Aquaholics/The Radiations — Brauer House,
Lombard; Chicks With Picks — Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Stripped — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Real Good Whiskey —
Bub City, Chicago; Saddlebrook — Bub City, Rosemont; Demetria
Taylor/The Smokin Tones — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Southern Jack — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Mind Over
Matter/Spillage — Chicago Loop, Streamwood; Art Garfunkel —
City Winery, Chicago; Slander/Gammer/Wavedash — Concord
Music Hall, Chicago; Fred Jackson Jr. Quartet — Constellation,
Chicago; Blue Mud/Captain Coopersmith/The Sedonas/Space
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