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— Space, Evanston; Pooky/Engine Summer/Rainbow James/
Rabbit Folk/Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago; Cat Power
— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Ground Up Showcase — Uncommon
Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Weeman/Preston Lacy/Mike Stricker/Tim Brennan/
Zach Khan/Brooks Sullivan — Wire, Berwyn; Larry Reeb —
Zanies, Chicago; Pat McGann — Zanies, Rosemont; Downtown
Charlie Brown — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER
The Bally Hoo — 210 Live, Highwood; Jarrard Harris Band/Paul
Marinaro — Andy’s, Chicago; Illenium — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Cover Girls — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler Krienitz —
Bar Evolution, Batavia; Tributes to The Cure/The Smiths/
Morrissey — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Summer Son/Ear Candy —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Junkyard
Groove — Board & Barrel, Naperville; Veil of Maya/Vctms/El
Famous/Deville/The Levitated — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Hi
Infidelity — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; (early) Punk
Christmas/Pegboy/88 Fingers Louie/Take The Reins/Johnny
Automatic/Hymen Moments — Brauer House, Lombard; (late)
Fistmas!/The Four Horsemyn/Prison City Brigade/The Audio
Dead/Too Tough To Die — Brauer House, Lombard; Knievel’s
Daredevil Band Duo — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Payton
Smith — Bub City, Chicago; Brent Lowry & The Drifters — Bub
City, Rosemont; Jimmy Nick/Lori Ann — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Hellbilly Deluxe — Cheers, Midlothian; Karaoke —
Chicago Loop, Streamwood; Junkie Kid — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Michael McDermott — City Winery, Chicago; The
Floozies/Mersiv — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Tatus Aoki,
Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang — Constellation, Chicago;
Farewell to February/Myllhouse/The Root Cause — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; EZFM — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Jess Piano — Dock’s
Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Pat McCurdy/There Goes The
Neighborhood — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Twista: 2nd Annual
Christmas Show For Kids — Elbo Room, Chicago; Container/
Plattenbau — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’ Brass
Prohibition Band w/Nicole Kestler/Joke and Dagger Standup
Comedy — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Friction — Fire Bar, Crystal
Lake; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; The
Redmonds Christmas Show/Lauren Anderson w/Erik Anderson
— FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Risky Business — Frankie’s Blue Room,
Naperville; Murph — Gifford’s, Elgin; The Flipside Show w/Chris
Foreman/Matt Wilson’s Tree-O/After Hours Jam Session —
Green Mill, Chicago; Blind Image/Sealed With A Kiss —
H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Bobby Dunne Duo — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; Funny Ha-Ha — Hideout, Chicago; Deja Vu —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Arra — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Peter & The Versatiles — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Robert Glasper Trio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; The
Acoustaholics — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; The Prince
Experience/Marlon Longid & The Shakes — Joe’s Bar, Chicago;
Chase Rice w/Brandon Ray — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; The Bart
Attacks — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor/Kinsey
Report — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Femdot/L.A. Vangogh/
Shawnee Dez — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Psylon Nine/MXMS/
Guidance — Live Wire, Chicago; Cornmeal/Kory Quinn —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Six Speed Tranny — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Stark Raving Dad — Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield;
Freddie Gibbs/DJ RTST — Park West, Chicago; Rhinestone/
Karaoke — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Michael Riser —
Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; In This Style/Acres to
Miles/Gooey (Music Joint)/Silent Party (Rock Club) — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Journey Recaptured Trio — Reuther Auditorium,
Kenosha, WI; 7th Heaven/Julian Jumpin Perez/DJ Q — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Dave Specter Band w/Jimmy Johnson —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Edward & Graham/The Long Lost/
Almond & Olive — Schubas, Chicago; Semple — Shakers, Ottawa;
Josephina/Will Phalen/The Gunshy — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Bonaventure/Hieroglyphic Being DJ Set/Mister Wallace/Ariel
Zetina — Smartbar, Chicago; Deacon Blues — Space, Evanston;
She Killed In Ecstasy/From Beyond These Walls/Cochise
Soulstar — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ
— Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Flake Michigan/Blaul Bear/We Make Thunder —
The Burlington, Chicago; Alectet/Alexis Lombre/Yanna Cello —
Uncommon Ground (Edgewood), Chicago; Manny Torres —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Good Time Hustle — White Eagle, Niles; The
Three Beards — World of Beer, Evanston; The Baked Potatoes —
Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Blake Alexander — Zachary’s Bar,
Palos Heights; Larry Reeb — Zanies, Chicago; Pat McGann —
Zanies, Rosemont.
SATURDAY 22
Col. Obadiah Gunn’s Winderland Holiday Extravaganza — 210
Live, Highwood; Jarrard Harris Band/Paul Marinaro — Andy’s,
Chicago; Illenium — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Bret Michaels —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Bella Cain — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Johnny Russler & The Beach Bum Band —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; The Comstock Load — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Genevieve/Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Jim Bulanda — Bella Mia, Midlothian; The Walk-Ins — Blarney
Stone Pub, Oak Forest; John Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones/Whistle Pigs —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Semple — Blue
Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Common Allies —
Board & Barrel, Naperville; Knuckle Puck/Homesafe/Heart
Attack Man/Lurk — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Ron
Burgundy’s — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Hillbilly
Casino/Hillbilly Rockstarz Holiday Party/The Crank Daddies/
Them Guilty Aces — Brauer House, Lombard; Paul Strolia —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Will B. — Broken Oar, Port Barrington;
Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Payton Smith — Bub City,
Rosemont; Billy Branch and the SOBs/LaWuandia — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; One InTen — Chicago Loop,
Streamwood; Blind Adam & The Federal League/The
Ridgelands/Two Houses/Baby Money/Grit and The Double Kit
— Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Michael McDermott — City
Winery, Chicago; The Floozies/SloDown — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Silt/Hamid Drake & Mako Sica — Constellation,
Chicago; Frankie B/Dina Bach/Kate Schell (Toys For Tots
Donation Show) — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Sole City Juke Band —
Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Rebel Reign — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda;
Acoustically Sound — Draft Picks, Naperville; Charles Tillman
Autograph Session — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; The Why Store/
Matthewaaron — Elbo Room, Chicago; Bourbon N’ Brass
Prohibition Band w/Josie Falbo — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
South City Revival — Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Ronnie
Baker Brooks/Lovehouse Rockin’ Holiday Show — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Rosie & The Rivets Holiday Show — Frankie’s Blue
Room, Naperville; Paul Allodi — Gifford’s, Elgin; The Paper
Machete/Matt Wilson’s Tree-O/After Hours Jazz Party w/Pat
Mallinger & Co. — Green Mill, Chicago; 45 RPM Band —
Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Dean Milano — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; The E1 Midwestern Tour World Tour/Hideout
Dance Party — Hideout, Chicago; The Walk-Ins — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; The Meteors — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Saved
by The 90’s/House of Burleque — House of Blues, Chicago;
Rose Colella’s Holiday Jazz Party — Jazz Showcase, Chicago;
Sasa Matic w/DJ Spaz & DJ Level — Joe’s Live, Rosemont;
Chicks With Picks — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor/
Kinsey Report — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Drama/Emily
Blue/Leslie Marie — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Two Tones — M
Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Annual Bobetta Holiday Party & Jam
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Taylor Bennett & Special Guests — Metro,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Epic/Buring Bridges — Nevin’s Brewing Company,
Plainfield; Christmas Soul Party w/Rahsaan Patterson/Dante
Hall/Slique Jay Adams — Park West, Chicago; Battle Yacht —
Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Bobby K Duo — Pheasant Run
Resort, St. Charles; Joe Orozco — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine,
WI; Macabre/Jungle Rot/Disinter (Rock Club)/We Are The
Roadkill (Music Joint) — Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Q & Marc Lojo —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Kurt Vile & The Violators/Jessica
Pratt — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Charlie Brown Christmas LIVE
— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Kayem/Frank Waln/Demi
Amparan — Schubas, Chicago; Loop Rockers — Slapshots,
Midlothian; Ouray — Space, Evanston; Xmas Party/
Cantbuydeem/Heffy/Unkle Slump/Terry Tertiary/Bombay
Boyz/Tung Tact/Man Cub/Illy Muse/Ever Evolved/Revolt Coda
— Subterranean, Chicago; Hairbangers Ball/Just Add Water —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Gerald and Camille — The Cottage,
Crystal Lake; Elvy The God — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La
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Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Hybrid Theory/Fool’s
Brew — The Quarry, Lemont; Todd Albright — Uncommon Ground
(Edgewood), Chicago; Three Beards/DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Screamin’ End — White Eagle, Niles; The
Ginger/Captain Rat Holiday Show — Wire, Berwyn; The Walk-Ins
— Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Bobby Dunne — Zachary’s Bar,
Palos Heights; Larry Reeb — Zanies, Chicago; Pat McGann —
Zanies, Rosemont.
SUNDAY 23
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam/Pharez Whitted’s Late
Night Jazz Jam — Andy’s, Chicago; Jazz Robots (Album Release)
/Cousins/Good At Bad — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; The
Romantiques/Whiskey & Harmony/Midnight Band — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Junkyard Groove — Bub
City, Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Bub City, Rosemont; Peaches
Staten — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Michael McDermott —
City Winery, Chicago; Dark Side of The Yule/Classical Blast/Six
To Midnight — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Uptown Poetry Slam/
Soul Jazz Night w/Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman — Green
Mill, Chicago; Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Rose
Colella’s Holiday Jazz Party — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Kingston
Mines Blues Jam w/Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Queen!/Derrick Carter/Michael
Serafini/Garrett David — Smartbar, Chicago; Christmas Soul
Spectacular — Space, Evanston; Better Love/Old Sol/Wilmette
— Subterranean, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Larry Reeb — Zanies, Chicago.
MONDAY 24
Classical Blast/Mike Dangeroux Band — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Live Band Carol-Oke — Bub City,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW Williams & The ChiTown Hustlers
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Open Mic — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago.
TUESDAY 25
Superfly Redneck/Head Honchos — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Christmas for Jews/Joel Chasnoff/
Moody McCarthy/Rabbi Barry Schecter — City Winery, Chicago;
The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Giles Corey/Mike
Wheeler/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Karaoke —
Q-Bar, Darien; Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 26
Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio —
Andy’s, Chicago; Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW
Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
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