FRIDAY 28
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Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — Bub City,
Rosemont; Breezy Rodio — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Shemekia Copeland — City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing
Gitan/Late Night w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill,
Chicago; In One Ear — Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Tribute to 80’s
Hair Metal — House of Blues, Chicago; Nicholas Payton/Ron
Blake/Rodney Whitaker/Greg Hutchison/Marc Cary — Jazz
Showcase, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke/Buttcracker Burlesque —
Reggie’s, Chicago; Nicholas Barron Band — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook.
THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER
Soul Message Band/The Trumpet Summit — Andy’s, Chicago;
Luke Pytel/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Matt
Nanke — Board & Barrel, Naperville; Every Avenue — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; The Country Night — Bub City, Chicago; Perry
Hutchins — Bub City, Rosemont; Will Tilson — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Shemekia Copeland — City Winery, Chicago;
James Manno — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Nick Cox & Adam Heisler
— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Lando Chill/Vic Spencer/Ajani
Jones — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’ Brass Prohibition
Band w/Angel Spiccia — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Blackberry
Jam — Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; The Romantiques —
Firewater Saloon, Mt. Greenwood; Chris Moran — Gifford’s, Elgin;
Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Makena Hartlin — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Devil In A Woodpile — Hideout, Chicago; Tributes to
Slipknot/Deftones/Marilyn Manson/Rob Zombie — House of
Blues, Chicago; Nicholas Payton/Ron Blake/Rodney Whitaker/
Greg Hutchison/Marc Cary — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Nellie Tiger Travis — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mike
Silverstri — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Tributosaurus
becomes: The Rolling Stones — Martyrs’, Chicago; Chicks With
Picks — Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Night Bass w/AC
Slater/Phelgmetic Dogs/Volac — Park West, Chicago; DJ Chris
Ullrich & Ian Spacee — Q-Bar, Darien; DJ Night — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Classic Album Night w/Salt Sweat Sugar
(Jimmy Eat World)/Succubus (Incubus) — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Dueling Pianos — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; James Wheeler
Blues Jam — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; The Waco Brothers —
Schubas, Chicago; Music of John Prine w/The Illegal Smiles —
Space, Evanston; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Pat
McGann — Zanies, Chicago; Michael Palascak — Zanies,
Rosemont.
Family Groove Co. — 210 Live, Highwood; Trans-Siberian
Orchestra — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Marques Carroll Quartet
/Sax To The Bone feat. Mike Smith & Tom Garling — Andy’s,
Chicago; Marshall Tucker Band — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Jetsetters DJ — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Friday at
Five — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Shuffle This — Bannerman’s, Bartlett;
Michael Riser — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Skyline Music Holidaze
Festival — BaseCamp, Lisle; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Visions of Santana/Peter & The Versatiles —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Corey
Dennison — BLUES, Chicago; Wally Trio — Board & Barrel,
Naperville; Every Avenue — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Rendition
— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Joe Fascetta — Broken Oar,
Port Barrington; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Chicago; Feudin
Hillbillys — Bub City, Rosemont; Chicago Wind/Scott Nev —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Band Night — Chicago Loop,
Streamwood; Mama/The Mons/HotLips Messiah/The Evictions
/Stickfight!/The Addisons — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
Macy Gray — City Winery, Chicago; Coats for Folks (Coat Drive)
w/Roger This/Pat Egan & The Heavy Hearts — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Deja Vu — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Ricardo Hombre —
Dock’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; The Walk-Ins — Draft Picks,
Naperville; Buford T. Judd & The Dumptrucks — Empire,
Naperville; Ryley Walker/Ohmme/Ben Lamar Gay — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’ Brass Prohibition Band w/Michael
Ross — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Nashville Electric Company —
Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; This End Up — Firewater Saloon, Edison
Park; Styx (Silver Creek) — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo;
Makena Hartlin — Gifford’s, Elgin; The Flipside Show w/Chris
Foreman/Battle of The Saxes w/Ed Petersen & Eric Schneider
/After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill, Chicago; Blackened/
Aron Hadon Band — H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Mark V — Harp
& Fiddle, Park Ridge; Libido Funk Circus — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; One Of These Nights — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Bruce
In The USA — House of Blues, Chicago; Return2Soul — Incontro
A Tavola, S. Barrington; Sal & Izy/LIve Band Karaoke w/Erik
Donner — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Perry Hutchins — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; Chelsea Bain — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; DJ Karel King —
Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Bobby K — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook;
Joanna Connor/Billy Branch & Sons of Blues — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine;
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band — Martyrs’, Chicago; Sneezy
— Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Ear Candy — Nevin’s Brewing
Company, Plainfield; Johnny Cash/Neil Diamond Holiday Tribute
— Park West, Chicago; The Suicide Machines/The Goddamn
Gallows/Gallows Bound/Counterpunch (Rock Club)/Beat For
Smart Kids/King For A Day/The Mizzerables/Burn Rebuild
(Music Joint) — Reggie’s, Chicago; Too White Crew/DJ Q —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Greensky Bluegrass — Riviera
Theater, Chicago; Inspector Owl/Troubled Hubble/Fckr Jr. —
Schubas, Chicago; Ratboys/Spencer Radcliffe/Floatie —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; J. Phlip B2B Mikey Lion/Radiohiro —
Smartbar, Chicago; John Primer/Billy Boy Arnold — Space,
Evanston; Buk & Dawreck/Psychodrama/Triple Darkness/Da
Smart/Synpaz — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Windy City Wave Winter Jam — The Forge, Joliet;
DJ Boogie Munsters — The Owl, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Whiskey
& Harmony — The Quarry, Lemont; Harlem Globetrotters —
United Center, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Antonio Duca — White Eagle, Niles; Enuff Z’Nuff/
Almost Bowie/Straight Skinny — Wire, Berwyn; DJ Messes —
World of Beer, Evanston; Chicks With Picks — Zach’s On Tap,
Palos Heights; James Libera — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights; Pat
McGann — Zanies, Chicago; Michael Palascak — Zanies,
Rosemont; Landry — Zanies, St. Charles.
SATURDAY 29
Marques Carroll Quartet/Sax To The Bone feat. Mike Smith &
Tom Garling — Andy’s, Chicago; The BoDeans w/Trapper
Schoepp — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Serendipity — Arlington
Ale House, Arlington Heights; The Chicago Experience —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; C-Factor — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; HiFi
Superstar Unplugged — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Boy Band
Review — BaseCamp, Lisle; Vince Amore — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Captain Miller Band (early)/Coverlicious (late) — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Match City — Blue Chip
Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Brian Kovacs — Board &
Barrel, Naperville; Emo Night Brooklyn — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Infinity/Journey Recapture — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; David’s Bazaar — Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Gerald and Camille — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Feudin
Hillbillys — Bub City, Chicago; Sean & Charlie — Bub City,
Rosemont; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials/Sonic Soul — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Miles Maxwell Band — Bungalow Joe’s,
Hanover Park; Damaged Justice — Cheers, Midlothian; Band
Night — Chicago Loop, Streamwood; The Flesh Panthers/Skip
Church/Aweful/Three Blue Teardrops/The Hamburglars/
Bremer & The No Goods/Super Sonic Space Rebels — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Macy Gray — City Winery, Chicago;
Green Velvet/Solardo — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Mangoland/Ludlow/The Darling Sons/Resurrection Larry —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; AM/FM — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda;
Covergirls — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; 14th Annual Alex Chilten
Birthday Bash — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon N’ Brass
Prohibition Band w/Brian Patti — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
Moonlight Pickers — Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Webb
Wilder & The Beatnecks — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Chicks With
Picks — Gifford’s, Elgin; The Paper Machete/Battle of the Saxes
w/Ed Petersen & Eric Schneider/After Hours Jazz Party w/Pat
Mallinger & Co. — Green Mill, Chicago; Step Brothers —
Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Semple/Bella Button Band —
H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Mike & Eileen — Harp & Fiddle, Park
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Ridge; Hideout Dance Party — Hideout, Chicago; The Bigger
Picture — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Poison’d Crue — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; The Selena Experience — House of Blues, Chicago;
Nicholas Payton/Ron Blake/Rodney Whitaker/Greg Hutchison
/Marc Cary — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; The Country Night —
Joe’s Bar, Chicago; 7th Heaven — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Forget
Hannah — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor/Billy
Branch & Sons of Blues — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Makena
Hartlin — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Kung Fu — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Hi Infidelity — Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield;
Modern Day Romeos/Petrock — Original Sundance Saloon,
Mundelein; Squnto/Kai Wachi/Al Ross — Park West, Chicago;
Kindred — Patio Theater, Chicago; BandFam Bash ‘18 — Penny
Road Pub, Barrington; Nashville Electric Company — Pinheadz,
Yorkville; James & Friends — Port of Blarney, Antioch; The Mix —
Porter’s Pub, Elgin; Kyle Young — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine,
WI; Orinoco/Everything Must Die/Sons of Ra/Gamma
Goat/Coyote Man (Music Joint)/Trip 6/Rival/Ladrone (Rock
Club) — Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Q & Ray Eng — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Greensky Bluegrass — Riviera Theater, Chicago; John
Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Nick Lowe/Paul Cebar — Space, Evanston; Real Friends/Hot
Mulligan/Fredo Disco/Cloutgodz/Lil Woo/Adam Wilson/
Nehemiah/Swift The Mayor/Scud Kyles — Subterranean,
Chicago; Kashmir/The Gingers — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Noname — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Acoustiholics — The Cottage,
Crystal Lake; Lateralus/White Pony — The Forge, Joliet; DJ
Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Lounge
Puppets — The Quarry, Lemont; Fiona McMahon/Jack Kapson/
McCarthy — Uncommon Ground (Edgewood), Chicago; Hellion
Chicago/DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Rick
Saucedo — White Eagle, Niles; Full Disclosure — Wise Owl,
Chicago; Superfly Redneck — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights;
Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights; Landry —
Zanies, Chicago; Pat McGann — Zanies, Rosemont; Michael
Palascak — Zanies, St. Charles.
SUNDAY 30
Bill Porter Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Charles Heath’s
Early Risers Jazz Jam/Pharez Whitted’s Late Night Jazz Jam —
Andy’s, Chicago; Galantis — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Screaming Females/Red Payoff/Djunah — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Electro Retro/Gone Country/Backdated — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Chicks With Picks —
Board & Barrel, Naperville; Space Jesus — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Scott Dubose — Bub City, Chicago; Cash Cox Kings —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Avery*Sunshine — City Winery,
Chicago; What So Not/Slumberjack — Concord Music Hall,
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