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e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER
Theater, St. Charles; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Metal Bingo — Brauer House, Lombard; Senn
Alan Band — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Nat King Cole Tribute — City Winery, Chicago;
Mario Di Sandro/Jordan Walker/David Hayes/Ian Leith — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Post Child/Secret Colours/Faint Life/DJ Jen
Dot — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Hinda Hoffman/Soul Message —
Green Mill, Chicago; Joanna Connor/Static-X/Mushroomhead/
Joe Marcinek Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Midnight Hour — Martyrs, Chicago;
Open Mic Comedy — Reggies, Chicago; Open Mic — Schubas,
Chicago; Blue Monday/Jimmy Burns — Space, Evanston; Like A
Storm — The Forge, Joliet; A Drag Queen Christmas — The Vic
Theatre, Chicago.
Classical Blast — 210 Live, Highwood; Leonid & Friends —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Mary Macaroni and the Impastas/Super Guitar
Bros/Jer Roque — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Super Guitar
Bros./Jer Roque (Early) — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen
Co. — BLUES, Chicago; The Pineapple Thief/Randy McStine/The
Reciever — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Ethan Bell Band — Bub
City, Chicago; Sunfallen — Bub City, Rosemont; Dave Weld & The
Imperial Flames — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Cirque Du
Soleil — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; BoDeans — City Winery,
Chicago; UKRYTA GRA/Solid Gold — Copernicus Center, Chicago;
Suspicious Fires/Brian Kristmas/Highway English — Elbo
Room, Chicago; AM Brunch DJs/Dad’s Basement — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Grandstand Big Band/Lakes County
High School Jazz Band — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Joel Paterson
Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz Brunch w/
Angel Spiccia — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Gospel
Brunch/Issues/Gerry Hundt/Keith Scott/Funky Mojo Daddy —
House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam w/ Linsey
Alexander/Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Ours/Chris Shinn/Joe George — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Heavens
Tripod/Rich Salamander — Live Wire, Chicago; Q Brothers
Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago; The Nut Tapper — Old
Town School, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast — Paramount
Theatre, Aurora; A.C.E — Park West, Chicago; Frozen Sing-a-long
— Patio Theater, Chicago; Rick Saucedo — Pheasant Run, St.
Charles; featherpusher n frenz — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago;
Brandon James — Reggies, Chicago; Acoustic Brunch w/
Slippery Elm — Schubas, Chicago; Malci/Vagabond
Maurice/Mestozi — Schubas, Chicago; Capitol Sun Rays/Amy
Helm/Birds of Chicago/Grahame Lesh/Luther Dickinson —
Space, Evanston; Mike’s Dead/Ryan Oakes/KoVu/Brad
Varsity/Joey Burbs — Subterranean, Chicago; Music of The
Grateful Dead for Kids — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Hypno Carlito —
The Forge, Joliet; Djunah/Buildings/Bruges — The Owl,
Chicago; Giving Tuesday Benefit Concert — The Venue, Aurora;
Celine Dion — United Center, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Luzma’/Machin/The Off Days/Division
Point/The Tracies — Wire, Berwyn. B96 Jingle Bash w/Katy Perry/Camila Cabello/Marshmello/
Normani/Monsta X/Lil Tecca/NCT 127/AJ Mitchell — Allstate
Arena, Rosemont; Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
The Spill Canvas/The Juliana Theory/Cory Wells/Mark Rose —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Jana Kramer/Michael Caussin — City Winery, Chicago;
Pinksqueeze/Kim Schaefer/Jory Avner — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Vogds/Cae Monae/Gabriel Anaya/Alex Grelle/DJ Ariel
Zetina/DJ Bryce Love Fields — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Altered
Five Blues Band — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green
Mill, Chicago; Todd Kessler — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Girl
K/Discus/Burr Oak — Hideout, Chicago; As I Lay Dying/Guy
King/Comedy Cocktail/Dave Specter — House of Blues,
Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael Wheeler/Peaches Staten —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Vintage Trouble/Hollis Brown —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Honey Butter/Morning Dew/Grace
Blackford — Martyrs, Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol —
Navy Pier, Chicago; Mr. Blotto/Goran Ivanovic Trio — Reggies,
Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Town Criers/Los Gold Fires/Hawley — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; ~Nois/Kinds of Kings — Space, Evanston; A
John Waters Christmas — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
MONDAY 2 DECEMBER WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER
Tribute to The Beatles White Album w/Christopher Cross/Todd
Rundgren/Micky Dolenz/Jason Scheff/Joey Molland — Arcada Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora ; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby —
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Blues Jam w/Big Ray & Chicago’s Most
Wanted — BLUES, Chicago; Open Jam — Brauer House, Lombard;
The Jimmys — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Cirque Du Soleil
— Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Jane Monheit — City Winery,
Chicago; Cloud Cruiser/Plastic Crimewave Syndicate/Imelda
Marcos/Sacred Monster — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open Mic/A
Birdsong Valentine/A Friend Called Fire/Workout Music — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Brett Naucke/Civic Center/Tim Kinsella/
Heather Gabel — Empty Bottle, Chicago; APOL Orchestra/Planet
Flippo Trio — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli/Swing
Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Leslie
Beukelman/The Heritage Jazz Orchestra — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Keithan Banks/Uncorked and Unplugged/Luca
Chiellini — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Michael
Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Esther Povitsky — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes The Grateful Dead —
Martyrs, Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier,
Chicago; The East Loop — Old Town School, Chicago; Beauty
and The Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Live Band Karaoke
/Fringe Field — Reggies, Chicago; CeeLo Green — Rialto Square
Theatre, Joliet; Manchester Orchestra — Riviera Theatre,
Chicago; Lurrie Bell/Lil’ Ed — Rosa’s, Chicago; Cat Clyde/
Jeremie Albino — Schubas, Chicago; Dylan LeBlanc/SG
Goodman — Space, Evanston; DOTDOTDOT/St. Marlboro/Dead
Lucid/Aunt Kelley — Subterranean, Chicago; Turn N Fire/The
Fonzie Scheme/Law Of Keanu — The Burlington, Chicago; O.A.R.
— The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Low-Reen & Maxwell St Market
Blues Jam — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Ladama/A Flor de
Piel — Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER
Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; J&D Just Friends — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Dias Funk — BaseCamp, Lisle; Charming
Liars/Young Douglas/Silent Rival — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS
Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; JW Williams
& The ChiTown Hustlers — BLUES, Chicago; Cautious Clay/Remi
Wolf — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Martin McDaniel — Bub City,
Chicago; Jimmy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Cirque Du Soleil — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Zeke Beats/G-Rex
— Chop Shop, Chicago; Gloryhole Guillotine/Matianak/
Everything Must Die/Inner Decay — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Omar Apollo/Dijon/Silver Sphere — Concord Hall, Chicago;
Jake Gray/Janet Blackwell/Animal Factory/Acres To Miles/
Gooey/Soul Daddy — Elbo Room, Chicago; Modern Shag/Dogs
At Large — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bitters — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Angela Perley/Danny Cohen — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Sanctified
Grumblers/Krampusnacht/Arriver/
Vietrahm/Andrew L’Animal — Hideout, Chicago; Joanna Connor
— House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; 100 Gecs/Tony Velour/Jeanette Andrews — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Rumpke Mountain Boys — Martyrs, Chicago;
Cattle Decapitation/Atheist/Full of Hell/Author & Punisher/
Vitriol — Metro, Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy
Pier, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre,
Aurora; Smilin’ Bobby and the Clemtones — Phyllis’ Musical Inn,
Chicago; Berhana/Pomo/Black Flowerz Movement — Reggies,
Chicago; Yanni — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet; Mark Lojo —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Blues Jam Session w/Lil Ed
Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Fort Frances — Schubas, Chicago;
Vancouver Sleep Clinic/Velvet Negroni — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Motor City drum Ensemble/Rahaan/Phillip Stone —
Smartbar, Chicago; Dead Horses — Space, Evanston; AbJo/
Khingz/Mic Flont — Subterranean, Chicago; Bringers/Side
Sleeper Apocalypse Quest/Blood Pact Scout — The Burlington,
Chicago; Good Morning Bedlam/Todd Kessler — The Venue,
Aurora; O.A.R. — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Rittz/Dizzy Wright/Ekoh/Whitney
Peyton/Azmattic/Carlzvt — WC Social Club, West Chicago; The
A to Z’s — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6
Brett Michaels Christmas Party — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Dueling
Pianos — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Members Only —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Jay Cherry — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Forever Deaf Fest — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Ultra Beat — Blue
Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN; Dopapod/Paris Monster —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Andy Grammer/Walker Hayes/Six
String Crossing/Dylan Raymond/Seanandcharlie/Hugh Too/
South City Revival — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; M.O.D.
Classic/Skarhead/Battle Royale — Brauer House, Lombard;
Nobody’s Business/Wise Guys — Brauer House, Lombard;
Brushville — Bub City, Chicago; Martin McDaniel — Bub City,
Rosemont; Billy TK JNR/Terrell Carter — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Brockhampton — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Lone Wolf Band — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer
— Cheers, Midlothian; Cirque Du Soleil — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Tourist/Matthew Dear — Chop Shop, Chicago; Pkew
Pkew Pkew/Ramona/Jacob Horn Trio — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
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