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TroyBoi/Yultron/Argenil — Concord Hall, Chicago; Arpias
Recargadas — Copernicus Center, Chicago; DJ King/Karaoke —
Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Los Borrachos/littlebirds/Kate
Voegele — Elbo Room, Chicago; The Hoyle Brothers/FACS/Spun
Out/DJ Doug Mosurock — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Hairbanger’s
Ball — Evenflow Music, Geneva; Modern Day Romeos — Fire Bar,
Crystal Lake; Jenny Bienemann & Friends — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Lounge Puppets — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Bronte
Fall/Kara Cavanaugh — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Chris
Foreman/Howard Alden/Andy Brown Quartet/Green Mill
Quartet/Eric Schneider — Green Mill, Chicago; Edward David
Anderson/Althea Grace — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Jake La
Botz — Hideout, Chicago; Omar Apollo/Dijon/Silver Sphere —
Hobart Art Theatre, Hobart; Deja Vu — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
7th Heaven — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Too Tough To Die/The
Four Horsemyn/The Last Great Riot — Home Bar, Arlington
Heights; Mike Wheeler Band/DJ Chris U — House of Blues,
Chicago; Stache — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Sal & Izy — Jimmy’s
Grill, Naperville; Joe Fascetta — Kegler’s, Crest Hill; Bobby Rex
& Johnny — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Joanna Connor Acoustic
Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Leif Vollebekk/Rebecca Foon —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Zach Deputy/Of Good Nature — Martyrs,
Chicago; Turnover & Men I Trust/Renata Zeiguer — Metro,
Chicago; WheelHouse — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Q Brothers
Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago; The Bad Plus — Old Town
School, Chicago; Last Dance/Have A Cigar — Original Sundance
Saloon, Mundelein; Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre,
Aurora; Funtcase/UBUR — Park West, Chicago; Jury of Fears/
Convey/Backlash/Hostages/A Story Unwritten/ — Penny Road
Pub, Chicago; BossyDog — Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Disciple
— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Warforged/Suicide Machines/88
Fingers Louie/Krank Daddies — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Erge/DJ
Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
— Rosa’s, Chicago; Emily Blue/Carlile/Thair/Flora/
Superknova/Girlboifriend — Schubas, Chicago; JC Brooks Band
/Phillip-Michael Scales/Mo Manley — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
DJ Tennis/Desert Sound Colony/Fortune — Smartbar, Chicago;
The Empty Pockets — Space, Evanston; EMAROSA/Too Close To
Touch/Vaines/The Roof Dogs/Mooner/Impulsive Hearts —
Subterranean, Chicago; Cheap Vacation/Pludo/Mrey/
Permanent Residue — The Burlington, Chicago; Lil Tjay — The
Forge, Joliet; Adam Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; Salsa Fusion
Dance Party — The Venue, Aurora; 93 XRT Holiday Jam w/X
Ambassadors/Mondo Cozmo — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Rupert
Wates — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; Caroline
Lucius/Ben Walwana & Lionhearted Socials (Lakeview) —
Uncommon Ground, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Elmore James Jr & The Broom Dusters — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago; Merkules/Trilmob/Novatore/White Boy
Schwasted — WC Social Club, West Chicago; Tributosaurus
becomes The Grateful Dead — Wire, Berwyn; Afterglow —
Zachary’s, Palos Heights; Sean & John — Zack’s On Tap, Palos
Heights.
SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER
Tower of Power — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Dill Spears Band
— Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Boy Band Review —
Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Cadillac Groove — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Hi Infidelity — BaseCamp, Lisle; Bluegrass Brunch/
Inebrium/Canyon of the Skull/Snow Burial/Huntsmen/The
Skull — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; King & Kash — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Nick Moss & Friends — BLUES, Chicago; Lost
Kings/Martin Jensen — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Sin Anestesia
/Vegas McGraw — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Judas
Rising/Wrath — Brat Stop, Kenosha, WI; Superfly Redneck —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Martin McDaniel — Bub City, Chicago;
James Armstrong/Nate Manos — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Blacktop South — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; In The Flesh — Cheers,
Midlothian; Cirque Du Soleil — Chicago Theatre, Chicago;
Kaivon — Chop Shop, Chicago; Chante Moore — City Winery,
Chicago; TroyBoi/Yultron/Argenil — Concord Hall, Chicago;
Face/Time — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Off The Charts — Draft
Picks, Naperville; DJnoDJ — Durty Nellie’s , Palatine; The Oxleys
— Elbo Room, Chicago; DJ Craig Reptile/Bloodiest/Tombstone
Eyes/Sweet Cobra/Tight Phantomz — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Warren Band/Shoop Dogs — Evenflow Music, Geneva; Chris &
Heather’s Country Calendar Show — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Wall
Of Denial — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Chris Isaak —
Genesee Theatre, Waukegan; The Paper Machete/Howard
Alden/Andy Brown Quartet/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green
Mill, Chicago; Bluegrass Brunch w/ Cox’s Army — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Elizabeth Cook/Andrew Leahey — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Emmet Otter’s Jug Band/Adventure
Sandwich/Mr. and Mrs. Wednesday Night — Hideout, Chicago;
Rehab — Hobart Art Theatre, Hobart; Rosie & The Rivets —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Poison’d Crue — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; The Boy Band Night — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Gibson
Morris — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Randy Rogers Band/The
Powell Brothers — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; Joanna Connor
Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mr. Dave Music —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Way Down Wanderers/Lunar
Ticks/Pete Jive — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Kitchen Dwellers/Old
No. 8 — Martyrs, Chicago; Highspeedirt/Blizzard of Ozz — Metal
Monkey, Romeoville; Gina Gonzales and the Wingmen — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier,
Chicago; Sequence Chicago — Navy Pier, Chicago; Lenny
Marsh/Mars Caulton/Over The Rhine/Uncovered — Old Town
School, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre,
Aurora; Brendan Bayliss/Jake Cinninger — Park West, Chicago;
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Shpongle/Android
Jones/David
Phipps/Goopsteppa/
Spacegeisha — Patio Theater, Chicago; Saving Escape/Tom
Sawyer/Easy Company/Project C Minus/BoneShaker/The
Bungdoons/Baily Evert/Opshional/Kyle Freeman — Penny Road
Pub, Chicago; Dan Peters — Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Arra —
Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Kashmir — Quarry Pub, Lemont;
Altered Stage/Vyse/Skinwalker/Nerf Herder/Copyrights —
Reggies, Chicago; Larry The Cable Guy — Rialto Square Theatre,
Joliet; DJ Erge/DJ Val — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melvin
Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; The All Stars —
Rush Creek, Harvard; Covers for Cover — Schubas, Chicago;
Serendipity — Sideouts, Island Lake; Mutts/500 Miles To
Memphis/Avantist — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Anthony
Parasole/Hiroko Yamamura/Lowki — Smartbar, Chicago; Harry
Shearer/Judith Owen — Space, Evanston; Blackalicious/Street
Sects/Fire-Toolz/OZZUARIO — Subterranean, Chicago; The
Rack and the Riddler/Fossil Fuel — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Whitney with Akenya — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Peeves/Otter
Petter/The Prarie Fires/Warm Ones — The Burlington, Chicago;
Nygel Ajax — The Crossing Pub, Plano; American Idiots/One
X/The Glory Years/After Matter — The Forge, Joliet; Esteban La
Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Bonnie Koloc/Don
Stille/Steve Eisen — The Venue, Aurora; 93 XRT Holiday Jam
w/The Lumineers/Joseph — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Folk/
Roots Sing-Around — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers
Grove; Terriers/Christopher Elam & The Lazarus Rocket
(Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Erykah Badu/Nas —
United Center, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Eric D’Allesandro — WC Social Club, West Chicago;
Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s, Palos Heights; TNT — Zack’s
On Tap, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 8
US99 Stars & Strings w/Kane Brown/Chris Janson/Scotty
McCreary/Lindsay Ell/Seaforth — Allstate Arena, Rosemont;
Wizard’s of Winter w/Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Rainbow/Alice
Cooper/Ted Nugent Band/The Irish Tenors/The Wizards of
Winter; Top of The World: A Carpenters Christmas (Early) —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots/Olivia Jean/
Bleach Party/The Dyes — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Senn Alan Band — Bub
City, Chicago; Jess Piano — Bub City, Rosemont; Ivy Ford —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Old No 8 — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Cirque Du Soleil — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; School of Rock —
Chop Shop, Chicago; Los Lobos — City Winery, Chicago;
Dreamcatcher — Concord Hall, Chicago; The Jazz Consortium
Big Band — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; DJ Brett Cra/Say Sue
Me/Fauvley — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Jazz Community Big Band
/Ava Logan — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Trio/Chris
Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz Brunch w/ Elaine Dame —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Emmet Otter’s Jug Band/
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Adventure Sandwich/Mr. and Mrs. Wednesday Night — Hideout,
Chicago; Gospel Brunch/Nicholas Barron/Steel Panther/Joe
Moss Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam w/ Linsey
Alexander/Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Battles/Guerilla Toss — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Catfight/Diana
& The Dishes/Liz & The Lovelies — Martyrs, Chicago; Q
Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago; Joan
Shelley/Funkadesi — Old Town School, Chicago; Beauty and The
Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; John McDionald/Bob
Stroger — Reggies, Chicago; John McDionald/Bob Stroger —
Reggies, Chicago; Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker —
Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; Acoustic Brunch w/ Kitchen
Boys — Schubas, Chicago; Matthew Mayfield/Nathan Graham —
Schubas, Chicago; Hildegard: An Unfinished Revolution —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Harry Shearer/Judith Owen — Space,
Evanston; Mongol Horde — Subterranean, Chicago; Whitney
with Akenya — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Morbid Angel/Watain/
Incantation — The Forge, Joliet; Album Covers Series - Made in
Aurora Vol 2 — The Venue, Aurora; 933XRT Holiday Jam w/Alice
Merton/The Strumbellas — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Ground Up
Showcase (Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; DJ &
Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; A Killer’s Confession (Toys
For Tots Benefit) — WC Social Club, West Chicago.
MONDAY 9
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Metal Bingo
— Brauer House, Lombard; Morgan Fingleton — Bub City,
Chicago; Jimmy Burns — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Los
Lobos — City Winery, Chicago; SiR — Concord Hall, Chicago;
Bossa IV/Brett Koontz/Truancy Club — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Robby Hoffman —
Hideout, Chicago; Joanna Connor — House of Blues, Chicago;
Corey Dennison — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Last Word
Quintet/Sons of the Never Wrong/Sara Allen/Mike Levin/
James Sanders — Martyrs, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy —
Reggies, Chicago; Celtic Yuletide — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet;
Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Mush/Telethon/The Tomblands
— Sleeping Village, Chicago; Verboten — Space, Evanston; Amy
Guess/Sarah Marie Young/Joz — Subterranean, Chicago;
Mount Eerie/Julie Doiron — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 10
Silent Film Night: The Gold Rush — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Nicky T and
the Snake Charmers — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Julie
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