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Heights; Sister Hazel/Windy City Duo/Chicago Rhythm &
Blues Kings — House of Blues, Chicago; Shooter McGavin —
Jamo’s Live, Mokena; D From Love & Money — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; Damaged Justice — JJ Kelley’s, Lansing; Joanna
Connor Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sleep On It/
Bearings/Young Culture/Better Love — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Kung Fu/Ben Miller Band — Martyrs, Chicago; Heaven & Hell
Chicago — Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Monster Park — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier,
Chicago; Sequence Chicago: A Blues Christmas — Navy Pier,
Chicago; Modern Day Romeos/Sunset Strip — Original
Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Beauty and The Beast —
Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Masked Intruder/Dead Rest/The C-
Sides/When The Sun Sets/Four It All/Modafoca/The Brash
Menagerie/Double Feature/Bad Planning/Guardrail/Slated
Memories/Auf Ki — Penny Road Pub, Chicago; Dennis O’Brien
— Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Somebody’s Sins/Skippin’
Rocks/Foster & Higgins/Fortunato’s — Phyllis’ Musical Inn,
Chicago; The Buzzworthys — Q-Bar, Darien; Petty Cash — Quarry
Pub, Lemont; A Chicago Chorale Christmas — Ravinia, Highland
Park; Souly Had/The Hadcuffs — Reggies, Chicago; Julian
Jumpin Perez — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Nora Jean Band —
Rosa’s, Chicago; A Charlie Brown Christmas Live — Rosemont
Theatre, Rosemont; Slow Pulp/Ruins/Sports Boyfriend —
Schubas, Chicago; Chasing Alice — Sideouts, Island Lake; Plaid
/Steve Hauschildt/Abstract Science DJs — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Teri Bristol/Psycho Bitch — Smartbar, Chicago; Mary
Gauthier/Jaimee Harris/Bonerama — Space, Evanston; Unwed
Sailor/Ands/Hollow Chapels/Oliver Francis/smrtdeath/Marco
XO — Subterranean, Chicago; 7th Heaven — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; The Marcus King Band/Ian Noe — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Murph — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Esteban La Groue
/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; The Motet/Exmag — The
Vic Theatre, Chicago; Wildcats/Trevor Lach & AJ Dirker
(Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Lateralus — WC Social Club, West
Chicago; M Crew Chicago — Zachary’s, Palos Heights; Whiskey
& Harmony — Zack’s On Tap, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER
The Letterman — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Semple —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Wendy & DB and the Band/Alex’s Music
Studio/Tukkiman/Adam Gottlieb & OneLove/Vision In The
Rhythm — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co. — BLUES,
Chicago; Boston Manor/Microwave/Heart Attack Man/Selfish
Things — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; 311/Highly Suspect/The
Glorious Sons — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Pat
Reedy Band — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Nick Alexander Blues Band
— Cheers, Midlothian; Wilco — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Tunes
With Tim — Chop Shop, Chicago; Jane Lynch/Kate Flannery
/Tim Davis/The Tony Guerrero Quintet — City Winery, Chicago;
Riverboat Gamblers/Red City Radio/Kali Masi — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Born Of Osiris — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Chicago
Honky Tonk/Stander/Dungeon Mother/Jordan Reyes/Pepper
Mill Rondo — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Skyliners/
Hinsdale Central High School Jazz Band — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Andy Brown Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz
Brunch w/ Abby Riccards (AM)/Caroling (PM) — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Sister Hazel Brunch/Gospel Brunch/Corey
Dennison/Luke Pytel Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues
Jam w/ Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Mortified — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Q Brothers
Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast —
Paramount Theatre, Aurora; In Cold Blood — Reggies, Chicago;
Acoustic Brunch w/ Cowboy Choir — Schubas, Chicago; Jose
Maxi Ramos — Schubas, Chicago; Hoetry — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Chicago Soul Spectacular — Space, Evanston; LUCA/
Speaking with Ghosts/Erabella/Bind the Sacrifice/Makena —
Subterranean, Chicago; The Marcus King Band/Ian Noe —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Fox Valley Jazz Big Band — The Venue,
Aurora; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
Wheeler/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Lewberger
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Cosmograph/Safetrip — Martyrs,
Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago;
Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Mr. Blotto
— Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero —
Rosa’s, Chicago; Roy Kinsey/Eli Major/Semiratruth/DJ
Cashera — Schubas, Chicago; Mt. Pocono/Jupiter Styles/
Corolla — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Helen Gillet — Space,
Evanston; Girls Gotta Eat — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Illogical/
Station S 6/The Freedom/Paradox/Muddle/Fakie Fakie — Wire,
Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 18
Erik Donner/Sing-A-Long & Food Drive — BaseCamp, Lisle;
Extraordinary Popular Delusions/Silent Film Screenings — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Xavier Omar/Elhae — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Metal Bingo — Brauer House, Lombard; Carleton
Koldyke — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Wilco — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Jump,
Little Children/Hula Hi-Fi — City Winery, Chicago; Pop. 1280/
Good Fuck/Itsi — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joanna Connor/Tom
Holland & The Shuffle Kings — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Xavier Omar/Elhae —
Metro, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy — Reggies, Chicago; Vanessa
Bell Armstrong & Tommies — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet;
Walkney — Subterranean, Chicago. KISS FM Jingle Ball w/The Jonas Brothers/NF/Niall Horan/
French Montana/Why Don’t We/Zara Larsson/Lewis Capaldi/
AJR — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Christmas
Trivia — BaseCamp, Lisle; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Blues Jam w/Big Ray & Chicago’s Most
Wanted — BLUES, Chicago; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Jeff
Ulus — Bub City, Rosemont; Dave Specter — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Wilco — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Stephen
Kellogg/Tony Lucca — City Winery, Chicago; The Keener Family/
Perma Cough/The Father Costume — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Rob Parton’s Big Band/Leslie Beukelman/Riverside-Brookfield
High School Jazz Band — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Guitar Madness/
Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Ryan Wolfe — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Dave Herrero/Uncorked and
Unplugged/Smiley Tillmon Band — House of Blues, Chicago;
Corey Dennison/Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
The Chicago Moth Storyslam — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Pecha
Kucha Vol. 52 — Martyrs, Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol
— Navy Pier, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast — Paramount
Theatre, Aurora; Tenor Madness — Reggies, Chicago; John
Primer/Steve Bell — Rosa’s, Chicago; Pentatonix — Rosemont
Theatre, Rosemont; Ggoolldd/Seasaw/Waltzer — Schubas,
Chicago; Patrick Park/Tommi Zender — Space, Evanston; A
Will Away/Sunsleeper/Small Talks/Old Sol/Regular Oatmeal/
Silverio — Subterranean, Chicago; Girls Gotta Eat — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Low-Reen & Maxwell St Market Blues Jam — Water
Hole Lounge, Chicago.
TUESDAY 17 THURSDAY 19
Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Blue Coast
Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jake Clemons — City
Winery, Chicago; Claude/Jungle Green/Bailey Minzenberger —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; John Dee Graham/Bonnie Whitmore —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
Breezy Rodio/Comedy Cocktail/Hoodoo Brown/Timbuck2
Forever Tribute — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Murph — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; The Stolen — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/
Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; All Star Grateful Dead
Night — Brauer House, Lombard; Feudin Hillbillys — Bub City,
Chicago; The Chicago R&B Kings — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; SunFallen — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Wilco — Chicago
Theatre, Chicago; Musiq Soulchild — City Winery, Chicago;
Country Night in Berwyn/Phil Angotti and Friends —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
MONDAY 16
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Ebony & Ivory — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Chicago Blues Supersession — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Sanctified Grumblers — Hideout, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/The Doors & Allman Brothers Tribute/Windy City Rev
Ups — House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; She Wants Revenge/The Guidance/Panic
Priest — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Yacht Rockettes — Martyrs,
Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago;
Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Feed The
Dog/Miles Over Mountains — Reggies, Chicago; Mark Lojo —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Blues Jam Session w/Lil Ed
Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Pentatonix — Rosemont Theatre,
Rosemont; Just Us Gals — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Ouray —
Space, Evanston; 8MatikLogan/Joel Q/D2X/Jonathan Stewart
/3Name — Subterranean, Chicago; JD McPherson w/Joel
Paterson — Thalia Hall, Chicago; In Her Own Words/Rare Candy
/Safe Bet/Overgrow — The Burlington, Chicago; Claudia Oshry
— The Vic Theatre, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Taco/G.S — Wire, Berwyn; Jess Piano — ZaZa’s Tavola,
Barrington.
FRIDAY 20
7th Heaven — 210 Live, Highwood; The Fixx: Fixxmas Tour —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale House,
Arlington Heights; Dueling Pianos — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; The Lizard Kings/Blitzkreig — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Coverlicious — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Raleigh Tuckers —
Bar Evolution, Batavia; Tainted Jake — Beacon Tap, Des Plaines;
Case/An Abstract Tribe — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Vance Guitar Kelly & The
Backstreet Blues Band — BLUES, Chicago; Brother Ali/Nur-
D/DJ Last Word — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; A Night Of TSO/
Rok Brigade/Motley II — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Brass From The Past/TD Clark/Poison’d Crue — Brauer House,
Lombard; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Feudin Hillbillys — Bub
City, Rosemont; John Primer/Win Noll — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Zeds Dead — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Dalton & the Sheriffs/Jimmy & Cait — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Brett Eldredge — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Jvna — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Musiq Soulchild — City Winery, Chicago; McClennon —
Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; The Hoyle Brothers/Jaimie
Branch’s Fly or Die/Ben LaMar Gay — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Semple — Evenflow Music, Geneva; The Redmonds/Christmas
with the Beatles — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The Core — Frankie’s
Blue Room, Naperville; Chris Foreman/Matt Wilson’s
Christmas Tree-o/Green Mill Quartet/Eric Schneider — Green
Mill, Chicago; Sara Eide & The Oh Yeahs’ — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Matt Rogers — Hideout, Chicago; Spoken Four —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Shout Out — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
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