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Band — Evenflow Music, Geneva; UltraBeat — Fire Bar, Crystal
Lake; Cannonball/Ronnie Baker Brooks — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Grand Funk Railroad — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI;
Chris Foreman/Battle of the Saxes/Ed Petersen/Green Mill
Quartet/Eric Schneider — Green Mill, Chicago; Alfonso
Ponticelli/Swing Gitan — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Junius
Paul — Hideout, Chicago; Lounge Puppets — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Charles & Company — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; No Turn
On Red — Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Mike Wheeler/Salute to
80s Rock/John Primer — House of Blues, Chicago; Bobby
McClendon — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Lerory Wynn Power Trio —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench
Press/Bill Grady Band — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; Brother
Trouble — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Chicks With Picks — Kegler’s,
Crest Hill; Good Fellas — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Joanna
Connor Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cherry Glazerr
/Charly Bliss/Girl K — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Henhouse
Prowlers/Jeremy Garrett — Martyrs, Chicago; Dick Diamond &
The Dusters — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Acoustaholics —
Pacman Entertainement, Schaumburg; Beauty and The Beast —
Paramount Theatre, Aurora; 5 Gone Crazy — Q-Bar, Darien; 7th
Heaven/DJ Erge/DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Vance Kelly
& The Backstreet Blues Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; The Waco
Brothers/Tijuana Hercules — Schubas, Chicago; Ron Morielli/
Justin Aulis Long/Traxx — Smartbar, Chicago; Mud Morganfield
— Space, Evanston; Heavy Steppers — The Forge, Joliet; Boogie
Munsters — The Owl, Chicago; (Almost) New Year’s Eve w/
Mark Dvorak — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; DJ
& Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Taak/Golgotha/Spectra
/Graceland Avenue — WC Social Club, West Chicago; The Baked
Potatoes — Zachary’s, Palos Heights; Dan Lopez — Zack’s On
Tap, Palos Heights; Eddie Collins — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER
Jimmy Nick — 210 Live, Highwood; The Bodeans w/Dan Tedesco
— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Serendipity — Arlington Ale House,
Arlington Heights; Infinity/Recaptured — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Strung Out — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Bert’s
Revenge — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Hi Fi Superstar — Beacon Tap,
Des Plaines; Nunslaughter/Bones/Nucleus/Dysphoria — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Afterglow — Bella Mia, Midlothian; The Walk-
Ins — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Luke Pytel/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Every Avenue — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Wedding Banned — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; TNT Chicago — Brat Stop, Kenosha, WI;
Indika/JD Fyre — Brauer House, Lombard; Jake Dodds — Bub
City, Chicago; Rendition — Bub City, Rosemont; Claudette
Miller/Robert Fetzer — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Snails/
Rusko/Kompany/Hi I’m Ghost — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Brad Jackson/Shades of Country/Bernie Glim/
Country Roads — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Thomas Mikols Cancer
Battle Benefit — Cheers, Midlothian; Tvvin — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Freddie Jackson — City Winery, Chicago; Treaty Of
Paris/Mercy Wild/Saraphine — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Gorgon
City — Concord Hall, Chicago; Bumsy and the Moochers/The
Selectones — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Dixie Crush — Draft Picks,
Naperville; Boy Band Review — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Alex
Chilton Birthday Bash — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Mr. Blotto —
Evenflow Music, Geneva; Fin Del Ano Fiesta w/ ESSO —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; KC & The Sunshine Band — Four Winds
Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Gin Blossoms/Jonathan Polit —
Genesee Theatre, Waukegan; The Paper Machete/Battle of the
Saxes/Ed Petersen/Eric Schneider/Pat Mallinger & Company
— Green Mill, Chicago; Bluegrass Brunch w/ Anderlik & Church
(AM) — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Chicago Farmer/The
Fieldnotes w/ Brandon Reisdorf (late) — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Melkbelly/The Hecks — Hideout, Chicago; The Neverly
Brothers — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Libido Funk Circus —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Matt Hendricks/The Selena
Experience/Rollover — House of Blues, Chicago; UltraBeat —
Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press/
Gazebo Effect — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; Mel Senese/
Watchtower — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joanna Connor Acoustic
Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Charly Bliss/Cherry Glazerr/
Girl K — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mungion/Lunar Ticks — Martyrs,
Chicago; Molehill — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Beauty and The
Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Chromeo/Goldroom/DJ
Holographic — Park West, Chicago; A Silent Truth/So Called
Saints/Alborn/Face The Fire/Debility/Marks Of Gray/Sound
Of Fire/Let Fate Decide/E.Z.S/Architects Of Ruin — Penny
Road Pub, Chicago; Charles & Company — Pheasant Run, St.
Charles; April’s Reign — Q-Bar, Darien; Modern Day Romeos —
Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; The Arrivals/Sass Dragons — Reggies,
Chicago; DJ Erge/Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Big
James & The Chicago Playboys — Rosa’s, Chicago; The Mix —
Rush Creek, Harvard; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Sideouts, Island Lake; Kevin
Saunderson/Sagotsky/Pat Bosman — Smartbar, Chicago;
Richard Thompson — Space, Evanston; Mustard Plug/The
Lippies/The Eradicator/Malafacha/DJ Chuck Wren —
Subterranean, Chicago; Foolhouse — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
The Moose/Tiny Kingdoms/Park & Main — The Burlington,
Chicago; Ebony & Ivory — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Whiskey
Romance — The Crossing Pub, Plano; Esteban La Groue/DJ
Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Country Western Sing-Around
— Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; DJ & Karaoke —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Identity Crisis — Uptown Tap,
Plainfield; Hi Infidelity — WC Social Club, West Chicago; Nitelife
— Zachary’s, Palos Heights; Joe Orozco — Zack’s On Tap, Palos
Heights.
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SUNDAY 29
The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Troma
Creature Double Feature — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Vito Zatto —
Bella Mia, Midlothian; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Billy Flynn & Friends — BLUES, Chicago; BoDeans —
City Winery, Chicago; CloZee/Of The Trees/Templo — Concord
Hall, Chicago; Magical Keys — Copernicus Center, Chicago;
British Buddy Alumni Big Band/Frieda Lee — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill,
Chicago; Jazz Brunch w/ Markus Rutz — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Gospel Brunch/Gerry Hundt/Boy Band Review/John
Kattke — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam w/ Linsey
Alexander/Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Beauty
and The Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; I Passed Away/
Elgie/Goddamn Gallows Mystery Actions — Reggies, Chicago;
Acoustic Brunch w/ Pickin Bubs — Schubas, Chicago;
American Football — Schubas, Chicago; Richard Thompson —
Space, Evanston; Sleep w/Circuit Des Yeux — Thalia Hall,
Chicago.
MONDAY 30
The Purple Xperience — 210 Live, Highwood; Trans-Siberian
Orchestra — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; The Aggrolites/The
Crombies/Something to Do/DJ Chuck Wren — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Jaren Grey — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Chris D’Elia — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Avery*Sunshine — City Winery, Chicago; GWAR/
Unearth/Savage Master — Concord Hall, Chicago; Earth
Program/Doleful Lions/Camp Edwards — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Breezy Rodio/Omar
Coleman — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Badbadnotgood/Junius Paul — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Mungion/Desmond Jones — Martyrs, Chicago; Mt. Joy
— Metro, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy — Reggies, Chicago; The
Roots — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; American Football — Schubas,
Chicago; Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Richard Thompson —
Space, Evanston; Rich Boy Juckie — Subterranean, Chicago;
Sleep w/Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes The Eagles — Wire,
Berwyn.
TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER
Angel Spiccia/Mario Abney Effect — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
The Purple Xperience w/Hip Pockit — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Hairbanger’s Ball NYE 2020 — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Epic — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Trivia Nite w/Pat
O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Aggrolites/Toxic
Toast/Still Alive/DJ Chuck Wren — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke
Pytel & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Shout
Section — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN; Boots & The
Blazers NYE — Brauer House, Lombard; 32 Below — Bub City,
Chicago; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Rosemont; Mike
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Wheeler/NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; A
Zombie Nightmare/Nghtmre/Zomboy/Whipped Cream/
Wavedash — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Trailer Park
Twisters — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Chris D’Elia — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Mr. Dave NYE Baby Rave/Russ Liquid/Marvel
Years/Artifakts/Statik/Blue Future — Chop Shop, Chicago;
Avery*Sunshine — City Winery, Chicago; Andrew W.K./Air
Credits/DJ BUck Foley — Concord Hall, Chicago; Deja Vu DJ —
Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Semple — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca;
shame/Disq/Ethers/Windy City Soul Club — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Evenflow Music,
Geneva; Expo ‘76/The Total Pro Horns/Robert Cornelius —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Shock Roxy — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Battle of the Saxes — Green Mill, Chicago; Chicago
Loud 9 — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Hi Infidelity/Jess
Piano/The Moods/Keys of G — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Motion City Soundtrack/Funky Mojo Daddy — House of Blues,
Chicago; Return 2 Soul — Incontro A Tavola, South Barrington;
Trumpeter Nicholas Payton Quintet — Jazz Showcase, Chicago;
Fool House — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; Sixteen Candles —
Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Vance Kelly & The Back Street Blues
Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Badbadnotgood/Angel Bat
Dawid/Tha Brothahood — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mungion —
Martyrs, Chicago; Mt. Joy/Wilderado/Michigander — Metro,
Chicago; Ivy Ford Band — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; My Metal
Heart — Original Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Beauty and The
Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
— Park West, Chicago; Shout Section — Pheasant Run, St.
Charles; Local H — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Mr. Blotto — Reggies,
Chicago; Patrick Swaeny/Left Lane Cruiser (Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; Space Jesus — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Billy Branch
& SOBs — Rosa’s, Chicago; William Elliott Whitmore — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Ariel Zetina/DJ Heather/Michael
Serafini/Olin/Phillip Stone/Sevron/Sold — Smartbar, Chicago;
Richard Thompson — Space, Evanston; Candi Pop —
Subterranean, Chicago; ARRA/The Remedy — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Sleep w/Big Business — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Gerald and Camille — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; New Years Eve
Party w/DJ Esteban — The Owl, Chicago; NYE DJ Glenn Russell
— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes The
Eagles — Wire, Berwyn; The Stingers — Zachary’s, Palos Heights;
Joe Fascetta DJ — Zack’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Bobby C & The
C Notes — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.