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EPIC — Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Windy City Duo/All Time
Low/Mississippi Heat/Boots & Claps — House of Blues,
Chicago; Wedding Banned — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Farmraiser/
Hello Dave — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; Peter Graso/Nina
Badric — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Gypsy — Kegler’s, Crest Hill;
Sammy Jo — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Joanna Connor Acoustic
Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mobetta — Martyrs, Chicago;
Cheryl Rodey — Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Winnie Cooper —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy
Pier, Chicago; Bettye LaVette — Old Town School, Chicago;
Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Thicker
Than Water — Penny Road Pub, Chicago; Dead Lucid/
Microscosms — Q-Bar, Darien; Double Treble — Q-Bar, Glendale
Heights; Anti-Flag/J. Navarro & The Traitors — Reggies,
Chicago; The Crombies/The Soda Jerks (Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; Marina McBride — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet; Julian
Jumpin’ Perez/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Billy
Branch & The SOBs — Rosa’s, Chicago; Mannheim Steamroller
— Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; Dried Spider/Berta Bigtoe/
Stanley — Schubas, Chicago; Fat Night/Valebol/Lane
Beckstrom — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Tama Sumo & Lakuti/
Harry Cross — Smartbar, Chicago; Tim Reynolds TR3/The
Imperial Boxmen — Space, Evanston; Fluorescents/Invictus/
Four Stars/The Kozmic Kicks/Wolf Rd — Subterranean,
Chicago; The Lounge Puppets — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; The
Washed Out DJ Set w/The Hood Internet — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Double Feature/Amuse/The Hallow/Buchered — The Burlington,
Chicago; Hairbangers Ball/Rockzilla — The Forge, Joliet;
Chanson du Chat/Vivian Garcia — The Venue, Aurora; Claudia
Oshry — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Holiday Show w/ Chris
McIntosh/Alvin McGovern — Two Way Street Coffee House,
Downers Grove; Van Isaacson/Soul Honey Records/Pete Ford
(Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; WGCI Big Jam
w/Migos/Daraby/G Herbo/Wale/Megan Thee Stallion/Yella
Beezy/Jacquees/Tink — United Center, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke
— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Kevin Presbrey & The Midwest —
Uptown Tap, Plainfield; 1st Impression Band — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago; Taking Back Emo — Wire, Berwyn; Blend
Acoustic — Zachary’s, Palos Heights; Tommy’s Slab — Zack’s On
Tap, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER
Chris Collins & Boulder Canyon/Siren Song Cabaret &
Burlesque — 210 Live, Highwood; Trans Infinity Orchestra —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic —
Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Fool House — Austin’s
Fuel Room, Libertyville; Big Bang Baby — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Jess Piano — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Bluegrass
Brunch/Tribute to The Cure, The Smiths, and Morrissey — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Jim Bulanda — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Sheryl
Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Vance Guitar Kelly & The
Backstreet Blues Band — BLUES, Chicago; Lucky Boys
Confusion/The Cold Mourning/Plain White T’s/AM Taxi/Ike
Reilly/The Scissors — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; KennyLIVE/The
Country Live/Mechanical Bull — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Mr. Blotto/Hillbilly Casino/Jittery Jack — Brauer House,
Lombard; Scott Niekelski — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Dalton
and the Sheriffs — Bub City, Chicago; Bobby McClendon — Bub
City, Rosemont; Brandon Santini/Chicago Blues Angles —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Zeds Dead — Byline Bank Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; Feudin Hillbillys/Gerald and Camille —
Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Brett Eldredge — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Zoofunkyou — Chop Shop, Chicago; Levi Kreis/
Michael McDermott — City Winery, Chicago; The Infected/
Turbovamps/Blood People/The Kreutzer Sonata — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; This End Up — Draft Picks, Naperville; The
Emo Parade — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Soul Summit — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; The Heavy Sounds/Lovehouse — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; The Paper Machete/Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-
o/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Bluegrass
Brunch w/ Aaron Dorfman Duo (AM)/Dave Tamkin with Gina
Gonzalez (late) — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Cosmic Country
Showcase — Hideout, Chicago; Groove 54 — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Hi
Infidelity — Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Mike Wheeler/All Time
Low/Blue Olives/House of Burlesque — House of Blues,
Chicago; The Hair Band Night — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Live
Band Karaoke w/ Erik Donner — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville;
Devotional — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Rumor
Hazit — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joanna Connor Acoustic Set —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; I Fight Dragons/Violet Crime/Secret
Bad Boy — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; White Reaper/Dehd — Metro,
Chicago; Six Speed Tranny — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Q
Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago; Mariachi
Herencia de Mexico — Old Town School, Chicago; Beauty and
The Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Double Treble —
Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Too Tough To Die/Fire Cat/Affluent
Bums — Q-Bar, Darien; Rok Brigade — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights;
Cadillac Groove — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Macabre/November’s
Doom/Hewhocorrupts/Eliminator — Reggies, Chicago; DJ
Q/Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; John Primer & The
Real Deal Blues Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; A Magical Cirque
Christmas — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; The North 41 —
Schubas, Chicago; Semple — Sideouts, Island Lake; Ryan Elliott
/Zooey Glass/Abigail — Smartbar, Chicago; Deacon Blues —
Space, Evanston; Furlough/Muted Color/Habitats/Models/
Homesafe/Kayak Jones/Lurk/Pat Egan & The Heavy Hearts —
Subterranean, Chicago; Lingua Ignota/Oozing Wound — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Triple Play — The Cottage, Crystal Lake;
Blackened/My Metal Heart/WeWin — The Forge, Joliet;
Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Cash Box
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Kings — The Venue, Aurora; Claudia Oshry — The Vic Theatre,
Chicago; Folk/Roots Sing-Around — Two Way Street Coffee
House, Downers Grove; Robin West/Janet Blackwell —
Uncommon Ground, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; LW Power — Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Silent Party —
Wire, Berwyn; Taylor Street — Zachary’s, Palos Heights; Chicks
With Picks — Zack’s On Tap, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 22
It’s A Wonderful Life Film Screenings — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Nova Charisma/When We Was Kids/Daybreaker — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jaren
Grey — Bub City, Rosemont; Mike Dangeroux — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Chicago Philharmonic Brass/Michael
McDermott — City Winery, Chicago; Cloakroom/Pinebender/
Sorespot — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Shout Section Big
Band/Wayne Powers/Anderson Family — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Andy Brown Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel
Brunch/Corey Dennison/All Time Low/Keithen Banks — House
of Blues, Chicago; Trans Infinity Orchestra — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Blues Jam w/ Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy
Pier, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast — Paramount Theatre,
Aurora; GTS Rockmare Before Christmas — Reggies, Chicago;
The Oak Ridge Boys — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet; Adam
Rafferty/Michael J. Miles/Anne Heaton/Jenny Bienemann/
Anne Harris — Space, Evanston; Motown For Kids Holiday
Celebration — Thalia Hall, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago.
Check illinoisentertainer.com for
concert previews, news, and reviews.
Chicago; John McClane — Live Wire, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 25
Christmas for The Jews w/Joel Chasnoff/Jason Suran/Sohrab
Forouzesh — City Winery, Chicago; Big Wig Mechanic — Jamo’s
Live, Mokena; Corey Dennison/Michael Wheeler — Kingston
Mines, Chicago.
THURSDAY 26
Open Mic — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Trivia Night
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Grant Milliren — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Sean McCole (EP Release) — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS
Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; South City
Revival — Bub City, Chicago; Omar Coleman — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Shemekia Copeland/Kevin Burt — City
Winery, Chicago; Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Jeff Ulus — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir/Kevin
Mileski — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Devil In A Woodpile —
Hideout, Chicago; Mississippi Gabe Carter/Tribute to Family
Values/Linsey Alexander — House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Beauty and The Beast —
Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Try - John Mayer Trio — Reggies,
Chicago; DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Blues Jam Session
w/Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Cameron Snow/Ilana
Ariella/Jaggy/Shmoo — Smartbar, Chicago; The Illegal Smiles
— Space, Evanston; Rip It Up: A Laugh Riot — The Burlington,
Chicago; Vito Zatto Show — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
MONDAY 23
Extraordinary Popular Delusions/Pat McCurdy Holiday Show —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Metal Bingo/Fueled By Emo — Brauer House,
Lombard; Joe Fascetta — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Michael McDermott — City
Winery, Chicago; Eve Maret/Coupler/Hali Palombo — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; A
Night of Entertainment - Holidays, Broadway, and Beyond — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Joanna Connor/Grungefest/Luke
Pytel Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Rendition — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Q Brothers Christmas Carol — Navy Pier, Chicago; Open Mic
Comedy — Reggies, Chicago; Nat Bargatze — Rialto Square
Theatre, Joliet; Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Feelgood —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Mariachi Herencia de Mexico
Christmas Concert — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 24
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Giles
Corey/Michael Wheeler/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines,
FRIDAY 27
Harlem Globetrotters — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Ratt — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Jacks & Atoms Band — Arlington Ale House,
Arlington Heights; Dueling Pianos — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Hi Infidelity — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; HiFi
Superstar — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Tropidelic — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Luke Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Fueled By Emo/Too White Crew — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Throwbacks/Black Bolts/7th Heaven —
Brauer House, Lombard; St. Stephens Green — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Chicago; Jake Dodds
— Bub City, Rosemont; Nora Jean Bruso/Al Spears — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Fisher — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Diamondback — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; The Millennials
— Cheers, Midlothian; Shemekia Copeland/Kevin Burt — City
Winery, Chicago; 12th Planet/Oolacile/Stratus/Dogma/
Elevatd — Concord Hall, Chicago; Kevin Presbrey & The Midwest
— Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Pat McCurdy — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Billy Martin
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