|
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER
Pentatonix / Girl Named Tom Christmas Show — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Micah Collier / George Fludas — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; ELP — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Eidola / Rain City Drive / Royal Coda — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Rehab / Boondox / Blake Banks / Yankee Cowboy — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Matt & Zach — Bub City , Chicago ; Lousian Al — Buddy Guys , Chicago ; 90s Country Night : Custom Playlists — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Kody West with Holly Beth — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Robert Glasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Homesafe — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Kiku Hibino — Constellation , Chicago ; New Black Renaissance / Andrew Gouché — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Lenoid & Friends — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Wild Earp & The Free For Alls / The Bingers — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Josh Rouse — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Midnight Snacks — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Pamela Rocha — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Motel Breakfast / Sylmar — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Swing Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Chris Greene Quartet — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Russell Malone — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Spencer Crandall / Avery Anna — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Lissie / Cat Clyde — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — Madcats , Palatine ; Brother Derek Release Show — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde — Old Town of School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Countess Luann — Park West , Chicago ; Open Jam — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Alex Carpani / Jason Blake — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Minivan / Muilaert & Society / Aisle 5 — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Alton Brown — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; The Smile / Robert Stillman — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Lil ' Ed Williams — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; FINGY / Godly The Ruler / Cece Maravilla — Schubas , Chicago ; Elvis Dinner Show — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; The O ' Mys — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Sophie B . Hawkins / Seth Glier — SPACE , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; The Movement — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; From Ashes to New / The Word Alive / Dragged Under — The Forge , Joliet ; The Untold / Code Name Phoenix / Furthest From The Light — WC Social Club , West Chicago ;
|
Erik Griffin — Zanies , Chicago ; Sean Patton — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 2
Fuerza Regida — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Jerimiah Review / Joel Baer — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; WASP / Armored Saint — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlos — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Matt Stell — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Mike Wheeler Band with Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Jake Hill / Belmont / Oliver Francis — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Vinyl Goldmine — Bub City , Chicago ; Deja Vu — Bub City , Rosemont ; Mississippi Heat — Buddy Guys , Chicago ; Mackenzie O ' Brien — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Robert Glasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Bears in Trees — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; ELP — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Line Dance Instruction — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Spun Out / Valebol / Hazel City — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Modern Day Romeos / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Cash Box Kings — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; The New Heartaches — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; DJ Jelliefish — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; SmartyPants — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Very Eclectic Christmas — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / Dan Trudell — Green Mill , Chicago ; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Freddie McGuire — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Sean Haffernan — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Inetta Visor — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Wannabe — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Amanda Seales — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Russell Malone — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Boy Band Night — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Blanco Brown / Laci Kaye Booth — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Align / Tvvin / Levity — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Infunktious with Kofi Baker — Madcats , Palatine ; Mild West / Autumn Kings / Middle Names — Martyrs , Chicago ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Happy Hour : Geordie Kelly Quartet — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Thompson Springs / The Roseline / St . Marlboro / Brent Windler — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; SunSquabi plus Lespecial — Park West , Chicago ; John & Phil — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Cloonee — PRYSM , Chicago ; Austomatic Mosnter — Q Bar , Darien ; KSHMR — Radius , Chicago ; Taste of Emo / What ' s Our Age Again / Sugar — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Brendan Kelly / Josh Caterer / Purple Snowman — Reggies -
|
Rock Club , Chicago ; Joe Russo ' s Almost Dead — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Physical Griffiti / Lights Out — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Line Dance Party — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Too Hype Crew — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Into it . Over It . — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Trouble Ahead Grateful Dead — SPACE , Evanston ; EMO Nite LA — Subterranean , Chicago ; Realtime Noise — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Will Wilcox — Suzie ' s , Yorkvile ; 7th Heaven — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Big Keef & Friends — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Patrick Watson / Dana Gavanski — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Claudettes / Daisychain — The Venue , Aurora ; Nate Kistler / Measuring Marigolds — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Foals / Inner Wave / Glove — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Reggae Express / Kinky P — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Erik Griffin — Zanies , Chicago ; Sean Patton — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 3
Jerimiah Review / Joel Baer — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Rainbow Kitten Surprise — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; WASP / Armored Saint — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Class of 68 Band — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Woman of Motown Holiday Concert — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; In Her Own Words / Captan / Cherie Amour — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band with Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Emarosa — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Krumpis Christmas / Nirvana & Alice in Chains Tributes — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Bub City , Chicago ; The Hat Guys — Bub City , Rosemont ; Jamiah Rogers — Buddy Guys , Chicago ; Rosegarden / Funeral Party / Violator — Burlington , Chicago ; Simple Remedy — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Alvaro Diaz — Chop Shop , Chicago ; English Beat — City Winery , Chicago ; Buried Alive / The Killer / Exhibition — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Starship Christmas — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; meth / Pains / Hostages — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Planet Groove / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Heart / Katy Guillen & The Drive — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message / Beth Bomba — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; RockDogs — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Paper Machete / Dan Trudell — Green Mill , Chicago ; The 1985 — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Fletcher Rockwell — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Ne-Yo — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Live , Gary , IN ; Charlie
|
Brown Christmas : Chris White Trio — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Credence Revived — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Amanda Seales — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Russell Malone — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Motown Nation / American Pie — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Harry Styles Night : DJ Kenny Braasch & DJ Real Co — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Disco Lines / Gudfella — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Mitch The Lip & The Side Hustle — Madcats , Palatine ; Cancer Is A Drag : A Benefit for Jojo Baby — Metro , Chicago ; 40hz — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Tommy Womack / Wondy City Rev Ups / Ashtyn Barabaree — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Dan Tyminski Duo with Gaven Largent ( Mauer Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Irish Christmas — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Teen Open Mic ( Armitage Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Countess Luann — Park West , Chicago ; Emo Dance Party / All American Throwbacks — Piazza , Aurora ; Bart Attacks ( 2pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Miss Monique — PRYSM , Chicago ; Riot Ten / Kompany / Vampa / Jiqui / Madgrrl — Radius , Chicago ; Thursday / Cursive / Anthony Green — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Gozortenplat / Grape Juice Plus ( 7:30pm ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Mayor ' s Kids / Jack Moony & Sun Drops / Joey Acopiado — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Sugarman Allstars ( 3:30 pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; The Falcon / The Dopamines / Tightwire — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Joe Russo ' s Almost Dead — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Journeymen — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Jimmy Burns — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Bert Kreischer — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Dylan Raymond — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Into it . Over It . — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Dave Spectre / Brother John Kattke — SPACE , Evanston ; Be Our Guest : Disney Night — Subterranean , Chicago ; Tom Sawyer / Kashmir — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Rex Manning Day — Suzie ' s , Yorkvile ; 5184 / TNT Chicago ( Van Halen & AC / DC )/ Rock House — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Smells Like Nirvana / Dead Original — The Forge , Joliet ; Bobby Wilson — The Venue , Aurora ; Porch Music / Ben Pavlik / Rytas — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Yohan Experience — Untitled , Chicago ; Foals / Inner Wave / Glove — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Eros of Humanity / Bind The Sacrifice / Dead * Awake — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Ifficial / DJ
continues on page 26
|