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Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Dolly Varden / Emily Haden Lee — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Jory Avner — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Margaret Cho — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Godings Bernstein Stewart Organ Trio — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Kameron Marlowe / Wyatt McCubbin — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson / Gladie — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Big Brother ' s Vinyl — Madcats , Palatine ; Nasty Snacks / Victor Torres Band — Martyrs , Chicago ; Mclusky / The Martha ' s Vineyard Ferries — Metro , Chicago ; Betty Soul / Milhouse — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Tourist Season / Calici Loco / Michelle McCarthy — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Caroling Party with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Deb Talen ( Szold Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Red Pop Fury — Piazza , Aurora ; Cheryl Rodney ( 7pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Sam Nese ( 7pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Vinyl Night — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; VNSSA — PRYSM , Chicago ; Nicole Moudaber / Will Clarke / Juliet Fox / Blu 9 — Radius , Chicago ; Shrek Rave — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Black Road / Cardinals Folly / Exosphere — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Motown Christmas — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Modest Mouse — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Blackened — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Rob Stone : Jr . Wells Show — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dance Party — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Ruby Waters — Schubas , Chicago ; Renegade Wildflower — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Smut ( Album Release ) / Mila La Morena / The Roof Dogs — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Phillip Stone / Zooey Glass / Abigail Grohmann — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Joel Peterson HiFi Christmas — SPACE , Evanston ; Forester — Subterranean , Chicago ; RX Cowboy / Saint Romonov / Qlaw — Subterranean , Chicago ; Telltale Hearts — Suzie ' s , Yorkvile ; Cheap Foreign Cars — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Andy Frasco / Little Stranger — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Meltdown / Middle Raged / Absolution — The Forge , Joliet ; Chicago Soul — The Venue , Aurora ; Son of Abbey — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Matt Rogers — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; AFourteen / Blckk / Plague Blvd . — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Sam Tallent — Zanies , Chicago ; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 10
Trumpet Summit / Alvin Cobb Jr . — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Panteon Rococo — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Lee Grenwood — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Sneezy — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Kashmir Led Zeppelin Show — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Emlyn — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express with Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Jam Hammered —
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Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Two Beer Tommy — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Wolf Road : Album Release — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Kaivon / Juelz / Lightyear / System Kids — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Classic Rock Experience — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Mundelein ; 7th Heaven — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Blessed / Stuck / Babe Report — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; This End Up / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Los Lobos / Big Damn Band / Jeremy Short ( 5pm ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Revernd ' s Big Damn Band / Jeremy Short ( 7pm ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Groove Witness / Heavy Sounds — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; DJ Fury — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Carlie ' s Angels — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Andrew Bird ’ s Gezelligheid — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Cowboy Mouth — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Old Grand Dad — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Eric Benét and Donell Jones — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Live , Gary , IN ; Anthony Bruno Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Giant Rooks — House of Blues , Chicago ; House Talk & Pallet Jazz : My Boy Elroy & Bop City ! — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Doors & Who Tributes — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Margaret Cho — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Godings Bernstein Stewart Organ Trio — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Boy Band Night — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Covers for Cover — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Mr . Dave ' s 6th Annual Holiday Jamboree ( 11am ) — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Krampus Holiday Market — Martyrs , Chicago ; The Lemonheads : “ It ’ s A Shame About Ray ” Tour / Juliana Hatfield / On Being an Angel — Metro , Chicago ; Relayer / Kings For a Weekend — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Jake Xerxes Fussell / James Elkington ( Szold Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Brendan Bayliss and Jake Cinninger Holiday Benefit — Park West , Chicago ; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Piazza , Aurora ; Jack Wilson ( 7pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Mike Z ( 10pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Seeblack Swan — Q Bar , Darien ; Dominic Fike / Baird — Radius , Chicago ; The Warehouse Initiative : Maceo Plex / DJ Boring / Hiroko Yamamura ( 11pm ) — Radius , Chicago ; The 1975 / Blackstarkids — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Farseer / Blunt / Arcem — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Liturgy / Devil Master / Indian / John Wiese + 7 Bands ( Noon ) — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Midtown Men — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; LynSkynyrd / Midnight Rider — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Azizi Gibson / Kev Sinatra / Will Cherry — Schubas , Chicago ; Adam Calvert — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Global Currency — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Claudettes / New Standards — SPACE , Evanston ; Perfect Candidates / Weird Cities / Grave Animosity — Subterranean , Chicago ; Sammy Adams / Danny G / Illzakiel / Novatore — Subterranean , Chicago ; Perfecting Gravy — Suzie ' s , Yorkvile ; Arra — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Beats , |
Brass & Bourbon Brunch — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Benny The Butcher — The Forge , Joliet ; Second Hand News — The Venue , Aurora ; King Margo / Hollier — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Gearld McClendon — Untitled , Chicago ; Krampus Kristmas : Losing September / Saint Tragedy / Dark Sun — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Sam Tallent / After Hours — Zanies , Chicago ; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 11
Andy Brown Quartet / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Trans Infinity Orchestra — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Peace Simulation Vol II — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band with Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Triangle Park — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Reba ' s Counttry Christmas Tribute — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Yerin Baek — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Beatles Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Empty Pockets / Hadley Kennary ( 7pm ) — City Winery , Chicago ; Ambrosia / John Ford Coley / EZFM — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Ides of March Christmas — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Jazz Consortium — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Salvation / Ghost Forest / Masonic Wave — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Los Lobos ( 8pm ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Brunch : Reilly Downes / Dan Whitaker — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Jimmy Fastiggi — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Chicago Jazz Composers Collective — Green Mill , Chicago ; ASMR — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Live , Gary , IN ; Gaudette Brass Holiday — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Max / Vincint — House of Blues , Chicago ; Margaret Cho — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Godings Bernstein Stewart Organ Trio — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Phony PPL — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Corner Boys — Madcats , Palatine ; Hoyle Bros ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Caroling Party with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Hot Sardines ( Szold Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Drag Me To The Brunch ( 11am ) — Piazza , Aurora ; Chicago Metal Fair — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Ruby Haunt / Harvey Waters — Schubas , Chicago ; A Benefit for Midwest Access Coalition : Rat Tally / Sarah Weddle / S . C . A . B ./ Cusp — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Luke Solomon / Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Mike Zito — SPACE , Evanston ; Stacked Like Pancakes / Brass Iron Skillet — Subterranean , Chicago ; Long Hair Don ' t Care — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Album Cover Tribute :
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David Bowie Ziggy Stardust — The Venue , Aurora ; Charlie Brown Christmas — Untitled , Chicago ; Rebels in Stereo / Sainine / Influen5 / Esculis — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies , Chicago ; Josh Sneed ( Parkinson ' s Benefit ) — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 12
Daddy Yankee — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Trumpet Summit — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Squidhammer / Metal vs . Punk Bingo — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; A Day to Remember — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Los Lobos — City Winery , Chicago ; Beastil / Clickbait / Miniskirt — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Andrew Bird — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Chicago Rhythm Human Project — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Bite Me Bambi / Devon Kay & The Solutions — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Music & Sports Trivia / Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Toronzo Cannon — SPACE , Evanston ; Open Mic & Karaoke with Co-Parents — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Correy Bell — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 13
Daddy Yankee — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Mario Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Aunt Nance — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Los Lobos — City Winery , Chicago ; Kiku Hubino / Steven Hess & Haruhi — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Andrew Bird — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Karaoke — Heroes West , Joliet ; Cruz Contreas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Pharez Whitted Project — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Slow Pulp / Crashprez — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Greg Jacks — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Open Mic ( 6pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; General KnowledgeTrivia ( 7-9pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Mr . Blotto / Dani Rabin Trio — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; OMB Peezy / Seddy Hendrinx — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; AQUIHAYAQUI- HAY — Schubas , Chicago ; Yours / Mookie / Harold / xyzxyz — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Kenny
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