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Don DC Curry — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 18
Andy Brown Quartet / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Top of The World — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Unturned / Honey Creek / Bottom Bracket — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express with Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Beach Boys holiday Vibrations — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Kurt Elling — City Winery , Chicago ; Mike Mariano — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Trans Infinity Orchestra ( 3:00pm ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Chiacgo Skyliners / Bill O ' Connell — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Double Deal — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Charlie Brown Christmas — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Uptown Poetry Slam — Green Mill , Chicago ; A Boy Band Christmas — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Live , Gary , IN ; Caroling at Hey Nonny — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Tommy Davidson — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Tim Warfield ' s Jazzy Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hoyle Bros ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Freddie Gibbs – Merry Gibbsmas — Metro , Chicago ; Grant Milliren ( 3pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Crawford ' s Daughter ( 2pm-5pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Dave Schmidt & Smokin J ' s ( 3:30pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Last Great Riot / Voice of Addiction / Torch The Hive — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; La India Yuridia — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Karaoke Storytellers — Schubas , Chicago ; Thick Mall ( Noon ) — Sleeping Village , Chicago . Mark Picchiotti / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Heavy Sounds — SPACE , Evanston ; Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; Beatles for Kids ( 11am ) — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Mariachi de Mexico Christmas — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Don " Dc " Curry — Zanies , Chicago ; Jim Flannigan — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 19
Trumpet Summit — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Chante Moore — City Winery , Chicago ; Iron Years / Kill Scenes / Rose Lake — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Metal Monday — Madcats , Palatine ; Brandon Good / John Duty — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Music & Sports Trivia / Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Plastic Love — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Chris White Trio : Charlie Brown Christmas — SPACE , Evanston ; Open Mic & Karaoke with Co-Parents — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside .
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TUESDAY 20
Mario Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Chante Moore — City Winery , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Karaoke — Heroes West , Joliet ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Chicago Jazz Soul Collective — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Holiday Film Trivia ( 7pm-9pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Mr . Blotto / Dani Rabin Trio — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Totally Cashed / Freddie Sunshine / Sawamura / No Hitter — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Illegal Smiles — SPACE , Evanston ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Krunk Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Open Jam — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Yorkville HS / Jeff Coffin — The Venue , Aurora .
WEDNESDAY 21
Charles Heath / Kevin Fort — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; BTS Express with Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Michael McDermott : Mischief & Mistletoe — City Winery , Chicago ; Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang — Constellation , Chicago ; Joel Paterson : Hi Fi Christmas — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Classical Blast : Dark Side of Yule — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Victor Garcia Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Sub Urban / Teenage Disaster — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Singer / Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Ivy Ford Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Skooter Idol — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Younger Byrnes — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Praytell — SPACE , Evanston ; Line Dancing Lesson / DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Gormet Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Whitney / Gia Margaret — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Flat Cats Holiday Show — Untitled , Chicago .
THURSDAY 22
Micah Collier / George Fludas — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Cosmic Invasion — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; The Country Night — Bub City , Chicago ; 90s Country Night : Custom Playlists — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Ryan Curtis — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Michael McDermott : Mischief & Mistletoe — City Winery , Chicago ; Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang — Constellation , Chicago ; Ronnie B Elvis Christmas / Jeff Rutter — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; The Flat Five — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Andy Brown / Alan
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Gresik Swing Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Dave Rudolf Cracked Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Karaoke — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Bret Ernst — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Bill Uhler ( 6pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Holiday Silent Disco ( 8pm-10pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Lil ' Ed Williams — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Anthony Bruno Quartet Christmas Show — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Issiah Sharkey — SPACE , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Whitney / Danie Villarreal — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Meghan Saletta & Grace Soletta — Uncommon Ground , Chicago .
FRIDAY 23
Frank Catalano / Isiah Spencer — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; DJ Don Carlos — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Hillbilly Casino / Krank Daddies Xmas Show — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Straight No Chaser — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Pop Punk X-Mas Emo Edition : Fluorescents — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Christmas for the Jews — City Winery , Chicago ; Michael McDermott : Mischief & Mistletoe — City Winery , Chicago ; Motown Christmas — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Rear View ( Pearl Jam )/ DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Expo ' 76 Xmas — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Family Holiday Jambouree — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; DJ Jelliefish — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; The Hipposonics — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Serendipity — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Ivy Ford Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Kim Schafer — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Lil ' Ed & Blues Imperials : Holiday Show — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Bret Ernst — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Abby Kay Band — Madcats , Palatine ; Peach Jam — Martyrs , Chicago ; Winnie Cooper — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Mark Taylor ( 7pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Sarge Devant — PRYSM , Chicago ; Inner Decay / Beyond Deth / Hanzxgruber ( 7:30pm ) — Reggies - Joint ,
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Chicago ; Reign In Blood ( Midnight ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Macabre / Mgat Twat / Without Waves — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Baby Shark Live — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Westonworld — Sleeping Village , Geneva ; Ouray — SPACE , Evanston ; Cody Calkins — Suzie ' s , Yorkvile ; Beyond The Blonde — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Whitney / Lifeguard — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Mud Morganfield — The Venue , Aurora ; Kendre Music — Untitled , Chicago .
SATURDAY 24
Frank Catalano / Isiah Spencer — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Carol-Oke — Bub City , Chicago ; DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mike Talbot — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Vino Louden — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Bob Stroger / Marty Binder / Amy Lowe & Kinkatz ( 3:30pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Beats , Brass & Bourbon Brunch — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Ifficial / Wild HareSound System Christmas — Wild Hare , Chicago .
SUNDAY 25
Andy Brown Quartet / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Michael Reed — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Backbeat — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Gman Tavern : Michael Serafini / Garrett David / Glenn Closed — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Golden Street Reggae / Fucha & Friends — Wild Hare , Chicago .
MONDAY 26
Trumpet Summit — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Avery Sunshine — City Winery , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Music & Sports Trivia / Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Open Mic & Karaoke with Co-Parents — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside .
TUESDAY 27
Mario Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground
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