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MONDAY 4
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; 103.5 Kiss FM Jingle Ball — Allstate Arena , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz Orchestra — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; West Coast Swing Dance Lessons — Basecamp , Lisle ; Sydney Richards / Abby Lyons / Nick Scarpinato — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; English Beat — City Winery , Chicago ; Dazy / Lifeguard / Illusion of Choice — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Joanna Connor Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Chicago Human Rhythm Project — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Jonny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Eartheater / Concrete Husband — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Industry Mondays — Prysm , Chicago ; Dirty Honey — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Olivia Barton / Batney — Schubas , Chicago ; Kat Edmondson Christmas — SPACE , Evanston ; Singo — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Open Mic with Live Band — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Romy / Haai / Miss Twink USA / Ariel Zetina — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Super Six Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
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TUESDAY 5
Variety Hour — Alive One , Chicago ; Abney Effect — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Twisted Xmas — Aragon , Chicago ; Silent Film Series — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Lighthearted / The Courts / Harvey Waters — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Pop Up Karaoke — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Marsha Ambrosius — City Winery , Chicago ; August Burns Red / Spite / Brand of Sacrifice — Concord , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Mandy , IN / Mass — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Meshuggah / In Flames & White Chapel — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Lola Bard Holiday Carolers — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Cattle Decapitation — House of Blues , Chicago ; Bob Lark Big Band — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Lukas Nelson + POTR — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Confidence Man — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Terrible , Thanks For Asking — Park West , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto ( 7pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Majid Jordan / Alex Lustig — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Dave Herrero — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Rich Robbins / Galaxy Francis / Heavy Crownz — Schubas , Chicago ; Threezero / Jared Jones / Anessa Riviera — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Griffin House — SPACE , Evanston ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Shannon Ford — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with DG North HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Carly Kane & Rima Parikah — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 6
Charles Heath / Pete Benson — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Twisted Xmas —
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Aragon , Chicago ; Gunhild Carling Queen of Swing — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Welshly Arms — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Aterciopelados / The Braided Janes — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; Schoolgirl Byebye / Carlos Truly — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Bill Callahan — Constellation , Chicago ; Comedy Night — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Magic & Mischief ( Bourbon N Brass ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Piano Man CD Reease Party — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Criminal Kids / Bur / Troy Anderson — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Nefesh Mountain — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Javier Red Trio / Gwen Jazz Jam — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Alfanso Ponticellii — Green Mill , Chicago ; Don McMillan — Improv , Schaumburg ; Dylan Matthew / Rachel Grae — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Jagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Fireside Collective / Arkansauce — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Sky Ferreira — Metro , Chicago ; Singer Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Firas Zreik — Old Town School , Chicago ; Lukas Nelson + POTR — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; M 102 / 1 Big Snow Show 17 : The Black Keys — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Ivy Ford — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Jensen McRae / Holden McRae — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Stella Katherine Cole — SPACE , Evanston ; Josh Radnor — Subterranean , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Cuisine & Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will Co . Brewing , Joliet ; Nico Santos / Roast Battle — Zanies , Chicago ; Vince Carone — Zanies , Rosemont . |
THURSDAY 7
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Alectet / Anthony Bruno — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Twisted Xmas — Aragon , Chicago ; Diva Montell Christmas Lunch — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Gunhild Carling Queen of Swing — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Holiday Party ( Rock N Ravioli ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Doublecamp / Alt Bloom / Neuhaus — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; James Smith / Chris Williamson — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Joe Fascetta — Bub City , Chicago ; Morry Sochat & Special 20 ’ s — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; 90s Country Paylist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Night Before Christmas : Cirque du Soleil — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Sawamura No Hitter / Vulgar Commons / Naked Brunch — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Drazek Fuscaldo — Constellation , Chicago ; Abbey Road with Orchestra ( All Star Beatles Tribute ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Benefit : Concensus Madness / Dusty Turrets — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Ron ' s Very Special Christmas — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Country Doctors — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian
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Church , Chicago ; Game Awards Watch Party ( 6pm ) — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic Blues Jam — Harlem Ave . Lounge , Berwyn ; The Silos — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Keyon Herrold — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Jonny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Xavier Omar / Elhae — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Shoe Fest Holiday Jam ! — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Songs of Good Cheer with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; FM 102 / 1 Big Snow Show 17 : Lovejoy — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; . 50K Check / The Flips / Jesus Freak — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; A Motown Christmas — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Stand Up Comedy — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Joey J . Saye — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Sin Banderad — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Haley Joelle / Lily Williams — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Partywatcher ( Album Release )/ George Arthur Calendar — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; NRBQ — SPACE , Evanston ; Milk / Subviolet / Jacob Ray — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Juiceman — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Dogstar / Archer Oh — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Gary Hoey Christmas — The Venue , Aurora ; Unbridled — Untitled , Chicago ; Angelo Colina ( En Espanol ) ( 9:30pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies , Chicago ; Shapel Lacey — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 8
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Twisted Xmas — Aragon , Chicago ; Matteo Bocelli — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arilngton Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Sivertone / Daisy Heaves / Alright Maybes — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; In The Stix / Dancing with Estelle — BHouse , Lombard ; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Bea Miller — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Simple Remedy — Bub City , Chicago ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Rosemont ; Cai Caudill / Henry Geraghty / Heirloom Locket — Burlington , Chicago ; Kurtis James Band — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Horsegiirl — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Todd Barry — City Winery , Chicago ; J . Worra / Max Styler / TWAN — Concord , Chicago ; Chicago Yestet — Constellation , Chicago ; Jazz is Dead : All Star Ensemble — Copernicus , Chicago ; Mayor ' s Kids / Jam in Between — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; The Purple Experience ( Prince Tribute ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ;
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Cafe Racer / Edging / Accessory — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; How Rude / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Weddin Banned / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Patterson Hood — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Hllbilly Frolic / Dozen Buzzin Cousins — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Left to Suffer / Tallah / Chamber — Forge , Joliet ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; George Lopez — Genesee , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / Eric Schneider — Green Mill , Chicago ; LP Vinyl — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; The Smiley Tillmon Band featuring Kate Moss — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Hey Comedy — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Sparkle Carcass / Lydia Cash — Hideout , Chicago ; The Interview Show with Mark Bazer ( 6pm ) — Hideout , Chicago ; Justin Quiles — House of Blues , Chicago ; Brent Morin — Improv , Schaumburg ; Keyon Herrold — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Stache ! — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Manwolves — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Triple Threat Band — Madcats , Palatine ; The Weekend Run Club — Martyrs ', Chicago ; The 9th Annual War on Xmas : The Lawrence Arms / We Are The Union / Pkew Pkew Pkew — Metro , Chicago ; Marlon & The Shakes — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Songs of Good Cheer with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Pigeons Playing Ping Pong / The North 41 — Park West , Chicago ; Jack Wilson — Polyanna , Roselle ; Heavy Lifting — Polyanna , St . Charles ; SERUM : He . She . They — Prysm , Chicago ; LSDREAM / ZINGARA / Chmura — Radius , Chicago ; Haunted Holidays 2023 — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Jarhead Fertilizer / Phobophilic / Backslider — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; It ’ s A Wonderful Life : A Live Radio Play — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness / Michigander / Wildermiss — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Modern Day Romeos — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Ghost Town — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Joaquin Cortes — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Valebol / Santrio — Schubas , Chicago ; We Theaory DJs Quin Kirchner & MDJ / Mirrors / NAE — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; LSDXOXO / Shaun J Wright / Mister Wallace — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Stephen Kellog / Lee Totten — SPACE , Evanston ; Motherfolk / Kevine Devine — Subterranean , Chicago ; Wait What ? — Suzys , Yorkville ; Vegyn / Louke Man — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Toronzo Cannon — The Venue , Aurora ; Los Lobos 50th Anniversary / Them Coulee Boys ( 93XRT Holiday Jam ) — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; I set My Friends on Fire / Orinoco / Mazegarden — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies , Chicago .
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