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SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Johnny Lyons & The Pride — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Purple Experience — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Shibari : Hajime Kinoko — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Joe Samba / Joey Harkum — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Think Floyd USA — BHouse , Lombard ; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Bea Miller — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; The Buzz Worthys — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Ethan Bell — Bub City , Chicago ; Faces Of The Bog / Arriver / Apostle Of Solitude — Burlington , Chicago ; Diamondback — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Dra Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Nico Play / Gabacho / Yna — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Peekaboo / Lyny / Wink — Concord , Chicago ; Resavoir — Constellation , Chicago ; TBox 2023 Xmas Crawl — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Ides of March Christmas Show ( 2pm ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Top of The World ( Carpenters Christmas ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Family Values Tributes — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Holiday Beerfest — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Beyond The Gate — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Cafe Racer / Stuck / Pleasant Mob ( 9pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Miss Jaime ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Deltaz — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Tributes to Foo Fighters & Pearl Jam — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Brian Regan — Genesee , Waukegan ; Paper Machete / Eric Schneider — Green Mill , Chicago ; Stache — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Ivy Ford — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Whiskey Road — Heroes West , Lemont ; Love & Rock Unplugged — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Jory Avner — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Mike Cooley ( of Drive-By Truckers ) — Hideout , Chicago ; Brent Morin — Improv , Schaumburg ; Keyon Herrold — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Covers For Cover — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Physical Graffiti — Madcats , Palatine ; Krampus Fest ( Noon ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — Matrix , Naperville ; The 9th Annual War on Xmas : The Lawrence Arms / Restorations / Sweetie — Metro , Chicago ; Mock Star — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Songs of Good Cheer with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; The Claudettes — Old Town School - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Brendan & Jake featuring Andy Farag / Mike Racky & Michelle Hallman — Park West , Chicago ; Casino Royale Charity — Piazza , Aurora ; Jukebox JBC — Polyanna , Roselle ; Billy Denton ( 2pm ) — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Lisa
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Micelli — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Ian Asher / Capri / Dom Chap — Prysm , Chicago ; Honey Dijon / TSHA / DJ Heather — Radius , Chicago ; Haunted Holidays 2023 — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Body Void / Nequient / Organ Failure — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Open Mic Comedy : Michael Johnson ( MIdnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Radkey / Rotundos / Animal Panic — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Steven Curtis Chapman Christmas — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Pete Davidson — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Blackened / Black Angus / Big City Nights — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Ivan Gomez Singh — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Johnny Mathis Christmas Concert — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Salami Rose / Joe Louis / Jessica Risker — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Todd Terje / Harry Cross / Material Luv — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Ana Gasteyer — SPACE , Evanston ; Princess Chelsea / Kitty — Subterranean , Chicago ; Acousticholics — Suzys , Yorkville ; Hairbanger ' s Ball / Kicked Outta Choir — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; R & B Saturdays : Andrew David — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Choir ! Choir ! Choir ! — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Robert Jon & The Wreck — The Venue , Aurora ; Chris Fleming — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Sabbatha - Female Sabbath Tribute — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Shapel Lacey — Zanies , Chicago ; Steve Rannazzisi — Zanies , Chicago .
SUNDAY 10
Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Marques Carrol / Michelle Thomas — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Rat Pack Sunday — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Lunch with The Grinch ( Rock N Ravioli ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Top of The World ( Carpenters Show ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Isiah Eoho — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Nonpoint / Hed Pe / Sumo Cyco — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Y ' alls Brunch — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Jon McGlauglin Holiday — City Winery , Chicago ; Superwrestlers — Concord , Chicago ; Nick Zoulek — Constellation , Chicago ; Christmas Wizards ( Trans-Siberian Orcestra plus Infinity ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Jazz Consortium — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Suburban Music School Performance ( 1pm ) — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mr . Dave ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Shout Section Holiday Show — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; The Lala ' s Burlesque — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Jo Koy — Genesee , Waukegan ; The 5th Annual Holidawgs MCP
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Rescue Party — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Chicago Jazz Composers — Green Mill , Chicago ; Caroling with Kristen Reiff — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; A Light Sleeper and WiHuBa ( 4pm ) — Hideout , Chicago ; Mora — House of Blues , Chicago ; Brent Morin — Improv , Schaumburg ; Keyon Herrold — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The Wind Gypsys — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Ginger Root — Metro , Chicago ; Songs of Good Cheer with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Jeffrey Foucault / Pieta Brown — Old Town School - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Kiki & Herb — Park West , Chicago ; Sundown Sundaze — Prysm , Chicago ; Sonic Currency — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Joliet American Legion Band Christmas — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Evann McIntosh / Schubas Winter Market — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Ovlov / Flotie / Disco Doom / Mandy — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Queen ! : Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Mike Zito — SPACE , Evanston ; Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; All Star Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Ravyn Lenae / Joseph Chilliams / Matt Muse — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Shapel Lacey — Zanies , Chicago ; Stand Up For Parkinsons — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 11
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Blueshift Big Band — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Southside Johnny — City Winery , Chicago ; Noise Shrine — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Kevin Fort Trio — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; The Violent / Discrepincies / Bullet to the Heart — Forge , Joliet ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Roy Woods — House of Blues , Chicago ; Bob Lark Septet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The Chicago Moth Storyslam — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Industry Mondays — Prysm , Chicago ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Nova Soul Quartet Christmas — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Neva Dinova / Doom Flower — Schubas , Chicago ; Robot Civi War Abum Release / Lollygagger / Totally Cashed — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Adam Levy Trio — SPACE , Evanston ; Singo — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Open Mic with Live Band — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Ariana Madix — Thalia Hall , Chicago .
TUESDAY 12
Variety Hour — Alive One , Chicago ; Windy City Rambers — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Billy Raffoul / Peter Raffoul — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Aunt Nance Holiday Cougar Bingo — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Southside Johnny — City Winery , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Voicebox : Caty Richardson Holiday Show — FitzGerald ' s ,
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Berwyn ; Steel Panther / Moon Fever — Forge , Joliet ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; First Person Live — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Aqua — House of Blues , Chicago ; WDCB Night — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hovvdy / Free Range — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; 40,000 Headmen — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Music Bingo — Polyanna , St . Charles ; From Ashes To New — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Whilhelm Scream — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; School of Rock ( 6:30pm ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto ( 7pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Nova Soul Quartet Christmas — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Dave Herrero — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Anjimile / Schlitz & Gigglez — Schubas , Chicago ; Arie Posen / Brittany Kennell — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Mxmtoon — SPACE , Evanston ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Dundee Crown HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Audrey Stewart — Zanies , Chicago ; Local Comedy Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 13
Anthem ' s Grand Illusion — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Romel Sims / Pete Benson — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Judy Collins — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Kenny G . — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Creeping Charlie / Western Bisexual / Pretty Pleased — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Craig Owens / Violà / Andres — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Squirrel Nut Zippers — City Winery , Chicago ; Oso Oso / Carly Cosgrove / Kicksie — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; From Ashes To New / Word Alive / Catch Your Breath , — Concord , Chicago ; Mega Laverne & Shirley — Constellation , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; LA Lom — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Super ' 70s Comedy Roadshow — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chris Greene Quartet — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Alfanso Ponticellii — Green Mill , Chicago ; 4 Chairs Theatre : Home for the Holidays — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Jazz Links Jam — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Durry / Mega Mango — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Polyanna , Roselle ; Lagwagon — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Nova Soul Quartet Christmas — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Ivy Ford — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Lisa LeBlanc — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Way Down Wanderers / Julia Morrison — SPACE , Evanston ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Cuisine & Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Lili K — Untitled , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will Co . Brewing , Joliet ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
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