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THURSDAY 14
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Proximity / Anthony Bruno — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Kenny G . — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Koji / Pictoria Vark / Routine Fuss — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City , Chicago ; 90s Country Paylist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Rematch / When The Sun Sets / Stillwell — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; La Familia Roundtable — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Jump and Sabbath ( Van Halen and Black Sabbath Tributes ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Bloodyminded / Nika / Palais Intrige — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mud Morganfield — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Stop Making Sense at 40 — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic Blues Jam — Harlem Ave . Lounge , Berwyn ; Buffalo Rose — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Mom Rock / Damager — Hideout , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Cort McCown — Improv , Schaumburg ; Tim Warfield ' s Jazz Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Jonny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Yvie Oddly — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Great Moments in Vinyl presents The Rolling Stones — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Open Mic — Polyanna , Roselle ; Exmortus / Generation Kill / Hatriot — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Favelas / CHEF / Harvey Lightyear — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Wayne Newton — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Acoustic Christmas — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Joey J . Saye / Lil Ed Williams All-Stars — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Zeds Dead — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Olive Avenue / Red Scarves / Niko Kapetan — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Chicago Soul Spectacular — SPACE , Evanston ; Anything is Everything / Tommy Kessler / Superkick — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Juiceman — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Unbridled — Untitled , Chicago ; Max Manticof / Willam Montgomery — Zanies , Chicago .
FRIDAY 15
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — 28 Mile Distiillng , Highwood ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Hot Mulligan — Aragon , Chicago ; Piano Man Band — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Jump / Sabbath ( Van Halen and Black Sabbath Tributes ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; The Sandwiches — Arilngton Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Yada Yada / Scarlet Demore / Pinksqueeze — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Brass from the Past — BHouse , Lombard ; Demetria Taylor Blues Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Metal Diaries / Hard Rock Fossils — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Trace Hamilton — Bub City ,
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Rosemont ; Faces Of The Bog / Arriver / Apostle Of Solitude — Burlington , Chicago ; The Simple Remedy / Bryan Ruby & River Road — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Iceworld : Video Game Rock Show — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Breath / Carries / Ritual & For Three Sleepless Nights — Constellation , Chicago ; Bloomfest 2023 — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Gone 2 Paradise ( Jimmy Buffett Tribute ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Lust Holiday Extravaganza — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Semple / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Redmonds Holiday Show — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Michelle McGuire / Stop Making Sense at 40 / Medowlark Lemons — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; G Herbo — Forge , Joliet ; Andrew Bird ' s Gezelligheid Concerts / Margaret Glaspy & Julian Lage — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; The Highwaymen - Christmas Special — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Jay Leno — Genesee , Waukegan ; Pop Punk Xmas : Fluorescents / Four Stars / Wolf Rd — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / Frank Catalano — Green Mill , Chicago ; Too Hype Crew — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Mike Wheeler Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; M80s / Venemous Hearts — Heroes West , Lemont ; Dave Rudolf : Cracked Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Eric Butler — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Anthony Bruno Christmas Show — Hideout , Chicago ; Emo Night Brooklyn — House of Blues , Chicago ; Tim Warfield ' s Jazz Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Face The Music / Totem Frogs — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Hollyy / Jacob On The Moon / Wyatt Waddell — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Bad Reputation / Heart of Glass — Madcats , Palatine ; Second Hand News — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Big Dog Mercer — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Bill Uhler — Polyanna , Roselle ; InFunktious — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Serum : Gene Farris / HLIOS : Xristo / Markos / Bulat — Prysm , Chicago ; Haunted Holidays Tours — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Motel Breakfast / Dead Bolts / Social CIG — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Phil Angotti & The Naughty / Neighbors — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Radio Gaga — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Stephen Hull — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; El Alfa — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Zeds Dead — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Huron John — Schubas , Chicago ; Full Body 2 W / Cusp / Ivy Hollivana — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Dan Rodriguez — SPACE , Evanston ; Birth-Day Par-tay — Subterranean , Chicago ; Nexus 6 : Techno-Industial — Subterranean , Chicago ; Fallen Idol — Suzys , Yorkville ; JD McPherson / Joel Paterson — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Pete Ellman Big Band Christmas Show — The Venue , Aurora ; Cupcakke / Taco / Tuffs — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Remedy — Wild Hare , Chicago ; William Montgomery — Zanies , Rosemont . |
SATURDAY 16
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Tony Ocean & Friends — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Gone 2 Paradise ( Jimmy Buffet Tribute ) — Arcada
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Theatre , St . Charles ; Princess Holiday High Tea ( Club Aracada 1pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Blind Equation / Choke Chain / Thotcrime — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Bad Motor Scooter / Night Songs ( Sammy Hagar & Cinderella Tributes ) — BHouse , Lombard ; Demetria Taylor Blues Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Crue / Angry Squirrels — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; Stocking Stuffer 2 - Alt Rock Tributes — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Justin Holt — Bub City , Chicago ; In The Stix — Bub City , Rosemont ; Joy ( Anonymous ) — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Braid - Frame & Canvas Anniversary Show — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Lucky Boys Confusion / That Lying Bitch / Showoff — Concord , Chicago ; American Girl Live — Copernicus , Chicago ; Macy Gray & California Jet Club — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Pizza with Santa ( Noon ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; DJ / Cadillac Groove — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chris & Heather Country Calendar — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Wendy & DB Holiday Show ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Lovehouse — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Shady — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Classic Albums Live performs Jimi Hendrix — Genesee , Waukegan ; An Evening with Robin Taylor Zander ( of Cheap Trick ): Q & A with legendary Record producer Jack Douglas / moderated by Scott Lucas ( of Local H ) — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Paper Machete / Matt Wilson Christmas — Green Mill , Chicago ; Lounge Puppets — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; John Primer & The Real Deal — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; 4Cast — Heroes West , Lemont ; Rosie & The Rivets Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Country & Midwestern : The Songs of Michael P . Smith ( 1pm ) — Hideout , Chicago ; The Secret History of Chicago Music Holiday Happening : Green / Jeff Lescher & The Larks / Joy Poppers / Spiral Galaxy ( 8pm ) — Hideout , Chicago ; Provider — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Tim Warfield ' s Jazz Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Eli Young Band — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Mobetta Holiday Jam — Martyrs ', Chicago ; The Armed / Model • Actriz / Kipp Stone — Metro , Chicago ; Sweet Diezel Jenkins — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Pink Talking Fish / Beat The Meatles — Park West , Chicago ; Monsters of Mock — Piazza , Aurora ; Sam Wyatt — Polyanna , Roselle ; Kofi Baker Psychedelic Trip — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Gianni Blu / MADD / Dangerwayne — Prysm , Chicago ; Elrow : Dance with the Serpent — Radius , Chicago ; Haunted Holidays Tours — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Open Mic Comedy : Michael Johnson ( MIdnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , |
Chicago ; Skin & Bones — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Rat Pack Holiday — Rialto Sqaure , Joliet ; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Mannheim Steamroller Christmas — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Zeds Dead — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Veggi — Schubas , Chicago ; La Rosa Noir Album Release / The Renters / Future Nobodies — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Vienna Teng / Chris DuPont & Kylee Phillips — SPACE , Evanston ; Yoki Toki : Funk Vaporwave — Subterranean , Chicago ; Telltale Hearts — Suzys , Yorkville ; Arra / Mirage — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; R & B Saturdays : Andrew David — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Bitchin Bajas / Glyders — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Brooklyn Charmers — The Venue , Aurora ; Gerald McClendon — Untitled , Chicago ; Margaret Cho — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Born of Osris / The Browning / Rings of Saturn — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Ifficial — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Pat Tomasulo — Zanies , Chicago ; William Montgomery — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 17
Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Rat Pack Sunday — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Christmas Dinner with Prisica Presley ( Rock N Ravioli ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Wicked Drawl — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Holiday Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Na Ja : A Peter Brötzmann Memorial Concert — Constellation , Chicago ; Tradiciones de Navidad — Copernicus , Chicago ; Line Dance Night — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Dusk / Roof Dogs / Crud — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Classical Blast / Chicago Skyliners — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Uptown Poetry Slam — Green Mill , Chicago ; Peppermint Patties ( 2pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Possessed by Paul James — Hideout , Chicago ; Hot Mulligan — House of Blues , Chicago ; Tim Warfield ' s Jazz Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Jazz Jam — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; The Nut Tapper — Old Town School - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Grant Milliren ( 3pm ) — Polyanna , Roselle ; Haunted Holidays Tours — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Molly Compton / Eyescales / Mad Rose — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Anna Vogelzang / Nathan Graham / Jessica Mindrum — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Queen ! : Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Barefoot Movement Holiday — SPACE , Evanston ; Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; All Star Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; The Rock and Roll Playcontinues
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