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Wonderland Night / Kent Rose — Hideout , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Local Comedy Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 27
Tomcat Trumpet Experience — Alive One , Chicago ; Juan Pastor / Pete Benson — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Animated Aracada Classic Cartoons ( 11am ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; Raheem Devaughn — City Winery , Chicago ; Indoorsman / Robot Heart Throb — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Silent Film Night — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Half-Brits — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Joe Policastro & Friends — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Alfanso Ponticellii — Green Mill , Chicago ; Cathy Richardson & Anne Harris — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Waco Brothers Winter Wonderland Night / Deano and Jo / Jane Hobson Band — Hideout , Chicago ; Tchami / Malaa — Radius , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto ( 7pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Patti Smith and Her Band — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Cuisine & Comedy — Tavern on La- Grange , Countryside ; West End 40 — Untitled , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will Co . Brewing , Joliet ; Steph Toley — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 28
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Trans-Siberian Orchestra — Allstate Arena , Chicago ; Proximity / Anthony Bruno — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Improv & Night Moose — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Mzz Reese — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Mustard Plug / Flatfoot 56 / J . Navarro And The Traitors — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; 90s Country Paylist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Terisa Griffin — City Winery , Chicago ; Glassjaw — Concord , Chicago ; Mike Pinto / Palmer Squares / Dad Strength — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Ivan Singh / Alicia Ya Yah Townshend — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; The Docksiders — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; The Guess Who — Genesee , Waukegan ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Miles Over Mountains — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Marquis Hill — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Jonny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Purple Disco Machine / Roosevel / Kiinjo — Radius , Chicago ; Jim Ryan ' s Classic Albums — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Joey J . Saye / Lil Ed Williams All-Stars — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Mt . Joy — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ;
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Ouray — SPACE , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Juiceman — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Chromeo — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Annie Sellick & Pat Bergeson — The Venue , Aurora ; Unbridled — Untitled , Chicago ; Steph Toley — Zanies , Chicago .
FRIDAY 29
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Hairbanger ' s Ball / Arra — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arilngton Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Aiya Kinani : Where You From ? — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Gingers / Empress / Who Knew — BHouse , Lombard ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Gimme Gimme Disco — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Shukin & The Ramblers — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Brad Redlich Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Sunfallen — Bub City , Rosemont ; Matt Martin Band — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Andrew Schulz — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Raheem Devaughn — City Winery , Chicago ; Lomabardy Black / Los Dedos — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Rok Brigade / Pino Farina Band — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mr . Blotto — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Windy City Dueling Pianos — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Smokey Robinson — Genesee , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / Battle of the Saxes — Green Mill , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Tom Holland and The Shuffle Kings — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Open Mic Blues Jam — Harlem Ave . Lounge , Berwyn ; Trapper Schoepp — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Outronaut / John San Juan & Depravos de la Mour — Hideout , Chicago ; Marquis Hill — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Whatever , Nevermind — Madcats , Palatine ; The Giving Moon — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Sneezy — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Lab Group — Park West , Chicago ; MYA — Piazza , Aurora ; Lisa Micelli ( Solo ) — Polyanna , Roselle ; Woosh ! — Polyanna , St . Charles ; SERUM : Mind Against — Prysm , Chicago ; Fisher / Joshwa / Ariele Free — Radius , Chicago ; City Twigs / Pat Egan & Heavy Hearts / Shhanon Baker — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Umphrey ' s McGee / Lespecial — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Mt . Joy — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers / Of Good Nature — Schubas , Chicago ; Lemonheads — SPACE , Evanston ; The Symposium / Health Club — Subterranean , Chicago ; Two Trick Pony — Suzys , Yorkville ; Breezy Radio — Untitled , Chicago ; Holiday Havoc : Errors of Humanity / Dream / Alaiza — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Steph Toley — Zanies , Chicago ; Lisa Ann Walter — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 30
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; BoDeans / Turn Turn Turn — Arcada
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Theatre , St . Charles ; Billy Gray / The Rangers / Lucas Matthew — BHouse , Lombard ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; I Fight Dragons / Jennifer Hall / Boy Meets Robot — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Torn / Empress — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; House Party : Tim Spinnin Schommer — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City , Rosemont ; Trailer Park Twsiters — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Rahsaan Paterson — City Winery , Chicago ; Zakk Sabbath / Native Howl — Concord , Chicago ; Indie Tribute Night : Interpol / Arctic Monkeys — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hi Infidelity — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Nnamdi & Friends — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mock Star / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Robbie Fulks — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — Forge , Joliet ; Creedence Revived — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Paper Machete / Battle of the Saxes — Green Mill , Chicago ; Nate Venturelli — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; The Stefan Hillesheim Blues Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Big Sky — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Marquis Hill — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Liquid Faction — Madcats , Palatine ; Sam Hudgens / Walker / Corn On my Dinner Plate — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Liam Nugent — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Freddy Jones Band — Park West , Chicago ; InFunktious Duo — Polyanna , Roselle ; Karla & The Phat Cats — Polyanna , St . Charles ; James Hype X / Meduza — Radius , Chicago ; Motion City Soundtrack — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Maiden Chicago / Sabbatha / Reign In Blood — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Open Mic Comedy : Michael Johnson ( MIdnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; The Eradicator / Time Thieves / Distants — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Umphrey ' s McGee / Lespecia — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Mt . Joy — Salt Shed , Chicago ; The Symposium / Health Club — Subterranean , Chicago ; R & B Saturdays : Andrew David — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Kevin Presby Project — The Venue , Aurora ; Eve of the Eve — Untitled , Chicago ; Hurricane Reggae Band — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Steph Toley — Zanies , Chicago ; Lisa Ann Walter — Zanies , Rosemont . |
SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER
Jeff Dunham — Allstate Arena , Chicago ; 3 Sittings ( Live Jazz ) — Andy Jazz , Chicago ; Nora En Pure — Aragon , Chicago ; New Year ' s Eve Lunch : Johnny Maggio & Sam Savage — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Mr . Blotto / Terrapin Flyer — BHouse , Lombard ; BTS and Laretha Weathersby
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— Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Local H ' s New Years Eve Adventure : Local H / Sybris — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Bub City , Rosemont ; Joe Wortell — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Mucca Pazza — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Rahsaan Paterson — City Winery , Chicago ; Bourbon N Brass : New Year ' s Eve Party — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Nnamdi & Friends — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Lounge Puppets — Evenflow , Geneva ; Robbie Fulks — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Arra — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; The Sofa Kings — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Shrek Rave — House of Blues , Chicago ; Marquis Hill — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Fool House — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; New Years Eve Bash — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; QUEEN ! of Diamonds : New Year ’ s Eve — Metro / Smart Bar , Chicago ; Ivy Ford Band — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; DJ Firm — Prysm , Chicago ; Transitions NYE : Hot Since 82 / Alan Nieves / Portals & Parachutes ( DJ Set ) — Radius , Chicago ; Flux Pavilion at Stellar Spark New Year ' s Eve — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; The Gold Reggaeton — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Dave Schmidt & The Snouts ( 3:30pm ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; NYE Rooftop — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Umphrey ' s McGee — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; John Primer & Real Deal — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Mt . Joy — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Daft Disko — Subterranean , Chicago ; Lil ' Ed and The Blues Imperials — The Venue , Aurora ; Always — The Whistler , Chicago ; Sin in the Second City — Untitled , Chicago ; All Star Bash — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Steph Toley — Zanies , Chicago ; Lisa Ann Walter — Zanies , Rosemont .
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