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SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Destroy Lonely — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Top Off The World — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Lucky Pickers — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; Nate Manos & Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Mojo Daddy — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Splitjaw / Dred Furst / Trust In The Serpent — Burlington , Chicago ; BoDeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Sinatra Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Frequency Series : Morton Feldman ' s Piano , Violin , Viola , Cello — Constelllation , Chicago ; Salsa Sunday — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; The Last Waltz : Tribute to The Band — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Stan P Band / Grassfed Collective / Dirty Dead — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Cloud Nothings / Armlock / Farmers Wife — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Charie Brown Christmas ( 11am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Grandstand — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Country Brunch — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Dan Reisen — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Jon Myers — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , South Bend , IN ; Chad Clifford — Four Winds Casino - Grille , South Bend , IN ; Ocean ' s Rat Pack — Geneva Stage , Lalke Geneva ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Vietnamese Winter Showcase — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Chris White Trio - Charlie Brown Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Heart Of Chicago Soul Club — Hideout , Chicago ; Pineapple Thief — House of Blues , Chicago ; Grinch Drag Brunch ( 2pm ) — Improv , Schaumburg ; Jamie Kennedy — Improv , Schaumburg ; One Up — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Justin Robinson — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Lisa Rock Carpenters ’ Holiday Show — Lyric Theater , Blue Island ; Randy Rock and Friends — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Rescues / Dusty Soles / Tavern Cats — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Rahaan & Vick Lavendar — Ramova Theatre , Chicago ; Pat Mc- Curdy — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Nikki Minerva / Mourning Star / Mad Rose — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Nutcracker — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Pete Galanis & Nate Manos — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Sharp Pins / National Photo Committee / Deerest Friends — Schubas , Chicago ; Queen : J For Pay — Smart Bar , Chicago ; The Empty Pockets — Space , Evanston ; DJ Reggie — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Steel Panther — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Arklight Toys for Tots show — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Neutral Gena & Tikii Vonte Drag Brunch — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Kimberly Gordon Trio — Untitled , Chicago ; Jonathan
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McReynolds / Smokie Norful — Vic Theatre , ChIcago ; Adam Shead / Fred Jackson Jr ./ Jack Langdon — Whistler , Chicago ; The Viceroys / Waddah II / Roots Reneades — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Steph Tolev — Zanies , Chicago ; Mike Toomey Christmas Special — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 2
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz Holidays — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Irish Music Session — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Robert Gasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Mt . Prospect ; Mute Duo / Oui Ennui / Godstar Megamax — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Patterson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Zak Fedor & Blake Burkhardt ( Acoustic / Comedy / Open Mic ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Nova Soul Quartet — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Carter Vail / Sego — Schubas , Chicago ; Antje Duvekot / Seth Glier — Space , Evanston ; Singo — Tailgaters , Chicago ; Super 6 Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 3
Music Bingo — Alive One , Chicago ; Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Indie Music Night ( Rock ‘ N Ravioli ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Silent Film Night — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Pop Up Karaoke — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Mic — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Robert Gasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Singo — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; Indie Music Nite ( Bourbon N ' Brass ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; The Niles Metropolitan Chorus Christmas — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Singo — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Elijah Berlow / Sarah Weddle / Josephine — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Stefan Hillsheim — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Sock The Frying Pan — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Wishhbone Ash — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Kyle Swann — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club ' s Giving Tuesday — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Blood Incantation — Metro , Chicago ; Shane McGowan Rememberance — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Wolves of Glendale — Outset , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; School of Rock Andersonville
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( 6pm ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Nova Soul Quartet — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Belles / Trevor Martin / Maura Streppa — Schubas , Chicago ; Almost There But Not Really ( EP Release )/ Daarlng / Ceruleum — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Erin Mckeown — Space , Evanston ; Greet Death / Prize Horse / Low Animal — Subterranean , Chicago ; Zeal & Ardor / Gaerea / Zetra — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Downers Grove North School — The Venue , Aurora ; Open Jam — Whistler , Chicago ; Mary Beth Barone — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 4
Animation — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Miss April Band — Alive One , Chicago ; Charles Heath / Jam Session — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; The Chapin Family — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Ace Monroe / Maggie Miles / Home Entertainment — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band & Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Whaddayaknow Trivia — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Robert Gasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Bleh !/ HBugoff / Dusk by Wife — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Mistletoe & Margs / Bluewater Kings — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Live Jazz & Blues ( Bourbon ‘ N Brass ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Naperville ; McKinley James / Ghalia Volt — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Henry Carpener — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Toys For Tots Benefit — Green Mill , Chicago ; Paul Marino Holiday Show — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Soup & Bread — Hideout , Chicago ; Steve Schneck — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Jagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Acoustic Open Mic — Mirage , Schiller Park ; Kent Rose — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Lemon Bucket Orkestra — Old Town School , Chicago ; The Bygones / Emma Harner — Old Town School - Maurer Hall , Chicago ; Iris Marlowe / Daniel Rey Revenirs / Gina Marie & Goldln Bucks — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Nova Soul Quartet — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Cirque Dreams Holidaze — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Zachy / Zion Ari — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Ana Gasteyer — Space , Evanston ; Abby Sage — Subterranean , Chicago ; Billy Woods / Kenny Segal — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Chicago Microbes — Whistler , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays
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— Will County Brewing , Shorewood ; Mary Beth Barone — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 5
Open Mic — Alibi Pub , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Fuerza Regida — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Sabertooth / Pro Jam — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Lou Gramm — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Calumet Jazz Big Band Christmas — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; Swearwords / Emily Jane Powers / 6kitty — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Open Mic — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; BTS Express & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Full Catholic / Stalled / Prathaloons — Burlington , Chicago ; Big Bloom / Choose Your Character / Mangold — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Robert Gasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Test Party — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Chapin Family — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Krampusnacht / Wild Earp and the Free For Alls / The Metalliques / M . E . o . W . Puppet Show / Deviant Cabaret / MC Santa — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Ron ' s Very Special Christmas — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Kabir Dalawari / Giovany Revelle — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Farmer Dan — Four Winds Casino - Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Chris Burch — Four Winds Casino - Grille , South Bend , IN ; Andrew Bird / Mary Lattimore : Gezelligheid Concerts — Fourth Presbyterian Church , ChIcago ; Andy Brown / Alanl Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; NWI Showcase — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Songwriting Contest — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Bats / Red PK / Toadvine — Hideout , Chicago ; Chicago Comedy Club — House of Blues – Foundation Room , Chicago ; Rocky Laporte — Improv , Schaumburg ; Skellerjam — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Greg Ward — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Tophouse / Griffin William Sherry — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Tributosaurus Becomes David Bowie — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Trio Bien / School of Rock Andersonville — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Over the Rhine — Old Town School , Chicago ; Open Jam — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Leftover Crack / World Scariest Police Chases / Go Hang — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Oak Ridge Boys Christmas — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Sam Outlaw / Hannah Aldridge — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Line Dancing & DJ — Sad-
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