Alive One , Chicago ; Clark Sommers / Quentin Coaxum — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Bush — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; The Oak Ridge Boys : Farewell Christmas Tour — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; Champions / The Silver Palms / All the Wine — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; John Primer Blues Band & Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Brother Ali With Ant / Dee-1 — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Duke Tumatoe — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Strawdawg — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Dan Deacon — Chop Shop , Chicago ; The Rumors / Hillbilly Casino — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Shiba San / CID / ALL U NEED — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Sima Cunningham ( High Roller ' Album Release )/ Max Subar — Constelllation , Chicago ; Loudernow — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; One Christmas Night In Memphis — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ — Draft Picks , Mt . Prospect ; DJ Marc Esses ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; REZN / Lume / Wreched Blessing / The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mike & Joe — Evenflow , Geneva ; Redmonds Holiday Show — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Happy Hour : Charlie Brown Christmas — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Nobodies / Phil Angotti — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Vijay Tellis-Naya — Four Winds Casino , South Bend , IN ; DJ Jelliefish — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Derek Jone Duo — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , South Bend , IN ; Steve Talaga — Four Winds Casino - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Molly Abraham — Four Winds Casino - Grille , South Bend , IN ; Andrew Bird / Mary Lattimore : Gezelligheid Concerts — Fourth Presbyterian Church , ChIcago ; Chris Foreman / Donny Mc- Caslin — Green Mill , Chicago ; Barracuda — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Jerimiahj Johnson — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Eric Quigley — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Chris Kremer — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Wayne Meessmer Christmas Show — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Anthony Bruno Christmas Spectacular with Ésso — Hideout , Chicago ; Night Moves ( A Tribute to Bob Seger ) — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Machine Girl — House of Blues , Chicago ; Windy City Dueling Pianos — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Steve Byrne — Improv , Schaumburg ; Tennesee Whiskey — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Corey Wilkes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Modern Day Romeos — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Oso Oso / Flycatcher / Riley ! — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Oh Yes ! — Madcats , Palatine ; Gina Marie and the Golden Bucks / Brian Krumm & His Barfly Friends / Reilly Downes & The Acid Cowboys / Hazel Krumm — Martyrs ', Chicago ; MxPx / The Ataris — Metro , Chicago ; Big Trouble / The Residency — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Songs of Good Cheer : Holiday Caroling Party with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Countess Luann : A Very Countess Christmas — Park West , ChIcago ; Bart Attacks — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Elliot Quast — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Ilario Alicante / Dustin Sheridan / K A R I M — Prysm , Chicago ; Gordo |
— Radius , Chicago ; Gozortenplat Zappa Show / Next Planet — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Pietasters / John Bunkley & Insights / DJ Chuck Wren — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; The Dead South / Reverend Peyton ' s Big Damn Band — Riviera Theatre , ChIcago ; Tribute to Prince — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Superunkown / STT — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Melody Angel — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Piano Sing-a-long — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Wigs Dance Party — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; SPFDJ / Brenda / Dunes of Dawn — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Josh Ritter / Leo Kottke — Space , Evanston ; Si Dios Quiere / Prevention / Mile End / Squint / Pasture — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Will Wilcox — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Neal Francis / Smushie — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Jennifer Hudson — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Blink 312 / Love Sux / Basket Case Chicago / Sugar , We ' re a Fall Out Boy Tribute — The Forge , Joliet ; Ladies of Freestyle Fest — The Piazza , Aurora ; Haunted Holidays 2024 : A Scary Good Tour — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Trap Karaoke — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; Dennis O ' Brien Christmas Show — The Venue , Aurora ; Elvis Christmas : Hugo — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Stardust : Stacey McMichael — Untitled , Chicago ; Lynyrd Skynrd / Midnight Rider — Vixen , McHenry ; Two-Piece / Magma / Premeditated — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; DJ John Simmons — Whistler , Chicago ; Gianmarco Soresi — Zanies , Chicago ; April Macie — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 14
Then Again — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Clark Sommers / Quentin Coaxum — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Luminare Christmas — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Lunch with the Grinch ( Rock n Ravioli - Noon ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Stapleton & Church Tributes — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; John Primer Blues Band & Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Urban Heat — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Ginger Road — Bub City , Rosemont ; James Armstrong — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Boy Brain / Raised by Apes — Burlington , Chicago ; LYNY — Chop Shop , Chicago ; CeCe Peniston — City Winery , Chicago ; Dawn Miller / Rick Lindy — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Volpe Family Christmas — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Ship Wrek / No Thanks — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Microplastique ( Album Release ) — Constelllation , Chicago ; City Wide Symphony Holiday — Copernicus Center , Chicago ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; Jazz Is Dead — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Pizza Party with Santa Claus ( Bourbon N ' Brass - Noon ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; REZN / Bosses / Dead Sun — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Jud & The Pour — Evenflow , Geneva ; Christmas Brunch — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Them Coulee Boys / Sara Jane Stevens —
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FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Mr . Dave Music Holiday Show ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Cirque Dreams Holidaze — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Vijay Tellis-Naya — Four Winds Casino , South Bend , IN ; Vinyl Night — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Knapp Probst Wolfe Trio — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , South Bend , IN ; Vijay Tellis- Nayak — Four Winds Casino - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Dear Evan Hansen — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Christmas Wizards — Geneva Stage , Lalke Geneva ; Paper Machete / Donny McCaslin — Green Mill , Chicago ; Spazmatics — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; DJ Marques Antonio — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Dave Rudolph Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Brian Castillo — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Pierce Crask — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; David Singer & The Sweet Science — Hideout , Chicago ; Christmas with the King starring Jimmy Holmes as Elvis ( 2pm ) — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Toys for Tots Fundraiser — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Sister Hazel — House of Blues , Chicago ; Shady — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Steve Byrne — Improv , Schaumburg ; Jagged Little Pill — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Corey Wilkes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The Ron Burgundys — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Adler Brothers — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Evan Giia / Xkylar — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Ocean ' s Rat Pack Christmas — Lyric Theater , Blue Island ; Infunktious ft . Kofi Baker — Madcats , Palatine ; 12th Annual Krampus Fest — Martyrs ', Chicago ; MxPx / The Ataris — Metro , Chicago ; Songs of Good Cheer : Holiday Caroling Party with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn — Old Town School , Chicago ; Boots / SoFTT / JAXX / KIRK — Outset , Chicago ; Countess Luann : A Very Countess Christmas — Park West , ChIcago ; Billy Denton ( 2pm ) — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Ryan Cooper — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Kungs / Jay Pryor / Sleepy Eagz — Prysm , Chicago ; Wolfram / Pete ' s Diary — Q Bar , Darien ; Amelie Lens — Radius , Chicago ; Michael Johnson & Marc Levalle ( Open Mic Comedy - Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Luzma / Skies Are Shifting / Lucky Girl Syndrome — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Crown Magnetar / Extotionist / Extermination Dismemberment — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Dean Z Elvis Christmas — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; RainbowGirls — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Groovy Love Vibes Reunion — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Ghost Town Blues Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing & DJ / Smokin Gunz — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Midcentury Llama / Rainbow James / Midamerican Elevator — Schubas , Chicago ; Melkbelly / Paper Mice / Gerund — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Anna Lunoe / Ariel Zetina / Hotpretty — Smart |
Bar , Chicago ; Leo Kottke / Los Lobos — Space , Evanston ; School of Rock Chicago West — Subterranean , Chicago ; Sweet Hudson / Atta Guns / Moonsyde — Subterranean , Chicago ; Tommy Cash — Subterranean , Chicago ; 7th Heaven Holiday Show / Millhouse — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Copy Cat — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Dirty Dead ( 1pm ) — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Kasshmir Led Zeppelin Show — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Neal Francis / Liam Kazar — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Gregory Hudson — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Seandale ' s Celebrity Birthday Bash — The Piazza , Aurora ; Wicked Brunch — The Piazza , Aurora ; Haunted Holidays 2024 : A Scary Good Tour — The Rave , Milwaukee ; James Kennedy DJ Set — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Dennis O ' Brien Christmas Show — The Venue , Aurora ; Meltdowns — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Sacred Dawn / Havron / Fierce Atmospheres — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Rene Vaca — Vic Theatre , ChIcago ; Pat Tomasulo — Vixen , McHenry ; The Color Morale /' 68 / Skylit Drive — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; All Love — Whistler , Chicago ; Trommblau & Friends — Whistler , Chicago ; Gianmarco Soresi — Zanies , Chicago ; April Macie — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 15
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Breakfast with Santa Claus ( Rock n Ravioli - 10am ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Buddy Rich Big Band Machine ’ s Christmas ( 3pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Jazz Is Dead — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Echoes of Cfristmas — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; Luke Pytel Blues Band & Mzz Reese — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Y ' all ' s Brunch with Coco So-Nell & Mini Pearl Necklace — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Beatles Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Neo Soul Love Tribute — City Winery , Chicago ; Sinatra Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Max Diaz / Druidess / Cheerleader — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Salsa Sunday — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Uncle Louie Variety Show — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Marble Teeth / Zofia / Gerfety / Friendly Faces — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Bill O ' Connell Big Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Cirque Dreams Holidaze — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Chad Clifford — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , South Bend , IN ; Soul Message / Jazz Composers — Green Mill , Chicago ; Rosie & The Rivets — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Sister Hazel — House of Blues , Chicago ; Steve Byrne — Improv , Schaumburg ; Wife & Death ( 3pm ) —
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