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cago ; Country DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; DJ Reggie — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; The Blood Brothers / Stress Positions — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Samara Joy — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Something In Your Mouth / My Sacrifice / Phobia / Land of Linkin / Voodoo — The Forge , Joliet ; Holiday Havoc : Anberlin / Eve 6 — The Piazza , Aurora ; Haunted Holidays 2024 : A Scary Good Tour — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Zeds Dead — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; Brooklyn Charmers — The Venue , Aurora ; Austin Edwards — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Leach Lake / JR Wesley — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Sarah Marie Young — Untitled , Chicago ; Startdust : Lily K ( 10:30pm ) — Untitled , Chicago ; Too Hype Crew Christmas — Vixen , McHenry ; Night Rider / Engrave / How It Ends — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Sophie Buddle — Zanies , Chicago .
SATURDAY 21
90s Pop Nation — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Brent Griffin Jr ./ Julian Davis Reid — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Breakfast with Santa Claus ( Rock n Ravioli - 10am ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; One Vision of Queen featuring Marc Martel — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Ugly Sweater Karaoke Party ( Rock N Ravioli ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Local Band Showcase — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; BTS Express & Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Every Avenue / The Weekend Run Club / High Wire — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Ginger Road — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Potheads Christmas Show — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Heartfelt Family Christmas with Chapel Hart — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Alicia Witt Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Michael McDermott ' s Mischief & Mistltoe — City Winery , Chicago ; 4x4 Animal Style / Orange Element / Drawing Class — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; 34th Annual Winter Solstice Evening Concert : Hamid Drake / William Parker , Michael Zerang / Bill MacKay — Constelllation , Chicago ; Sixifvefour / Model J — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Motown Christmas — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Chris & Heather Country Calendar — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Christmas Brunch — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Heavy Sounds — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Kevin Fort — Four Winds Casino , South Bend , IN ; DJ 30x — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Karaoke — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , South Bend , IN ; Kevin Fort — Four Winds Casino - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Home for the Holidays — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Close To You — Geneva Stage , Lalke Geneva ; Paper Machete / Matt Wilson Christmas — Green Mill , Chicago ; Small Town — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; DJ Slash — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Anthony Bruno Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Kim Schaefer — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Lucas Vittore — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ;
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Classical Blast : Dark Side of The Yule — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Hobart Yule Brass Quintet ( 2pm ) — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Too Fighters / Rear View — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Tommy Davidson — Improv , Schaumburg ; Last Night / Yankee Cowboy — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Tim Warfield Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Tim Warfield Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hollyy / Motel Breakfast — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Four C Notes — Lyric Theater , Blue Island ; Jaktripper — Madcats , Palatine ; PriMary ( Cure Tribute )/ Still IL - tribute to The Smiths — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Nocturna Winter Solstice Ball / The Unknown Pleasures — Metro , Chicago ; Mariachi Herencia de México : A Mariachi Christmas — Old Town School - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan — Park West , ChIcago ; Christian Alan Hansen — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Diamond Balazhi — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Terry Byrne ( 2pm ) — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Ian Asher — Prysm , Chicago ; Michael Johnson & Marc Levalle ( Open Mic Comedy - Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Fluffy ( Ween Tribute )/ Garm — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing & DJ / Whiskyfist — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Lunar Ticks / Alabaster / The Laughing Hearts — Schubas , Chicago ; Ryan Elliott / Kate Simko / Dylan Gold — Smart Bar , Chicago ( 4pm ); Tributosaurus — Space , Evanston ; After Midnight : Chappell Roan Dance Party — Subterranean , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; The Blood Brothers / Meth . — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Haunted Holidays 2024 : A Scary Good Tour — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Merry Swiftmas : A Taylor Swift Holi-Tay Dance Party — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Zeds Dead — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; She Said with Anne Harris featuring Cathy Richardson — The Venue , Aurora ; Hair — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Cemetary Gates / The Suffering — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Jay Bragg Songwriter ' s Christmas — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Yohan Experience — Untitled , Chicago ; Matt Rogers : The Prince Of Christmas Tour — Vic Theatre , ChIcago ; Supertramp Tribute — Vixen , McHenry ; Born of Osiris / Rivers of Nihil / Reflections — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Sophie Buddle — Zanies , Chicago .
SUNDAY 22
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Lunch with the Grinch ( Rock N Ravioli - 1pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; BTS Express & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Breezy Rodio — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Heartfelt Family Christmas with Chapel Hart — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Michael McDermott ' s Mischief & Mistltoe — City Winery , Chicago ; Sinatra Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; 34th Annual Winter Solstice Evening Concert : Hamid Drake / William Parker , Michael Zerang — Constelllation , Chicago ; Salsa Sunday — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; A Very Cher-y Christmas : Lisa McClowry — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ;
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British Buddy Big Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Christmas & Bears Brunch — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Anderson Family Holiday Jamboree — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Martini — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , South Bend , IN ; Marta Koonce — Four Winds Casino - Grille , South Bend , IN ; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer : The Musical — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Soul Message / Poetry Slam — Green Mill , Chicago ; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials Holiday Show — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Tommy Davidson — Improv , Schaumburg ; Who Dat Dere ( 3pm ) — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Tim Warfield Christmas — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Lisa P . Medina — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Country Famous / Claws of Joy / Angry Ankles — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; The Nut Tapper : Reggio “ The Hoofer ” McLaughlin — Old Town School - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Aight Bet / Enoch 7th Prophet / Jatan Satan / Koziwithak — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Bears Tailgate Party ( 9am ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke ( 3:30pm ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Lonestar — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Chris Knight — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Queen : Mush — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Joel Paterson — Space , Evanston ; The Blood Brothers / Frail Body — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Straight No Chaser — The Chicago Theatre , ChIcago ; Mirabelle Skipworth and Ben Patrick / Nick Wiesner — The Venue , Aurora ; Mayce Galoni — Zanies , Chicago .
MONDAY 23
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Trans-Siberian Orchestra — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Clif Walace Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; A Christmas Carol : GreatWorks Theatre Company — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Pat McCurdy Holiday Show — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Irish Music Session — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Michael McDermott ' s Mischief & Mistltoe — City Winery , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Mt . Prospect ; Joel Patterson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Christian Dillingham — Jazz Showcase , 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 ; Bowling with Santa — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Singo — Tailgaters , Chicago ; DJ Buddha Christmas Show — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Clayton Horwitz — Zanies , Chicago .
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TUESDAY 24
Cougar Bingo with Aunt Nance — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Singo — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Christmas Cheer — Madcats , Palatine ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont .
WEDNESDAY 25
Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Whaddayaknow Trivia — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Mic — Mirage , Schiller Park ; Green Velvet / Ron Carroll / Dom Brown — Prysm , Chicago ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddlle Up , Aurora .
THURSDAY 26
Open Mic — Alibi Pub , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Sabertooth / Pro Jam — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; mprov Night with Nightmoose ( Studio 64 ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Guardrail & Off Leash / The Burning Lights / Farhampton — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band & Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Raheem DeVaughn — City Winery , Chicago ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; John Hopkins Magic Show — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Waco Brothers : Yuletide Double Header / Tennis Court Oath — Hideout , Chicago ; Chicago Comedy Club — House of Blues – Foundation Room , Chicago ; Marquis Hilll — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; A Country Revue withThe Hoyle Brothers — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Jim Ryan Classic Albums : Talking Heads & More — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Jimi ( Hendrix ) Project ( Bears Pregame 4:30pm ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Duff Driscoll ( Miles Davis ' Birth of Cool ) — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Susan Voelz / Anne Heaton — Space , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Matt Rife — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Joe Kilgallon — Zanies , Chicago ; Ken Garr — Zanies , Rosemont . continues on page 30
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