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FRIDAY 27
The Country Night / DJ Gator — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Christopher McBride / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball / ARRA — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Open Mic — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; Luke Pytel Blues Band & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Morry Sochat & The Special 20s — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Diamondback — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Raheem DeVaughn — City Winery , Chicago ; Soda — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; iPop — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; DJ — Draft Picks , Mt . Prospect ; DJ Marc Esses ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mungion — Evenflow , Geneva ; Hal Brits Holiday Show / Maria Donlin — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Kathryn & Chris / Bardware — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Joe Probst — Four Winds Casino , South Bend , IN ; DJ H2 — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; The Distance — Four Winds Casino - Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Chris Foreman / Battle of the Saxes — Green Mill , Chicago ; Disco Circus — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Rosie & The Rivets — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Eric Butler — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Waco Brothers : Yuletide Double Header / James Dean Joint — Hideout , Chicago ; Boston and Styx Tribute : Bostyxx — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; KPop Club Night — House of Blues , Chicago ; The Red Roses — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Marquis Hilll — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Disney Nick Party — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Whatever NeverMind — Madcats , Palatine ; Shoe Fest Holiday Jam — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Sam Wyatt — Pollyanna , Roselle ; David ’ s Bazaar — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Sebastian Leger — Prysm , Chicago ; Cloonee / Nic Fanciulli / Void / Kieran San Jose — Radius , Chicago ; Green Room Rockers / Skirt / Rude Echoes — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Hairball — Rialto Sqaure Theatre , Joliet ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Piano Sing-a-long — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Ouray — Space , Evanston ; Wombat Carnival / Planet Groove — Stage 119 , Elmmurst ; An Ugly Sweater Party : Grooblen / Fundamental Kink / The Sea Ghouls — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; DJ Reggie — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Friko / OK Cool / The Courts — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Matt Rife — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; The Imperial Sound — The Venue , Aurora ; Block Party — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Stardust : Adrienne Blanks — Untitled , Chicago ; Rooster / Black Hole Sun — Vixen , McHenry ; Michael Longfellow
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— Zanies , Chicago ; Jonathan Kite — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 28
Funk ' d Up / The Lounge Puppets — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Christopher McBride / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; BoDeans — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Luke Pytel Blues Band & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Home For The Skalidays : Mustard Plug / The Crombies / The Operators / Something To Do / DJ Chuck Wren — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Trailer Park Twiters — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Fluffy Ween Tribute — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Terisa Griffin — City Winery , Chicago ; Tony Ocean — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Poison ' d Crue — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; Automatic Monster — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Bad Motor Scooter ( Tribute to the music of Montrose , Van Halen and Sammy Hagar ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Downtown Charlie Brown Blues Band ( Bourbon N ' Brass ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Mr . Blotto — Evenflow , Geneva ; Jazz Brunch — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Robbie Fulks — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Wendy & DB Family Show ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Rachael Drew All Star — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; DJ Fury — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Paper Machete / Battle of the Saxes — Green Mill , Chicago ; Nate Venurelli — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; DJ Ric Hard — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Freak On A Leash / Subliminal Verses / Reign In Blood — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; DB ' s play Lyle Lovett — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : David Hayes — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Michael Rawls — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; The 1985 : Totally 80 ' s Mixtape Live — Hobart Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; The Taylor Party : Taylor Swift Night — House of Blues , Chicago ; Arra — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Marquis Hilll — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Family Beach Party — Lyric Theater , Blue Island ; Beggars Banquet — Madcats , Palatine ; Hot Like Mars / Zoofunkyou — Martyrs ', Chicago ; The Ike Reilly Assassination — Metro , Chicago ; Thomas Pace / Stray Vines / Poke The Bear — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Pixel Grip / Soltera / Angry Blackmen — Outset , Chicago ; Disco Dom ( Dombresky ) — Park West , ChIcago ; Jimmy Nick — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Matt Keen ( 2pm ) — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Ryan Cooper — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Kream — Prysm , Chicago ; Tinlicker — Radius , Chicago ; Michael Johnson & Marc Levalle ( Open Mic Comedy - Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Bible of the Deviil / Bear Mace / Nucleus — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Hellfrost ( 11pm ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Macabre / Jungle Rot / Whut ?/ Bloodetter — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Barstool Sports Presents Spittin ' Chiclets Live ! — Riviera Theatre , ChIcago ; Rock ' s Off — Robert ' s
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Westside , Forest Park ; Ivan Singh Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing & DJ / Wildfire — Saddlle Up , Aurora ; Big Suit — Space , Evanston ; Hairhbaner ' s Ball — Stage 119 , Elmmurst ; Cover ' s Lane — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Beach Bunny / Honey Revenge / Caroline Kingsbury / Hank Heaven — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Brad Williams — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Smokin ' Gunz — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Morry Sochat — Untitled , Chicago ; Classic Rock Experience — Vixen , McHenry ; DJ ZZZoma — Whistler , Chicago ; Michael Black Band / Jah Guide — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Michael Longfellow — Zanies , Chicago ; Jonathan Kite — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 29
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; WWE Live Holiday Tour — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Andy Brown — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Jay & The Americans ( 3pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Nate Manos & Mzz Reese — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Loveseat — Burlington , Chicago ; Raheem DeVaughn — City Winery , Chicago ; Salsa Sunday — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Ronnie B . Elvis — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Chad Clifford — Four Winds Casino - Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Madcats Blues Jam — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Meduza — Radius , Chicago ; Nia Asiel — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Queen : Jacob Meehan / Madeline / Angelica Grace — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Lucero / Cory Branan — Space , Evanston ; Aly & AJ / Beach Bunny / Raffaella / Scarlet Demore / Morgan Powers — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Matt Rife — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Pat Bergeson & Annie Sellick — The Venue , Aurora ; Michael Longfellow — Zanies , Chicago ; Jonathan Kite — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 30
Barristers Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Irish Music Session — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Phat Cat Swinger — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Mt . Prospect ; 90 Day Men — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Patterson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Marquis Hilll — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Mau P — Radius , Chicago ; Zak Fedor & Blake Burkhardt ( Acoustic / Comedy / Open Mic ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Lucero / Cory Branan — Space , Evanston ; Level Up Fest : Sounds by DJ Skpoli and GTKR — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Tailgaters , Chicago ; Matt Rife — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Lake Street Dive — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; Pretty Lights — Wintrust Arena , ChIcago ; Michael Longfellow — Zanies , Chicago ; Michael Palascakn ( 7pm ) — Zanies , Chicago .
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TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER
Abney Effect NYE — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Timmy Trumpet — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Phat Cat Swinger — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Don Baron Band NYE Bash — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; Music for the Masses : Dark 80 ' s New Wave NEW YEAR ' S EVE — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Local H — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Irish NYE : Music by John Condron ( 4pm ) — Chicago Street Pub , Joliet ; Paula Poundstone — City Winery , Chicago ; Johnny Maggio & Sam Savage ( NYE Lunch Show ) — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Boogie T / Smoakland / Zoska — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Infinity — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Vito Zatto ( NYE Lunch- Bourbon N ' Brass ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Coverlicious — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Singo — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; 90 Day Men — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Lounge Puppets — Evenflow , Geneva ; Robbie Fulks — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; How Rude — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; DJ Nasty Boy — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Alright Maybes — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; The 1985 — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Marquis Hill — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Sixteen Candles — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; The Abby Kay Band — Madcats , Palatine ; Manwolves NYE — Martyrs ', Chicago ; A Silver Disco Jubilee New Year ’ s Eve : Brenda / Derrick Carter / DJ Heather / DJ Hyperactive / Harry Cross / Juan Maclean / Justin Aulis Long / Madeline / Michael Serafini & More — Metro & Smart Bar , Chicago ; The Chosen Few & Hot Mix 5 — Park West , ChIcago ; Mista Han / Habibi Beatz / Capslock — Prysm , Chicago ; Kevin De Vries / Layla Benitez / Portals & Parachutes / Hot Since 82 / Seth Trowler / Mai Iachetti — Radius , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto NYE / Tommy Holland & Bob Stroger Acoustic — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Sloppy Boys — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; New Year ' s Eve Bash — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Capital Soiree / Worry Club / The Braymores — Schubas , Chicago ; Global Currency : DJ Iggy DJ Mochi — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Lucero / Cory Branan — Space , Evanston ; Daft Disko — Subterranean , Chicago ; Kathy Griffin — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Adventure Club @ Stellar Spark NYE : Bear Grillz , Nate Derus — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Lake Street Dive — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Toronzo Cannon — The Venue , Aurora ; Dance Monkey — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; 100 Years of Gatsby — Untitled , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will County Brewing , Shorewood ; Pretty Lights — Wintrust Arena , ChIcago ; Michael Longfellow — Zanies , Chicago ; Joe Machi — Zanies , Rosemont .
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