Smart Bar, Chicago; Houndmouth/Willie Watson/Tor Miller –
Space, Evanston; Wild Cub – Subterranean, Chicago; Strung Out
– Sullivan's Irish Pub, Midlothian; Kip Winger/Enuff Z'Nuff –
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Butterfly in Trafic – The Alley, Highwood;
Flesh Panthers/Legendary Wings/Sugar Stems/The Coldies –
The Burlington, Chicago; HiFi Superstar – The Cabin, Woodstock;
Bad Medicine – The Hub, New Lenox; Chicks With Picks – The
Irish Patriot, Orland Park; John Butler Trio/Little Hurricane –
The Vic, Chicago; Jennerator – Thirsty Whale, Algonquin; Rebel –
Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Kim & Reggie Harris – Tobias Music
Room, Downers Grove; Chicago Afrobeat Project – Wire, Berwyn;
Broken Chords – X's & O's, Bridgeview.
SUNDAY 9
Dating For Nerds/Traditional Irish Sessin W/Larry
Nugent/Wooden Planes/Empty Isle/Staring Problem/High
Priests – Abbey Pub, Chicago; Beatles' 50th Show/Liverpool
Legends/Louise Harrison – Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Mr.
Singer & The Sharp Cookies/Transit/Hit The Lights/Brian
Marquis/Front Porch Step – Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Nellie
"Tiger" Travis Blues Band – Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy Sarr
Duo – Bub City, Chicago; Nicholas Barron/Sunday Night Jazz
Party/Kate Moss w/Smiley Tillmon Band – Buddy Guy's
Legends, Chicago; David Crosby – City Winery, Chicago; Spektral
Quartet – Constellation, Chicago; Jammin' For James/Boombox
Heroes/Blind Reflexx/Jazz Consortium – Durty Nellies,
Palatine; Atom Meets Bomb/Spence/Artifas/Sadie Rogers –
Elbo Room, Chicago; Cajun Dance Party/The Cajun Aces/
Plastic Visions/Cougar Island/Joe and Otis – Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Chicago Grandstand Big Band/Youth Jazz Ensemble of
DuPage – FitzGerald's, Berwyn; Industry Night/DJ – H.O.M.E.,
Arlington Heights; Don't Start Me Talking Release Party –
Hideout, Chicago; Karmin – House Of Blues, Chicago; Open Mic
with Rachel Mendes – Live Wire, Chicago; Her HRC Presents:
Va-Va Vaudeville! – Mayne Stage, Chicago; In Demand Records
Showcase/Dark Entropy/Cosume The Divide/The Redtones/
Wicked Deception – Mojoes, Joliet; Okee Dokee Brothers – Old
Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago; Phantom Film Night –
Quenchers, Chicago; Mike Finnerty and The Heatmerchants –
Red Line Tap, Chicago; Club: Chicago Battle Of The Bands Joint: Devin Miller/Mississippi Gabe Carter – Reggies, Chicago;
Pixies/Cults – Riviera, Chicago; Mark Dvorak/Xenia Rubinos –
Schubas, Chicago; Jon McLaughlin/Danny Malone – Space,
Evanston.
MONDAY 10
Extraordinary Popular Delusions – Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry
Johns Blues Band w/Claudette – Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy
Burns Hosts The Jam – Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago; Patrizio
Buanne – City Winery, Chicago; Cool Memories/Crown Larks/
Famous Laughs/Health & Beauty – Empty Bottle , Chicago; Carl
Kennedy Large Ensemble/James Davis' Beveled – Martyrs',
Chicago; Open Mic w/Darren Amaya – Quenchers, Chicago; The
Masine – Reggies, Chicago; Mer's Music Showcase – Schubas,
Chicago.
TUESDAY 11
Raunch: Tales of Debauchery/Open Mic Night – Abbey Pub,
Chicago; Maria Taylor/PJ Bond/Dane Penn & All The Reds –
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Michale Graves/6'10/Supernatural –
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Special 20's – Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chicago; Angelique Kidjo W/DJ Warp – City Winery, Chicago;
Door No. 3 Comedy – Double Door, Chicago; Man Man – Durty
Nellies, Palatine; TODAYSHITS/Thunders/Son Of A Gun/The
Rubs/The Hanging Gardens – Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Jam
– Evenflow, Geneva; Open Mic – FitzGerald's, Berwyn; Nora
O'Connor – Hideout, Chicago; DJ Hoppa w/Special Guests From
Funk Volume – House Of Blues, Chicago; Henhouse
Prowlers/Sean Shiel – Martyrs', Chicago; Lionize/Roger This/
Under Fire/Taking Off/The Redtones/Blue Dream – Mojoes,
Joliet; Soundtrack Serenade w/music from Dazed And Confused
– Quenchers, Chicago; The Mudflapps/Oh, Jeremiah/Chris
Schoen – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto/ VOTSC – Reggies,
Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends – Rosa's Lounge, Chicago;
Honey And Buffalo/We/Or/Me – Schubas, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 12
Flabby Hoffman Comedy/Terrapin Flyer – Abbey Pub, Chicago;
Open Mic with Dave Kelly – Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Open
Mic with John O – Ballydoyle, Aurora; New Samuel Mosching
Trio/Dan Meinhardt Quartet/Rooms Trio – Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; JW Williams Blues Band w/Lauretha Weathersby –
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Anthony Moser/Jimmy Johnson – Buddy
Guy's Legends, Chicago; Emerson Hart w/Logan Brill – City
Winery, Chicago; Ben Paterson Trio – Constellation, Chicago;
Fabitat: Burlesque/DJ Adam/Lucy Stoole/Curlene
Ribbon/Mister Junior/Rob Racine/Po' Chop – Double Door,
Chicago; Huey Mac/Kid Slim – Durty Nellies, Palatine; Clay
Hughes/Artists To Watch – Elbo Room, Chicago; Heatsick/Sich
Mang/Miguel Baptista/Benedict – Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Sidebar Sessions/ NIA Quintet – FitzGerald's, Berwyn; Psalm
One/Show You Suck/The Irregulars/Baldhead Buddy –
Hideout, Chicago; Clannad/The Claudettes – House Of Blues,
Chicago; Bittersweet Motel/Electric Apricot – Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Ernie Hendrickson/The Fluffers – Martyrs', Chicago;
Dark Tranquility/Omnium Gatherum/Exmortus/Dissona/
Rhemora – Mojoes, Joliet; Carlos Nunez – Old Town School Of
Folk Music, Chicago; Crab Juice Comedy Showcase – Quenchers,
Chicago; Eclectic Tuba//The Golden Thrown/Dubious Research
– Red Line Tap, Chicago; Brother Jacob Blues/Wax On Wax Off
– Reggies, Chicago; Sugar Blue Unplugged – Rosa's Lounge,
Chicago; Elements Of Style/Forgotten Species – Schubas,
Chicago; Tone B. Nimble/Darryn Jones/Solson/Boogie
Munsters – Smart Bar, Chicago; Tim Reynolds/TR3 – Space,
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