Midlothian; Charlie Love Blues Band w/Laretha Weathersby –
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Smash N' Grab/Kashmir – Bobby
McGees, Chicago Ridge; J Boog/Los Rakas/Snow Shoe 2014
w/Old Shoe – Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Blackened – Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Mark Taylor – Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Mike Wheeler/Scott Nev/Mike Dangeroux/Cash Box Kings –
Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago; Moonlight Cocktail Music –
Carlucci, Downers Grove; Johann Johannsson w/Acme & Goran
Ivanovic/Michelle L'Amour's Big Sexy Show – City Winery,
Chicago; Unholy Empire: NOLA – Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Chuckie – Concord, Chicago; Mike Reed's Loose Assembly –
Constellation, Chicago; Mathien/Bumpus/Jarryd Steimer/
Swamp Heat – Cubby Bear, Chicago; DJs Sloppy White/Dave
Mata & Duke Grip – Double Door, Chicago; Modern Dat Romeos
– Durty Nellies, Palatine; Incognitos – Eaglewood Resort, Itasca;
ScottyJHams/Owen Stevenson/DJ Dope Robot – Elbo Room,
Chicago; Travis Thatcher/Michael Perkins/Dania Luck/Ben
Billington/Windy City Soul Club – Empty Bottle, Chicago; Hip
Pockit – Evenflow, Geneva; Tommy Castro and the Painkillers –
FitzGerald's, Berwyn; Acoustic Rescue Unit – Fuller's Pub,
Chicago; Bella Cain – H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Midlife Crisis
1999 – Heroes West, Joliet; Hideout Dance Party/I'm With
Cupid DJs – Hideout, Chicago; Poison'd Crue – Honest Abe's,
Morris; Arctic Feat. DJ Aron Abikzer – House Of Blues, Chicago;
Barcode – J.W. Hollsteins's Saloon, Tinley Park; Freddy Jones
Band – Joe's Bar, Chicago; Nellie "Tiger" Travis/Mike Wheeler
– Kingston Mines, Chicago; Born To Bang/Porn and
Chicken/Milk N Cookies/ZEBO Vs. PHNM/SWGGRBCK –
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; UnGnomes/The Aunteaks/Crooked Hill/
Thomas Comerford/Eiren Caffall/Hotbreath Tea & The Invisible
Branches – Martyrs', Chicago; Bad Aim – Maverick's, Mundelein;
Jamaican Oldies W/Susan Cadogan/Charley Organaire/The
Prizefighters – Mayne Stage, Chicago; Nocturna w/DJ Scary
Lady Sarah – Metro, Chicago; Reverend T & The Soul Shakers –
Mister Mo's, Palos Heights; Lounge Puppets – MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Dirty Ernie – Nevin's Brewing Company, Plainfield;
Mike Tafoya & Lost Boyzz/Nick Bell Band – Nite Cap, Chicago;
Simon Shaheen/Tribute To Punk – Old Town School Of Folk
Music, Chicago; Next Position Please – Penny Road Pub, S.
Barrington; E11ven Deep/Sh'Bang – Q Bar, Darien; Ryan Mumby
& The Hundred Year Rain/What It Do/Dirty Water/Radar –
Quenchers, Chicago; Skyway Stereo/The Abbeys/Shortstop/
6DOS – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Club: Moonspell/Leaves' Eyes Joint: Ekoostik Hookah/Glostik Willy – Reggies, Chicago; Billy
Branch & The SOB - Rosa's 30th Anniversary – Rosa's Lounge,
Chicago; Ane Brun/Linnea Olsson – Schubas, Chicago; Crane
Wives/Falldown/The Appleseed Collective – Schubas, Chicago;
UFC Band/Seven Soul Band – Shark City, Glendale Heights;
Libido Funk Circus – Sideouts, Island Lake; Justin Long/
Samone/Mike Huckaby/Steve Casica – Smart Bar, Chicago;
Graham Colton/Cumulus – Space, Evanston; Rockstar
Rodeo/Whiskey Junkies – Sullivan's Irish Pub, Midlothian;
Arra/Platinum – Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Broken Arrow – The
Alley, Highwood; Jonathan Polit – The Black Thorn Grille, Lake
Villa; Nothing Is Perfect Valentine's Day Dance Party – The
Burlington, Chicago; Wild Child – The Cabin, Woodstock; Elder
Kaos – The Gambler, McHenry; Jeff Tweedy – The Vic, Chicago;
Lincoln Don't Lie – Thirsty Whale, Algonquin; Rob Post Band –
Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Cirrus Falcon – Twin Rails Pub, Minooka;
Howard & The White Boys/Smiley Tilmon Band – Wire, Berwyn;
April's Reign – X's & O's, Bridgeview.
SUNDAY 16
Traditional Irish Session w/Larry Nugent – Abbey Pub, Chicago;
Cirque Zuma Zuma – Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Little Miss
Ann Band/Undesirable People/The Cheyenne LIne/Awe
Howler/Jack Torrance/The Westward Spirit – Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Peaches Staten Blued Band – Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Afton Music Showcase – Bobby McGees, Chicago Ridge;
Whiskey & Harmony – Bub City, Chicago; Nicholas Barron/
Sunday Night Jazz Party/Breezy Rodio – Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chicago; Story Sessions/Bubbly Brunch: Tum Balalaika Klezmer
Band – City Winery, Chicago; Fonema Consort – Constellation,
Chicago; Wild Feathers/Saints of Valory/Jamestown Revival –
Double Door, Chicago; Drunk Uncles/Pale Moonlight/The
Oooze/The Green Gallows – Elbo Room, Chicago; After Brunch
Bash/The Teflons/Sunnyside Up (Early)/Bill O'Connell's
Chicago Skyliners (Late) – FitzGerald's, Berwyn; Industry Night/
DJ – H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Hideout Harmonica Hoedown
– Hideout, Chicago; Gospel Brunch – House Of Blues, Chicago;
Mikey O Comedy – Joe's Bar, Chicago; Open Mic with Rachel
Mendes – Live Wire, Chicago; Marshall Tucker Band – Mayne
Stage, Chicago; Trouble/Dismal Daze/Mount Salem/I Decline
– Metro, Chicago; Red/Gemini Syndrome/Emphatic/El Famous
– Mojoes, Joliet; Foghorn Stringband/Mike & Ruthy – Old Town
School Of Folk Music, Chicago; Duller Colors/Water
House/Coaster/The New Diet – Quenchers, Chicago; Club:
Romantic Rebel - Joint: Who's This Mary/Seasick Mama/Mona
Feel – Reggies, Chicago; Stoop Singers/Eleni Mandell/Vikesh
Kapoor – Schubas, Chicago; Tommy Castro and The Painkillers
– Space, Evanston.
MONDAY 17
Extraordinary Popular Delusions – Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry
Johns Blues Band w/Claudette – Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Michael Heaton – Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The
Jam – Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago; Fear No Art: The Dinner
Party – City Winery, Chicago; Oshwa/Drgn King/My Dad/Mines
– Empty Bottle , Chicago; Robbie Fulks/Farewell Ray Price –
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Hideout, Chicago; Ultra Bide – Live Wire, Chicago; Open Mic
w/Darren Amaya – Quenchers, Chicago; The Lifeline Theater
Story Telling Project – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Masine – Reggies,
Chicago; Mer's Music Showcase/Ted Wulfers/Jay Langston/
Phil Jacobson/Liza Day – Schubas, Chicago.
TUESDAY 18
Raunch: Tales of Debauchery/The Addison/Within The Woods/
No Pride/This Obsession/Open Mic Night – Abbey Pub,
Chicago; Chicago Underground Comedy – Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Anthony Moser – Buddy G