Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, March listings by February 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 717-5666, or
e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
MONDAY 1
Salsa Night — Adobe Gila’s New City, Chicago; Extraordinary
Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/
Lauretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy Sarr Trio
— Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; An Evening With Jake Shimabukuro — City
Winery, Chicago; Peep Show: Joann Cho/Re Dance Group/
Contact Improvisation Collaborative — Constallation, Chicago;
Push Beats Weekly — Double Door, Chicago; Blacklist
Sass/Whatismu/Chyomin/Mike Felten — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Bubbles Brown/Arc & Stones/Birdsnakes — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Patricia Barber Quartet — Green Mill, Chicago; Sam
Prekop/Jeremy Lemos/Peter Speer — Hideout, Chicago; Nick &
The Ovorols/Joanna Connor — House of Blues, Chicago;
Kilgubbin Brothers — Martyrs’, Chicago; Improv Night/Open
Mic — Quenchers, Chicago; Open Mic — Red Line Tap, Chicago;
Churchkey/Teen Cult — Schubas, Chicago.
TUESDAY 2
Scott Stapp of Creed — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Chicago
Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns/
Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Country Karaoke
Night — Bub City, Chicago; The Special 20’s — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; An Evening With Jake Shimabukuro — City
Winery, Chicago; Slowburn/Dead Lucid/Threatpoint/James
Richter (Lounge) — Elbo Room, Chicago; Oscillator Bug (Record
Release)/Mark Solotroff/M Baptista Benedict — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Billy Branch/Open Mic — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn ; The
Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Mic & Ben/Flux Bikes/
Waddupp Sonn — Hideout, Chicago; Pub Trivia — HOME,
Arlington Heights; Sessions With Greenhouse/Sean White —
House of Blues, Chicago; Maverick Open Mic — JW Hollstein’s
Saloon, Tinley Park; Angelus/Mystery Train/John San Juan —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Wit Rabbit Reading Series/Bobco Open Mic
Poetry — Quenchers, Chicago; Sexfist/The Mudflapps — Red
Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto/Common Allies — Reggie’s Music
Joint, Chicago; Pell/Daye Jack — Reggie’s Rock Club, Chicago;
Kid Cudi — Riviera, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Heavy Times/Mama/Vamos! — Schubas,
Chicago; Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 3
Blues Jam w/Big Ray & Chicago’s Most Wanted — B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago; JW Williams/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Judson Brown’s Dueling Strings — Bub City, Chicago; Nick
Peraino — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Wynonna & The Big
Noise/Tim Myles Thompson — City Winery, Chicago; Rob
Clearfield Trio/Sound of the City Workshop — Constallation,
Chicago; The Come Up: New Music Showcase — Double Door,
Chicago; Joe Jenneman — Empty Bottle, Chicago; New Standard
Quintet — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing
Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Matchess/
Peter Speer/Mike Weis — Hideout, Chicago; Windy City Indie
w/Top Shelf Lickers/Joanna Connor/Keithen Banks/Paul
Strolia — House of Blues, Chicago; Grizfolk/Max Frost — Lincoln
Hall , Chicago; The Leadfoot Band/Found Hounds — X\