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Cuzin’ s Pub, Midlothian; Barclay Crenshaw— Double Door, Chicago; Boy Band Review— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Young Associates Board Open Mic / Wilde / Flew The Coop / Friday Pilots Club— Elbo Room, Chicago; Last Podcast on The Left / School of Rock Evanston— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Craig Scott— Fatty Magoo’ s, Bolingbrook; 3rd Annual Washington Island Fish Boil Festival— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Top Secret Band / DJ Pullano— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo; Devil In A Woodpile— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; Billy Gardell— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Beatlerama— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; The Paper Machete / Bruce Barth Trio / After Hours Jazz Party w / Sabertooth Quartet— Green Mill, Chicago; St. Timothy Dance / Expo‘ 76 / The Hideout Dance Party / East of Edens Soul Express DJs— Hideout, Chicago; Soda— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; American English— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; DJ Maurice Halsted— HOME Bar, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / The Dave Specter Band w / Jimmy Johnson / DJ DeeJay O— House of Blues, Chicago; 7th Heaven / Dream Police— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; All Tuned Up— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Nobody’ s Business— JW Hollsteins Saloon, Tinley Park; Joanna Connor / Lil’ Ed— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cate LeBon / Tim Presley of White Fence— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Crisp / Fat Night / PolySci— Martyrs, Chicago; Crisp / Fat Night / PolySci— Martyrs, Chicago; Devil Land / Heaven & Hell / Rival— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; James Hill & Anne Janelle— Old Town School of Music, Chicago; Leftover Salmon / Horseshoe & Hand Grenades— Park West, Chicago; Sin MG / Evenskies / Papi Legusta— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Cowboy Jukebox— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Hotlz / The Bluebirds— QBar, Darien; Father Figures / 8-Bit / Creeps— Quenchers, Chicago; Party! Demerits / Polymer Twins / Lisa Lightning Band / Lifecoach— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Brown— Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Susto / Cereus Bright / Davy Knowles / Dan Tedesco— Schubas, Chicago; Hellow Weekend— Sideouts, Island Lake; Matthew Dear DJ Set / Olin— Smart Bar, Chicago; An Open Book: An Evening With Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October— SPACE, Evanston; Dear Deadly( EP Release)/ Breaking Sweats— Subterranean, Chicago; Hi Infidelity— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; 12th Annual Barn Dance / Apocalypse— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Aunt Janet— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Chris D’ Elia— The Vic, Chicago; AM / FM / Karaoke w / Karaoke Zach— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Miles Minor & The Dye Cowboy— White Tavern, Naperville; Brandon Von Vacik / LED Pig / Draa / Monarchy Over Monday— Wire, Berwyn; The Three Beards— World of Beer, Evanston.
SUNDAY 5
The Whiskey Bros.— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Ben Tatar & The Tatar Tots— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Spike & The Spitwads— Blue Chip- Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Andrew Jess— Bub City, Chicago; The Messengers— Bub City, Rosemont; Mary Lane— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Leftover Salmon / Laura
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Jane Grace w / Lowercase Roses— City Winery, Chicago; Aisha Orazbayeva & Joe Houston— Constellation, Chicago; Super Bowl Party— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; The Deaths of 2016 Tribute Show for ACLU— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson Trio w / Chris Foreman— Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel Brunch— House of Blues, Chicago; Lindsey Alexander Blues Band / Claudette Miller Band / Blues Jam— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Jimmy Bennington & The Colour and Sound— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Superbowl Bash— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Superbowl in The Cube— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Queen! w / Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David— Smart Bar, Chicago.
MONDAY 6
Steve N’ Seagulls / Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony— Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Anthony David / DJ Duane Powell— City Winery, Chicago; No Men / Dumb Vision / Wolfpac— Double Door, Chicago; Buzzed Spelling Bee— Elbo Room, Chicago; Strange Lovelies / Peel / Lifestyles— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Pub Trivia— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Patricia Barber Quartet— Green Mill, Chicago; Robbie Fulks / Nora O’ Connor / Weeds Poetry Open Mic— Hideout, Chicago; Joanna Connor / Ms. Lauryn Hill / Omar Coleman— House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison / J. W. Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers— Kingston Mines, Chicago; White Lies / Vowws— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Kilgubbin Brothers— Martyrs, Chicago; Sampha / Mal Devisa— Metro, Chicago; Trivia Night— QBar, Glendale Heights; Improv Night— Quenchers, Chicago; Open Mic with Bernie & The Wolf— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Moon Tooth / Bingo w / Burke / Trivia Night— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Clearance / Cafe Racer / Bunny / Liquid Gardens— Schubas, Chicago; The Langley Park Tour w / Daniel Weatherspoon— Wire, Berwyn.
TUESDAY 7
Trivia Nite— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Triva Nite— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Pete Ellman Big Band Jazz— Base Camp, Lisle; Wayne“ The Train” Hancock / Chicago Comedy Underground— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; J Boog / Jo Mersa Marley / Jemere Morgan— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Peaches Stanten— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Stephen Lynch— City Winery, Chicago; # Beloved Gang w / Jamprov / Calez / Becca Brown / Glitter Moneyyyy / A Lion’ s Game / Melodic Mayhem— Double Door, Chicago; Secrets, Lies & Alibis— Elbo Room, Chicago; Songs With Friends Benefit for Southern Poverty Law Center— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bluesday Tuesday w / Marty Sammon & Giles Corey / Open Mic— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; First Tuesday w / Mick &
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Ben / The Grelley Duvall Show— Hideout, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / Keithen Banks / Comedy Cocktail w / Joey Villagomez— House of Blues, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Gary Corey Band— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Safetysuit / Royal Teeth— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Friends Of The Devil— Martyrs, Chicago; Karaoke— Q Bar, Darien; Pub Trivia— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Mr. Blotto— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Dan Harvey— Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friens w / Dave Herrero— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Amateur / Doublespeak / Harvey Dentures— Schubas, Chicago; Albert Lee— SPACE, Evanston; Lemuria 10 Year Anniversary / Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Wax On, Wax Off— Township, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 8
Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams w / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Blues Jam Hosted by Rodney Brown & Hot Rod— BLUES, Chicago; Us The Duo / Hailey Knox— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Over The Side— Bub City, Chicago; Griffin Crowder— Bub City, Rosemont; Sam Cockrell— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Stephen Lynch— City Winery, Chicago; Less Than Jake & Pepper / Kash’ d Out / Red City Radio— Concord, Chicago; MER’ s Music Showcase— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Fabitat w / DJ Adam El / Ldy Prblms / Lucy Stoole / Curlene Ribbon / The Vixen— Double Door, Chicago; Open Mic / Jordan Cash & Friends / Appetite For Rock n’ Roll Storytelling— Elbo Room, Chicago; Heaters / Basement Family / mtvghosts— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sidebar Sessions w / Peter Lerner Quartet— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Late Night Industry Set w / Frank Catalano Sextet— Green Mill, Chicago; Ron Shalom and Austin Vaughn / Swam / David Shapiro— Hideout, Chicago; Everybody Loves Trivia— HOME Bar, Chicago; Keithen Banks / Sessions w / Jake Mack / Smiley Tilmon Band / Windy City Indie w / Clamor & Claw— House of Blues, Chicago; Trivia Night— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / Corey Denison / Peaches Staten— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cornmeal / Ernie & Jon Play Dead— Martyrs, Chicago; Noname / Ravyn Lenae— Metro, Chicago; Live Trivia— Nevin’ s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Friends of the Gamelan— Old Town School of Music, Chicago; Pub Trivia— Q Bar, Darien; Karaoke— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Live Band Karaoke / Havok— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Big Once— Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Lil Ed Williams— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Landlady / Sunjacket— Schubas, Chicago; LOLO / Ocean Park Standoff— SPACE, Evanston; IL Solo Artist Awards— Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 9
Earl & The Agitators— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Altered Perceptions / Life Once Lived / Message to The Masses / My Heart To Fear— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Priests / Stef Chura / Blizzard Babies— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Maurice Johns Vaughn Blues Band / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago;
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Shooter Jennings & Waymore Outlaws / Hillbilly Casino / 3 On The Tree— Brauer House, Lombard; Broseph E. Lee— Bub City, Chicago; The Chicago R & B Kings— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; The Hacky Turtles / The Belief Cycle / Max Subar— Chop Shop, Chicago; Holly Bowling— City Winery, Chicago; Striker / Wraith / Beast Warrior— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Rev Gusto / La Guerre / Dude Same / Cold Country / Carmichael / Old Joy— Double Door, Chicago; Movieoke w / Shoot McGavin— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Yfee / Lord Haiti / Angele Anise / Sophagus / The Raskins /# girlpower!— Elbo Room, Chicago; Lonesome Still— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Exposure Local Music Showcase— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Dean Milano— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Devil In A Woodpile / Minor Moon / Paul Moody & The Gloaming Roamers / Night Tonic— Hideout, Chicago;( hed) p. e./ Motograter / On My Six— HOME Bar, Chicago; Eric Noden / Cabaret / Linsey Alexander / Classic Rock Night— House of Blues, Chicago; Dan & Shay w / Bailey Bryan— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; The North 41 / Jared Rubin / Mike Muya— Martyrs, Chicago; The Nth Power / Kyle Hollingsworth Band— Martyrs, Chicago; Noname / Ravyn Lenae— Metro, Chicago; DJ Trixx— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Hillbilly Rockstarz— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; DJ Nikki X— Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; James Wheeler Blues Jam / w / Lil Ed Williams / Melody Angel— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Leon / Jacob Banks— Schubas, Chicago; T. Mixwell / Electric Bill / Vic La Rok / James Dean— Smart Bar, Chicago; Billy Branch & Lurrie Bell Duo— SPACE, Evanston; Reggae Gold— Subterranean, Chicago; Copywrite / Lush One / Mood Swangz— The Burlington, Chicago; Jesse Marco— Underground, Chicago; The Blackout Diaries w / Sean Flannery— Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 10
Mark Farner / Foghat— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; My Metal Heart— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Roaring Records Concert Series— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Hairbanger’ s Ball— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Turbo Shot— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; One Foot Groove— Bannerman’ s, Streamwood; Sable Beldam / Armored Assault / Sacred Monster— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Pandora Rocks / Sheryl & Say Yes!— Blue Chip- Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip- Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; John Primer & The Real Deal— BLUES, Chicago; Space Jesus / Proko— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Anthony Orio & The Goodfellers / Semple / Westside Warriors— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; She Likes Todd / Bury Me In Lights / This Obsession / Blood People— Brauer House, Lombard; Karaoke Night— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Jess & Kurt Acoustic / Comedy— Brick Lounge, Plano; Mike Geo— Broken Oar, Port
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