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TUESDAY 31 JANUARY
Trivia Nite w / Timmy — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — BubCity , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — BubCity , Rosemont ; Blu Wav — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Luke Wade w / Matt McAndrew — City Winery , Chicago ; Open Mic — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Fat Babies — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / Comedy Cocktail w / Danny Kallas — House of Blues , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — J . W . Hollstein ’ s Saloon , Tinley Park ; Phox / Cuddle Magic — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Superfly Redneck — Mackell ’ s Inn , Chicago ; Pete Berwick — Potbelly , Algonquin ; AFI / The Chain Gang of 1974 / Souvenirs — Riviera , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends w / Dave Herrero — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean , Chicago ; Hey , Chere / Ethan Kinsella & The Sidewalkers — The Hideout , Chicago ; Adam Ant / Glam Skanks — The Vic , Chicago ; Dinosaur Pile-Up — Uncommon Ground , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY
Tesla — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; JW Williams w / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Blues Jam w / Big Ray & Chicago ’ s Most Wanted — BLUES , Chicago ; Open Mic — Brick Lounge , Plano ; Judson Brown Dueling Strings — Bub City , Chicago ; Mojo Daddy — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Happy Birthday Langston Hughes w / Regina Taylor / J . Ivy / Terisa Griffin / Jussie Smollett / Lynne Jordan / Malcolm London / Cheryl Lynn / Bruce Runako Jahi — City Winery , Chicago ; MER ’ s Music Showcase — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Beatlerama — Double Door , Chicago ; Open Mic / Morgan Alexander — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Lockdown Anniversary Show w / Black Actress / Lockdown Jam / Ladies of Leisure / No Conviction — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Late Night Industry Set w / Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Music That ’ s Made It / Lena Rush / Jake Acosta / Brian Sulpizio — Hideout , Chicago ; Seinfeld Trivia — HOME Bar , Chicago ; Keithen Banks / Dita Von Teese / Rollever / Windy City Indie : Candyfloss — House of Blues , Chicago ; Trivia Night — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / Corey Denison / Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Tributosaurus becomes Tom Petty — Martyrs , Chicago ; Live Trivia — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; El Tuyero Ilustrado — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Pub Trivia — Q Bar , Darien ; Karaoke — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Unity Band as Bob Marley & The Wailers — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke —
Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Avi Sic — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; Brian Lupo — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Ryley Walker with We / Or / Me — SPACE , Evanston ; Vince Mammoser — Wire , Berwyn .
THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY
STS9 — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; A Safe Haven Benefit / The Fox & The Hounds / Non Exotic / DJ FootRockalot — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers — BLUES , Chicago ; Aileeah Cogan — Bub City , Chicago ; Mike Dangeroux — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; 24 Hrs / Ye Ali / James & The Giant Trap Beat — Double Door , Chicago ; Movieoke w / Shooter McGavin — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Owen & The Ghosts / Hollowscape / Cody Tracey / Cheating at Solitaire / Old School Hip Hop Dance Party — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Fake Limbs / Lasers and Fast and Shit / Salvation ( Record Release )/ Den — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles / Eric Ambel — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Devil In A Woodpile / ClickHole — Hideout , Chicago ; Sessions w / Mallory Lennon / Dita Von Teese / John Primer — House of Blues , Chicago ; Kevin Garrett / Arizona / Broken Luxury — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Big C Jamboree / Wild Earp and the Free For Alls — Martyrs , Chicago ; Talib Kweli / Styles P / K ’ Valentine — Metro , Chicago ; DJ Trixx — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Minor Wits / Space Gators — Quenchers , Chicago ; Cheer-Accident / District 97 / Dead Larry / Bigbodyfiji / Boi Jeanius / DJ Manny Muscles / DJ Just Once / DJ Modise / DJ Mike P — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Smokin Gunz — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Falling In Reverse / Motionless in White / Issues / Dangerkids / Dead Girls Academy — Riviera , Chicago ; Matt Play — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; James Wheeler Blues Jam w / Lil Ed Williams — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Cigarettes After Sex / Libsyd Read — Schubas , Chicago ; DJ SJ / Jena Max — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Rock & Roll 45 ’ s — The Burlington , Chicago ; Drive By Truckers / Kyle Craft — The Vic , Chicago ; Benny — Underground , Chicago ; Ian Leith & The Dozen Buzzin ’ Cousins / Jungle of Cities — Wire , Berwyn .
FRIDAY 3
STS9 — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Hip Hop Showcase — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Gina Glocksen Band — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; 6 Til Midnight — Bannerman ’ s , Streamwood ; Boy Band Review — Base Camp , Lisle ; Outrun The Sunlight / Rhone / Pyramid Scheme / Spark The
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Forest — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; James Libera — Bella Mia , Midlothian ; Live DJ — Blarney Stone Pub , Oak Forest ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Crawpuppies — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; That ’ s What She Said — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops — BLUES , Chicago ; G Jones & Friends — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Rendition / Suburban Cowboys — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Sham 69 / The Creepshow / Gallows Bound — Brauer House , Lombard ; Karaoke Night — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Comedy Showcase — Brick Lounge , Plano ; Big Cat DJ / Karaoke — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Shawn Lacy — Bub City , Chicago ; The Cash Box Kings — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Martina McBride — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Environmental Encroachment / Mike Zabrin ’ s Funktastic / Black Bear Combo / Blue Horse Blue — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Jon B — City Winery , Chicago ; Joyce Manor & AJJ / Mannequin Pussy — Concord , Chicago ; Circuit Des Yeux — Constellation , Chicago ; War On Peace / Well Known Strangers / Chris Buerhle Band / King By Friday — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Red Jr ./ Laik American Cosmonaut ( EP Release )/ The Dead On / Lost But Happy — Double Door , Chicago ; The Purple Xperience — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Sour Bruthers / Brothers Giant / Pretty Bird / TGIF Total Request Lounge — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Daniel Bachman / Moon Bros / Jim Becker / Hard Country Honky Tonk w / The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Run Forrest Run — Fitz ’ s Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; Cathy Richardson Band — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Chicago Dueling Pianos / DJ Rawzhel — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo ; Chicago Farmer / Pete Jive — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; April ’ s Reign — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Bruce Barth Trio / After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill , Chicago ; Matthaus / Lane / Fall Classic / Active Trans Stories on The Move — Hideout , Chicago ; Pawnshop — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Jak Tripper / Mallrats / Finally Fridays w / Shawn Kay — HOME Bar , Chicago ; Sessions w / Annalee Hooson / Dita Von Teese / Windy City Duo / Soul 2 The Bone Band / DJ Delaney — House of Blues , Chicago ; Tyler Farr / Logan Brill — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Bosco — JW Hollsteins Saloon , Tinley Park ; Chris Moran — Kennedy Pointe , Briston ; Joanna Connor / Lil Ed — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Dan Layus / Hope Country — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Great Moments in Vinyl presents The Rolling Stones — Martyrs , Chicago ; Cellrs / Revolt Coda / Frey Geoffrex / Mike Gassett / Farkus — Metro , Chicago ; Rex Manning Day / Little Orphan Monkey — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Chicago International Salsa Congress — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue — Park West , Chicago ; Lunar
Chiefs / Faded Flannel — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Live DJ — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; The Johnny Amato Band / A Story Unwritten — QBar , Darien ; Little Dave Merriman / Mike Petrucelli — Quenchers , Chicago ; Nephilium / Misanthropy / Mind ’ s Horizon — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Austin Stirling — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Hey Jimmy — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Jem — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; Corey Dennison — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; The Purcells / Embassies / Bluetech / Sky Society — Schubas , Chicago ; Cymatic — Sideouts , Island Lake ; Shawn Rudiman B2B Sassmouth / Jed James — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Ronnie Baker Brooks — SPACE , Evanston ; The Lincoln Lodge / House Party / Sinai Vessel — Subterranean , Chicago ; DJ — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Two Hand Jesters Comedy — The Brick Lounge , Plano ; Kimi Hayes Duo — Tilted Kilt , Woodridge ; Into Dust / Underhand / Thrones — Township , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke w / Karaoke Jake — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; The All Stars — Wine & Roses , Algonquin ; Tributosaurus Becomes : Tom Petty — Wire , Berwyn .
SATURDAY 4
STS9 — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; The Wall 50th Anniversary Extravaganza — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Sealed With A Kiss / Deezguize — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Tie You Anchor / Miracle Mixtape / Static Signal — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Prairie Station — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Kashmir — Bannerman ’ s , Streamwood ; Too White Crew — Base Camp , Lisle ; Wray / Panda Riot / St . Nite Duets / Cassettes On Tape — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Jerry Armstrong Show — Bella Mia , Midlothian ; 5 Gone Crazy — Blarney Stone Pub , Oak Forest ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Monterrey / Jamrose / The Hat Guys — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Zack Attack — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops — BLUES , Chicago ; Wedding Banned / Imperial DLX & Shelter Line — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Girls Night Out - The Show — Brauer House , Lombard ; Jack Byron Duo — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Party Obvious — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Shawn Lacy — Bub City , Chicago ; Senn Alan Band — Bub City , Rosemont ; Larry McCray / The Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Members Only — Bungalow Joe ’ s , Hanover Park ; George Takei — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Tokimonsta / CRi — Chop Shop , Chicago ; DJ E / Kelroy / Bury The Machines — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Bi-2 Live — Concord , Chicago ; 176 Keys : Paul Giallorenza / Matt Piet Duo — Constellation , Chicago ; The Flips / Double Feature / TheMajor Minor / Tiny Kingdoms — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ ’ s For You —
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