THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY
The Bad Plus — 210 , Highwood ; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Live Band Karaoke w / Erik Donner — Base Camp , Lisle ; Althea Grace / Kara Cavanaugh — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers — BLUES , Chicago ; Diet Cig / Great Grandpa / The Spook School — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; The Renaissance Tour w / Ren Thomas / Mood Swangz & Handz Solo / Pozlyrix / Nightwalker / Chicago Turntablist Authority — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Anthony Orio — Bub City , Chicago ; Luke Pytel — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; John Mulaney — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Kraak & Smaak / Redux — Chop Shop & 1st Ward , Chicago ; Langston Hughes Celebration — City Winery , Chicago ; Lane 8 / Attlas — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Jim Becker / Nathaniel Braddock / Lia Kohl & Junius Paul — Constellation , Chicago ; John Allegretto & Matthew Alfano — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Jam for The Kids — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Railway Gamblers / Town Criers / The Tomblands — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Bitters / New Faces Night w / Matt Derda & The High Watts — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Mike Struwin — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Andy Brown / Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mother Earth / The Days Off / Books & More — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Devil In A Woodpile / Rachel Baiman / Elk Walking — Hideout , Chicago ; Rollover / Austin Fillmore / Dave Herrero / Foundation Cabaret — House of Blues , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; The Lil Smokies / Kind Country — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Dirty Mules / Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders / Dennis J . Leise & Tiny Horse — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Rock The Cure Chicago For JDF / Friends United & UChicago Kovler Diabetes Center w / Franny & Michael Zucker — Metro , Chicago ; Henry JBC — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Jay Electronica — Park West , Chicago ; Prodigy ’ s Open Mic — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Black Everyday w / Rae Chardonnay — Promontory Theater , Chicago ; Lever / Telethon / The Damn Tracks / Father Figures / Pelafina — Quenchers , Chicago ; Jimmy Degenerate & The Notseez / Toxic Rocket / Cheatin ’ At Solitaire / Jason Alarm — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Dueling Pianos — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; MØ & Cashmere Cat / Darius — Riviera , Chicago ; James Wheeler w / Mary Lane — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Cloud Castle Lake / Max Subar — Schubas , Chicago ; Manifest w / Mindy Sherman / b2b / Brandon Latta / Zooey Glass — Smart Bar , Chicago ; San Fermin / Mikaela Davis — Space , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; The Radio Dept ./ Dehd / Sunjacket — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Dixieland Band — The
Lodge on 64 , Wasco ; Mufga — Tonic Room , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Curious Grace & Black Rabbit ( Single Release )/ The Viaducts / Local Motive — Wire , Berwyn ; James Libera — ZaZa ’ s Tavola , Lake Barrington .
FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY
The Ravines — 210 , Highwood ; Gramatik — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Echoes of Pompeii : Animals / Wish You Were Here / Dark Side of The Moon — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Hello Weekend — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Hard Wire — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; The Messengers — Bannerman ’ s , Bartlett ; Loose Screws — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; B . o . B Live — Base Camp , Lisle ; Quiet Hollers / The Avondale Ramblers — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; John Primer & The Real Deal Band — BLUES , Chicago ; Avatar / The Brains / Hellzapoppin — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Silent Lucidity & Hoodlums / Spare Parts West Night of Comedy & Music w / Off With Their Heads / The Bollweevils / Spells — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Sean Skyler — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Scott Dubose — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Anthony Orio — Bub City , Chicago ; Jake Dodds — Bub City , Rosemont ; The Cash Box Kings / Kent Burnside — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; John Mulaney — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Zach Deputy — Chop Shop & 1st Ward , Chicago ; Justin Townes Earle w / H . C . McEntire — City Winery , Chicago ; A Silent Truth / Polarizer / Craving Strange / Via Clara — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; K . Flay / Sir Sly — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Double Monk — Constellation , Chicago ; Young Cub / Honeystone / Matt Burke / Brian Allison / Where ’ s Fernando — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Deja Vu — Dock ’ s Bar & Grill , Wauconda ; Erik Donner — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Hitsleep / Sour Bruthers / The Motions / Hippie Johnny / Speak _ Easy — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Ariel Zetina / Grun Wasser / RXM Reality / Wiggle Room — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Dark Desert Eaglesw / Pat Badger of Extreme — Evanston Rocks , Evanston ; Jenny Bienemann & Friends / Glen David Andrews — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Zero / DJ Dubbington — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Elvis & Me : An Evening With Priscilla Presley — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Brad Goode Quartet / After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill , Chicago ; Suburban Cowboys — H . O . M . E ., Arlington Heights ; Dean Milano Duo — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Earnest & Troubled / The New Zeitgeist — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Chicago Psych Fest 9 w / Icicle Star Tree / TALSounds / Matchesse / Glyders / Hair / Los Black Dogs / Spiral Galaxy — Hideout , Chicago ; Maggie Speaks — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ;
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 iecal @ illinoisentertainer . com . All dates subject to change ; please contact venues to verify .
7th Heaven — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings / Super Diamond / Breezy Rodio — House of Blues , Chicago ; Jimmy O . & Rhonda Lee — Incontro A Tavolo , South Barrington ; Randy Rogers Band / Mike Ryan — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; My Space Emo Prom — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Good Fellas — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; Melissa Olson — Kennedy Pointe , Bristol ; Glenn ’ s Vibes — Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; Joanna Connor / Big James — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Rob Post Band — Level 257 , Schaumburg ; Big Wreck / Attica Riots — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Angel Conlon Band / Jigsaw / The Revue — Live Wire , Chicago ; Sixes & Sevens — Lucky Star , Bartlett ; J- Live / Pseudo-Slang / Makaya McCraven / DJ 3rd Rail — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; J . Roddy Walston & The Business — Metro , Chicago ; Seven Soul Band — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Blackened — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; The Bad Plus — Old Town School- Maurer , Chicago ; Salsa Congress — Old Town School-Szold , Chicago ; Big Happy Face / The Clowder / Stosh — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Cliff Johnson & The Raine — Pheasant Run Mainstage , St . Charles ; Chi-Town Hip Hop Festival w / Go $ h / Bridge / C-Block / 3 Bangz / Xu Zhenzhen / Xu Megyuan / Dirtyclass — Portage Theater , Chicago ; Pop Up w / Meagan McNeal / Black Excellence — Promontory Theater , Chicago ; Blue Nitro — Q-Bar , Darien ; Boxsledder / The Burst And Bloom / Father Figures / Pelafina — Quenchers , Chicago ; Low Swans / Forty Piece Choir / Farkus / DeYoung & Jones ( Rock Club ); Evil Engine / The Dracu-Lahs / Stay Up All Night & Fight / Lemon Knife ( Music Joint ) — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Infinity / Julian Jumpin ’ Perez — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; First Aid Kit / Van William — Riviera , Chicago ; Rico McFarland w / Jimmy Johnson — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Josh Jacobson / Kuinka / Wild Skies — Schubas , Chicago ; Lava Rocks — Shakers , Ottawa ; Matthew Dear DJ Set / Leo Leal / Savile — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Rachael Yamagata w / Hemming — Space , Evanston ; Kid A / First Fridays — Subterranean , Chicago ; Colin Quinn — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Soup & Whiskey — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; Too White Crew — The Forge , Joliet ; Piano Party Duo — The Lodge on 64 , Wasco ; Trippy Turtle — The Mid , Chicago ; DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl , Chicago ; The O ’ My ’ s / Drama Duo / Oddcouple — Theater On The Lake , Chicago ; David ’ s Bazaar — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; Where Is The Nature ( CD Release )/ DJ SKOLi / Tommy Carroll / Megiapa / Bonita Appleblunt — Tonic Room , Chicago ; Ollie Bolds — Tuscany , Oak Brook ; Ronin / Animal Factory / 312 — Underground Lounge , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; R- Gang — Venuti ’ s , Addison ; Paul Strolia — White Eagle , Niles ; Brewery Band Ballyhoo — Wire , Berwyn ; Hi Fi Superstar — World of Beer , Evanston .
SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY
Chicken Bone — 210 , Highwood ; The Dark Desert Eagles — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; TBA — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; James McCoy Taylor Fundraiser — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Goin ’ South — Bannerman ’ s , Bartlett ; Friday Jackson Duo — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Boy Band Review — Base Camp , Lisle ; Mike Masse / Sedgwick / Astro Samurai / Bianca Muniz / Miss Remember / Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mr . Smooth Legend Show — Bella Mia , Midlothian ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Too White Crew — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; John Primer & The Real Deal Band — BLUES , Chicago ; Too Many Zooz / My Boy Elroy — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; The Boy Band Night — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Michael Angelo Batio / Marsy Flame / Angry Squirrels — Brat Stop , Kenosha ; The Throwbacks / Teenage Mutant 90s Turtles / Still Alive / Turbovamps / The Duis / The Kruetzer Sonata — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Acoustic Alibi — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Fletcher Rockwell — Bub City , Chicago ; Anthony Orio — Bub City , Rosemont ; Billy Branch & The SOBs / Alex Wilson — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Backlash — Bungalow Joe ’ s , Elmhurst ; John Mulaney — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Justin Townes Earle w / H . C . McEntire — City Winery , Chicago ; Beyond Deth / Never We See / Reign / Molder / Evil Warning — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Borgore / Axel Boy / Kimbra / Arc Iris — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Zelienople — Constellation , Chicago ; A Perfect Circle / Queens of The Stone Age & SOAD Tributes — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; The Billy King Band — Cuzin ’ s , Blue Island ; Chicks With Picks / Superfly Redneck — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; Dixie Crush — Dock ’ s Bar & Grill , Wauconda ; Modern Day Romeos / Winnie Cooper / School of Rock — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Madema / Where ’ s Jameson / Mnor / Goalie Fight / Tribute to David Bowie : David Showie & The Outsider — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Bad Medicine — Evanston Rocks , Evanston ; Washington Island Fish Boil Festival — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Pop Cult / DJ Matt — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Ron White — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; The Paper Machete / Brad Goode Quartet / After Hours Jazz w / Sabertooth — Green Mill , Chicago ; Who ’ s Next / Lights Out Chicago — H . O . M . E ., Arlington Heights ; CPAC Benefit Concert — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Chicago Psych Fest 9 w / Icicle Star Tree / Bitchin Bajas / Brett Naucke / Courtesy / Names Divine / Midnight Resonance / Elysia Crampton / Thoom — Hideout , Chicago ; Infinity — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; American English — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Bobby Rex Band — Hoppy Pig , Bradley ; Blues Traveler 30th Anniversary Tour / Corey Dennison
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