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;
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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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