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WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY
Abel Gallardo Band — 210 Live, Highwood; Andy Brown Trio —
Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian;
JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Sammy Jo — Bub City, Rosemont;
Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Bluewater Kings
Band — Chop Shop/1St. Ward, Chicago; Rachael Yamagata/
Radnor & Lee — City Winery, Chicago; The Amity Affliction/
Senses Fail/Silent Planet/Belmont — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Ryan Schultz/Chad McCullough Quintet —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli &
Swing Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago;
Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The
Chicago Moth StorySLAM — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Burns
Supper — Martyrs’, Chicago; Reflect — Metro, Chicago; Beppe
Gambetta — Old Town School, Chicago; Micro Championship
Wrestling — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Half Alive/Joan/Austin Prince
— Schubas, Chicago; The Edwards/Holy Family — Subterranean,
Chicago; Soup & Bread — The Hideout, Chicago; Sinema
Obscura — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago.
THURSDAY 31 JANUARY
Rosie & The Rivets — 210 Live, Highwood; Isaiah Spencer Organ
Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Disney Prom/The Little
Mermen — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel/Shirley Johnson
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Story of The Year/World War Me —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The One Jr. Week 4 — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Feudin’ Hillbillys — Bub City, Chicago;
LaWaundia — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Kacey Musgraves
— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Alejandro Escovedo/Don Antonio
Band — City Winery, Chicago; Ovef O/Bleach Party/Baby Money
& The Down Payments — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Neal Francis —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Brother John Band — Gifford’s Kitchen,
Elgin; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Doug Bardolph — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Nellie Tiger Travis/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Ripe/Waker — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mighty Joe — M
Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Banda Magda — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Double Treble Dueling Pianos — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Kasey
Chambers — Old Town School, Chicago; Phil Angotti & Friends/
The Sellouts — Reggie’s, Chicago; R-Gang — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Blue Jam/Willie Buck — Rosa’s, Chicago; Friday Pilots
Club/August Hotel/Capital Soiree/Ember Oceans — Schubas,
Chicago; Thomas Dybdahl & Kenny White — Space, Evanston;
Reggae Gold/Thin Lips/Vonderkhun/Typesetter —
Subterranean, Chicago; Shaggy 2 Dope — The Forge, Joliet;
Chicago Psych/ Fest X/Mako Sica/Hamid Drake — The
Hideout, Chicago; Redstripedown/Mason Cos/Windbreaker —
The Owl, Chicago; Megan Pennington — The Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; Nick@Knight — Venuti’s, Addison.
FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY
Soul Bliss — 210 Live, Highwood; Eliminator/Jail Break —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Serendipity — Arlington Ale House,
Arlington Heights; Black Diamond — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Lurrie Bell — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; The Soul Papas —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; 28 Days — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Focal
Point — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Sal & Izy — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Hinge Rocks Chicago — Base Camp, Lisle; 20 Watt
Tombstone/Vyse/Conway — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Mike Stud/Honors/
Ernest K — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Motown Nation/The One
Singing Competition — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Faded
Flannel/Winnie Cooper — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Keith Semple
— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Fletcher Rockwell — Bub City,
Chicago; Feudin’ Hillbillys — Bub City, Rosemont; John Primer/
Win Noll — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Battery/Killmister —
Cheers, Midlothian; Wanda Sykes — Chicago Theater, Chicago;
Lost Kings/Kream — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Alejandro
Escovedo w/Don Antonio Band — City Winery, Chicago; Everett
Dean & The Lonesome Hearts — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Beats
Antique/Russ Liquid/Axel Thesleff — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Fresh Hops/Arbor Creek/Groovy Louie & The Time
Capsules — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Steve Roth — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Mighty Joe DJ — Dock’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; The
Little Mermen — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Wyld Ryde/The
Laughing Hearts/Danny Ames/Kenny Sommer — Elbo Room,
Chicago; P.O.S./Southpaw Swade//Hard Country Honky Tonk
w/The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sound Opinions
Live — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The Hat Guys — Fitz’s Spare
Keys, Elmhurst; Rico Birthday Bash — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Ultrafab — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo; American English/
Abbamania — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; The Flipside Show
w/Chris Forman/Chicago Jazz Orchestra/After Hours Jam —
Green Mill, Chicago; Flannel Fest 4 — H.O.M.E., Arlington
Heights; Bobby Rex Band — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; The
Congregation/Mathien — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Rhinestone DJ D — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Spoken Four —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Matt Hendricks/Sin Anetesia &
Insignia Hds — House of Blues, Chicago; Mike Walters —
Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Aaron Williams Live — Jimmy’s
Grill, Naperville; A Night of Floyd, Bowie & Rush — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Corey Smith — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Terry Got
Fired — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Stark Guitar Duo — Kennedy
Pointe, Bristol; Whiskey & Harmony — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook;
Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kimi Hayes — Level
257, Schaumburg; Emily King/Jennah Bell — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Faces of The Bog/Gravedirt/Coyote Man/Satans
Dealer — Live Wire, Bartlett; Nick Bell Band — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; The Differents/District 97 — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Darren Jay & The Delta Souls — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Officer Friendly/Friday At Five — Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield;
David’s Bazaar — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Dead Horses/The
Brother Brothers — Old Town School, Chicago; The Dearly
Deleted — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; The Stereotypes — Q-Bar,
Darien; The Upside/El Hitta — Reggie’s, Chicago; Modern Day
Romeos/DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Jimmy Burns Hosts
The Jam — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Malt Couture — Schubas,
Chicago; Born YesterDJs — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Carlos
Souffront/Jevon Jackson/Samone — Smart Bar, Chicago; Waco
Brothers/Dan Tedesco — Space, Evanston; Hunny/Hockey
Dad/Pllush — Subterranean, Chicago; Toh Kay — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Lettering/Good Brother/Warren Franklin — The
Burlington, Chicago; 630 Takeover — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Adam
Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; Danger Puppies — The Sandlot
Wrigley, Chicago; Busy Bodies — Uncommon Ground Lakeview,
Chicago; DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; R-Gang — Venuti’s, Addison; Vito Zatto Show — White
Eagle, Niles; Deepspacepilots/Discoveries of teh American
Scientific — Wire, Berwyn; Madman Band — World of Beer,
Evanston; Blake Alexander — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY
John Erickson Trio — 210 Live, Highwood; Bob Marley Nite w/
The Wailers/Mike Marino Comedy — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Off The Record — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Nick Moss &
Friends — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Mixtape Junkies — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Midnight — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; C-Factor —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Ebony & Ivory — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Love and Theft/Nick Lynch/Summer Son — Base Camp, Lisle;
Hell In A F#@K-It/Teed — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Karma
Committee — Bedrocks, Shorewood; James Libera — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Melodious Funk/Rendition/Ear Candy — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; PS Dump Your Boyfriend — Blue Chip
Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Dorothy/Spirit Animal —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Boy Band Night — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Rokken Dokken/MX4 — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; The Rush Tribute Project — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
The Bart Attacks — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Chicks With Picks
— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Over The Side — Bub City,
Chicago; Stetsin & Lace — Bub City, Rosemont; Lurrie Bell/Alex
Wilson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Tarra — Bungalow Joe’s,
Hanover Park; Joker — Cheers, Midlothian; Paul Moody & The
Revelators/Friends of The Bog/The Last Afternoons — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Alejandro Escovedo w/Don Antonio
Band — City Winery, Chicago; Everett Dean & The Lonesome
Hearts — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Radar State/Archie Powell
& The Exports/Wet Tropics — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; The Devil
Makes Three/Lost Dog Street Band — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Shaila Durcal — Copernicus Center, Chicago; The
Bread Machine/TSAB — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Petrock — Dock’s
Bar, Wauconda; Soda — Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Chronic Edge
— Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Gooey Rock & Roll Show/Straight
Skinny/Samson The Aviator — Elbo Room, Chicago; Melkbelly/
REZN/Hitter — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Brass From The Past —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; 5th Annual Washington Island Fish
Boil Festival — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; 3 Doors Down/Smarty
Pants/DJ Jelliebean — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo; The
Core/OMT — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Chicago Jazz
Orchestra/After Hours Jazz w/Pat Mallinger/The Paper
Machete — Green Mill, Chicago; Flashdrive/Black Pearl —
H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Cirrus Falcon — Harp & Fiddle, Park
Ridge; Bluegrass Brunch w/Cox’s Army/Radio Free Honduras
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; The Moods — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Libido Funk Circus — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Dave
Herrero/Scott Davidson’s Birthday Jam/Mike Wheeler
Band/DJS John Basil X Dash — House of Blues, Chicago; DJ Jeff
Overstreet — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Rod Tuffcurls & The
Bench Press — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; King Cake — JW
Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Downtown Charlie Brown — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The
Ghost of Paul Revere/Charlie Parr/The Long Lost — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Ruby The Hatchet/Dead Feathers — Live Wire,
Bartlett; HiFi Superstar — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Out of
Storage — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Katie Belle & The Belle
Rangers — Martyrs’, Chicago; Soul Kitchen — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Hobo Junkies/Hoodlums — MT Barrels, Schaumburg;
Dillon Francis & Allison Wonderland/Diablo/ — Navy Pier,
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