Chicago; DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Identity Crisis — Uptown Tap, Plainfield.
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Chicago; Bobby Rex Band/The Remedy — Nevin’s Brewing Co.,
Plainfield; Blue Eyed Leo — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Declan
O’Rourke — Old Town School, Chicago; Recovered — Penny Road
Pub, Barrington; Mighty Joe — Potter’s Place, Naperville; Cloud
Zero/Replica — Q-Bar, Darien; Rocket Miner/The Dead Licks —
Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Q/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Rico McFarland Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Dancing With
The Stars — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Role Model/Syd B —
Schubas, Chicago; Regis/Jeff Derringer — Smart Bar, Chicago;
Iris DeMent/Busman’s Holiday — Space, Evanston; Vundabar/
Paul Cherry/Slow Pulp/Empower Herstory IV — Subterranean,
Chicago; Cover Dogs/My Metal Heart — Sundance Saloon,
Mundelein; Fool House — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Mick Jenkins
— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Dust Bath/Blunt/Blake/Damn
Champion — The Burlington, Chicago; Chicks With Picks — The
Cottage, Crystal Lake; DJ Esteban La Groue & DJ Danny Dan —
The Owl, Chicago; TNT Chicago — The Quarry, Lemont; Drew
Doepke — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Matt McNish/Fernando
House/Warm Human — Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago;
Faction — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Tough Ombres/DJ &
Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Julian
Jumpin Perez — Venuti’s, Addison; Gil Delapaz — White Eagle,
Niles; Brewers Rock Festival — Wire, Berwyn; Stevie Craig —
Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Randy McCallister — Zachary’s
Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY
Good Morning Bedlam & Superbowl Party — 210 Live, Highwood;
Abba Mania — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Animal Farm — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Spike &
The Spitwads/Superfly Redneck — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Langston Hughes Birthday
Celebration w/Regina Taylor/Malcolm London/Terisa Griffin/
Ta’Ronda Jones/Janice “Mz. Gifted” McKenzie/Maggie Brown
/Russell Hornsby — City Winery, Chicago; Todd Mosby — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; Basta — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Count Basie Orchestra w/Scotty Barnhart — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night w/Joel Paterson
Trio & Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz Brunch w/
Alyssa Allgood/4Spiel String Quartet w/Cheryl Wilson — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; World Famous Gospel Bruch/Heather
Lynne Horton/Nigel Mack — House of Blues, Chicago; Claudette
Miller/Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Laura
Doherty & The Heartbeats/DJ Tess — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
School of Rock — Reggie’s, Chicago; Pickin’ Ponies — Schubas,
Chicago; Sal & Izy — Square Celt Ale House, Orland Park; The
Rock & Roll Playhouse: The Beatles For Kids — Thalia Hall,
MONDAY 4
Panic! At the Disco — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Extraordinary
Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/
Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts
The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Ms. Lisa Fisher &
Grand Baton — City Winery, Chicago; Whuzy/SciFi Sleep Cycles
— Elbo Room, Chicago; Claude/Fran/Joey Nebulous — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago;
Joanna Connor/Joe Marcinek Band — House of Blues, Chicago;
Corey Dennison/JW Williams — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Another F*kin’ Open Mic-Comedy Edition — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Dan Mangan/J.E. Sunde — Schubas, Chicago; Open Mic —
Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago.
TUESDAY 5
Bring Me The Horizon/Thrice/Fever 333 — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago;Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Rosemont; The Special 20s — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Ms. Lisa Fisher & Grand Baton — City Winery, Chicago;
Banjoelectric/Papi LeGusta — Elbo Room, Chicago; Open Mic
— Empire, Naperville; Dave Specter Band w/Brother John/Open
Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill,
Chicago; Pearls Mahone — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Tesla/
Guy King/Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings/Comedy Cocktail —
House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Mike Wheeler/Peaches
Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Down North — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggie’s, Chicago; Pete Galanis &
Friends/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Yoshi Flower/
Kennyhoopla — Schubas, Chicago; In-Ciders — Sleeping Village,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 6
Bill Porter Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Blues Jam w/Big
Ray & Chicago’s Most Wanted — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Open Mic
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW
Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Whiskey & Harmony — Bub City, Rosemont; Linsey Alexander —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Limbos/Hand Practices/
Super Neutral/Mock Nine — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
Marcus Johnson Kathy Kosins — City Winery, Chicago; Mike
DiDomenico — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Wax On — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Robert Delong/Morgxn — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Dennis Florine — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Mite &
Monsters/Chelusier — Elbo Room, Chicago; Las Cruxes/Rai/
Kelroy/Killer Moon — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Battle of The
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Bands — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Standard Quintet —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli &
Swing Gitan/Late Night Industry Set w/Frank Catalano Sextet
— Green Mill, Chicago; Abigail Riccards — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Tesla/Funky Mojo Daddy/Keithen Banks/Uncorked &
Unplugged — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mike
Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Dave Ulrich/KY2K — Mac’s
On Slade, Palatine; Live Band Karaoke — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Dreamboats/Space Gators/Happy Face — Schubas, Chicago;
Great Lake Swimmers/Native Harrow — Space, Evanston; Get
Out The Vote Jam — Subterranean, Chicago.
THURSDAY 7
Soulshine — 210 Live, Highwood; JW Williams & The Chi Town
Hustlers — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
The Corner Boys — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Chicago Fire
— Base Camp, Lisle; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Brass Tracks/Kemba/Pell — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; The One Jr. Singing Competition — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Jenny Tolman — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy
Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Interpol — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Simpleton and Cityfolk — Chop Shop/1st
Ward, Chicago; Hit Makers & Rum Chasers Benefit — City
Winery, Chicago; Dollar Signs/Devon Kay & The Solutions/
Telethon/The Magnifiers — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Subtronics
+ Blunts & Blondes/Zia — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; 70s
Classic Rock w/OTIS — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The Sane
Abandoned/The Skies Are Shifting — Elbo Room, Chicago; Elton
/J Bambii/The Wife of Wrath — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bitters
— FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Dan Reisen — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Hinder/SoIL — H.O.M.E.,
Arlington Heights; Lindsay Beaver — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Pop Evil/Keithen Banks/Corey Dennison/Cabaret &
Burlesque — House of Blues, Chicago; Dylan Scott/Seth Ennis
— Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joanna Connor/ — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Cory Wong/Emily Browning — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
James Libera — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Karen Shook —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Roke/Siblings/Dos Ultra — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Midnight Romance — Porter’s Pub, Elgin; 13 Tikis/
Guns & Ammunition — Reggie’s, Chicago; In The Stix & Line
Dancing w/Estelle — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melody Angel
— Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Slushy/Ladygod/Wulfpac —
Schubas, Chicago; Just Us Gals Comedy — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Morenxx/Higgy/Steve Noah — Smart Bar, Chicago;
Albert Lee — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold/Hip Hop Benefit
w/AMC/Jayaire Woods/Na$im Williams/J-TriGG & l_ouie D —
Subterranean, Chicago; Olafur Arnalds — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Rotten Mouth/Save State — The Owl, Chicago; Ethan Bell
Acoustic — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Kelly Renee/Nikita
Nichelle — Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke
w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Good Clean Fun —
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Venuti’s, Addison; Whiskey & Harmony — Zach’s On Tap, Palos
Heights.
FRIDAY 8
Judy Night Quintet/Chip Ratliff & The DirtyBluCrue — 210 Live,
Highwood; Zomboy — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Molly Hatchet
— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jetseeters DJs — Arlington Ale
House, Arlington Heights; King By Friday — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Libido Funk Circus — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Mason
Rivers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Lava Rock — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Tyler Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Blackened —
Base Camp, Lisle; Counterpunch/Still Alive/The Linden Method
/The Audio Dead — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; AM/FM — Blue Chip Casino-
Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Joji/Rei Brown — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; The One Singing Competition — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Paradise Waits (Album Release)/
Watermelon Slim w/The Grease Brothers — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Moonshine Bros. — Broken Oar, Port Barrington;
Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood/
Terrell Carter — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Flex Group/
Ignited — Cheers, Midlothian; J. Dilla Tribute ft. Bilal/Jay
Illa/AMI — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Marc Roberge of
O.A.R. — City Winery, Chicago; Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello
Combo — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Twiddle/Neal Francis —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Kashmir/Hellion/LIL — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Two Tones — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Sal & Izy —
Dock’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Yipes — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine;
Cheryl Tomblin/After The Message/45Fix/Vyse — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Boy Harsher/Nghtcrwlr/Grun Wasser/Hard Country
Honky Tonk w/The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Bunkertown/The Bad Examples — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The
Hipposonics/DJ Jesse — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo;
Warren Vache/Russ Phillips Qunitet/The Flipside Show w/
Chris Forman/After Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago;
Acoustiholics — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Kent Rose — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Rhinestone DJ D — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Recycle The Day — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Poppy/
That Popply/Mike Wheeler/John Primer — House of Blues,
Chicago; Good Time Hustle — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Live Band Karaoke w/Erik Donner — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville;
The Ron Burgundy’s — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Devin Dawson —
Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Loop Rockers — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley
Park; Barrelhouse Blend — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Stevie Craig
— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor/Duke Tumatoe &
The Power Trio — Kingston Mines, Chicago; HiFi Superstar —
Level 257, Schaumburg; Bassel & The Supernaturals/Kayem/
Mike Maimone/Dassit — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mr. Myers —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; JD Simo/Thompson Springs —
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