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Band/Uncorked & Unplugged — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Tributosaurus becomes Led Zeppelin — Martyrs’, Chicago; Live
Band Karaoke/Marty Friedman — Reggie’s, Chicago; Shad/Dxtr
Spits — Schubas, Chicago; Peemature Erockulation — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Gang of Four — Space, Evanston; Tonight
Alive/I Spy Showcase/Stranded Civilans/Solo The Dweeb/
Bandlandzz — Subterranean, Chicago; Tony MacAlpine/Monte
Pittman/LoNero/Acracy — The Forge, Joliet; Chicago Soul Jazz
Collective — Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 14 FEBRUARY
My One and Only Love — 210 Live, Highwood; St. Valentine’s
Day Massacre Murder Mystery Dinner — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Jess Piano/Murder
Mystery Dinner Theater — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Tessa
Violet — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; The One Jr. Singing Competition —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Spear of Destiny/The Pirate
Twins/DJ Dave Roberts — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Sorry For
Partying — Bub City, Chicago; Mike Dangeroux — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Hymn: Sarah Brightman — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Donna Missal/Samia — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
10,000 Maniacs — City Winery, Chicago; Dal Mio Cuore/Jack
D’Amico — Club Arcada, St. Charles; The Knocks/Young &
Sick/Blue DeTiger — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Valentine’s
Day w/OTIS — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; Phuong-Dan/Itsi/Higgy/Beau Wanzer DJ —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Brooklyn Britches/The Whispers/
Burlesque & Variety Show — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
Exposure Local Music Showcase w/Grape Juice Plus/Pan and
The Lost Boys/Robin Bienemann — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Marshal Nelson/Mike Struwin — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo; Eaglemania/Ryan McIntyre — Genesee Theater,
Waukegan; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing
Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; HiFi Superstar — HB
Jones, Elmhurst; NSYNC vs. Backstreet Boys Live Tribute w/Boy
Band Review/Dave Herrero/Mike Wheeler Band — House of
Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Planned Parenthood Benefit w/Jeff Tweedy/Deeper/Femdot/
Gia Margaret/Knox Fortune/Pool Holograph/Tasha/Title
TK/V.V. Lightbody — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Kimi Hayes — M
Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Tears Dry On Their Own — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Valentine’s Day Dueling Pianos — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Shen Yun — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Frances
Luke Accord/Liz and The Lovelies — Schubas, Chicago; Windy
City Soul Club — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Sassmouth/Just
Jace/Kobe Dupree/Raq E.G. — Smart Bar, Chicago; The Flat
Five — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold/See For Yourself Tour
w/RKCB/Shoffy/Satellite Mode — Subterranean, Chicago;
Sharon Van Etten — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Soulfly: Ritual Tour
w/Special Guests — The Forge, Joliet; Drew Doepke — The
Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Jordan & Associates — Venuti’s,
Addison; Rod Stewart Experience — White Eagle, Niles; Dan
Lopez Duo — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Paul Strolia Band —
Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
FRIDAY 15
Heartache Tonight — 210 Live, Highwood; Elton John: Farewell
Yellow Brick Road Tour — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Scrapmetal
w/Pat Travers/Derek St. Holmes/Barry Goudreau/Arcada Rave
Night w/DJ Onin/DJ Mougz — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Mike
Ledbetter — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; The Screamin’ End —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; No Direction — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
The All Stars — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Make It A Double — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Illi/Sasha Go Hard/Matt Muse/Gatson —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony/X-Girlfriend — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Bleep Bloop — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; The One Singing Competition — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Mardi Gras w/The Big Lagniappe/
Righteous Hillbillies — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Rod Guico —
Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Andrew Salgado — Bub City,
Chicago; Jimmy Nick/Melody Angel — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets/Jason Stone — Cheers, Midlothian;
Red Velvet — Chicago Theater, Chicago; 10,000 Maniacs — City
Winery, Chicago; Nick Pontarelli Band — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; Pigeon Playing Ping Pong/Mungion — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; Michael Szpak — Copernicus Center, Chicago;
Motherfolk/The Hacky Turtles/Stay Outside — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Stevie Craig — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; McLennon —
Dock’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Run Forrest Run — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; Oakmen/Bourbon House/Madema/JD Newman &
The Goodtime Hobo — Elbo Room, Chicago; Grouper/Milo/Pink
Navel/Sb The Moor — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Battle of The
Bands Finale — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Rick Springfield/DJ
Dubbington/HiFi Superstar — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo;
Dennis Miller — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Mama Digdown’s
Brass Band/The Flipside Show w/Chris Forman/After Hours
Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; James and Friends — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; Darden Smith — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Rhinestone DJ D — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Hillbilly Rockstarz
— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; STS9 Day 1/Mississippi Gabe
Carter/Rollover — House of Blues, Chicago; Peter & The
Versatiles — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Murph — Jimmy’s
Grill, Naperville; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Mojo Mix — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Vito Zatto
Show — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Prairie Station — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; TBD — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Bryce Vine/Kid
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Quill/7715 — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Magic Giant/Castlecomer
— Metro, Chicago; Gina Gonzalez & The Wingmen — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Mark Taylor/Tynan — Nevin’s Brewing Co.,
Plainfield; Judy Collins — Old Town School, Chicago; Jeff
Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra — Park West,
Chicago; Hybrid Theory/Peep Hole — Q-Bar, Darien; S. Joel
Norman — Reggie’s, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Julian Jumpin Perez/
DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Lurrie Bell Blues Band —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Warbly Jets/Porcupine/Moonwalks —
Schubas, Chicago; Feets Don’t Fail WSG-Jay Daniel & Kyle Hall
— Sleeping Village, Chicago; Kai Alce/Marcellus Pittman/
Specter — Smart Bar, Chicago; Rachael & Vilray w/Taylor
Ashton — Space, Evanston; As It Is/Sharp Tooth/Hold Close/
Point North — Subterranean, Chicago; Sharon Van Etten —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Valentine’s Day Massacre w/Nola & More
— The Forge, Joliet; DJ Tess — The Owl, Chicago; Drew Doepke
— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; This Must Be The Band/Katet
— The Vic, Chicago; Sophisticated Soul Tour w/Lalah Hathaway
— UIC Pavilion, Chicago; Busy Bodies — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Jersey Girls — Venuti’s, Addison; Electric
Brew — White Eagle, Niles; Tributosaurus becomes Led Zeppelin
— Wire, Berwyn; Sal & Izy — World of Beer, Evanston; James
Libera — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 16
Ravinia Ramblers/Lonesome Whippoorwills — 210 Live,
Highwood; Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Boombox Cartel — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Arra/Project Pink — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville;
TNT/Weekend Crush — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Red Carpet Riot —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Bad Medicine — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Mike Silvestri — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Shot Baker/
Vacation Bible School/The Eradicator/No Enemy/MOFAZA/ —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Recycle The Day — Bedrocks, Shorewood;
Afterglow — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Mike Wheeler/Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Cadillac Casanovas/Sundance/
Euphoria — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Fool House — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN;
David August — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Rod Tuffcurls & The
Benchpress — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; The Chain/Too
Bad Company — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Melissa N’ Shawn —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Simply Sound — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Sunfallen — Bub City, Chicago; Fletcher Rockwell —
Bub City, Rosemont; Nublu Band/The Hurrican Project — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Fern — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park;
The Funk Hunters/jackLNDN — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
10,000 Maniacs — City Winery, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets —
Club Arcada, St. Charles; Badfish/Bumpin’ Uglies/Roots of
Creation — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Cowboy Mouth/
Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Class
of ‘68 — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Jess Piano — Draft Picks, Mt.
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
Prospect; Hairbanger’s Ball — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; My
Bloody Valentine — Elbo Room, Chicago; Mudwheel — Empire,
Naperville; Dark Fog (Record Release)/Balms/Diagonal/Bow
& Spear — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Nick Psyhogios & The 52nd
Street Band — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Patrick Sweany/The
Greyhounds/Ralph Covert’s Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Brena/DJ Jelliebean — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo;
The Waterdawgs — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Mudwheel
— Front Street Tap, Harvard; Everclear/Fastball — Genesee
Theater, Waukegan; Mama Digsdown’s Brass Band/After Hours
Jazz w/Pat Mallinger/The Paper Machete — Green Mill,
Chicago; Sonny & The Combovers — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge;
Bluegrass Brunch/Chicago Blues Super Session — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Infinity — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Soda —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; STS9 Day 2/Blue Olives/Windy City
Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; DJ Jeff Overstreet — Jimmy’s
Grill, Naperville; Ivy Queen — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Jon
Langston — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Retropolitan — JW
Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; The Messengers — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; The Surfers/Fat Night — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Stevie Craig — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Second Time
Around — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Chelsea Cutler/Anthony
Russo — Metro, Chicago; Rebel Reign — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; My Metal Heart — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Will B.
/Pirate Radio — Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Sid & Hala —
Niko’s R&R, Marengo; John McCutcheon (early)/Bonnie
Koloc/Ed Holstein — Old Town School, Chicago; Vic DiBitetto —
Park West, Chicago; South Barrington Invasion — Penny Road
Pub, Barrington; Feel Good Party Band — Porter’s Pub, Elgin;
Jimmy and Monika — Potter’s Place, Naperville; Modern Day
Romeos/Elysian Green — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Eleven — Q-
Bar, Darien; DJ Q/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Anderson.Paak — Riviera Theater, Chicago; John Primer & The
Real Deal — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Skela & Guest — Schubas,
Chicago; Poison’d Crue — Sideouts, Island Lake; Love Boat —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Mike Huckaby/Justin Long/
Nishkosheh — Smart Bar, Chicago; Ronnie Baker Brooks —
SpaceEvanston; Men I Trust/Michael Seyer — Subterranean,
Chicago; 7th Heaven/Rok Brigade — Sundance Saloon,
Mundelein; Hi Infidelity — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Mandolin
Orange — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Tougher Than You Thought/
Lightweights — The Burlington, Chicago; Soup & Whiskey — The
Cottage, Crystal Lake; DJ Esteban La Groue & DJ Danny Dan —
The Owl, Chicago; Kashmir/8-Track — The Quarry, Lemont; This
Must Be The Band/Katet — The Vic, Chicago; Funny As Ish
Comedy w/Mike Epps — UIC Pavilion, Chicago; Wildcat w/
Caitlin Edwards & Ryan Mannix — Uncommon Ground Lakeview,
Chicago; Unfinished Business/DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach
— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Saints N Sinners — Uptown Tap,
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