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e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
MONDAY 30 DECEMBER
The Purple Xperience — 210 Live, Highwood; Trans-Siberian
Orchestra — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; The Aggrolites/The
Crombies/Something to Do/DJ Chuck Wren — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Jaren Grey — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Chris D’Elia — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Avery*Sunshine — City Winery, Chicago; GWAR/
Unearth/Savage Master — Concord Hall, Chicago; Earth
Program/Doleful Lions/Camp Edwards — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Breezy Rodio/Omar
Coleman — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Badbadnotgood/Junius Paul — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Mungion/Desmond Jones — Martyrs, Chicago; Mt. Joy
— Metro, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy — Reggies, Chicago; The
Roots — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; American Football — Schubas,
Chicago; Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Richard Thompson —
Space, Evanston; Rich Boy Juckie — Subterranean, Chicago;
Sleep w/Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes The Eagles — Wire,
Berwyn.
TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER
Angel Spiccia/Mario Abney Effect — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
The Purple Xperience w/Hip Pockit — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Hairbanger’s Ball NYE 2020 — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Epic — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Trivia Nite w/Pat
O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Aggrolites/Toxic
Toast/Still Alive/DJ Chuck Wren — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke
Pytel & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Shout
Section — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN; Boots & The
Blazers NYE — Brauer House, Lombard; 32 Below — Bub City,
Chicago; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Rosemont; Mike
Wheeler/NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; A
Zombie Nightmare/Nghtmre/Zomboy/Whipped Cream/
Wavedash — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Trailer Park
Twisters — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Chris D’Elia — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Mr. Dave NYE Baby Rave/Russ Liquid/Marvel
Years/Artifakts/Statik/Blue Future — Chop Shop, Chicago;
Avery*Sunshine — City Winery, Chicago; Andrew W.K./Air
Credits/DJ BUck Foley — Concord Hall, Chicago; Deja Vu DJ —
Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Semple — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca;
shame/Disq/Ethers/Windy City Soul Club — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Evenflow Music,
Geneva; Expo ‘76/The Total Pro Horns/Robert Cornelius —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Shock Roxy — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Battle of the Saxes — Green Mill, Chicago; Chicago
Loud 9 — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Hi Infidelity/Jess
Piano/The Moods/Keys of G — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Motion City Soundtrack/Funky Mojo Daddy — House of Blues,
Chicago; Return 2 Soul — Incontro A Tavola, South Barrington;
Trumpeter Nicholas Payton Quintet — Jazz Showcase, Chicago;
Fool House — Joe’s Bar On Weed, Chicago; Sixteen Candles —
Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Vance Kelly & The Back Street Blues
Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Badbadnotgood/Angel Bat
Dawid/Tha Brothahood — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mungion —
Martyrs, Chicago; Mt. Joy/Wilderado/Michigander — Metro,
Chicago; Ivy Ford Band — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; My Metal
Heart — Original Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Beauty and The
Beast — Paramount Theatre, Aurora; Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
— Park West, Chicago; Shout Section — Pheasant Run, St.
Charles; Local H — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Mr. Blotto — Reggies,
Chicago; Patrick Swaeny/Left Lane Cruiser (Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; Space Jesus — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Billy Branch
& SOBs — Rosa’s, Chicago; William Elliott Whitmore — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Ariel Zetina/DJ Heather/Michael
Serafini/Olin/Phillip Stone/Sevron/Sold — Smartbar, Chicago;
Richard Thompson — Space, Evanston; Candi Pop —
Subterranean, Chicago; ARRA/The Remedy — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Sleep w/Big Business — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Gerald and Camille — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; New Years Eve
Party w/DJ Esteban — The Owl, Chicago; NYE DJ Glenn Russell
— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes The
Eagles — Wire, Berwyn; The Stingers — Zachary’s, Palos Heights;
Joe Fascetta DJ — Zack’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Bobby C & The
C Notes — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY
Thaddeus Tukes Duets — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Sujah Ray/DJ
BFF — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Juke Box band/Organized K-OS —
Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago;
Kimi Hayes — Bub City, Rosemont; Avery*Sunshine — City
Winery, Chicago; Everyone’s Hungover — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Herman’s Hermits with Peter Noone — Genesee Theatre,
Waukegan; Alfonso Ponticelli/Swing Gitan/Frank Catalano
Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Nicholas Payton Quintet — Jazz
Showcase, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Michael Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Trivia & Karaoke — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Smilin’ Bobby & The Clemtones — Phyllis’ Musical
Inn, Chicago.
THURSDAY 2 JANUARY
Soul Message Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Shirley Johnson —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Summer Son — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy
Guy/Bobby Rush — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Gin Palace
Jesters — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Harvey Fox/Paddlefish/Lenny/
Henry Hank — Chop Shop, Chicago; Funkadesi/PHENOM/
Amyna Love/Chicago Bucket Boys/Ugochi — City Winery,
Chicago; Green Noise/Aaron Williams — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
ChinaRose/Dead Lucid/Bur — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bitters —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Rob Yocom — Four Winds, New Buffalo;
Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — HB Jones, Elmhurst; The
Struggs/Chase Ventrella — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Guy
King/Linsey Alexander — House of Blues, Chicago; Nora Jean
Brusso/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sudz &
Strings — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Declan Kennedy/
Compound — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Spin — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; The Disco Biscuits — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Blues
Jam w/Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Huron
John/Angry Blackmen — Subterranean, Chicago; Adventurer/I
Met A Yeti — Wire, Berwyn; Tony Ocean Show — ZaZa’s Tavola,
Barrington.
FRIDAY 3 JANUARY
Jonny Lyons & The Pride/Sam “The Dance Man” Savage — 210
Live, Highwood; Charles Heath Quartet/Pharez Whitted Sextet
— Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
Tyler Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Tributes to Fall Out Boy,
Paramore, & Panic! At The Disco — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Tyler — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Whistle Pigs/Crawpuppies — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City;
Small Town/Grupo Vigilancia/DJ Gusto/Rendition — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; The Buzz Worthys/Blind Dogs/
Jessie’s Girl Chicago/Noptober Rust/Sandblast Skin/Lady Evil
— Brauer House, Lombard; Rockstar Rodeo — Bub City, Chicago;
Fletcher Rockwell — Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy/Jimmy
Burns — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Comstock Lode/
Sugar Highway — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Electric Gypsy/Voodoo
Children — Cheers, Midlothian; Ian’s Party — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Peter Asher — City Winery, Chicago; The Psychodelics
/Kerosene Stars/The Delta Waves — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Doug Bardolph — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; How Rude — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; The Hoyle Brothers/William Basinski —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Mark V — Evanston Pub, Evanston; Jenny
Beinemann/Walking Mother — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; DJ Jellie
Bean/The Bigger Picture Band — Four Winds, New Buffalo;
Chris Foreman/Jerry Bergonzi Quartet/Green Mill Quartet/
Eric Schneider — Green Mill, Chicago; Gavin Coyle — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Final Say — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Matt Hendricks/
Southern Accents/Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings — House of
Blues, Chicago; Gypsy Duo — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Jamos Live, Mokena; Riley
Green — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; John Primer/Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Next to Eternity — Live Wire,
Chicago; Katie Belle & the Belle Rangers/Black Oil Brothers/
Dorian Taj — Martyrs, Chicago; Nivrana — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Request DJ — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Superfly
Redneck — Offshore @Navy Pier, Chicago; Serendipity — Par-A-
Dice Casion, Peoria; Terry Byrne — Pig Minds Brewing, Machesny
Park; Trigger Happy — Q Bar, Darien; Country Night — Quarry
Pub, Lemont; Torch The Hive/Boardinghouse Reach — Reggies,
Chicago; DJ Q & Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; The
Disco Biscuits — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Lil’ Ed & The Blues
Imperials — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; DJ Cash Era — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts/Cave
Twins — Space, Evanston; Ian’s Party 2020 — Subterranean,
Chicago; Superfly Redneck/Heads Up — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Shinzon/These Guys These Guys/General Joystick/The Push
Push — The Burlington, Chicago; Pop Evil/Rubikon/Like
Machine — The Forge, Joliet; Adam Luksetich — The Owl,
Chicago; The Launch — The Promontory, Chicago; Sue Fink &
Jordi Kleiner — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove;
Maroon Misfitz (Lakeview)/The Misters (Edgewater) —
Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Pinksqueeze/Feeling Old/Secret
Lives/The Laughing Hearts/Zack Fedor — Underground Lounge,
Chicago; Sound Wars — WC Social Club, West Chicago.
SATURDAY 4 JANUARY
Nick @ Knight — 210 Live, Highwood; Acoustiholics — 750
Cucina Rustica, Cary; Charles Heath Quartet/Pharez Whitted
Sextet — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Kashmir — Arcada Theatre, St.
Charles; 80s vs 90s — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Anthem
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Deacon Frost — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Flatfoot 56/The Usuals/The C-Sides/Take The Reins —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria
Tyler — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey/Jamrose/BBI — Blue
Chip Casino, Michigan City; Voodoo/Stupify/Hellbilly Delux/
One X/Then Again — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Nick
Alexander Blues Band — Brauer House, Lombard; Jack Byron —
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