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— The Owl, Chicago; The Heavy Sounds — The Venue, Aurora;
Robin Bienemann — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers
Grove; Neil Dixon Smith — Uncommon Ground Lakeview,
Chicago; Nexus 6 — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Paul Kaye &
The Blues Cartel — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Chicago Rock
Ensemble — Wire, Berwyn; Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s Bar,
Palos Heights; Kurt Braunhohler — Zanies, Chicago.
SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY
A To Z’s — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Typhanie Monique/
Thaddeus Tukes — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Primer Baile Del Ano —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Firehouse/Steelheart — Arcada
Theatre, St. Charles; Bella Cain — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Terrapin Flyer — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Send in the
Clones — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Lounge Puppets —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; DJ Rhinestone Karaoke — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Night Train/Ryna G. — Base Camp, Lisle; X-Side —
Beacon Tap, Des Plaines; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; R&L Rhythm Review — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Mike
Wheeler Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Classical Blast/The Walk-Ins/Karma Committee — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Team Coco House —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Hair Band Night — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Take Your Best Shot Comedy/L-Dot/Baby
Steve/Holli D Barzz/Prince Roc/Cool Boi/C Montana — Brauer
House, Lombard; Hitsleep — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Hitsleep
Unplugged — Brazen Head, Crestwood; South of 80 — Bub City,
Chicago; The Country Night — Bub City, Rosemont; Marty
Sammon/Sonia Astacio — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Gerardo Ortiz/Banda Los Sebastianes/La Septima Banda/
Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Bernie Glim & Country Roads/The Messengers —
Carol’s Pub, Chicago; The Hat Guys/Little Giant — Cheers,
Midlothian; Il Volo — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; 10,000
Maniacs — City Winery, Chicago; Hi Infidelity/Sam Savage —
Club 210, Highwood; Radkey/Blood People/Radar — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Diesel/Waka Flocka Flame/SAYMYNAME/
Dee Mash — Concord Hall, Chicago; Soda — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Kevin Presbrey Duo — Draft Picks, Naperville; 16
Candles — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Paul Strolia Acoustic —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; DJ Smitty — Empire, Naperville;
Semple — EvenFlow, Geneva; Simple Remedy — Firewater Saloon
Mt. Greenwood, Chicago; Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes/
Joseph Huber — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; OMT/Mixtape Junkies —
Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; David’s Bazaar — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; Make it a Double — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; The Make-Out Party/Max Wittert — Hideout, Chicago;
Rosie & The Rivets — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Generation —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Ignited — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Good
Clean Fun — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Midland — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Heads Up — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Elizabeth
Moen/Holly, — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Kevin Willison — Manny’s
Ale House, Elmhurst; The Relevant/Tiny Bit of Giant’s
Blood/Foresight — Martyrs, Chicago; Fierce Atmospsheres/
Refelexion — Metal Monkey Brewing, Romeoville; Machine Head
— Metro, Chicago; Audio Wise — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Hi Fi
Superstar — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Uncovered: Soul Sisters —
Old Town School, Chicago; One Night Band — Par-A-Dice Casino,
E. Peoria; Tailgunner/Rok Brigade — Penny Road Pub, South
Barrington; Rich Experience — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago;
Ebony & Ivory — Potter’s Place, Naperville; Allstar Weekend
Party — Promontory Theater, Chicago; Lynskynyrd/The Hotel
Sessions — Q-Bar, Darien; Kashmir/Who’s Next — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Exist/Replacire/Monotheist (Joint) —
Reggies, Chicago; Silent Party (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; UFO
— Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Ray Eng/DJ Erge — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Shen Yun — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont;
Longwave/Guest — Schubas, Chicago; No Dunks — Schubas,
Chicago; Tony Ocean Show — Shoeless Joe’s, Schiller Park; Deja
Vu — Sideouts, Island Lake; Frankie & The Witch — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Violet/Overland/Mistervacation — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Emily King — Space, Evanston; Pip The Pansy/
Crosseyed/Phishless — Subterranean, Chicago; Piano Man —
Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; 7th Heaven — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Drag Prom — Thalia Hall, Chicago; VRSTY/So Soon
/The Truth & more — The Forge, Joliet; DJs Esteban La Groue
& Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Poison’d Crue — The Quarry,
Lemont; Deacon Blues — The Venue, Aurora; Sing-Around — Two
Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; Emily Lorraine
Nott/Marian Runk — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago;
Barry & The Fountains/Oux & Stephen Schuch — Uncommon
Ground Lakeview, Chicago; St. Jupiter — Uptown Tap, Plainfield;
Lime — Wire, Berwyn; Charles & Company — Zachary’s Bar, Palos
Heights; Kurt Braunhohler — Zanies, Chicago.
SUNDAY 16
Judson Brown Band — 28 Mile Vodka Distillery, Highwood;
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Lonestar — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; The Joyce Brothers —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; The Boogers — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel Blues
Band/Laretha Franklin — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Superfly
Redneck/Hoosier Highway/Middle of The Road — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Simple Remedy — Bub
City, Chicago; Grace & John — Bub City, Rosemont; Pete Galanis
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Rendition Live Band Karaoke
— Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Adam Weiner/Chastity Brown — City
Winery, Chicago; Salute to The Rat Pack — Club 210, Highwood;
VAV — Concord Hall, Chicago; Omar Sharif — Copernicus Center,
Chicago; Grayscale/Hot Mulligan/WSTR/Lurk — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; DaveFest — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Marcia Bell/Sonny
Landreth — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Abby Riccards/Tommy Zender
/The 45/Len Kasper — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Gospel
Brunch/Nicholas Barron/Tom Holland Duo — House of Blues,
Chicago; Linsey Alexander/Kingston Mines Blues Jam —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Brandon James/Chicago Loves Rock
N’ Roll — Reggies, Chicago; Mary Lane Benefit Show: Billy
Branch/Jarekus Singelton/John Primer/Deitra Farr & special
guests — Rosa’s, Chicago; Shen Yun — Rosemont Theatre,
Rosemont; Joan/Ralph/East Lobby String Band — Schubas,
Chicago; Girl K Birthday Show — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Shakey Graves — Space, Evanston; Soapbox Open Mic —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Wolf
Parade w/Jo Passed — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Afton Ent. — The
Forge, Joliet; Richard Smith — The Venue, Aurora; Nightingale
Ensemble/Kacey Ellis — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago;
George Trouble & The Zealots — Uncommon Ground Lakeview,
Chicago; Soul Food Sunday w/Mr. Rhythms Band — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago; Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners Big Band —
Wire, Berwyn; Tim Walkoe — Zanies, Chicago.
MONDAY 17
Ted Sirota’s Pure Cane Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Sam Savage/Tony Ocean Show — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Morgan Fingleton — Bub City,
Chicago; Jimmy Burns — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Donavon Frakenreiter/Christina Holmes — City Winery, Chicago;
North By North/Wilde/The God Awful Small Affairs — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Windy City Duo/Omar Coleman Duo — House of
Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band plus guests — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Electric Guest/Soleima — Metro, Chicago;
Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo with Burke
— Reggies, Chicago; Tim Seisser Quintet (Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; Hollow Coves/Harrison Storm/Open Mic Comedy —
Schubas, Chicago; Aweful/Furr/Pylons — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Shakey Graves — Space, Evanston; Benefit for Mental
Health w/Lynne Jordan & Friends — Uncommon Ground
Edgewater, Chicago.
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
Michael Wheeler/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Tender/Xylo — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Harmonica Hoedown —
Martyrs, Chicago; Pete Galanas/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Reuben and The Dark — Schubas, Chicago; Bernie &
The Wolf — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Shakey Graves — Space,
Evanston; American Authors/Magic Giant/Public — Thalia Hall,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 19
Kevin Presbrey — 28 Mile Vodka Distillery, Highwood; Thaddeus
Tukes Duets — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; JW Williams Blues Band/
Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rapsody/Illi —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The One Jr. — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Feelgood Country Band — Bub City, Chicago;
Gerald & Camille — Bub City, Rosemont; Omar Coleman — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Joe Valentino — Club 210, Highwood;
Bodysnatcher/Great American Ghost/Born a New — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Karaoke w/Sheila E — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda;
Trivia Night — Empire, Naperville; Radioactivity/Vacation/Skip
Church — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Event Horizaon — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Cafe Carly — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; DJ John
Soss/Holmes’ Home — Hideout, Chicago; Keithen Banks/Tom
Holland Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; deFrance/Captain
Coopersmith — Martyrs, Chicago; Crossing Borders Music — Old
Town School, Chicago; Trixie Mattel — Park West, Chicago; Joel
Ross — Promontory Theater, Chicago; Church of Misery/Black
Wizard (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Reggies, Chicago; Tove Lo/Alma — Riviera Theatre, Chicago;
Kojey Radical — Schubas, Chicago; in Cider 2.0 — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Railheart — Space, Evanston; Faux Furrs/
Daydream Review (Single Release)/Flora/Breether —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Luke
Ray/Kyle Pucciarello & Will Connors — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; Low-reen & Maxwell St. Market Blues Jam —
Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Dobie Maxwell — Zanies,
Rosemont.
THURSDAY 20
TUESDAY 18
Angel Spiccia — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Chicago Wind Blues
Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Sango/Savon —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Chicago; Jimmy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Miki
Howard/Donna Allen — City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic —
Empire, Naperville; Truckfighters/Valley of the Sun — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Lindsay Beaver — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The
Metropolitan Jazz Octet/Dee Alexander — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Write Club/Jen Brister — Hideout, Chicago; Nigel
Mack/Windy City Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/
Kyle Young — 28 Mile Vodka Distillery, Highwood; Soul Message
Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Denny — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The One Jr. — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Live Band Karaoke — Brauer House,
Lombard; Slamabama — Bub City, Chicago; Linsey Alexander —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Ryan Montbleau — City Winery,
Chicago; Everett Dean & The Lonesome Hearts Band — Club
210, Highwood; The All-American Rejects/Devon Kay & The
Solutions — Concord Hall, Chicago; Baby Rose/DaVionne —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — EvenFlow, Geneva;
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