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Phil Angotti and Friends — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; One Man Jam
— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Emily Scott Robinson — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Erwin Helfer Trio/13 Love Songs — Hideout,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Katie Kadan/John Primer — House of
Blues, Chicago; Susto/Molly Parden — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Sweet Chicle/Lost Pyramids — Martyrs, Chicago; Jim & Justin
— Morretti’s, Barrington; Eighth Blackbird — Navy Pier, Chicago;
Echosmith/Weathers/Jaydan Bartels — Park West, Chicago;
Pharoahe Monch — Promontory Theater, Chicago; Vader/
Abysmal Dawn — Reggies, Chicago; Blues Jam Session with
Mary Lane — Rosa’s, Chicago; Christopher Paul Stelling/Guest
— Schubas, Chicago; Mako Sica — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Prostitues (Live)/Replicant (Live) — Smart Bar, Chicago; Jimmy
Johnson (Record Release Party) — Space, Evanston; Savannah
Cristina w/Bria/Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago;
Soulfly/Toxic Holocaust — The Forge, Joliet; African American
Musical Brilliance in Film Lecture — The Venue, Aurora; Hannah
Frank/Linda Solotaire Trio — Uncommon Ground Edgewater,
Chicago; Darrell Hammond — Zanies, Chicago; Double Treble —
ZaZa’s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY
The Lumineers/Mt. Joy/J.S. Ondara — Allstate Arena, Rosemont;
Greg Artry Trio/Pharez Whitted Sextet — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Eric Johnson — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Charlie Foxtrot/
40Hz — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Run Forrest Run —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Sugar High — Bannerman’s, Bartlett;
Austin Hopkins — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Grunge Worthy/Rise
— Base Camp, Lisle; Knuckle Puck/Heart Attack Man/One
Step Closer — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood Blues
Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic/BBI —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Queens of
Mardi Gras/Hi Infidelity — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Henhouse Prowlers/Miles Over Mountains — Brauer House,
Lombard; Slamabama — Bub City, Chicago; Reece Phillips —
Bub City, Rosemont; The Chicago R&B Kings/Charlie Brown —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jimmy and Cait — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony/Me & Mrs. Jones — Cheers,
Midlothian; Keith Washington — City Winery, Chicago; Rosie &
The Rivets w/Everett Dean — Club 210, Highwood; MC Lars/
The Doubleclicks/Schaffer The Darklord/Insane Ian — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Lil Tjay/The Kid LAROI — Concord Hall,
Chicago; Cleopatra Metio la Pata — Copernicus Center, Chicago;
Waxworks/The Blam Blams/Fay Ray — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
J&D Just Friends — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Green Soul
Foo/Turbo Shot — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Hembree/Twinsmith
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Hairbanger’s Ball — EvenFlow, Geneva;
Nashville Electric Company — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Ethan
Phillon Trio/Church of Cash — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Kris Lager
Band — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; The Knees/The Bascinets
/Moontype — Hideout, Chicago; Appetite For Destruction —
Hobart Art Theatre, Hobart; Maggie Speaks — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; Libido Funk Circus — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Matt
Hendricks/Smiley Tillmon Band/One Direction Night — House
of Blues, Chicago; Serendipity — Huntley Bowl, Huntley; Jeff
Dewbray Duo — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Plastic
Rebellion — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Too White Crew/Bella Cain —
Joe’s Live, Rosemont; The Cadillac Three/Jobe Fortner/
Northern Lights — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Coverlicious — JW
Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Good Clean Fun — Kennedy Pointe,
Bristol; Bag Raiders — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Footlight
District/The Million Reasons/Bubbles Erotica — Martyrs,
Chicago; Dennis Night Acoustic — Metal Monkey Brewing,
Romeoville; DJ Oreo — Metro, Chicago; Zydeco Voodoo — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; James McMurtry/Carpacho y su Super
Combo — Old Town School, Chicago; Tailgunner/Test Of Time —
Penny Road Pub, South Barrington; Paul Strolia — Pig Minds
Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Silent Party Chicago —
Promontory Theater, Chicago; 90’s Grunge Night w/Big Bang
Baby & Lounge Act — Q-Bar, Darien; Double Treble — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Altered Stage/De Intergo/Midhnight Hour —
Reggies, Chicago; Pancakes & Booze Art Show (Shack) —
Reggies, Chicago; The Toaster/Bumsy & The Noochers (Joint) —
Reggies, Chicago; Ron White Comedy — Rialto Square Theater,
Joliet; Lurrie Bell Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Slow Hollows/Camp
Edwards — Schubas, Chicago; Post Punk Night — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Objekt/Darwin/Flower Food — Smart Bar,
Chicago; The Wailers — Space, Evanston; Hi Fi Superstar —
Stage Left, DeKalb; Rich Jones/Mykele Deville/David Ashley/
Dorian Electra/Patternist/Capital Soiree/Ember Oceans —
Subterranean, Chicago; Heartache Tonight — Sundance Saloon,
Mundelein; American Nightmare/Ceremony — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; G Herbo — The Forge, Joliet; Kashmir — The Palace
Theater, Wisconsin Dells, WI; The Flat Five — The Venue, Aurora;
Raphael Saadiq/Jamila Woods/DJ Duggz — The Vic, Chicago;
Curtis & Loretta — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove;
I.E. Kokoro/As Oak/Lauren Scott — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; 1st Impression Band — Water Hole Lounge,
Chicago; Moses Storm — Zanies, Chicago; Darrell Hammond —
Zanies, Rosemont; James Libera — Zia’s Lago Vista, Chicago.
SATURDAY 22
Lee Stevens & Company — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; The
Lumineers/Mt. Joy/J.S. Ondara — Allstate Arena, Rosemont;
Greg Artry Trio/Pharez Whitted Sextet — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Sugarhill Gang — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Planet Groove
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; My Metal Heart — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Jess Piano — Bar Evolution, Batavia; This End Up/
Reckless — Base Camp, Lisle; Bluegrass Brunch/Nicole Bus/
Tone Stith/Drea The Vibe Dealer — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
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Afterglow — Bella Mia, Midlothian; The Walk-Ins — Blarney Stone
Pub, Oak Forest; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; April’s Reign/Midnight Band/The Hipposonics — Blue
Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The Ron
Burgundys — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; The Robbery/
High Wire/Still Alive/The Damn Tracks — Brauer House,
Lombard; Joey Kar — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Joey Kar —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Reece Phillips — Bub City, Chicago;
Slamabama — Bub City, Rosemont; John Primer — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Tim & Eric — Chicago Theatre, Chicago;
Speakeasy In The Big Easy w/Bonerama & Big Shoulders Brass
Band — City Winery, Chicago; Louie Zagoras & Rollever/
Marrakesh Express — Club 210, Highwood; Cheat Codes/Ricky
Retro — Concord Hall, Chicago; The Socially Acceptable
Band/The Bread Machine — Cubby Bear, Chicago; King Cake —
Cuzin’s Pub, Tinley Park; The Messengers — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Hairbangers Ball — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; DJ
Smitty — Empire, Naperville; Hot Snakes/Pissed Jeans/HIDE/
Crash Course In Science/The Hecks/DREAS — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; We’re Not/Pearl Jam Chicago — EvenFlow, Geneva;
Gone Country — Firewater Saloon Edison Park, Chicago; Sunny
Sweeney/Erin Enderlin — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Acoustic Social
— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Tiny Country/Gritman&Moran —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Chicago Mixtape — Hideout,
Chicago; Love and Rock Show — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Rick
Lindy & The Wild Ones — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Sin
Anestesia/Malafacha — House of Blues, Chicago; Last Call —
Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Semple — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville;
Canaan Smith/Noah Schnacky/Redferrin — Joe’s on Weed,
Chicago; Firechicken — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Big
Something/Andy Frasco/Kyle Ayers — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Mighty Joe Duo — Manny’s Ale House, Elmhurst; George
Harrison Tribute — Martyrs, Chicago; Beach Bunny/Field Medic
/Niiice — Metro, Chicago; There Goes the Neighborhood —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Pipe Dream Chicago/Kovacs &
Company — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Vince Amore — Niko’s R&R,
Marengo; Joe Henry/Birds of Chicago — Old Town School,
Chicago; Recycle The Day — Par-A-Dice Casino, E. Peoria;
Twiddle/Kitchen Dwellers — Park West, Chicago; Kristin Rose
Kelly Band/Robert Rosewood Band/Miles Maxwell — Penny
Road Pub, South Barrington; Espinosa & Coffee — Pig Minds
Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Chicks With Picks — Potter’s
Place, Naperville; The LYght — Promontory Theater, Chicago;
Arra — Q-Bar, Darien; Hi Infidelity — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights;
Pancakes & Booze Art Show (Shack) — Reggies, Chicago; Cody
Jinks — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Blippi Live — Rosemont
Theatre, Rosemont; Dirty Canteen — Rush Creek Distillery,
Harvard; Littlebirds/Element/Brothers & Wine — Schubas,
Chicago; Soda — Shoeless Joe’s, Schiller Park; Sneezy —
Sideouts, Island Lake; Elena Columbi/Leesh/Higgy — Smart
Bar, Chicago; The Flat FIve — Space, Evanston; The Three
Beards — Square Celt Ale House, Orland Park; Louden Swain/
Rebel Diaz — Subterranean, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Rumor Hazit
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
— Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Kashmir — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Todd Barry — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Hott Mess —
The Cottage, Crystal Lake ; Lateralus — The Forge, Joliet; Deja
Vu DJs — The Gambler, McHenry; DJs Esteban La Groue &
Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Dancing Noodles — The Quarry,
Lemont; Guy King — The Venue, Aurora; Big Head Todd & The
Monsters/Los Colognes — The Vic, Chicago; Country-Western
Sing-Around — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove;
Little Bugsy/Max Shakun/Izzy Heltai — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; The Casmir Effect/The Moonlighters/
Chocolate In Your Pocket — Wire, Berwyn; Pat Taylor & Friends
— Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights; Moses Storm — Zanies, Chicago.
SUNDAY 23
Folsom Chicago — 28 Mile Vodka Distillery, Highwood; Charles
Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; An Irish
Heartbeat — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; The Whiskey Brothers
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Tunes With Tim/Bailey
Minzenberger/Free Range/Friko/Horsegirl — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Randy McAllister — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Luke Pytel
Blues Band/Laretha Franklin — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Dixie
Crush/Nick Pontarelli — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Makena Hartlin — Bub City, Rosemont;
Peaches Staten — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Hot Snakes —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Lukara Band — EvenFlow, Geneva;
British Buddy Alumni Big Band/Frieda Lee — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Petra Van Nuis/Andy Brown — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Gospel Brunch/Keith Scott/Tom Holland Duo — House
of Blues, Chicago; Linsey Alexander/Kingston Mines Blues Jam
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cheryl Wheeler — Old Town School,
Chicago; Bill McFarland & Chicago Horns — Promontory
Theater, Chicago; Rock Academy — Q-Bar, Darien; Bigklit —
Reggies, Chicago; Finding Neverland — Rialto Square Theater,
Joliet; The Brother Brothers/Dead Horses/Half Baked Goods —
Schubas, Chicago; Mountains For Color — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; The Howard Levy 4 — Space, Evanston; Purgatory/
Chain of Torment/Bad Blood/Whitney Fenimore/Soapbox Open
Mic — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Clark Beckham — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; My
One and Only — Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; Soul
Food Sunday w/Mr. Rhythms Band — Water Hole Lounge,
Chicago; Moses Storm — Zanies, Chicago.
MONDAY 24
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;
Robbie Gold — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John — Buddy Guy’s
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