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Legends, Chicago; Windy City Duo/Joanna Connor — House of
Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band plus guests — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; John Mead’s True Believers — Martyrs, Chicago;
Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo with Burke
— Reggies, Chicago; Papooz/Pleasures/Open Mic Comedy —
Schubas, Chicago; Sex No Babies EP ReleaseShow — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Crooked Teeth/CRLO/Goldboot/The
Homecoming — Subterranean, Chicago; Clark Beckham —
Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago.
TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Angel Spiccia — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Windy City Rev Ups —
Base Camp, Lisle; Downtown Charlie Brown — Beacon Tap, Des
Plaines; Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Cam’ron — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Fatoumata Diawara — City Winery, Chicago;
Royal Tusk/Brkn Love — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open Mic —
Empire, Naperville; Mentalease/Space Gators/Sally Haze —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Dibs Brass Band/Mario Abney & the
Abney Effect Brass Band/Dan Ingenthron — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; J-Livi & The Party — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; The
Shivas — Hideout, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Rodney Brown Duo
— House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael Wheeler/
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Anna of the
North/Quadry — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer — Martyrs,
Chicago; The Glorious Sons/Des Rocs — Metro, Chicago; Mr.
Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanas/Dave Herrero —
Rosa’s, Chicago; Stonefield — Sleeping Village, Chicago; JJ Grey
— Space, Evanston; Cajun Strangers — The Palace Theater,
Wisconsin Dells, WI; Carrellee/Jared Jones — Uncommon
Ground Lakeview, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 26
Pino Farina Duo — 28 Mile Vodka Distillery, Highwood; Thaddeus
Tukes Duets — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Johny Cash Tribute — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams Blues Band/Laretha Weathersby
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; 070Shake — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
The One Jr. — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Ballyhoo/Iya
Terra — Brauer House, Lombard; Folsom — Bub City, Chicago;
Mackenzie O’Brien Band — Bub City, Rosemont; Joanna Connor
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Raul Midon & Lionel Loueke —
City Winery, Chicago; Laurie Shelley/Joe Valentino — Club 210,
Highwood; Chaos In Creation/Alltimatum/Lost Pyramids —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Karaoke w/Sheila E — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Trivia Night — Empire, Naperville; Little Lizard/Eric
Donte/Henry Hank/Kevin And Hell — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Sam Robinson Quintet — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; DJ Mike Smith —
Hideout, Chicago; Omar Coleman Duo/Joanna Connor — House
of Blues, Chicago; Zack Villere/Mulherin — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; The Last Word Quintet/Typhanie Monique — Martyrs,
Chicago; Alash — Old Town School, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke
— Reggies, Chicago; Metal Trivia (Shack) — Reggies, Chicago;
John Primer & Steve Bell — Rosa’s, Chicago; Lurrie Belle
Acoustic — Rosa’s, Chicago; Safari Room/The Phantom
Broadcast/Guest — Schubas, Chicago; Man or Astro-Man —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; JJ Grey — Space, Evanston; DJ Spin —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Yeti Film Tour — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Low-reen & Maxwell Street Market Blues Jam — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago.
THURSDAY 27
Mark & Paul — 28 Mile Vodka Distillery, Highwood; Soul
Message Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Lund/guccihighwaters/
Cory Wells — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; The One Jr. — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Over The Side — Bub City, Chicago; NuBlu Band — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Freddy Jones Band/Brett Wiscons —
City Winery, Chicago; Trouble Ahead — Club 210, Highwood;
Motherfolk/Almond&Olive/Carrying Torches — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Harambe’s Heroes/11,000 Switches/HoZac Records
DJ — Empty Bottle, Chicago; JUD & Friends — EvenFlow, Geneva;
Country Night in Berwyn — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Kevin Presbrey
& The Midwest — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Nick Moss Band/Dennis
Gruenling — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Erwin Helfer Trio/
Hanging Hearts/Twin Talk — Hideout, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/
Who’s Bad/Rollover — House of Blues, Chicago; Ryan Hurd/
Niko Moon/Joey Hyde — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Doum Sound/
City of Djinn/NAXO — Martyrs, Chicago; Nick & Adam —
Morretti’s, Barrington; Fox Crossing Stringband — Navy Pier,
Chicago; Sierra Hull — Old Town School, Chicago; Jim Ryan
Classic Albums: Betty Davis/Otis Redding — Reggies, Chicago;
Blues Jam Session with Willie Buck — Rosa’s, Chicago; Dave
Bruzza’s Unsafe At Any Speed — Schubas, Chicago; Reggae
Gold/Elliot Moss/Derover — Subterranean, Chicago; Midget
Wrestling — The Forge, Joliet; Saint Motel/Kolars — The Vic,
Chicago; Open Mic High (School/College) — Two Way Street
Coffee House, Downers Grove; Film: The Doc Talk Show —
Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Aventura — United
Center, Chicago; Jessica Kirson — Zanies, Chicago; Soul Swing
Hustle — ZaZa’s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 28
Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio —
Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Josh Turner — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
David Allan Coe — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Seven Soul —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Faded Flannel — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Dina
Bach — Bar Evolution, Batavia; CK & The Gray/Heads Up — Base
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