WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY
Charles " Rick " Heath — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Demetria Taylor Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Brother John Kattke : Open Jam — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; The Hamiltones — City Winery , Chicago ; Comedy Open Mic — Coles , Chicago ; Lonnie / Lower Case Eddie Burns — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Gwen Jazz Jam — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Breezy Rodio — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Blues Week : Steepwater Band / Eric Noden — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Jagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Singer / Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Adam Zanolini — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Jason Kane & The Jive — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Joey J Saye Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Skooter ' s Idol — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Scarlet Demore / Demo Division / Crystal Killers — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Rachel Drew / Tennis Court Oath — SPACE , Evanston ; Line Dance Lessons / DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Turning Birds — The Burlington , Chicago ; Banda Corona Del Rey / Los Coroneles / El Malo — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Open Mic — The Vixen , McHenry ; Noel Miller — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Shorewood ; Jesus Trejo — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 2
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Disney On Ice : Frozen and Encanto — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Alectet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Floatie / Spirits Having Fun / Morinda — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Nate Manos with Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Scott Ellison — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; 90s Country Night ( Custom Playlist ) — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; G . Thomas Allen — City Winery , Chicago ; DJ Jose Bernal — Coles , Chicago ; Gordon Grdina ' s The Marrow — Constellation , Chicago ; Mint Fields — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam /: Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Rami & The Reliables — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Tomita / Midnight Residency — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Buddy Pearson — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Swing Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Blues Week : Joanna Connor & Altered Five Band — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ricky Liontones
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— House of Blues - Bar , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Karaoke — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Stand Up Comedy — Madcats , Palatine ; Scott Anderson of Cirrus Falcon — Old Republic , Elgin ; Phil Cook — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Miss Monique — Prysm , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; She Is The Music Chicago Winter Mixer — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; CHERISH Launch Party at Eris Cider House — Sleeping Village / Eris Cider House , Chicago ; Daniel Villareal — SPACE , Evanston ; Payasa / Old Coke / Indecorous / Stalled — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J . Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countyside ; Adam Melchor — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Good Measure / Phil Yates & The Affiliates — The Burlington , Chicago ; Comedy Cocktail — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Fitz and The Tantrums / Sammy Rash — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Jesus Trejo — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 3
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Disney On Ice : Frozen and Encanto — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; AJ Croce — Arcada , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlos — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Buddy Holly Tribute : Kenny James and Rave On — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Jump — Ave 912 , Griffith , IN ; Broken Demeanor / Sarlet / Demore — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band with Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Heartwreckers — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Back Alley / Fundamental Kink / TT Monroe — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Joe Fascetta Trio — Bub City , Rosemont ; Breezy Rodio — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Back 2 Mac — City Winery , Chicago ; Matt Piet Trio — Constellation , Chicago ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Line Dancing — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Red Not Chili Peppers — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; The Serfs / Choke Chain — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Too Hype Crew / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Illegal Smiles / Cam Pierce — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Heavy Sounds — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; The Menards ( Happy Hour ) — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; DJ — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; BBI — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Crawpuppies — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Craig Turner
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— Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grille , South Bend , IN ; R . Mutt / Plant Matter / Daniel Fromberg — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / Mama Digdown Brass Band — Green Mill , Chicago ; Sharon Lewis — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Van Halen Nation — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Cafe , Gary , IN ; Chris Young — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Live , Gary , IN ; Karaoke / DJ Blanco — Heroes West , Lemont ; Blues Week : Chicago Blues Supersession — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Eden — House of Blues , Chicago ; Strangelove — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Bret Ernst — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Panos Kiamos — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Rod Tuffcurl ' s & The Bench Press — Joe ' s on Weed Street , Chicago ; Foo La La / Motley Cruella — Madcats , Palatine ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Yankee Cowboy — Old Republic , Elgin ; Spafford / Chachuba — Park West , Chicago ; Escape — Piazza , Aurora ; Bart Attacks — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Knein Plays Skull & Roses — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Desert Hearts — Prysm , Chicago ; Lizzy & The Rockers — Q Bar , Darien ; Jason Kane & The Jive ( Midnight ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Khaliyah X / Morgan Gold / Mila La Morena — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Marisela — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Line Dance Lessons — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Comedy Showcase — Schubas , Chicago ; Motel Breakfast / Lila Sol / Orisun — Schubas , Chicago ; Infunktious — Shakers , Ottawa ; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Jadu Heart / GOON — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Things That Go Bump In The Night with Derrick Carter ( Smartbar Reopening Party ) — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Yonder Mountain String Bang — SPACE , Evanston ; Emo Nite LA — Subterranean , Chicago ; Trash Fiasco / Edging / Cultesac — The Burlington , Chicago ; Hellbilly Deluxe / Now I ' m Nothing / Absolution — The Forge , Joliet ; David Singer & The Sweet Science / Pilots — The Hideout , Chicago ; Chad Watson — The Venue , Aurora ; Felix & Fingers Dueling Pianos — The Vixen , McHenry ; Nora Marks / Cut Your Losses / Damager — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Hemispheres — Untitled , Chicago ; Greensky Bluegrass / Holly Bowling — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Lil Maru / irlzluhdev / 22 GFAY — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Yabba Griffiths & Traxx : Bob Marley B-Day / Kinky P — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Jesus Trejo — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 4
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Disney On Ice : Frozen and Encanto
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— Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Rockzilla — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Exit 147 — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Chicago Stand Up Showcase — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Emo Band Karaoke — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band with Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Pinion / Whiskey Matrix — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Fast Times : 80s Party / Costume Contest — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; South City Revival — Bub City , Chicago ; Chicago Blues All-Stars — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Diamondback — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Eshanthinka Living Room — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Jessica Audiffred / Versa / Drinkurwater — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Mr . Blotto / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; DJ — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Crawpuppies — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Smith & Turner — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grille , South Bend , IN ; Paper Machete — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mississippi Heat — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Nate Venturelli — Hard Rock Casino - Hard Rock Cafe , Gary , IN ; Blues Week : Mud Morganfield / Studebaker John — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Sullivan Sisters — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Eden — House of Blues , Chicago ; Bret Ernst — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Boy Band Night — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Rod Tuffcurl ' s & The Bench Press — Joe ' s on Weed Street , Chicago ; Red Delicious — Madcats , Palatine ; Second Hand News / Hard Promises — Martyrs , Chicago ; Night Spice / The Weekend Run Club / Wolf Rd / Good Hangs — Metro , Chicago ; Taylor & Mane — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Citronaughts / Jam in Between / Vinto Van Go — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Teen Open Mic — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Stangelove / Electric Duke — Piazza , Aurora ; Charlie Thorton — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Billy Denton — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Eclipse Pink Floyd Show — Q Bar , Darien ; James Hype — Radius , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Stephen Hull Experience — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Intocable — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Buckle — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Nick Leng ( 8pm ) — Schubas , Chicago ; Upbeat Music Student Showcase ( Noon ) — Schubas , Chicago ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Shakers , Ottawa ; Todd Michael Band — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Motel
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