Illinois Entertainer February 2024 | Page 24

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THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY
Open Jam — Alibi Pub , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; The Alectet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; John 5 / Lilac — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Open Mic — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; Nate Manos / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Buddy Guy with Sonia Astacio / Brandye Phillips — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Tobacco City / Andrew SA — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Eli Rallo — City Winery , Chicago ; The Brunt / Mai Sugimot / Katie Ernst — Constellation , Chicago ; Red Not Chili Peppers — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Songwriter Circle — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Country Doctors — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Rob Yocom — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Chad Clifford — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; The Claudettes — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Stand Up Comedy — House Of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Karaoke — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Harry Allen & Andy Brown Trio — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Nate Smith / Dylan Schneider — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Joanna Connor / Joe Doyle — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Jaime Wyatt / Joshua Quimby — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Synthetic Smiles / The Soul Stones / Jimijon America — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Open Mic — Polyanna , Lemont ; Open Mic — Polyanna , St . Charles ; The Braymores / Estate Sale / Minocqua — Reggies – Music Joint , Chicago ; Sam Robinson Quintet — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Cruel / Diet Lite / Shoobie / The Courts — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Dylan LeBlanc / Jarrold Dickenson — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Brendan Abernathy / Dylan Owen — Space , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Railroad Earth — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; L . A . Guns / Yet Again / Ricky Liontones — The Forge , Joliet ; Low Groves / Jessica Mindrum — The Hideout , Chicago ; Politico Playbook : Shia Kapos & Christy George ( 5:30pm ) — The Hideout , Chicago ; Flatland Cavalry / Zach Top — The Rave Eagles Club , Milwaukee , WI ; Fabulous Thunderbirds — The Venue , Aurora ; Ralph Barbosa — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Bob Marley Birthday with Yabba Griffiths & Traxx — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Aaron Weber / Roast Battle — Zanies , Chicago ; Pete Lee — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 2
Original Band Night / 16 Candles — 115 Bourbon St ., Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Marques Carroll / Last Call — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; The Walk-Ins — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Seattle Rock Night — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; The 1985 — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Landon Conrath — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Strawdawg — Bub City , Roselle ; Buddy Guy with Sheryl Youngblood — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Sheep Numbers / Totally Fine / Molly Compton — Burlington Bar , Chicago ; Dan McGuiness Band — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Jazz is Led — City Winery , Chicago ; Ceruleum / Charm School / Imperfections / Weaklung — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Kream — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Brochure & Hearsay — Constellation , Chicago ; Anthem — Corrigan ' s Pub , Shorewood ; The Crombies / Beat The Smart Kids / Tone Zone Skam — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; The Soul Chasers — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Line Dancing ( 6:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Rico — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; The Menards / Tae & The Neighborly — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; DJ Jelliefish — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Joe Probst — Four Winds - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; 2 Steppin / Crawpuppies — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Jack Cunningham — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Four Horseman — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Rick Lindy & Jukebox Legends — Geneva Stage , Lake Geneva , WI ; Free Times / Cam ’ s Jams / Gal Gun ] — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman — Green Mill , Chicago ; Marlon Wayans — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; Laura Rain & The Caesars — Hard Rock Casino – Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Too Hype Crew — Hard Rock Casino – HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Despina Pafraides — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Mud Morganfield — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Pierce Crasik — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Badfish — House Of Blues , Chicago ; Sheryl Underwood — Improv , Schaumburg ; Harry Allen & Andy Brown Trio — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press / Bill Grady Band — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Chris Cagle / Mackenzie O ' Brien — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Guilty Knowledge — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Duke Tomatoe / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; No Vacation / French
Cassettes — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Petty Kings — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; Flip Phone XXL Dance Party & Drag Show : Kornbread / Hershii LiqCour-Jeté — Metro , Chicago ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Dan Doherty & Friends / Poster Girl / BloomSwitch — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Billy Denton — Polyanna , Roselle ; Carlita / Sinopoli / Miss B . Haven — Prysm , Chicago ; 3 For The Show — Q Bar , Darien ; Isoxo / Yojas / Dryden / Tazu — Radius , Chicago ; Bowmanville — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Jimmy Burns Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Los Alegres Del Barranco — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Christopher / Hayd — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; HYD / E Death / Folie — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Gabrielle Kwarteng / Madeline / Club Chow — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Chicken Bone — Space , Evanston ; Mr . Blotto — Stage 119 , Elmhurst ; Emo Nite — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country Night — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Whiskey Road — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Meth / See You Next Tuesday / Usurp Synapse / Deaf Club / DJ Speedstick — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Dance Party — The Forge , Joliet ; Friend of a Friend / Tommy Bravos / Así Así — The Hideout , Chicago ; Downtown Charlie Brown — The Venue , Aurora ; Marcus Bailey / Justin Sconza — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Clarissa / Kimberly Gordon — Untitled , Chicago ; Ralph Barbosa — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; LA Guns / Pete ' s Diary — Vixen , McHenry ; Zion Iyahbinghi — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Aaron Weber — Zanies , Chicago ; Pete Lee — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 3
Sparks Fly / Hair Band Night — 115 Bourbon St ., Merrionette Park ; Marques Carroll / Last Call — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Tony Ocean — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; MTV Generation : Acoustic Rock Show — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Buddy Holly Memorial — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Quinn Dale — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; From Here To Infirmiry / Savior — Basecamp , Lisle ; Beat The Meatles — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Desperate Bastards Duo — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Taylor Fest — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Bub City , Roselle ; Buddy Guy with Nublu Band featuring Carlisle Guy — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; The Spectral Distortions / James The Boneless / 13 Monsters / Stick Horse
— Burlington Bar , Chicago ; Sunfallen — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Vir Das — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; SunSquabi / Cofresi — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Goodbye Sunshine / Lost Dead / Pact Goons ( 4:30pm ) — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; RAIL : Radical Animals Illinois — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Dirt Monkey / Austeria — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Corrigan ' s Pub , Shorewood ; Daddy Daughter Dance ( Noon ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ Karaoke ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Rock Brigade / Night Songs — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Meat Wave / Cabeza De Chivo / Dogshit — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Planet Groove / Electro Retro — Evenflow , Geneva ; Wedding Banned — Evenflow , Geneva ; Backyard Tire Fire / Ryan Joseph Anderson — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Brunch : Box Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Tunes with Tim ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Imphormal — Four Winds - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Twice The Action — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Buddy Pearson — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; American English — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Dude Dad — Genesee , Waukegan ; Echoes of Pompeii — Geneva Stage , Lake Geneva , WI ; Paper Machete — Green Mill , Chicago ; George Lopez — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; DJ Richard Lembcke — Hard Rock Casino – Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Latin Swing Factor — Hard Rock Casino – HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Ian Leith — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ivy Ford / Little Victory — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): JJ Smith — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Meet Me @ The Altar — House Of Blues , Chicago ; Sheryl Underwood — Improv , Schaumburg ; Harry Allen & Andy Brown Trio — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press / Bonzo Sqaud — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Winn Knoll & The Rockin ' Souls — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Duke Tomatoe / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Wic Whitney / Violet Crime / The Mild West / Sydney Richards — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Sin Anestesia — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; Seán Cleland & the Kilgubbin Project - Record Release — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Rumor Hazit — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Pri- Mary / Accuracy — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Bonnie Koloc / Rose Snyder / Steve Eisen — Old Town School , Chicago ; Teen Open Mic — Old Town School - Armitage , Chicago ; Mayer Hawthorne / Chulita Vinyl Club — Park West , Chicago ; Infinity / Hi Infidelity — Piazza , Aurora ; School of Rock Geneva Showcase — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Borgeous / Capri / Nasty Nastia — Prysm , Chicago ; Wraith / Toxic Ruin / Cruel Bomb —
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