Elmhurst ; Jane Remover / Quannnic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Midnights : Taylor Swift Dance Party ( 10pm ) — Subterranean , Chicago ; Blue Voodoo — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Hi Infidelity — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Night Lovell / Haarper and Germ — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; The Red Roses — The Venue , Aurora ; Dad ' s Landfill / Sharp Pins / Alga — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Toronzo Cannon — Untitled , Chicago ; Jonathan Van Ness — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Kashmir The Led Zepellin Show — Vixen , McHenry ; Jake Johann — Zanies , Chicago ; Andrew Dismukes — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 18 FEBRUARY
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Rat Pack Sunday — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Paint , Plants & Brews — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Stefan Hillesheim — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; J . Howell — City Winery , Chicago ; Mama Mia Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Wilkinson / Grafix / Biobooster — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Departure Duo — Constellation , Chicago ; Patrizio Buanne — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Plant Matter / Godstar Megamax / The Trenchies — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Brunch : Decoy Prayer Meeting — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Shaun Gotti & Showtime / Chicago Skyliners — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Jack Cunningham — Four Winds Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Lewis Black — Genesee , Waukegan ; Soul Message / Uptown Poetry Slam — Green Mill , Chicago ; Big Jay Oakerson — Improv , Schaumburg ; Dee Alexander Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Talisk / The Trials Of Cato — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Midnight Sun Band — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; The Hoyle Brothers — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Presidents ’ Day Queen ! — Metro , Chicago ; Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players — Old Town School , Chicago ; The Flips / Dwells / Nora Marks — Schubas , Chicago ; Queen !: Craig Alexander / Derrick Carter / Demuja / Michael Serafini / Mr . White / Rika B — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Evan Honer / Brendan Walter / The Rock and Roll Playhouse — Space , Evanston ; Draggy Tingz — Subterranean , Chicago ; School Of Rock Libertyville — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Squid / Water From Your Eyes — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Night Lovell / HAARPER / Germ — The Rave Eagles Club , Milwaukee , WI ; Hossier Ditty — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Ian Karmel — Zanies , Chicago ; Jake Johannsen — Zanies , Rosemont .
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MONDAY 19
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Shout Section Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Ready For Death / Surgery Cult / Bodyman Want — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Zack Fedor / Blake Burkhart — Reggies – Music Joint , Chicago ; Brad Billmaier Quartet — Space , Evanston ; Singo — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Pink Sweat $/ Solomon — Thalia Hall , Chicago .
TUESDAY 20
Life ' s a Bit — Alive One , Chicago ; Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Bingo with Aunt Nance — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Lace Larabee — City Winery , Chicago ; BCMC / andPlay — Constellation , Chicago ; DJ Bingo — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mothstoryslam — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Music Trivia — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Singo — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Andy Pratt Trio CD Release — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Ron Pope / Zach Berkman / Taylor Bickett — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Marina — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies – Music Joint , Chicago ; Dave Herrero & Friends — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Mark Ambor — Schubas , Chicago ; No Tagbacks / Lever / Sex Dream — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Jimmy Farece Quartet — Space , Evanston ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with West Aurora HS — The Venue , Aurora .
WEDNESDAY 21
Jagged Little Pill — 115 Bourbon St ., Merrionette Park ; Sova N ' Friends — Alive One , Chicago ; Charles Heath Presents — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Jazz Jam West — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Blues Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Trivia — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; XOXO , Cody — City Winery , Chicago ; Blood Tithe / Hanging Fortress / Weeping — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Frequency Festival : Nate Wooley / Sarah Saviet — Constellation , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Blues Interviews : Nick Moss
& Oscar Wilson — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Rachael Silvert — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Beppe Gambetta — Old Town School , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Polyanna , Roselle ; Cancerslug / DOS / Pure Intention — Reggies – Music Joint , Chicago ; Joanna Connor Band — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Souly Had / Johnny 2 Phones — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Jill Andrews — Space , Evanston ; Line Dancing — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Comedy Open Mic — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Letterkenny Presents : A Night of Stand Up — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; Bein Ian with Jordan — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 22
Open Jam — Alibi Pub , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Anthony Bruno — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Improv Night — Arcada Theatre - Studio 64 , St . Charles ; Tyler Farr — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Wildcat — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; That 1 Guy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Open Mic — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Kent Burnside — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Lydia Cash / Olivia & The Lovers — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Michael Flatley ' s Lord of The Dance — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; The Veils — City Winery , Chicago ; Wilmette / Ghoul For A Goblin : Album Release / Bottombracket — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Shea Coulee / Monet X Change / Tayce / LaLa Ri / Luxx Noir London — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Frequency Festival : Kang & Kenney / Zarabanda Variations — Constellation , Chicago ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; 2 Steppin — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Tim Velez — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; The Moods — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Cafe Carly — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Stand Up Comedy — House Of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Tim Dillon — Improv , Schaumburg ; Karaoke — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Denise Thimes Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Pierce Crask — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre — Old Town School , Chicago ; OPE / Bart Attacks / Whoosh — Reggies – Music Joint , Chicago ; Sammy Boller — Rookies RocHaus , West Dundee ; Rosa ' s All- Stars Band Feat . Lil Ed Williams — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; S Club — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Agua / DJ Iggy / DJ Chava / Mista Ricksta — Schubas , Chicago ; Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Big Ass Sketch Revue — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Victoria Victoria / Charlie Hunter — Space , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ;
Kate Kennedy — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Violet Clare — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Sooshi Mango : Off The Boa — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Cipha Sounds — Zanies , Chicago ; Bein Ian with Jordan — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 23
Fueled By Emo — 115 Bourbon St ., Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Petra ' s Recession Seven / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Magic & Mischief — Arcada - Studio 64 , St . Charles ; Antonia Bennett — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Haken — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Tiffany ( Ladies Night Out ) — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Nate Manos / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Militarie Gun / Pool Kids / Spiritual Cramp — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Dalton & The Sheriffs — Bub City , Chicago ; Joe Fascetta — Bub City , Roselle ; Toronzo Cannon — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Reverie Stone — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Howard Hewett — City Winery , Chicago ; Indira Paganotto / Hhunter / Danny Zeidan — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; 90s Pop Nation — Corrigan ' s Pub , Shorewood ; The Wiseguys — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Time Traveler Moody Blues Show — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; One of the Boyzz — Evenflow , Geneva ; Special Concensus — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Kathryn & Chris ( 5pm ) — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Lit — Four Winds , New Buffalo , MI ; DJ Jelliefish — Four Winds - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Imphormal — Four Winds - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; The Red Roses — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Mike Talbot — Four Winds - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Eclipse — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Chris Foreman / Sheila Jordan — Green Mill , Chicago ; Tom Holland and The Shuffle Kings — Hard Rock Casino – Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Nate Venturelli — Hard Rock Casino – HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Bronte Fall — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Mark Taylor — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Demi Clara — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Tim Dillon — Improv , Schaumburg ; Denise Thimes Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Jackson Dean / Dee White & Mae Estes — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Barry Can ' t Swim — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; SoulBliss — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; Stefan Hillisheim — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; SunnDog / The Fomites / Mrs . Smith and The Present — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Max Barskih — Park West , Chicago ; Ignite The Courage Comedy ( 4:30pm )/ Matt Keen — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Chris Stussy / Beltran — Prysm , Chicago ; Goddamn Ranchhand Band / Stumblebum Brass Band / Metalliques — Reggies – Music Joint , Chicago ; Desi Banks — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Gerald McClendon Soul Keeper — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Molly Grace / The Wonderlands — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Elton Aura / Semiratruth — Sleeping Vil-
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