TUESDAY 27
Tap, Mokena; Kicksum44 — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park;
Fallout Boy — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Kashmir — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Acoustiholics — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern,
Woodstock; Pop Machine — Off Sides, Woodstock; Bill Frissell
— Old Town School, Chicago; Chicks With Picks — Open Range,
Batavia; Vicious Circle/PIPE/Backlash — Penny Road Pub, S.
Barrington; Broken Vegas Stripped/Photograph — Q Bar, Plano;
Yeesh/Den/Swimsuit Addition — Quenchers, Chicago;
Kerosene Stars/Runanaway Sun/Bear With Hawk Fist —
Reggie’s Music Joint, Chicago; Addison Groove/Helix/Whoa
B/Chris Widman — Smart Bar, Chicago; Paul Cebar Tomorrow
Sound — SPACE, Evanston; Dancing With The Stars — Star Plaza
Theater, Merrillville, IN; Rude Tommy — Sullivan’s Irish Pub,
Midlothian; C-Factor/Covergurl — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Erik
Donner — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Triple Threat — The
Gambler, McHenry; Pete Berwick — The Lodge, Antioch; One
Hot Mess — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — World Of
Beer, Evanston.
SUNDAY 25
Tango Buenes Aires — Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Poochamungas/
AndyRoo & The AndyRooniverse/Ice Cream Vendors/
Jarochicanos — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra — City
Winery, Chicago; A Caroline Show Portrait — Constellation,
Chicago; Rachel & Alex — Elbo Room, Chicago; Joey Derus —
Famous Dave’s, Bolingbrook; John Burnett Orchestra w/Frieda
Lee/Oak Park School of Rock (early) — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Moods — Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Third Coast’s Podcast
Therapy — Hideout, Chicago; Kirk Franklin’s Gospel Brunch —
House Of Blues, Chicago; Gorilla Music presents:Hi Oktane —
Mojoes, Joliet; Paulinho Garcia & Friends — Old Town School,
Chicago; Rock Chicago Records Showcase — Q Bar, Darien;
Post Script/We’ve Got Ours/Burn Rebuild — Quenchers,
Chicago; Seether/Papa Roach — Riviera, Chicago; Michael
Serafini/Garrett David/Dar Embarks — Smart Bar, Chicago;
Tween Stars Live Tour — Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, IN;
Shout Section — Sullivan’s Irish Pub, Midlothian.
MONDAY 26
Tenry Johns Blues Band w/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; I Hear Voices/Rob Jacobs/David Curtin/Alicia Walter
— Constellation, Chicago; Toupee/Soft Jolts/Nones/Onyou —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Robbie Fulks/The Pussycat Trio —
Hideout, Chicago.
Pistachio Brothers — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Brewin’ Grooves DJ
— Elbo Room, Chicago; A. Sinclair/Painted Zeros — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Dann
Morr/Kevin Lee & The Kings — Hideout, Chicago; Awful
Steamboat — Quenchers, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 28
Flabby Hoffman Comedy — Abbey Pub, Chicago; JW Williams
Band w/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Wynonna
Judd And Friends: Stories & Songs — City Winery, Chicago;
Classical Revolution: Picosa — Constellation, Chicago; Open
Mic — Elbo Room, Chicago; Brienn Perry Quartet — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Extreme: Pornograffitti Live- 25th Anniversary — House
Of Blues, Chicago; Josefina Rozenwasser & Matias Albamonte
Duo — Old Town School, Chicago; Gabe Dixon w/Hadley Kennary
— SPACE, Evanston; DJs For You/Family Fued — Sullivan’s Irish
Pub, Midlothian.
THURSDAY 29
String Cheese Incident — Aragon, Chicago; Shirley Johnson
Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jeff Daniels w/The Ben
Daniels Band — City Winery, Chicago; Rooms Trio w/Anders
Pollak — Constellation, Chicago; Woo Park/Monobody/
KamiKazee Vigilante/Rusty Gates — Double Door, Chicago;
Makena Hartlin/C2 And The Brothers Reed — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Country Night In Berwyn — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Four
Bitchin’ Babes — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Tony Ocean Show
— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Cary Kanno — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Devil In A Woodpile/Chicago Psych Fest VI: Under
The Ice/Circuit des Yeux/Natural Information Society/Copper
Crain/Tarnation/DJ’s — Hideout, Chicago; Swamp Heat —
House Of Blues, Chicago; Bahamas — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Brent Brown — Metro Deli Station, Chicago; Open Mic — Nite
Cap, Chicago; Classical Albums Performed: Ben Folds Five
“Whatever And Ever Amen”/Squeeze “Singles” — Reggie’s
Music Joint, Ch