Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, February listings by January 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 717-5666, or
e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER
Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Nobunny — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Demetria Taylor/JW
Williams — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Judson Brown Dueling
Strings — Bub City, Chicago; Judson Brown Dueling Strings —
Bub City, Chicago; Linsey Alexander — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; John Oliver — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Living
Colour/Poi Dog Pondering — City Winery, Chicago; Frances
Luke Accord/Open Mic — Elbo Room, Chicago; SideBar
Sessions w/Ken Partyka/Tom Vaitsas — Fitzgerald’s, Chicago;
Guy King/Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Carl
Weathersby/Mike Wheeler w/Peaches Staten — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Diarrhea Planet/Jeff The Brotherhood/
Tenement — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Henhouse Prowlers —
Martyr’s, Chicago; Nick Hudac/Foresight/The Inevitable Future
/Sincere Engineer — Quenchers, Chicago; Sugar Blue
Unplugged — Rosa’s, Chicago; Deadmau5/Chvrches/Run The
Jewels/Robin
Schulz/Bonobo/Cherub/JamieJones/
Thundercat/Joywave/Probcause/Rezz — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Nick Waterhouse & Guests — Schubas, Chicago;
Richard Thompson — Space, Evanston; Brandi Carlile w/Bryan
Elliott — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing
Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — The Green Mill, Chicago;
Railroad Earth w/Horshoes and Hand Grenades — The Vic,
Chicago.
THURSDAY 31 DECEMBER
Whitey Morgan & The 78’s — Abbey Pub, Chicago; The Bronx
Wanderers — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; NYE w/Kevin
Presbrey & The Midwest/Feed The Birds/Saint Astro —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; NYE w/Deacon Blues/Simply Elton/New
York Rock & Soul Revue — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Nobunny
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Pirate Radio/Bill Robinette —
Beelow’s, Lake Zurich; Simply Kathleen — Bella Mia, Midlothian;
Maurice John Vaughn/Shirley Johnson Band — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Radio Tokyo — Blue Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN;
Todd Hembrook & The Hemispheres 10th Anniversary
Show/The Crombies — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Chi-Town
Rising NYE w/American Authors & Chicago — Broadcast Blvd.,
Chicago; Shawn Lacy — Bub City, Chicago; New Year’s Eve Bash
w/Mike Wheeler/NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Country DJ/Dancing — Cadillac Ranch, Bartlett; This End Up —
Carlucci, Downers Grove; John Oliver — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Robert Randolph & The Family Band — City Winery,
Chicago; Ministry w/Fashion Bomb/Break Silence w/Branx
(late) — Concord, Chicago; NYE w/Local H — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Alex & The All Stars — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Har Mar
Superstar/White Mystery/Absolutely Not/DJ Ldy Prblms/Lucy
Stoole/Curlene Ribbon/Joan Waters/Nico/The Vixen/The Lady
Ivory — Double Door, Chicago; Lucky Boys Confusion w/
Farraday/Top Shelf Lickers & Steve Knecht — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; Fun Times DJ/All About Good Time Entertainment —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; NYE Featuring Neon Indian DJ Set —
East Room, Chicago; NYE Event Feat. Don’t Speak & Pearl Jam
Tribute — Elbo Room, Chicago; The Gories & The Oblivians/
Windy City Soul Club — Empty Bottle, Chicago; 35th Anniversary
New Year’s Eve Show w/Robbie Fulks & The Famous Brothers
(Club)/Expo ‘76 & The Total Pro Horns (SideBar) — Fitzgerald’s,
Chicago; Classical Blast/Rhinestone DJ D — Grand Victoria
Casino, Elgin; New Year’s Eve In Style w/DJ Nikki & DJ Chris
Mix — Hard Rock Cafe, Chicago; Soda/Shout Section/Ken
Phelps — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; NYE DJ/Karaoke w/Party
Favor/Bixel Boys — HOME, Arlington Heights; Sharon Jones &
The Dap Kings/Keithen Banks/Mike Wheeler — House of Blues,
Chicago; 7th Heaven/Stereo Heart/DJ Spin — Hyatt Regency
O’Hare, Rosemont; Hitsleep — J. W. Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; New
Year’s Eve w/Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; The Moonlight Pickers — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol;
Joanna Connor Blues Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Diarrhea
Planet/Jeff The Brotherhood/Juiceboxxx — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Modern Day Romeos — Loaded Buffalo, Mundelein;
Henhouse Prowlers — Martyr’s, Chicago; Chicago Amplified: A
New Year’s Celebration/The Moth/Diana & The Dishes/DJ
Ayana Contreras — Mayne Stage, Chicago; NYE 2015: The
Promise Ring Performs “Nothing Feels Good” w/Into It. Over
It. — Metro, Chicago; New Year’s Eve Party — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Chi-Town Rising Resolution New Year’s Eve Gala
w/DJ Metro — Navy Pier, Chi