Chicago; The Shades/Michael C. Hayes — Martyrs, Chicago;
Open Mic — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Josh A. Dawson — Space,
Evanston; Pub Trivia — The Lodge on 64, St. Charles.
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County Blues Band — Red Line Tap, Chicago; The Sabres/Loud
Mouth — Reggies, Chicago; White Chedda — Schubas, Chicago;
Suit Up — Sideouts, Island Lake; Hot Chip/Scotty Brandon —
Smart Bar, Chicago; Billy Branch & The Sons of the Blues —
Space, Evanston; Christa Karaoke — Strike & Spare II, Lockport;
7th Heaven — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; All City Showdown
Chicago ‘15 Video Premiere — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Erik Donner
— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Kashmir — The Tree, Joliet;
Greensky Bluegrass/Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers — The Vic,
Chicago; Aim Your Enemies/Dulco/Oops/Talk To You
Never/When We Was Kids — Wire, Chicago; Afterglow —
Zachary’s Bar, Chicago.
SUNDAY 3
Sunday Night Trivia — Act One Pub, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks &
Masheen Co. — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Sarah Jayne Lane — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Smokin’ Gunz/Spike & The Spitwads — Blue Chip Rocks,
Michigan City, IN; Pistol Pete — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Pokey LaFarge w/Jack Grelle — City Winery, Chicago; Ian’s
Party w/Meat Wave/Sweet Cobra/Strawberry Jacuzzi/
Sophagus/Rat Hammer/Nine-Eyed Lion/Mean Sean/The
Bingers/Brickfight/Boxsledder/Chicken Happen/Angel Lust —
Double Door, Chicago; Erzuilie — Elbo Room, Chicago; Eleventh
Dream Day/Sam Prekop/Hydrofoil/Al Scorch’s Winter Slumber
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Metal Alliance — Exit,
Chicago; Limited Edition Big Band — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Get
Off The Couch/Frances Luke Accord/Quinn Tsan/Ryan Joseph
Anderson/Matthew Morgan — Hideout, Chicago; Kirk Franklin’s
Gospel Brunch/Co-Stanza/Chicago Slim & Friends — House of
Blues, Chicago; Rain Delay — Q Bar, Darien; Among The Tombs/
Reverend Ruin — Quenchers, Chicago; Lest You Howl —
Quenchers, Chicago; Atticus Lazenby Group — Red Line Tap,
Chicago; Jungle of Cities — Reggies, Chicago; Karaoke —
Shaker’s, Chicago; Queen! w/Michael Serafini/Garrett David/
Ron Carroll — Smart Bar, Chicago; American English — Space,
Evanston.
MONDAY 4
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Michael
Heaton — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Steve Earle — City Winery,
Chicago; Push Beats Weekly — Double Door, Chicago; Buzzed
Spelling Bee — Elbo Room, Chicago; Bottomed/Nude Attitude/
Holy Family/Skrewherit — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joanna
Connor/Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames — House of Blues,
TUESDAY 5
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry
Johns/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Wine &
Canvas — Blue Chip Rocks, Michigan City, IN; Country Karaoke
— Bub City, Chicago; Nick Bell — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Steve Earle — City Winery, Chicago; The Big Ship/Billington/
Wyche/Shippy/TALSounds/Kyle Landstra — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Bluesday Tuesday w/Kinzie Report/Open Mic —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Team Trivia — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; First Tuesdays w/Mick & Ben — Hideout, Chicago;
Pub Trivia — HOME, Arlington Heights; Mike Wheeler/Steve
Ditzell & Blue Lightning/Dylan Hankey — House of Blues,
Chicago; Manuals/Xavier Breaker Coalition/Stereo Genius/
Makaya McCraven — Martyrs, Chicago; The Mudflapps — Red
Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto/Brian Moroney — Reggies,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 6
BLUES Jam Hosted by Big Ray & Chicago’s Most Wanted —
B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Open Mic with John O — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
Open Mic with Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW
Williams/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Line
Dancing/Country Music — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Dueling Guitars — Bub City, Chicago; Dustin Pittsley — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Come Up New Music Showcase
w/Add-2/Ric Wilson/Damon Williams — Double Door, Chicago;
Reaches/Richard Album & The Singles/Mega Bog/Deadbeat —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sidebar Sessions w/Chanson du Chat —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Dance Party — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Johnny Young/Lanzon/Angela James — Hideout,
Chicago; Keithen Banks/Joanna Connor/Windy City Indie:
Nonpronto — House of Blues, Chicago; Rival Maps/Big Black
Bird — Martyrs, Chicago; Ladies Night Out — Rambo’s Bar,
Somonauk; Silas Rex/Prehistoric/benZadok/N1N9 — Red Line
Tap, Chicago.
THURSDAY 7
JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago;
Songwriters Jam — Ballydoyle, Aurora; American Opera/Hey
Rabbit/Tyler Sjostrom/Chaz Hearne — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Scott Dubose — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy w/Dustin Pittsley
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Dwele w/DJ Mark Fullaflava —
City Winery, Chicago; Kat & Hala Acoustic — Durty Nellies,
Palatine; Mookie Betts/Bri Ingram/Lipstick Jodi — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Groves/Boxing Fetish/Pool Holograph/Autumn
Island — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Brian Ritchey/ExtraOcular —
Hideout, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke Night — HOME, Arlington
Heights; Keith Scott/Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar
Boys — House of Blues, Chicago; Justin Lynch — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; Big C Jamboree/Tiny Miles Trio — Martyrs, Chicago;
David’s Bazaar — Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Open
Mic/John Buschner — Nite Cap, Chicago; Tyler Hilton — Q Bar,
Glendale Heights; Lest You Howl/Horrible — Quenchers,
Chicago; Trivia Night — Rambo’s Bar, Somonauk; Atom Meets
Bomb — Reggies, Chicago; Suburban Cowboys — Rivers Casino,
Des Plaines; Rhythm of Time: DJ SJ vs. DJ Jena Max — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Tommy Womack — Space, Evanston; Girls Night
Out - former Chippendales — The Tree, Joliet; The Freedom
Paradox/Main Street Crusers/The Deathstrokes — Wire,
Chicago.
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