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Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Change Is Good — Front Street Tap ,
Harvard; The Good Time Charlie’s — Gaynor’s Pub, Medinah;
Sam Savage — Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; The Mix — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Hugh Too — Heroes West, Joliet; Hari Kondabolu/
Martin Morrow/DJ Dan Maloney — Hideout, Chicago; Deja Vu —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; 16 Candles — HOME, Arlington
Heights; An Evening With Led Zeppelin 2/Mike Wheeler/
Cadillac Dave & The Chicago Redhots — House of Blues,
Chicago; Wade Bowen — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Duke Tumatoe/
Vance Kelly — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The GO! Team/Javelin/
Jude Shuma — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; AV Club/Bumpus/Nice
Motor — Martyrs, Chicago; Metz/Bully/Slow Mass — Metro,
Chicago; Gary Lee Kirkpatrick Band — Mister Mo’s Sports Bar,
Palos Heights; Unchained/Night Train — Mt Barrels,
Schaumburg; Boy Band Night — Nevin’s Brewing Company,
Plainfield; Nasti Habitz/Jaktripper/TEN96 — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; Hi Infidelity/DJ Filth — Q Bar, Darien; Code Blue/
Loveblast — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Ballyhoo! — Reggies,
Chicago; Gill Landry/Pieta Brown/Liza Anne/Bubbles Brown —
Schubas, Chicago; Rumor Hazit — Sideouts, Island Lake;
Tomorrow Never Knows Festival w/Ectomorph/Justin Long/
Nathan Drew Larsen/Sold — Smart Bar, Chicago; Tim Reynolds
— Space, Evanston; The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young
Frankenstein — Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, IN; Infinity —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Valentine — The Cottage, Crystal Lake;
Mallory Lennon & The Sykadelix — The Gambler, McHenry;
Acoustically Sound — Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Aeraco — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Sixcups/Toy Robots/Future Someday/School
Of Rock Oak Park: Ska & Reggae — Wire, Chicago; Joey Domino
— Zachary’s Bar, Chicago.
SUNDAY 17
The Osmonds — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Too Hot To Handel
— Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co. —
B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Mr. Dave/Max Nishida/Sincere Engineer/
Philip Beltz — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel/ Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Middle Of The Road/Hoosier
Highway — Blue Chip Rocks, Michigan City, IN; A Night Of Music
& Comedy w/Chris Bratton of The Office — BrauerHouse,
Lombard; McKenzies Mill — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy w/
Randy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Del McCoury
Band w/Jeff Austin Band — City Winery, Chicago; Wanyama/
Three-Fifths/Rough Draft/Paul-Ramey/ Shatteredbelow/
Kristen Brassel, Emily Chicoine & Annie Kennedy (Lounge) —
Elbo Room, Chicago; DJ Exit Request Show — Exit, Chicago; Bill
O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners/Teen Artist Open Mic —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration —
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin; Orgy/Bobaflex/Death Valley
High — HOME, Arlington Heights; Kirk Franklin’s Gospel Brunch
/Brittany Marlette/Chicago Slim & Friends — House of Blues,
Chicago; JMSN/Steven A. Clark/Kinky Love — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; For Frankie: A Benefit For the Frankie Knuckles
Foundation w/David Morales/Louie Vega/Terry Hunter/
Derrick Carter/Rochelle Fleming/Adeva/Michael Serafini —
Metro, Chicago; Jimmy Bennington’s Colour & Sound — Red
Line Tap, Chicago; Chicago Battle of the Bands — Reggies,
Chicago; Lou Barlow/Andrew St. James/Paul Bergmann/Gia
Margaret — Schubas, Chicago; Karaoke — Shaker’s, Chicago;
For Frankie: Benefit For Frankie Knuckles Foundation Feat.
David Morales/Louie Vega/Terry Hunter/Derrick Carter/
Rochelle Fleming/Adeva/Michael Serafini/Garrett David —
Smart Bar, Chicago; Eddie Hostein & Steve Dawson — Space,
Evanston; The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein —
Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, IN; Bob Saget — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Scooby Doo &
The Mystery Machine/Red Light Compliance/Everyone Says/
School Of Rock Oak Park: Punk & Ska/Reggae — Wire, Chicago.
MONDAY 18
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS
Express/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy
Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Syleena
Johnson — City Winery, Chicago; Thelonius Monday w/DJ RB
Green/DJ Schmalz/Push Beats Weekly — Double Door, Chicago;
Buzzed Spelling Bee — Elbo Room, Chicago; Staring Problems/
Toupee/Tongues/Powers & Light — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Robbie Fulks/High Plains Jamboree — Hideout, Chicago;
Joanna Connor/Sheryl Youngblood — House of Blues, Chicago;
Open Mic — Red Line Tap, Chicago; MajicalCloudz/She-Devils —
Schubas, Chicago; Pub Trivia — The Lodge on 64, St. Charles.
TUESDAY 19
Cruel Hand/Drug Church/Culture Abuse/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; Jazmin Sky — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Kaki
King-The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body — City Winery, Chicago;
Baby Money/Carnivore Bones — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open
Mic — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Team Trivia — Four Winds Casino,
New Buffalo, MI; Hamilton/Leithauser & Paul Maroon —
Hideout, Chicago; Pub Trivia — HOME, Arlington Heights; Windy
City Duo/Smiley Tilmon/Phil Jacobson — House of Blues,
Chicago; The Mudflapps — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto/
1349 — Reggies, Chicago; Red Baraat w/DJ Bashert — Space,
Evanston; Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — United
Center, Chicago.
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WEDNESDAY 20
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; Johnny Rawls — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Davina & The Vagabonds