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WEDNESDAY 4
Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Judson— BubCity, Chicago; Smiley Tillmon w / Kate Moss— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Funkadesi— City Winery, Chicago; Beatlerama!— Double Door, Chicago; Open Mic— Elbo Room, Chicago; Peanut Butter Day Vol. 3 w / IT- XPO / Getclean / Sasquatch— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sidebar Session w / Suenos— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Late Night w / Frank Catalano Sextet— Green Mill, Chicago; Keithen Banks / Mallory Lennon / Windy City Indie: Audiobakery— House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison / Mike Wheeler w / Peaches Staten— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cornmeal Winter Wednesdays— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Pete Berwick— Potbelly, Algonquin; Cascader / Fieldmates / Horrible / Beaut / Frank Okay— Quenchers, Chicago; The Boy Illinois / Zverse / Juno Lostkause / Justin Ruff / Beekay / Add-2— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Sports / Kept Close / Mom Jeans / Graduating Life— Schubas, Chicago; Detention Hall Winter Break Edition— The Hideout, Chicago; Marianne Sullivan Open Mic— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Bowmanville Gypsy Jazz Band— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Heather Styka— Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; Dingus Khan / Lexi Alvarado / Rescue Dawn / Bring The Fallout— Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 5
Bally’ s Got Talent Round 3— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Micawber / Bloodletter / Withering Soul / Tenebrism— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Maurice John Vaughan Blues Band w / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Fletcher Rockwell— BubCity, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— BubCity, Rosemont; Buddy Guy w / Lazer Lloyd
— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Old Wounds / Exalt / Safe To Say— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; New Orleans / Stardusk Encounter— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Pete Berwick & Julie Heeren Bingo & Comedy— Cuda’ s Bar & Grill, Antioch; Shooter McGavin’ s House Party— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; The Level Up Tour / Tyler Michael Law / Pop Royalty Dance Party— Elbo Room, Chicago; Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show w / Dead Feathers / Calliope / Diagonal— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Annalee Hooson / Jeezy’ s Juke Joint Takeover— House of Blues, Chicago; Big C Jamboree / Rosie & The Rivets— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Non Exotic / Racecar Melody / Comet & The Tree / The End of Music— Quenchers, Chicago; Stardust Big Band— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Blackbear( Rock Club)/ The Green Waves( Music Joint)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Cowboy Junkies— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; The James Wheeler Blues Jam w / Lil Ed Williams— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; DJ SJ / Jena Max— Smart Bar, Chicago; Reggae Gold— Subterranean, Chicago; Devil In A Woodpile / Flux Bikes— The Hideout, Chicago; Wednesday 13 / Bourbon Cow / The Illogical / When Night Falls— Wire, Berwyn.
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FRIDAY 6
Mr. Blotto’ s Procrastinator’ s Ball— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Hey Jimmy— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Risky Business— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Blake Alexander— Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey / Jamrose / Ear Candy— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; That’ s What She Said / Crawpuppies— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip- Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials— BLUES, Chicago; Larry Anthony / Vilas / Midwest / James Ghareeb / Rolfe Neigenfind— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Maggie Speaks / Rockstar Rodeo— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Kofi Baker’ s Cream Experience— Brauer House, Lombard; Kimi Hayes— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Adairs Run— BubCity, Chicago; Buddy Guy w / Mike Wheeler— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; The Flat Live— City Winery, Chicago; Sean McKeough Memorial Benefit w / Naked Raygun / Deal’ s Gone Bad— Concord, Chicago; Daylight Sinners / YOKO / Luke Schmitt & The Cold Ones / Neon Creek— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Joe Fascetta— Cuzin’ s, Tinley Park; Ian’ s Party 2017: Absolutely Not / A Giant Dog / Ono / Typesetter / Salvation / Fake Limbs / Door No. 3 / The Howl / Lala Lala / Walking Bicycles / Drool / Storm Clouds / More Gorgeous / Big Baby— Double Door, Chicago; Semple— Draft Picks, Naperville; Old School Hip Hop Dance Party w / DJ Kayleigh Chaos— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Six To Midnight— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; The McNary Experience / North Breeze / Strangers Among Us / Shallowdive— Elbo Room, Chicago; Bionic Caveman / Lil Tits / Plastic Crimewave / Syndicate / Los Black Dogs / Velcro Lewis Group / DJs / Hard Country Honky- Tonk w / The Hoyle Brothers— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos— Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; American English / Chip Taylor— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Chicago Dueling Pianos— Four Winds Casino( Hard Rock), New Buffalo, MI; Junkyard Groove— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / John Moulder Group / After Hours Jam— Green Mill, Chicago; Lita Ford / Jack Russell’ s Great White / Kip Winger / Autograph and My Metal Heart— H. O. M. E. Bar, Arlington Heights; Dr. Feelgood & The 80’ s Babies— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Spoken Four— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Bryan w / Presley, Perkins, Lewis & Cash / DJ Delaney— House of Blues, Chicago; Perry Hutchins Band— J. W. Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; Deja Vu— Jambalaya @ Pheasant Run, St. Charles; The Disappointments— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Phil Vassar / Carter Winter— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Dave Eno Smooth Rockin’ Jazz— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Joanna Connor— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Saba / Joseph Chilliams / MFN Melo / DinnerwithJohn— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Flabby Hoffman— Livewire, Chicago; Tributorsaurus becomes... The Bee Gees— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Dixie Crush— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Vicious Circle / Judas Beast / Cover Dogs— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Pete Berwick— Potbelly, Gurnee; The Rockers— Q-Bar, Darien; Live DJ— Q- Bar, Glendale Heights; The Phonographs / Swell Suburbia /
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Harlan Flo— Quenchers, Chicago; Growler / Coyote Riot / Them Coulee Boys— Red Line Tap, Chicago; The Statues of Liberty( Music Joint)/ Mano( Rock Club)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Wedding Banned— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Nick Moss Band— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Paradise Fears / Jesse Sheppard— Schubas, Chicago; The Train to Somewhere— Sideouts, Island Lake; Juan Atkins / Kimyon / Sevron— Smart Bar, Chicago; Eddie“ The Chief” Clearwater— Space, Evanston; Go For Broke— State & Lake at the WIT, Chicago; Ian’ s Party / The Lincoln Lodge /— Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Dubbington— Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Interview Show w / Justin Kaufmann / Rodrick Dixon / San Andreas Fault— The Hideout, Chicago; Trap vs Juke— The MID, Chicago; Paul Strolia— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Kimi Hayes— Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Cheating at Solitaire / Dig Engine / Solor— Underground Lounge, Chicago; Empire State Express— Village Inn, Skokie; Elle Casazza Band / The Root Cause / Kingery / Hydro Static Union— Wire, Berwyn; Vito Zatto Show— Zachary’ s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 7
Kashmir— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Semple— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Anthem— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Hi Infidelity— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Paul Strolia Acoustic— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Complex Theory / Vex The MC / Freaks For Geeks / Walter J. Liveharder Feat. Jed Sed— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Afterglow— Bella Mia, Midlothian; Usual Chaos— Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Killer Flamingos— Blue Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials— BLUES, Chicago; Face The Fire / Gravesend / Withing The Trenches / Welp— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Hair Band Night— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Terrapin Flyer— Brauer House, Lombard; Related Rhapsody— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Just Janet and I— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Adairs Run— BubCity, Chicago; Stetsin & Lace— BubCity, Rosemont; Buddy Guy w / Guy King— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Whiskey Thunder— Bungalow Joe’ s, Hanover Park; Real Friends & Knuckle Puck Holiday Show w / Matt Kerekes / Homesafe / Sleep On It / Belmont / Caving— Concord, Chicago; Dr. Feelgood & The 80’ s Babies— Cuzin’ s, Tinley Park; DJ’ s For You Karaoke— Cuzin’ s Tavern, Midlothian; Ian’ s Party 2017: The Cell Phones / Lucy Stoole and The Ladies of Fabitat / Oreo Jones / Dim / Bow and Spear / Sophagus / Door No. 3 / Nnamdi’ s Sooper-Dooper Secret Side Project / Truman and His Trophy / Hawley / Ego / Sol Patches / Bloodhype— Double Door, Chicago; Members Only— Draft Picks, Naperville; Mike and Joe— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; All The Wine / Badwater Sound / The Tomblands / This Inspired / Brooks Ritter & The Lower Lights— Elbo Room, Chicago; Blizzard Babies / Udusic / Peach Fuzz / Goody Gel / MFA Opening w / Steven Husby / DJ No Kokomo / No Love— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Griffin Crowder— Fatty McGoo’ s, Bolingbrook; The Belvideres / Kack Swain’ s Big O— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; DJ Aaron Hodge— Four Winds Casino
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( Hard Rock), New Buffalo, MI; Classical Blast— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; The Paper Machete / John Moulder Group / After Hours Jazz Party w / Sabertooth— Green Mill, Chicago; Lita Ford / Jack Russell’ s Great White / Kip Winger / Autograph— H. O. M. E. Bar, Arlington Heights; Girl Next Door— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Arra— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Trippin Billies / DJ Matt Play— House of Blues, Chicago; Hitsleep— J. W. Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; The Boy Band Night— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Joanna Connor— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Jap Herron( CD Release)— Livewire, Chicago; Mr. Perfect / Wunderlich— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Teen Open Mic— Old Town School, Chicago; Ghost Citizen / Four Rifts / So Called Saints / All Out Mutiny / Atlanta Is Burning / All of Me— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Satchmo Saturday w / Corey Wilkes / Afro Fusion New Year Party— Promontory Theater, Chicago; Trainwreck— Q-Bar, Darien; Fletcher Rockwell— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Faade / Blind Elephant / Corral— Quenchers, Chicago; Seet / Hickory Gridlock / Rich Tan Buff / The Dirty Dangerous— Red Line Tap, Chicago; Hell Awaits( Rock Club)/ The Saltflowers( Music Joint)— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; The Vulgar Boatmen / Obleeks— Schubas, Chicago; Moon Money— Sideouts, Island Lake; Lauren Flaxx / Samone / Mindy Sherman— Smart Bar, Chicago; Ezra Furman— Space, Evanston; Ian’ s Party w / Yeesh / Rash / Mykelle Deville— Subterranean, Chicago; Kevin Presbrey— Sweet Caroline’ s, Hoffman Estates; Twista— Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Janeane Garofalo— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Chicks With Picks— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Dance Party w / DJ Ryan Weinstein / Radio Free Honduras / The New Constellations— The Hideout, Chicago; Kennedy Jones & Helena Legend— The MID, Chicago; Jerry Armstrong Show— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Dreadwolf / The Obsession / Headpins / Andrew Palmer— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Julian Jumpin
Perez— Venuti’ s, Addison; Rooks / Barrier / Pains / Bitter Thoughts / SOR Oak Park: Very Best of Pink Floyd / Pat, Debbie & Joan Throwdown— Wire, Berwyn; Dan Peters— Wise Owl, Chicago; Makena Hartlin Duo— World of Beer, Evanston; Whiskey & Harmony— Zachary’ s, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 8
Actual Murderers / Winterfest / Music For The People / Ice Cream Vendors / The Young Stracke Allstars— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Nellie Tiger Travis Blues Band— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Bernie Glim & Country Roads / Highnoon— Blue Chip- Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Makena Hartlin Duo— BubCity, Chicago; Ethan Bell— BubCity, Rosemont; Buddy Guy w / Jamiah Rogers— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Ian’ s Party 2017: Meat Wave / Vacation Bible School / Heart Shaped Hate / Lifestyles /
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