SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER
New Year ’ s Eve Party — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Suite Mollie New Year ’ s Eve Party — 210 Restaurant , Highwood ; Adventure Club — Aragon Ballroon , Chicago ; NYE w / Diva Montell Band & NYE w / The Jersey Girls Dance Party — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Masked Intruder / The Reaganomics — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; NYE w / Luke Pytel & Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Chi-Town Soul / The Fairlanes — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; The Chicago Experience / P . S . Dump Your Boyfriend — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; NYE w / Murder By Death / The Life & Times — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Fletcher Rockwell — Bub City , Chicago ; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City , Rosemont ; NYE Party w / Mike Wheeler / NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Har Mar Superstar / Mr . Dave ’ s NYE Countdown to Noon — Chop Shop , Chicago ; The Bodeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Freestyle Forever : NYE Edition w / Cynthia & Johnny O / Lime / Rockell / Joe Zangie — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; The Sun Ra Arkestra w / Marshall Allen — Constellation , Chicago ; New Year ’ s Eve Pub Crawl — District Bar & Grill , Rockford ; Boy Band Review NYE Show — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones / All About A Good Time Entertainment — Eaglewood Resort , Itasca ; A Wilde New Years w / Firday Pilots Club — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Windy City Soul Club NYE / Guided By Voices — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Ronnie Baker Brooks / Expo ‘ 76 & The Total Pro Horns — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Lepolion Effect / Nicholas Barron — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Presley , Perkins , Lewis & Cash — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; New Year ’ s Eve Battle of the Saxes / Late Night Jam Session — Green Mill , Chicago ; Up All Night NYE w / The Right Now — Hideout , Chicago ; Keys of G / Hi Infidelity / Good Fellas — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Libido Funk Circus / Shindig ! — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Flogging Molly / Lucky Boys Confusion / The Waiting Game / The Top Shelf Lickers / Gospel Brunch — House of Blues , Chicago ; NYE w / 7th Heaven / Karma Committee / DJ Spin — Hyatt Regency O ’ Hare , Rosemont ; Peter & The Versatiles — Incontro A Tavola , S . Barrington ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball — Jenny ’ s Southside Tap , Mokena ; NYE w / Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Noname — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Stone Believers / Primary — Live Wire , Chicago ; Henhouse Prowlers / Sun Beard — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; New Year ’ s Eve Party in Crystal Gardens / 6th Annual Chicago Resolution Gala in Grand Ballroom — Navy Pier , Chicago ; Poison ’ d Crue — Nevin ’ s Brewing Company , Plainfield ;
Over The Rhine — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Dumpstaphunk / Honey Island Swamp Band / Nasty Snacks — Park West , Chicago ; Wrecked / Three Left + One — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; This End Up — Pheasant Run , St . Charles ; The Suicide Machines / Bad Cop Bad Cop / Rebel Spies / The Eradicator ( Rock Club )/ We Are Union / Airstream Futures / Break Anchor / Still Alive ( Music Joint )/ NYE Rooftop Party — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Greensky Bluegrass / Billy Strings — Riviera Theater , Chicago ; Billy Branch & The SOBs New Year ’ s Eve Celebration — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Dance Yourself Clean / Lights & Music DJs — Schubas , Chicago ; NYE Queen ! w / Ariel Zetina / Eris Drew / Garrett David / Harry Cross / Michael Serafini / Olin / Sevron — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Bob Mould w / Helen Money — Space , Evanston ; It Take Two Band — State & Lake @ The Wit , Chicago ; Local H / The Avondale Ramblers — Subterranean , Chicago ; NYE w / Infinity / The Millenials — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Twin Peaks w / NE-HI / Today ’ s Hits — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; New Year ’ s Masquerade — The Forge , Joliet ; NYE 2018 Party w / Culture Code / DJ Hecno / DJ VLocitii — The Mid , Chicago ; The Owl ’ s NYE Party — The Owl , Chicago ; Mungion — Tonic Room , Chicago ; MyTyme — Tuscany , Oak Brook ; DJ / Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Tributosaurus Becomes Tom Petty NYE Celebration — Wire , Berwyn ; Charles & Company — Zachary ’ s , Palos Heights .
MONDAY 1 JANUARY
Two American Icons : Johnny Cash & Neil Diamond Tribute — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Dixie Crush / Melodious Funk — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michgian City , IN ; Keanen Kopplin — Bub City , Chicago ; Kimi Hayes — Bub City , Rosemont ; Bodeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Everyone ’ s Hungover : The Last Hangover — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; DJ Uno — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Angel Spiccia Quintet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Open Mic ( Lakeview ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Gina Brillon — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 2 JANUARY
Trivia Nite w / Pat O ’ Malley — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Pete Ellman Big Band LIve Jazz — Base Camp , Lisle ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; The Cash Box Kings — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Kinsey Report / Open Mic — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Fat Babies — Green Mill , Chicago ; Songwriter ’ s Showcase — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Sun Storm / Andrew Scott Young / Todd Mattei — Hideout , Chicago ; Comedy Cocktail — House of Blues ,
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Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Blue Band / Joanna Connor / Blues Jam — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Open Mic Poetry — Quenchers , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto / Lunar Ticks — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Felipe Esparza — The Vic , Chicago ; Open Mic ( Edgewater ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Dr . Bill Miller — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 3 JANUARY
Luciano Antonio Trio — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Abzu / Jazz Robots / Sam Arias / Cousins — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Griffin Crowder — Bub City , Chicago ; Mike Geo — Bub City , Rosemont ; Ivy Ford — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Mer ’ s Music Showcase — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Open Mic — Elbo Room , Chicago ; New Standard Quintet — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill , Chicago ; In One Ear — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Black Label Society — House of Blues , Chicago ; Giles Corey / Corey Dennison — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; John Mead & The Plastic Soul : Young Americans Disco Balls — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; The Streems / Jeff & Mario / Empire State Express — Quenchers , Chicago ; Bingo w / Burke / Live Band Karaoke — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Paradise Fears / Doc Robinson / Kobe Provost — Schubas , Chicago ; Live DJ — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; DJ Janice Bond — The Promontory Theater , Chicago ; Dr . Unk — Tonic Room , Chicago ; Tris w / Bree Mo ( Edgewater ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Luke Gawne / Marcus Alexander / S . Genius / nochilliams — Wire , Berwyn ; Br . Bill Miller — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 4 JANUARY
Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Chicago Aboveground Film Festival — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Jerry Jacobs — Bub City , Chicago ; Buddy Guy w / Bobby Rush — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Bilal / DJ Larry Miller — City Winery , Chicago ; Jet Black Alley Cat / The Band Camino / Hard Castle — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Minor Moon / Jessica Risker / The Jellies — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; New Faces Night w / Andrea Dawn / Aaron Kelly / The Kevin Trio — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Nicholas Barron — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Thursday Night Toddler Jam — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Devil In A Woodpile — Hideout ,
Chicago ; Revolt Coda — House of Blues , Chicago ; James Libera — Incontro A Tavola , South Barrington ; Mike Wheeler Band / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Cardinal Harbor / Vandalay / Local Motive / Jennifer Fletcher & The Reckoning — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Rosie & The Rivets / Amazing Heeby Jeebies / Tiny Miles Trio — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Brian Kovacs — Nevins Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Prodigy R & B Hip Hop Open Mic — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; PkewPkewPkew / Butchered / Krayola / Birches — Quenchers , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; The James Wheeler Band — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Growler / Fox Crossing String Band — Schubas , Chicago ; Ariel Zetina / Zooey Glass & Hunter Vita / Dago — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Manwolves / Ric Wilson / Kamaria & Special Guest — Subterranean , Chicago ; Green Jelly / Shake / Extringuish The Sun / Backseat Pandas / Vibranium Dildo & Those Lucky Pirates — The Forge , Joliet ; Michael Green Band — Tonic Room , Chicago ; Devilish Winks / Impossible ( Edgewater ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Matthew Michael & Christina Marie / Last Acre ( Lakeview ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Whooly Rhinos / Bluefish Fellows — Wire , Berwyn ; Jamie Lissow — Zanies , Chicago ; James Libera — Zaza ’ s Tavola , Lake Barrington .
FRIDAY 5 JANUARY
Left Undone — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Mr . Blotto — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Members Only — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Ghost Ryder — Bannerman ’ s , Bartlett ; Brian Kovacs — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Green Jelly / Black Bear Rodeo / Svlphvrvs / Aped — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; John Primer / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Crawpuppies / 1976 Band — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michgian City , IN ; Jocelyn & Chris Arndt — Brauer House , Lombard ; Mark Taylor — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Jerry Jacobs — Bub City , Chicago ; Over The Side — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy w / Eddy Clearwater — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Neil Diamond Tribute / Steve Richards and Friends — Cheers , Midlothian ; Ian ’ s Party — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Bilal / DJ Larry Miller — City Winery , Chicago ; The Obsessives / Bleary Eyed / What Gives / Jacklyn Heuser / The Off Days — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Still IL / Hitsleep / Out For Hours / Frank Liston — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Stoned Bluez — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; Good Fellas — Dock ’ s Bar & Grill , Wauconda ; Ember Oceans / August Hotel / The Giving Moon — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Tender Situation / Jonnycatland / Dead Harvest / Aunt Kelly / J Eastman & The Drunk Uncles / As I Am — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Engine
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