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Town Girl — Nevins Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Big Mean Sound Machine — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Gary Lee Kirkpatrick Band — Q-Bar , Darien ; Phantom Works / Stompatopod / Nude Model / Nonagon — Quenchers , Chicago ; Intervals / Jason Richardson / Nick Johnston / Night Verses — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Lounge Puppets & DJ Erge — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Stick Figure / Twiddle / Iya Terra — Riviera , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Rooftop Tap , Palos Heights ; Snail Mail / Stef Chura / Ratboys / Lomelda / Bunny — Schubas , Chicago ; Libido Funk Circus — Shakers , Ottawa ; Ghost Ryder — Sideouts , Island Lake ; Mark Farina / DJ Heather / T . Mixwell — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering — Space , Evanston ; Via Rosa / Loona Dae / Sen Morimoto / Kbanz — Subterranean , Chicago ; Live DJ — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Winter Affair : A Night w / Ralphi Rosario / Darryn Jones & More — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Janet Gardner of Vixen / Blacken The Day — The Forge , Joliet ; Bass Kitchen : Valentino Khan — The MID , Chicago ; DJ Jon Kirby ’ s Jam Machine — The Owl , Chicago ; Cam ’ ron — The Portage Theater , Chicago ; Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Luther Dickinson — The Vic , Chicago ; Brian Kovacs — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; The Fritz / Tiger Milf — Tonic Room , Chicago ; Prairie Station — Twisted Rose , Algonquin ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Soda — Venuti ’ s , Addison ; Thundershark / Ginger / Frantastic Sound System — Wire , Berwyn ; Erik Donner — World of Beer , Evanston ; Michael Walters Trio — Zachary ’ s Bar , Palos Heights ; Emma Willmann — Zanies , Chicago ; Richard Lewis / Dr . Bill Miller — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 20
Have A Cigar & Eric and The Dynamos w / Louie Zagoras — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Mr . Mojo Risin ’ ( Doors Tribute ) — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; TNT / Paranoid Justice — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Raleigh Truckers — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; The Niche — Bella Mia , Midlothian ; Nellie Tiger Travis Blues Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Cadillac Casanovas / Soda / Sweet Diezel Jenkins — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michgian City , IN ; Final Say — Blue Chip- Vegas Baby !, Michigan City , IN ; Anthem / The Lost Ones / Porter Union — Brauer House , Lombard ; Brian Kovacs — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Un-Hich ’ d — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Shawn Lacy — Bub City , Chicago ; Smokin ’ Gunz — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy / Quinn Sullivan — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; The Doors of Chicago — Cheers , Midlothian ; Lee Ann Womack / Kelsey Waldon — City Winery , Chicago ; Blackbird Creative Lab Showcase — Constellation , Chicago ; Superfly Redneck — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; The All Stars — Dock ’ s Bar & Grill , Wauconda ; The Kids Are Taking Over / Devilish Winks / Sean Wilson — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Windy City Soul Club / Mirrored Series w /
Alvarez-Billington-Rowe — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Ralph Covert ’ s Acoustic Army / Terrapin Flyer — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Isley Brothers / BBI / DJ JR — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Orbert Davis Quintet / The Paper Machete / After Hours Jazz Party w / Sabertooth — Green Mill , Chicago ; Stann Champion — Harp & FIddle , Park Ridge ; Live From The Heartland — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Little Miss Anne / Future Hits / Dance Party — Hideout , Chicago ; Epic — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Tynan — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Too White Crew — Home Bar , Arlington Heights ; Mighty Joe — Hoppy Pig , Bradley ; KennyLive ! ( Kenny Chesney Tribute )/ Made In America : Toby Keith Tribute / DJ Eddie Mills — House of Blues , Chicago ; Double Treble Dueling Pianos — Incontro A Tavola , South Barrington ; Rendition — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Coverlicious — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; St . Stephens Green — Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; Chicago Blues Allstars / Nora Jean Brusa / Studebaker John — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Rayland Baxter / Bill Mackay & Ryley Walker / Liz Cooper & The Stampede — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Destroyer / Mega Bog — Metro , Chicago ; Johnny Butane & The Rhythm Flames — Mister Mo ’ s , Palos Heights ; My Metal Heart — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Final Say — Nevins Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Terry Fator — Paramount Theater , Aurora ; Think Floyd USA — Park West , Chicago ; Hellion / Electric Gypsy / The Hoodlums — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Kashmir — Q-Bar , Glendale Heights ; Engines / Sing , Bird of Prey / Sore History / Sea Lanes — Quenchers , Chicago ; Joe Lynn Turner / Hessler / Cover Dogs / Fierce Atmospheres — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Black Veil Brides / Asking Alexandria / Crown The Empire — Riviera , Chicago ; Paul Strolia Acoustic — Rooftop Tap , Palos Heights ; Carl Weathersby Band — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; No Age / Melkbelly / Little Junior / Slow Mass — Schubas , Chicago ; Chris Young / Kane Brown / LANCO — Sears Center , Hoffman Estates ; UFC 220 — Shakers , Ottawa ; Poison ’ d Crue — Sideouts , Island Lake ; Erika / Eris Drew / Justin Long / Solo — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering — Space , Evanston ; Latenightsinmycar ( EP Release )/ High Wire / A Better Hand / Almost Maine / Aiming For Average / Pharoahe Monch / Mickey Factz / Rich Jones & Fess Grandoise / Phil G / Hosted by Shadow Master MC / DJ Handz Solo / DJ E . Brown — Subterranean , Chicago ; Louder Now / C-Factor — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Chicks With Picks — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; Graham Bonnet Band / Legacy Black — The Forge , Joliet ; Blue Shield Band — The Gambler , McHenry ; Destructo — The MID , Chicago ; DJs Esteban La Groue & Danny Dan — The Owl , Chicago ; Dripfest feat . Famous Dex and Special Guests — The Portage Theater , Chicago ; Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Luther Dickinson — The Vic , Chicago ; Scientific Map — Tonic Room , Chicago ; GenR8 — Twisted Rose , Algonquin ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Julian Jumpin ’ Perez — Venuti ’ s , Addison ; The Beat 2 — White Eagle , Niles ; Eclipse — White Tavern , Naperville ; Infinity — WinterFest , Round Lake Beach ; Deceased / Disinter / Dicarnate / Dysphoria / Johnny Vomit / School of Rock Oak Park — Wire , Berwyn ; Minus Montgomery — Wise Owl , Chicago ; Sam
Savage — Zachary ’ s Bar , Palos Heights ; Emma Willmann — Zanies , Chicago ; Richard Lewis / Dr . Bill Miller — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 21
Little Charlie Baty / The Nick Moss Band — 210 Bar , Highwood ; The Buckinghams / Danny Seraphine — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Miss Jamie From The Farm / School of Rock Highwood & Evanston — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Middle of The Road — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michgian City , IN ; Simple Remedy — Bub City , Chicago ; The Long Lost — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy / Zakk DeBono — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Lee Ann Womack / Kelsey Waldon — City Winery , Chicago ; Blackbird Creative Lab Showcase — Constellation , Chicago ; G Spot : House Head Special — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Bill O ’ Connell ’ s Chicago Skyliners / Hinsdale Central HS Jazz Band / Teen Artist Open Mic — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Erik Donner — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson Trio Feat . Chris Forman — Green Mill , Chicago ; Comedy at The Knitting Factory / Kenny DeForest / Clark Jones / Will Miles — Hideout , Chicago ; Gospel Brunch — House of Blues , Chicago ; Joint Forces Charity Concert w / CK & The Gray / Gina Gonzales and Lt . Dan Band — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Linsey Alexander Blues Band / Claudette Miller Blues Band / Kingson Mines Blues Jam — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Hinds / Slotface / Peel — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Check ’ a Fred Afton Show — Q-Bar , Darien ; Bomber / The Streems / Blackalicious — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Daniel Tiger ’ s Neighborhood — Rosemont Theater , Rosemont ; Bedouine / Angelo De Augustine / Helena Deland / V . V . Lightbody — Schubas , Chicago ; Expo ‘ 76 and The Total Pro Horns Feat . Robert Cornelius — Space , Evanston ; Live DJ — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Dia De La Concha — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Body — The Promontory Theater , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Joel Q / School of Rock Oak Park — Wire , Berwyn ; Emma Willmann — Zanies , Chicago .
MONDAY 22
Mike Wheeler / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Big Suit Talking Heads Tribute — City Winery , Chicago ; Mykele Deville / Daymaker / Blackerface / Ze ’ ev — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Angel Barber Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; William Matheny / Razorhouse — Hideout , Chicago ; Corey Dennison / JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Improv Night w / Sand N ’ Spitballin ’ — Quenchers , Chicago ; Music & Sports Trivia / Bingo w / Burke — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Open Mic ( Lakeview ) Semi-Finals — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Emma Willmann — Zanies , Chicago .
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TUESDAY 23
Trivia Nite w / Pat O ’ Malley — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Pete Ellman Big Band Jazz — Base Camp , Lisle ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Live Bank Karaoke — Bub City , Rosemont ; The Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Doctor Death Crush / Sadie and The Stark / Bev Rage & The Drinks — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Mic — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Girl Talk w / Jen Sabella / Erika Wozniak & The Montly Squad / Sunstorm / Jenny Polus / John Daniel — Hideout , Chicago ; Comedy Cocktail — House of Blues , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Blue Band / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; The Chicago Moth StorySLAM — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto / Lunar Ticks — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Smokin ’ Gunz — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Yoke Lore / Vita & The Woolf — Schubas , Chicago ; Love & Happiness : The Music of Al Green — Space , Evanston ; Cupid Youth / Long
Neck / Special Death / Katryn Macko / Dee-1 — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Open Mic ( Edgewater ) Semi-Finals — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Shakira — United Center , Chicago ; Dr . Bill Miller — Zanies , Chicago ; Tuesday Ten Showcase — Zanies , Rosemont .
WEDNESDAY 24
Terrapin Flyer — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Micky & The Motorcars — Bub City , Chicago ; Moonlight Pickers — Bub City , Rosemont ; Omar Coleman — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Mer ’ s Music Showcase — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Open Mic — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Bow & Speak / Tinkerbelles / Squid . — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Jarod Bufe Quartet — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill , Chicago ; In One Ear — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; Giles Corey / Corey Dennison — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Steely Dan 101 : The Royal Scam Feat . Professor Neil Carlson ’ s Freaks Bonzo Squad Performing Stevie Wonder ’ s Inner Visions — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Envision — Metro , Chicago ; Marimaba Oxib K ’ ajua — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; A Night of Warren Zevon by Androgynous Mustache — Space , Evanston ; David Hayes / Trick Shooter Social Club / Noah Gabriel / Bluefront — Subterranean , Chicago ; Live DJ — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; SOULfest — The Promontory Theater , Chicago ; Open Mic Finals ( Edgewater ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Eclectic Electric w / Erfbeats — Wire , Berwyn ; Dr . Bill Miller — Zanies , Chicago ; Larry Reeb — Zanies , Rosemont .
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