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e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
TUESDAY 1 JANUARY
Ben Lewis Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Jampagne — Blue
Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Simple Remedy/
Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Kimi Hayes — Bub City,
Rosemont; Avery Sunshine — City Winery, Chicago; United
Nations Comedy Pop Up Show — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Everyone’s Hungover & Mike’s Hard Karaoke — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Giles Corey/
Mike Wheeler Band/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Open Mic — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 2
Andy Brown Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; K Zone Trivia - The
Hangover — Base Camp, Lisle; Two Fellas — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Disney Trivia — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Feel
Good Country Boys — Bub City, Chicago; Joe Fascetta — Bub
City, Rosemont; Mike Ledbetter — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Wax On — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; The Tomblands/The
Holifields/Indigo DeSouza — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Paper
Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Late Night Set w/
Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Corey Dennison/
Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Dave Ulrich/KY2K —
Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Live Band Karaoke — Reggie’s,
Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Soud & Bread
/Mr. 7 Mrs. Wednesday Night — The Hideout, Chicago;
Lume/DJ Chris U — Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 3
Isaiah Spencer Organ Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Leroy
Winn — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; King & Kash — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Jason Kane & The Jive w/Special Guests — Brauer
House, Lombard; Martin McDaniel — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy
Guy w/Bobby Rush — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Musiq
Soulchild/Kameelah Williams — City Winery, Chicago;
Huckleberry Funk/Mangoland — Elbo Room, Chicago; Los Black
Dogs/Bionic Cavemen/Sacred Monster/DJ Akumal — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Bitters — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Dave Hiltebrand
— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar/
Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago;
Luciano Antonio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Big James & The
Chicago Playboys/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Simply Sound — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; The Corner Boys
— Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Bodhicitta/Spocket — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Alkaline Trio/Masked Intruder — Metro, Chicago;
Acoustically Sound — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Smokin’Gunz &
Line Dancing — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melody Angel/Blues
Jam w/Blues Legend Mary Lane — Rosa’s , Chicago; Jambon —
Space, Evanston; Jonnycatland/Steel/Gal Gun/Sunday Cruise/
Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago; PKNG/Arcade 88/
Farenheit 808 — The Burlington, Chicago; CHIRP Radio Benefit/
Peach Fuzz/Kodakrome — The Hideout, Chicago; Ritch Valdez —
The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; LeftJones — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago;
Blake Alexancer — Zaza’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 4
Alice/The Mosquitos — 210 Live, Highwood; Spider Saloff/Mike
Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
Jetsetters DJs — Arboretum of S. Barrington, S. Barrington;
Procrastinator’s Ball w/Mr. Blotto — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Johnny Alletto — Ballydoyle, Aurora; iPop — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; My Metal Heart — Bannerman’s, Bartlett;
Raleigh Tuckers — Bar Evolution, Batavia; The Million Reasons/
Bubbles Erotica/Sugarpulp/The Wistful Larks — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Crawpuppies — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; DJ Night — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby,
Michigan City, IN; Home Burial/Peach Bunny/Dead
Hummingbird/Mt. Pocono — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Raise
Your Glass — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Sweet Diezel
Jenkins/Lunar Juve Machine — Brauer House, Lombard; Fool
House — Brauer House Bhouse Live, Lombard; Wreckless
Whiskey — Bub City, Chicago; Martin McDaniel — Bub City,
Rosemont; Buddy Guy w/John Primer — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Ian’s Party/The Brokedowns/Canadian Rifle/Toys
That Kill — Chop Shop/1St. Ward, Chicago; Musiq
Soulchild/Kameelah Williams — City Winery, Chicago;
#MakeChesterProud Charity Event for Linkin Park’s One More
Light — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Ready, Set, Dance! — Doc’s Victory
Pub, Elmhurst; Cowboy Jukebox — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Dan
McGuinness — Elbo Room, Chicago; Hard Country Honky Tonk
w/Hoyle Brothers/Star Tropics/Bur (Tape Release)/Courtney
/Topaz — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Trouble Ahead — Evanston
Rocks, Evanston; Boy Band Review/Modern Day Romeos — Fire
Bar, Crystal Lake; Jenny Bienemann & Friends/The Bad
Sneakers Orchestra — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Zero/Live DJ — Four
Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Ebony & Ivory — Gifford’s
Kitchen, Elgin; Chris Foreman/Jerry Bergonzi Quartet/After
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Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; HiFi Superstar — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; Hi Infidelity — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Perry Danos w/The Sundance Band — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Kick: The INXS Experience — House of Blues, Chicago; Luciano
Antonio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Sal & Izy — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; Cam’ron — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Morgan
Wallen w/Hardy & Lainey Wilson — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Matt,
Zach & Tom — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Dave Eno Smooth
Rockin’ Jazz — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; JD Kostyk & Dave Bovyn
— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Nora Jean Bruso/Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Furious Frank/Out For Hours/Trick
Shooter Social Club/Mason’s Case — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Lost Years/Brave You/Pylons/Super Thing — Live Wire,
Chicago; The Crook County Blues Band — Mac’s on Slade,
Palatine; Space Face- Bowie Tribute/Bellwether Blues —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Alkaline Trio/Sincere Engineer — Metro,
Chicago; Molehill — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Karma
Committee/Kevin & Anthony — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Charles
& Company — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Charlie Foxtrot
/DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Jimmy Burns — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Slow Pulp/V.V. Lightbody/Cold Beaches/Ruins/
Ohmme (DJ Set) — Schubas, Chicago; Jimmy O & Rhonda Lee —
Slapshots, Midlothian; DJ Tall Pat — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Mud Morganfield — Space, Evanston; Ian’s Party 2019 —
Subterranean, Chicago; Kami/Dufflebagburu/Reeseynem/
Towkio — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Loa Hex/Jackass Magnets/The
Sentinels — The Burlington, Chicago; The Interview Show/
Various Speakers/SilverAbuse/Vortis — The Hideout, Chicago;
DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; Six String Crossing —
The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Chris Waltz/James Curley/
Mojo49 — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Hannah Lieb
/Eric Tre’von/ Charles Williams — Uncommon Ground Lakeview,
Chicago; Spineless Heartless/Horrible/ Beaut/Circus In The
Sea/Get By — Underground Lounge, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Hugo’s Elvis Show — White Eagle,
Niles; Sawbuck/Sable Beldman/Habitats/Lower Automation/
Crystal Killers/Daybreaker — Wire, Berwyn; Murph — World of
Beer, Evanston; The Baked Potatoes — Zachary’s Bar, Palos
Heights.
SATURDAY 5
Backdated — 210 Live, Highwood; Chris Greene Quartet/Mike
Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
Jimmy Page Birthday Bash w/Kashmir — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Gasoline & Matches — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville;
Epic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Anthem — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
HiFi Superstar — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Mark V — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Bumpus — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Total Rhapsody —
Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Chicago Wind Blues Band/
Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey/Jamrose/
Smarty Pants — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City,
IN; Killer Flamingos — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan
City, IN; Porn and Chicken/He$h/Bommer — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; The Hair Band Night — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Cover Dogs — Brauer House, Lombard; HiFi Stereotypes —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Martin McDaniel — Bub City, Chicago;
Buddy Guy w/Carlos Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Chicks With Picks — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Ian’s
Party/The Arrivals/Rash/Clown Sounds/A Deer A Horse —
Chop Shop/1St. Ward, Chicago; Talib Kweli/Niko Is/
K’Valentine — City Winery, Chicago; White Mystery/Ethel Shank
/Touched By Ghoul/Avantist — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Acoustically Sound — Draft Picks, Naperville; Mike & Joe —
Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Claire Bryant — Elbo Room, Chicago; T-
Rextasy/Graves/Mermaid N.V. — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Kip
Winger Unplugged — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Sam Fazio —
Evanston Rocks Bourbon N Brass, Evanston; Heartsfield —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Soul Proprietors/DJ Jellibean — Four
Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Steve Roth — Gifford’s Kitchen,
Elgin; The Paper Machete/Jerry Bergonzi Quartet/After Hours
Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Sam
Savage — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Saints N Sinners —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Trippin’ Billies — House of Blues,
Chicago; DJ Jeff Overstreet — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; The Boy
Band Night — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Rendition — JW Hollstein’s,
Tinley Park; Rick Saucedo — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Keith &
Anthony Unplugged — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Nora Jean
Bruso/Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Pete
Correale Live — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Royal Son of A Guns/
Westside Rebellion/S.S. Web/DJ Queen/Cockblock — Live Wire,
Chicago; Cirrus Falcon — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; EVO
Band — Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Boy Band Review — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Alkaline Trio/Sidekick Kato — Metro, Chicago; Radio
Heroes — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Yourz Truly — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Dick Diamond & The Dusters/The Romantiques —
Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Jess Piano — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern,
Woodstock; Misstep Forward/Jason Kane & The Jive — Penny
Road Pub, Barrington; Reverend Raven/Crook County Blues
Band — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Doug Bardolph —
Potter’s Place, Naperville; Away From Wolves/MiteandMonsters
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