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— Q Bar, Darien; 7th Heaven/Naked Bootleg — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Poison’d Crue — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Matt Meyer —
Reefpoint Brew House, Racine; Damaged Justice/Nola/After
Forever/Feral Light/Nequient/Plague of Carcosa/Scumlord —
Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Q & DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Rico McFarland Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Remember Sports/
Trace Mountains/Joey Nebulous — Schubas, Chicago; The
Stingers — Slapshots, Midlothian; Wayne Baker Brooks/Lil Red
& The Rooster — Space, Evanston; Twista — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Sore History/Distants — The Burlington, Chicago;
Wait, What? — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; DJ Esteban La
Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Adam Balcazar — The
Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Scott Nadeau/Emma Grace/Quinn
Cassell — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Michael
Alexander/Brian Kristmas/Apollo Loomis — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; Faction: Industrial Echoes — Underground
Lounge, Chicago; AM FM/DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Mike Valentine & The Heartbeats — White Eagle, Niles;
She’s Alive/Cliffhanger/Zombie Schoolboy — Wire, Berwyn;
Taylor Street — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Afterglow —
Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 6 JANUARY
Joan Hickey Trio — 210 Live, Highwood; Charles Heath’s Early
Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; The Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Abolish ICE Fundraiser
For Immigration Rights/Music For New People — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Spike &
The Spitwads/Scott Dubose & The 101 Ranch — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Robbie Gold — Bub City,
Rosemont; Buddy Guy w/Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Ian’s Party/Meatwave/Heart
Shaped Hate/Retirement Party/Paper Mice — Chop Shop/1St.
Ward, Chicago; Sons of The Never Wrong/Michael Smith — City
Winery, Chicago; Zafa Collective Life and Death — Constellation,
Chicago; Jazz Consortium — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Jason
Kane & The Jive/Caleb Justinger/Tony John/Bobby Zonit —
Elbo Room, Chicago; GoodGrandKidz/G-Scott/Manasseh —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Grandstand Big Band —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night
w/Joel Paterson Trio w/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago;
Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Luciano Antonio —
Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Kingston Mines Blues Jam/Linsey
Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cunning Like Cobras/
Spizm/Oeddie X The Mofos/Accidents By Design — Live Wire,
Chicago; Toni Callahan & Her Jazz Guys — Mac’s on Slade,
Palatine; Alkaline Trio/Beach Bunny — Metro, Chicago; Rick
Saucedo — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Taylor Shane&
The Coalition/Brandon James/The Kickback — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Lunar Vacation/The Slaps — Schubas, Chicago;
Charlie Mars — Space, Evanston; DJ & Karaoke — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; The Music of Bob Marley for Kids — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; The Flat Five — The Hideout, Chicago; Joel David
Weir/Matt Griffo/Jordan Avery/Hannah Frank — Uncommon
Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Paul Saad/White Hen/Jory Avner
— Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
MONDAY 7
Typhanie Monique — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Extraordinary
Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/
Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Makena Hartlin — Bub
City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Dan Tedsco — City Winery, Chicago; Malort
and Saviour/The Nobodies — Elbo Room, Chicago; The Curls/
Kevin and Hell/Les Strychnine — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW
Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
John Mead & The Plastic Soul Present Bowie Birthday —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Bingo w/Burke/Music Trivia — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Weeds Poetry Open Mic — The Hideout, Chicago; Alien
Thing/Atelophobics — The Owl, Chicago; Open Mic —
Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago.
TUESDAY 8
Ben Lewis Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Silent Film Night:
Safety Last! — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Snowbird —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler Carter/Riley/Adam Martinez/
Hotly/Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Tenry Johns Blues Band/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; The Cash Box Kings — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Shane Koyczan — City Winery, Chicago;
Wet Piss/Werewolf Jones/TV Slime — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
The Kinsey Report/Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat
Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Giles Corey/Mike Wheeler/
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mr. Blotto/School
of Rock — Reggie’s, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends w/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s, Chicago; Reed Stewart/Perfect Blue/The
Crustations — Schubas, Chicago; Sad Cops/Pleasantries/She-
Her/A Mammoth Task/Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean,
Chicago; High Concept Labs/Asteroids & Aliens — The Hideout,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 9
Earthmother — 210 Live, Highwood; Andy Brown Trio — Andy’s
Jazz Club, Chicago; Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW
Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Over
The Side — Bub City, Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Bub City,
Rosemont; The Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
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Chicago; Bluewater Kings Band — Chop Shop/1St. Ward,
Chicago; Christian Fresno & Friends — City Winery, Chicago;
Jamie Marie — Elbo Room, Chicago; Faintlife/Forks of Ivy/New
Drugs — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Latin Jazz Collective —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli &
Swing Gitan/Late Night Set w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green
Mill, Chicago; Uncorcked & Unplugged — House of Blues,
Chicago; Jazz Links Jam Session — Jazz Showcase, Chicago;
Lanco/Caylee Hammack — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Corey
Dennison Band/Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Nooky Jones/Greenlights — Martyrs’,
Chicago; 47Soul — Old Town School, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Reggie’s, Chicago; Nicolas Barron Band — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Shortwave/Levinson/Mahlmeister/Wet Mouth —
Schubas, Chicago; The Unknown New & The Oh Yeahs — Space,
Evanston; Terriers/Snort/You Folk/The Off Days —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Soup & Bread — The Hideout, Chicago; A$AP Rocky — UIC
Pavilion, Chicago; Nicholas Raymond — Uncommon Ground
Edgewater, Chicago; Saltwater Tap — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago.
THURSDAY 10
Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — 210 Live, Highwood; Isaiah
Spencer Organ Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Grateful Gary
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; The One Jr. Week One — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Bone Feather — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy
w/Mike Wheeler — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Slice: Film
Screening and Q&A w/Austin Vesely — City Winery, Chicago;
Semple — Draft Picks , Mt. Prospect; JimmyD & Niche — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Slushy/Cave Curse/Pamphleteers/The Pylons
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Exposure Local Music Showcase —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Jimmy Fastiggi — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; HiFi Superstar Unplugged —
HB Jones, Elmhurst; John Primer/Mz. Peaches — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Beach Bunny/Retirement Party/Co-Stanza/
Lettering — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mike Silvestri — M Supper
Club, Crystal Lake; Great Moments in Vinyl...Joni Mitchell’s
“Court & Spark” — Martyrs’, Chicago; Station Wagon Dogs —
Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Isabella Rossellini/Link Link Circus —
Old Town School, Chicago; The Fonzie Scheme/Law of
Keanu/Plastic City/Metal Metal Mayhem Trivia — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Karma Committee — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Brothers Osborne/The Wild Feathers — Riviera Theater, Chicago;
Blues Jam w/Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Honey & The
45’s/Scoth the Filmmaker/Neon Creek — Schubas, Chicago;
Just Us Gals Comedy — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Justin Aulis
Long/Lowess/Alter Boi/JS Alvarez — Smart Bar, Chicago; Flow
(Record Release) — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold/The
Hustle/Mimic/Ex Okays/Today’s Children — Subterranean,
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Chicago; Montana of 300 — The Forge, Joliet; LeftJones —
Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Kacey Myles Duo — Zaza’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 11
Hammond Birthday Bash — 210 Live, Highwood; Spider
Saloff/After Dark Tribute to Von Freeman — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; Yessongs — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jetsetter’s
DJs — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Hairbanger’s Ball
— Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Earthmother — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Tyler Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Lorelei
Dreaming/The Boundless/Roybot/Violent Hour — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; That’s What She Said/Sheryl & Say Yes — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The One Jr. Week 1 —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Jagged Little Pill/Weeze —
Brauer House, Lombard; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago;
Brushville — Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy w/Big James —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Garaj Mahal/Spare Parts —
Chop Shop/1St. Ward, Chicago; Three Women & The
Truth/Mary Gauthier/Eliza Gilkyson & Gretchen Peters — City
Winery, Chicago; Funtcase/Jessica Audiffred/Mark The Beast
— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Addy’s Corner/The Rack & The
Riddler/The Switches — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Jeff Ulus — Doc’s
Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Songwriters Singing Songs/
Michelangelo Skero/3ality & Friends — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Gina Glocksen Band — Empire, Naperville; The Hoyle Brothers
(early)/Good F*ck/RXM Reality/Coagulate/Magin — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Semple — Firewater Saloon, Mt. Greenwood;
Bunkertown/Luke Winslow-King/Joshua Davis — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; BBI/DJ Jesse — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI;
Cheech and Chong — Four Winds Casino Silver Creek, New
Buffalo, MI; The Homewreckers — Frankie’s Blue Room,
Naperville; Cirrus Falcon — Gifford’s Kitchen, Elgin; Chris
Foreman/Greg Ward Quintet/After Hours Jam — Green Mill,
Chicago; Terry Byrne — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Whiskey &
Harmony — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Maggie Speaks —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Led Zeppelin 2 w/Jimmy Page 75th
Birthday Celebration — House of Blues, Chicago; Allysa Allgood
Quartert — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; DJ Jeff Overstreet —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Motown Nation — Joe’s Bar on Weed,
Chicago; Lanco — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; The Walk-Ins — JW
Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Sam Savage Duo — Kennedy Pointe,
Bristol; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band/Nora Jean
Bruso — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Wait, What? — Level 257,
Schaumburg; Magic City Hippies/Future Generations — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Robert Hynes Band — Mac’s on Slade, Palatine;
Ilhen Sesen & Sunay Akin/Grateful String Band — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Paul Johnson/Roy Davis Jr./DJ Pierre/DJ Liltal —
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