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Chicago; Will Mackie-Jenkins/Catherine Tecktiel/Daniel
Wade/Drew Neely — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Soup & Bread/Laura Gibson/Stelth
Ulvang — The Hideout, Chicago; Diagonal/Colour Design/
Aurora L’Orealis — The Owl, Chicago.
THURSDAY 17 JANUARY
Isaiah Spencer Organ Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Denny
Laine (Moody Blues) & The Moody Wing Band — Arcada Theater,
St. Charles; Double Treble — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Louda/
Subele — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The One Jr. Week 2 — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Megan Ruger — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy
w/Erin Coburn — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Paris Combo —
City Winery, Chicago; Alex Leggett — Elbo Room, Chicago; The
Tree People — Empire, Naperville; Deca — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Joke and Dagger Comedy — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Real
Pretenders — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Chris Behre — Four Winds
Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar/Alan Gresik
Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Gerry O’Keefe —
HB Jones, Elmhurst; John Wojciechowaki Quartet with Ryan
Cohen — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet
Blues Band/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cave/
Wand/Cafe Racer — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Brother John Band
— M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Steve Petrovich Live Karaoke —
Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Deltaphonic/Tuomo & Markus/The
Winchesters — Martyrs’, Chicago; Snail Mail/Lala Lala/Varsity
— Metro, Chicago; Sal & Izy — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Elvis
Birthday Tribute — Paramount Theater, Aurora; Bodhicitta/
Tautologic — Reggie’s, Chicago; Suburban Cowboys & Line
Dancing — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Blues Jam w/Willie Buck
— Rosa’s, Chicago; Still Woozy/Victor/Monster Rally/Jordanna
— Schubas, Chicago; TNK/Grails/Helen Money/Black Duck —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Trump Dump: American Tantrum
Book Tour — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold — Subterranean,
Chicago; Jen Kirkman — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Mentalease/
Forest Management — The Burlington, Chicago; Up Next Tour
w/147 Calboy — The Forge, Joliet; Neil Hamburger — The
Hideout, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago;
Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — Venuti’s, Addison; Sings of The
Swarm/Betrayer — Wire, Berwyn; Deja Vu — Zaza’s Tavola,
Barrington.
FRIDAY 18
Leonid & Friends — 210 Live, Highwood; Old Dominion — Allstate
Arena, Rosemont; Spider Saloff/Eric Schneider Quartet —
Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Rhinestone — Arboretum of S.
Barrington, S. Barrington; Carla Cooke w/Sam Cooke Birthday
Celebration — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Flash Drive — Austin’s
Fuel Room, Libertyville; Tonic Freight Train — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
Lloyd Dobler Effect — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; John Ivan Duo
— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Tributes to The Buzzcocks & The Jam
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Summer Son — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The One Jr. Week 2 — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Sin MG/Falling From Forever/Papi Le Gusta
— Brauer House, Lombard; Megan Ruger — Bub City, Chicago;
Buddy Guy w/Kingfish — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Tedeschi Trucks Band — Chicago Theater, Chicago ; Party Pupils
/Pak Lok — Chop Shop/1St. Ward, Chicago; Skylar Grey — City
Winery, Chicago; Cherub — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Marcus Alexander/Live with J. Solaye/DJ Moe/DJ EnV — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Paul Willaert — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
Wurk/Kylie Bruteman/Ahona Mazumder — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Denny Laine — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Modern Day Romeos
— Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana
Band/Toy Robots — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Lounge Puppets/
DJ Jesse — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Tex-Mex Comedy
Tour w/William Lee Martin/Alex Raymundo/Margo Rey —
Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Makena Hartlin — Gifford’s Kitchen,
Elgin; Chris Foreman/Howard Levy & NBV/After Hours Jam —
Green Mill, Chicago; Maggie Speaks — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Cadillac Groove — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Jak Tripper — HOME
Bar, Arlington Heights; G. Love & Special Sauce — House of
Blues, Chicago; John Wojciechowaki Quartet with Ryan Cohen
— Jazz Showcase, Chicago; HiFi Superstar — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; Soul Karma — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Bert’s
Revenge — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Big James & The Chicago
Playboys/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Joe
Orozco — Level 257, Schaumburg; Sarah Shook & The
Disarmers/H.C. McEntire/Half Gringa — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
The Western Canon/Viceroy/The Cutouts — Live Wire, Chicago;
The Desperate Bastards — Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Shed/
Sleepersound/Evacuate the Earth — Martyrs’, Chicago; King
Princess/Banoffee — Metro, Chicago; Gina DeGregorio & The
Retroactive — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Pour Decisions/
David’s Bazaar — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; The Blind Boys of
Alabama — Paramount Theater, Aurora; The Hoodlums/Second
Dimension — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Ignited — Q Bar,
Darien; Stardusk Encounter/Eddy and The Arsons/The
Disheartened/Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre/Boatman’s Toll
/Molder/Uglybones/Enemy of Creation — Reggie’s, Chicago;
7th Heaven/Julian Jumpin Perez & DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Corey Dennison Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Petal/
Bernice/Great Grandpa/Sir Babygirl — Schubas, Chicago; TNK
/Vacationer/Pixel Grip/Couple II — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Amtrac/Juan MacLean (DJ Set) — Smart Bar, Chicago; The Lil
Smokies — Space, Evanston; The War Inside/Gooey Weber
Band — Subterranean, Chicago; My Metal Heart — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Rebirth Brass Band/Tovi Khali — Thalia Hall,
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Chicago; Braver Days/Benny & The No-Goods — The Burlington,
Chicago; Valee & Friends Live — The Forge, Joliet; It’s A Guy
Thing — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Tess — The Owl, Chicago;
Littlebirds — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Saturday & Company
/Phil Circle — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Hayden
Arp/Jessica Mindrum/Nikki Morgan — Uncommon Ground
Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; DJ
Kash — White Eagle, Niles; Westmore/Elder Light/Havens/
Stop Drop Rewind/Over The Sun — Wire, Berwyn; Stevie Craig
— World of Beer, Evanston.
SATURDAY 19
Leonid & Friends — 210 Live, Highwood; Chris Greene
Quartet/Eric Schneider Quartet — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; An
Evening w/Erykah Badu — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; The Hat
Guys — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Level 5 — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Run Forrest Run — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Frankie
Smiles Project — Bar Evolution, Batavia; The End of The
Ocean/Tides of Man/The Burst and Bloom — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Steve Lydell — Bella Mia, Midlothian; John Primer/
Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Libido Funk Circus —
Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; The Country
Night — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Brass From The Past
/Plastic Fantastic Lobster Telephone/Black Market Grenades
— Brauer House, Lombard; Midlife Crisis 1999 — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Corey Cox — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy w/
Kingfish — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Simply Uncovered —
Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Tedeschi Trucks Band — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Melanie Fiona — City Winery, Chicago; Mark &
Jim — Clasen’s Tavern, Union; Four Year Strong Acoustic/
Nathan Hardy/Elder Brother/Bearings — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Herobust — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Hitsleep/All
The Wine/The Bishops/Daredevil Stuntclub/Joe Renardo feat.
Ryan Boese — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Strawdawg — Draft Picks,
Naperville; Geyser/Lee Street Looters/Four It All/Meghan
Saletta/Aida Ade — Elbo Room, Chicago; Sam Cooke Birthday
Celebration w/Carla Cooke — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Ralph
Covert’s Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The 1985/Live
DJ — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Soda — Gifford’s
Kitchen, Elgin; The Paper Machete/Howard Levy & Harmonica
Jazz Quartet/After Hours Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Company —
Green Mill, Chicago; Simply Sound — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge;
Poison’d Crue — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Epic — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; Too White Crew — HOME Bar, Arlington Heights;
Infected Mushroom — House of Blues, Chicago; John
Wojciechowaki Quartet with Ryan Cohen — Jazz Showcase,
Chicago; DJ Jeff Overstreet — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Wade
Bowen & Stoney Larue/Over The Side — Joe’s Bar on Weed,
Chicago; Big City Trip — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Ryan Karey
/Seed — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Big James & The Chicago
Playboys/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mndsgn/
Kiefer/Swarvy — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Vicious Attack/Inner
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Decay/Gloryhole Guillotine/Vile Cynic — Live Wire, Chicago;
7th Heaven — Lucky Star, Bartlett; Stevie Craig — M Supper
Club, Crystal Lake; Blood On The Tracks — Mac’s on Slade,
Palatine; Taylor Bennett’s Birthday Bash Hosted by Chance the
Rapper & Ken “Rappers Dad” Bennett w/King Louie & Queen
Kay/DJ Caleeb — Metro, Chicago; Members Only — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Rise — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Infinity/
Chicks With Picks 2.0 — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; HiFi Superstar
— Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Doug Martsch of Built To
Spill — Old Town School, Chicago; American English — Palace
Theater, Gary, IN; I Am King: Michael Jackson Experience —
Paramount Theater, Aurora; Rayland Baxter — Park West,
Chicago; Pearl w/Special Guests — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St.
Charles; Rhinestone DJ D — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles;
Mudwheel — Port of Blarney, Antioch; Deja Vu — Porter’s Pub,
Elgin; Terry Byrne — Potter’s Place, Naperville; Chasing Alice —
Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Hi Infidelity — Quarry Pub, Lemont;
Keith Scott & The Electric Blues Junkies, Inc./G-Space/Danny
Grooves/Adamosity/Mistah/Ceol/Altered Stage/School of
Rock/Marina — Reggie’s, Chicago; DJ Q & DJ Erge — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band
— Rosa’s, Chicago; Yoke Lore/Sontalk/Shortly/Esther —
Schubas, Chicago; Midnight Band — Slapshots, Midlothian; TNK
/Talkhouse/Negative Gemini/Fee Lion/Panic Priest/Feets
Don’t Fail w/Sacha No Disco — Sleeping Village, Chicago; DJ
Hell/Sevron/Sold — Smart Bar, Chicago; Funkadesi — Space,
Evanston; Hi-Rez/Animal Years/The Early Sixties/Dance
Bullies — Subterranean, Chicago; Lounge Puppets — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Michelle Wolf — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Prairie
Fires/Bertram/Romancoke — The Burlington, Chicago; Two
Tones — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; State Property/Real T/DJ
Dre Wicked — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny
Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Patrick Gemkow — The Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; Markus Maticic/Busy Bodies/Pan & The Lost Boys —
Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Leonum — Uncommon
Ground Lakeview, Chicago; Safety Dance — Underground Lounge,
Chicago; Driven — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; The Movers —
White Eagle, Niles; Led Pig/The King’s Rising/SKYD — White
Tavern, Naperville; Boneless — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights;
Cirrus Falcon — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 20
Alex Beltran Ensemble/Wheeling Jazz — 210 Live, Highwood;
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Suzi Shelton — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Middle of The Road/
Hoosier Highway — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Scott Dubose — Bub City, Chicago; Lincoln Don’t Lie —
Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy w/Brother John — Buddy Guy’s
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