Space, Evanston; Weeds Poetry Open Mic — The Hideout,
Chicago; Jen & The Dots/Awful/Heavy Medz — The Owl,
Chicago.
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Legends, Chicago; Jodee Lewis & Jonas Friddle — City Winery,
Chicago; Tributosaurus Signature Series: One Hit Wonders of
the 80s — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Maya Keytar/Eric
Peterson Schwartz/Dameon Familiar/Sonny Veneer — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Ornament/Jungle Green — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Sam Cooke Birthday Celebration w/Carla Cooke —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Teen Open Mic — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; FACS/Dim@Top Note Theater (2 shows) — GMan
Tavern, Chicago; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night w/Joel
Paterson Trio w/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel
Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; John Wojciechowaki Quartet
with Ryan Cohen — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Joint Forces
Charity Concert — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Kingston Mines Blues
Jam/Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sports/
Arlie/Pavo Pavo — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Big Brother’s Vinyl —
Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Oh My Girl — Park West, Chicago;
Jacob Tolliver w/Blacklist — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St.
Charles; Miles Maxwell/Charles Walker Band/Tales of
Astonish/School of Rock — Reggie’s, Chicago; S. Carey/Wild
Pink/Gold Star/Fran — Schubas, Chicago; TNK/David Bazan/
Advance Base/Deep Breakfast Hill/Oliver Hill & Eliza Bagg —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; For Frankie! A Celebration of His Life
w/Ralphi Rosario/Abel Aguillera/Alan King/Zac Jones/
Derrick Carter/Michael Serafini/Garrett David — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Expo ‘76 & The Total Pro Horns — Space, Evanston;
Future Teens/Close Kept/Barely Civil/The Sonder Bombs/
Swatches — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; The Darling Suns/Elroy Meltzer — The Burlington,
Chicago; Helltrap Nightmare/Ruby McCollester/Mood Killer —
The Hideout, Chicago; Taylor Mallory/Wic & Alexis —
Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Bodega/Heat Stroke —
Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago.
MONDAY 21 JANUARY
Typhanie Monique — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Extraordinary
Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/
Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts
The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Let Freedom Ring
Chicago! Musical Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. —
City Winery, Chicago; The Perfect Morning/Fruit of The Womb
— Elbo Room, Chicago; PEEL/Harvey Fox/Strange Lovelies —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW Williams & The Chi-TOwn
Hustlers — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Jury of Fears/Traveler/
Until Our Last Breath/Cunning Like Cobras/DJ Don Quijote —
Live Wire, Chicago; Louder Than A Mom — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Bingo w/Burke/Music Trivia — Reggie’s, Chicago; Story Jam —
TUESDAY 22
Ben Lewis Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Chicago
Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns/
Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont;
The Special 20’s — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Anika —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat
Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Giles Corey/Mike Wheeler/
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Nalani & Sarina/
Mitch Mead — Martyrs’, Chicago; High On Fire/Toke/Year of
The Cobra — Metro, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Pete Galanis & Friends w/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s, Chicago;
Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago; High Concept Labs
— The Hideout, Chicago; Annie’s Takeout/Torch The Hive/Sorry,
No Sympathy/Late/The Skies Are Falling — Wire, Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 23
Andy Brown Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; A Pony and His
Boy: Equus Film Festival — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Tinder
Live — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Two Fellas — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Hank Von Hell & Special Guest — Brauer House,
Lombard; Jeremy McComb — Bub City, Chicago; Perry Hutchins
— Bub City, Rosemont; Bear Williams — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; The Hot Sardines — City Winery, Chicago; Parkway &
Columbia/Winded City — Elbo Room, Chicago; Yawning Man/
Freedom Hawk — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Singer
Spotlight Reunion/Mitch Paliga Sextet — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Late Night
Set w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Uncorked
& Unplugged — House of Blues, Chicago; Dave Brubeck Tribute
— Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Jimmie Allen — Joe’s Bar on Weed,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/Giles Corey Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Kongos/Fitness — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Lorrie
Kountz Band — Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Sons of F.U.N.K. feat.
P Funk Alumni/Alablaster — Martyrs’, Chicago; Stephen
Malkmus & The Jicks/Dehd — Metro, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Reggie’s, Chicago; John Primer & Steve Bell —
Rosa’s, Chicago; Wingtip/Hazey Eyes — Schubas, Chicago;
Warren Zevon Tribute — Space, Evanston; Polyenso/Sea
Cycles/Millenium Youth/Fr33dback/Zeta/Meth/Payasa/
Indisposed — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Daley & JMSN — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Violent
J/Esham — The Forge, Joliet; Soup & Bread — The Hideout,
Chicago; Ground UP Showcase/Open Mic Finals — Uncommon
Ground, Chicago.
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THURSDAY 24
Rhythm Rockets — 210 Live, Highwood; Isaiah Spencer Organ
Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Scott Dae Sherry — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Ghost Atlas/Landon Tewers — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
The One Jr. Week 3 — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; 32
Below — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy w/Corey Dennison —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Randy Bachman — City Winery,
Chicago; Nick Cox & Adam From 7th Heaven — Draft Picks , Mt.
Prospect; Erin Edmister and 3 Tons — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Dennis Carravello — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Mighty
Joe — Gifford’s Kitchen, Elgin; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar/Alan
Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; McClennon
— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Turnpike Troubadours — House of Blues,
Chicago; Joanna Connor Blues Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Mineral/Tancred — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Jess Piano — M
Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Ludlow/One More Moon/Poor
Calvin — Martyrs’, Chicago; John Kattke Duo — Nevins Pub,
Plainfield; Sammy Miller & The Congregation — Old Town
School, Chicago; Seinfeld Trivia — Reggie’s, Chicago; Blues Jam
w/Mary Lane — Rosa’s, Chicago; Winner Everywhere Tour —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Always Never — Schubas, Chicago;
Tony Lucca w/Todd Kessler — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold —
Subterranean, Chicago; The Soft Moon/Hide/Lingua Ignota —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Sleepy Vision/Jared Jones — The
Burlington, Chicago; Juan Wauters — The Hideout, Chicago;
Anfang/Nightfreak — The Owl, Chicago; Nichole Bodie — The
Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Chris Fleming — The Vic, Chicago; Fire
Thief/Blackbird/Beartrap — Uncommon Ground Edgewater,
Chicago; LeftJones — Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; DJ
& Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Downtown Charlie
Brown — Zaza’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 25
Shagadelics — 210 Live, Highwood; Rose Colella/The Trumpet
Summit — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Eric Johnson Band —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jetsetter’s DJs — Arlington Ale
House, Arlington Heights; Rumor Hazit — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; 90’s Rewind — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Turboshot —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Jason Lee McKinney Band — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Billy Strings — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; The One Jr. Week 3 — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; Lateralus/The Cyberiam/Axios — Brauer House, Lombard;
32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy w/Toronzo Cannon —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Tedeschi Trucks Band — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Two Friends — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
PaJamuary/EGi — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Jess Piano — Doc’s
Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Erik Donner — Draft Picks, Naperville;
Shamir — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sam Fazio — Evanston Rocks,
Evanston; Electro Retro — Fitz’s Spare Keys, Elmhurst;
Cannonball — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Ginger & Her Baked Goods/
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
DJ Dubbington — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Englebert
Humperdinck — Four Winds Casino Silver Creek, New Buffalo, MI;
Jackie Evancho — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Joe Fascetta —
Gifford’s Kitchen, Elgin; Chris Foreman/The Diagonal/After
Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Madman Band — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; This Is It — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Retropolitan — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Petra’s Recession
Seven — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Jeff & Kurt’s Acoustic
Refreshment — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Dalton & The Sheriffs
— Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Fauxdown Showdown: Tributes to
Toby Keith/John Cougar Mellencamp & Jason Aldean — Joe’s
Live, Rosemont; Feelgood Country Band — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley
Park; Good Clean Fun — Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Gerry O’Keefe
— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Mike Ledbetter/Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sal & Izy — Level 257, Schaumburg;
Sons of Ra/Earth Program/Knives Are Quiet/Gentle Gene —
Live Wire, Chicago; Bands for Bell 16 Feat. Space Bastards/The
Hurtin Kind/Katie Todd Band/Teachers Pet — Martyrs’, Chicago;
The Lemon Twigs/Jackie Cohen/Jungle Green — Metro,
Chicago; 40 Hz/Side Project — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; The
Moods/Joe Fascetta — Nevins Pub, Plainfield; Gravity —
Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Conflict/Cemetery/The
Breathing Light — Reggie’s, Chicago; Wynonna and The Big
Noise — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; American English & DJ Q
— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; John Primer & The Real Deal
Blues Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; The Rat Pack Is Back —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Jim & Justin — Rush Creek
Distilling, Harvard; Thair/Carlile/Akenya — Schubas, Chicago;
Simple Remedy — Slapshots, Midlothian; Chandeliers/Moritat/
In Tall Buildings — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Rondell Adams/T.
Mixwell/Faithful/Miss Twink USA/Composuresquad/Sophie
Bee — Smart Bar, Chicago; Liquid Soul — Space, Evanston;
Hairbanger’s Ball — Subterranean, Chicago; Chris Robinson
Brotherhood — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Trapper Schoepp — The
Hideout, Chicago; DJ Boogie Munsters — The Owl, Chicago;
Mark Alexander — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; MØ/Abra — The
Vic, Chicago; Owen And The Ghosts/John Boyle/Sean
Heffernan — Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Etta James
Tribute Show — Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; DJ &
Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Jersey Girls — Venuti’s,
Addison; Mickey & Johnny — White Eagle, Niles; Sons of
Chicago Benefit — Wire, Berwyn; DJ New Vintage — World of
Beer, Evanston; Taylor Street Duo — Zachary’s Bar, Palos
Heights.
SATURDAY 26
Kashmir — 210 Live, Highwood; Chris Greene Quartet/The
Trumpet Summit — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Englebert
Humperdinck — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Midnight Rider —
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