Underground Lounge, Chicago; Jeorge Holmes — Zachary’s Bar,
Palos Heights.
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Brazen Head, Crestwood; Garrett Speer — Bub City, Chicago;
Rumor Hazit — Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy/Jimmy Johnson
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Lone Wolf Band — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Poison’d Crue/Damaged Justice — Cheers, Midlothian;
SPAGA/Aron Magner/The Claudettes/Nora O’Connor — City
Winery, Chicago; The Red Moons/Earth Radio & AJD/Jeff
Schaller and the Long Way Home/The Gaffes — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; 4-Play Chicago — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; 7th Heaven
— Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; DJ Catieo/Replicant/Fee
Lion/Visceral Anatomy/Comfort Cure/Philly Peroxide/Scary
Lady Sarah — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Donnie Vie Album Release
/Phil Angotti/Jay Goepner — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Project go/
DJ Jellie Bean — Four Winds, New Buffalo; The Paper Machete/
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green Mill,
Chicago; Uptown Blues — Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; The
Belvederes — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Moonshine Bros. All
Star Band — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The Messengers —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mississippi Gabe Carter/Trippin
Billies/Keithen Banks/House of Burlesque — House of Blues,
Chicago; Chief — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Boy Band Night
— Joe’s Live, Rosemont; John Primer/Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Revolt Coda/Hit Sleep/Ludlow/Brothers &
Wine — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; EGI/Alabaster/Broken Robots —
Martyrs, Chicago; Flosstradamus — Metro, Chicago; Folk Yeah —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Yourz Truly — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Suzy — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Rendition — Par-A-
Dice Casion, Peoria; Kingdom Zero/Adults With Jobs/Scam
Artist — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; All The Songs We Play Are
Now A Year Older w/First Ward Problems — Phyllis’ Musical Inn,
Chicago; Hi Fi Superstar — Pig Minds Brewing, Machesny Park;
Ebony & Ivory — Potters Place, Naperville; Rock City Records —
Q Bar, Darien; Invisible Sun/Ms. B Haven — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Level V — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Lights Over Bridgeport
/Parker/Bury Me In The Lights — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Erge &
DJ Val — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; The Disco Biscuits —
Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Morgan Wallen’s Whiskey Glasses Road Show
— Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; Engine Summer/Burr Oak/
Jungle Green/Sick Day/Rookie — Schubas, Chicago; Identity
Crisis — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Space Gators (LP Release)/DJ Dixie
Cup — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Albert Lee — Space, Evanston;
Twista — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Alpine Subs/The Trolls/
Cinnamon Boys — The Burlington, Chicago; SK8R Boyz — The
Cottage, Crystal Lake; LoveDrive/Nightsnake — The Forge, Joliet;
Renaldo Domino/Heavy Sounds — The Hideout, Chicago;
Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Afro
Fusion — The Promontory, Chicago; Folk Music Sing-Around —
Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; Safety Dance —
SUNDAY 5 JANUARY
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
The Last Waltz — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Wendy & DB and
the Band/Music for New People/Jodi and the Jigglejam Band
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel Blues Band/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Hipposonics/Smokin’
Gunz — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; Buddy Guy/Carlos
Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jon B. — City Winery,
Chicago; Wolftone/Katet — Constellation, Chicago; DJ Brett
Cra/DJ Motown Mustang/Cass Cwik & the Small Gas Engines
/Hughes Family Band/HEAD/Skip Church — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Chicago Grandstand — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Joel
Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel
Brunch/Breezy Rodio/Tom Holland Duo — House of Blues,
Chicago; Valentine Bennett/Robbie gold/David Quinn/Ethan
Bell Band — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Blues Jam/Linsey
Alexander and Claudette — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Michael
Serafini/Garrett David/Ralphi Rosario/Lucy Stoole/Jojo Baby/
Nico/JForPay/Her? — Metro, Chicago; Mr. Dave/20x2 Chicago
— Schubas, Chicago; American English — Space, Evanston; Viva
Mexico — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Ekki/Bleary Eyed/Ultimately
Fruitless — The Owl, Chicago; Alexis Lombre/Jahari Stampley —
The Promontory, Chicago.
MONDAY 6
Ted Sirota’s Pure Cane Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Tyler — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Griffin Crowder — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Hazy Seas/The Knees/Brass Calf
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill,
Chicago; Keith Scott/Rodney Brown Duo — House of Blues,
Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; Barry and the Fountains/
Cole Degenova/Attack the Sound — Schubas, Chicago; Blue
Monday w/Nick Moss — Space, Evanston.
TUESDAY 7
Angel Spiccia — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Why Not — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago WInd Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; House of Bodhi/Lola Wright — City Winery, Chicago;
The Limbos/8-Bit Creeps — Empty Bottle, Chicago; BluesDay
Tuesday/Kinsey Report — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Open Mic —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
Todd Kessler Songwriters Showcase — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Nigel Mack/Omar Coleman Duo — House of Blues,
Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; miniFest — Martyrs, Chicago; Pete Galanis w/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Niika/Tonina/Mykele
Deville — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Unknown New & The Oh
Yeahs — Space, Evanston.
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WEDNESDAY 8
Thaddeus Tukes Duets — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; JW Williams Blue
Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Over The
Side — Bub City, Chicago; Omar Coleman — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Miki Howard/Cherrelle — City Winery,
Chicago; Funk-da-fied — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Girlboifriend/Gal
Divine/Aurora Sky/Darling Sheer/Miss Demeanor/Ramona
Slick — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Classic Cocktail Jazz —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Joshua Jern Jazz (Late) — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli/Swing Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet
— Green Mill, Chicago; Adam Heisler/Nick Cox from 7th Heaven
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Adam Heisler/Nick Cox from
7th Heaven — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Corey Dennison/
Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Bric-a-Brac/
Country Doctors/Pieptone — Martyrs, Chicago; Trivia &
Karaoke — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Le Vent du Nord — Old Town
School, Chicago; Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing w/Paul Ramirez
— Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Reggies,
Chicago; Lurrie Bell — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Annie Omalley/
Muzei — Schubas, Chicago; The Music of David Bowie — Space,
Evanston; Bari/Sean Deaux/Lil Blessin/Cliff Cozy/Cocoa
Greene/Cozy — Subterranean, Chicago; Acoustic Blues Jam —
The Venue, Aurora.
THURSDAY 9
Soul Message Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Green Jelly — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Wilson Brothers — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy/Jamiah
Rogers — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Lawrence Peters
Outfit — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Nicholas Tremulis And The
Prodigal 9 — City Winery, Chicago; The Nude/Honey Butter/
bluefront — Cubby Bear, Chicago; LNR TMB/Velvet Curtain/
Neoten — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Exposure Local Music
Showcase/The Menards — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Dan Reisen —
Four Winds, New Buffalo; Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Pete Berwick — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Fireside Collective — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Breezy Rodio/Windy City Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Guy
King/Corey Dennison/Rotten Mouth — House of Blues, Chicago;
Gone West/Colbie Caillat — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Anji’s
Top Dollar Blues Band/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mz Peaches — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Page 7/Wizard and the Bruiser — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Modern Daybreak/Tautologic/Jennifer Jane Nicely —
Martyrs, Chicago; Double Treble — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Slurring
Bee/Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders — Reggies, Chicago; DJ
Spin — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Melody Angel/Blues Jam
w/Chicago Blues Legend — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Megan
Davies/Meagan Hickman — Schubas, Chicago; Yacht/
Juiceboxxx — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Front Country w/Fox
Crossing Stringband — Space, Evanston; Serengeti —
Subterranean, Chicago; The Guilty Feminist — Thalia Hall,
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Chicago; Case Oats/Sarah Weddle/Busy Bodies — The
Burlington, Chicago; Songwriters Showcase w/Vivian Garcia/
Lisa Gloria/The Kevin Trudo — The Venue, Aurora; Rise Up
Lights/Pete Topa & Friends (Lakeview)/Carleton Koldyke/
Elevator Factory (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago;
Angels of Duality/Confusion — Wire, Berwyn; Return 2 Soul —
ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 10
Rosie and the Rivets — 210 Live, Highwood; Soul Message Trio/
Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Jonny Lang/GA-20
— Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Animation — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Fletcher Rockwell — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Autumn Kings — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer Blues
Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; That’s What
She Said — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; Second Hand News
/How Rude — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Molley Kearney
/Tyler Fowler/Vik Pandya — Brauer House, Lombard; Anthony
Orio — Bub City, Chicago; Wynn Williams — Bub City, Rosemont;
Buddy Guy/Kingfish — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The
Wilson Brothers — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Meltdown/Hard Vinyl
— Cheers, Midlothian; Old Shoe — Chop Shop, Chicago; Syleena
Johnson — City Winery, Chicago; Spiritual Cramp/Truth Cult —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Svdden Death — Concord Hall, Chicago;
Frequilibrium — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Deja Vu DJ — Doc’s Victory
Pub, Elmhurst; Power Chord — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Trouble
Ahead — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Gigan/Djunah — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Damjax — Evanston Pub, Evanston; Bunkertown/Joel
Paterson — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Feel Good/DJ Jesse — Four
Winds, New Buffalo; Chris Foreman/Green Mill Quartet/Eric
Schneider — Green Mill, Chicago; Terry Byrne — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; 7th Heaven — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Arra —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mike Wheeler/Led Zepplin 2/
Mississippi Heat/Haus of Drag — House of Blues, Chicago;
Simply Kathleen — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Rendition —
Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Big James & The Chicago Playboys
/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Divino Nino/Barrie
/Major Murphy/Amy O/DJ Junebug — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Bailey Dee & the Late Night Bate/The Hi-Jivers — Martyrs,
Chicago; Steve Peterson — Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Surfaces
— Metro, Chicago; Totally Cashed — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Request DJ — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; The Messengers —
Offshore @Navy Pier, Chicago; Semple — Par-A-Dice Casion,
Peoria; Sullivan King — Park West, Chicago; Groove Witness —
Q Bar, Darien; Michael Carbonaro — Rialto Square Theater,
Joliet; DJ Erge & DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Ronnie
Hicks & Masheen Co. — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Holly,/Leah
Jean/French Police — Schubas, Chicago; Recycle The Day —
Shaker’s, Ottawa; Select Cuts — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Billy
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