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Branch & The Sons of Blues — Space, Evanston; Our Name is
Jonas — Subterranean, Chicago; Heavy Metal Horns/Ten 96 —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Fck Cncr Fest w/Rookie/Tongues
Unknown/American Grizzly & Jennifer Hall — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Of Perception — The Black Sheep, Orland Park; School
of Rock Mokena — The Black Sheep, Orland Park; Sleeping with
Sirens — The Forge, Joliet; Bad Ambassadors/Manasseh — The
Hideout, Chicago; Fess Grandiose — The Owl, Chicago; She’s
Gotta Have It — The Promontory, Chicago; Sam Byerly — Two Way
Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; Honey Cellar/Molly
Compton/TV Dinners (Lakeview)/Grace Coletta & Alex Leach/
Meghan Saletta (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago;
Product of Hate/Oblivion Zero/Next to Eternity — WC Social
Club, West Chicago; Nick Alexander Blues Band — Wire, Berwyn;
Melissa N Shawn — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 11 JANUARY
Gerald McClendan/Everett Dean — 210 Live, Highwood; Erik
Donner — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Soul Message Trio/Von
Freeman Tribute — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; The Lotus Kings —
Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Lateralus — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Lava Rock — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Hi Infidelity
— Bannerman’s, Bartlett; YAM HAUS/Amber Oceans — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer Blues Band/Demetria Taylor —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Classical Blast/Semple — Blue Chip
Casino, Michigan City; American Pie — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Bad Boy Ball/Farley “Jackmaster” Funk/Last
Call — Brauer House, Lombard; Joe Fascetta — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Gina Glocksen — Bub City, Chicago; Wynn Williams
— Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy/Kingfish — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Griffin Crowder/Anthony Orio — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Trolls Live — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Weighted/
Stillwell/Anti Ghost/Pelafina/Sugarpill — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Six Pack — Crossing Pub, Plano; Hugh Lee — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Face N Time — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Mike &
Joe — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Hellhole — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Web Wilder/Ralph Covert Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
HiFi Superstar/DJ Chris — Four Winds, New Buffalo; The
Travelin Band — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; The Paper
Machete/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; The
Selectones — Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Clusterpluck —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Nick Pontarelli Band — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; The Meteors — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Keithen Banks/Led Zeppelin 2/Rollover — House of Blues,
Chicago; 1540 — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; The Ron Burgundy’s —
Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Jordan Davis — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Big James & The Chicago Playboys/Joanna Connor
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Ron Pope/Caroline Spence —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Eliminator/The Blind Staggers — Live
Wire, Chicago; Roke/Perfect Blue/Graffiti Air — Martyrs,
Chicago; Advorsa/Air Raid/South Arsenal — Metal Monkey,
Romeoville; Sons Of The Silent Age/The Ready Freddies/
Michael Shannon — Metro, Chicago; Bushwood/Liberty Villains
— Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; My Metal Heart/Wake Squared —
MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Rick Venn — Niko’s R&R, Marengo;
Teen Open Mic — Old Town School, Chicago; Smash Kings — Par-
A-Dice Casion, Peoria; Cover Me — Potters Place, Naperville;
Trainwreck — Q Bar, Darien; Diver Down/Dr. Feelgood/Night
Snake — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Jess Piano — Reefpoint
Brewhouse, Racine, WI; The Untold/Ditchwater/Reverend Jack
/Kiss Kiss Bang — Reggies, Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez/DJ
Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Lurrie Bell — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; The Vulgar Boatmen/Sunshine Boys — Schubas,
Chicago; Comedy Night — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Dolly Varden and
Frisbie — Space, Evanston; Each Day/All The Wine/Ben
Mulwana — Subterranean, Chicago; TNT/Bad Boy — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; G. Love w/Shamarr Allen — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club/Extra Arms/The Peeves/Seltzer
— The Burlington, Chicago; Chicks With Picks — The Cottage,
Crystal Lake; Kelly Hogan/Andrew Sa — The Hideout, Chicago;
Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Soca
Insanity — The Promontory, Chicago; Dave Specter (Album
Release) — The Venue, Aurora; The Hunt: Megladon/Whales/
Kleavr X Tantrum — WC Social Club, West Chicago; Cesar
Vampiro Lopez — Wire, Berwyn; Return 2 Soul — Zachary’s Bar,
Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 12
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Elvis Tribute — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Draggy Tingz — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Spike and The Spitwads/Highnoon — Blue
Chip Casino, Michigan City; Buddy Guy/Bigg Otis — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Trolls Live — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Sons
Of The Never Wrong/Katie Dahl — City Winery, Chicago; Riley
Leitch/Jonathan Hannau — Constellation, Chicago; The Jazz
Consortium Big Band — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; System 1/
Physical Medium DJs/Brian Case/Alex Morales — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Chicago Grandstand — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Chicago
Jazz Composers Collective/Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman —
Green Mill, Chicago; Bonzo Squad/Wheeling HS Jazz Band —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Gospel Brunch/Corey Dennison
/Tom Holland Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Randy Houser —
Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Blues Jam/Linsey Alexander and
Claudette — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cracker/Camper Van
Beethoven — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Michael Serafini/Garrett
David/Lucy Stoole/Jojo Baby/Nico/Valentine Addams/
Abhijeet — Metro, Chicago; Baggage/Guardrail/Zombie
Schoolboy/Bad Planning/Late Nights/Glory Days/The
Magnifiers/Parker — Schubas, Chicago; Michael Serafini/
Garrett David — Smartbar, Chicago; Fareed Haque & Goran
Ivanovic — Space, Evanston; Galli Lucha Libre — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Deathrun/Dead Hour Noise/Democide/Mannequins
— The Burlington, Chicago; Album Covers Series: Rumours — The
Venue, Aurora; Seventeen — United Center, Chicago.
MONDAY 13
Ted Sirota’s Pure Cane Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Tyler — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Mike Geo — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; The Men Of Mister Kelly’s — City Winery,
Chicago; Ryan Hadarah/Joe Wortell and the Natural Law/The
InBetween Days — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio —
Green Mill, Chicago; Keith Scott/Rodney Brown Duo — House of
Blues, Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; Sir Mango/
Sunvolume/Soul Honey Records — Schubas, Chicago; Pool
Holograph DJs — Sleeping Village, Chicago.
TUESDAY 14
Angel Spiccia — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Chicago WInd Blues Band
/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rhythm Kitchen — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; David Broza & Friends — City Winery,
Chicago; Vaudevileins/Terminus Victor/The Joy Machine/
Burned or Buried — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Voice Box with Cathy Richardson —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
Chris Greene Quartet — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Windy
City Duo/Omar Coleman Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles
Corey/Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Tiberius
Strange — Live Wire, Chicago; Atmosphere/The Lioness/Nikki
Jean/DJ Keezy — Metro, Chicago; Pete Galanis w/Dave Herrero
— Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; The Deals — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Yola — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 15
Thaddeus Tukes Duets — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; JW Williams Blue
Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Feel Good
Country Boys — Bub City, Chicago; Nate Manos — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Miki Howard/Glenn Jones — City Winery,
Chicago; Mick Napier/Jen Esltin — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Cold
Beaches/Kachi/Bailey Minzenberger — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Classic Cocktail Jazz — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli
/Swing Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago;
Lost and Found — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Keithen Banks/
Beartooth/Motionless In White/Joanna Connor — House of
Blues, Chicago; Jazz Links Jam Session — Jazz Showcase,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Caroline Polachek/Born Days/Desert Liminal —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Ovadya/Baby Noname/White Wolf Sonic
Princess — Martyrs, Chicago; Trivia & Karaoke — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Hi Fi Superstar — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Wesli —
Old Town School, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Reggies,
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/Harriet Brown/CJ Run/Wyatt Waddell — Schubas, Chicago;
Sammy Miller & The Congregation — Space, Evanston; Larry
June/Kapo Bravodo/Milo 187/3AM/The God Awful Small
Affairs — Subterranean, Chicago; Danny Worsnop/Starbenders
— The Forge, Joliet.
THURSDAY 16
Soul Message Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Origami Angel/Short
Fictions/lettering/Mt. Pocono — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Canaan Cox — Bub City,
Chicago; Buddy Guy/Larry McCray — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; The Black Keys — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Scott Hamilton — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Glen Phillips/
Chris Barron — City Winery, Chicago; Rottweiler/Circleface/
Fetishist — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Accessory/Products/Tenci —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Phil Angotti & Friends — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Dave Hiltebrand — Four Winds, New Buffalo; Andy
Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Candice Harwood — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Rachel
Kilgour — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Goth Babe/Slow Pulp/Jude Shuma —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Adam Gottlieb & OneLove/Terriers/
Things that Fly — Martyrs, Chicago; Dan Whitaker & Earl
Powers — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Levin Brothers/Dj Will
Powaz — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Spin — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Melody Angel/Blues Jam w/Chicago Blues Legend — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Ider/Allday/Boy Bjorn/Zzo — Schubas,
Chicago; Lala Lala/Nnamdi/Sen Morimoto — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Juliana Hatfield w/The Sunshine Boys — Space,
Evanston; Savannah Cristina/Bria — Subterranean, Chicago;
North Mississippi All Stars/Southern Avenue — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Cheer Chair/Alien Book Club/Shatter Cones/
Awetree — The Burlington, Chicago; TNK Fest: The New Negroes
& Baron Vaughn — The Hideout, Chicago; Samoht & Devin Tracy
— The Promontory, Chicago; The A to Z’s — ZaZa’s Tavola,
Barrington.
FRIDAY 17
Billy & The Jets — 210 Live, Highwood; Matthew Muneses
Quintet/Joe Policastro Trio/Howard Levy — Andy’s Jazz,
Chicago; Hot Rocks — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Arra —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; dying in designer/Lil Xtra/Wilmette
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Sheryl & Say Yes!/Smarty Pants — Blue Chip
Casino, Michigan City; The Soda Jerks/The Bread Machine —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Fossil Fuel/4 Aces & A
Queen — Brauer House, Lombard; Collins County — Bub City,
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An Evening with Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee
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