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Chicago; Whiskeyfist — Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy/Smiley
Tillmon/Kate Moss — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; AJR —
Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Trailer Park Twisters/
Candice Harwood — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; American Idiots/
Dead & Buried/The Glory Years — Cheers, Midlothian; Tedeschi
Trucks Band — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Flugel — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Yuna — City Winery, Chicago; Acoustic Social — Doc’s
Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Charlie Reed/Flamingo Rodeo/Tobacco
City/Chicago Honky Tonk DJs — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Jimmy
and Cait — Evanston Pub, Evanston; Los Lobos/Paul Cebar
Tomorrow Sound — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Zero/DJ Jellie Bean —
Four Winds, New Buffalo; Jackson Galaxy — Genesee Theatre,
Waukegan; Chris Foreman/Green Mill Quartet/Eric Schneider
— Green Mill, Chicago; Steve Dawson/Diane Christensen/Chris
Rawlins/Beaver Lodge Variety Show with Chris Rawlins — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Twice The Action — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; The Moods — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mike Wheeler/
Super Diamond/John Primer — House of Blues, Chicago; The All
Stars — Huntley Bowl, Huntley; Jess Piano — Incontro A Tavola,
S. Barrington; American Pie — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago;
Chris Lane/Blanco Brown/Ernest Mckenzie Porter — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Little Ray Neal/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Stella Donnelly/V.V./Lightbody/The Ophelias —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer — Martyrs, Chicago; L-Boyz
— Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Request DJ — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Feelgood Country Band — Offshore @Navy Pier,
Chicago; George Kahumoku Jr/Led Kaapana/Kawika Kahiapo —
Old Town School, Chicago; Lotus — Park West, Chicago; Sudz &
Strings — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Stone Blue — Q Bar,
Darien; Double Treble — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Whiskey &
Harmony — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Kyle Young — Reefpoint
Brewhouse, Racine, WI; The War Inside — Reggies, Chicago; DJ
Q/Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Mike Wheeler Band
— Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Modern Nature/Hannah Cohen/
Toth/Olden Yolk — Schubas, Chicago; Cody Calkins — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Nov3L/Dance & House Grooves by Jillian X — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Funkadesi — Space, Evanston; Serious Face/
Part Time Adults — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Rebirth Brass Band
/Bassel & The Supernaturals — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Recycle
The Day — The Black Sheep, Orland Park; Hospital Job/Two
Houses/Attic Salt/Time Thieves — The Burlington, Chicago; TNK
Fest: Whitmer Thomas — The Hideout, Chicago; Silent Party
Juke Jam — The Promontory, Chicago; Zazz Jazz Combo — The
Venue, Aurora; Open Mic — Two Way Street Coffee House,
Downers Grove; Ryen/Realxty — Wire, Berwyn.
SATURDAY 18 JANUARY
The Heels — 210 Live, Highwood; Suzy Schwartz — 750 Cucina
Rustica, Cary; Matthew Muneses Quintet/Joe Policastro
Trio/Howard Levy — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Thunderstruck/SAB-
BATH — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Too Hot To Handel: The
Jazz-Gospel Messiah — Auditorium Theatre, Chicago; Dancing
Queen — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Libido Funk Circus —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones/Visions of
Santana/Final Say — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; Mowtown
Nation/The Lounge Puppets — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
The Ugly Lovers/The Bank Notes/The Blackwoodz — Brauer
House, Lombard; Sean & John — Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Rendition — Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy/Tom Hambridge —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Cash Cash/R3hab — Byline Bank
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Dry County Line/Scott Dubose —
Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Tedeschi Trucks Band — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Yuna — City Winery, Chicago; Dirt Monkey/Jantsen/
Wolf-e-Wolf — Concord Hall, Chicago; Pod Niebem Paryza —
Copernicus Center, Chicago; Semple — Crossing Pub, Plano;
Zorilla/Ignited/Joe Renardo & Friends/Butterfly In Traffic —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; GenR8 — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda;
Blackened — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Pan-American/Cleared —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; America/Hello Weekend/DJ Mad Jaz —
Four Winds, New Buffalo; Hurricane Gumbo — Frankie’s Blue
Room, Naperville; National Ballet Theatre Romeo & Juliet —
Genesee Theatre, Waukegan; Pat Mallinger & Company — Green
Mill, Chicago; Southern Jack — Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield;
Liquid Soul — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Soda — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; Vinyl Goldmine — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Windy City Duo/Ripe/Blue Olives — House of Blues, Chicago;
Metallica Tribute/Nickelback Tribute — Joe’s Bar on Weed,
Chicago; Chris Lane/Blanco Brown/Ernest Mckenzie Porter —
Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Little Ray Neal/Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Resavoir/Valebol/Luke Titus — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Terrapin Flyer — Martyrs, Chicago; Ultimate Jam Night
— Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Black Marble/Hoops — Metro,
Chicago; Chasing Alice — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Lotus —
Park West, Chicago; Vicious Circle/Highspeedirt — Penny Road
Pub, Barrington; Paul Strolia Acoustic — Potters Place,
Naperville; 95th Street Band — Q Bar, Darien; Shock The
System/School of Rock Glen Ellyn — Q Bar, Glendale Heights;
Infinity/School of Rock Elmhurst — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Lavish
Lashes/Damged Justice/Judas Rising/Tarot Woman/Lost
Pyramids — Reggies, Chicago; School of Rock/Altered Stage
(early) — Reggies, Chicago; Ray Eng & DJ Erge — Rivers Casino,
Des Plaines; Rico McFarland — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Hand
Habits/Fran/Garcia Peoples/Fauvely — Schubas, Chicago; Kilo
Kish/Fess Grandiose/Pulaski Squares — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Rebirth Brass Band — Space, Evanston; Carnivores at
Grace/Frail Body & Blake — Subterranean, Chicago;
Hairbangers Ball/Monster — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Stomatopod/Phantom Works/Basement Family/Arsenal Road
— The Burlington, Chicago; Mighty Joe — The Cottage, Crystal
Lake; Helbilly Deluxe/Unforgiven/Domination/Absolution —
The Forge, Joliet; TNK Fest: Megan Stalter/Busy Debras — The
Hideout, Chicago; Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl,
Chicago; Black & Gold Affair — The Promontory, Chicago; The
Wayouts — The Venue, Aurora; Folk Music Sing-Around — Two
Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; Enuff Znuff/Dirty Talk
— WC Social Club, West Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony —
Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 19
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
The Gatlin Brothers — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Too Hot To
Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah — Auditorium Theatre, Chicago;
Suzi Shelton — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel Blues Band/
Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Middle Of The
Road/Hoosier Highway — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; The
Almost/All Get Out/Ghost Atlas/Rowdy — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Sunfallen — Bub City, Chicago; Buddy Guy/Robert
Fetzer/Greg Guy — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Rendition/
Liquid Courage Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Sawyer
Fredricks/Beth Bombara — City Winery, Chicago; Wet Ink
Ensemble — Constellation, Chicago; Chicago Grandstand —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman — Green
Mill, Chicago; Gospel Brunch/Nicholas Barron/Tom Holland
Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Joint Forces Charity Concert
— Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Blues Jam/Linsey Alexander and
Claudette — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Deeper/Corridor/The
Hecks — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer — Martyrs,
Chicago; Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Alan King/Mark
Grant/Zac Jones/Lucy Stoole/Jojo Baby/Nico/Tenderoni/
Bambi Banks-Coulee — Metro, Chicago; The Sweet Remains —
Old Town School, Chicago; Chris Redd & Friends — Park West,
Chicago; School of Rock Plainefield — Q Bar, Darien; School of
Rock (early)/Taylor Shane & Coalition — Reggies, Chicago;
Buck Meek/Twain/Bill Mackay — Schubas, Chicago; Frances
Quinlan/Indigo De Souza — Sleeping Village, Chicago; For
Frankie! Celebration of his 65th Birthday — Smartbar, Chicago;
Cash Box Kings — Space, Evanston; Chris Fleming — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Arthhur/Sci-Fi Sleep Cycles/Prathloons/Corolla —
The Burlington, Chicago; Jon Langford & Sally Timms — The
Hideout, Chicago; Thaddeus Tukes — The Promontory, Chicago.
MONDAY 20
Ted Sirota’s Pure Cane Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Tyler — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Jimmy Burns — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Meli’sa Morgan
— City Winery, Chicago; Unmanned Ship/JOB/Damiana — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Brian Allison — Four Winds, New Buffalo;
Louder Than A Mom — Martyrs, Chicago; Karoake — Q Bar,
Darien; Maverick Sabre/Reece — Schubas, Chicago; Story Jam
— Space, Evanston; Fuerza Bruta/The Royal Hounds /Chubby
and the Gand/Affont/Man-Eaters — Subterranean, Chicago;
Bosley Jr./Bottom Bracket/Pretty Pleased/Jupiter Styles —
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The Burlington, Chicago; Mambo Mayhem — The Promontory,
Chicago; Heilung — Vic Theatre, Chicago.
TUESDAY 21
Angel Spiccia — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Chicago WInd Blues
Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Dicky James Band
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Josephine Beavers — City
Winery, Chicago; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat
Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Rodney Brown
Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael Wheeler
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Pete Galanis w/Dave Herrero —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Jordy/Strling — Schubas, Chicago;
Thompson Springs — Sleeping Village, Chicago; 96 Bitter Beings
/The Native Howl/Locust Grove — The Forge, Joliet.
WEDNESDAY 22
The Killer Dueling Pianos — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; JW Williams
Blue Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; The Special 20s — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Dead to Rights — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Chris
White Trio (SideBar) — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Classic Cocktail
Jazz — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli/Swing Gitan/
Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Joel Paterson —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Joanna Connor/Windy City Duo —
House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Michael Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Band Royale/The Tomblands/
Planetsexploder — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Burns Supper —
Martyrs, Chicago; Trivia & Karaoke — MT Barrels, Schaumburg;
Miguel de Leon — Old Town School, Chicago; Shadow of Intent/
Inferi (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Vino Louden — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Your Smith/Chelsea Jade — Schubas, Chicago;
Androgynous Mustache: Warren Zevon Songs — Space,
Evanston; Tres Mortimer & Friends — Subterranean, Chicago;
Mike Gordon — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Dianne Coffee — The
Hideout, Chicago.
THURSDAY 23
Soul Message Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Chris Farren/
Retirement Party/Macseal — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Wreckless Whiskey — Bub
City, Chicago; Buddy Guy/Lil Ed and The Blues Imperials —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Cropduster 4 — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Mandy Patinkin — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Eric
Benet — City Winery, Chicago; Kneebody — Constellation,
Chicago; Pink Frost/Pink Avalanche/Underhand — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Johnny V’s Wildflowers — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Robbie Gold Duo — Four Winds, New Buffalo; Andy Brown/Alan
Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; McLennon
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