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Duo — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Joel Baer/Blueshift Bigshift Band/
Guy King — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Joey Save/Funky Mojo
Daddy — House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Blockhead/Arms and Sleepers/IL:LO — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Midwestern Dirt/Sulu Moon/Midcoast —
Martyrs, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; Nate
Bargatze — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; DJ Spin — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Blues Jam w/Chicago Blues Legend —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Tate McRae/X Lovers — Schubas,
Chicago; Spun Out — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Zach
Heckendorf — Space, Evanston; Kilt Karter/Ju Jilla/Jaas —
Subterranean, Chicago; Lavisher/Nequient/Reign of Z/Eve
Black — The Burlington, Chicago; Diane Coffee — The Hideout,
Chicago; Double Treble — ZaZa’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 24 JANUARY
Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith/The Jordan Baskin Trio —
Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Prognosis — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
John Waite — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Dixie Crush —
Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Chachuba/Biomassive/Chalk Dinosaur
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; The Bigger Picture Band/Brian Kovac and Co — Blue
Chip Casino, Michigan City; ATCK/Rosengolden — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Think Floyd/Joe Marcinek Band/
Alabaster/Captain Coppersmith — Brauer House, Lombard;
Shawn Lacy — Bub City, Chicago; Wreckless Whiskey — Bub City,
Rosemont; Buddy Guy/Demetria Taylor — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Ward Davis/Josh Morningstar — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Tedeschi Trucks Band — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Origami
Button/Authentic Pines/Fluorescents — Chop Shop, Chicago;
Eric Benet — City Winery, Chicago; Trampa/Figure/Phiso —
Concord Hall, Chicago; Murph — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
EZFM — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Our Name Is Jonas — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; Madman Band Trio — Evanston Pub, Evanston;
Waco Brothers/Zachariah Malachi & The Hilbilly Executives —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Crawpuppies/DJ Wayne — Four Winds,
New Buffalo; Terry Fator — Genesee Theatre, Waukegan; Chris
Foreman/Green Mill Quartet/Eric Schneider — Green Mill,
Chicago; Bobby Rex Band — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Eric
Zindle & The Ragbirds/Late Night Laughs — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Downtown Charlie Brown — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Steve Richards — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Strangelove
— House of Blues, Chicago; Party Obvious — Huntley Bowl,
Huntley; Mike & The General — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Lauren Alaina/Filmore — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joanna Connor
Band and Acoustic — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Half Moon
Run/Taylor Janzen — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Xenopredator
(Album Release) — Live Wire, Chicago; Bands for Bell — Martyrs,
Chicago; Black Road/We Killed the Lion/Boatman’s Toll —
Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Robert Hood/Lowki/Cinna — Metro,
Chicago; PetRock — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Request DJ — MT
Barrels, Schaumburg; Whiskey & Harmony — Offshore @Navy
Pier, Chicago; Keller & The Keels — Park West, Chicago; Gerald
and Camille — Pig Minds Brewing, Machesny Park; WVRM/Ether
Coven/Silent Party — Reggies, Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez/
DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; John Primer — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; NieR: Orchestra/SQEX Co., Ltd. — Rosemont
Theatre, Rosemont; Bailen — Schubas, Chicago; Cross Road —
Shaker’s, Ottawa; Cure For Pain — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Ben Lee/Spring Summer — Space, Evanston; Slow Crush/
Grivo/Panda Riot — Subterranean, Chicago; The Jack Byron
Band/Erik Donner — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Benjamin Gibbard
w/Tara Jane O’Neil — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Wedding Banned —
The Black Sheep, Orland Park; The Grool Brothers/Distants/
Furbie/Sloth Hands — The Burlington, Chicago; Boogie
Munsters — The Owl, Chicago; The Claudettes/Lying Mouth to
Mouth — The Venue, Aurora; Anthony Padilla (CD Release) —
Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; Jimmy O. &
Rhonda Lee — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 25
Michael Avery/West Side Soul — 210 Live, Highwood; Soul
Swing Hustle — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Andy Brown Quartet
/Mike Smith/The Jordan Baskin Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Chuck Negron/Mark Farner — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
Modern Day Romeos — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; One Of
The Boyzz — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Releaser/The Burst and
Bloom/Dreamhouse/Park & Main — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Charles & Company
Band/R-Gang/Deja Vu — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; June
Of 44/The Poison Arrows — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Rod
Tuffcurls and The Benchpress — Bourbon Street, Merrionette
Park; King Fysher/Masons Case — Brauer House, Lombard;
Roger This — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Shawn Lacy — Bub City,
Chicago; Stetsin & Lace — Bub City, Rosemont; Buddy Guy/
NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Moonlight
Pickers/Joey Sunset — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Tedeschi Trucks
Band — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; The J. Davis Trio — Chop
Shop, Chicago; Pat McGee Band — City Winery, Chicago; Left Of
The Dial/Rockin’ In The Movies — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
GZA/Liquid Swords — Concord Hall, Chicago; Portrait of Sound
— Crossing Pub, Plano; EVO — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; CHAI/
Bunny/Sports Boyfriend — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Dave Alvin
and The Guilty Ones — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Twice the Action
/DJ Dubbington — Four Winds, New Buffalo; Simply Elton —
Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Loverboy — Genesee Theatre,
Waukegan; Pat Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago;
Burning Bridges — Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Joe Diffie —
Hobart Art Theatre, Hobart; The Walk-Ins — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Ocean’s Rat Pack — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Dave
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Herrero/House of Burlesque/Mike Wheeler Band — House of
Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor Band and Acoustic — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Fruition/The Mighty Pines — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Cornmeal — Martyrs, Chicago; Dyers Eve/NOLA —
Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Kings for a Weekend — Mickey
Finn’s, Libertyville; Ferris Wheel Junkies/Rustic Soul — MT
Barrels, Schaumburg; Ray Gavin — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Mipso
/Bridget Kearney/Benjamin Lazar Davis/Bossa Tres — Old
Town School, Chicago; Terry Fator — Paramount Theatre, Aurora;
Adam Carolla — Park West, Chicago; Heavy Metal Horns/80
Reasons — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Simply Sound — Potters
Place, Naperville; Hi Infidelity — Q Bar, Darien; Lounge Puppets
/School of Rock Geneva — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Whiskey
Road — Quarry Pub, Lemont; Paul Strolia — Reefpoint
Brewhouse, Racine, WI; Mortiis/Tomb(club) — Reggies, Chicago;
Toxic Toast/Don’t Speak(Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Q &
Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Cold War Kids — Riviera
Theatre, Chicago; John Primer — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; NieR:
Orchestra w/SQEX Co., Ltd. — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont;
Bailen — Schubas, Chicago; Whiskey Romance — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; JB Vannatta Album Release w/Paul Kalil/Siren Song
Cabaret — Space, Evanston; Cliffhanger (LP Release)/Action-
Adventure/The Homecoming/Wolf Rd. — Subterranean,
Chicago; Green Soul Foo/What’s Our Age Again? — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Benjamin Gibbard w/Tara Jane O’Neil — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Canal Irreal/Compressions/Spirit Trap/Future
Shock — The Burlington, Chicago; Jimmy and Cait — The Cottage,
Crystal Lake; Kashmir/Blackhand — The Forge, Joliet; Esteban
La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; A-Illa: Return of
The Disk Jockey — The Venue, Aurora; Country & Western Sing-
Around — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove; School
of Rock Naperville — WC Social Club, West Chicago; My Dad’s
Cover Band — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 26
Charles Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago;
Squirrel Nut Zippers/Dirty Dozen Brass Band — Arcada Theatre,
St. Charles; Animal Farm — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Goodfellas/
Two Beer Tommy — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City; Buddy
Guy/Billy TK Jnr — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Tina Turner
Tribute — City Winery, Chicago; Left Of The Dial/Rockin’ In The
Movies/Red Death/Enforced/Another One Dead/Millions Of
Dead Angels/Bovice — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; The Rock and
Roll Playhouse — Cubby Bear, Chicago; John Cale — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill,
Chicago; Gospel Brunch/Gerry Hundt/Tom Holland Duo —
House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam/Linsey Alexander and
Claudette — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Bruce McCulloch/Adam
Burke — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Powdered Toast Men —
Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Derrick Carter/Michael Serafini/
Garrett David/Lucy Stoole/Jojo Baby/Nico/Kandy Muse/Miss
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Toto — Metro, Chicago; School of Rock Geneva — Q Bar,
Glendale Heights; Mobile Deathcamp — Reggies, Chicago;
Karaoke Storytellers — Schubas, Chicago; Pledge Drive —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Derrick Carter/Michael Serafini/
Garrett David — Smartbar, Chicago; Matt Wilson & His
Orchestra — Space, Evanston; Of Virtue/Erabella/Speaking
With Ghosts/Capital Vices — Subterranean, Chicago; Benjamin
Gibbard/Tara Jane O’Neil — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Vacation Bible
School/Slow Death/The Raging Nathans/BHR — The
Burlington, Chicago; Bobbi Wilsyn — The Promontory, Chicago.
MONDAY 27
Ted Sirota’s Pure Cane Trio — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler Blues Band/Demetria Tyler — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Brother John — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Rex Orange
County — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Frieda Lee
Birthday Celebration — City Winery, Chicago; Chicago
Grandstand — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Windy City Duo/Rodney
Brown Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; The Soul Avengers —
Martyrs, Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; Speed Rack —
Thalia Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 28
Angel Spiccia — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; Chicago WInd Blues
Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Sy Smith — City
Winery, Chicago; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat
Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Jenny Bienemann/Small
Potatoes — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Nigel Mack/Omar
Coleman Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Bob Lark and Alumni
Big Band — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael
Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Natural Fact/The Drawers
— Martyrs, Chicago; Pete Galanis w/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Whitney w/CHAI — Space, Evanston; Toy
Robots — Wire, Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 29
Thaddeus Tukes Duets — Andy’s Jazz, Chicago; JW Williams Blue
Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mojo
Daddy — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Midge Ure — City
Winery, Chicago; Classic Cocktail Jazz — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Jarod Bufe Quartet — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli/
Swing Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Tom
Garling Sextet — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Keithen Banks/
The Adicts/Luke Pytel Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison/Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Trivia &
Karaoke — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Rini — Old Town School,
Chicago; The 69 Eyes/Wednesday 13 (club) — Reggies, Chicago;
China Crisis — Space, Evanston; Circle the Lines (EP Release)
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