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SUNDAY 1 JANUARY
Comedy Open Mic ( 5:30pm ) — Alive One , Chicago ; Crushes ( 8:30pm ) — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; MO8B — Basecamp , Lisle ; Milwaukee Record Halftime Series : Grey Genius — Cactus Club , Milwaukee ; Raheem Devaughn — City Winery , Chicago ; Mike Struwin — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Dan Geib — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Sundaze New Year ' s Day — Promontory , Chicago ; DayOne 2023 : Claude VonStroke / Loco Dice / Seth Troxler — Prsym , Chicago ; Baby J & Golden Street Reggae Band hosted by Fucha & Friends — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Matt Rife — Zanies , Chicago ; Ron Taylor — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 2
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz Orchestra Combo — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Decibels / On The Roxx , Portage , IN ; Live Trivia — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Sarah Perry — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 3
Mario Abney — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Tringo ! — Carraig Pub , Chicago ; Revolution 45 — Coles , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Singo — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Trvia Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Dina Simone & Friends — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto / Dani Rabin Trio — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Feeble Little Horse / Merce Lemon — Schubas , Chicago ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont .
WEDNESDAY 4
Charles " Rick " Health — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Nirvana Tribute Unplugged — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Avery Sunshine — City Winery , Chicago ; Comedy Open Mic — Coles , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Jagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Singer Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville
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; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Skooter Idol — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Country Wednesdays : Line Dancing DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Gormet Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; BB & The Honey — Untitled , Chicago ; Mike Racine — Zanies , Chicago ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 5
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Micah Collier — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Judson Brown — Bub City , Chicago ; Buddy Guy with Bobby Rush — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; DJ Gramma Matrix Vinyl Spin ! ( 5pm ) — Cactus Club , Milwaukee ; Winter Wonderjam : Silas Short / LJ / Troy Tyler / NileXNile — Cactus Club , Milwaukee ; ' 90s Country Night ( Custom Playlist ) — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Avery Sunshine — City Winery , Chicago ; DJ Jose Bernal — Coles , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Jon Myers — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Craig Turner — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Karaoke — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Karaoke — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Nick Sanzeri — Old Republic , Elgin ; Stripes & Diamonds — Promontory , Chicago ; Tribute Night : Interpol / Smashing Pumpkins / New Order — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Comedy : Big Ass Sketch Revue — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Aaron Kelley — The Venue , Aurora ; Comedy Cocktail — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Lonely Ones / Embers Rise / Astro Ever After — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Dusty Slay — Zanies , Chicago ; Ryan Niemiller — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 6
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Thaddeus Tukes — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Johnny Lyons & The Pride — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Astronomers / Zorilla — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; John Primer Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Sparks Fly — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Ten96 / Animal Audio — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; White Pony — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Sun Fallen — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy with
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Rico McFarland — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Kenman — Burlington , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Makoto — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Funkadesi — City Winery , Chicago ; Late : Suffer Better EP Release Show — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Kashmir - Led Zepelin Show — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Line Dancing — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Alien Epley ( Record Release )/ Home Entertainment / Hard Pet — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; How Rude — Evenflow , Geneva ; How Rude / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Cannonball — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Desperate Bastards — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Happy Hour : The Menards — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; DJ Kool Guy — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Steve Talaga — Four Winds Casino - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Shock Roxy — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Jon Myers — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Smith & Richards — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Chris Foreman ( 5pm ) — Green Mill , Chicago ; Drake , Marc , Reid / Vandermark Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; The Crawpuppies — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Demetria Taylor — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Ryan Craig Acoustic — Heroes West , Lombard ; Women in Jazz Fest — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Yoko Noge ( 4PM ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Club 90s Rebelde Night — House of Blues , Chicago ; Pablo Francisco — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Pop Nation — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Ari Brown Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Mr . Myers — Madcats , Palatine ; Waltzer / Minor Moon / Burr Oak — Metro , Chicago ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Lewzinit Band — Old Republic , Elgin ; Billy Denton — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Michael Hayes ( 4pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Beanie Siegel — Promontory , Chicago ; Volvandra / Amiensus / Toxic Ruin — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Jamiah Rogers & The Dirty Chuch Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing with Kevin — Saddle Up Saloon , Aurora ; Whiskey Road — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Wayne Baker Brooks — SPACE , Evanston ; We Weren ' t Invited / Scarlet Demore / Crawl Space / Snuffed — Subterranean , Chicago ; Red Line Audio — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Trapt 20th Annivesary show — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Rick Monroe & The Hitmen — The Forge , Joliet ; DJ Marc Esses Aftershow ( 2am ) — The Vixen , McHenry ; Rok Brigade / Bad Motor Scooter — The Vixen , McHenry ; Amelia Harlovic / Fred Kelly & Dave Valdez — Uncommon |
Ground , Chicago ; Barbara Clifford & Shakin ' Tailfeathers — Untitled , Chicago ; Indika / Kinky P — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Dusty Slay — Zanies , Chicago ; Super 6 Showcase — Zanies , Chicago ; Ryan Niemiller — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 7
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Thaddeus Tukes — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Arcada Theatre — Arcada Theatre , Chicago ; The Sky Burns Grey — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Anthem — Basecamp , Lisle ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; John Primer Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Motown Nation / Lolla — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Rotten Bros / Roundabouts — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; Punk Rock Night : Green Waves / Downhill Runner — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; South City Revival — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy with Jimmy Burns — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Eyes of Anguish / Stolen Sun / Perverse — Burlington , Chicago ; Trailer Park Twisters — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; The Rockets — Carraig Pub , Chicago ; Pete Correale — City Winery , Chicago ; Royal Thunder — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Slicznotka Movie Screening — Copernicus Center , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Mike & Joe — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Stomapod / Body Futures / Full Nude — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mock Star / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Rocks Off — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message Band / Tom Holland & Shuffle Kings — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; DJ Jesse — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Steve Talaga — Four Winds Casino - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Poison ' d Crue — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Damager / Jim the Kid / Bottom Bracket — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Drake , Marc , Reid / Vandermark Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Paper Machete ( 5pm ) — Green Mill , Chicago ; LP Vinyl — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Mississippi Heat — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Blind Reality — Heroes West , Lombard ; Women in Jazz Fest — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Trippin Billies — House of Blues , Chicago ; Self Care TL Williams Album Release — House of Blues - Foundation Roon , Chicago ; Pablo Francisco — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; All American Throwbacks — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Ari Brown Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity / Sealed with a Kiss — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Taylor Swift Dance Party — Joe ' s on Weed ,
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