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SATURDAY 14
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Gil Delapaz & Nite Sounds — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Live & Let Die - Paul McCartney Show — Arcada Theatre , Chicago ; Lateralus Tool Tribute — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Masquerade Party : K Zone / DJ Overstreet — Basecamp , Lisle ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Yam Haus / Landon Conrath — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express with Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Sincere Engineer / Fluorescents / Droughts / Rodeo Boys — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Hair Band Night — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Heart of Black — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; Wise Guys / SLDG / GMOs ( Foo Fighters / Nirvana Tributes ) — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Mattin McDaniel — Bub City , Chicago ; Jen Fletcher & The Reckoning — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy with Ivy Ford — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Cheddar / Boots / Grooviani / S . Rock — Burlington , Chicago ; Dry County Line — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Damian Patrick — Carraig Pub , Chicago ; Louis C . K . — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Louis C . K . — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Maysa — City Winery , Chicago ; MH Chaos / Break The Cycle / Fading Signal — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Surge / The Swell / Iris Marlowe / Jory Avner — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Handmade Market ( Noon ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Willde / Mila la Morena / North By North / Mid-American Elevator — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Killing Me Smalls / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Rock En Espanol — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Groove Witness — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; DJ Fury — Four Winds Casino - C Bar , New Buffalo , MI ; Imphormal — Four Winds Casino - Copper Rock , South Bend , IN ; Libido Funk Circus — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Playback — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Hi Ho / Xyzxyz / Acceptor — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Paper Machete ( 5pm ) — Green Mill , Chicago ; Pat Malinger Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Spazmatics — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Vino Louden — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; The Remedy — Heroes West , Lombard ; Dee Alexander Billy Holiday Tribute — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Led Zeppelin 2 — House of Blues , Chicago ; Eclipse Pink Floyd Show — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; DeRay Davis — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Infinity — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Geof Bradfield Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; RDA Tributo a Maná -VS- SurDeluxe Tributo a Enanitos Verdes & Hombres G — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Corey Swift — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Night Moves / Shady Cove — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Grunge Puppets — Madcats , Palatine ; Blunt / Twin Wizard / Mylph — Metal Monkey , Romeovile ; Sweet Diezel Jenkins — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Sons of the Never Wrong — Old School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Live Music Jukebox JBC — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Avol — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Black Gold Affair — Promontory , Chicago ; Loud Luxury — Radius , Chicago ; Damaged Justice / Sabbatha — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Izz / Riddle House — Reggies
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- Joint , Chicago ; Jon Mueller : Hali Palombo / Ros Dunlop — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Jump - Van Halen show — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Whiskeyfist — Saddle Up Saloon , Aurora ; Alfonso Ponticelli — SPACE , Evanston ; Noche De Verano Sin Ti — Subterranean , Chicago ; Bad Medicine Unplugged — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Freak on a Leash / Sandblasted Skin — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Rebirth Brass Band — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; G Herbo and Friends — The Piazza , Aurora ; DJ Marc Esses Aftershow ( 2am ) — The Vixen , McHenry ; Kendre Music — Untitled , Chicago ; Beyond The Blonde / Jagged Little Pill / Stupid Girl ( Alanis Morrisette , Garbage Tributes ) — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Osezua / Golden Street Regga Band — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Ali Macofsky / After Hours Comedy — Zanies , Chicago ; Big Jay Oakerson — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 15
Comedy Open Mic ( 5:30pm ) — Alive One , Chicago ; Crushes ( 8:30pm ) — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Sinatra Sunday — Arcada Speakeasy , St . Charles ; Buddy Guy with Ghalia Volt — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Beatles Brunch : Phil Angotti ( Noon ) — City Winery , Chicago ; Midnight Sun — City Winery , Chicago ; NFlying — Copernicus Center , Chicago ; Salsa Sundays — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Latin Fusion Night — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chicago Skyliners / Bill O ' - Connell — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Imphormal — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Live Trivia — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; G . Love / Frankenreiter — House of Blues , Chicago ; DeRay Davis — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Geof Bradfield Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Night Beat — Madcats , Palatine ; Judy Collins — Old School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Joe Jack ( Noon ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Play On Sunday ( MLK Edition ) — Promontory , Chicago ; Tom Holland & The Shuffle / Kings ( 11am ) — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Acoustic Brunch — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Marlene Rosenberg — SPACE , Evanston ; Rock N ' Roll Playhouse : For Kids - David Bowie ( 11am ) — SPACE , Evanston ; Draggy Tingz : Hosted by Logan Zass — Subterranean , Chicago ; Nuestra Herencia — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Dynamix / The Difference — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Mimosa Fest ( Noon ) — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Ali Macofsky — Zanies , Chicago ; Big Jay Oakerson — Zanies , Rosemont .
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MONDAY 16
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz Orchestra Combo — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Midnight Sun — City Winery , Chicago ; Karaoke — Decibels / On The Roxx , Portage , IN ; Venus Club / The Metalliques / Deep Fake — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Trivia — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee
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Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Open Mic with Whiskey Bob Taylor — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood — SPACE , Evanston ; Excide / Broken Vow / Instill / Absolute Truth / Ashtray — Subterranean , Chicago ; Adam Burke — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 17
Mario Abney — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Tringo ! — Carraig Pub , Chicago ; Erthe St . James — City Winery , Chicago ; Hail The Sun / Concrete Castles / Kitty / DJ sets by Wstdyth — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Singo — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Daniel Seavey — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; National Day of Racial Healing — Promontory , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto / Dani Rabin Trio — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Spreaad Joy / Wad / Brady — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; The Brother Brothers — SPACE , Evanston ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Oak Prairie Jr HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Super 6 Showcase — Zanies , Chicago ; Nick D Podcast Live — Zanies , Rosemont .
WEDNESDAY 18
Charles " Rick " Health — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band with Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Big Suit — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; The Brother Brothers — Cactus Club , Milwaukee ; Eighth Blackbird — City Winery , Chicago ; Silent Film Night - Buster Keaton — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; J- LIVI & The Party / Wheeliing HS Jazz Combo — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ali Sethi — House of Blues , Chicago ; Tomorrow Never Knows : Late Night Drive Home / Stoop Lee / Late Nite Laundry — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Bingo — Madcats , Palatine ; Singer Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Chinese Lunar New Year Concert — Old School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Tomorrow Never Knows : Tomberlin / Free Range — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Skooter Idol — Skooter ' s Roadhouse , Shorewood ; Dazy / Footballhead / Graham Hunt — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Caropop featuring David Pasquesi —
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SPACE , Evanston ; Country Wednesdays : Line Dancing DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Gormet Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Cass McCombs — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Sarah Vaughan Tribute : Alysha Monique — Untitled , Chicago ; Robby Hoffman & Jared Goldstein — Zanies , Chicago ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 19
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Micah Collier — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; BTS Express with Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Hey Cowboy — Bub City , Chicago ; Buddy Guy with Zach Avery — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; FOOTBALLHEAD / Graham Hunt Band — Cactus Club , Milwaukee ; ' 90s Country Night ( Custom Playlist ) — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Cece Penston — City Winery , Chicago ; Bunny Doon / Ulna / Hazel City — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Lousiana Al — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chad Clifford — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Brian Kovacs — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , South Bend , IN ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Dan Peters & Friends — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Karaoke — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Karaoke — Jamos Live , Mokena ; Bakerzmillion — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Tomorrow Never Knows : Cheekface / Girl K / OK Cool — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Rich Sawyer — Old Republic , Elgin ; Oracle Blu / Sunflower Headlights / DZ Riley — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Tomorrow Never Knows : Cloakroom / Lifeguard / Pink Frost — Schubas , Chicago ; 700 Bliss / Fatboi Sharif / PIWA — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Michael Shannon / Jason Narducy & Friends — SPACE , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago . The Trenchies / Llo Llo / Plant Matter — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; La Pena Orchestra : Golden Age of Dance Bands — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Bobby Shmurda / Rowdy Rebel / GS9 Gino aka Fat Tony — The Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Uunbridled : Zodiac — Untitled , Chicago ; Raz B of B2K — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Laura Peek — Zanies , Chicago .
FRIDAY 20 JANUARY
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Disney On Ice presents Frozen &
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