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MONDAY 1 JANUARY
Heritage Jazz Ochestra — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Acoustic Brunch — Bub City , Chicago ; Acoustic Brunch — Bub City , Rosemont ; Purple Madness — City Winery , Chicago ; Joel Paterson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ultrabeat — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Marquis Hilll — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; ANNA / Archie Hamilton / DJ Tennis / Damian Lazarus / Hiroko Yamamura / HoneyLuv / Hot Since 82 / Ilario Alicante / Layton Giordani / Skream / Will Clarke — Prysm , Chicago .
TUESDAY 2
Mystery Variety Hour — Alive One , Chicago ; Anbey Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Kindred Family Soul — City Winery , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; The Lifers Podcast Live ! featuring an acoustic set with Scott Lucas & special guests — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Singo — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Open Jam — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Flake Michigan / Ricky Liontones / Turbo Controller — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; DJ Montana — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Laugh More Local — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 3
Who ' s Who — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Alexander Mc- Clean Project — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Broken Vow / Payasa / Mile End — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Open Mic — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Sawamura No Hitter / Boy Clothes / Constant Headache Carson D . Bell and — Burlington , Chicago ; Kindred Family Soul — City Winery , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Jagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Singer-Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Kent Rose — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Country Line Dancing — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; Alfred Robles — Zanies , Chicago ; New Material Night — Zanies ,
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THURSDAY 4
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Alectet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Open Mic — Black Lung Brewery , Round Lake Beach ; Sunfallen — Bub City , Chicago ; Travis Ried — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Kitty Litter / Easygoingtech / GoWithTheFlow — Burlington , Chicago ; ' 90s Country Playlist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Boy Band Review — City Winery , Chicago ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Angel Cicco — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Dan Geib — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , South Bend , IN ; Karaoke — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Alan Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Blues Jam Open Mic — Harlem Avenue Lounge , Berwyn ; Women ' s Jazz Fest : Sitarsays / Joan Hickey ( 7:30pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Women ' s Jazz Fest : Yoko Noge ( 4pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Chris Darby / Leslie Beukelman and Jim Tashjian / Bird x Butterfly — Hideout , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Karaoke — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Jazzwords — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Open Jam — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Ine ' a J / Eliah Leflore / Phnx . Wav — Reggies- Joint , Chicago ; Maggies Farm ( 2pm ) — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Railheart — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Josh Pray — The Forge , Joliet ; Joshua Crozier / Kayla Alexis — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Aaron Kelly — Venue , Aurora ; Yabba Griiffth & Traxx — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Sam Tallent — Zanies , Chicago ; Alfred Robles — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 5
Lolla — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Marques Carrol / Art Blakely — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Jimmy Page Birthday : Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Josh Pray — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Visions of Santana — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; John Primer Blues Band w / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ;
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Lloyd Snyder & The Big Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Robbie Gold — Bub City , Rosemont ; Ric Hall — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Flowtone / Rocket Miner / Cranes & Mirrors — Burlington , Chicago ; Jeff Givens Band — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Docksiders — City Winery , Chicago ; Sophia Lucia / Marvin Stumbles / Roaming Bear — Coles , Chicago ; Edition Redux — Constellation , Chicago ; Xyzxyz / Two Canes & Etherwolf — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Spun Out / Caroline Campbell / Bajomar ( DJ Set ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mike & Joe / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Steve Goodman Tribute — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; The Menards / Tae & The Neighborly — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Pablo ' s Great Revenge — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Martini — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , South Bend , IN ; Artifacts Trio — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Duke Tumatoe and The Power Trio — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Women ' s Jazz Fest : Marlene Rosenberg / Natalies Wood ( 7:30pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Women ' s Jazz Fest : Mary Halm & Helios ( 4pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Radio Outernational / Damon Locks — Hideout , Chicago ; Banda World — House of Blues , Chicago ; Preacher Lawson — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Breakfast Club — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Jazzwords — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Guilty Knowledge — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; John Vincent — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Ya ' s Ya ' s Stones Tribute / Moon Machine — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Cirrus Falcon — Peggy Kinanes , Arlington Heights ; E54P3 — Piazza , Aurora ; Blliy Denton — Polyanna , Lemont ; Cheryl Rodney — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Gorilla Social / Kincy / Wilde — Reggies- Joint , Chicago ; Jonny Lyons & The Pride / 3 if by Air — Rookies Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Smooth Rogers / Chaepter / Vert Terms / Tiko Marsala — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Atheena / Moon Rules Apply / Daundry — Subterranean , Chicago ; Cover ' s Lane — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Infinite Sadness / Infirmary / Saviour ( Smashing Pumpkins and Alkaine Trio Tributes ) — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Hanna Heavin / Raphael Oliver / Kayla DeSouza — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Barbara Clifford & Shakin Tailfeathers — Untitled , Chicago ; Heartwreckers — Venue , Aurora ; Lil Wyte — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Sam Tallent — Zanies , Chicago ; Alfred Robles — Zanies , Rosemont . |
SATURDAY 6
Motown Nation / Infidelity — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Cirrus Falcon — American Grille , Downers Grove ; Marques Carrol / Art Blakely — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Lateralus ( A Tribute to Tool ) — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Anthem / M-80s — B House Live , Lombard ; Six Speed Tranny — Black Lung Brewery , Round Lake Beach ; John Primer Blues Band w / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Untold / The Almas / Monroe — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Blizzard of Oz — Brat Stop , Kenosha ; Lloyd Snyder & The Big Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Simple Remedy — Bub City , Rosemont ; Mzz Reese — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Orange Element / Midwest Blender Company / Deep Cricket Night — Burlington , Chicago ; Hodie Snitch — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Silvertone / Iris Blue / The Big Bloom — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Pete Correale — City Winery , Chicago ; Erabellla Farewell Show — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Caught Steelin — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Sapphic Factory — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Interstate Ninties / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Tunes with Tim ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Western Elstons — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message / Fran Banish — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Tony Orlando — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Final Say — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , New Buffalo , MI ; Jason Murphy — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , South Bend , IN ; Ghoul For A Goblin (& Friends )/ Hardly / Comfort Kills — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Artifacts Trio — Green Mill , Chicago ; Elvis Tribute Birhtday Edition — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; Together — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Dj Slash — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Women ' s Jazz Fest : Alexander / McClean / Pamela York ( 4:00pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Women ' s Jazz Fest : Heirloom / Eunoia Society ( 7:30pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Alison Keeley / Winred RT — Hideout , Chicago ; Trippin Billies — House of Blues , Chicago ; Preacher Lawson — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; DJ Mikey Y — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Jazzwords — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Starlight City — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Big Dog Mercer — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Electric Cars — Madcats , Palatine ; Bowie Ball : David Bowie ' s 77th Birthday - Heaven Malone / Bowiesque drag performances by Lucy Stoole / Nico / Sally Marvel / Dahlia Fatale — Metro , Chicago ; Henneberry — Mickey Finn ' s , Lib-
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