FRIDAY 26

DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Romel Sims / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Everclear — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Fool House — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Henchos de Metal Fest — B House Live , Lombard ; BTS Express w / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Punk Rock Night — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Ethan Bell Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Robbie Gold — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy with Brother John — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Blackwater Sniper . Bleached Cross / Griefeater — Burlington , Chicago ; Diamondback — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Al Siddiq — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Snakes and Stars / Brendan Bayliss — Chop Shop , Chicago ; GRLwood — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Story Of The Year / We The Kings / Youth Fountain — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; William Tyler & The Impossible Truth — Constellation , Chicago ; St . Julien — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; All You Need Is Love : Beatles Show — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Loveliescrushing / GS70 / Kyle Bates — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Brooklyn Charmers — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Bee Gees Gold — Genesee , Waukegan ; Routine Fuss ( Album Release Show )/ Gosh Diggity / Lettering / Background Character — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Brad Goode Quintet — Green Mill , Chicago ; The Commodores and The Spinners — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; Mike Wheeler Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Stuart Chaseman — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Taylor Swift Dance Party — House of Blues , Chicago ; Orny Adams — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Sundy Best / Wheelright — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; 2Hollis — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Allie Coleen — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; 999999999 / Brenda / Josh Tong — Metro , Chicago ; Jimmy Nick — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Couch / Alisa Amador — Park West , Chicago ; David ' s Bazzar — Polyanna , Lemont ; Crawford ' s Daughter — Polyanna , Roselle ; Nik Kazonis — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Todd Terry / Ferreck Dawn / Sweater Disco / Charly Jordan / Lorenzo / DJ NEMEKKO — Prysm , Chicago ; Meltdown — Q Bar , Darien ; Charlie Berens — Riato Square , Joliet ; Greenitlights / Spizm / Frankie Lloyd — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Santeria / American Idiots — Rookies Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Bear Williams Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Dean Z – Ultimate Elvis — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Kashmir Led Zeppeiln Show — Rust Belt , East Moline , IL ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Cosmic Country Showcase — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Horse Meat Disco / Harry Cross — Smart Bar , Chicago ; The Cutouts — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Olivia Minogue — The Forge , Joliet ; Black Pumas / The Dip — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; Eric Church and Chris Stapeton Tributes — Theatre on the Lake , Chicago ; Wheels North — Venue , Aurora ; Magic City Hippies — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Lords of Trident / Knight of the Round / Sacred Dawn — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Troy Bond — Zanies , Chicago ; Jesus

Trejo — Zanies , Rosemont .

SATURDAY 27

DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Romel Sims / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; All You Need Is Love : Beatles Show — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Red Roses : Radiohead Tribute — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Chicago Experience — Avenue 912 , Griffith IN ; Whiskey Romance Band with Line Dancing — B House Live , Lombard ; Kashmir Led Zeppeiln Show — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Emo Live Band Karaoke — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express w / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Ethan Bell Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Sunfallen — Bub City , Rosemont ; Buddy Guy with Mike Wheeler — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; South of 80 — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Randy Rainbow for President — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; ROSSY / Ninajirachi / Lightyear / TAZU — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Stephen Kellogg — City Winery , Chicago ; Snotty Nose Rez Kids — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; No Turn on Red — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Pino Farina / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Miles Neilsen & The Rusted Hearts — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Be Kind , Rewind — Four Winds Casino - Kankaee Grille , South Bend , IN ; Lateralus — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Dueling Pianos : Feilx & Fingers — Genesee , Waukegan ; Tennesee Whiskey — Geneva Stage , Lake Geneva , WI ; Brad Goode Quintet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Tim Allen — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; The Spazmatics — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; The Luke Repass Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Jonas Friddle — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Fort Frances — Hideout , Chicago ; Orny Adams — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Flatland Cavalry — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Juice / The Hails — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Brooklyn Charmers — Lyric Theatre , Blue Island ; Tim Gleason Band — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Shoop Dogs — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Terry Byrne ( Noon ) — Polyanna , St . Charles ; Cheat Codes — Prysm , Chicago ; Hazard — Q Bar , Darien ; Walker & Royce / AYYBO / Mike Dunn / Ose — Radius , Chicago ; Damaged Justice / Operation Empire / Maiden 81 — Reggies- Club , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Rookies Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Stephen Hull Experience — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; MJ LIVE – Michael Jackson Tribute — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Wild Fire — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Lunar Ash / Frankie Master / Park Hills Circle — Schubas , Chicago ; Sleeping Village Anniversary : Rezin / Lockstep / Emily Bielsel — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Avalon Emerson / Sevron / Leesh — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Perfecting Gravity — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Sins N ' Roses — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Black Pumas / The Dip — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; Fusion of Light — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Sanctuary DJs : 7th Anniversary — Underground Lounge , Chicago ; Lucius / Jeff Taylor — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Kenny Live — Vixen , McHenry ; Loudernow — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; School of Rock Schaumburg ( 1pm ) — WC

Social Club , West Chicago ; After Hours Comedy ( 11:15pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Troy Bond — Zanies , Chicago ; Jesus Trejo — Zanies . Rosemont .

SUNDAY 28

Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Vinyl Sunday — Black Lung Brewery , Round Lake Beach ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band w / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Adam Conover — City Winery , Chicago ; Rat Pack Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Archers / Savage Hands / Nerv — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Habitats / DayBreaker / La Rosa Noir — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Brunch : Diamondback — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / British Buddy Big Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Jazz Composers Collective — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ulukmanapo and V $ XV Prince — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; The Rat Pack is Back — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Lake Soda / Head / Contorno — Schubas , Chicago ; Queen ! Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Beppe Loda — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Rap Ferreira — Subterranean , Chicago ; Howard Levy 4 — Venue , Aurora ; School of Rock Schaumburg ( 1pm ) — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Jesus Trejo — Zanies , Chicago ; Troy Bond — Zanies , Rosemont .

MONDAY 29

All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Barristers Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Metal Bingo — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest — City Winery , Chicago ; Open Mic Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Open Mic — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Zak Fedor / Blake Burkhardt — Reggies- Joint , Chicago ; Joey Valence & Brae / Sloe Jack — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Hinder — The Forge , Joliet .

TUESDAY 30

Mystery Variety Hour — Alive One , Chicago ; Anbey Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Karaoke — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; City Of Laughs / Tyler Chronicles — City Winery , Chicago ; Thursday / Rival Schools / Many Eyes — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Blues Week : Indigenous — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .;

Closebye / Red PK / Astrachan — Hideout , Chicago ; Singo — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Bob Lark — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Baby Tate — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Peezy — Rave / Eagles Cub , Milwaukee ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Knox / Maryjo — Schubas , Chicago ; Tap ' d In / Del Trio / New Nostalgia — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Wheaton North HS — Venue , Aurora ; DJ Montana — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Laugh More Local — Zanies , Chicago .

WEDNESDAY 31

Alexander McClean Project — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band w / Mzz Reese — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Open Mic — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Car , the Garden / Harmony — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Denise Thimes — City Winery , Chicago ; Machine Head / Fear Factory / Orbit Culture / Gates to Hell — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Third Gear Scratch Live Podcast — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Blues Week : Sheryl Youngblood — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Young Gun Silver Fox — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; DJ Shadow — Metro , Chicago ; Julián Pujols Quall and Mamey — Old Town School , Chicago ; Aysssa Allgood — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Schtick — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; In The Loop — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country Line Dancing — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .

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