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WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY
Charles Heath — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; The Collideoscopes / White Orchid / It Rips — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Comedy Open Mic — Cole ' s , Chicago ; Bluewater Kings — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Music Triva — Draft Picks , Mount Prospect ; Music Triva — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Everyone ' s Hungover — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Grand Funk Railroad — Four Winds Casino - Silver Creek , New Buffalo ; The Lifers Podcast Live !: Acoustic Set with Scott Lucas & Special Guest — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Marquis Hill Color Theory — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Mic — Mirage , Schiller Park ; Derrick Carter / Dubfire / Fatima Hajji / Gene Farris / Hiroko Yamamura / Lilly Palmer / Loco Dice / Matthew Dear / Nicole Moudaber / Paco Osuna / Sama ' Abdulhadi — Prysm , Chicago ; College Bowl Game Watch — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Country Wednesdays — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; DJ Reggie — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Break Science ( Borahm of Pretty Lights Live + Adam Deitch of Lettuce )/ Honeycomb / Since Juleye ( 1am ) — The Point , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Shorewood .
THURSDAY 2
Open Jam — Alibi Pub , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Saberrtooth — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Where ’ s Zola Moon ? Film Premiere — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Lifers : A Local H Movie plus Special Acoustic Set — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Open Mic — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City , Chicago ; Quincy Jones Celebration — City Winery , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Irish Music Sessions Open Mic — Irish American Heritage Center , Chicago ; Open Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Lizard ' s Liquid Lounge , Chicago ; Fremd Writers ReWrite Night — Madcats , Palatine ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Throwback Thursday 2K — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Open Jam — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Do Rights Jazz / Horno Stars — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Kelvin Francis — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; The
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Alfie Jackson Sextet — Space , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Outta Space , Berwyn ; Karaoke — The Uptown , Libertyville ; Excursions with DJ — The Whistler , Chicago ; Alex English — Zanies , Chicago ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 3
Sarah ' s Place — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; MC Quintet / Paul Abella Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlos — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Grindstone / Kaia Bryce / Highway — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Leo Fron ( 5pm ) — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; The Dirty Dead — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Drmanhattan — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Brewaoke — Black Lung Brewing , Fox Lake ; John Primer Blues Band & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Deja Vu Country — Bub City , Rosemont ; CUSS / Reivers / Gospel Tremors — Burlington , Chicago ; Kindred Family Soul — City Winery , Chicago ; Bloom / Double Identity / Ovarian Cystas — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; The Stevie Swing Band — Des Plaines Theatre - Bourbon N ' Brass , Des Plaines ; Marc Esses Late Night DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; unSTRAPPED — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Final Say — Evenflow , Geneva ; How Rude — Evenflow , Geneva ; Oh Boys — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Aimont Moon / Jared Rabin Band — FitzGerald ' s SideBar , Berwyn ; Happy Hour : The Menards — FitzGerald ' s SideBar , Berwyn ; Torch The Hive / Naked Brunch / Calico Plaid — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / Tomeka Reid — Green Mill , Chicago ; DJ Slash — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; The Aftermath — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Jon Gram — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap Series ( 9:30pm ): Brad Smith — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Trapper Schoepp — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; The Family Values Tribute Night — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Hard Rock Radio / Tooth N ' Nail — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Tikkis — Lizard ' s Liquid Lounge , Chicago ; Taylorville — Lyric Theater , Blue Island ; Bottled Blues — Madcats , Palatine ; Bowie Ball : David Bowie ’ s 78th Birthday feat . Heaven Malone — Metro , Chicago ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Hot Lagardo / Booti Grooviani / Drunk in July / Dean Bean — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Brad Hides — Polyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Billy Denton — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Billy Denton ( 2pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Find Your People — Robert ' s
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Westside , Forest Park ; David ' s House / Burning Cactus / Cornelius & The Sled Dogs — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Mike Wheeler Band — Rosa ' s Lounge , Chicago ; Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Devin ./ Greentea & The Tempos / Cldwaterr / Menace4hire / Waine Ghazi — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Alfonso Ponticelli / Flamenco & Beyond — Space , Evanston ; Rotundos ( Record Release )/ La Rosa Noir / Sweet Hudson / Los Skin — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country Fridays : DJ Artie — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers / Mike Zito / Albert Castiglia — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Kevin Hart — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Sonic Soul — The Venue , Aurora ; Kerry DeVine — The Vixen , McHenry ; Flaccid House / Kiki Kuamo ' o — The Whistler , Chicago ; Chains Over Razors / Redfield / Ruptura — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Max & The Fellow Travelers / Pat Potts & Jake Luce — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Sponge / Lombardy Black / The Six FiveFour / Open Hole Soul — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Alex English — Zanies , Chicago ; Jeff Dye — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 4
LOLLA / One Direction Dance Party — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; MC Quintet / Paul Abella Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; American English — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Drmanhattan — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; John Primer Blues Band & Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder and The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Joe Fascetta Band — Bub City , Rosemont ; Kindred Family Soul — City Winery , Chicago ; Midwest Ska Fest — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Boy Band Night — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; Karaoke ( 10:30pm ) — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Mike & Joe / SWAK — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Stomatopod / The Goblins / Future Living — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Jenny Bienemann — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message Band / Ham Council — FitzGerald ' s SideBar , Berwyn ; Paper Machete / Tomeka Reid — Green Mill , Chicago ; DJ Lamont Johnson — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Together Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Bad Examples — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Brent Podcock — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap Series ( 9:30pm ): Lynn Nardelli — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Trppin Billies — House Of Blues , Chicago ;
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Jonny Lyons & The Pride — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Think Floyd — Jamo ' s Live , Mokena ; Jump Van Halen Show / Drew Cagle & The Reputation — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Beaver Moon — Lizard ' s Liquid Lounge , Chicago ; Taylorville — Lyric Theater , Blue Island ; Goldmember — Madcats , Palatine ; Nicholas Tremulis & The Prodigals / DJ Joe Shanahan & Special Guests — Metro , Chicago ; Millhouse — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Thunderhead / Young For Now / Vrtue / Mouse House — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; The Avinas Brothers — Prysm , Chicago ; Zero2Hero — Q Bar , Darien ; Michael Johnson & Marc Lavalle ( Midnight : Open Mic Comedy ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Kosmo Kicks / Sin — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Kashmir Led Zeppelin Show — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood — Rialto Square , Joliet ; Maggies Farm ( 4pm ) — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Paul Abella Trio — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; The Replays ( 10:30pm ) — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Art of the Flesh — Rookies Rochaus , West Dundee ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Rosa ' s Lounge , Chicago ; Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Middle Sister / Obliger — Schubas , Chicago ; Christian Lopez / JD Eicher — Space , Evanston ; Las Beibis — Subterranean , Chicago ; Lé Bump / BRUX — Subterranean , Chicago ; Buck Wild — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Too Hype Crew — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers / Mike Zito / Albert Castiglia — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Kevin Hart — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Chris Greene Quartet ( Album Release Show ) — The Venue , Aurora ; Feelgood — The Whistler , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Park ; Christopher Travis — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Devil of Jonestown / Bulls Eye / Rose of Demise / Malinche / South Arsenal — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Alex English — Zanies , Chicago ; Jeff Dye — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 5
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Irish & Bluegrass — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Lucky Pickers & Brewing Jam — Black Lung Brewing , Round Lake Beach ; Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers Watch — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Beatles Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Jahari Stampley — City Winery , Chicago ; Salsa Sunday — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Taylor Experienice — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Nothing Assumed / Ryley Walker / Ben Lamar Gay / Quin Kirchner / Sam Prekop — Empty
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