Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, August listings by July 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 717-5666, or
e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
WEDNESDAY 1
Terrapin Flyer — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Open Mic w/John-O —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; I The Mighty/Hail The Sun/Too Close To
Touch/Death of Massive Stars/Awe Howler — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Demetria Taylor/JW Williams — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Jon Bellion — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Joanna Connor — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jonathan Wilson & Friends — City
Winery, Chicago; Fabitat: Amer-I-Can! Drag Pageant/DJ Adam
El/LDY PRBLMS/Lucy Stoole/Curlene Ribbon — Double Door,
Chicago; Trivia Night — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; 34th Annual
American Music Festival — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Lupe
Fiasco/Billy Flynn/Tabion Brothers — House Of Blues, Chicago;
Shy Technology/The Cavewives/Far & Out — LIncoln Hall,
Chicago; Stache — Navy Pier, Chicago; Pamela Rose & Windy
City Country — Oak Fest, Oak Forest; Pink Martini/Aimee Mann
/The Von Trapps — Ravinia, Highland Park; Disemtomb/ Roman
Ring/Kataplexy — Reggies, Chicago; Tin Gardens/ Manwolves/
Sowceton Bong — Schuba’s, Chicago; Elvin Bishop — Space,
Evanston; Downtown Boys/Vietrahm — Subterranean, Chicago;
Killer Moon/Nones/Buzzmutt — The Burlington, Chicago.
THURSDAY 2
The Palmer Squares/XVRHLDY/Brian Fresco/Jinx The
Natural/Jonny Halfton — Abbey Pub, Chicago; The Music Never
Stopped — Aragon, Chicago; Harms Way/The Beautiful Ones/
Eternal Sleep/No Zodiac/Hollow Earth — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Shirley Johnson Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Joe Moss Band
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Ronnie Hicks — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Erik Donner — Carlucci, Downers Grove; High Steppin’
Into Town — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Jonathan Wilson &
Friends — City Winery, Chicago; Gene Ween Band/Mariachi El
Bronx — Concord, Chicago; Willie Dixon’s 100th Birthday
Celebration/Push Beats/Marcus Alan Ward/2Morrows
Victory/Cos/DarioX — Double Door, Chicago; Salsa Thursday —
Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; The Kennedy Duplex — Famous Dave’s,
Orland Park; 34th Annual American Music Festival —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Frontier Days,
Arlington Heights; R Gang — Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin;
Brittany Kingery — HB Jones, Elmhurst; moe./Keithen Banks/
Mike Wheeler Band — House Of Blues, Chicago; Busted On
Bourbon Street w/Ivan Neville/Papa Mali/Big Chief Monk
Boudreaux/Tony Hall/Willie Green/Marc Budha Balsam —
Metro, Chicago; Big Dog Marty Mercer — Navy Pier, Chicago;
Open Mic — Nite Cap, Chicago; Maggie Speaks/Make It Last —
Oak Fest, Oak Forest; Leftover Salmon — Park West, Chicago;
Antibalas/Sonny Knight & The Lakers — Pritzker PavilionMillenium Park, Chicago; Blondie/Melissa Etheridge — Ravinia,
Highland Park; In La Kesh/Family Groove Company — Reggies,
Chicago; Paul Rodgers of Bad Company/Deacon Blues/Kim
Simmonds & Savoy Brown/The Who’s Who/One More
Time/Arra/Replica/M&R Rush/Hot Hot Robot/Stephen Neal/
School Of Rock — Ribfest , Naperville; Frank Leone/Monster
Mike/Smino/Kweku Collins/GDNA — Schuba’s, Chicago;
Bookworms/Forward Antenna Technologies/Sold — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Hood Smoke/O.R. They?/Reggae Gold —
Subterranean, Chicago; Senn Alan Band — Summer Concert
Series, Algonquin; Dirty Dollars/First Year On Earth/Wild Earp
— The Burlington, Chicago; Dark Star Orchestra — The Vic,
Chicago; Cobra — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Dead Fest
2015 — Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 3
Roister & The Zappa Jam Down — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Lurrie
Bell — B.L.U.E.S , Chicago; Aidan O’Toole/The Niche —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Unchained/Terata/Bad Medicine/
Modern Day Romeos — Bartlett Fest, Bartlett; Ricoquinn — Bella
Mia, Midlothian; Scott Dubose Band — Blarney Island, Antioch;
Shirley Johnson Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Psychedelic
Last Supper w/New Riders Of The Purple Sage — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Guy King — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Rebel Reign — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Alex Bleeker & The
Freaks Play Dead/Steve Kimock & Jerry Joseph — City Winery,
Chicago; Force of Darkness/Hade