THURSDAY 29 JUNE
Corey Feldman & The Angels — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Michael Ledbetter — B . L . U . E . S , Chicago ; Free Throw / Homesafe / Heart Attack Man — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Euphony / Snoopy King — Beer Garden @ Navy Pier , Chicago ; BTS Express w / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; 20 Watt / Tombstone — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; The Grand Central — Bub City , Chicago ; To The 9 ’ s — Bub City , Rosemont ; Ric Jaz — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; The Mix Trio — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball — CD & Me , Frankfort ; Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers w / Gabriel Kelley — City Winery , Chicago ; Dante Hall / Leeloo Dallas / Ray Wild / The Trees — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Country Night in Berwyn — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Mark Ficks — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Dean Milano — HB Jones , Elmhurst ; Curt Cohiba / Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings / Breezy Rodio — House of Blues , Chicago ; Old Shoe / David Gans / Clusterpluck / Mystery Band TBA — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Libido Funk Circus — Live & Uncorked , Aurora ; Forgotten Space — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Lady Wray / Zeshan B & The Transistors — Millenium Park Summer Music Series , Chicago ; Sugar Rush / Harper ’ s Grove — Oak Fest , Oak Forest ; Milked / Post Child / Bow and Spear / Sat . Nite Duets — Quenchers , Chicago ; Dylan ’ s Highway 61 Revisted perofrmed by Larry Anthony Band — Reggies Music Joint , Chicago ; Abrams / Barren Heir / Multilated By Zombies / From Beyond These Walls / Sons Of Ra — Reggies Rock Club , Chicago ; Cowboy Jukebox — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Eliminator — Rock N ’ Wheels , Addison ; The Four C Notes — Rockin ’ In The Park , Rosemont ; James Wheeler Blues Jam with Lil ’ Ed Williams — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; The Last Bandoleros / Dave Herrero — S . P . A . C . E ., Evanston ; Lola Marsh / Fiona Grey — Schubas , Chicago ; Cobalt / Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Back Country Roads — Summer Concert in The Park , St . Charles ; Ear Candy — Summer Concert Series , Algonquin ; New Invaders — Summer Concert Series , Carol Stream ; The Hodgetwins — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Devil In A Woodpile — The Hideout , Chicago ; OK Go — The Vic , Chicago ; Lauren & Matt — The W Hotel - City Center , Chicago ; The Chicago Experience — Venuti ’ s , Addison ; Joe Fascetta — W Chicago-Lakeshore , Chicago ; Tribute To Legends Benefit Concert — Wire , Berwyn .
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
Paul Shaffer & The World ’ s Most Dangerous Band w / Valerie Simpson — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band — B . L . U . E . S , Chicago ; The Tin Fiddle
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Band / Close Enough — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Modern Day Romeos / Smokin ’ Gunz — Bartlett 4th of July Fest , Bartlett ; Planes Mistaken for Stars / Canadian Rifle / Blood People — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Trippin ’ Billies / Dirk Quinn Band — Beer Garden @ Navy Pier , Chicago ; Nashville Electric Company — Blarney Island , Antioch ; JW Williams Band w / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Retropolitan / Midnight Band — Blue Chip Casino - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; DJ Night — Blue Chip Casino - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; The Suburbs / Chrash — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Showoff ( Record Release )/ Avenues / The Run Around — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Mr . Myers — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; The Millenials / Variety Show / Keith Anderson — Brookfield Zoo , Brookfield ; The Grand Central — Bub City , Chicago ; Feudin ’ Hillbillys — Bub City , Rosemont ; Breezy Rodio / Maiyana Davis — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Wayne Williams / Jesse Saunders / Tony Hatchett / Alan King / Andre Hatchett / Terry Hunter / Mike Dunn — Chosen Few Music Festival @ Jackson Park , Chicago ; Eric Roberson / DJ Maurice / Holly Bowling — City Winery , Chicago ; The Polish Ambassador / Scott Nice / Ryan Herr — Concord , Chicago ; Tonstartsbandht / Cafe Racer / M . Sage — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Blue Sky — Evenflow , Geneva ; Reverend Horton Heat — Eyes To The Skies Festival , Lisle ; Block 37 — Fitz ’ s Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; 36th Annual American Music Festival w / Southern Culture on The Skids / The Zimmermen / Western Centuries / Terry Hanck Band ( Tent ); The Shams Band / Charlie Parr / Northsiders Barbershop Quartet / Jenny Bienemann ( SideBar ); Expo ’ 76 / Robbie Fulks & Redd Volkeart / The Waco Brothers / David Luring ( The Club ) — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Beach Boys ( Silver Creek )/ DJ Daily — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; The Elovaters — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Ides of March w / Jim Peterick / Shadows Of Night — Friday Night Concerts , Rosemont ; Jefferson Starship / The Gingers — Frontier Days Festival , Arlington Heights ; Bobby K — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Scarlett Fever — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Whiskey & Harmony — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Train / O . A . R ./ Natasha Bedingfield — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater , Tinley Park ; Soja / Mike Wheeler / Guy King — House of Blues , Chicago ; Dirty Dan ’ s Cool Rockin ’ Daddies / Mike Zabrin ’ s Funktastic / Triple Threat Band — Jaycees Hometown Fest , Palatine ; Cover Story — Jenny ’ s Southside Tap , Mokena ; Rendition ( Roof Top )/ Joe Ortiz — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; India — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Hoosier Ditty — JW Hollstein ’ s Saloon , Tinley Park ; Chris Moran — Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; David Cook — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Keith Semple Band / Exit 147 — Lions Village Festival , Mt . Prospect ; Swamp Heat — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Steve Kimock / Reed Mathis / Tea |
Leaf / Jay Green / Todd Stoops / Clay Welch — Metro , Chicago ; Live DJ — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Justin West Band — Niko ’ s Red Mill Tavern , Woodstock ; Infinity / Arra — Northwest Fourth- Fest , Schaumburg ; Anthem / Sh ’ Bang — Oak Fest , Oak Forest ; Chicago Samba — Old Town School , Chicago ; Imelda May — Park West , Chicago ; Dragonfly Red / Forever After — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Ugly Sunday — Poopy ’ s , Savanna ; Neighborhood Brats / Endless Column / Warrior Tribes / The Coldies — Quenchers , Chicago ; The Moody Blues — Ravinia Festival , Lake Forest ; The Krank Daddies / Frank & Deans / Royal Son Of A Guns — Reggies Music Joint , Chicago ; Pig / Julien-K / Ghostfeeder — Reggies Rock Club , Chicago ; Toby Keith / Colt Ford / Drew Baldridge / Lil Red & The Howlin Wolves / Thirsty Boots / One More Time / Buckshot Bully / Battle of The Bands Winner — RibFest , Naperville ; 7th Heaven — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Billy Branch & Sons Of The Blues — S . P . A . C . E ., Evanston ; Ratboys ( Record Release )/ Mother Evergreen / Special Death / Sincere Engineer — Schubas , Chicago ; Northwest 4th Fest w / Infinity & Arra — Sears Centre , Hoffman Estates ; Train to Somewhere — Sideouts , Island Lake ; Tiger & Woods / Beaner / Chrissy — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Sal & Izy — State & Lake @ The Wit , Chicago ; Blizzard Babies — Subterranean , Chicago ; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Summer Celebration , Cary ; Two Hand Jester Comedy — The Brick Lounge , Plano ; Flipside Show : Chris Foreman / Clark Sommers Record Release with Jeff Parker / After Hours Quartet Jam — The Green Mill , Chicago ; Piano Power with Abraham Levian / Mint Mile / Knife In The Water — The Hideout , Chicago ; Chosen Few Pre-Party — The Mid , Chicago ; Griffin Crowder — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; The Great Crusades ( Record Release ) — Township , Chicago ; Red Hot Chili Peppers — United Center , Chicago ; El Bandolero — Venuti ’ s , Addison ; Paul Strolia — W Chicago-Lakeshore , Chicago ; Berlin / Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press / Alvarez Kings — Windy City Ribfest , Chicago ; Lex Miller / Flowtone / The Threads / Correct Again — Wire , Berwyn ; Amazing Lights Festival w / Olivia Outrage / Enzo / Young Live / Hex / Mr . Bobby / Thomas Kelly / Famous / Chanelle Tru / Bombay Boyz / PrezRap / Roy French / Heartbreak Quis / Loren Marie / Tweezy Dopeness — Wise Owl , Chicago ; The Baked Potatoes — Zachary ’ s , Palos Heights .
SATURDAY 1 JULY
John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band — B . L . U . E . S , Chicago ; Robert Hynes Band — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Raleigh Tuckers — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Anthem — Bartlett Fest , Bartlett ; Anthem / Bad Medicine / Voyage / 4th Point / Jenn Panfil
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/ Streamwood Children ’ s Choir — Bartlett 4th of July Fest , Bartlett ; Hidden Hospitals ( Single Release )/ Gardens / Oceans Over Airplanes — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Tinsley Ellis / Beggars Banquet / Hyperplane — Beer Garden @ Navy Pier , Chicago ; Hinge — Blarney Island , Antioch ; Monterrey / Jamrose / Groove Dynasty — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; The Lepolion Effect — Blue Chip -Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; John Primer — BLUES , Chicago ; Ocean Glass / Seet / Discoverer / Fairground — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Cash ’ d Out — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Leo Fron — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Vibration Foundation / Moon Money — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Brian Allsion / Juggling and Arobatics / Rockstar Rodeo — Brookfield Zoo , Brookfield ; Smokin ’ Gunz — Bub City , Chicago ; The Grand Central — Bub City , Rosemont ; Corey Dennison / Bob Mandrino — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; EZFM — Captain ’ s Quarters , Antioch ; Wayne Williams / Jesse Saunders / Tony Hatchett / Alan King / Andre Hatchett / Terry Hunter / Mike Dunn — Chosen Few Music Festival @ Jackson Park , Chicago ; Eric Roberson / D . Maurice / Holly Bowling — City Winery , Chicago ; Carlise Guy & Nu Blu Band — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Whore of Bethlehem / Nam Land / Khazzaddum / Predator / Bray Road — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; The Lords of The Ribs / Basketmouth / Bovi Live — Copernicus Center , Chicago ; Boy Band Review / Hot Sauce Committee / DJ Sir Vicious — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Charles & Company — Eaglewood Resort , Itasca ; Church Booty / Faintlife / Tara Terra / Chicagoland Musicians / The Braided Janes / Obscuridad Eterna / Lorena Bustamante — Elbo Room , Chicago ; DJ Kirin J Callinan — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Gallery Band — Evenflow , Geneva ; Foghat / Joe Moss Band / Infinity / OMT / Fender Benders / Fortunate Sons / Peace Road — Eyes To The Skies Festival , Lisle ; 36th Annual American Music Festival w / Los Straightjackets with Marshall Crenshaw / Shemekia Copeland / Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience / The Tillers / Chicago Salty Dogs / Semi-Twang ( Tent ); Shiny Ribs / Sarah Shook & The Disclaimers / The Pines / Los Straighjackets / Kevin Gordon Band / Charlie Parr ( The Club ); The Belvideres / Blue Eyed Bettys / Curtis McMurtry / Babe-Alon / Gerald Dowd , Kim Kaler ( SideBar ) — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Gin Blossoms / Arra / Darryl Marquette — Frontier Days Festival , Arlington Heights ; Gretchen Wilson w / Loving Mary Band & Charlie Daniels Band w / Gunnar & The Grizzly Boys / Hey Cowboy — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; Rock Steady — Gruben ’ s Uptown Tap , Plainfield ; Erik Donner — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Summer of Love — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Backdated — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; United We Rock w / Styx / REO
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