FRIDAY 29 JUNE
Thunderstruck — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Bosco — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Battle of The Bands — Base Camp, Lisle; Unknown Hinson / The Blind Staggers — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Full Moon Party / Chris “ Oz “ Ferrara — Blarney Island, Antioch; Chicago Wind / Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; UltraFab / Mike Zabrin ’ s Funkstastics — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Reanimatethefallen / Wrecked / Two Ton Anvil — BrauerHouse, Lombard; Jimmy Nick — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Casee Allen — Bub City, Chicago; Wreckless Whiskey — Bub City, Rosemont; Billy Branch & The SOBs / Mojo Morganfield / Mannish Boyz — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends, Chicago; Marc Cohn w / Clarence Bucaro — City Winery, Chicago; Atomic Love / Lavisher / Melanin / Bryce Cashman — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Loudernow! — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Stripped — Doc ’ s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Deja Vu — Dock ’ s Bar, Wauconda; Hyryder — Durty Nellie ’ s, Palatine; Cirrus Falcon — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; The Body / Bigibrave / Lingua Ignota — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Trouble Ahead / Joe Valentino Prohibition Band — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; 37th Annual American Music Festival — FitzGerald ’ s, Berwyn; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Vincent Herring / After Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Bobby Rex — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Kites and Boomerangs — Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Josefus / Doomstress — Hideout, Chicago; Rendition — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Shout Out — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Mike Wheeler Band / Guy King — House of Blues, Chicago; Dave Matthews Band — Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island, Chicago; James Libera — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Tres Moustache — Jimmy ’ s Grill, Naperville; Rodney Atkins w / Josh Mirenda — Joe ’ s Live, Rosemont; The Three Beards — Joe ’ s Rooftop, Chicago; Brad Jackson & Shades of Country — JW Hollstein ’ s, Tinley Park; Eddie Bartley — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Live Blues TBA — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Gerald and Camille — Level 257, Schaumburg; Poster Children — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Nahuales Underground / S2D / Holophonics / Bumsy & The Moochers — Live Wire, Chicago; Dan Farrell — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; One Foot In The Groove — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; 45 RPM Band — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Terry Got Fired — Niko ’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Meat Puppets / Ratboys — Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago; Gunnar Raye — Pearce ’ s Pub, Oswego; Brian Kovacs — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; The Darbles — Q-Bar, Darien; Bryan Adams — Ravinia, Lake Forest; Silent Party / Middle Western / Deep Cricket Night / Mouth Captain — Reggie ’ s,
Chicago; Arra / Julian Jumpin Perez / DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Sye Young — Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Lurrie Bell Unplugged — Rosa ’ s Lounge, Chicago; The Mighty Pines / Porch Fire — Schubas, Chicago; Casey McGrath — Shaker ’ s, Ottawa; Jackmaster / Mike Dunn / DJ Heather — Smart Bar, Chicago; A Film in Color / Fury / Chair Tulani / US Air Guitar Championships — Subterranean, Chicago; Matt Boone Band — Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Live DJ — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Uli John Roth / Lyden Moon — The Forge, Joliet; Broad Minded-Cabaret of Very Vocal Women — Uncommon Ground ( Edgewater ), Chicago; Ethan Butler — Uncommon Ground ( Lakeview ), Chicago; Small Foreign Faction / Redacted / Turn N Fire — Underground Lounge, Chicago; DJ Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Jersey Girls — Venuti ’ s, Addison; Hugo ’ s Elvis — White Eagle, Niles; Sixteen Candles / Karma Committee — Windy City Ribfest Uptown, Chicago; Concentric / Freak On A Leash — Wire, Berwyn; DJ Messes — World of Beer, Evanston; Bear & Jake Acoustic — Zach ’ s On Tap, Palos Heights; James Libera — Zachary ’ s Bar, Palos Heights; Ed Collins — Zaza ’ s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
SATURDAY 30 JUNE
The Ravines — 210 Live, Highwood; Uli John Roth — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Neil Young Solo — Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Lurrie Bell — B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Battle of The Bands — Base Camp, Lisle; Drivin ’ N Cryin ’ — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Exit 147 — Blarney Island, Antioch; Chicago Wind / Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Coverlicious / The Rockets / EZFM — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Gas Station Disco — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Sic / Linkin Experience — BrauerHouse, Lombard; Landon Kennedy Duo — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Veilside / Gina Gonzalez — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Cassee Allen / Scott Hamilton — Bub City, Rosemont; Nublu Band — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends, Chicago; Almost Gentlemen — Captain ’ s Quarters, Antioch; Modern Day Romeos — Celebrate Fox Lake, Fox Lake; Yanni — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Alvarez Kings / Annabor — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Billy Croft & The 5 Alarm Band — Concert In The Park, North Riverside; Mike Silvestri ( Album Release ) — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Starving Artists — Cuzin ’ s, Blue Island; The Dead Bolts — Cuzin ’ s, Tinley Park; Starving Artists — Dock ’ s Bar, Wauconda; Standing Room Only — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Har Mar Superstar — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Lynch Mob / Joe Valentino Prohibition Band — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; 37th Annual American Music Festival — FitzGerald ’ s, Berwyn; Jethro Tull by
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Ian Anderson ( Silver Creek )/ Poison ’ d Crue / Brian Kovacs ( Hard Rock Cafe ) — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Sabertooth — Green Mill, Chicago; Jaktripper — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Jim Lauderdale / Hideout Dance Party — Hideout, Chicago; Feel Good Party Band — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Chicago Latin Groove — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Q-101 Piqniq: AWOLNation / Dashboard Confessional / Bush / The Neighbourhood / Greta Van Fleet / The Front Bottoms / Bishop Briggs / Welshly Arms / Lift / Marina City — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park; DJ Lady Style — Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Stevie Craig — Hoppy Pig, Bradley; Chicago Blues All-Stars / Chicago Slim & Friends — House of Blues, Chicago; Dave Matthews Band — Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island, Chicago; Koe Wetzel — Joe ’ s Bar, Chicago; Monsters of Mock / Scott Hamilton / Richrath Project 3:13 — Joe ’ s Live, Rosemont; Senn Alan Band — Joe ’ s Rooftop, Chicago; Rocketboat — JW Hollstein ’ s, Tinley Park; Trailer Park Twisters — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Live Blues TBA — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Zoofunkyou / Stampy / Zombie Manana — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Grace Beechy — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Makenna Hartlin — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Titans of Rock — Mainstage Theater @ Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Party Punch / O. N. S. E. T. — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Chained — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Rhinestone DJ / Karaoke — Niko ’ s Pointers Saloon, Marengo; Kashmir / Billy Prine Band — Niko ’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; BossyDog — Pal Joey ’ s, West Chicago; Double Toasted — Park West, Chicago; Strawdawg — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Comedy Night — Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Stosh / 5 Gone Crazy — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Kevin Cole & Friends — Ravinia, Lake Forest; Altered Stage / Smoke DZA / Bodega Bamz / Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp — Reggie ’ s, Chicago; DJ Heavy — Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Kuinka / Remington Pettygrove — Schubas, Chicago; HiFi Superstar — Shaker ’ s, Ottawa; Strung Out — Slapshots, Midlothian; Nick Moss Band ( Album Release ) — Space, Evanston; Jeremy Enigk / Remember Sports / Nadine / Let It Burn!/ Decay The Llama — Subterranean, Chicago; Sh ’ Bang — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Mark V — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; DJ Esteban La Groue / Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; MyTyme — Tuscany, Oak Brook; Kevin Daniel & Sherwin Ewing — Uncommon Ground ( Lakeview ), Chicago; Dial Drive / No Solution / Lightweights — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Harry Styles — United Center, Chicago; Mike Zabrin ’ s Funktastic — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez — Venuti ’ s, Addison; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — White Eagle, Niles; Electric Lotus / Catfight / Bright Light Bright Light / The Right
Now — Windy City Ribfest Uptown, Chicago; Rick Lisak Duo — Zach ’ s On Tap, Palos Heights; George Cacini — Zachary ’ s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 1 JULY
Judy Night Quintet — 210 Live, Highwood; Neil Young — Auditorium Theater, Chicago; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chris Oz Ferrara — Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Smokin ’ Gunz / Spike & The Spitwads — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Kevin Conlins — Board & Barrel, Naperville; Lava Rock — Broken Oar, Port Barringtons; Andy Mead — Bub City, Chicago; Perry Hutchins — Bub City, Rosemont; Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends, Chicago; Semple — Captain ’ s Quarters, Antioch; Bloodman & Qualia — Cheers, Midlothian; Capitol Steps — City Winery, Chicago; Salsa Sunday — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Bluegrass Brunch — Durty Nellie ’ s, Palatine; The Giving Moon ( EP Release ) — Elbo Room, Chicago; serpentwithfeet / Lee Mo / Jordan Zawideh — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Wedding Banned / Kashmir / Hot Rocks / School of Rock-Glen Ellyn / Back Country Roads / Drew Baldridge / Maddie & Tae — Eyes To The Skies Festival, Lisle; 37th Annual American Music Festival — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Robbie Gold / Makena Hartlin — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson & Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Guy King / Mike Wheeler / Tory Lanez / Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Aaron Williams Band — Jimmy ’ s Grill, Naperville; Blues Jam w / Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Disinter / Towering Abomination / Legion / Hailshot / In Blood — Live Wire, Chicago; Gene Picchiotti — Mac ’ s on Slade, Palatine; Indika Reggae Band / Papa G and Dos Santos — Navy Pier, Chicago; Knievel ’ s Daredevil Band — Niko ’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Paul Strolia — Port of Blarney, Antioch; Khemmis / Brand James Soulful Sunday — Reggie ’ s, Chicago; Low Swans / Sugarpulp / Sayers / Late — Schubas, Chicago; Ciaran Lavery / Jess Robbins — Space, Evanston; Live DJ — Tailgater ’ s, Bolingbrook; Mind Over Mirrors / Laraaji / Rob Sevier — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Six Stringer — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Afton Entertainment — The Forge, Joliet; DJ / Karaoke — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Comedy Explosion — Wire, Berwyn.
MONDAY 2 JULY
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Feel
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The 36th Annual ✮American Music Festival✮
June 29th, 30th - July 1st, 3rd
Over 60 bands on 3 Stages • Festival Tents for Music - Rain Or Shine Tom ' s Cajun / American BBQ • 4-Day Passes Available
FRIDAY JUNE 29 ( doors open at 4:30 pm ) IN THE TENT: Salty Dogs ( 5 pm ), Brian Johannesen ( 6:30 pm ), Bob Schneider ( 8:30 pm ), James McMurtry ( 10:30 pm ). IN THE CLUB: Alice Drinks the Kool Aid ( 5:30 pm ), The Band of Heathens ( 7 pm ), Marcella & Her Lovers ( 8:30 pm ), Sam Lewis ( 10 pm ), Eric Lindell ( 11:45 pm ). IN THE SIDEBAR: Jenny Bienemann & Friends ( 6 pm ), Brett Newski ( 8 pm ), Curtis McMurtry ( 9:30 pm ), Bitters ( 11 pm ).
SATURDAY JUNE 30 ( doors open at 1 pm ) IN THE TENT: Devil in a Woodpile ( 1:30 pm ), Vanessa Davis ( 3 pm ), Ruby Boots ( 4:45 pm ), The Ike Reilly Assassination ( 6:30 pm ), Kelly Willis ( 8:30 pm ), Joe Ely Band ( 10:15 pm ). IN THE CLUB: Katie Guillen & the Girls ( 2:30 pm ), Michelle Malone ( 4:15 pm ), Sarah Shook & the Disarmers ( 6 pm ), Jon Dee Graham ( 7:45 pm ), Kevin Gordon Band ( 9:30 pm ), Flirting with Time: A Tribute to Tom Petty ( 11:15 pm ). IN THE SIDEBAR: The Northsiders Barbershop Quartet ( 4:30 pm ), Blue Ribbon Glee Club ( 6 pm ), Wild Skies ( 7:30 pm ), Crooked Love ( 9 pm ), JP Cyr & the Midnightmen ( 10:30 pm ).
SUNDAY JULY 1 ( doors open at 1 pm ) IN THE TENT: Josefina ( 1:30 pm ), Expo ’ 76 ( 3:15 pm ), Geno Delafose & French Rockin ’ Boogie ( 5 pm ), Archie Bell ( 7 pm ), C. J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band ( 8:30 pm ), Marcia Ball Band ( 10:30 pm ). IN THE CLUB: Al Scorch ( 2:30 pm ), Zephaniah OHora ( 4 pm ), Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts ( 5:30 pm ), Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles ( 7:15 pm ), John Moreland ( 9 pm ), Banditos ( 11 pm ). IN THE SIDEBAR: The Menards ( 3:15 pm ), Kevin A. Prchal ( 4:30 pm ), Ron Lazzeretti ( 6:30 pm ), Bunkertown ( 7:45 pm ), Cannonball ( 9:30 pm ), The Belevederes ( 11 pm ).
TUESDAY JULY 3 ( doors open at 4:30 pm ) IN THE TENT: Jaime Wyatt ( 5 pm ), Tributosaurus becomes The Band ( 6:15 pm ), Robbie Fulks, Linda Gail Lewis and Red Volkaert ( 8:30 pm ), Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets ( 10:30 pm ). IN THE CLUB: Luke Winslow-King ( 6 pm ), Charlie Parr ( 7:45 pm ), Nikki Hill ( 9:30 pm ), Blackfoot Gypsies ( 11:15 pm ). IN THE SIDEBAR: Fox Crossing Stringband ( 6 pm ), Dave Herrero ( 7:15 pm ), Dowd / Drew ( 8:45 pm ), The Sunshine Boys ( 10 pm ), The Heavy Sounds ( 11:30 pm ).
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