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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