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Good Country Boys— Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Dennis Quaid & The Sharks— City Winery, Chicago; Kevin Tyler— Elbo Room, Chicago; Diagonal( Record Release)/ Lake of Fire / Plastic Crimewave Syndicate / Black Road— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Jazz Orchestra / Georges Fludas Quartet— Green Mill, Chicago; Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings / Joanna Connor— House of Blues, Chicago; Paramore— Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Isle, Chicago; Corey Dennison / JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Amanda & Ivan of Rosaries— Live Wire, Chicago; Snarky Puppy / Damien Escobar / Jacob Collier— Ravinia Festival, Lake Forest; Natalie Grace Alford / Bingo w / Burke / Trivia Night— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Doobie / Krash Minati / DJ Hylyte— Schubas, Chicago; The Naked and Famous— Space, Evanston; Blacker Face / Peach Lavender / First Responders / Arts & Letters— Subterranean, Chicago; Peggy Tenderass / Otto Rollo— The Owl, Chicago; Yeh Boi / Open Jam— Tonic Room, Chicago; Open Mic— Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago.
TUESDAY 3 JULY
Trivia Nite w / Pat O’ Malley— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns Blues Band / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Matt Nanke— Board & Barrel, Naperville; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Linsey Alexander— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Miki Howard— City Winery, Chicago; Hello Weekend— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Alabaster / The Data Waves— Elbo Room, Chicago; Open Mic— Empire, Naperville; Pooky / Space Gators / Blind Moon— Empty Bottle, Chicago; 37th Annual American Music Festival— Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Makena Hartlin / Make America Rock— Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; Melissa Etheridge— Four Winds Casino-Silver Creek, New Buffalo, MI; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; Bridget Kelly Band / Mike Wheeler— House of Blues, Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Independence Day Extravaganza, Lemont; Joanna Connor / Michael Wheeler Band / Peaches Staten— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Satanic Panic / Canyonero / Sunset Witch— Live Wire, Chicago; Howard & The White Boys— Mac’ s on Slade, Palatine; Karaoke— Q-Bar, Plano; Mr. Blotto / Rich Homie Quan— Reggie’ s, Chicago; DJ Erge— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Mick Flannery— Schubas, Chicago; The E-Town Get Down— Space, Evanston; Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Pirates Over 40— Summer Concert Series, Downers Grove; Karaoke— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; 97Nine / Nashville Electric Company / Martini Lunch / DJ X— Taste of Oak Brook, Oak Brook; SJOD & Friends / Garvin The Martian / Beats by Smitty / Kuh Lida
STRAY CATS JULY 4 Naperville Rib Fest, Knoch Park, 724 South West St., Naperville, IL 60540
— Tonic Room, Chicago; Open Mic— Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Vista / Farhampton— Wire, Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 4
Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Modern Day Romeos / Soda / Friday Jackson / Terata / Anuelusion / Los Treboles Negros— Bartlett Fest, Bartlett; Average Joe Band / Pet Rock— Blarney Island, Antioch; JW Williams Blues Band / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; All Stars— Broken Oar, Port Barringtons; Over The Side— Bub City, Chicago; Revered Peyton’ s Big Damn Band / Devil In A Woodpile / Al Scorch— City Winery, Chicago; Mer’ s Music Showcase— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Stevie Craig— Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Chris Behre— Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; Jim Hay— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; Kool & The Gang and The Commodores— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; In One Ear— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Maurice John Vaughn / Keithen Banks— House of Blues, Chicago; Luke Schmitt & The Cold, Cold Ones— Jimmy’ s Grill, Naperville; Semple / Johnny Russler & The Beach Bums / Suburban Cowboys / Nashville Electric Company / Joe Diamond— Lakeside Festival, Crystal Lake; Stray Cats / Melissa Etheridge / The Buckinghams / Billy Croft & The 5 Alarm / The Chicago
Experience / Junkyard Groove / OMT Band / Lime Forest / Joyce Lane— Naperville Rib Fest, Naperville; The Prissillas / Marina City— Navy Pier, Chicago; Average Joe Band / Pet Rock— Port of Blarney, Antioch; Karaoke— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Fourth of July Celebration— RiverEdge Park, Aurora.
THURSDAY 5
The Stares— 210 Live, Highwood; Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Aurora; American English / Brock & Abrams Band / Sam Savage— Bartlett Fest, Bartlett; Chicago Aboveground Film Festival— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Gasoline & Matches— Blarney Island, Antioch; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rebel Pride Band— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Brian Allison— Board & Barrel, Naperville; Chitown Country Revival— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Scott Dubose & The 101 Ranch— Bub City, Chicago; Tony Ocean Band— Bub City, Rosemont; Mz. Peaches— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Maria Lourdes’ s ABCH Neurotix Taco Shock— Cheers, Midlothian; Janelle Monae— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers— City Winery, Chicago; Michael Jackson Tribute— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Brittany Lee Moffitt— Elbo Room, Chicago; Michael Rault / The Evening Attraction— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Mark Ficks— Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New
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Buffalo, MI; Dave Bovyn DJ— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Open Mic— H. O. M. E., Arlington Heights; Brian Kovacs— Houlihan’ s, Orland Park; Stevie Craig— Houlihan’ s, Algonquin; Rollover / Nicholas Barron— House of Blues, Chicago; R-Gang— Jimmy’ s Grill, Naperville; Michael Wheeler— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Bella Cain / Pirates Over 40— Lakeside Festival, Crystal Lake; Body Void / Lesser Glow / Ghost Ape / Scumlord— Live Wire, Chicago; Scott Jensen— Mac’ s on Slade, Palatine; Strung Out Band— Market in the Park, Orland Park; Slink Moss / The Bama Lamas w / Gabrielle Sutton— Martyrs’, Chicago; Pitbull / J Boog / Semple / Libido Funk Circus / True Company / Mix Tap Junkies / Big Brothers Vinyl— Naperville Rib Fest, Naperville; Sheryl & Say Yes!/ Shawn Lent & Friends— Navy Pier, Chicago; Prodigy’ s Open Mic— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Gasoline & Matches— Port of Blarney, Antioch; Chosen Few Festival Kick-Off w / Mike Dunn / Tony Hatchett / Andre Hatchett— Promontory Theater, Chicago; DJ Chris Ullrich & Ian Spacee— Q-Bar, Darien; Inanimate Existence / The Last of Lucy / Fields of Elysium / Misanthropy— Reggie’ s, Chicago; 97Nine / Speed of Sound / Village Green— Rock‘ N Wheels, Addison; James Wheeler Jam— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Baiee / Striz / Zooey Glass— Smart Bar, Chicago; Shout Out Band— Sounds of Summer, N. Riverside; Reggae Gold— Subterranean, Chicago; Patrick Gemkow Acoustic— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Patrick Sweany / Hotel Ten Eyes— Tonic Room, Chicago; Mark Gibson / Todd Kessler / Lucy Isabel— Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago; Caleb Ryan Martin w / John McDonough & Heather Kropf— Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; 1976— Uniquely Thursdays, Hinsdale; DJ / Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones— Venuti’ s, Addison; Green Day St. Jimmy— Wicker Park Summer Concerts, Highland, IN; Giana Casale— Zaza’ s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 6
Beggars Banquet / Tina Turner Experience— 210 Live, Highwood; Moody Twos— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Poets & Pirated Band / Smokin’ Gunz / Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones— Bartlett Fest, Bartlett; Genevieve / The Just Luckies / Hairdryer— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies / Visions of Santana— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Junkyard Groove— Board & Barrel, Naperville; Johnny Alletto / Miles Maxwell— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Broken Oar, Port Barringtons; Arra— Brookfield Zoo Summer Nights Concerts, Brookfield; Mitchell Tenpenny— Bub City, Chicago; Preston James— Bub City, Rosemont; Corey Dennison / Bridget Kelly— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Corky Siegel’ s Chamber Blues /
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Sat, July 21st
The Acorn Theater
107 Generations Dr Three Oaks, MI 49128 acorntheatre. org
Fri, August 10th
Concert Under The Stars
Veterans Park 316 Island Dr Island Lake, IL 60042
Bookings: ReelyDan @ gmail. com
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