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Chicago; Dan & Phil— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Jimmy Vaughan / Dave Specter— Space, Evanston; Birds In A Row / Portrayal of Guilt / Frail Body / Ribbonhead / Wild Mocassins / Fitness / i. e. kokoro— Subterranean, Chicago; Shindig— Summer Concert Series, Bolingbrook; Live DJ— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Open Mic Finals— Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago.
THURSDAY 26 JULY
The Moods— 210 Live, Highwood; The Smithereens / Marshall Crenshaw— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Pelican / Cloakroom / Slow Mass— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Blarney Gras: Chris Moran & Friends— Blarney Island, Antioch; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Brian Allison— Board & Barrel, Naperville; Wanderlust Art Show— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The ONE Jr. Week— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; The Bama Lamas— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Jackson Michelson— Bub City, Chicago; Industrial Drive— Bub City, Rosemont; Sheryl Youngblood— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Bring It Live— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Rihanna Tribute— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Traffick Free Benefit w / Jesse W. Johnson / Mutts / Impulsive Hearts / DJ Mykol— Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Wind Gypsys— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Country Night w / Bunkertown— Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Pirates Over 40— Founders Days, Algonquin; Chris Behre— Four Winds Casino- Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; JD Kosyk— 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; The Whiskey Chicks— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Decide Today In Chicago— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Niall Horan— Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Hi-Fi Stereotypes— Houlihan’ s, Orland Park; Kyle Young— Houlihan’ s, Algonquin; Joanna Connor— House of Blues, Chicago; Coheed & Cambria / Taking Back Sunday— Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Isle, Chicago; Michael Wheeler Band— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kina Grannis / Imaginary Future— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Open Mic Variety Showcase— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Jennifer Ramsey— Mac’ s on Slade, Palatine; Serendipity— Market in the Park, Orland Park; Fat Babies / Nicolle Wood— Navy Pier, Chicago; Brushville— Niko’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Big Al Wetzel Band— Peanut Butter & Jam Series, Kenosha, WI; Prodigy’ s Open Mic— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Chris Moran & Friends— Port of Blarney, Antioch; The Neverly Brothers / Kaleidoscope Eyes— Prairie Fest, Wood Dale; The Kingston Allstars w / Sister Nanny / Funkadesi— Pritzker Pavilion @ Millenium Park, Chicago; American English / The New Invaders— Proud American Days, New Lenox; DJ Chris Ullrich & Ian Spacee— Q-Bar, Darien; Mir Fontane / Classic Albums: R. E. M. Rekoning & INXS Kick—
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Reggie’ s, Chicago; Suburban Cowboys / In Session / Village Green— Rock‘ N Wheels, Addison; James Wheeler Jam— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Perry Hutchins— Sounds of Summer, N. Riverside; Bebel Gilberto— Space, Evanston; Knox Hamilton w / Brother Sundance— Subterranean, Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Sunset Soiree, Lemont; B-Side Rebels— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Helpling Phriendly Orchestra— Tonic Room, Chicago; The Doc Talk Show # 17— Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; Recycle The Day— Uniquely Thursdays, Hinsdale; WGCI Summer Jam— United Center, Chicago; DJ / Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; The Soul Kats— Venuti’ s, Addison; Kashmir— Wicker Park Summer Concerts, Highland, IN; Tony Ocean Show— Zaza’ s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 27
Jambon— 210 Live, Highwood; Ted Nugent— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Ebony & Ivory— Ballydoyle, Aurora; SNM Unplugged— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Lemuria / Katie Ellen / Dusk— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Blarney Gras: Modern Day Romeos / Serendipity— Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Bigger Picture Band— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Summer Son— Board & Barrel, Naperville; The ONE Jr. Week— Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; The Alarm / The Crombies / Mikey Classics / Black Actress / The Kozmic Kicks— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Hello Weekend / Moon Money— Broken Oar, Port Barringtons; Wedding Banned— Brookfield Zoo Summer Nights Concerts, Brookfield; Feudin Hillbillies— Bub City, Chicago; Brothers Duo / Saddlebrook— Bub City, Rosemont; Vanessa Collier— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Erasure— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Sonny Landreth— City Winery, Chicago; The Funky Butt Brass Band— Club Arcada, St. Charles; 45RPM Band— Dock’ s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; In The Stix / Yourz Truly— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Mark & Jim— Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Matchess( Record Release)/ Ulla Straus / GGOOLLDD / Kedr Livanskiy / Muuves— Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Smithereens w / Marshall Crenshaw— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Cannonball / Lotus— Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Boy Band Review / Libido Funk Circus / HiFi Superstar— Founders Days, Algonquin; Fool House / Sean Skyler— Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; The Beach Boys— Four Winds Casino-Silver Creek, New Buffalo, MI; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Frank Catalano Quintet / After Hours Jam— Green Mill, Chicago; Cirrus Falcon— Gruben’ s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Random Maxx— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Paul Strolia— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Black Velvet— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; The Mix— Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
concert previews, news, and reviews.
Recycle The Day— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Godsmack / Shinedown— Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; The Pheromones— Hoppy Pig, Bradley; John Primer / Us The Duo / Guy King— House of Blues, Chicago; Peter & The Versatiles— Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Eli Young Band— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Rendition / Brothers Duo— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Nora Jean Brusco Band / Vance Kelly & The Back Street Blues Band— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cards Against Humanity Late Night Writers Room— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Sad Monster Party / JAP Herron— Live Wire, Chicago; Kevin Kramer— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Harry Garner Band— Mac’ s on Slade, Palatine; Sugarpulp / Man Called Noon / Trick Shooter Social Club / Sayers— Martyrs’, Chicago; 2350 Last Call: The Neo Story w / DJs Carrie Monster / Scary Lady Sarah / Zuzanne Shelton / Glenn Russell / Jeff Moyer— Metro, Chicago; Trippin’ Billies / Chip Ratliff & The DirtyBluCrue— Navy Pier, Chicago; 28 Days— Niko’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; El Dub— Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Serendipity / Modern Day Romeos— Port of Blarney, Antioch; The Ides of March / The Boy Band Night— Prairie Fest, Wood Dale; Suburban Cowboys / Brushville— Proud American Days, New Lenox; Preston Lacy— Q-Bar, Darien; School of Rock- DuPage— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Kyle Young— Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; Black and Blue / Midnight Hour / Stranger Cole & His Jamaican Allstar Band / Chicago Jamaican Ensemble / The Concrete Roots / DJ Chuck Wren— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Heartache Tonight— RiverEdge Park, Aurora; My Bloody Valentine— Riviera, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Mavis Staples / Marc Broussard / Dana Fuchs— Space, Evanston; Porches / Sidney Gish— Subterranean, Chicago; Live DJ— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Negative Scanner( Record Release)/ Warm Bodies / Deodorant / Pornography Glows— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Dorothy— The Forge, Joliet; DJ Boogie Munsters— The Owl, Chicago; The Studs— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Animal Collective / Lonnie Holley— The Vic, Chicago; MyTyme— Tuscany, Oak Brook; DJ / Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Diamanti— Venuti’ s, Addison; Antonio Duca— White Eagle, Niles; Against Me!/ Porches / Red Fang / Turquoise Jeep / Ezra Furman / Snail Mail / Remo Drive / Rozwell Kid / Dos Santos— Wicker Park Fest, Chicago; The Stingers— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights; Ed Collins— Zaza’ s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
SATURDAY 28
The Love— 210 Live, Highwood; Ted Nugent— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Raleigh Truckers— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Ezra Furman / Secret Bad Boy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Blarney Gras: Covergurl / Moon Money— Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Chicago
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