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FRIDAY 5 JULY
Public i and Friends — 210 Live, Highwood; Bowmanville Swing/
Corey Wilkes — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Jacks & Atoms Band
— Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; The Niche — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Bartlett Fest, Bartlett;
Space Camp Festival 2019 — Base Camp, Lisle; Dean Milano —
Beacon Tap, Palatine; Tributes to The Cure/The Smiths & Echo
& The Bunnymen — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; There Goes The
Neighborhood/Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic — Blarney Island,
Antioch; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Smarty Pants — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; The Blasters/Supersuckers/Wayne The Train
Hancock/Architects of Ruin w/Vile Secretion & Wonds —
Brauer House, Lombard; Levi Riggs — Bub City, Chicago; Victor
Wainwright/Win Noll — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Electric
Alibi — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Morgan Station — Carol’s
Pub, Chicago; Brondo — Chop Shop/1St Ward, Chicago; Angie
Stone — City Winery, Chicago; The Meteors — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; Electronic Substance Abuse/Antonym/DJ Scary Lady
Sarah — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; 4 Aces & A Queen/20 Spot/
Velvet Starlings — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Ready, Set, Dance —
Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Jayem/Home Cookin’/ACRES to
MILES/Megan Hosack/Windy City Soul — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Stef Chura/French Vanilla/Sean Green/Bric-A-Brac DJs/Hard
Country Honky Tonk w/Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Bourbon & Brass — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Modern Day
Romeos/97Nine/Fletcher Rockwell/Way Down Wanderers/
Parmalee — Eyes To The Skies Balloon Festival, Lisle; Tab Benoit
/Zenith Sunn ft. Eric Lindell and Anson Funderburgh/ C.J.
Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band/The Suffers/ Michael
McDermott/Brave Combo/Dead Horses/Expo ‘76 & The Total
Pro Horns/Jenny Bienemann & Friends/The Menards /The
Dozen Buzzin Cousins/Gerald Dowd Trio/Girls of the Golden
West — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Daughtry — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Fool House — Four Winds Casino (Hard Rock Cafe),
New Buffalo, MI; War — Frontier Days, Arlington Heights;
Gershwin Piano Concerto — Grant Park Pritzker Pavilion,
Chicago; The “Flipside” Show w/ Chris Hammond/Tim Warfield
Organ Band/Green Mill Quartet — Green Mill, Chicago;
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Final Say — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Beggars Banquet — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mississippi Gabe
Carter/Mississippi Heat — House of Blues, Chicago;
Sublime/Rome — Huntington Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island,
Chicago; The Hat Guys — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Summer
Rooftop Party w/Reggaeton/DownLow & Friends — Joe’s LIve,
Rosemont; Simple Remedy — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; John
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Primer/Joanna Connor Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
7th Heaven/Serendipity/Nothing Personal — Lions Club
Festival, Mt. Prospect; Vernon Street Blues Band — Mac’s On
Slade, Palatine; The Lotus Kings — Martyrs’, Chicago; Birthday
Bash w/Built From Scratch/Chapel Hill — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Maggie Speaks — Morton Grove Days, Morton Grove;
Wedding Banned/The Messengers — Northwest Fourth Fest,
Hoffman Estates; Sacred Dawn/The Kenny Hill Group/Gotcha —
Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Chicago Indigo — Pheasant Run, St.
Charles; Chicken Dolphin — Phyllis’s Musical Inn, Chicago;
Eneferens/Crimson Moonlight/Vukari/Tvaer — Reggies,
Chicago; Nick Lynch/Jimmy Nick & Don’t Tell Mama/Junkyard
Groove/Wild Daisy/Jason Wells Band — Ribfest, Naperville;
Dark Star Orchestra — RiverEdge Park, Aurora; Karma
Committee — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Lurrie Bell Blues Band
— Rosa’s, Chicago; Daddy Long Legs/Uncle Sexy and the
Nephews — Schubas, Chicago; Chris Cohen/Spencer
Tweedy/The Knees — Sleeping Village, Chicago; DJ Pierre/
Traxx/Justin Aulis Long — Smart Bar, Chicago; Rebirth Brass
Band — Space, Evanston; Emo Nite — Subterranean, Chicago;
Infinity — Summer Nights Concert Series, Brookfield Zoo; DJ
Messes/New Vintage — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Built to
Spill/Orua/Wetface — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Alpine Subs/Sadie
& Stark — The Burlington, Chicago; G-Herbo/Calboy/Dryboy —
The Forge, Joliet; Devil In A Woodpile/Tom Ray/Helltrap
Nightmare (Comedy) — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Adam
Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; TIny Shoulders/Chad Price &
David Lopez (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; John
Maus/Boy Harsher/Fee Lion — West Fest, Chicago; Martha
Davis & The Moods/Breakfast Club/To The 9’s/R-Gang —
Windy City Ribfest Uptown, Chicago; Ju Jilla & Nut G — Wire,
Berwyn.
SATURDAY 6
Scott Dubose/The Walk-Ins — 115 Bourbon Street, Merrrionette
Park; Kings & Associates/Larry Wimmer Band — 210 Live,
Highwood; Jeorge Holmes — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Keri
Johnsrud/Corey Wilkes — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Deca8de
Band — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Chris Moran &
Friends — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Bert’s Revenge — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Anthem/Rumor Hazit/Bad Medicine — Bartlett Fest,
Bartlett; Twiztid’s Generation Nightmare Tour — Base Camp,
Lisle; Damaged Justice/Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Six To Midnight — Blarney Island, Antioch; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jamrose/
Monterrey — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Full Throttle — Brauer House, Lombard; Morgan Station — Bub
City, Chicago; Will Tilson/Doc Payne & The Payne Relief
Smooth Blues Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; HiFi-
Superstar/Pirate Radio — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Lone
Wolf Band — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Wavelength/8-Track —
Cheers, Midlothian; Funhouse/Spaceface — Chop Shop/1St
Ward, Chicago; Cadillac Casanovas — Club Arcada, St. Charles;
German National Youth Jazz Orchestra: Bauhaus Movement —
Constellation, Chicago; Dead Original/Chout/Balkun Brothers
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Jimi Falls — Durty Nellies, Palatine;
Standing Room Only — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Nando/Aced
Spade/Sy!/N.S.P Music/Marko Stat$ — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Philly Peroxide/DJs Bottle Brush — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Bourbon & Brass — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Soul Asylum/AM
Taxi/Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress/Hello Weekend/Tim
Wilsey/The Seventh Sons — Eyes To The Skies Balloon Festival,
Lisle; Alejandro Escovedo/Marcia Ball Band/The Iguanas/
Walter Trout/Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience/Cedric
Burnside/Lindsay Beaver/Edward David Anderson/Nora Jane
Struthers/Kory Quinn/The Zimmermen/Working Mother/
Christine Melody/Bill Bloomer/Jimmy Burns/Jarod Bufe
Quartet/The Belvederes/Ron Lazzeretti Band/Ryan Joseph
Anderson/Pie Eyed Pete & The New Dealers/Mr. Gac —
Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; UltraBeat — Four Winds Casino (Hard Rock
Cafe), New Buffalo, MI; Brett Michaels — Frontier Days, Arlington
Heights; Gershwin Piano Concerto — Grant Park Pritzker
Pavilion, Chicago; The Paper Machete/Tim Warfield Organ
Band/Pat Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; The
Mudmen — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; The Chicago
Experience — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Hip Pock!t — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; 311/Dirty Heads/The Interrupters/Dreamers/
Bikini Trill — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Windy
City Duo/Def Leppard, Scorpions, Motley Crue & Van Halen
Tributes/Sheryl Youngblood — House of Blues, Chicago; DJ Live
— Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Blackjack Billy/Karlye Lapetina —
Joe’s LIve, Rosemont; Hairbanger’s Ball/Scott Hamilton — Joe’s
on Weed, Chicago; John Primer/Joanna Connor Acoustic Set —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos — Lakeside
Festival, Crystal Lake; B-Side Band/Boy Band Review/Sealed
With A Kiss/One of The Boyzz — Lions Club Festival, Mt.
Prospect; Ribbonhead/Stick Horse — Livewire, Chicago; Today’s
Trade — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; John Mead Presents the Soul
Avengers — Martyrs’, Chicago; Black Pride/Black Party ft. Mya
— Metro, Chicago; Infinity — Morton Grove Days, Morton Grove;
Mudwheel/Crooked Hook — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; The Right
Now/Mr. Blotto/Trippin’ Billies — Navy Pier Beer Garden,
Chicago; Level V’s Summer Bash — Nevin’s Pub, Plainfield; Joe
Orozco — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Too White Crew/Mike and Joe/
Hairbangers Ball/Mike Hayes — Northwest Fourth Fest, Hoffman
Estates; Reckless Redemption/Bloody Gulch/Skeletal
Prison/Blind The Sun/Paleblood — Penny Road Pub, Barrington;
Good Fellas — Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Paranoid Justice — Q-
Bar, Glendale Heights; Chaka Khan/Michael McDonald —
Ravinia, Highland Park; Deceased/Druid Lord/Ossuary/Witch
Vomit (Music Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; The Chasm/Convulse/
Mortuary/Cruciamentum/Necrovation/Infernal Conjuration
(Club) — Reggies, Chicago; The Eclipse Band/The Neverly
Brothers/Big Brothers Vinyl/The Plant Band/The Wayouts/
The Starboards — Ribfest, Naperville; Yes/Asia/John Lodge and
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Carl Palmer — RiverEdge Park, Aurora; Big James & The Chicago
Playboys — Rosa’s, Chicago; Ritt Momney/Prom D8/Modern
Nun/Shane T — Schubas, Chicago; Sliver — Sideouts, Island
Lake; DJ Tall Pat - 10pm — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Sonny
Falls/Maneka/Floatie - 9:30pm — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Megan McDonough/Fred Simon — Space, Evanston; Alpha
Territory — Subterranean, Chicago; 7th Heaven — Summer
Nights Concert Series, Brookfield Zoo; Gallagher Comedy
Show/Jimmy Raptis — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Built to
Spill/Orua/Wetface — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Sammy Jo & Uncle
Marky — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Late Late Breakfast
(Comedy)/Nick Mazzarella Trio/Tim Daisy/DJ Damon Locks —
The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan —
The Owl, Chicago; Bonobo Presents: Outlier w/Bonobo/Derrick
Carter/DJ Boring/Quantic/Juan Maclean/Machinedrum —
Theater On The Lake/Lakefront Green, Chicago; Blaqrock/E-Man
& Mohawk Johnson (Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago;
Winnie Cooper — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Los Camesinos/
Oozing Wound/Nnamdi Ogbannaya/Pixel Grip/SoloSam/Girl
K/Mark Farina/DJ Lady D — West Fest, Chicago; Linda Clifford
/Spensha Baker/Queen Experience/The Flat Cats — Windy City
Ribfest Uptown, Chicago; Jesus Jones — Wire, Berwyn.
SUNDAY 7
Mary Lane & The No Static Blues Band — 210 Live, Highwood;
The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Sixteen
Candles — Bartlett Fest, Bartlett; Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Spike & The Spitwads/Scott Dubose
& The 101 Ranch — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Blind Message/Byrdzu/Vargbyte/Evasion/Sage —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Open Jazz w/Elysian Green & Friends
— Brauer House, Lombard; Jerry Jacobs — Bub City, Chicago; Ivy
Ford — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Sushi Roll — Captain’s
Quarters, Antioch; Liquid Courage Karaoke — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Desorden Publico — Chop Shop/1St Ward, Chicago;
Funkadesi — City Winery, Chicago; Sinatra Sundays w/Lee
Stevens — Club Arcada, St. Charles; One Step Closer/Anxious/
Lurk/Jocko/Buggin’ Out — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Proyecto 7
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Joe Monahan — Cuzin’s, Blue Island;
Nire Nah/Skinny Daisies/Halsey Harkins/Jessica Ever — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Leonid & Friends — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; American English — Frontier Days, Arlington Heights;
Centerstage: Gabriel Kahane — Grant Park Pritzker Pavilion,
Chicago; Uptown Poetry Slam/Joel Paterson Trio/Chris
Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel Brunch/Mississippi
Gabe Carter/Luke Pytel Band — House of Blues, Chicago;
Jarrard Harris — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Junkyard Groove —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Blues Jam w/ Linsey Alexander/Omar
Coleman — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Backdated/Rumor
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