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Ensemble — Pitchfork Festival, Chicago; MG Bailey/Audio
Monkey’s/Pioneer 7 — Q-Bar, Darien; No Turn On Red/BQ/Sam
Cockrell Band — Reggies, Chicago; Billy Branch & The Sons Of
Blues — Rosa’s, Chicago; Lounge Puppets/Heart To
Heartbreaker — Sacred Heart German Fest, Lombard; Ric Wilson
— Schubas, Chicago; Todd Donnelly — Sideouts, Island Lake;
Tamahori/J. Copes/Leja Hazer — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Title
TK DJs/Sasha No Disco — Smart Bar, Chicago; Black Pumas/
Los Coast — Space, Evanston; Mellencougar/Radio Heroes —
Summer Celebration, Vernon Hills; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench
Press — Summer Nights Concert Series, Brookfield Zoo;
Grungeworthy/Nu Metal — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Too White
Crew/One Moment From Glory — Taste of River North, Chicago;
Stereolab — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Blind Adam/All The Wine —
The Burlington, Chicago; Jay Bolotin/Girls of the Golden
West/All Fantasy Everything (Comedy) — The Hideout, Chicago;
DJ Tess — The Owl, Chicago; AD3 — The Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; Gone Country/Forever Shania/Gravity/Jak Crowes/
Kashmir/Lights Out Chicago/Frank & Sammie Show/Midnight
Band — Tribute Island Music Fest, Kenosha, WI; Erica
“RicaJean” Korak — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; 90’s House
Party — Wire, Berwyn.
SATURDAY 20 JULY
Double Treble — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Michael Buble —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Joe Policastro Trio/Jarrard Harris
Band — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Dokken/Hoodlum Johnny —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic —
Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Stevie Craig — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Coverlicious — Base Camp, Lisle; Beggars
Banquet — Beacon Tap, Palatine; The Emo Band’s Live
Emo/Pop/Punk Karaoke Party — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; iPop —
Blarney Island, Antioch; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; BBI — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Sleep On It/Like Pacific — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Damaged Justice/Lady Evil — Brauer House, Lombard;
Garrett Speer — Bub City, Chicago; Marty Sammon/Ross
Osteen — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Ear Candy — Captain’s
Quarters, Antioch; Eskimo Brothers — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Garden Weazels/Tarot Woman — Cheers, Midlothian; Lume —
Chop Shop/1St Ward, Chicago; Nick@Knight — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; Professor Black/Hitter/Midnight Dice/Satanic Panic
— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; 3Lau DJ Set/Autograf DJ Set/Align
— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; How Rude! — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Steve Roth — Draft Picks, Mount Prospect; C-Factor —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Cowboy Jackie/Maria Starck/The
Urban Chick/Raj/Jean Ricard/Puppy Cannon/Chase & Park —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Dubby Mac/Woven in Hiatus/SNST/
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Bvlvnce/RONIN (Basement) — Elbo Room, Chicago; Bourbon &
Brass — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Ralph Covert’s Acoustic
Army — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Terrapin Flyer — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn;
Hoosier Highway — Four Winds Casino (Hard Rock Cafe), New
Buffalo, MI; Columbia Jones — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville;
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 — Grant Park Pritzker Pavilion,
Chicago; The Paper Machete/Geof Bradfield Nonet/Pat
Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Bluegrass Brunch
/ClusterPluck — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Rico/Rollover/
Jon Allegretto Collective/Los Perros Cubanos — Highwood Days
/North Shore Taco Fest, Highwood; Serendipity — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; One Hott Mess — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Train/Goo Goo Dolls/Allen Stone — Hollywood Casino
Amphitheater, Tinley Park; House of Burlesque/Mississippi
Gabe Carter/Blue Olives — House of Blues, Chicago; Erik
Donner — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Stache/Ultrabeat — Joe’s
LIve, Rosemont; Over The Side — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Big
James And The Chicago Playboys/Vance Kelly & The Back
Street Blues Band Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Michael Che x Cipha — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Plague of Carcosa
(EP Release)/Wardehns/Spacetrucker — Livewire, Chicago;
Fetch Me A Beer — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; The Sheaks/
Superbig/Ladrone/Bric-a-Brac — Martyrs’, Chicago; Day of The
Doom Fest: Varaha/Blood of the Wolf/ Sacred Monster/
Rosaries/Cold Black River/Boatman’s Toll/Nequient/DJ Vixyn
— Metal Monkey, Romeoville; DJ’s Jeff Moyer/Scary Lady
Sarah/Bill Saveley/Carrie Monster/Glenn Russell/Suzanne
Shelton — Metro, Chicago; Your Mom Rocks — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Ferris Wheel Junkies/Blue Sky Blind — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Whiskey & Harmony — Music Under The Oaks,
Hampshire; Think Floyd USA/Spaceface/School of Rock —
Naper Nights, Naperville; Brian Allison & Cheryl Rodey/Dr.
Bombay — Navy Pier Beer Garden, Chicago; Rick Venn — Niko’s
R&R, Marengo; Off The Mound w/Ryan Dempster & Special
Gifts — Park West, Chicago; Broken Robots/Mascots/Swish/
Opshional — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; BossyDog — Pheasant
Run, St. Charles; August — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles;
The Isley Brothers/Belle & Sebastien/Stereolab/Kurt Vile/
Jeremih/Parquet Courts/Amer Mark/Jay Som/Cate Le Bon/
Tirzah/Chai/Ric Wilson/Lala Lala — Pitchfork Festival, Chicago;
David Shankle & Ten96 — Ranger Studios, Franklin Park; CSO:
Mass — Ravinia, Highland Park; Poobah/Dead Feathers/Silent
Monolith/Plastic Crimewave Syndicate (Music Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; The Aristocrats/Travis Larson Band (Rock Club) —
Reggies, Chicago; Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstarz/7th Heaven — Sacred Heart
German Fest, Lombard; Bambiraptor/Cellrs/Vandalay/Marlon
& The Shakes — Schubas, Chicago; Amen Dunes/Sasami —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; RP Boo/DJ Spinn/Gant-Man/DJ Phil
— Smart Bar, Chicago; RP Boo/DJ Spinn/Gant-Man/DJ Phil —
Smartbar, Chicago; Ben Kweller — Space, Evanston; Poison’d
Crue — Square Celt, Orland Park; FEX: Foreign Exchange —
Subterranean, Chicago; Semple — Summer Breeze, Schaumburg;
Bodeans/Trippin’ Billies — Summer Celebration, Vernon Hills;
TBA — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Sixteen Candles/Boy Band
Review/Red Carpet Riot/Space Mafia — Taste of River North,
Chicago; Snail Mail with Tirzah — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Flips
/Emblems/Hollow Chapels — The Burlington, Chicago; Chicks
With Picks — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Static-X/Devildriver/
Dope — The Forge, Joliet; Black Midi/ONO/Ariel’s Party — The
Hideout, Chicago; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The
Owl, Chicago; Sweet Diezel Jenkins — The Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; Imaginary/Heaven & Hell/Eclipse/White Pony/Salt
Sweat Sugar/American Idiots Chicago/Karn Hart Band/What’s
Our Age Again/Beggars Banquet/Jagged Little Pill/Judas
Rising/Cherry Bomb/Green Soul Foo/Barracuda/The
Chain/Weeze/Blackened/Aces High/Bulletproof/Killmister/
Rat Salad/Chained/Motley II/Big Bang Baby/Rod N Jett Duet
/Jimy Sohns from Shadows of Knight — Tribute Island Music
Fest, Kenosha, WI; Blue Nitro — Uptown Lounge, Chicago;
Amigo The Devil/Cory Branan — Wire, Berwyn.
SUNDAY 21
Louie Zagoras — 210 Live, Highwood; Heroes of Woodstock
w/Canned Heat/Big Brother & The Holding Company — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; The Tropics — Base Camp, Lisle; Adam Rank’s
Fantasy Meets Reality Tour — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mojo Mix
& The North Poles — Blarney Island, Antioch; Nellie Tiger Travis
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Hoosier Highway/Middle of The Road
— Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Sunfallen —
Bub City, Chicago; Sonic Soul — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Soda — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Liquid Courage Karaoke —
Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Salsa Sunday w/ DJAy Marz — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Brian Carmona Band — Cuzin’s, Blue Island; Dance For
A Reason — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Bill O’Connell’s Chicago
Skyliners — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Teen Artist Open Mic —
Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Uptown Poetry Slam/Joel Paterson
Trio/Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz Brunch w/
Elaine Dame — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Manny Torres/
LeftJones/Joe Rendon & Friends/Forte Band — Highwood Days
/North Shore Taco Fest, Highwood; Alice Cooper/Halestorm —
Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Gospel Brunch/
Nicholas Barron/Hoodoo Brown — House of Blues, Chicago;
Slightly Stoopid/Matisyahu/Tribal Seeds/Hirie — Huntington
Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island, Chicago; Johnny Don’t —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Blues Jam w/ Linsey Alexander/
Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Fossil Tonez —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Don Adams — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Flow Tribe/DJ Papa G/Kofi & The New Roots —
Navy Pier Beer Garden, Chicago; Mexican Indigenous Music
Festival — Old Town School, Chicago; Robyn/Charli XCX/
Whitney/Khurangbin/Clairo/Snail Mail/Neneh Cherry/Ibeyi/
Amen Dunes/JpegMafia/Flasher/Black Midi/Dreezy/Tasha —
Pitchfork Festival, Chicago; A-Fusion Zumba Beach Party — Q-
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Bar, Glendale Heights; Film w/ Live Orchestra - Ghostbusters —
Ravinia, Highland Park; Sanctuary/Ghost Ship Octavius —
Reggies, Chicago; Wheels of Soul Tour w/Tedeschi Trucks Band
/Blackberry Smoke/Shovels & Rope — RiverEdge Park, Aurora;
Infinity/Tynan — Sacred Heart German Fest, Lombard; Dude
Perfect — Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates; Khruangbin/TitleTK —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; David Singer & The Sweet Science/
Cameron McGill — Space, Evanston; Halima/Myquale/Sarob/
Matt Woods/Adot/Kolma — Subterranean, Chicago; Mr. Blotto
50th Anniversary of Woodstock — Summer Nights Concert
Series, Brookfield Zoo; Trippin’ Billies/Gravity/Catfight/
Pheromones — Taste of River North, Chicago; Kizz Daniel -
7:30pm — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Music of Phish for Kids -
11am — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Fahrenheit 808/Bounce House —
The Burlington, Chicago; Fire From The Gods/Vyces — The Forge,
Joliet; Who’s Who/Hybrid Theory/Peephole/Smells Like Dave
Grohl/Ten/James’ Addiction/Dream Police/Midnight Rider/
Black Rose/Rokken Dokken/Nightsnake/Diver Down/Rok
Brigade/Last Dance/Foreigner & Co/China Grove/Heart To
Heartbreaker/Grand Illusion/Voodoo Child/Rico/Trouble
Ahead/Folsom/Bad Motor Scooter — Tribute Island Music Fest,
Kenosha, WI; Chad Zumock — Zanies, Chicago.
MONDAY 22
Eric Schneider Quartet/Juan Pastor’s Chinchano — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Jeff Bradshaw& Friends — City Winery, Chicago;
Friendship Commanders/Barbed Wire — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Sick Gazelle (Record Release)/Spiral Galaxy/Potions/Flux
Bikes/CC Crain — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Jazz
Orchestra/Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Joanna
Connor/Joe Marcinek Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison — Kingston Mines, Chicago; TV Pole Shine/Vail/
Jacob Horn Trio — Martyrs’, Chicago; Open Mic — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Gautier Capucon/
Jean-Yves Thibaudet - 7:30pm — Ravinia, Highland Park; More
Mendelssohn - 6pm — Ravinia, Highland Park; Open Mic Comedy
— Reggies, Chicago; Blue Monday/James Harmon — Space,
Evanston; Planet Booty/The Cell Phones/Handsome Naked —
Subterranean, Chicago; Betraying The Martyrs/Etheos/Within
Destruction/Sentinels — The Forge, Joliet; FreakFest (Comedy)
— The Hideout, Chicago; Somthing Is Waiting/Wailin’ Storms/
Montrose Man — The Owl, Chicago; Shane Torres — Zanies,
Chicago.
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