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The Max Feat. Mike Smith & Tom Garling — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; Jay Cherry — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Homegrown Arts
& Music Festival — Base Camp, Lisle; The B-Side Band —
Beacon Tap, Palatine; Pick It Up: Ska in the 90’s Screening &
Q&A/Sidney Gish/Another Michael — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Rumor Hazit/Karma Committee — Blarney Island, Antioch;
Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; R-
Gang/Nawty — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Hillbilly Casino/Killer Quad Tributes w/Unforgiven/Hellbilly
Deluxe/Killmister — Brauer House, Lombard; Styles Haury —
Bub City, Chicago; Toronzo Cannon/Rick King’s Royal Hustle —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; C-Factor — Captain’s Quarters,
Antioch; Diamondback — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Earth, Wind &
Fire — Chicago Theater, Chicago; XYLO/Jane Holiday — Chop
Shop/1St Ward, Chicago; The Comstock Lode — Clasen’s Tavern,
Union; Green Velvet/Dajoe — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
King by Friday/Groovement/Tall Green Pines — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; South of Disorder — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca;
Mirrored Series w/Dan Bitney/Billi Jean Howard/Whitney
Johnson/Theo Katsaounis & more — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Julia Huff & The Company Band/Tammi Savoy & The Chris
Casello Combo — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; New Duncan
Imperials/Thrift Store Halo — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Ron
Lazzeretti & Naomi Ashley — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Fool
House/Yourz Truly — Founders Day, Algonquin; Sushi Roll —
Four Winds Casino (Hard Rock Cafe), New Buffalo, MI; Erin Harpe
& The Delta Swingers — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville;
Dvorak Symphony No. 7 — Grant Park Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago;
The Paper Machete/Todd Herbert Quartet/Pat Mallinger &
Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Chris Knight/Bluegrass
Brunch — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Euphoria — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; Spoken Four — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Wiz
Khalifa — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Windy
City Duo/Screeching Weasel/The Queers/Bigwig/Windy City
Rev Ups — House of Blues, Chicago; Jon Bellion/Marc E.
Bassy/Lawrence — Huntington Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island,
Chicago; Ira Sullivan Quartet — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Love &
Money — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Omar Chaparro — Joe’s LIve,
Rosemont; Will Hoge and Drivin’ & Cryin’/Bear & Jake — Joe’s
on Weed, Chicago; Billy Branch/Joanna Connor Acoustic Set —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Shooter McGavin — Lake Lawn Resort,
Delavan, WI; Mueller She Wrote Live — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Industrial Drive — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Jawbox/The
Pauses — Metro, Chicago; Six Speed Tranny — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Chasing Alice — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Armchair
Boogie/Rendition/Nick Pontarelli — Navy Pier Beer Garden,
Chicago; Tres Mustache (Tres Turns Ten)/The Three Beards —
Nevin’s Pub, Plainfield; Jess Piano — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Jake
Shimabukuro — Old Town School, Chicago; The Liturgists/
Michael Gungor & Science Mike — Park West, Chicago; Eric
Peter Schwartz — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Mike & Eileen —
Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Amazing Johnsons — Q-Bar, Glendale
Heights; Raw Deal — Q-Bar, Darien; Brian Paddy — Ranger
Studios, Franklin Park; Leonard Bernstein: Man For All Music -
CSO — Ravinia, Highland Park; Kyle Young — Reefpoint Brew
House, Racine, WI; Altered Stage (Music Joint) - 12pm —
Reggies, Chicago; Un/Wormwitch/Bereft (Music Joint) - 8pm —
Reggies, Chicago; Smashmouth/Dancing Noodles/Dreams/
Eric Chesser — Ridgefest, Chicago Ridge; Johnny Mathis —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; L.A. Vangogh/Finkel/Mari —
Schubas, Chicago; See Alice — Sideouts, Island Lake; Lunar
Ticks/Goose Corp./Railway Gamblers — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Moxie/Sevron/More TBA — Smart Bar, Chicago; Webb
Wilder & The Beatnecks/Emily Wolfe — Space, Evanston; Nick
Jordan/Jaehross/Jayleigh/Hepcat/Deals Gone Bad/Off The
Top Freestyle Battle — Subterranean, Chicago; American
English — Summer Nights Concert Series, Brookfield Zoo;
Recycle The Day w/Special Guest — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Lucky Boys Confusion/Horseshoes & Handgrenades/The Way
Down Wanderers/Edward Graham (Fullerton Stage); Bruce in
The USA/97Nine/To The Nines (Wrightwood Stage) — Taste of
Lincoln Avenue, Chicago; Quarter Mile Thunder/Peter Oren/
Kelsey Wild — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ
Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Jeff Lynne’s ELO — United
Center, Chicago; Feels Fest w/Erabella/Speaking With Ghosts/
When We Was Kids — Wire, Berwyn.
SUNDAY 28 JULY
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan — 210 Live, Highwood; Gary
Hoey’s Neon Highway Blues Album Release — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Homegrown Arts & Music Festival — Base Camp, Lisle; Sacred
Paws/The Curis/Los Gold Fires — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Judson Brown — Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood
Blues Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Summer Son/Rick
Saucedo — Blue Chip Casino Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Michael McDermott & Heather Horton: Benefit For Mercy
Home For Boys & Girls/Ted Marengos — Brauer House,
Lombard; The Cash Box Kings — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Recycle The Day — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Liquid Courage
Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Earth, Wind & Fire — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Ross Mathews Presents Dragtastic Bubbly
Brunch - 12pm — City Winery, Chicago; Sonny Landreth — City
Winery, Chicago; Sinatra Sunday w/Lee Stevens — Club Arcada,
St. Charles; Tony Ocean Show/Bill Serritella — Community Fest,
New Lenox; Salsa Sunday w/ Conjunto Boriken/Eddie Montalvo
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; John Boda — Cuzin’s, Blue Island; City
of Djinn/Mykel Boyd/Swim Ignorant Fire/NAXO — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; British Buddy Alumni Big Band w/ Frieda Lee —
Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Whiskey Road — Founders Day, Algonquin;
Uptown Poetry Slam/Joel Paterson Trio/Chris Foreman —
Green Mill, Chicago; Gospel Brunch/Breezy Rodio/Mike
Wheeler — House of Blues, Chicago; Peter Frampton/Jason
Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening — Huntington Bank Pavilion
@Northerly Island, Chicago; Ira Sullivan Quartet — Jazz
Showcase, Chicago; Tsunami & Friends — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; Blues Jam w/ Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Journey Recaptured — Lake Lawn
Resort, Delavan, WI; Girls Rock! — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Jawbox/The Life and Times — Metro, Chicago; The Aztec Sund/
Esso/DJ Papa G/Hurricane Reggae Band — Navy Pier Beer
Garden, Chicago; Shannon Finn Benefit Show - Endostalgia/The
Eldritch Grimoire/Wings of Severance/Synovial/Scars of
Armageddon/Barium — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Heart to
Heartbreaker — Prairie Fest, Wood Dale; Weird Al Yankovic
(Late) — Ravinia, Highland Park; Renee Fleming/Emerson
String Quartet (Early) — Ravinia, Highland Park; Environmental
Encroachment (Music Joint) - 10am — Reggies, Chicago;
Legendary Shack Shakers/The Krank Daddies/Curio (Music
Joint) - 7pm — Reggies, Chicago; Prettymuch — Rosemont
Theater, Rosemont; Winnetka Bowling League — Schubas,
Chicago; The Sea The Sea/Freddy & Francine — Space,
Evanston; E.N. Young/Persher/Wavves — Subterranean,
Chicago; Think Floyd/Kashmir/The Orphan, The Poet/Friday
Pilots Club/The Hoodie Life (Fullerton Stage);16 Candles/Rod
Tuffcurls/Hello Weekend (Wrightwood Stage) — Taste of Lincoln
Avenue, Chicago; Corinne Bailey Rae/Hailey Knox — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Barely Civil/Weighted/Mess — The Burlington,
Chicago; Tilian — The Forge, Joliet.
MONDAY 29
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; Brother Jon Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; The Women of Mister Kelly’s — City Winery, Chicago;
SuperKnova (Record Release)/The Just Luckies/Yomi/Bev
Rage & The Drinks — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Jazz
Orchestra/Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Joanna
Connor/Dave Specter — House of Blues, Chicago; Ira Sullivan
Quartet — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Omar
Coleman — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Altin Gun — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; The Imperial Sound — Martyrs’, Chicago; Open Mic —
Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Matthias
Goerne/Daniil Trifonov - 7:30pm — Ravinia, Highland Park;
Rosemary Clooney Tribute - Spider Sloff - 6pm — Ravinia,
Highland Park; Holy Grail/Striker/Bewitcher/Beast Warrior
(Club) — Reggies, Chicago; J.D. Pinkus/Black Friars Social
Club/The Piss Poor Players (Music Joint) — Reggies, Chicago;
Open Mic Comedy (Record Breakers) — Reggies, Chicago; Free
Fallin/The Four C Notes/The Covergirls Violin Show —
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
Ridgefest, Chicago Ridge; Will Bennett & The Tells/Baby Money
and the Down Payments/St. Marlboro/The Long Lost —
Schubas, Chicago; An Evening of Mayhem w/ Megan Stalter
(Comedy) — The Hideout, Chicago; Boardinghouse Reach/Hex
Kittens/Wet Wallet — The Owl, Chicago.
TUESDAY 30
Ben Lewis Trio/After Dark Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy/SOWFLO/Hitsleep —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Chicago Wind Blue Band/Deitra Farr —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Sumer Salt/Dante Elephante/Motel
Radio — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Chicago; Luke Pytel — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Conya
Doss/Gordon Chambers — City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic —
Empire, Naperville; Part Time/Gary Wilson — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Open Mic — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; The Fat Babies —
Green Mill, Chicago; Chris Rawlins — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Corey Dennison/Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings —
House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Micheal Wheeler/
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kali Uchis/Iris
Temple — Metro, Chicago; The Green Leaves/Orinoco/
Nahkriin/Bind the Sacrifice/Akedia — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; ABBA Tribute - 8:30pm — Ravinia, Highland Park;
Marisol Montalvo - 6pm — Ravinia, Highland Park; Mr. Blotto —
Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero —
Rosa’s, Chicago; Half Alive/Bad Child — Schubas, Chicago; Wild
Adriatic & Sarah Potenza — Space, Evanston; Hibou/Wingtips/
The Hazy Seas/Smrtdeath/Lil Lotus/Guccihighwaters —
Subterranean, Chicago; OHMME/Sarah Squirm/DJ CQQCHI-
FRUIT — The Hideout, Chicago; School of Rock AllStars 2019 —
Wire, Berwyn; Drew Dunn — Zanies, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 31
CTA/Sing Your A$$ Off Karaoke — 115 Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Judy Roberts & Greg Fishman — 210 Live,
Highwood; Andy Brown Quintet/Mike Smith & The Jordan
Baskin Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Open Mic — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Sneezy/Little Stranger — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW
Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Hobo
Johnson & The Lovemakers — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Summer
Jam Showcase — Brauer House, Lombard; Blue Coast Band —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Official Lollapalooza Aftershow:
Shallou/Upsahl — Chop Shop/1St Ward, Chicago; Red Wanting
Blue/Kevin Presbey — City Winery, Chicago; Mike Valentine/
Magic w/Rob Thompson — Club Arcada, St. Charles; FKJ/(((O)))
— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Lael O’Shanessy/Anthony
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