Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, July listings by June 15th.
Mail Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 751-5051, or
e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please call venues to verify.
White Crew – H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Allison Wonder Band
– Heroes West, Joliet; Tony Ocean Show – Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Ides Of March 50th Anniversary Tour – House Of Blues,
Chicago; Strung Out – Irish Legend Pub, Willow Springs; Jukebox
Hero – JJ Kelley's, Lansing; Midnight Band – JW Hollstein's
Saloon, Tinley Park; Jackie Greene/Lauren Shera – Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Deja Vu – Luigi's, Aurora; Rock Bottom/VVX – MT
Barrels, Schaumburg; Hi Fidelity – Q Bar, Plano; Rough Boyzz/In
The Flesh/Echoes Of Floyd – Q Bar, Darien; Coverlicious –
Rebounds Bar & Grill, Yorkville; Juicehead/The Fisticuffs/This
Obsession/The Studs – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Chester
Thompson Trio/Black Breath/School Of Rock – Reggie's,
Chicago; Leroy Barncord – Scratch Kitchen, Forest Park; Chasing
Alice/Freak's Hill – Shark City, Glendale Heights; Carte
Blanche/Cinful – Sideouts Bar & Grill, Island Lake; Night Train
– Sullivan's Irish Pub, Midlothian; Focal Point/7th Heaven –
Tailgater's, Bolingbrook; Annecto Music Battle Of The Bands –
The Alley, Highwood; Nothing Is Perfect Dance Party – The
Burlington, Chicago; Patio Daddy-O – The Gambler, McHenry;
Chicks With Picks – The Irish Patriot, Orland Park; Tritonal/
Paris Blohm – The Mid, Chicago; Aunt Janet Band – Thirsty
Whale, Algonquin; Soundbyte – Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; David
Paige – Timothy O'Toole's, Chicago; Windy City Rev Ups – World
Of Beer, Evanston.
FRIDAY 30 MAY
Jonas Friddle & The Majority/Chris Walz – 27 Live, Evanston;
DreamTap/Sun Stereo – Abbey Pub, Chicago; Devil In The White
City – Another Hole In The Wall, Steger; Herman's Hermits &
Peter Noone – Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Vance "Guitar" Kelly
& The Backstreet Blues Band – B.L.U.E.S on Halsted, Chicago;
Afrodisiacs – Ballydoyle, Aurora; Bostyx – Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Bad Medicine – Bannerman's, Bartlett; Pseudogod/
Wrathprayer/Sacrocurse/Diabolical Messiah – Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Classical Blast – Blackfinn American Grill, Mt. Prospect;
Spoiled Rotten – Blarney Island, Antioch; Charlie Love Blues
Band w/Laretha Weathersby – Blue Chicago, Chicago; Deja Vu
– Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Zack Attack – Blue
Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Smarty Pants Band – Blues
Bar, Mt. Prospect; Diver Down/Speedball Zombie – Bobby
McGee's, Chicago Ridge; Fruteland Jackson/Eric Noden/
Rockin' Johnny/Toronzo Cannon – Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chicago;