FRIDAY 1 JUNE
Dave Herrero Band / Marty Sammon— 210 Live, Highwood; Pink Floyd / Echoes of Pompeii— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; David Byrne— Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Fool House— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Lil‘ Ed & The Blues Imperials— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Moody Twos— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Moody Twos— Bar Evolution, Batavia; The Lighthouse & The Whaler— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Better With Bacon— Blarney Island, Antioch; John Primer / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies / Tynan— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Mad Caddies / Jacob Horn Trio / Radattack— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Mystic Moon / Phil Angotti & The Night Watchmen— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Goin South— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; State Line Band / Jobe Fortner— Bub City, Chicago; Jerica Paliga Band— Bub City, Rosemont; Larry McCray— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Stevie Craig Band— Bungalow Joe’ s, Hanover Park; Israel & The New Breed / The Canton Spirituals / Chicago Church Girls Rock Too / Paster Dan Willis & ChoZen Youth Choir / Elder Thomas Singers / LaVargna Hubbard / Wendell Parker / Gospel Hip Hop Showcase / Meesha / VJ McCoy & Worship Experience / Morgan Park High School Choir— Chicago Gospel Festival, Chicago; AFK v Svdden Death— Chop Shop, Chicago; Eric Roberson / Killiam Shakespeare— City Winery, Chicago; The Braver Days / Counterpunch / Still Alive / Butchered— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; American English / China Grove— Community Days, Gilberts; Freestyle Forever: Soul Sonic Forec / Corina / C-Bank / Nyasia / Chrissy I-Eece / Willie Valentin— Concord, Chicago; Drift City Ranson / Saltwater Tap / Ryan Burns— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Ted Leo & The Pharmacists / Lala Lala / Modern Vices( Empty Bottle East Stage)/ La Luz / bad Bad Hats / Peel( Subterranean West Stage)— Do Division Street Fest, Chicago; Rhinestone DJ D— Doc’ s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Dirty Canteen— Dock’ s Bar, Wauconda; Hairbangers Ball— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; The Mix Trio— Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; The Why Store / Torch The Hive / The Phones— Elbo Room, Chicago; Do Division Fest Day 1: Martin Rev / Divine Enfant / Wolf Eyes / Mystic Ruler / Bentley Anderson / DJ Eye-Vybe— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joe Valentino Prohibition Band / Rocky Laporte— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Jenny Bienemann & Friends / The Business— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Robbie Gold / Zero— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Trailer Park Twisters— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Joe Magnarelli Quartet / After Hours Jam Session— Green Mill, Chicago; Finnbar Fagan Band— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge;
Death Cult Fest— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Zanius / Fee Lion / Visceral Anatomy— Hideout, Chicago; Summer of Love— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The Good, The Bad & The Blues / Tributes to Def Leppard, Scorpions, Poison & AC / DC / Mississippi Gabe Carter— House of Blues, Chicago; Ebony & Ivory— Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Ethan Bell Band— Jimmy’ s Grill, Naperville; The Boy Band Night— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Anthony Orio— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Sorry For Partying— Joe’ s Rooftop, Chicago; AM / FM— JW Hollstein’ s, Tinley Park; Stark Guitar Duo— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Leroy Winn— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Mike Ledbetter / Nora Jean Bruso / Doktu Rhute— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mike Geo— Level 257, Schaumburg; Parker Millsap / Travis Linville— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Sixteen Candles / Karma Committee— Lincoln Park Greek Fest, Chicago; Sinister Deed / The Bad Applez / Redacted— Live Wire, Chicago; Moon Lasso Band— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; DJ Dave— Lucky Star, Bartlett; Phenix— Maifest, Chicago; Eclipse— Mainstage Theater @ Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Maurice Mobetta Brown— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Grouplove / Mighty— Metro, Chicago; Too White Crew— Navy Pier, Chicago; Dirty Ernie— Nevin’ s Brewing Co., Plainfield; The Gilligans— Niko’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; BBE & Bella Voce / Kirk and Sesh / Kishi Bashi— Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago; CTA / Hair Band Nights— Orland Days, Orland Park; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones— Pal Joey’ s, Batavia; Good Clean Fun— Pearce’ s Pub, Oswego; Erik Donner— Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Nathaniel Kalish & The Last Callers— Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Dead Lucid / Badge Man— Q-Bar, Darien; Serendipty— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Double Feature / Drones / Bike Tuff / Krayola / Boardinghouse Reach— Quencher’ s, Chicago; Los Lobos / Los Lonely Boys / Ozomatli— Ravinia, Lake Forest; Inter Arma / Railway Gamblers— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Infinity / DJ Erge— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Miss DJ Meg— Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Sugar Blue— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Camouflage Sun / Woogie— Rose Festival, Roselle; Nasty Snacks / Bumpus / DJ Bonita Appleblunt— Schubas, Chicago; Shawn Colvin w / Danny Kravits— Space, Evanston; Red City Radio / Turnspit / Blood People— Subterranean, Chicago; Strawdawg— Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; My Metal Heart / Rokkor / Live DJ— Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Efusivo / Respeto De La Sierra / Grupo Chi-Oax / Groupo Alamanque / Afa 3 / DJ Bombo Latino— Taste of Mexico( Little Village), Chicago; Live Bands TBA— Taste of Wheaton, Wheaton; Tooty & Friends— Tonic Room, Chicago; MFM— Tuscany, Oak Brook; David Paige / Julianne Q & The Band— Uncommon Ground( Edgewater),
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Chicago; Eric Sommer / Nick Jester— Uncommon Ground( Lakeview), Chicago; Spooktacular / The Glass Eyes / Graphics— Underground Lounge, Chicago; Depeche Mode— United Center, Chicago; DJ Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Langdon Kennedy Duo— Uptown Tap, Plainfield; R-Gang— Venuti’ s, Addison; LIttel Giant— White Eagle, Niles; Trouble Ahead— Wire, Berwyn; Feel Good Party Duo— World of Beer, Evanston; William Buccellatio— Zach’ s On Tap, Palos Heights; Two Fellas— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 2 JUNE
Kings of The Lobby / Stephanie Aaron— 210 Live, Highwood; Tracye Eileen / Eddie Taylor Jr./ Matt Hendricks— 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago; Shining Star— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; David Byrne— Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Off The Record— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Lil‘ Ed & The Blues Imperials— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Hobo Junkies— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Felix & Fingers— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Bad Bad Habits— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Run Forest Run / Big Sugar— Blarney Island, Antioch; John Primer / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Ear Candy / Beggars Banquet / Jamrose— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Karma Committee— Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Dang Blasted Cranks— BrauerHouse, Lombard; American English / Kashmir— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; The Country Night / Steamin’ Barracudas— Bub City, Chicago; Anthony Orio— Bub City, Rosemont; Mike Wheeler— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Pet Rock— Captain’ s Quarters, Antioch; Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers / The Walls Group / Gospel House Legacy / The Music of Edwin Hawkins / Le’ Andria Johnson / Oakdale Christian Academy / Better Man Group / Mylan Pheloan / Destinee & LaDajah Lee / Joshua Leak— Chicago Gospel Festival, Chicago; Prom-A-Llama w / Springtime Carnivore / Daryn Alexus & more— Chop Shop, Chicago; Dead Original / Void The Light / Murder City Saints / The Syndicate— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; 97Nine / Petty Kings / ARRA / The Belvederes / Dairyland Aces— Community Days, Gilberts; Snow Tha Product— Concord, Chicago; Tributes to Tool / Foo Fighters / Alice in Chains— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Macks Creek Band— Cuzin’ s, Blue Island; Chicago Indigo— Cuzin’ s, Tinley Park; Deerhoff / Frankie Rose / Carla Dal Forno / Holy Wave / Goon Sax / Divino Nino( Empty Bottle East Stage)/ Bear vs. Shark / Chris Farren / Bad Veins / ESSO / Hiddden Hospitals / Cse / Little Kids Rock( Subterranean West Stage)— Do Division Street Fest, Chicago; The Mosquitos— Dock’ s Bar, Wauconda; Power Chord— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Sweet
Diezel Jenkins / DJ Little Lisa— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; LOL Show— Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Kill Your TV Alt Rock / Indie Showcase— Elbo Room, Chicago; Wooden Ships / Holy Wave / Dommengang— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Old School R & B Jam / Joe Valentino Prohibition Band— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The What4— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Hello Weekend / Brian Kovacs— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; The Rhythm Rockets— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Joe Magnarelli Quartet / Sabertooth— Green Mill, Chicago; Acoustiholics— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Death Cult Fest— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Ariel’ s Party / Super Secret Guest / AP DJ Team— Hideout, Chicago; Dario Radio Dueling Pianos— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Chi-Town Soul— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Chronic Edge— Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Bobby Rex— Hoppy Pig, Bradley; Matt Hendricks / Delilah / Vino Louden— House of Blues, Chicago; DJ Mike P / Franchise / Joe Kollege / Jay ILLA / Boi Jeanius / Hip Hop in Hyde Park w / DJ Clark Kent / DJ D-Nice / Dave Jeff— Hyde Park Brew Fest, Chicago; True Company— Jimmy’ s Grill, Naperville; Howl2Go Dueling Pianos— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Justin Russell Duo— Joe’ s Rooftop, Chicago; Stereo Types— JW Hollstein’ s, Tinley Park; The Sylvies— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Mike Ledbetter / Nora Jean Bruso / Doktu Rhute— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Ric Wilson / Victor / Family Reunion // Odinaka— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Perifania / Ormi Orchestra— Lincoln Park Greek Fest, Chicago; Contra / Consume The Divide / Capital Vices / West Berlin / Speaker / Coyote Man— Live Wire, Chicago; Echo and Ransom / Kevin Presbrey— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Phil and Patti— M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Paloma / Phenix— Maifest, Chicago; Too Bad Company— Mainstage Theater @ Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Terrapin Flyer— Martyr’ s, Chicago; Bishop Briggs / Foreign Air— Metro, Chicago; Shaken Not Stirred / Accidentally on Purpose— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Nick Pontarelli / Shazam Bangles— Navy Pier, Chicago; Snapshot— Nevin’ s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Gerald and Camille— Niko’ s Pointers Saloon, Marengo; Teen Open Mic / Reggio“ The Hoofer” McLaughlin— Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago; Infinity / The Hat Guys— Orland Days, Orland Park; Serendipity— Pal Joey’ s, West Chicago; Triguna / She Ate A Scorpion / High Stakes / Joy Stick— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Windy City Rev Ups— Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Cole Brandt— Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Last Call / Flew The Coop— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Tough‘ Ombres— Q-Bar, Plano; Berto Fest / Wide Angles / Oscar Bait / Dog & Wolf / Fuck You Idiot— Quencher’ s, Chicago; Diana Ross— Ravinia, Lake Forest; The
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