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Soda — Q-Bar, Darien; Lions Law/Fear City/Bad Assets/Anger/
Battle Royle (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Criss Angel Raw —
Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Little Church/ Jordanna/ Malci —
Schubas, Chicago; Mark Dvorak (Brunch) — Schubas, Chicago;
Geoprapher/Manatee Commune — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Queen w/Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Merrick Brown —
Smart Bar, Chicago; Tommi Zender (Album Release) — Space,
Evanston; Saint Pe/Faux Furrs/Strange Foliage —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Live
Music TBA — Taste of Mexico @Little Village, Chicago; Red
Woody/Five Guys Named Moe/The Neverly Brothers — Taste of
Wheaton, Wheaton; The Flat Five — The Hideout, Chicago;
Abud/Marianne & The Imaginary Band/Plucky Rosenthal —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Tony Ocean — Venuti’s,
Addison.
MONDAY 3 JUNE
Dave Herrero/Mike Wheeler/Blaze Tryptych — 57th Street Art
Fair, Chicago; Eric Schneider Quartert/Bowmanville — Andy’s,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Robbie Gold — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts
The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Al Stewart w/Empty
Pockets — City Winery, Chicago; Cloven Hoof — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; I AM Fest — Elbo Room, Chicago; Teen Daze/M.Sage/
Shazmatic — Empty Bottle, Chicago; South of Disorder —
Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Chicago Jazz Orchestra — Green
Mill, Chicago; Lurrie Bell/Louie Zagoras — House of Blues,
Chicago; Corey Dennison Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Soft
Rain Airplane/ Earth Program/ Beyond/ The Phones — Martyrs,
Chicago; Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Open Mic Night — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo With Burke —
Reggies, Chicago; Mocrep/The Neo-Futurists/Sarah Squirm —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Meth/Amygdala/Nicodxmvs/
Spanyurd — Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke w/Jason —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Bernardine Dohrn — The Hideout,
Chicago; Nightfreak/Close Kept — The Owl, Chicago; Open Mic
— Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago.
TUESDAY 4
Keri Johnsrud/After Dark Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s,
Chicago; Dwight Yoakam w/Desure — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; The Special 20’s — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Hello Weekend — Cubby Bear, Chicago; I AM
Fest — Elbo Room, Chicago; U.S. Girls/Badge Epoque/
Mourning A Bikstar — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bluesday Tuesday:
Wayne Baker Brooks — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Open Mic
(SideBar) — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Music Trivia — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Guy King/Comedy Cocktail — House of Blues,
Chicago; Anderson.Paak & The Free Nationals — Huntington
Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island, Chicago; Giles Corey/ Michael
Wheeler/ Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Open Mic
Night — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Slow Haste/ Chess at
Breakfast/The Laughing Hearts — Martyrs, Chicago; Doggy
Tuesdays (Bring Your Dog) on The Patio — Q-Bar, Glendale
Heights; Ignite/Decline/Death of Self/Porcupine Chicago
(Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Mr. Blotto (Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends w/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Spirit Adrift/Starless/Ikaray — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; River Whyless/Skyway Man — Space, Evanston;
NOTS/Olivia Neutron-John/Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean,
Chicago; Rolling Blackouts/RVG — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Aurin
& The Hex w/Marymar — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago; Ariana Grande — United Center, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 5
Judy Roberts & Greg Fishman — 210 Live, Highwood; Bedlam/
Carnivor/Mindloss — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Over The Side —
Bub City, Chicago; Mason Rivers — Bub City, Rosemont; Songs
& Stories w/Art Alexakis of Everclear, Chris Collinswood of
Fountains of Wayne, Max Collins of Eve 6, John Wozniak of
Marcy Playground — City Winery, Chicago; Cabaret Wednesdays
— Club Arcada, St. Charles; 97Nine — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Open Mic — Elbo Room, Chicago; Dawn Ray’d/Lifes — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon & Brass w/Joe Valentino — Evanston
Rocks, Evanston; Them Coulee Boys — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Classic Cocktail Wednesdays — FitzGerald’s SideBar, Berwyn;
Paper Machete/Percolateur/Frank Cantalano Sextext — Green
Mill, Chicago; Richard Johnson Trio — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Windy City Rev Ups/Uncorked & Unplugged/Pedro
Capo/Dave Herrero — House of Blues, Chicago; Charley
Crockett — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Corey Dennison/ Michael
Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Flat Creek Highway —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Tributosaurus becomes Santana —
Martyrs, Chicago; Todd Donnelly — Moretti’s, Chicago; Hadar
Noiberg & Chano Dominquez Duet/The Lullaby Project — Old
Town School, Chicago; Johari Noelle — Promontory Theater,
Chicago; Live Music Karaoke (Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; Lurrie
Bell & Dan Carelli Acoustic Blues Project — Rosa’s, Chicago;
Suzi Wu/ White Ppl — Schubas, Chicago; The Teskey Brothers/
Katie Pruitt — Space, Evanston; Thelma/Mia Joy/Joey
Nebulous/Tenci/Noisem/Organ Dealer/Endmember/Rash —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Diagonal/Zigtebra/Thee Casual Hex — The Owl, Chicago; Peter
Topa/Jack Gallo/Alex Gothard/McKenzie Sterr — Uncommon
Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Ariana Grande — United Center,
Chicago.
THURSDAY 6
Soulshine — 210 Live, Highwood; Pete Benson Trio/Trumpet
Summit — Andy’s, Chicago; Thrift Store Halo (Record Release)
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; TurboVamps Live Recording — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Nick Pontarelli — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Blues and Brews — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Headcat
13/Tire Swarm/Grateful String Band — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Brushville — Bub City, Chicago; The Gingers — Bub City,
Rosemont; WXRT Bluesbreakers Blues Fest Broadcast/Mike
Wheeler — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Corky Siegel/
Chamber Blues/Lynne Jordan/Toronzo Cannon and more — City
Winery, Chicago; Tony Ocean & The Hartbeats — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; Sworn Enemy — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Cardinal
Harbor — Cubby Bear, Chicago; DoubleSpeak/The Almas/Suri/
Bronte Fall/Elisabeth Beckwitt — Elbo Room, Chicago; Choir
Boy/Fearing/Side Action — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Reality Bites
— Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Chris Knight/Bitters —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Solo Jazz/Alan Gresik
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Chris Trapper w/Ariel
Strasser — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Nav/Nigel Mack/
Rodney Brown — House of Blues, Chicago; Leroy Winn —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Vance Kelly & The Back Street Blues
Band/ Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sertab
Erener — Martyrs, Chicago; South of Disorder — Moretti’s,
Hoffman Estates; Mary Gauthier — Old Town School, Chicago;
Smilin’ Bobby & The ClemTones — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago;
Rob Thomas — Ravinia, Highland Park; Inter Arma/
Thantifaxah/Pulchra Morte — Reggies, Chicago; Country Night
w/Hillbilly Rockstarz — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; One of
These Nights — Rockin’ In The Park, Rosemont; Willie Buck
Blues Jam — Rosa’s, Chicago; Cocoa Greene/Rotten Mouth/
Jack Minogue — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Craig Finn & The
Uptown Controllers/ Bogie/Bitney/Lux — Space, Evanston;
Trinidad/Cardona/Chad Tepper/Fat Pimp/Tysontae/Reggae
Gold — Subterranean, Chicago; R-Gang — Summer Sounds
Concerts, Hoffman Estates; Duff McKagan w/Shooter Jennings
— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Model Zero/Glyders/Mkii — The
Hideout, Chicago; Lollygagger/Alouette/Beastii — The Owl,
Chicago; Uncommon Jazz Jams — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Good Clean Fun — Venuti’s, Addison; In No
Particular Order — Wire, Berwyn; Tony Ocean Show — Zaza’s
Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 7
Heartache Tonight — 210 Live, Highwood; Wisin y Yandel —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress/J
Livi & The Party/DJ Dan Luna (North Stage); The Hits w/DJ
Ecstasy/Drag Show/Drag Queen Stoyrtime w/Alexis Bevels
(Pride Stage) — Andersonville Midsommarfest, Chicago; Ernest
Dawkins/Spare Parts — Andy’s, Chicago; Marrakesh Express
Tribute to Crosby, Still, Nash & Young — Arcada Theater, St.
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Charles; Rico McFarland — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Libido Funk
Circus — Ballydoyle, Aurora; The Beaux — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Steve Roth Duo — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Emarosa/Lizzy
Farral/Burst & Bloom — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Pour Decisions
/Weekend Crush — Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies/Head Honchos — Blue
Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Faded Flannel —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Gina Glocksen Band — Bub City,
Chicago; Brad Jackson & Shades of Country — Bub City,
Rosemont; Guy Kings/Chris Cain/Corey Dennison/Randy
Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jay Brown —
Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Judas Rising & Heaven and
Hell/Bringing Dio/Sabbath and Priest — Cheers, Midlothian;
Bobby Rush/Jimmy Johnson/Charlie Musselwhite & Billy Boy
Arnold (Pritzker Pavilion); Bombino/Guy King & Chris Cain/
Thornetta Davis/Benny Turner & Real Blues/Joanna Connor (S.
Chase Promenade); Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith/Grady Champion/
Karne Wolfe/Keith Johnson & The Big Muddy Blues Band (N.
Chase Promenade); Vance Guitar Kelly & The Backstreet Blues
Band/Breezy Rodio/Mzz Reese/Mojo Morganfield & The
Mannis Boyz/Kenny Smith & The House Bumpers (Wrigley
Square) — Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago; Chali 2na + Cut
Chemist/Air Credits/The Microphone Misfitz — Chop Shop/1st
Ward, Chicago; Raheem DeVaughn — City Winery, Chicago; Pale
Horsemen — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Kazka — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; The Rack & The Riddler — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Cap’N Funk & The Groove Train — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Brass
Buckle Band — Durty Nellies, Palatine; The Acoustiholics —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Rock Royalty/Rock N Roll All Star
Revue — Elbo Room, Chicago; Mini Mansions/James Supercave
/The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Hey Girl Hey —
Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI ; Todd Rundgren
— Four Winds Casino-Silver Creek, New Buffalo, MI; Flipside
Show/ Dana Hall/After Hours Quartet Jam — Green Mill,
Chicago; Hush Kids — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; C-Factor —
Hollywood Casino , Aurora; Retropolitan — Hollywood Casino ,
Joliet; Sammy Hagar/Vince Neil/MIchael Anthony/Vic Johnson
/Jason Bonham & Don Felder — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater,
Tinley Park; The Prince Experience/Windy City Duo/Mike
Wheeler Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Good Fellas —
Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Sorry For Partying — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Larry McCray/Nora Jean Bruso/ Joanna
Connor Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Big Brother’s
Vinyl — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Fun House (Iggy & The
Stooges Tribute)/ Space Face - A Tribute to Bowie — Martyrs,
Chicago; Hot Stove Cool Music Benefit Show — Metro, Chicago;
Nivrana — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Soul Karma w/acoutis
opener — Nevin’s Pub, Plainfield; 7th Heaven/Serendipity —
Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Craig Finn & The Uptown
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