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Chicago; Charlie Foxtrot/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Christone
“Kingfish” Ingram — Schubas, Chicago; The Comet Is Coming/
Shazah/DJ King Hippo — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Powder/
Kiddo & Sassmouth/Taylor Bratches/Walking and Falling: DJ
Workshop For Non-Binary Women — Smart Bar, Chicago; James
McMurtry Band — Space, Evanston; High Infidelity/
Konstantinos Nazis/The Cactus Pricks — St. Demetrios Festival,
Elmhurst; Infinity — St. Nicholas Greek Fest, Oak Lawn; Blues
Night — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Radium City Rebels — Tangled
Root Brewing Co., Ottawa; Dennis Lloyd/Abir/Cyn/Holy Ghost/
Rac/Paris Monster — Taste of Randolph Street, Chicago; The
Doughboys/Not Another D&D Podcast — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Summer Vibes: The Hip Hop Showcase — The Forge, Joliet; Jena
Friedman — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Fess Grandiose — The Owl,
Chicago; Darren Jones w/Tajh Virgil — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Dead and Co. After Sho — Underground
Lounge, Chicago; The Moods — Venuti’s, Addison; A War Within
/Burned In Effigy — Wire, Berwyn; Dead & Company/Bob Weir
— Wrigley Field, Chicago.
SATURDAY 15 JUNE
The Ravines — 210 Live, Highwood; Blue Eyed Leo — 750 Cucina
Rustica, Cary; New Kids on The Block — Allstate Arena,
Rosemont; Soul Message Band/Guy King Quartet — Andy’s,
Chicago; Blackbear — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Geoff Tate’s
Operantin Mindcrime — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Midnight
Rider — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Dartford Station — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Top Dog — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Deacon Frost
— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Punk Black Chicago — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Kacey Myles Duo — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Face N
Time — Blarney Island, Antioch; BTYS Express/Shirley Johnson
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Cadillac Casanovas/EZFM/It Takes
Two — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Robert
Randolph & The Family Band/Coco Montoya/Ronnie Baker
Brooks/Jamiah Rogers — Blues on The Fox @RiverEdge Park,
Aurora; Hearse Show/Oddities Market — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Jerry Jacobs — Bub City, Rosemont; Sheryl
Youngblood/LaWuandia — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Badge
& Black Sand Armour — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Rebel
Reign — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Flare’s Thunder Bash —
Cheers, Midlothian; Xuitcasecity — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; School of Rock Chicago — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Circles Around The Sun — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; The
Grateful String Band — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Praise The Fallen/
Brothers & Wine/The Rolling Clones/Mark Cleveland/Cole
Brandt/DJ Darknite/The Hatz/Trickster Gallery Native
American Drum & Dance Exhibition — Custer Street Fair,
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Evanston; Beauchamp — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Local H — Durty
Nellies, Palatine; Wedding Banned — Durty Nellies, Palatine;
Sonic Roadtrip — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Murder Mystery
Burlesque Revue — Elbo Room, Chicago; 16 Candles/Cowboy
Jukebox/97Nine — Elk Grove Rotary Fest, Elk Grove; Beyond The
Gate/Mono/Emma Ruth Rundle/Drea The Vibe Dealer/Armanii
Day/Gem Tree — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Journeyman Eric
Clapton Tribute — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Rock N’ Roll for
St. Jude Benefit/Keep Dad Weird — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Shock
Roxy — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI ; Kenny
Wayne Shepherd Band — Four Winds Casino-Silver Creek, New
Buffalo, MI; Typhoid Mary — Front Street Tap, Harvard; Classical
Music — Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago; Paper Machete/
Patricia Barber/After Hours Jazz — Green Mill, Chicago;
Stumpwater — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Snapshot/Erin
Miller of Shout Section — Hollywood Casino , Aurora; 88 Keys
Salute & Saucy Jack — Hollywood Casino , Joliet; Q-101 Piqniq
w/The Lumineers/Young The Giant/Catfish & The Bottlemen/
Tom Morello/AJR/Blue October/The Strumbellas/The Glorious
Sons/SHAED/Friday Pilots Club — Hollywood Casino
Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Blue Olives/Mike Wheeler — House of
Blues, Chicago; Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit/Father John Misty
— Huntington Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island, Chicago; Simple
Remedy/The Jason Jones Band (Unicef Benefit) — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Joanna Connor Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Charly Bliss/ Emily Reo — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Triadd — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Eric Krasno Trio/ The North
41 — Martyrs, Chicago; Dumpstaphunk/ Magnolia Boulevard —
Metro, Chicago; Woogie — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Three
Beards — Music Under The Oaks, Hampshire; Rocks Off/The
Doors of Chicago/School of Rock — Naper Nights, Naperville;
Wave Wall Wax — Navy Pier, Chicago; Members Only w/acoustic
opener — Nevin’s Pub, Plainfield; In The Stix/Line Dancing —
Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Poison’d Crue/Lava Rocks —
Old Canal Days, Lockport; Finn Andrews of The Veils — Old Town
School, Chicago; Loose Ends ft. Jane Eugene — Patio Theater,
Chicago; Chicks With Picks — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles;
Stevie Craig — Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; BoDeans
/Summer Son — Prairie Fest, Oswego; Midnight Road & Black
Swan — Q-Bar, Darien; Metallica & Led Zeppelin Tributes — Q-
Bar, Glendale Heights; Rick Springfield & Richard Marx —
Ravinia, Highland Park; Meytal (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; The
Scoth Bonnets/Bumsy and The Moochers/DJ Check Wren
(Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Tynan/Sealed With A
Kiss/Rise/Bishop Super Band/Elgin Idol/MECA — Ribfest,
Elgin; San Cisco/Family of Geniuses/Case/Fargo/The Dip/
Fort Frances/Jordanna/The Long Lost — Ribfest Chicago@Irving
Park, Chicago; DJ Q/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Christian
Nodal — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Soak./ Fenne Lily —
Schubas, Chicago; Interstellar Funk/Justin Aulis Long/
Nishkosheh — Smart Bar, Chicago; On Big Shoulders w/Barbara
Carr — Space, Evanston; Hi Infidelity — Square Celt Ale House,
Orland Park; American English — St. Demetrios Festival,
Elmhurst; Iris Temple — Subterranean, Chicago; Joe Fascetta —
Tangled Root Brewing Co., Ottawa; Anderson East/The Rural
Alberta Advantage/Cory Wong/Aqueous/The Ghost of Paul
Revere/Sun Stereo/George Porter Jr. Trio/Sun Stereo/Jared
Rabin/Magnolia Boulevard/Carlile/Steady Flow/Frequilibrium
— Taste of Randolph Street, Chicago; Twinnovation w/Jake &
Amir — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Wake Squared Trio — The Cottage,
Crystal Lake; Midnight Resonance/Muqata’a — The Hideout,
Chicago; DJ Estaban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl,
Chicago; Not Dead Yet — The Quarry, Lemont; Pink Talking Fish
— The Vic, Chicago; Todd Hergoz/Susie Lweis Friedman —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Driven — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez — Venuti’s, Addison; Dead
& Company — Wrigley Field, Chicago.
SUNDAY 16
Dan Trudell — 210 Live, Highwood; Steve Monce — Blarney
Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Brenda Loomis Band/Middle of The Road — Blue Chip Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Morgan Station — Bub City, Chicago;
Carleton Koldyke — Bub City, Rosemont; Dave Weld — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Mix — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch;
What’s For Brek-Fest w/Ovef Ow/The Speed Babes/Nightfreak
/Bev Rage & The Drinks/Montrose Man/Pledge Drive/Beastii
/Ten High/Musclegoose/Salty/The Stools/Post Child — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; The Spill Canvas — City Winery,
Chicago; School of Rock Chicago — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Saturday June Band/Hoosier Ditty/Eliana Weston/Joshua
Michael Neal/Rollover Band/Opliam Music/Phill Circle/Tony
Garrett — Custer Street Fair, Evanston; Smile Empty Soul/
ColdVille — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Rosie & The Rivets/Chicago
Tribute Anthology — Elk Grove Rotary Fest, Elk Grove; Uptown
Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night with Joel Patterson Trio — Green
Mill, Chicago; World Famous Gospel Brunch/Mike Wheeler/
Nigel Mack — House of Blues, Chicago; Vampire Weekend —
Huntington Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island, Chicago; Blues Jam
With Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller Blues Band — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Greenbeard/Ladykiller/Biirth/The Footlight
District — Live Wire Lounge, Chicago; Scott Hendricks — Mac’s
On Slade, Palatine; The Mustangs — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern,
Woodstock; Semple/The Ron Burgundy’s/Wind Gypsies/The
815 — Old Canal Days, Lockport; American English — Prairie
Fest, Oswego; Sammie feat. Damar Jackson — Promontory
Theater, Chicago; Peter Yarrow& Noel Paul Stookey — Ravinia,
Highland Park; Brandon James (Joint) 7pm — Reggies, Chicago;
Geoff Tate’s Operation Mindcrime/ Till Death Do Us Part/Pipe
(Rock) — Reggies, Chicago; Ovadya/WhiteWolfSonicPress
(Joint) 3pm — Reggies, Chicago; Revolucion De Amor/Alpha
Omega Funk Brotherz/Tony Ocean Show/SM6 — Ribfest, Elgin;
Post Animal/Girl K/Woongi/Ruby Boots/Parsonfield/Edward
David Anderson’s Black Dirt Revival/The Black Oil Brothers —
Ribfest Chicago@Irving Park, Chicago; Bushel & Peck (Brunch)
— Schubas, Chicago; Rooney 20th Anniversary — Schubas,
Chicago; Marquis Hill Blacktet — Space, Evanston; DJ Spin —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Real Estate/Cults/Petal/Soft Speaker
/8Bit Creeps/Mike Maimone Band/Billy Strings/3ODB/Ryan
Montbleau Band/Upstate/Pino Farina Band — Taste of
Randolph Street, Chicago; Hey Riddle Riddle/Just A Tip w/
Megan Batoon/We Hat Movies — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Public
Disco Porch/Sleepy Gaucho & Pretty Beggar — Uncommon
Ground (Lakeview), Chicago.
MONDAY 17
Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Joe
Fascetta — Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; We Met At Acme w/Lindsey
Metselaar/Ariel Ginsburg/Adam Sokolowski/Josh Iachelli/
Ceta Walters — City Winery, Chicago; I AM Fest — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Wilder Maker — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Luca Chiellini/
Joanna Connor — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison
Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Louder Than A Mom — Martyrs,
Chicago; Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles/Liniker e os
Caramelows — Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago; Mambo Mayhem —
Promontory Theater, Chicago; Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Open
Mic Night — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo
With Burke — Reggies, Chicago; Sleepwalkers/ Space Gators —
Schubas, Chicago; Minivan/Richard Pictures/BBsitters Club —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Tad Robinson & Dave Specter —
Space, Evanston; Karaoke w/Jason — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Open Mic — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago.
TUESDAY 18
Keri Johnsrud/After Dark Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s,
Chicago; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; The Ataris/Parker/Evil Engine — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; Bridget Kelly — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Rosanne Cash & Ry Cooder: Music of Johnny
Cash — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Anne Steele & Levi Kreis —
City Winery, Chicago; 97Nine — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open Mic
— FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
Guy King/Comedy Cocktail/Corey Dennison — House of Blues,
Chicago; Giles Corey/ Michael Wheeler/ Peaches Staten —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sacred Monster/ Wolf Blood/ Blunt
— Live Wire Lounge, Chicago; Open Mic Night — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Yacht Rockettes — Martyrs, Chicago; Too White
Crew/Wedding Banned/The Hair Band Night/The Ron
Burgundy’s — Mayfest @Lincoln Square, Chicago; Yeasayer/ Oh,
Rose — Metro, Chicago; Roseanne Cash & Ry Cooder — Old
Town School, Chicago; Sound Stage — Promontory Theater,
Chicago; Stile Antico — Ravinia, Highland Park; Mr. Blotto
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