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(Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends w/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s, Chicago; Ginger Root/ Wyatt Waddell —
Schubas, Chicago; Every Shining Thing — Space, Evanston; Ra
Ra Ra/David Nance/Long Hots — The Hideout, Chicago; Aurin
& The Hex w/Decorative Swingset — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE
Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio —
Andy’s, Chicago; Hi Infidelity — Arboretum of S. Barrington, South
Barrington; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City, Chicago;
Moonshine Bros. — Bub City, Rosemont; Nigel Mack — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gay Musical — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Steve Tyrell — City Winery, Chicago; Cabaret
Wednesdays — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Covergirls — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Boulevards — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon &
Brass w/Joe Valentino — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Classic
Cocktail Wednesdays — FitzGerald’s SideBar, Berwyn; Classical
Music — Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago; Paper Machete/
Alfanso Ponticelli/Frank Cantalano Sextext — Green Mill,
Chicago; Cafe Carly — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Lovelytheband/Keithen Banks/Sofar Sounds/Joanna Connor —
House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/ Michael Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sun Voyager/ Dead Feathers/
Diagonal — Live Wire Lounge, Chicago; Adam Gottlieb &
OneLove/Conor & the Wild Hunt/Hannah’s Field/Electric
Medicine — Martyrs, Chicago; Sixteen Candles/7th Heaven/
Serendipity/Mr. Blotto/The Upbeat Band — Mayfest @Lincoln
Square, Chicago; Bad Books/ Brother Bird — Metro, Chicago;
Les Poules a Colin — Old Town School, Chicago; Danny Lerman
Experience w/Adam Hawley — Promontory Theater, Chicago;
Live Music Karaoke (Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; Lurrie Bell &
Dan Carelli Acoustic Blues Project — Rosa’s, Chicago; Faye
Webster/ Jenny O — Schubas, Chicago; Bob Schneider/
Carolina Story — Space, Evanston; DJ Spin — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Pod Save The People — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Karen
Meat/Izzy True — The Hideout, Chicago.
THURSDAY 20
Bad Sneakers Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Pete Benson
Trio/Trumpet Summit — Andy’s, Chicago; 38 Special — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Cary Kanno — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Backtrack/Dead Heat/Rule Them All — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Tynan —
Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Touche Amore/
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POS/True Love — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Tire Swarm:
Gravetones/All Star Grateful Dead Night — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Hundson Moore — Bub City, Chicago; 8-Track Band —
Bub City, Rosemont; Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gay Musical —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; The James Hunter Six w/Paul Cebar
— City Winery, Chicago; Risky Whiskey Murder Mystery/Murder
Mystery Lunch — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Will Variety — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; How Rude — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Aaron Fox
& Mike Przygoda/Justin Moyar — Elbo Room, Chicago; The
Tillers — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Solo Jazz/Alan
Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Tim and Mike — HB
Jones, Elmhurst; Will Phalen/Donnie Biggins & The Shortcuts
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Howard Jones/Men Without
Hats/All Hail The Silence/Omar Coleman/Corey Dennison/
House Foundation — House of Blues, Chicago; CTRL ALT Pop —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Rico McFarland/ Vance Kelly & The
Back Street Blues Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kim Petras
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Gene Picchiotti — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Pecha Kucha Vol. 50 — Martyrs, Chicago; Simply
Sound — Moretti’s, Edison Park; Stevie Craig — Moretti’s,
Hoffman Estates; Yo-Yo Ma — Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago; Summer
Soul/Tweet/Sahmoht/Dante Hall — Promontory Theater,
Chicago; Sixes/Atala/Late/Plague of Carcosa — Reggies,
Chicago; County Night w/In The Stix — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Rush Tribute Project — Rockin’ In The Park, Rosemont;
Lil Ed Williams Blues Jam — Rosa’s, Chicago; Camilo Sesto —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Lucette/ The Long Lost —
Schubas, Chicago; Just Us Gals Comedy Show — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; The Fortunate Sons — Sounds of Summer,
Arlington Heights; Digable Planets/Kweku Collins/The
Accidentals — Space, Evanston; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic —
Summer Concert Series, River Forest; Centerfold — Summer
Sounds Concerts, Hoffman Estates; Ron Funches — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Unmanned Ship/Plastic Crimewave/Syndicate/
Clickbait — The Hideout, Chicago; Numerical Control Society/
Underhand/Without Light — The Owl, Chicago; Acoustic Open
Mic — The Quarry, Lemont; Uncommon Jazz Jams — Uncommon
Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Tony Ocean — Venuti’s, Addison;
James Libera — Zaza’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 21
Summer of Love 1967 — 210 Live, Highwood; Ernest Dawkins/
John Wojciechowski — Andy’s, Chicago; Whiskey Thunder —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Alternative Method — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Dina Bach — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Mudd Fest 2019
w/Saliva/Puddle of Mudd/Trapt Official/Saving Abel/Tantric —
Base Camp, Lisle; Fog Lake/Friendship — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
John Solinski — Blarney Island, Antioch; John Primer/Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Visions of Santana/Rendition —
Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Black Market
Grenades/Distant Haze — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Karma
Committee — Brookfield Concert Series, Brookfield; Deejay Silver
— Bub City, Chicago; Cort Carpenter — Bub City, Rosemont;
Lindsey Alexander/Jack Kershaw — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Chris GQ Perry — Cheers, Midlothian; Pride & Joy:
The Marvin Gay Musical — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Sinkane/
The Mad Alchemy Light Show/Bassel & The Supernaturals —
Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Al Di Meola — City Winery,
Chicago; Carrie Lyn Infusion — Club Arcada, St. Charles;
Motoblot 2019 — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Cowboy Mouth —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; EZFM — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Red
Carpet Riot — Durty Nellies, Palatine; It Takes Two — Eaglewood
Resort, Itasca; Divino Nino/Bunny/Girl K — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo — Evanston
Rocks, Evanston; Expo ‘76 & Total Pro Horns — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Lounge Puppets — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New
Buffalo, MI ; Scott Stapp — Four Winds Casino-Silver Creek, New
Buffalo, MI; Classical Music — Grant Park Music Festival,
Chicago; Flipside Show/PAA Kow/After Hours Quartet Jam —
Green Mill, Chicago; Erin Costelo — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Downtown Charlie Brown — Hollywood Casino , Aurora;
Hillbilly Rockstarz — Hollywood Casino , Joliet; Alex Aiono/The
Good The Bad The Blues/Mike Wheeler — House of Blues,
Chicago; Country LakeShake w/Miranda Lambert/Pistol
Annie’s/Maren Morris/Lauren Alaina/Cassadee Pope/Lindsay
Ell/Clare Dunn/Rita Wilson/Rachel Wammack/Kassi
Ashton/Dee Jay Silver — Huntington Bank Pavilion@Northerly
Island, Chicago; James Libera — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
C-Factor — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Tim Gleason Duo — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Thornetta Davis/ Nora Jean Bruso/ Studebaker
John Acoustic Set — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Danny Baron
Band — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; FORQ/ Spare Parts —
Martyrs, Chicago; Bonelang/ HXLT/ Oxymorrons — Metro,
Chicago; Rok Brigade — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; The
Franchise/Sal & Izy — Nevin’s Pub, Plainfield; Collins County —
Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; World’s Largest Block Party
w/Hello Weekend/Stache — Old St. Pat’s , Chicago; Kings of
The Nighttime World Kiss Tribute — Palace Theater in The Dells,
Wisconsin Dells, WI; Live on Mars: Tribute to David Bowie —
Park West, Chicago; Heritage Drive — Pheasant Run Resort, St.
Charles; PortmanteauZone/Parellelicopter — Phyllis’ Musical
Inn, Chicago; Kevin Presbrey & The Midwest — Pig Minds
Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Sun, Moon & Stars: Son Ra
Celebration — Promontory Theater, Chicago; Endgame/Vile
Cynic/Extraction Point/The Eldritch Grimoire — Q-Bar, Darien;
The Fall Guys — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Tony Bennett/Antonia
Bennett — Ravinia, Highland Park; Grendel/Striplicker/Glass
Apple/Bonzai/Esoterik (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Jeff Scott
Soto/Jason Bieler of Saigon Kick (Joint) — Reggies, Chicago;
Hairbanger’s Ball/DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; The
Wayouts — Rock The Hill, Naperville; Kinsey Report — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Sixteen Candles/Modern Day Romeos/Arra — Rotary
GroveFest, Downers Grove; Los Tigres el Norte/Hombres G &
Enanitos Verdes/El Tri/Los Autenticos Decadentes/El Gran
Silencio and more — Rudio Fest @Union Park Chicago; She’s
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Crafty — Schubas, Chicago; The Gotobeds/Greys/Ethers/DJ
Doug Mosurock — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Trace Bundy/Toots
& The Maytals/Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs — Space,
Evanston; Rock N Roll vs. Cancer Round 3 — Subterranean,
Chicago; Reggae Night — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Ryan
Wotherspoon — Tangled Root Brewing Co., Ottawa; Fantasy
Footballers Podcast Live — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Showdown 14
Gladiator Night — The Forge, Joliet; NRBQ — The Hideout,
Chicago; DJ Tess — The Owl, Chicago; Goin’ Down South Band
— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; The High Street Creeps
Tour/Teeth — The Vic, Chicago; Pride Show w/Daniella Hope/
Apres Pomeii/Dalice Marie/Gross Guitar Girl/Andre Jamal —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Hugh Jackman —
United Center, Chicago; Soda — Venuti’s, Addison; Odds Of An
Afterthought — Wire, Berwyn.
SATURDAY 22
Kashmir — 210 Live, Highwood; Two Tones — 750 Cucina
Rustica, Cary; B96 Summer Bash — Allstate Arena, Rosemont;
Soul Message Band/John Wojciechowski — Andy’s, Chicago;
Scott Stapp of Creed — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Motown
Magic — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; The Wild — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Last Call — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Last Call —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Aforementioned — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Make It A Double — Bar Evolution, Batavia; New
Politics/Half The Animal — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Blake
Alexander — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Mr. Myers — Blarney Island,
Antioch; John Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Windy Gypsies/Stevie Craig — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Shock Treatment Ramones Show — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Cort Carpenter — Bub City, Chicago; Raleigh Keegan
— Bub City, Rosemont; Epic — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Too
White Crew/Catfight/Jersey Girls/Hello Weekend/The Txlips/
Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus/Alex Newell/Ultra Nate/Drag Show
/Inaya Day/Jaimie Wilson/Pabilo Vittar/Metro/DJ Meg/X-
tasy/Scarlet/Bryan Smith/Rae Chardonnay/All The Way Kay —
Chicago Pride Fest, Chicago; Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gay
Musical — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Mali Music/Nola Ade/
School of Rock Chicago — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
Rhythm Rockets — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Motoblot 2019 —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Timmy Trumpet — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; OMFG! — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The B-Side Band —
Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Sam Savage — Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect;
Fool House — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Dixie Crush — Eaglewood
Resort, Itasca; Malort and Savior/Jebediah & The Springfields/
L&LI/Astra Kelly — Elbo Room, Chicago; Lithics/CB Radio
Gorgeous — Empty Bottle, Chicago; John Fullbright Band/Brian
Dunne — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; 3rd Annual Yacht Rock Party —
Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo, MI; MJ Live Tribute
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