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to Michael Jackson — Four Winds Casino-Silver Creek, New
Buffalo, MI; Classical Music — Grant Park Music Festival,
Chicago; Paper Machete/TBA/After Hours Jazz — Green Mill,
Chicago; Chicago Loud 9 — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; The
Jersey Girls — Hollywood Casino , Aurora; Dick Diamond & The
Dusters — Hollywood Casino , Joliet; Saved By The 90’s/Windy
City Duo/Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings — House of Blues,
Chicago; Country LakeShake w/Keith Urban/Brett Young/
Midland/Danielle Bradbery/Morgan Evans/Waterloo Revival/
Seaforth/Matt Stell/Levi Hummon/Rob Ellis/Jobi Riccio/Dee
Jay Silver — Huntington Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island, Chicago;
Monsters of Mock — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Thornetta Davis/
Nora Jean Bruso/ Studebaker John Acoustic Set — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Sonreal — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Celebrity
Hostages/Next Planet/The Psychodelics/China Rose — Live
Wire Lounge, Chicago; Desperate Bastards — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Neverluchador — Metro, Chicago; Winnie Cooper’s
Super Mega Ultra Party — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Wave Wall
Wax — Navy Pier, Chicago; Time Bandits/Miguel Garza — Nevin’s
Pub, Plainfield; Gone Country — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern,
Woodstock; World’s Largest Block Party w/Sixteen Candles/
7th Heaven/Walk-Ins/Motown Nation — Old St. Pat’s , Chicago;
Tyn Man/Nesha Vibe/Dee Money/Ko/Lyriks/Matrix/Odikro/
Top Donn/Bonsu/Jukie The Kidd/Commando/Renzay/Kishi/
Kwest-On/Hypeman/Dreea/Vision/Nosike/Rae Chardonnay/
Abrantie — Passport Vibes Afrobeat Street Festival, Chicago;
Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Sal
& Izy — Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Mike & Joe/
Focal Point/Vito Zatto Show — Prospect Heights Block Party,
Prospect Heights; Classic Albums Live: Fleetwood Mac Rumours
— Ravinia, Highland Park; Astronoid/Infinity Shred/Outrun The
Sunlight(Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Motel Breakfast/Bird
Streets/Bear in Forest (Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; Kings of
Chaos: Sebatian Bach/Dee Snider/Lou Gramm/Gilby Clarke/
Kenny Aronoff/Warren DeMartini/James LoMenzo — RiverEdge
Park, Aurora; Kinsey Report — Rosa’s, Chicago; 7th Heaven/
Fool House/Wild Daisy/Valius/Black Bolts — 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; Dijon — Schubas,
Chicago; A.A. Bondy — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Pride 2019:
Horse Meat Disco/Michael Serafini — Smart Bar, Chicago; Liz
Phair w/Juliana Hatfield — Space, Evanston; Cristina Vane —
Tangled Root Brewing Co., Ottawa; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
— Thalia Hall, Chicago; HiFi Superstar — The Cottage, Crystal
Lake; Animation — The Forge, Joliet; NRBQ — The Hideout,
Chicago; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl,
Chicago; The Glory Years — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago;
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Shawn Butzin/Kevin Farris/Michael J. Foxy — Uncommon
Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; The 3Kingz Tour — United Center,
Chicago; Uptown Shakedown — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; DJ
Erge — Venuti’s, Addison; Petal To The Metal Benefit — White
Tavern, Naperville.
SUNDAY 23 JUNE
Flat Cats — 210 Live, Highwood; Reverend Raven — B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago; The Joyce Boys — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Banana Wind —
Blarney Island, Antioch; BTS Express/Laretha Weathersby —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Hoosier Highway/The Niche — Blue Chip
Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Chris Travis — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Original Rock/See Through This/Mudfish/Love Lay
Silent — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Kyle Jennings — Bub City,
Chicago; Scott Hamilton — Bub City, Rosemont; Eliza Neals —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Libido Funk Circus — Captain’s
Quarters, Antioch; Leann Rimes/Leland/Adam Barta/Avi
Sic/Vlad/Splash/Morgan McMichaels/Cindel/Sixteen Candles
/Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press/Boy Band Review/Don’t
Speak/Chicago Spirit Brigade/Emergency Tiara — Chicago Pride
Fest, Chicago; Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gay Musical — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; School of Rock Chicago — Chop Shop/1st
Ward, Chicago; Motoblot 2019 — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; New
Found Glory/Real Friends/The Early November/Doll Skin —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Earth/Helms Alee — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night with Joel
Patterson Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; World Famous Gospel
Brunch/Mike Wheeler/Rollover — House of Blues, Chicago;
Country LakeShake w/Luke Bryan/Granger Smith w/Earl
Dibbles/Clint Black/Mitchell Tenpenny/Jon Langston/Ryan
Hurd/Travis Denning/Hardy/Austin Burke/Caylee Hammack/
Elizabeth Lyons/Lauren Jenkins/Dee Jay Silver — Huntington
Bank Pavilion@Northerly Island, Chicago; Blues Jam With Linsey
Alexander/Claudette Miller Blues Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Bloxx/ Hembree/ Warbly Jets — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Scott Nev — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Sabertooth — Martyrs,
Chicago; Southern Jack — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock;
Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde — Old Town School, Chicago;
Melissa Etheridge & George Thorogood & The Destroyers —
Ravinia, Highland Park; Brian Wilson — RiverEdge Park, Aurora;
Old Town School Blues Showcase — Rosa’s, Chicago; Semple/
Maggie Speaks/Sushi Roll/Rock Academy/Garage Band U —
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;
Cowboy Choir (Brunch) — Schubas, Chicago; Dylan Leblanc/
Erin Rae — Schubas, Chicago; Wand/Dreamdecay/Wet Piss —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Yo La Tengo/The Minus 5 — Space,
Evanston; Capital Soiree — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Celeste Barber Is Back — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Afton Presents All Ages Show — The Forge, Joliet; A
Day In The Country/Gethen Jenkins/Bonnie Montgomery — The
Hideout, Chicago; Letterkenny — The Vic, Chicago.
MONDAY 24
Eric Schneider Quartert/Bowmanville — Andy’s, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Chris
Moreno — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The JuJu Exchange and More:
Benefit for Music Education — City Winery, Chicago; Hello
Weekend — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Lever/Post Child/Happy Face
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Jazz Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Funky Mojo Daddy/Joanna Connor — House of Blues,
Chicago; Corey Dennison Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Modern Day Romeos — Library Concert Series, Schaumburg;
Cuco/ Triathalon — Metro, Chicago; Chucho Valdez & Jazz
Bata/Fareed Haque & Casseus — Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago;
Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; Open Mic Night — Q-Bar, Glendale
Heights; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo With Burke — Reggies,
Chicago; Mir Fontane/ Ovaeast Meech/ Bari/ Mack 11 —
Schubas, Chicago; The Worst Idea of All Time — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Yo La Tengo — Space, Evanston; Karaoke w/Jason —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; FreakFest/CocaineMurderJam — The
Hideout, Chicago.
TUESDAY 25
Keri Johnsrud/After Dark Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s,
Chicago; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Luke Pytel/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Rosemont; Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Sadistik/Trizz/Rafael Vigilantics/DJ Kno of
Cunninglyguists — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Penny Arcade
— City Winery, Chicago; 97Nine — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open
Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill,
Chicago; Judy Roberts & Greg Fishman — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; The Hurricane Project/Comedy Cocktail/Guy King —
House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/ Michael Wheeler/
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Open Mic Night —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Anything is Everything/ Lunar Hotel/
Sunblood — Martyrs, Chicago; Mykal Rose w/Sly & Robbie — Old
Town School, Chicago; Lion Babe/Nikki Lynette (Rock Club) —
Reggies, Chicago; Steve Earle & The Dukes — Rialto Square
Theater, Joliet; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Lucy Spraggan — Schubas, Chicago; Leela James —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Aurin & The Hex/Caleb Reeves —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 26
Andy Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio —
Andy’s, Chicago; My Metal Heart — Arboretum of S. Barrington,
South Barrington; Flying Buffaloe Fine Lines — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Judson Brown — Bub
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City, Rosemont; Nigel Mack Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Girls Night Out — Cheers, Midlothian; Cabaret
Wednesdays w/David Casas — Club Arcada, St. Charles;
Wedding Banned — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open Mic — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Magna Carda/Demetruest — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Shawan Rice — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The Shams
Band — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Classic Cocktail Wednesdays —
FitzGerald’s SideBar, Berwyn; Classical Music — Grant Park
Music Festival, Chicago; Paper Machete/Alfanso Ponticelli/
Frank Cantalano Sextext — Green Mill, Chicago; Luke Malewicz
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Mer’s Music Showcase/
Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/
Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Jerry Joseph/ Wes
Cichosz Band — Martyrs, Chicago; South of Disorder —
Moretti’s, Chicago; Rio Mira — Old Town School, Chicago;
Mercury Hamlet — Promontory Theater, Chicago; Live Music
Karaoke (Joint) — Reggies, Chicago; Lurrie Bell & Dan Carelli
Acoustic Blues Project — Rosa’s, Chicago; Slayyyter/ Robokid/
Boy Sim — Schubas, Chicago; Dressy Bessy/Colleen Green/
Potty Mouth — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Derrick/Afrodijia/
Futurehood/Jay Jay/Kimpassable — Smart Bar, Chicago; Dick
Diamond & The Dusters — Summer Concert Series, Bolingbrook;
Steve Aoki/Walk The Moon/Foreigner/Quinn XCII/Thomas
Rhett/Dustin Lynch/Russell Dickerson/Judah & The Lion/
Hanson/Voila/Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio/Weathers/Otis
Taylor & The Psychedelic Banjo Posse/Matt Hoyles/The
Cougars/Chelsea Cutler/Robin Pluer & The R&B Coquettes —
Summerfest, Milwaukee; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Eyes
Set To Kill/Rivals/Awake At Last/Softspoken/Erzulie — The
Forge, Joliet; Michael Albert/Devin Flower — The Hideout,
Chicago; Droughts/Sparrows/Drowned God — The Owl,
Chicago; Anna Pancaldi/Eric Tre’von & Donyae Asante —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Burnt Biscuits —
Wine’d Down Wednesday, Yorkville.
THURSDAY 27
Shawn Mendes — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Pete Benson Trio/
Trumpet Summit — Andy’s, Chicago; April Kats & Kevin Conner
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Luke Pytel/Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Dave Weld & The Imperial Flame Band — Blue
Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Corey Cox — Bub City,
Chicago; Mr. Myers — Bub City, Rosemont; Johnny Rawls —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Party Nails/PRXZM — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Ziggy Alberts/Garrett Kato — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; Ryan Burns — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Soul Igniters
/See Alice/King Saturday — Elbo Room, Chicago; Teddy & The
Rough Riders/Emily Nenni — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Shawan
Rice — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Andy Brown Solo Jazz/Alan
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