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Chicago; Nellie "Tiger" Travis Blues Band – Blue Chicago,
Chicago; G-Eazy/Rockie Fresh – Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Nicholas Barron Band – Buddy Guy's, Chicago; Celtic Woman –
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Deal's Gone Bad Record Release –
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Nick Hennies/Nicholas Szczezpanik –
Constellation, Chicago; Learning Center – Elbo Room, Chicago;
Pete Ellman Big Band – Fitzgerald's, Berwyn; Industry Night –
H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Stud's Place – Hideout, Chicago;
Kirk Franklin Gospel Brunch – House Of Blues, Chicago; Sharon
Lewis/Linsey Alexander – Kingston Mines, Chicago; Russian
Circles/Helms Alee/Ken Mode – Metro, Chicago; Snow Tha
Product/Caskey/Trilogy Mafia/Vello/Str8 Like Dat – Mojoes,
Joliet; Neighborhoods Of The World: Greece – Navy Pier,
Chicago; Rock Chicago Records – Q Bar, Darien; Mumble The
Peg/Okapi – Quenchers Saloon, Chicago; Cirrus Falcon –
Quigley's, Oak Lawn; Acid Jazz w/Gruve Toob – Red Line Tap,
Chicago; Anger-Walsh-Gordy-Quartet – Reggies Music Joint,
Chicago; Pickin' Bubs/The Limbos – Schubas, Chicago; Queen!
w/Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Sal-E – Smart Bar, Chicago;
Pot Of Gold: Irish Stories & Songs w/Megon O'Donough &
Susan O'Halloran – Space, Evanston; Sprig O' Mint All Stars –
The Irish Patriot, Orland Park; Bill Acuna/Despotic Hall Of Fame
– Wire, Berwyn.
Fate/Another Black Hour/Horror Is Dead – Red Line Tap,
Chicago; Keith Scott/The Coup/Guerilla – Reggies Music Joint,
Chicago; Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – Reggies Rock
Club, Chicago; Lounge Puppets – Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Russ Liquid – Schubas, Chicago; Casting Crowns w/Laura Story
& For King & Country – Sears Center, Hoffman Estates; Spork!
w/DJ's Fred Everything/Karl Almaria/T. Mixwell – Smart Bar,
Chicago; Kim Richey w/Deanna Devore – Space, Evanston;
Rockstar Rodeo/Prairie Station – Sullivan's Irish Pub,
Midlothian; Exmag Zebo/Zebo – The Mid, Chicago; State Of The
Band – Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Mr. Blotto/Old Shoe – Wire,
Berwyn; Acoustiholics – World Of Beer, Naperville; Walk-Ins –
World Of Beer, Evanston.
SATURDAY 15
St. Patrick's Day Party – Abbey Pub, Chicago; Gordon Lightfoot
– Arcada Theater, St. Charles; St. Baldrick's/McNulty Irish
Dancers – Austin's, Libertyville; The Streets/Villainous
Grinn/Know Lyfe – Bada Brew, Crest Hill; McNulty Irish
Dancers/Flatfoot 56 – Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Wild Colonial
Bhoys/McNulty Irish Dancers – Ballydoyle, Aurora; Hard
Lessons/Norman Toronto/Reverend Ruin – Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee – Bella Mia, Midlothian; WalkIns – Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; JW Williams Blues Band
w/Demetria Taylor – Blue Chicago, Chicago; Sonic7 – Blues Bar,
Mt. Prospect; Hillbilly Casino (Fundraiser) – Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony – Brazen Head, Crestwood; Snafu
– Broken Oar, Cary; Mike Wheeler/Matt Hendrick/Laja'
Ferlance Band/Super Chikan & The Fighting Cocks – Buddy
Guy's, Chicago; Sundance – Carlucci, Downers Grove; Music: A
Gala Night With David Garrett – Chicago Theater, Chicago;
Exposfacto – Chicken Basket, Willowbrook; Pedrito Martinez
Group – City Winery, Chicago; Whitey Morgan & The 78's/Gin
Palace Jesters – Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Charlemagne Palestine
– Constellation, Chicago; Sixteen Candles – Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters – Duke's Alehouse,
Chicago; Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers/Modern Day
Romeos/Rodd Tuffcurls & The Bench Press – Durty Nellies,
Palatine; Luke Underhill/The Lulabelles/One Season/White
Vinyl Sky/Dan & The Wildfire – Elbo Room, Chicago; Tricky
Mission – Evenflow, Geneva; St. Patrick's Festival – Fitzgerald's,
Berwyn; The Un-Handsome Devils – Freakster's Roadhouse,
Pontiac, IL; St. Patric