Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Erik Donner – Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Jeanette & Joshua – Broken Oar, Cary; Mike Wheeler/
Harmonica Hinds/Jon McDonald/Nora Jean Wallace – Buddy
Guy's, Chicago; Twisters – Carlucci, Downers Grove; Sharon Coor
(Of The Coors) – City Winery, Chicago; Summer Camp On The
Road Tour Night 2 – Cubby Bear, Chicago; R Gang – Dock's Bar
& Grill, Wauconda; Soul Summit Free Dance Party: DJ's Sloppy
White/Dave Mata & Duke Grip – Double Door, Chicago; Sixteen
Candles – Durty Nellies, Palatine; Crimson And Coal/Geoff
Brown/Rachel Katzman/The Circle View/Sudden Dark/The
Nightbeast – Elbo Room, Chicago; Chris Parson & Dropped
Once – Evenflow, Geneva; Robbie Fulks – Fitzgerald's, Berwyn;
Blue Felix/Righteous Vendetta/Cathercist/Psychostick –
Freakster's Roadhouse, Pontiac, IL; Too White Crew – H.O.M.E.,
Arlington Heights; Infinity – Harrah's Casino, Joliet; Nojo –
Heroes West, Joliet; Sabers/Forgotten Species/Kate Adams/
Retreat – Hideout, Chicago; Senn Alan Band – Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; Led Zepplin 2 – House Of Blues, Chicago; Party
Crashers – J.W. Hollstein's, Tinley Park; Rod Tuffcurls & The
Bench Press – Joe's Bar, Chicago; Byther Smith/Joanna Connor
– Kingston Mines, Chicago; This End Up – Luigi's, Plainfield;
Deezguize – Marty's Place, Crest Hill; Pat Travers Band – Mayne
Stage, Chicago; Zaramela/Train Company/Eagle Trace/The Art
Of Cool/Andrew Fraker & Sons – Metro, Chicago; Veil of
Maya/Erra, Reflections/Cimmerian/Disrupting the Abacus/
Victims – Mojoes, Joliet; Chasing Alice/Girls Night Out Show –
MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Peggy Seeger – Old Town School Of
Folk Music, Chicago; Art Garfunkel – Park West, Chicago;
Bobapalooza: Daniel Voth/SDOS/The BC3/Chronic Edge –
Penny Road Pub, S. Barrington; Plush – Porter's Pub, St. Charles;
Claremont Drive – Q Bar, Darien; Sunken Ships/Burned or
Buried – Quenchers Saloon, Chicago; Wild Turkey Spiced &
Space Duck presents... – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Miss Sixty
Six/Lost In Society/ESH/Ignition Control – Reggies Music
Joint, Chicago; Altitudes & Attitude/Kingery – Reggies Rock
Club, Chicago; Young The Giant/Vance Joy – Riviera, Chicago;
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials – Rosa's Lounge, Chicago;
Marrow/Grandkids/Welcome To The Night Vale Live/Tourist –
Schubas, Chicago; Northwest Celtic Fest – Sears Center,
Hoffman Estates; Who's Next: Who Tribute/Diver Down – Shark
City, Glendale Heights; Restless Knites w/Party Obvious –
Sideouts Bar & Grill, Island Lake; Portable/Sassmouth/Phillip
Stone – Smart Bar, Chicago; Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl
Band feat. Lou Ann Barton w/Marty Sammon – Space,
Evanston; Stand Up Tour w/IM5/Brandon & Savannah/The
House On The Cliff/Jessie Chris/Robbie Rosen/Danielle Prou
– Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville; Libido Funk Circus – Sullivan's
Irish Pub, Midlothian; Hi Infidelity – Tailgater's, Bolingbrook;
Jonathan Polit – The Cabin, Woodstock; Rebel – Thirsty Whale,
Algonquin; Rokkor – Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Cirrus Falcon – Twin
Rail, Minooka; Brothers – World Of Beer, Evanston.
SUNDAY 23
Whiskey Brothers – Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Mary Macaroni
– Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Peaches Staten Blues Band – Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Brian Daniels Duo – Bub City, Chicago;
Nicholas Barron/Studebaker John – Buddy Guy's, Chicago;
Johnette Napolitano (of Concrete Blonde) – City Winery,
Chicago; Nicholas Phillips – Constellation, Chicago; Reel Big
Fish – Durty Nellies, Palatine; Jack Be Nimble/OTPHJ/43
Bell/Go Hang – Elbo Room, Chicago; John Burnett Orchestra
w/Frida Lee – Fitzgerald's, Berwyn; Industry Night – H.O.M.E.,
Arlington Heights; Jon Langford & Skull Orchard/Daniel Knox –
Hideout, Chicago; ZZ Ward/Kirk Franklin Gospel Brunch –
House Of Blues, Chicago; Sharon Lewis/Linsey Alexander –
Kingston Mines, Chicago; War On Drugs/Mark McGuire/White
Laces – Metro, Chicago; Neighborhoods Of The World:
Phillipines – Navy Pier, Chicago; Holly Near/John Buccino &
Emma's Revolution/Newport Jazz Festival: Now60 – Old Town
School Of Folk Music, Chicago; Rock Chicago Records – Q Bar,
Darien; Snort/Bendata Bendata/Blue Steel – Quenchers
Saloon, Chicago; Jazz w/Jimmy Bennington's Colour And Sound
– Red Line Tap, Chicago; Stolen Airplane/5th Wall Concept –
Reggies Music Joint, Chicago; Chicago Battle Of The Bands –
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago; Greenleaf Band/Glass Towers/The
Ivorys/Little Boy Jr. – Schubas, Chicago; Queen! w/Derrick
Carter/Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Sal-E – Smart Bar,
Chicago; Callaghan/Barnaby Bright – Space, Evanston.
MONDAY 24
Neighborhood – Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Mayday –
Auditorium, Chicago; Jimmy Burns hosts The Jam – Buddy Guy's,
Chicago; Robbie Fulks/Blegrass Quartet w/Robbie Gjersoe/
Shad Cobb & Ron Spears – Hideout, Chicago; J.W.
Williams/Carl Weathersby – Kingston Mines, Chicago; Dead End
Comedy – Penny Road Pub, S. Barrington; Open Mic Night w/
Darren Amaya – Quenchers Saloon, Chicago; Lifeline Theater
Storytelling Project – Red Line Tap, Chicago; Music & Sports
Trivia – Reggies Music Joint, Chicago; The Neighbourhood –
Riviera, Chicago.
TUESDAY 25
Open Mic Night – Abbey Pub, Chicago; Run Boy Run/Jenny
Dragon/Sarah Holtschlag & The Crosscuts – Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Charlie Love Blues Band w/Laretha Weathersby – Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Internet – Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Special
20's – Buddy Guy's, Chicago; Open Jam – Evenflow, Geneva;
Open Mic – Fitzgerald's, Berwyn; God, Sex, Death Variety Hour
w/Danny Black/Julie Pomerleau/The French Pop Orchestra –
Hideout, Chicago; Children Of Bodom – House Of Blues, Chicago;
Mike Wheeler/Ronnie Hicks – Kingston Mines, Chicago; Moth
StorySLAM – Martyrs, Chicago; Tony Morrison Quintet –
Quenchers Saloon, Chicago; Mudflapps/Twangdogs/Kory Quinn
– Red Line Tap, Chicago; Mr. Blotto – Reggies Music Joint,
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