The Lion — Riviera, Chicago; Desert Noises/Santah — Schuba’s,
Chicago; Slippery When Wet — Shooter’s East, Rockford; Justin
Long/Nathan Drew Larsen/Black Madonna — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Caloncho/Irene Diaz — Subterranean, Chicago;
Chicago Music Machine — Sullivan’s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Arra
— Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Brothers Revival — The Alley,
Highwood; Airiel/The Stargazer Lillies/Savage Sister — The
Burlington, Chicago; Deku Stick — The Cottage, Crystal Lake;
Trashcan Symphony — The Gambler, McHenry; We Killed The
Lion/Model Stranger/Rocket Cathedral/The Outer Vibe/The
Malt Shop — The Hideout, Chicago; C-Factor — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Gina Glocksen — World Of Beer, Naperville; Side
Pocket — World Of Beer, Evanston.
SUNDAY 22
Ethan Bell — Bub City, Chicago; Eddie Taylor Jr./Jimmy Burns
Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Citizen Cope —
City Winery, Chicago; Swipe Right Night — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Polish Gifts/Staring Problem/Rash — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Carl Weathersby/JW Williams — Kingston Mines, Chicago; TV On
The Radio — Metro, Chicago; Improv Night w/Sand & Spitballin’
/Open Mic Night — Quenchers, Chicago; Music & Sports
Trivia/Bingo — Reggie’s Music Joynt, Chicago; Will Butler/
Hearing Things — The Hideout, Chicago.
TUESDAY 24
Gasoline Heart/Impulsive Hearts/Chicago Underground
Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Matt Hendricks/Dave Herrero Band — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Citizen Cope — City Winery, Chicago;
Pundamonium: Chicago Pun Slam/The Trap House/White
Owl/Animale/Just Kidding — Double Door, Chicago; Bark &
Bingo — Elbo Room, Chicago; Jimmy Whispers/Bobby
Conn/Whitney/J Fernandez — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic
— FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Twitterbug DJ/Karaoke — Freaksters
Roadhouse, Pontiac; Ronnie Hicks/Mike Wheeler — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Awful Steamboat Improv/Chocolate Cake For
Breakfast — Quenchers, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggie’s Music
Joynt, Chicago; Verite/Kinky Love — Schuba’s, Chicago; Open
Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago; Boys VS Girls/
SunnyBlvd/OwlTree — The Burlington, Chicago; Joan Of Arc
Gang’s Residency/Tim, Melina, Leroy & Sam Sing Marvin
Tate/Victor Villarreal — The Hideout, Chicago.
Holy Hour House Band/Freedonian Municipal Band — Abbey
Pub, Chicago; Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Environmental Encroachment/Branches/Hemmingbirds — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Peaches Staten Band — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Holly Warbridge — Bobby McGee’s, Chicago Ridge;
Messengers — Bub City, Chicago; Nicholas Barron/Sunday
Night Jazz Party/Smiley Tillmon w/Kate Moss — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Citizen Cope/Chicago Sinfonietta & Project
Inclusion Ensemble — City Winery, Chicago; Spektral Quartet
w/Claire Chase — Constellation, Chicago; Japan Nite — Double
Door, Chicago; New Found Glory — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Sonic
Highways #7 — Elbo Room, Chicago; Andy Ortmann/Peter
Speer/Jason Soliday/The Green Pasture/Happiness — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; John Burnett Orchestra w/Frieda Lee —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Lyric