TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY
Trivia Nite— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Trivia Nite— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Pete Ellman Big Band Jazz— Base Camp, Lisle; Lauren Giraldo / Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; GZA / Meyhem Lauren— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Sonic Soul— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Kathy Mattea w / Bill Cooley— City Winery, Chicago; Snack Attack— Elbo Room, Chicago; Withered / Immortal Bird / Varaha— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Fat Tuesday Party w / Terrence Simien & The Zydeco Experience— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; The Girl Talk w / Jen Sabella / Erika Wozniak & The Monthly Squad / The Grelley Duvall Show— Hideout, Chicago; Jeezy / Rollover— House of Blues, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Gary Corey Band— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Superfly Redneck— Mackell’ s Inn, Chicago; Harmon Hoedown— Martyrs, Chicago; Karaoke— Q Bar, Darien; Pub Trivia— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Waco Brothers— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Dan Harvey— Roof @ The Wit, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friens w / Dave Herrero— Rosa’ s, Chicago; The Go Rounds + Guest— Schubas, Chicago; Amasa Hines / Josefina— SPACE, Evanston; Longface / Knocked Loose / Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Lee Fields & The Expressions— Thalia Hall, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 1 MARCH
Blues Jam w / Big Ray & Chicago’ s Most Wanted— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Cold Roses / The Lucky Dutch / BD & Jackrabbits— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Henry JBC— Berghoff, Chicago; Judson Brown Band— Bub City, Chicago; Straw Dawg— Bub City, Rosemont; The Ides of March Feat. Jim Peterik— City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic / Heydaze / Mack Sterr— Elbo Room, Chicago; Jake Mack Band— Evenflo, Geneva; Trivia Night— Evivva, Lisle; Taylor Shannon— Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; New Standard Quintet— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Game of Thrones Trivia— HOME, Arlington Heights; Dashboard Confessional / Keithen Banks / Rollover— House of Blues, Chicago; 7th Heaven— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Open Mic w / Willie Max— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Pete Berwick— Potbelly, Algonquin; Looms / Minihorse / Moist Clown / Cookbook— Quenchers, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Dawes— Riviera, Chicago; Vallis Alps / Matt Maeson— Schubas, Chicago; Electric Guest / Nin Pound Shadow— Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Hyuna— The Vic, Chicago; Marianne Sullivan Karaoke— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Milkdud Mackenzie w / Greg Obis— Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 2 MARCH
Judy Night Quartet— 210 Bar, Highwood; Brantley Gilbert— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Best Band In The Land Auditions— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Erik Donner & Special Guest DJs— Base Camp, Lisle; Nothing / RLYR / Luggage— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Karaoke Night— Bedrocks, Shorewood; Maurice John Vaughn w / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Unknown Hinson / Sugar Gardocki— Brauer House, Lombard; Martin McDaniel— Bub City, Chicago; Laith Al Saadi w / Bubbles Brown— City Winery, Chicago; Hollow Earth / Greg Bennick / Great Reversals / Thieves / Burdened— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; The Lacs / Party Games & Live DJ— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; The Depth & The Whisper / Resistance / Richard Finn / Old School Hip Hop Dance Party— Elbo Room, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Evenflo, Geneva; Elmhurst College Jazz Band— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Trivia Night— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Amaranthe / Failure Anthem / Citizen Zero— HOME, Arlington Heights; The Good, The Bad & The Blues / Dave Herrero— House of Blues, Chicago; Maren Morris— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Los Campesinos / Crying— Metro, Chicago; Nick Cox— Nevin’ s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Sam Bush— Old Town School, Chicago; Dada / John San Juan— Park West, Chicago; Dude Same / The Band Ice Cream / Terroir / Panthatone— Quenchers, Chicago; The Cerny Brothers— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Ginger Road— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Brantley Gilbert— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; J. E. Sunde / V. V. Lightbody / The Oarsman— Schubas, Chicago; Rhythm of Time w / DJ SJ / Jena Max— Smart Bar, Chicago; Commander Cody & His Lost Airmen— Space, Evanston; Mover Shaker / Pale Lungs / The Moose— Township, Chicago; Manasseh / Daniel Lamar / Dani Carpenter— Wire, Berwyn; Billy Crystal— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Kris Kristofferson— City Winery, Chicago.
FRIDAY 3 MARCH
Rollover— 210 Bar, Highwood; April’ s Reign— Ameristar Casino, East Chicago, IN; Sting— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Stephen Pearcy / Enuff Z’ Nuff— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Varsity Vocals’ A Cappella Competition Semifinals— Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Boy Band Review— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Demetria Taylor— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Roaring Records— Bada
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Brew, Crest Hill; One Hot Mess— Ballydoyle, Aurora; One Hot Mess— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Orange Star— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Raleigh Truckers— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Coverlicious— Bedrocks, Shorewood; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee— Bella Mia, Midlothian; Maurice John Vaughn w / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; R-Gang / Crawpuppies— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Mickey Avalon / Vapor Eyes— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Maggie Speaks Gone Country— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Six Speed Tranny— Brauer House, Lombard; Karaoke— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Two Hand Jesters Comedy— Brick Lounge, Plano; Matthew Kerr / Dan Peters— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Martin McDaniel— Bub City, Chicago; Over The Side— Bub City, Rosemont; Cary Kanno— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Karaoke— Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; Deacon Blues w / Howard Levy— City Winery, Chicago; Souls / Through N Through / Sarin / Filth Sermon— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; TrollPhace / Skism / Trampa— Concord, Chicago; Kelroy / Them Dead Poets / Colin Morris / Trio / Mike Flood & Co./ Maddie Rabin— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Pat Taylor & Friends— Cuzin’ s Pub, Tinley Park; Blackened— District Bar, Rockford; Mungion / Chachuba / Celtic Folk Showcase w / Katie Sullivan Duo— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Tougher Than You Thought / Metorana / Radiant Devices— Elbo Room, Chicago; Libido Funk Circus— Empire, Naperville; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Evenflo, Geneva; Modern Day Romeos— Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Hoosier Highway— Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Soul Kats— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; The Giving Trio / American English— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Frank Caliendo / DJ Rawzhel / Chicago Dueling Pianos— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Sealed With A Kiss— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Cirrus Falcon— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Planet Groove— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Spoken Four— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Finally Fridays w / Shawn Kay / GH4SHI— HOME, Arlington Heights; Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular / Vino Louden / Soul 2 The Bone— House of Blues, Chicago; Mike & Joe— Jenny’ s Southside Tap, Mokena; Sister Hazel— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; In The Flesh / Paradise Waits— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Recycle The Day— JW Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; Adia Clark Lay w / Zach Goforth— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Butterfly in Traffic— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; The Menzingers / Jeff Rosenstock / Rozwell Kid— Metro, Chicago; Imperial Blue Dogs— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; What Lies Ahead / Backlash / Soulsharer— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Kimi Hayes— Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Sweet Figurines / Ampline / Burned Or Buried / Comet & The Tree— Quenchers, Chicago; Uli Jon Roth / Anthem / Dark Trilogy—
Reggie’ s, Chicago; Too White Crew— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Pete Galanis & Friends— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Velours / Brisco Darling / California Guitar Trio— Schubas, Chicago; Deja Vu— Sideouts, Island Lake; DAPHNE 2017: Elysia Crampton / La Spacer / Ariel Zetina— Smart Bar, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony— Stampede Saloon, Manteno; Maiden Chicago / The Unforgiven— Sullivan’ s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Live Pete— Sweet Caroline’ s, Hoffman Estates; DJ Murphy— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Las Cafeteras / Beats y Bateria— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Dean Milano— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Kick Back— Tilted Kilt, Woodridge; Soda— Twisted Rose, Algonquin; DJ & Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Black 4 / Panic Switch / Wrecked / Fuzz Bucket— Wire, Berwyn; Eric Ortiz— World of Beer, Evanston; Just The Two of Us— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 4 MARCH
Deja Vu— 210 Bar, Highwood; April’ s Reign— Ameristar Casino, East Chicago, IN; Intocable— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Uli Jon Roth / Graham Bonnet / Frank DiMino— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Varsity Vocals’ A Cappella Competition Semifinals— Auditorium Theater, Chicago; 97Nine— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Carlos Johnson & The Serious Blues Band— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Send In The Clones— Ballydoyle, Aurora; American English— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Brock & Abrams— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Modern Day Romeos / Little Orphan Monkey— Base Camp, Lisle; Loudernow / The Taste of Emo Night / Band From the Back Porch— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Jimmy Niteclub Show— Bella Mia, Midlothian; Maurice John Vaughn w / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jamrose / Rebel Rain / Tynan / Corporate Rock Band— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Radio Tokyo— Blue Chip Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; AJR— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Too White Crew— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; St. Baldricks Benefit w / Royal Bliss / Saddlebrook / Rafael Mendez & The Fabulous House Rockers— Brat Stop, Kenosha, WI; Veilside / Boneshaker / Wrecked / Lynch— Brauer House, Lombard; Joe Fascetta— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Sal & Izy— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Senn Alan Band— Bub City, Chicago; Martin McDaniel— Bub City, Rosemont; James Armstrong— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Mary Needs Meds / Pieces of Van Gogh— Bungalow Joe’ s, Hanover Park; Cover Story— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Sun Stood Still / RetroActive— Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; Celebration of the 70’ s Tour w / The Stylistics / The Emotions / The Bluenotes / The Floaters / Heatwave— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Tom Paxton w / The
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