DonJuans— City Winery, Chicago; Funeral Nation / Bones / DeathCult / Lethal Shock— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Tchami / Mercer— Concord, Chicago; Jefferson Starship— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Eric Ortiz— Cuzin’ s Pub, Midlothian; Five Guys Named Moe— Cuzin’ s Pub, Tinley Park; Restlesss Knites— DC Cobb, Woodstock; Mallrats— District Bar, Rockford; Sixteen Candles— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Nashville Electric Company— Dusty Boots Saloon, Rockford; The Inventors / Heavy Looks / Oceans Over Airplanes / Eric Bolander / Derek Spencer— Elbo Room, Chicago; Six String Crossing / Gallery Band— Evenflo, Geneva; Whiskey & Harmony— Fatty Magoo’ s, Bolingbrook; Prairie Station— Fireside Ale House, Streamwood; John Riggins— Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; St. Patrick’ s Day Parade w / Red Rebel Country / Celtic Arres / Trinity Irish Dancers— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; FM Stars— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Dokken / Warrant / Firehouse— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Shindig!— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Greg Osby 4— Green Mill, Chicago; Bear & Jake— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Chicago Latin Groove— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Kashmir— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Semple / DJ Maurice Halsted— HOME, Arlington Heights; Metal Blades w / Whitechapel / Cattle Decapitation / Goatwh ** e / Allegaeon / Necromancing The Stone / John Primer / Matt Hendricks— House of Blues, Chicago; Six To Midnight— Jenny’ s Southside Tap, Mokena; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Stereo Types— JW Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; Greg Graffin of Bad Religion— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; HiFi Superstar— Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Hi Infidelity / DJ MarcO— Lucky Star, Bartlett; Terrapin Flyer— Martyrs, Chicago; Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Dam of The West / The Lilacs / Material Reissue / The Bad Examples— Metro, Chicago; The Lilacs / Material Reissue / The Bad Examples— Metro, Chicago; Judas Rising / Vicious Circle / Sixx— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Mbongwana Star— Old Town School, Chicago; Iron Horse / Unforgiven / Maiden Chicago / Call Me Karizma— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Big Bang Baby / Fist A Gon— Q-Bar, Darien; Person To Person— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Sass Dragons / City Mouse / Dethwarrant / Child’ s Mind— Quenchers, Chicago; Greg Rekus / Flatfoot 56 / Prognation— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Big James— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Get The Led Out— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Faintlife( Record Release)/ See Creatures / Blake Davis / Parsonsfield / Them Coulee Boys / Susan Salidor w / Matt Yanny-Tillar— Schubas, Chicago; GooRoos— Sideouts, Island Lake; DAPHNE 2017: Heidi / Lux / Loren— Smart Bar, Chicago; Booker T. Jones— Space, Evanston; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Square Celt Ale House, Orland Park; Chi-Town Blues Festival w / Sir Charles Jones / Willie Clayton / Clarence Carter / Theodis Ealey / Bishop Bullwinkle / Denise LaSalle— Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, IN; Falter / Animal Factory— Subterranean, Chicago; Blackened / TNT— Sullivan’ s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Paul Strolia / Mark & Jim— Sweet Caroline’ s, Hoffman Estates; Ross Benson— T Bar, Island Lake; 7th Heaven / My Metal Heart— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; The Radio Dept./ Germans— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Acoustiholics |
— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Semple— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Crazy X / DJ & Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes Cat Stevens— Wire, Berwyn; Empire State Express— Wise Owl, Chicago; Jerry Armstrong & Blast To The Past— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 5
Angel of Music: Salute to Andrew Lloyd Webber w / Glory Crampton & Franc D’ Ambrosio— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co.— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; The Whiskey Bros.— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Boogers— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Smokin’ Gunz— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Hectic Knife Film Screening— Brauer House, Lombard; Sorry For Partying— Bub City, Chicago; Sean Skyler— Bub City, Rosemont; One Woman Sex & The City Parody / Sierra Hull— City Winery, Chicago; Sunday Funday Open Mic & Jam— Cuzin’ s Pub, Midlothian; Sunday Funday Open Mic & Jam / w / Billy King Band— Cuzin’ s Pub, Tinley Park; Andrew Price & Friends / Welcome To Jonestown / Bonnieswag / G88 / Rocky Bottom— Elbo Room, Chicago; Bagshot Row— Evenflo, Geneva; Chicago Big Band Grandstand— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Gospel Brunch / Breezy Rodio / Windy City Duo— House of Blues, Chicago; Rock Chicago Records— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Dog Brain / Fieldmates / General Joystick / Reverend Ruin— Quenchers, Chicago; Rebel Soul Revival w / Dirty Water / Matthew Kopecky— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Lindsay Lour & The Flatbellys / The Crane Wives— Schubas, Chicago; Conjunto Primavera Concierto Baile— Sears Center, Hoffman Estates; Queen! w / Derrick Carter / Michael Seraphini / Garrett David— Smart Bar, Chicago; Rock Chicago Records— Sullivan’ s Irish Pub, Midlothian; DJ Jeff Overstreet— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; JD Eicher / Ruby Rose / Lex Miller / Brad Yeoman / Zack Baumgartner— Wire, Berwyn.
MONDAY 6
WWE Raw— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Matt Poss— Bub City, Chicago; Buzzed Spelling Bee— Elbo Room, Chicago; Pub Trivia— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Majority Says Trivia— HOME, Arlington Heights; Secondhand Serenade / Hawthorne Heights / Ronnie Winter / Kenny Holland— Metro, Chicago; Glass Houses / Growing— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Improv Night w / Sand & Spitballin’/ Open Mic— Quenchers, Chicago; Seeker— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Gaelynn Lea / Sarah Potenza— Schubas, Chicago; Devendra Banhart— Thalia Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 7
Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Pete Ellman’ s Big Band— Base Camp, Lisle; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
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Dangeroux / Inetta Visor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mae / Owel / Constellations— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Trivia / Bingo Night— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Marcia Ball— City Winery, Chicago; Secrets, Lies & Alibis— Elbo Room, Chicago; Open Jam Night— Evenflo, Geneva; Trivia Night— Evivva, Lisle; Billy Branch & Sons of Blues / Open Mic— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Cirk La Putyka Slapstick Sonata— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Pub Trivia— HOME, Arlington Heights; The Lox w / Don Flamingo / Mike Wheeler / Keith Scott— House of Blues, Chicago; Griffin Crwoder Duo— JW Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; Whiskey & Harmony— Mackell’ s Inn, Chicago; Great American Ghost— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Open Mic Poetry— Quenchers, Chicago; Little Sims / Mr. Blotto— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Living Body / Love of Everything / Rust Ring— Schubas, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 8
Blues Jam w / Rodney Brown & Hot Rod— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Spice Series / Daniel Wyche / Ted Gordon / Aaron Zarzutzki / Peter Maunu— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams w / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Architects / Stray From The Path / Make Them Suffer— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Over The Side— Bub City, Chicago; Griffin Crowder— Bub City, Rosemont; Open Mic / Appetite For Rock N’ Roll Storytelling— Elbo Room, Chicago; Shoop Dogs— Evenflo, Geneva; Peter Lerner / Joe Rendon Latin Jazz Coalition— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Breaking Bad Trivia— HOME, Arlington Heights; Funky Mojo Daddy / Keithen Banks— House of Blues, Chicago; G Herbo & Lil Bibby / Trill Sammy / Drayco McCoy— Metro, Chicago; Lazer Lloyd— Old Town School, Chicago; Open Mic w / Willie Max— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Ooraloo / skul. kid / Justin Carter / Dottie— Quenchers, Chicago; Dead Meadow / Yak— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Okean Elzy— Riviera, Chicago; Inc. No World / Jeremiah Meece— Schubas, Chicago; Dave Eno Smooth Rockin’ Jazz— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Kings Of Leon— United Center, Chicago; Home Grown— Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 9
Jimmy Burns— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Best Band In The Land Competition— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Erik Donner & Special Guest DJs— Base Camp, Lisle; The Unlikely Candidates / Friday Pilots Club / Karma Wears White Ties— Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Karaoke Night— Bedrocks, Shorewood; Maurice John Vaughn w / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; We The Kings / Cute Is What We Aim For / Plaid Brixx / Astro Lasso— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Psychostik / Lords of The Trident— Brauer House, Lombard; Jerry Jacobs— Bub City, Chicago; The Subdudes / Vance Gilbert— City Winery, Chicago; Party Games & Live DJ— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Papa Hero / Lustera / Aviatrix On Fire /# Girlpower Video Dance Party— Elbo Room, Chicago;
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Strawdawg— Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; Elmhurst College Jazz Band— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Exposure Local Music Showcase w / Blue Lincolns / Gills / St. Patrick’ s Day Celebration for Catholic Charities— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn;. 38 Special / Uncle Kracker— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Jeff Ulus— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Jens Lekman / Lisa / Liza— Metro, Chicago; Kaleido— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Two Ton Jack / Blue Horse Blue / Stephen Lee— Quenchers, Chicago; Coyote Man / Western Star— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Derringer And Rye— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Ina Garten— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Jak Night / Nick Hakim / Solo Woods— Schubas, Chicago; DAPHNE 2017: T. Mixwell / Lovebug / Haus-Arrest— Smart Bar, Chicago; Tennis / Overcoats— Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Blackout Diaries— Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 10
Spoken Four— 210 Bar, Highwood; The Greg Kihn Band w / The Dream Police Cheap Trick Tribute— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Wedding Banned— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Lil Ed & Blues Imperials— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Magic Mike Tour— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Wild Colonial Bhoys— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Red Rebel Country— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Rick Saucedo— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Billy Elton— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Moment of Circus / Yuri Lane / DJ Sound Culture / Head North / Heart Attack Man / Movies About Animals— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Final Say— Bedrocks, Shorewood; JW Williams w / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; That’ s What She Said / Sheryl & Say Yes!— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Save Ferris / Baby Baby / Get Up With The Get Downs— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; 7th Heaven / Hillbilly Rockstarz— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Wayne Baker Brooks— Brauer House, Lombard; Nashville Electric Company / Two Hand Jesters Comedy— Brick Lounge, Plano; Todd Donnelly of Mr. Myers / Matthew Kerr— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Jerry Jacobs— Bub City, Chicago; Judson Brown Band— Bub City, Rosemont; Bobby K— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Axe The Band— Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; Joe Bonamassa— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Cherish The Ladies— City Winery, Chicago; Hexbombs / Squared Off / Halligan— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Borgore / 12th Planet / Prince Fox— Concord, Chicago; PriMary / Markit Eight / The Struggs / Element— Cubby Bear, Chicago; H2 Music— Cuzin’ s Pub, Tinley Park; EGI / Soap / Celtic Folk Showcase w / Katie Sullivan Duo— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Speak Easy / Arclight / Glass Mansions / Echo Telegraphy— Elbo Room, Chicago; Gina Gonzalez & The Wingmen— Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Jason Owen— Firewater Saloon, Edison Park; 24th Street Wailers / Cast Iron Skillet— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; 38 Special( Silver Creek)/ DJ Dubbington / Rock Band Karaoke( Hard Rock)
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