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Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 717-5666, or
e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
FRIDAY 1 MARCH
Vintage Swing Dance Night — 210 Live, Highwood; Meat Loaf’s
Neverland Band w/Caleb Johnson — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Bounty Hunter — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Ebony & Ivory
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Rob Post Band — Bannerman’s, Bartlett;
Raleigh Tuckers — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Hot Flash Heat Wave/
Field Medic/Field Trip — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel/
Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Whistle Pigs/Carlos
Ramos Band — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Madeintyo/Thutmose/12 Honcho — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Bobaflex/Burden of The Sky/Bury Your Past/Torn By Tentacles
/7th Heaven — Brauer House, Lombard; Mark Konzen & Jen
Confiff — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Slamabama — Bub City,
Chicago; Nick Schneblen & Robert Fetzer — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Maggie Speaks — Cheers, Midlothian; 90’s
Kick Back Concert — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Michael Brun —
Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; We Banjo 3 — City Winery,
Chicago; Tritonal/Shaun Frank/Disco Fries — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; Eye & I/Flowation/Od Jo/Markit 8 — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; DJs For You — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Mike
Novello — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Supervisor/Crime Nite/
Austin Stirling — Elbo Room, Chicago; Bloodiest/Luggage/
Touched by Ghoul — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon ‘N Brass/
Josie Falbo — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Hillbilly Rockstarz —
Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Jenny Bienemann & Friends/Bono Bros
Band/Chris Neville/Ryan Reid — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The
Flipside w/Chris Foreman/Grayzna Auguscik & Atom String
Quartet/After Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Lowdown
Brass Band — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Ready, Set Dance!
— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Final Say — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; State Champs/The Good The Bad The Blues — House of
Blues, Chicago; Mike Walters — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Guitarist Andy Brown — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Gibson Morris
— Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Phil Vasser w/Stephanie Quayle —
Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Zach Wcislo/Tyler Farr — Joe’s On Weed,
Chicago; Paul Kornmuller — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Frank
Bang/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Parcels/
Penthouse Boys — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Sacred Monster
(Album Release)/Black Road/Blunt/Uncouth — Live Wire,
Chicago; Dan Hubbard — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Mike Zabrin’s
Funktastic — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Cheyenne Singer/The
Why Store/The Strapping Owls — Martyrs’, Chicago; Aurora/
Talos — Metro, Chicago; Zydeco Voodoo Mardi Gras Party —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Blackened/Superfly Redneck —
Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Blue Steel — Original Sundance
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Saloon, Mundelein; KNK — Park West, Chicago; Totem Frogs/
Bulletproof — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Rok Brigade —
Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; David Allan Coe — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Nocturnus AD/Livitity/Morgue Supplier —
Reggies (Club), Chicago; Left Lane Crusier/St. Marlboro/
Rebels is Stereo — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Bill Engvall
— Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Hi Infidelity — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Hippie Sabotage/Sebastian Paul — Riviera Theater,
Chicago; Billy Boy Flynn — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Matt
Brauner — Schubas, Chicago; Libido Funk Circus — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Empress Of/Salt Cathedral — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Anna/Brenda — Smart Bar, Chicago; Sonny Landreth & Marcia
Ball — Space, Evanston; Emo Nite Chicago/Spooky Boo/
Carrying Torches/Plastic City/Spooktacular — Subterranean,
Chicago; Rhea Butcher — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Montana of
300/Lunay — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl,
Chicago; Peasant Revolution/Hitsleep/Curbside Island/
Honeydew Squeeze — The Quarry, Lemont; Drew Doepke of
Rebel Sound Revival — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Synodic
Pulse — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Fleetwood Mac — United
Center, Chicago; Elmore James Jr. Reggae Band — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago; Chi-Town Band — White Eagle, Niles;
Afterglow — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 2
The Hair Band Night/Queens of The Mardi Gras Variety Show —
115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; The Ravines/Angel
Spiccia Duo — 210 Live, Highwood; Triple Play — 750 Cucina
Rustica, Cary; Atlanta Rhythm Section — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Rise — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Midnight Rider — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Bert’s Revenge — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Poison’d Crue — Base Camp, Lisle; Pkew Pkew/Kali Masi/
Oscar Bait/Distants — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mr. Smooth
Legend Show — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Luke Pytel/Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey/Jamrose/Smarty
Pants — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Atomic Radio — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN;
You Me At Six/Dreamers/Machinheart — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Think Floyd USA/Damaged Justice/Among The Living
— Brauer House, Lombard; Todd Donnelly — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Cody Ikerd & The Sidewinders — Bub City, Chicago;
Slamabama — Bub City, Rosemont; Linsey Alexander/Melon
Greene — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Mary Needs Meds —
Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; The Remedy — Cheers,
Midlothian; Dan Cook — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Allister/
Blood People/Parker — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Jacob Banks/
Abir/Pryda — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Grandiosas en
Concierto — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Sun Stereo/The Ars
Nova — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The All-Stars — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Infinity — Edison Park Inn, Chicago; Gracie Martin/
Black Cat Harriet/Flood Country/Rebelle/Jebediah & The
Springfields/Stranges Among Us — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Absolutely Not (Record Release)/Paper Mice/No Men — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Liverpool Legends/Bourbon ‘N Brass/Dakota
Horvath — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Sonny Landreth/Marcia
Ball — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Four
Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; The Connectors — Frankie’s Blue
Room, Naperville; The Paper Machete/Grayzna Auguscik &
Atom String Quartet/After Hours w/Pat Mallinger & Co. —
Green Mill, Chicago; Jonas Friddle/Bluegrass Brunch w/Cox’s
Army — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Libido Funk Circus —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Tynan — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Windy City Rev Ups/Windy City Duo — House of Blues, Chicago;
Guitarist Andy Brown — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Jeremy
Roenick — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Kombi: Varius Manx &
Kasia Stankiewicz — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Russell Dickerson &
Carly Pearce — Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; Paulie & The Shakers
— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Frank Bang/Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Way Down Wanderers/Edward &
Graham — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Aftermath/Wrath/Bloodletter
— Live Wire, Chicago; Simple Remedy — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa;
Mark V — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Twenty Over — Mac’s On
Slade, Palatine; Andy Frasco & The U.N./Wild Adriatic/The
Trouble Notes — Martyrs’, Chicago; Fred Armisen Comedy —
Metro, Chicago; Talkin’ Trash — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Backyard Cohort/Rumor Hazit — Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield;
I’m With Her — Old Town School, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos
/Dirty Canteen — Original Sundance Saloon, Mundelein;
Wunderlich/Rex Manning/No Clear Way — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; Heartsfield — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles;
Alter Ego — Q-Bar, Darien; Jaktripper/Hinge — Q-Bar, Glendale
Heights; The League of Eric’s/Phil Circle/James Abud —
Ranger Studios, Franklin Park; Volk/Badwater Sound/Blind
Adam & The Federal League — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago;
Hairball — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; DJ’s — Rivers Casino,
Des Plaines; Andrew McMahon/Grizfolk/Flor — Riviera Theater,
Chicago; Big James & The Chicago Playboys — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Get The Led Out — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Lily
& Madeleine/Brother Bird/And The Kids/Toth — Schubas,
Chicago; UFC — Shaker’s, Ottawa; C-Factor/Hot Rocks —
Slapshots, Midlothian; Thumpasaurus/Max Subar — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; K-Hand/La Spacer/CQQChifruit — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Chicken Bone & Alongside Harold — Space, Evanston;
Manwolves/Floof/Family Reunion/Cypher Chicago/Princess
Kazayah/Gwaii/Ras I-Dre/Tess Collins/DJ Tzaddi Wadadah II/
DJ Just Jacob — Subterranean, Chicago; 7th Heaven —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; I’m With Her/Mipso — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Sal & Izy — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; DJ Esteban La
Groue & DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Arra — The Quarry,
Lemont; Demetri Martin — The Vic Theater, Chicago; Mytyme —
Tuscany, Oak Brook; Lena Elizabeth/Public Disco Porch/
Lindsie Bliss — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Depeche Fest — Underground Lounge, Chicago; KISS — United
Center, Chicago; Blue Nitro — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; The
Stingers — White Eagle, Niles; Kimi Hayes — Zach’s On Tap,
Palos Heights; Nitelife — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 3
Gritman & Moran — 210 Live, Highwood; Arcada Beatles Week
w/The Liverpool Legends — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jade
Novah/Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; South
City Revival/Spike & The Spitwads — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Pinegrove — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Bear & Jake — Bub City, Chicago; Fox Crossing Stringband —
Bub City, Rosemont; The Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; JD Souther & Karla Bonoff — City Winery,
Chicago; Ella Mai/Kiana Lede/Lucky Daye — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; Terra Terra/Left of Reason/A Dozen Paces/
Chris Rawlins/Steven P. Robinson/Sofas — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets/Frankie & The Witch Fingers —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Chicago Grandstand Big Band/
Woodridge Friends of Jazz — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Air Supply —
Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Uptown Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz
Night — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz Brunch w/Angel Spiccia —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Gospel Brunch/Heather Lynne
Horton/Nothing More/Guy King — House of Blues, Chicago;
Blues Jam w/Lindey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Mykele Deville (Record Release)/Sam Trump/Daryn Alexus/
Jovan Landry — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Toni Callahan & Her Jazz
Guys — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Twin Temple/Scary Lady
Sarah — Metro, Chicago; Peaches Christ’s Mean Gays — Patio
Theater, Chicago; Saul/Elisium — Penny Road Pub, Barrington;
Tierra Santa/Exegesis/Acerus — Reggies (Club), Chicago;
Brandon James — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; James Blake/
Khushi — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Michael Serafini/Garrett
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