Lounge, Chicago; Cat Mullins & Themboys/Tobacco City/Gone
Valley — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Flamenco Quartet Project —
Space, Evanston; Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago;
Fat Tuesday Karaoke w/Jason — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook.
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David/Lori Branch — Smart Bar, Chicago; The Lotus Kings —
Space, Evanston; The Playgirls/Goodfella/Dead Rest/Invictus
— Subterranean, Chicago; The Music of Phish For Kids — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Wayland/Handsome Pete — The Forge, Joliet;
Wright Gatewood/Wilem Hurricane — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago.
MONDAY 4 MARCH
Hard Days Night Film — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Extraordinary Popular Delusions/Royal Canoe — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Pinegrove — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; MG Bailey —
Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Aaron Neville — City Winery, Chicago;
Cannibal Corpse/Morbid Angel/Necrot/Blood Incantation —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; The C.I.A./Axis: Sova/Tums —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Quartet — Green Mill,
Chicago; Joanna Connor/Joe Marcinek Band — House of Blues,
Chicago; Corey Dennison Band/JW Williams & The Chi Town
Hustlers — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Bugle Live — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Puss N Boots w/Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones &
Catherine Popper — Martyrs’, Chicago; Justin Nozuka/Craig
Cardiff/Schubas Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Lucy Arnell/
Odd Pets/Junegrass/DJ Need A Stack — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Scout Ripley/Strawberry Boy/Brass Calf — The Owl,
Chicago; Open Mic — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago.
TUESDAY 5
Fat Tuesday Party w/Roy McGrath NOLA Quartet — 210 Live,
Highwood; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; LIve Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; Mike Dangeroux — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Aziz Ansari — Chicago Theater, Chicago;
Aaron Neville — City Winery, Chicago; Kelly Corrigan —
Copernicus Center, Chicago; Aaron Carter — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Open Mic — Empire Bar, Naperville; Cold Beaches/The
Edwards — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Mardi Gras Party w/Marty
Sammon Band & Peaches Staten/Open Mic — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Carnival of
Brazil Samba — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Guy King/
Members Only Mardi Gras Masquerade/Tom Holland & The
Shuffle Kings — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael
Wheeler/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Jacob
Collier — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer/Kara Cavanaugh
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Rivers of Nihikl/Entheos/Conjurer/Wolf
King — Reggies (Club), Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies (Music
Joint), Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s
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WEDNESDAY 6
Bill Porter Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Robyn — Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; Big Lebowski Trivia — Base Camp, Lisle;
Summer Heart/Brothertiger — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Two
Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW Williams Band/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Open Jam — Brauer
House, Lombard; Terry Byrne — Bub City, Rosemont; Claudette
Miller — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Aziz Ansari — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Ides of March w/Jim Peterik — City Winery,
Chicago; Wax On — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Aaron Williams —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Gold Connections/Douglas Slur — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Mitch Paliga Sextet — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Paper Machete/Alfonson Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Late Night
w/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Typhanie
Monique — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Keithen Banks/Oscar
D’Leon y Guaco/Omar Coleman — House of Blues, Chicago;
Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The
Beths/Bad Bad Hats/Jupiter Styles — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Tributosaurus Becomes: U2 — Martyrs’, Chicago; Whiskey &
Harmony — Oswego Brewing Company, Oswego; Live Band
Karaoke — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Robyn — Riviera
Theater, Chicago; Lurrie Bell w/Melvin Smith — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Mxmtoon/Khai Dreams — Schubas, Chicago;
American Aquarium/Timmy The Teeth — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; DJ Real Mike — Sleeping Village, Chicago; The Gibson
Brothers/Chicago Farmer — Space, Evanston; Bow & Spear/No
Sun/Modern Color/Dead Sun/Close Kept/Planes Mistaken for
Stars/Airstream Future/Canadian Rifle — Subterranean,
Chicago; Isaac Mizrahi: I & Me/Fenne Lily — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Bellicose — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Low-reen & Maxwell Street Market Blues Jam — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago.
THURSDAY 7
Soulshine — 210 Live, Highwood; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Lords of Acid/Orgy/Genitorturers/
Little Miss Nasty/Gabriel & The Apocalypse — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Raw Deal/Soul Patch Monkey — Brauer House,
Lombard; Anthony Orio — Bub City, Chicago; Luca Chielini —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Aziz Ansari — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Random Rab Bluetech — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Kasim Sulton’s Utopia — City Winery, Chicago;
Reignwolf w/Guests — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Kip Moore —
Copernicus Center, Chicago; Jarod Olson of Elephant Gun/John
Boyle/Johnny Personnae/Ron Corona & The Pulsars/Daniel
Cronson Band — Elbo Room, Chicago; Body-Head/Joshua
Abrams & Natural Information Society/Resilience Benefit —
2019
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon ‘N Brass/Nicole Kestler —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Bitters/St. Patrick’s Day
Celebration — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Andy Brown/Alan Gresik
Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Bryce Merritt/
Joel Ansett — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Tom Holland/Joe
Moss Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; Big James & The Chicago Playboys —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; All Them Witches/Plague Vendor —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Danielle Nicole/Teddy Clyde — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Environmental Encroachment/Wild Rumpus Jazz
Band — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Ginger Road — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Lil Ed Williams Blues Jam — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Fatai — Schubas, Chicago; Karaoke w/B.T. — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Mike Doughty/Wheatus — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Chachi Guerrero/Carolina Arroba/Blu 9/Abigail — Smart Bar,
Chicago; The Ragbirds/The Claudettes — Space, Evanston; The
Messthetics/Helen Money/Reggae Gold — Subterranean,
Chicago; Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Liz Chidester — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Nate
Millyunz/Kashy/Buddy Vegas — Wire, Berwyn; Whiskey &
Harmony — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Tony Ocean Show —
Zaza’s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 8
The Country Night — 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Eric
& The Dynamos/Ravinia Ramblers — 210 Live, Highwood;
Disturbed/Three Days Grace — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Meek
Mill — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Thunderstruck — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Run Forrest Run — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
There Goes The Neighborhood — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler
Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Jim Jones/DJ Cross/DJ King
James/Bobby de Maria/Burnz/Justoid — Base Camp, Lisle;
Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
That’s What She Said/Recycle The Day — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Daughters/Wolf Eyes/Hide — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys/The
Lawrence Peters Outfit — Brauer House, Lombard; Rendition —
Bub City, Chicago; Rebel Union — Bub City, Rosemont; Robert
Kimbrough/Nick Bell — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Blizzfest
2019/Blizzard of Ozz/Hand of Doom/Dyers Eve/Kevin Buck
Band — Cheers, Midlothian; Joe Bonamassa — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Phony Ppl/Dassit — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
Ron Pope/Caroline Spence — City Winery, Chicago; Retirement
Party/Holy Pinto/Boss Fight/Tiny Kingdoms — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Yuri Shevchuk — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Jess
Piano — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Michael Riser — Dock’s
Bar, Wauconda; King Mixer — Elbo Room, Chicago; Bourbon ‘N
Brass/Dakota Horvath — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Boy Band
Review — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Bunkertown/Cathy Richardson
Goddesses of Rock Show w/Maisie Bull — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Hairball w/Radda Radda — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; The
Flipside w/Chris Foreman/Sabertooth/After Hours Jam —
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Green Mill, Chicago; Lateralus — H.O.M.E. Bar, Arlington Heights;
Dinosaur Exhibit w/Jerry Goodman — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Rhinestone — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Dick Diamond
& The Dusters — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Within Temptation/
Mike Wheeler/Mississippi Gabe Carter — House of Blues,
Chicago; Sam Savage — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Donny
McCaslin & Columbia Jazz Ensemble — Jazz Showcase, Chicago;
Sal & Izy — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; David Lee Murphy/House
Whiskey — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Twista w/Do Or Die/Crucial
Conflict — Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; Mark V. — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials/Nora Jean Bruso/
Doktu Rhute — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Tiffany Young —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Bone Stomper/Shitizen/Anger/Rotten
Finko & The Convicts — Live Wire, Chicago; Easy Riders — Lone
Buffalo, Ottawa; The Wind Gypsies — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine;
Jeff Austin Band — Martyrs’, Chicago; Strange 90’s Benefit for
Jerry Bryant of JBTV w/Naked Raygun/Andrew W.K./Local H
and more! — Metro, Chicago; The Throwbacks/Faded Flannel —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Final Say/April Kats — Nevin’s
Brewing Co., Plainfield; The Earls of Leicester — Old Town
School, Chicago; Wild Daisy — Original Sundance Saloon,
Mundelein; Switchfoot/Colony House/Tyson Motsenbocker —
Park West, Chicago; Pipe Dream — Penny Road Pub, Barrington;
The Handome Devilz/Louder Than Bombs — Reggies (Club),
Chicago; Lounge Puppets — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Pete
Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; William Shatner
Live Screeing The Wrath of Khan — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Dan Navarro/Liz Cooper and The Stampede/The Go
Rounds — Schubas, Chicago; Electro Retro — Shaker’s, Ottawa;
Museum of Love DJ Set/Pat Mahoney — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Madam X/Itsi/Delilac/Ariel Zetina — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Kurt Elling Quintet — Space, Evanston; Wicca Phase
Springs Eternal/Angel Dust/Guardin/Curta/Yellowstone
Apocalypse/We Killed The Lion — Subterranean, Chicago; The
Three Tremors/Sacred Dawn/Scars of Armageddon/Act of
Destruction/Backlash — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Fess Grandiose —
The Owl, Chicago; Brian Mund E Acoustic — The Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; Amanda Seales — The Vic Theater, Chicago; Chicago
Market Showcase — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Nexus 6 — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Paul Kaye & The
Blues Cartel — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Screamin’ End —
White Eagle, Niles; Tributosaurus Becomes: U2 — Wire, Berwyn;
Too Bad Company/Shindig!/Beggar’s Banquet — Wyndham
Harborside, Kenosha, WI; Diva Montell — Zachary’s Bar, Palos
Heights.
SATURDAY 9
Blackened/Then Again — 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
The Nadas/Abel Gallardo Band — 210 Live, Highwood; Deja Vu
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