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Music Hall, Chicago; Broken Robots/The Dead Seahorses —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Bourbon ‘N Brass Band/Angel Spiccia —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Exposure Local Music Showcase
w/MT Walls/Lindee Cavalier/Lala Trupes — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn;
Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Joe Fascetta/Whiskey & Harmony — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Will Tilson Band — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Who’s Bad: Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute/Tom Holland/
Linsey Alexander — House of Blues, Chicago; Steve Wilson and
The Analog Band — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; LIve Band Karaoke
— Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; John Primer Blues Band/Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Open Jam w/Shrek — Live
Wire, Chicago; Tiny Country — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Makena
Hartlin — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; The Rattlers — Martyrs’,
Chicago; VHS Collection/Retrofurturism — Metro, Chicago; The
Dollyrots/Van Goose/The Just Luckies — Reggies (Music Joint),
Chicago; Wild Daisy Band — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Lil Ed
Williams Blues Jam — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Beach Bunny
Solo — Schubas, Chicago; Bric-A-Brac Post Punk Night —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Jasmine Infiniti/Hi-Vis/Raq E.G./
Professor Wrecks — Smart Bar, Chicago; Other Brothers & Don
Stiernberg Tro — Space, Evanston; Can’t Swim/Homesafe/Save
Face/Youth Fountain/Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago;
Ritch Valdez Acoustic — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Ground
Up Showcase — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Hurricane Reggae Band — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Dan
Lopez — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Cliff Tartaglia Show —
Zaza’s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 15 MARCH
The Rattlers/The Celtnicks St. Paddy’s Day Bash — 210 Live,
Highwood; Foghat/Savoy Brown — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Bee Gees Gold — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Bee Gees Gold
— Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; X-Side — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Make It A Double — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Don’t
Speak/The Emo Parade/DJ Romance — Base Camp, Lisle; Early
Eyes/Swatches — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams Band/
Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Weekend Special
— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Australia’s
Thunder From Down Under — Blue Chip Casino-Stardust Event
Center, Michigan City, IN; R.A. The Rugged Man/Anthony
Gomes — Brauer House, Lombard; Jerry Jacobs — Bub City,
Chicago; 97Nine — Bub City, Rosemont; Nellie Tiger Travis/
Tommy McCracken — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; I Love the
80’s Dance Party w/Lime/Julian Jumpin Perez/Vicious MikeDJ
Mojo/DJ West/DJ Wise Guy/DJ XR-1 — Cheers, Midlothian;
Gary Clark Jr. — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Haywyre — Chop
Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Eilen Jewell w/Jordie Lane — City
Winery, Chicago; Cosmic Gate — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Lettering/Cleveland Avenue/Ethel Shank/A Story Unwritten —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Jeff Ulus — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
Stevie Craig — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Langdon Kennedy/Pino
Farina/The Bannerman/Dirty Blond/The Trongone Band — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Kamaal Williams/Jitwam — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Kashmir — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; 7th Heaven/
Karma Committee — Finn McCool’s, ; iPop — Fire Bar, Crystal
Lake; Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express/Contorno —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Jim Breuer Comedy — Genesee Theater,
Waukegan; The Flipside w/Chris Foreman/Leadbelly/After
Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Michael McDermott (Record
Release Show) — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Jetsetters DJs —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The Mix — Hollywood Casino, Joliet;
Gaelic Storm/Mississippi Heat/Mike Wheeler — House of Blues,
Chicago; Jess Piano — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Steve
Wilson & The Analog Band — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; DJ Cross
— Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Plain White T’s/Lucky Boys
Confusion/Fairview: Tiny Kingdoms — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Los
Amigos Invisibles: Celso Pina — Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; Cirrus
Falcon/The Larkin & Moran Brothers/Mulligan Stew/St.
Stephen’s Green — Kerry Piper (Tent Event), Willowbrook; Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Bronze Radio Return/
Wildermiss — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Eve Black/The War
Between/Hollow Men — Live Wire, Chicago; Steve Sharp — Lone
Buffalo, Ottawa; The Outdoor Patio Experience — Mac’s On
Slade, Palatine; 40,000 Headmen — Martyrs’, Chicago; Brecken
Miles Band — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Good Clean Fun —
Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield; American Idiots/Invictus/
Misstep Forward — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; The Moods —
Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Giltra’s Showcase
w/Char/Brian Harris/Vernon Street Blues’/Charlie Love & The
Silky Smooth Band — Q-Bar, Darien; Further Blues — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Marbin/Ben Delaurentis — Reggies (Club),
Chicago; Rusty Gates/Groovy Louie — Reggies (Music Joint),
Chicago; Infinity — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melvin Taylor &
The Slack Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Girl K (Album
Release)/Fran/Engine Summer — Schubas, Chicago; Rodeo
Drive — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Tunde Olaniran/RV Mendoza/Rae
Chardonnay/Ahya Simone/Lucy Stoole/Thair — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Marie Davidson/Angelica/MTZ — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Tinsley Ellis — Space, Evanston; Max Frost/Upsahl/
Softspoken/So Soon/The Truth/Haggathorn/Tides Cult/If I
Were The Devil/Erzulie/DJ Satanic Hispanic — Subterranean,
Chicago; Libido Funk Circus — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Houndmouth — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Adam Calhoun/Demun
Jones/Whiteboy McKoy — The Forge, Joliet; Six String Crossing
— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Epic — Tom Kelly’s Pub, New
Lenox; Songwriter’s Round — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago; Le Crabe/A Ten Year Winter — Underground Lounge,
Chicago; 1st Impression Band — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago;
Jason Stone — White Eagle, Niles; Shades of Time & Friends —
Wire, Berwyn; Blake Alexander — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 16
Wedding Banned — 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Rodd
Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — 210 Live, Highwood; Chicks
With Picks — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Kayzo — Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; Y&T/Veilside — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
ICCA Great Lakes Varsity Vocals Semifinals — Auditorium
Theater, Chicago; Bee Gees Gold — Austin’s Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Boy Band Review — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Mike
Silvestri — Bar Evolution, Batavia; C-Factor — Bar Louie,
Bolingbrook; Trippin’ Billies — Base Camp, Lisle; Bluegrass
Brunch — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Kacey Myles — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; Tynan — Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; JW
Williams Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
April’s Reign/Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones/The Dancing
Noodles — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Smash Kings — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN;
The Wolf Gang/My Metal Heart — Brat Stop, Kenosha;
Moonshine Bandits/One of The Boyzz/The Gingers — Brauer
House, Lombard; Jerry Jacobs — Bub City, Chicago; Fletcher
Rockwell — Bub City, Rosemont; Mike Wheeler — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; South Side Hooligans/Ignited — Cheers,
Midlothian; Gary Clark Jr. — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Liquid
Sole/Molehill — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Los Lonely Boys
— City Winery, Chicago; Death of Self/Still Alive/Burdened/thi-
sishowitendedintokyo/Sawbuck — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Boogie T.Rio/Mersiv/Steady Flow/Vampa — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; La Semesienta — Copernicus Center, Chicago; 16
Candles — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Rally Day — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Sam Savage Trio — Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Ross
Childs/Marke Lester/Jay Schraub/Xavier McKnight — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Oozing Wound (Record Release)/Platinum
Boys/Hitter/Dim — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Earl & The
Agitators/Bourbon N’ Brass Band/Dakota Horvath — Evanston
Rocks, Evanston; Chasing Alice/Charlie Foxtrot — Finn
McCool’s, Schaumburg; 38th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival
— Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Poison’d Crue — Four Winds Casino Hard
Rock Cafe, New Buffalo, MI; The Monkees w/Micky Dolenz &
Michael Nesmith — Four Winds Casino Silver Creek, New Buffalo,
MI; Mudwheel — Front Street Tap, Harvard; The Paper Machete
/Leadbelly/After Hours Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Co. — Green
Mill, Chicago; The Wind Gypsys — Gruben’s Uptown Tap,
Plainfield; Michael McDermott — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
The Bigger Picture — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Spoken Four —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Shamrock 2019/Windy City Duo/
Gaelic Storm/Blue Olives — House of Blues, Chicago; Steve
Wilson & The Analog Band — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; 7th
Heaven/Whiskey Brothers/Stevie Craig/Blarney Brothers/
American English/Good Clean Green/Jon Monahan/Coyote
Riot/Highland Guard Bagpipers — Kerry Piper (Tent Event),
Willowbrook; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Cass
McCombs/Sam Evian — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tiger Sex/
Hamburglars/Evil Engine/Fastplants — Live Wire, Chicago;
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
Steve Roth — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Nick Bell Band —
Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Kyle Hollingsworth Band/Crosseyed
& Phishless — Martyrs’, Chicago; Moon Money/Fitz & Celts —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Hi Fidelity/Whiskey Brothers —
Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Sam Bush/DBUK (Slim Cessna’s
Auto Club w/Norman Westberg of Swans) — Old Town School,
Chicago; St. Patrick’s Day Fest w/Mellencougar/Richrath
Project 3:13 — Original Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Framing
The Red/Kevin Lee & The Kings/Boneshaker/Lower Nature/
After The Message — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; In The Flesh
— Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; It Takes Two — Porter’s
Pub, Elgin; Turbo Shot — Q-Bar, Darien; St. Patrick’s Day w/TNT
— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Curious Grace & The Black Rabbit —
Ranger Studios, Franklin Park; Anvil/Don Jamieson/Archer
Nation/Comfort Scarcity — Reggies (Club), Chicago; Bosco
(3pm) — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Scorched/Inner
Decay/Mindloss (7pm) — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; DJs —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Yuri and Pandora — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Dickie/The Great Crusades/Rainbow James/
American Grizzly/Quiet Oaks — Schubas, Chicago; Snap Shot —
Shaker’s, Ottawa; Strung Out — Slapshots, Midlothian; Sunni
Colon — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Suzi Analogue/Debonair/
CCL — Smart Bar, Chicago; Rubblebucket/Twain — Space,
Evanston; The Black Queen/Uniform/SRSQ/Luca Pickwick
Commons/Kiss 2/Portals/Indisposed — Subterranean,
Chicago; Hairbangers Ball/The Remedy — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Houndmouth — Thalia Hall, Chicago; St. Paddy’s
Day Throwdown — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue & DJ
Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Infinity — The Quarry, Lemont;
The Infamous Stringdusters/John Craigie — The Vic Theater,
Chicago; 3Kingz Tour w/Kevin Gates/NBA Youngboy/
Moneybag Yo — UIC Pavilion, Chicago; Laura Glydia/Melissa
Crispo — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Winnie
Cooper — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones
— White Eagle, Niles; Tributosaurus Becomes: Van Morrison —
Wire, Berwyn; Whiskey & Harmony — Zach’s On Tap, Palos
Heights; Flipside — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 17
Kevin Purcell & The Nightburners — 210 Live, Highwood;
Michael Bublé — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Graham Nash —
Anthanaeum Theater, Chicago; Louder Than A Bomb 2019 —
Auditorium Theater, Chicago; U2 Hype FKA Elevation —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; U2 Hype FKA Elevation — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Little Parade — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; O’Leary’s Lantern
— Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Gone Country/Paulie & The
Shakers — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN;
Dirty Water Boys — Bub City, Chicago; Senn Alan Band — Bub
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