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City, Rosemont; Sonic Soul — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Los Lonely Boys — City Winery, Chicago; Poor France —
Copernicus Center, Chicago; Denny — Elbo Room, Chicago; Fool
House — Finn McCool’s, Schaumburg; Bill O’Connell’s Chicago
Skyliners/Teen Artist Open Mic — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown
Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night — Green Mill, Chicago; Finger on
The Trigger/Jazz Brunch w/Abigal Riccards — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Gospel Brunch/Born of Osiris/Keith
Scott/Corey Dennison — House of Blues, Chicago; Steve Wilson
& The Analog Band — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; The Ploughboys/
Rowdy Irishmen/Stark Raving Dad/Highland Guard Bagpipers/
Gavin Coyle — Kerry Piper (Tent Event), Willowbrook; Blue Jam
w/Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Ike Reilly
Assassination/Brendan O’Shea — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Child
Bite/Multicult/Microwaves — Live Wire, Chicago; MarchFourth
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Heartfire/Fitz & Celts — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; St. Patrick’s Day Celebration — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; Vanjess — Reggies (Club), Chicago; Chris Siebold &
Psycles/Greg Essig — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Ezra
Collective/Akenya — Schubas, Chicago; Derrick Carter/
Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Lauren Flax — Smart Bar,
Chicago; Ben Otterwell & Ian Ball of Gomez/Buddy — Space,
Evanston; Blarney Brothers — St. Paddy’s Half Marathon,
Bolingbrook; St. Patrick’s Day Party/Chin Up/Kid/Cleveland
Avenue — Subterranean, Chicago; As I Lay Dying — The Forge,
Joliet; Daniel Rylander/Richie Charles — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Tributosaurus Becomes: Van Morrison —
Wire, Berwyn; Rowdy Irishmen — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
MONDAY 18 MARCH
Mike Wheeler Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Elephant Gym — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Mike & The Moopies —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Patricia Barber Quartet — Green Mill,
Chicago; Sabrina Carpenter/Joanna Connor/Breezy Rodio —
House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band/JW Williams —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Death On Fire/Nerveshatter/Her
Worst Nightmare — Live Wire, Chicago; Louder Than A Mom —
Martyrs’, Chicago; The Hasytones/Numerical Control Society —
Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Not For You/Ellis/Fauvely/
Open Mic Comedy — Schubas, Chicago; The Moth StorySLAM —
Space, Evanston; Open Mic — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago.
TUESDAY 19
Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; LIve Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Rosemont; Louisianna Al — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Christopher Cross — City Winery, Chicago; Dreadwolf/
Turn N Fire — Elbo Room, Chicago; Open Mic — Empire Bar,
Naperville; Be Forest/Lightfoils/Blue Unit — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Patrick Mullen Benefit Concert/Open Mic —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
School of Rock — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Breezy Rodio/
Children of Bodom/Dave Specter — House of Blues, Chicago;
Giles Corey Blues Band/Michael Wheeler/Peaches Staten —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Yacht Rockettes/Phil Angotti & The
Plastic Macs — Martyrs’, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies (Music
Joint), Chicago; James Bay/Noah Kahan — Riviera Theater,
Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s
Lounge, Chicago; Elder Island/Luminate — Schubas, Chicago;
Sid Sriram/Jake Sherman — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Morry
Sochat & The Special 20s — Space, Evanston; The Alkaholiks/
Nightly/Phangs/Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago;
Doobie w/DJ HyLyte & Krash Minati — Wire, Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 20
Two Fellas — Bella Mia, Midlothian; JW Williams Band/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Sticky Fingers — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Open Jam — Brauer House, Lombard; Judson
Brown — Bub City, Rosemont; Vino Louden — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Christopher Cross — City Winery, Chicago;
Alex Di Leo/Special Guests — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Buddy
Danger/Jukebots/Detective Novel/Jonathan — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Molly Nilsson/Apostille — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Jarod Bufe Quartet — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Paper Machete/
Alfonson Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Late Night w/Frank
Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; I Am Woman Hear Me
Belt: Future Voices of Broadway — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Keithen Banks/Bunbury/Smiley Tilmon Band — House of Blues,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/Michael Wheeler Band — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Keith Scott/TBA — Live Wire, Chicago; Oz Noy/
Dave Weckl/Jimmy Haslip — Martyrs’, Chicago; Amina Figarova
Sextet — Old Town School, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony —
Oswego Brewing Company, Oswego; Live Band Karaoke —
Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Quinn XCII/Ashe/ Christian
French — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Willie Buck — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; The Blue Stones/The Million Reasons — Schubas,
Chicago; Black Moth Super Rainbow/Steve Hauschildt —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Dave Specter’s Adventures in Guitar
w/Paul Cebar — Space, Evanston; Art/Daisybones/Impulsive
Hearts/Noiseland/Kid Breeze/Audrey Valentine/Sarita/
Brittney Carter/Mika Luciano — Subterranean, Chicago; Ateez
— The Vic Theater, Chicago; Jenny & Robin Bienemann —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Low-reen & Maxwell St.
Market Blues Jam — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago.
Lunafest Film Festival — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Chicago
Underground Comedy/NeoRomantics — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
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THURSDAY 21
Doors of Chicago — 210 Live, Highwood; Jackyl — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Mark Mortoni/Light The Torch — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; All Star Grateful Dead Night — Brauer House,
Lombard; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; Deuce’n a Quarter —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Last In Line w/Vivian Cambell &
Vinny Apice — Cheers, Midlothian; The Subdudes — City Winery,
Chicago; Evan Stock Band/Jan James — Elbo Room, Chicago;
The People Tree — Empire Bar, Naperville; Bourbon N’ Brass
Band/Nicole Kestler — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Fletcher
Rockwell Sleepy LaBeef w/Chris Neville, Dan Leali & Jon Paul
— Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Preacher Lawson Comedy — Genesee
Theater, Waukegan; Andy Brown/Alan Gresik Swing Shift
Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Doug Bardolph — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Tom Holland/Funky Mojo Daddy —
House of Blues, Chicago; LIve Band Karaoke — Joe’s On Weed,
Chicago; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Open Jam
w/Shrek — Live Wire, Chicago; Karen Shook — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Avishi Cohen Quartet — Old Town School, Chicago;
Lucifer/Spell/Black Road/Ancient Science — Reggies (Club),
Chicago; Joseph Huber/Brett Conlin — Reggies (Music Joint),
Chicago; Billy Idol & Steve Stevens — Rialto Square Theater,
Joliet; Run Forrest Run — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Mary Lane
Blues Jam — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Roberto Carlos —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Oh Pep!/Naia Izumi — Schubas,
Chicago; Karaoke w/B.T. — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Just Us Gals
Comedy — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Chrissy Tee/Diskokitty/
Bio-Booster — Smart Bar, Chicago; Commander Cody & His Lost
Planet Airmen — Space, Evanston; Shingo2/Illuminati Congo/
Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago; Cupcakke w/DJ Taye/
Haiku Hands — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Spring Awakening — The
Forge, Joliet; Staring Problems/Moira/Wet Tropics — The Owl,
Chicago; Hurricane Reggae Band — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago;
Chris Moran — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; Deja Vu — Zaza’s
Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 22
Sixteen Candles — 210 Live, Highwood; Eric Church Double
Down Tour — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Metric/Zoe/July Talk —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Last In Line: Former Members of
DIO/Black Sabbath/Def Leopard & Rainbow — Arcada Theater,
St. Charles; Jaktripper — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Tyler
Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Do or Die — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Bigger Picture Band/Organized K-OS — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; October Birds of
Death/The First Rule/Evil Engine/The Studs — Brauer House,
Lombard; Will B. — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; 32 Below —
Bub City, Chicago; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Rosemont;
John Nemeth/Zach Day — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Experience Hendrix — Chicago Theater, Chicago; The Subdudes
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— City Winery, Chicago; 500 Miles To Memphis/Avantis/Red
Francis — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Big Wild/Robotaki/Mild
Minds — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Lady Pank — Copernicus
Center, Chicago; Bodhicitta/Tall Green Pine/Mississippi
Stranglers — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Mark V — Doc’s Victory Pub,
Elmhurst; James and Friends — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Law of
Keanu/Rebels In Stereo/Fire Cat/Lightweights — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Ben Pirani/Ethers/Gentle Leader XIV — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Kimberly Gordon — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Hello
Weekend — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Ian Leith — Fitzgerald’s,
Berwyn; Aaron Lewis (Silver Creek) — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Blackberry Smoke/Ida Mae — Genesee Theater,
Waukegan; The Flipside w/Chris Forman/Julien Labro/After
Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Zach Pietrini/Paige Hargrove
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Rhinestone — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Heartless — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; A Boogie Wit Da
Hoodie/Keithen Banks/Mike Wheeler Band — House of Blues,
Chicago; Mytyme — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington; Chuchito
Valdes Trio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Acoustic Seredipity —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Chief — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joe
Fascetta — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Billy Branch & The Sons of
Blues/Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Stephen
Kellogg/Pete Mueller Band — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Putrid
Pile/Mutilated By Zombies/Dysphoria/Never We See — Live
Wire, Chicago; Wes Duffy Trio — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Gasoline
& Matches — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Summer Camp:
Alabaster/Zoofunkyou/Fuzzlove/Stormy Chromer/The Bank
Notes — Martyrs’, Chicago; Bob Mould Band/Airstream Futures
— Metro, Chicago; The Renegades — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Grunge Worthy — Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Glen Phillips
— Old Town School, Chicago; Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish’s
Rascals — Paramount Theater, Aurora; Melvin Seals & JGB/Joe
Marcinek Band — Park West, Chicago; Hobson’s Choice/Kristin
Rose Kelly — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Seven Soul & Stereo-
Fi — Q-Bar, Darien; 7th Heaven — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Lurrie Bell Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Elujay/Family
Reunion — Schubas, Chicago; April’s Reign — Shaker’s, Ottawa;
La Luz/Campdogzz/Powwers — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Sam
Divine/Monki/Jess Bays — Smart Bar, Chicago; Carsie Blanton
/John Papa Gros Band — Space, Evanston; Leikeli47/Star
Tropics/Lovelorn/Doublespeak — Subterranean, Chicago;
Varsity/Pool Holograph/Stuyedeyed/Rookie ‘In The Round —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; DJ Boogie Munsters — The Owl, Chicago;
InRoads — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Jeff Tweedy — The Vic
Theater, Chicago; Legends of Hip Hop — UIC Pavilion, Chicago;
Mz. Peachez & her Casanovas — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago;
Diva Montell — White Eagle, Niles; Kashmir — Wire, Berwyn;
Taylor Street Dou — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
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