Chout/Comfort Scarcity/Exosphere — The Forge, Joliet;
Montrose Man (LP Release)/High Priests/The Coldies — The
Owl, Chicago; Morgan Fingleton — The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago;
Tom Benko — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Hurricane Reggae Band — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Paul
Strolia — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights; James Libera — Zaza’s
Tavola, Lake Barrington.
FRIDAY 29 MARCH
Have A Cigar — 210 Live, Highwood; Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Don Felder — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; 7th Heaven — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Cadillac
Groove — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; This Is It — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Dina Bach — Bar Evolution, Batavia; The Lounge
Puppets & Friends — Base Camp, Lisle; Mat Kerekes/Jetty
Bones/Jacob Sigman — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Nellie Tiger
Travis — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Spoken Four/Return2Soul —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Easton Corbin
& Guests — Brauer House, Lombard; Mark V. — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Shawn Lacy — Bub City, Chicago; Feel Good Country
Boys — Bub City, Rosemont; Luke Pytel/Nick Linsey — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Dream Theater — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Call Me Karizma — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago;
Slow Caves/Lettering/Gai Gun — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Trevor Hall/Dirtwire/Will Evans — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Jo Jo Jorge Falcon — Copernicus Center, Chicago; 90’s Tributes
Unplugged w/Chained/Stone Type Thing/Grunge Candy —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Kimi Hayes — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
Jess Piano — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Molly Coleman/Taylor
Hernly/Michael Prysock — Elbo Room, Chicago; Members Only
— Empire Bar, Naperville; The KVB/Numb.er — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Bourbon N’Brass Band/Angel Spiccia — Evanston
Rocks, Evanston; Modern Day Romeos — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake;
Pat McLaughlin Band/Kenny Greenberg/Michael Rhodes &
Greg Morrow/Cannonball — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; The Flipside
w/Chris Foreman/Orrin Evans Trio/After Hours Jam — Green
Mill, Chicago; Rev. Sekou — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Jetsetters DJs — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Whiskey & Harmony
— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; The Selena Experience/Windy City
Rev Ups/Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Justin
Robinson Quartert — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Acoustiholics —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Jerry Riviera — Joe’s Live, Rosemont;
Chris Weaver Band — Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; The Bart Attacks
— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops/
Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mansionair/Beacon
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Evictions/The Spanish Flats/Hot
As Hell/Ghost Forest — Live Wire, Chicago; BagShot Row —
Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; The Werks — Martyrs’, Chicago; Jamie
Lono & Noble Heart — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Pearl — Nevin’s
Brewing Co., Plainfield; Home Free — Paramount Theater, Aurora;
T-Pain/Abby Jasmine — Park West, Chicago; The Fab Four —
Patio Theater, Chicago; The Eldridge Gilmoire/A Year Ago
Today/Alternative Method — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; ‘90s
Regulars/Quarter Til Five — Q-Bar, Darien; Reverie — Reggies
(Club), Chicago; The Darts U.S./Mystery Actions/I Love
Rich/Aweful — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; Libido Funk
Circus — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Carl Weathersby Band —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; One Night of Queen — Rosemont
Theater, Rosemont; Stella Donnelly/Faye Webster — Schubas,
Chicago; Klose To My Life: Sonu Nigam & Neha Kakkar — Sears
Centre, Hoffman Estates; Jordan Daniels — Shaker’s, Ottawa;
The Mash-Up Americans — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Vicki
Powell/Kiddo & Sassmouth/Katherine Hepburn/Walking And
Falling: DJ Workshop & Mentor Program for Women Identifying
as Non-Binary Music Enthusiasts — Smart Bar, Chicago; Meow
Meow/Thomas Lauderdale — Space, Evanston; Sacred Monster
/Coyote Man/Blake/Cloud Cruiser/Thou/Emma Rundle/
Damiana — Subterranean, Chicago; Crimecon: On The Run —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Wedding Banned — The Quarry, Lemont;
Whiskey Myers/Bones Owens — The Vic Theater, Chicago; I Ya
Toyah/Zwaremachine/Rasplyn/roybOt — Underground Lounge,
Chicago; Mumford & Sons — United Center, Chicago; 1st
Impression Band — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Madman Band
— White Eagle, Niles; The Beat 2 — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights;
Ed Collins — Zaza’s Tavola, Lake Barrington.
SATURDAY 30
Motown Nation/Too White Crew — 115 Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Chicago’s Tina Turner/Motown & More — 210
Live, Highwood; Mike & Eileen — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; The
Musical Box — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; A Whole New World
of Alan Mencken — Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Bella Cain —
Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Hi Infidelity — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Michael Riser — Bar Evolution, Batavia; 7th Heaven —
Base Camp, Lisle; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Jim Bulanda/Afterglow — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Spun — Blarney
Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Coverlicious/Indigo Band/Saints N’Sinners — Blue
Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Killer Flamingos —
Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; MXPX/Five Iron
Frenzy — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Masters of Metal 4
w/Maiden Chicago/Judas Rising/Blizzard of Ozz/High Speed
Dirt/Hairbanger’s Ball — Brauer House, Lombard; Jimmy &
Monika — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Shawn Lacy — Bub City,
Chicago; Dixie Crush — Bub City, Rosemont; Sugar Rayford/
Alex Wilson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Power Chord
Rocks — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Amos Lee — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Emancipator/Edamame/9 Theory/Lapa —
Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; The Orphan The Post & MILKK
— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; One More Moon/The Fifth Star
Band/Littlebirds/Bent Dimes — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Evo —
Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Jacob Resch/Huckleberry Funk/
Mangoland/Pure Remedy — Elbo Room, Chicago; Kimberly
Gordon/Bandoleros — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Chicago
Honky Tonk: A Saturday Special — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Frankie
Valli & The Four Seasons (Silver Creek) — Four Winds Casino,
New Buffalo, MI; Righteous Hillbillies — Frankie’s Blue Room,
Naperville; The Paper Machete/Orrin Evans Trio/After Hours
Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Co. — Green Mill, Chicago; Total
Rhapsody — Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Family Groove
Company/Bluegrass Brunch — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
American English — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Snapshot —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; The Interrupters/Mike Wheeler
Band/Mississippi Gabe Carter — House of Blues, Chicago;
Justin Robinson Quartert — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Chris
Weaver Band — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Noche de Rock en
Espanol — Joe’s On Weed, Chicago; The Salties — Kerry Piper,
Willowbrook; Shawn Holt & The Teardrops/Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Hayes Carll/Ben Dickey — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; The War Inside/The Dead On/Loa Hex/Mean
Girls — Live Wire, Chicago; Jake Mack — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa;
Talisman — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; August Hotel/Man
Called Noon/Trick Shooter Social Club/Old Grand Dad —
Martyrs’, Chicago; The Mosquitos — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Bad Medicine/Call Me Jo — Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield;
Peter Himmelman/Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings — Old
Town School, Chicago; Semple/Rebel Reign — Original Sundance
Saloon, Mundelein; Boyz II Men — Paramount Theater, Aurora;
Tape Face — Park West, Chicago; Midnight Road/Speed of
Sound — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; The Heartbeats — Porter’s
Pub, Elgin; The Remedy — Q-Bar, Darien; Loudernow — Q-Bar,
Glendale Heights; Wilde Band — Ranger Studios, Franklin Park;
Altered Stage — Reggies (Music Joint), Chicago; DJs — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Jenny Lewis — Riviera Theater, Chicago;
Carl Weathersby Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Dan + Shay —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Ten Fe’/Cinders/Upbeat Music
Student Showcase — Schubas, Chicago; Mortimer — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Little Giant — Slapshots, Midlothian; Prateek Kuhad/
Elephant Micah — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Maggie Rose —
Space, Evanston; Demon Dimension — Subterranean, Chicago;
Tynan — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Uppers & Downers — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; Acoustiholics — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Lethal
Dose/Before Dishonor/Vent To Atmosphere — The Forge, Joliet;
DJ Esteban La Groue & DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; The
Boy Band Night — The Quarry, Lemont; The Hurtin’ Kind — The
Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Jess Glynne/Abir — The Vic Theater,
Chicago; Sandra Antongiorgi — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago; 3 and A Half Men — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Comedy
Night w/Netra MsAlready — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; The
Meteors — White Eagle, Niles; Nick@Night/Randy McAllister/
Vito Zatto — Wire, Berwyn; Melissa N Shawn — Zach’s On Tap,
Palos Heights; The Stingers — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
SUNDAY 31
Marc Antonio Solis — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; The Musical
Box — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; National Geographic
Symphony For Our World — Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Mary
Macaroni & The Impastas — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Backdated/
Perry Danos & Sundance — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Demetria Taylor — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Little Big — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; The Rayo
Brothers/Will Payne Harrison/Heidi Buyck/Damon Mitchell/
Katie Kadan — Elbo Room, Chicago; Vanishing Kids/Anatomy of
Habit/Dead Feathers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; British Buddy
Alumni Big Band w/Frieda Lee — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown
Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night — Green Mill, Chicago; Jazz
Brunch w/Angel Spiccia — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Chicago Slim & Friends/Chicago Blues All Stars/Gospel
Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Kingston Mines Blues Jam/
Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Edward David
Anderson & Kevin Kinney — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Guitars 4
Vets Fundraiser — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; The Buckle Up
Concert w/Jacquees — Paramount Theater, Aurora; Kenny
Lattimore — Patio Theater, Chicago; Tenor Madness/Stardust
Big Band (Early)/Cash’d Out/13 Angels(Late) — Reggies (Music
Joint), Chicago; Baroness/Deafheaven/Zeal & Ardor — Riviera
Theater, Chicago; Tow’rs & Guest — Schubas, Chicago; Derrick
Carter/Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Lucy Stoole/JoJo
Baby/Nico/Monica Beverly Hillz — Smart Bar, Chicago; Antonio
Sanchez & Migration — Space, Evanston; The Plot In You/Like
Moths to Flames/Dayseeker/Limbs — Subterranean, Chicago;
Salt Sweat Sugar/Dashboard Professional — The Owl, Chicago;
And That’s Why We Drink — The Vic Theater, Chicago; Lee Henke
/Aaron Kelly — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; The
Falconaires Orchestra — White Eagle, Niles.
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