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e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
SUNDAY 1 MARCH
Anthony Rodia — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; The Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Nick Davio/Doso/Lisa
Decibel/Dai — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Mary Lane — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Liquid Courage Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Corky Siegel’s
Chamber Blues w/Ernie Watts/Goran Ivanovic — City Winery,
Chicago; Sinatra Sundays/John Truncali — Club 210, Highwood;
Heart Bones/Guilty Boys/Jungle Green/Black Mass/DJs
Stephanie Marlow & Kevin Leary — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Hix
Bros. Music — EvenFlo, Geneva; Live Band Karaoke — Firewater
Saloons, Mt. Greenwood; Chicago Grandstand Big Band —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Angel Spiccia Jazz Brunch/School of
Rock: The Smiths — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Dashboard
Confessional/Rodney Brown/Mike Wheeler/Gospel Brunch —
House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam with Linsey Alexander and
his Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Marc E. Bassy/Gianni &
Kyle/Kovu — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Silver Abuse/Modafoca —
Live Wire, Berywn; JigJam — Old Town School, Chicago; The
Noisy Neighbors — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Jim & The Kid/
Painkillers — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Chicago Fire Watch
Party/Nektar/Blueshift Big Band — Reggies, Chicago; Old Town
School Blues Showcase — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Mr. Dave —
Schubas, Chicago; Jeff Swanson & Case-Fitter/Miss Remember
/Stu Mindeman/Juan Pastor Duo — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Jana Rush/Jacob Meehan —
Smartbar, Chicago; Chris Greene Quartet — Space, Evanston;
The Off Days/No Object/OldSoul — Subterranean, Chicago;
Destroyer w/Eleanor Friedberger — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Afton
Entertainement — The Forge, Joliet; Jesse James Dupree and
Dixie Inc — Top Fuel Saloon, Braidwood.
MONDAY 2
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; While She
Sleeps/He Is Legend/Synovial — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Metal Bingo — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Jimmy Burns hosts The
Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Play On Feat. Marquis Hill
- Benefit for Merit School of Music — City Winery, Chicago;
Doomsquad/Radiant Devices/’Magin’ — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Nigel Mack/Dave
Specter — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mosh Pit Comedy — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Jazz Jam — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar,
Darien; Open Mic Comedy/Trivia/Bingo with Burke — Reggies,
Chicago; Ausar/Isaiah G/Kiraly Payne/Myquale/Aaron Deux —
Schubas, Chicago; Tara Terra/Ghost Soul Trio/The Weekend
Run Club — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Josh Thomas — Thalia
Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 3
Trivia Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Cyrille Aimee — City Winery, Chicago; Three-
Oh-Go w/Jabronis — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Ariel Zetina/Liner
Notes Musical Storytelling Series — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Open Jam — EvenFlo, Geneva; Lil’ Ed & Blues Imperials/Open
Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill,
Chicago; Songwriters in The Round w/Todd Kessler/Aaron
Williams/Noah Gabriel & Lisa Gloria — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Joe Marcinek Band/Keithen Scott — House of Blues,
Chicago; Giles Corey Band/Michael Wheeler Band with
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Glass Animals —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Pecha Kucha Vol. 53 — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Reigning Sound/Skip
Church — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Fly Fishing Film Tour —
Thalia Hall, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 4
Trivia Night — Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Open Mic Night —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Young Lady/Flowirz/Asi Asi — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Luke Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Open Mic — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Scott Hamilton —
Bub City, Chicago; Luca Kiella — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Pop-Up Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; The Ides of March w/
Jim Peterik & Anthony Gomes — City Winery, Chicago; Kayodot/
Psalm Zero/Anatomy of Habit/Dust Bath — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Aaron Williams/Honey Cellar — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
The Mauskovic Dance Band — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bill
Overton’s Kettle Brothers — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso
Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill,
Chicago; Reginald Robinson — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Cult of Luna w/Emma Ruth Rundle & Intronaut/Luke Pytel
Band/Keithen Banks/Next Showcase Artist Spotlight — House
of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band/Michael Wheeler
Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Telepopmusik/Alex Zelenka —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus Becomes: Rush — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Wired/Wired DJs — Metro, Chicago; Morse & Wagner
& Friends — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Reggies, Chicago; Vale of Pnath/Gorod/Wolf King (Club) —
Reggies, Chicago; Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Eros Ramazzotti — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; Sudan
Archives/Cartel Madras — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Maeve &
Quinn/Savanna Dickhut — Space, Evanston; DJ Spin —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook.
THURSDAY 5
Jerrod Niemann — Art Theatre, Hobart, IN; Dueling Pianos —
Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
Speak Low/Kayak Jones/Super American — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
The Powell Brothers — Bub City, Chicago; Mzz Reese — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Shootouts — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Spcebones/Woes/Cold Beaches/Engine Summer — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Cowboy Junkies — City Winery, Chicago; Sam Savage —
Club 210, Highwood; Bodhicitta/Covington Groove — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Dumbo Gets Mad/Sea Moya/Pleasures — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — EvenFlo, Geneva; Distant
Brothers/Deep Cricket Night/Forty Foot Flames/Bitters —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Jeff Ulus — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Dave
Specter — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; We Came As Romans
/Linsey Alexander/Breezy Rodio/1126 Entertainment Music
Showcase — House of Blues, Chicago; Demtria Taylor Band plus
guests — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Back to Back to Black: Amy
Winehouse Tribute/Remember Jones — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Master Sword — Live Wire, Berywn; Ike Willis, Marcus Rezak &
Brothers of Invention — Martyrs’, Chicago; Whindersson Nunes
— Park West, Chicago; Smilin’ Bobby & The ClemTones — Phyllis’
Musical Inn, Chicago; Atomic/Rosaries/Lever — Reggies,
Chicago; DJ Spin — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Blues Jam w/Lil
Ed Williams — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Aviva/8 Graves —
Schubas, Chicago; Younger Byrnes — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Misfortune/Patrixia/Abigail — Smartbar, Chicago; Black Lips
w/Poppy Jean Crawford & Les Strychnine — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Doll Skin/Fame On Fire/Flashing Lights/Evil Engine/
Rebels in Stereo — The Forge, Joliet; Man Cub/Julius Dolls/
Dubby Mac — The Owl, Chicago; Whindersson Nunes — The Vic
Theatre, Chicago; Everett Dean & The Lonesome Hearts —
Venuti’s, Addison; The 5:55/The Wildered/The Ugly Lovers/Sun
Riser — Wire, Berwyn; Tony Ocean Show — Za Za’s Tavola,
Barrington.
FRIDAY 6
Howard Jones Acoustic Trio — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
Jamie Kennedy — Art Theatre, Hobart, IN; Mr. Blotto —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Sucker Punch — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Tyler Krienitiz — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Libido Funk
Circus — Base Camp, Lisle; Ginger Road — Beacon Tap,
DesPlaines; CBDB/Kendall Street Company — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; The Crawpuppies — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Yonder Mountain String Band — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; My Posse in Effect — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Dark Heart News/Primal Moon — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Kevin
from Arra w/April — Broken Oar, Cary; Brushville — Bub City,
Chicago; Chad Bearden — Bub City, Rosemont; The Powell
Brothers/Summer Son — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Cadillac Groove
— Cheers, Midlothian; Nathaniel Rateliff — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Chicago Amplify’d — Chop Shop, Chicago; Cowboy
Junkies — City Winery, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Morry Sochat &
Special 20s — Club 210, Highwood; The Ravines — Club 210,
Highwood; Droeloe/Taska Black/Quiet Bison — Concord Hall,
Chicago; DJ Rhinestone — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Pinion —
Draft Picks, Naperville; The Mattson 2/Daydream Review/The
Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Cover Me — Evanston
Pub, Evanston; The Wayouts — EvenFlo, Geneva; Tim Gleason —
Firewater Saloons, Edison Park; Jimmy Fitch — Firewater
Saloons, Mt. Greenwood; Jenny Bienemann & Friends/Sails/
Yellowhammers — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Step — Fremont,
Chicago; America/The Buckinghams — Genesee Theatre,
Waukegan; Flipside Show w/Chris Forman/Leslie Beukelman
Quartet (Album Release Show)/Eric Schneider — Green Mill,
Chicago; Mark Taylor — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Reed Turchi
& Guest — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Maggie Speaks —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Saints N’ Sinners — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; Ally Brooke/Mississippi Heat/Mike Wheeler — House of
Blues, Chicago; Semple — Huntley Bowl, Huntley; Rico — Impact
Fuel Room, Libertyville; Michael Walters Trio — Incontro A
Tavola, S. Barrington; Casey Donahew — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago;
Seven Soul Band — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Larry
McCray Band/Nora Jean Bruso — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Lucky Chops — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Toxic Feat. Garek —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Mark Alexander Acoustic — Metal Monkey,
Romeoville; Killing Me Smalls — Mickey Finns, Libertyville; Vinyl
Goldmine — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; The Mackenzie O’Brien
Band — Offshore @Navy Pier, Chicago; Hayes Carll/Allison
Moorer — Old Town School, Chicago; Petrock — Original
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