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Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Pink Talking Fish/Brooklyn
Charmers — Park West, Chicago; After Forever/Eclipse — Q Bar,
Darien; Corduroy/Sunndog — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Subtle
Undertones — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; Matt Griffo/
Marchbox 420/Sheer Terror/Carnivore D/Nekro Drunkz —
Reggies, Chicago; Hairball — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet; DJ Q
& DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; John Primer & Real Deal
Blue Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Dave Hause & The
Mermaid/Indianola/DJ Lawrence Peters — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Ellen Allien/Shaund J. Wright — Smartbar, Chicago;
Raul Malo of The Mavericks/Monica Rizzio — Space, Evanston;
Thieves/Autolith/Scumlord — Subterranean, Chicago; Louder
Now/Super Rad — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Theo Katzman w/
Rett Madison — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Ernie Hendrickson & The
Roll On Band/Pat Ferguson — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Adam
Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; They Might Be Giants — The Vic
Theatre, Chicago; Chris Vallilo — Two Way Street Coffee House,
Downers Grove; Pierce Pettis/Richard Gilewitz (Edgewater)/
Emma Peridot/Steve & Safetrip (Lakeview) — Uncommon
Ground, Chicago; R-Gang — Venuti’s, Addison; American Idiots/
Fueled by Emo/Blind Dogs — WC Social Club, W. Chicago;
Tributosaurus Becomes: Rush — Wire, Berwyn.
SATURDAY 7 MARCH
MyTyme — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Church of Galantis —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Geoff Tate (Theatre)/Rosie & The
Rivets (Spekeasy) — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Back To The
80’s Pt. 2 — Art Theatre, Hobart, IN; American English —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Modern Day Romeos — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Deacon Frost — Bar Evolution, Batavia; 7th Heaven —
Base Camp, Lisle; Karaoke — Beacon Tap, DesPlaines; iyia/YaSi
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; The Beat 2 — Bella Mia, Midlothian;
Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Then
Again — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Kevin Lee/Astroman
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Big City Trip Trio — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Sk8er Boyz — Broken Oar, Cary; Sean Stemaly/Chad
Bearden — Bub City, Chicago; Jason Owens — Bub City,
Rosemont; Joe Moss/Kent Burnside — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Midwestern Underground — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover
Park; Diamondback/9th Annual St. Baldrick’s Team Sean Kelly
Event — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; The Millenials/Hairbanger’s Ball
— Cheers, Midlothian; My Dad Wrote A Porno — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Flatfoot 56/AM Taxi — Chop Shop, Chicago; Pathology
/Pyrexia/Septicemic/Virulent Excision/Vile Secretion — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Not Dead Yet — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Gen XY —
Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; Infinity — Durty Nellies, Palatine;
The Make-Up/Deadbeat Beat — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sonic
Roadtrip — EvenFlo, Geneva; Jimmy Fitch — Firewater Saloons,
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Edison Park; Fletcher Rockwell — Firewater Saloons, Mt.
Greenwood; International Women’s Day w/Cathy Richardson’s
Goddesses of Rock/Kate Todd/Sandra Antongiorgi/Naomi
Ashley/Cathie Van Wert — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Connectors
— Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Sean Tucker — Fremont,
Chicago; The Magic of Bill Blagg — Genesee Theatre,
Waukegan; The Paper Machete/Chi-Town Jazz Festival/Pat
Mallinger & Company — Green Mill, Chicago; Bluesgrass
Brunch: Flat Creek Highway (10am)/Ralph Covert & Friends/
Steve Gerlach/Mike Hartigan — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
The Moods — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The Moods — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; Ten 96/Part Time Adults — Home Bar, Arlington
Heights; John Primer/House of Burlesque w/DJ Lucy Walk/
Corey Dennison — House of Blues, Chicago; Smells Like Nirvana
— Impact Fuel Room, Libertyville; VooDoo Children — Jamos Live,
Mokena; Joe Orozco — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Too White Crew
— Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Rendition — JW Hollstein’s Saloon,
Tinley Park; Larry McCray Band/Nora Jean Bruso — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Dead Feathers/Los Black Dogs/The Count —
Live Wire, Berywn; Alexandr Misko/Peter Ciluzzi/Prognosis —
Martyrs’, Chicago; St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser — Metal Monkey,
Romeoville; Bollywood Holi Party — MT Barrels, Schaumburg;
Rachel & Jor — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Ebony & Ivory — Niko’s
Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Super Home Schooled (EP Release)
/Quantum/Oversleeping/Lee Street Looters — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; Off The Vine — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; The
Fuze Band — Q Bar, Darien; Chasing Alice — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Lounge Puppets — Quarry, Lemont; Jess Piano —
Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; Autopsy/Cianide (Club) —
Reggies, Chicago; Lennt Lashley’s Gang of One(Late)/Heavy Zen
Yoga (Noon) (Comedy Shack) — Reggies, Chicago; Nathan Gray
& Band/Boardinghouse Reach (Joint) — Reggies, Chicago;
Country Unplugged w/Joe Diffie/Mark Chestnutt & David Lee
Murphy — Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet; DJ Erge & DJ Meg —
Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; Pigeons Playing Pong//Goose —
Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Rico McFarland — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Get The Led Out — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont;
Flipside — Salerno’s, Hodgkins; Begonia/Ondine — Schubas,
Chicago; Incession — Shoeless Joe’s, Schiller Park; Ode/
Anthony & The Tramps/Glad Rags — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Noncompliant/La Spacer/CQQchifruit — Smartbar, Chicago;
Raul Malo of The Mavericks/Monica Rizzio — Space, Evanston;
Superchair — Stage Left, DeKalb; Four Stars (Album Release)
/The Region & The Day After — Subterranean, Chicago; Andy
Shauf/Molly Sarle — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Mackenzie O’Brien
Band — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Unforgiven/Jagged Little
Pill/Grunge Candy/Weeze/Spring at Six Thirty 2020 — The
Forge, Joliet; Soul, Clap & Dance w/Jonathan Toubin/The
Sueves — The Hideout, Chicago; Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny
Dan — The Owl, Chicago; SuperHero Saturday — The Room,
Highland, IN; Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials/Dave Herrero — The
Venue, Aurora; Railroad Earth/Old Salt Union — The Vic Theatre,
Chicago; Sing Around — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers
2020
Grove; Buffalo Rose/Dave Cofell (Edgewater)/Lilly Detaeye/
Brother Ryan (Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Heads
Up — Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Julian Jumpin Perez — Venuti’s,
Addison; Young Bloodz — WC Social Club, W. Chicago; In The
Flesh — Wire, Berwyn; Sam Savage — Zachary’s Bar, Palos
Heights.
SUNDAY 8
The Grass Roots/Gary Puckett — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; St.
Baldrick’s Fundraiser — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Ice Cream Vendors
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Randy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Liquid Courage Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Free Nationals
— Chop Shop, Chicago; We Banjo 3 — City Winery, Chicago;
Sinatra Sundays/Bill Pantle — Club 210, Highwood; The Jazz
Consortium Big Band — Durty Nellies, Palatine; Jazz Community
Big Band — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Soul Jazz Night w/Joel
Paterson Trio w/Chris Foreman/Uptown Poetry Slam — Green
Mill, Chicago; Nonny Namaste Bruch/Jazz Brunch with Eleaine
Dame — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Mike Wheeler/Gospel
Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Uateke/Los Pericos/
Antidoping/Doctor Krapula/Los Estramboticos — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Classical Blast in Kilts — JW Hollstein’s Saloon,
Tinley Park; Blues Jam with Linsey Alexander and his Band —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Acoustic Open Mic — Metal Monkey,
Romeoville; Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Robert Fonseca — Old
Town School, Chicago; Final Kombat 2020 — Park West, Chicago;
Ramirez — Reggies, Chicago; Billy Raffoul/Robin West/Mark
Dvorak — Schubas, Chicago; Automelodi/Fee Lion/Club Music
— Sleeping Village, Chicago; Michael Serafini/Garrett David/
Miss Twink USA/Lucy Stoole/Jojo Baby/Nico/Valentine
Addams/Abhijeet — Smartbar, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Album Cover Series: Pearl - Janice Joplin — The
Venue, Aurora; Drew Lynch — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Mac
Lethal/Crypt/Earthworm/Novatore Krazed/Society/Dead
Noise — WC Social Club, W. Chicago.
MONDAY 9
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Metal Bingo
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Johnny Russler & Danny Rosado Duo
— Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Jack Broadbent w/Benjamin Jaffe — City
Winery, Chicago; Daymaker/Dares/WAD/She Speaks in
Tongues — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Omar Coleman/Guy King —
House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Lower Dens/3:Lon — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; Open Mic Comedy/Trivia/Bingo with
Burke — Reggies, Chicago; Paloma Mami/Open Mic Comedy —
Schubas, Chicago.
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TUESDAY 10
Silent Film Nite — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Trivia Nite w/Pat
O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago Underground
Comedy/Breether/JayWood/Cloudtone/Lunar Hotel — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; Anthony Moser — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Uptown StandUp! Comedy Showcase —
Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Ana Popovic — City Winery, Chicago;
Avantist/Speed Babes/The Bombats — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Open Jam — EvenFlo, Geneva; Voicebox w/Cathy Richardson/
Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill,
Chicago; First Person Live — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Russell Dickerson & Lindsay Ell — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Giles
Corey Band/Michael Wheeler Band with Peaches Staten —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Shellac/Loki’s Folly — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Noah Reid/Matthew Barber — Park West, Chicago;
Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Chelsea Cutler/Alexander 23/X
Lovers — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Pete Galanis/Dave Herrero —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Audrey Mike/Soul Had — Schubas,
Chicago; Song Circle — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers
Grove.
WEDNESDAY 11
Bohemian Rhapsody Film Sing-Along — Arcada Theatre, St.
Charles; Peter Pan/Cinderella on Ice — Arcada Theatre, St.
Charles; Trivia Night — Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Open Mic
Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Transviolet/Armors — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Open Mic — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Over The Side — Bub City,
Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Bub City, Rosemont; Dave Specter —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Pop-Up Karaoke — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Bob Weir & Wolf Bros — Chicago Theatre, Chicago;
Kasim Sulton’s Utopia — City Winery, Chicago; CIX — Copernicus
Center, Chicago; Eraserhead/Delusion Squad/Redacted —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; So Pretty (Record Release)/Diarrhea
Sprinkles/The God Awful Small Affairs — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Goodnight, Texas/Curt Morrison’s Student Guitar Recital —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Frank
Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Heather Mae & Guest —
Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Corey Dennison Band/Michael
Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Shellac/Loki’s Folly
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Chicago mimiFest — Martyrs’, Chicago;
The Tallest Man on Earth w/Courtney Marie Andrews/Jose del
Tomate Group — Old Town School, Chicago; The Dirty Knobs
w/Mike Campbell — Park West, Chicago; Elizabeth’s Crazy Little
Thing w/Michelle Shafer — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Live
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