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Band Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies,
Chicago; Diamond Jim Greene — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Gladie
/Discus/Boo Baby — Schubas, Chicago; Gentle Heat/Wombo/
Sad Baxter/Sunblood — Sleeping Village, Chicago; DJ Spin —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Best Coast w/Mannequin Pussy —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Acoustic Bluegrass feat. Tiny Country Duo
— The Venue, Aurora; Everglow — The Vic Theatre, Chicago;
Chicago Soul Jazz Collective — Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 12 MARCH
Dueling Pianos — Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Trivia Night —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Acoustic Generation — Beacon Tap, DesPlaines;
Spite/Varials/Orthodox/I AM/Dealer — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Of
Montreal/Lilly and Horn Horse — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Anthony Orio — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Johnson — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Joe Wortell & The Natural Law —
Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Bob Weir & Wolf Bros — Chicago Theatre,
Chicago; Tony Ocean — Club 210, Highwood; Sanction/
SeeYouSpaceCowboy/Vamachara/Typecaste/Crow Killer —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Avail/Dillinger Four — Concord Hall,
Chicago; Dead To Rights — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Fennesz/
Britton Powell — Empty Bottle, Chicago; PBJ — EvenFlo, Geneva;
Ian Leith — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; McLennon — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Duke Tomatoe — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; ZZ
Ward/Hector Anchondo/Corey Dennison — House of Blues,
Chicago; Lanco/Tyler Rich — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Sech/Dalex
— Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joanna Connor Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Everytime I Die/Nothing/LURK/Guerrilla Warfare/
High Priest — Metro, Chicago; The Tallest Man on Earth w/
Courtney Marie Andrews — Old Town School, Chicago; Double
Treble — Quarry, Lemont; Bongzilla/Mod Sun/ Something Is
Waiting — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Spin — Rivers Casino,
DesPlaines; Blues Jam w/Mary Lane — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Allah-LasTim Hill/Perma Cough — Schubas, Chicago;
Protomartyr/Negative Scanner/Monica Plaza — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Flower Food/Erika Gluck/Kona FM —
Smartbar, Chicago; Kat Edmonson/Matt Ray — Space, Evanston;
Durand Jones & The Indications w/Not Lovely — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — The Forge, Joliet;
Songwriters Showcase — The Venue, Aurora; Rick Lindy & The
Wild Ones — Venuti’s, Addison; And Hell Followed With/Brojob/
Weeping Wound/Station 6/The Eldritch Grimoire — WC Social
Club, W. Chicago; Glass Mansions/Prismatix — Wire, Berwyn;
Gypsy — Za Za’s Tavola, Barrington.
Steve Aoki — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Bay City Rollers —
Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Switchback & New Element — Art
Theatre, Hobart, IN; Kevin from Arra w/April/Craic —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Wild Colonial Bhoys — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; One Night Band — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Jay Cherry —
Bar Evolution, Batavia; Ska Night: Selectones/Shooter McGavin
— Base Camp, Lisle; Chicks With Picks — Beacon Tap,
DesPlaines; Holy Wave/Les Tropic — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Luke Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Sean
& Charlie/American Pie — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Mike Tafoya Band/Laugh’s in Lombard/TNT Chicago —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Raleigh Keegan — Bub City, Chicago;
Sunfallen — Bub City, Rosemont; Omar Coleman — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Retro Unplugged — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover
Park; Anthony Orio — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Little Big Town —
Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Boombox Feat. The Backbeat Brass —
Chop Shop, Chicago; Squirrel Nut Zippers — City Winery,
Chicago; Coco Montoya/Ronnie Baker Brooks — Club 210,
Highwood; Yoshi Flower/Sam Austins — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Elohim/Bahari/Mehro — Concord Hall, Chicago; The Laughing
Hearts/Pretty Pleased/Audio Monkeys — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Kevin Presbrey & The Midwest — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
Focal Point — Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; Tiny Moving Parts
— Durty Nellies, Palatine; Rookie (Record Release)/Girl
K/Tobacco City/OM/Wovenhand/Huntsmen — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — EvenFlo, Geneva;
Toronzo Cannon — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Kid Clay — Fremont,
Chicago; Bluegrass Brunch: Burnt Biscuits — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Michael McDermott — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; This End Up — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Shout Out —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Gaelic Storm/Mike Wheeler Band/
Mississippi Gabe Carter — House of Blues, Chicago; Evo —
Huntley Bowl, Huntley; Mike & Eileen — Incontro A Tavola, S.
Barrington; Cadillac Groove — Jamos Live, Mokena; Whiskey
Road — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Rico McFarland
Band/Joanna Connor Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Gashi —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band/The
Black Oil Brothers — Martyrs’, Chicago; Henry JBC Acoustic —
Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Drive-By Truckers/Kelsey Waldson —
Metro, Chicago; Woogie — Mickey Finns, Libertyville; Johnny
Russler & The Beach Bum Band — Offshore @Navy Pier, Chicago;
The Tallest Man on Earth w/Courtney Marie Andrews — Old
Town School, Chicago; Second Dimension — Penny Road Pub,
Barrington; Scott Wilcox — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI;
Weedeater/Goddamn Gallows/The Mizzerables/ Bad Bad
Meow — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Q & DJ Erge — Rivers Casino,
DesPlaines; Nora Jean Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Dayglow
/Ritt Momney/Adam Green/Nation of Language — Schubas,
Chicago; Winter Jam w/Crowder/Andy Mineo/Passion/Louie
Giglio/Building 429/Red/Austin French/Newsong/Riley
Clemmons/Ballenger/Zauntee — Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates;
Wish You Were Here/Derek Ted/Safe Bet — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Christy Love/DJ Heather/Leesh — Smartbar, Chicago;
Alfonso Ponticelli — Space, Evanston; Sal & Izy — Stage Left,
DeKalb; My Metal Heart — Station 34, Mt. Prospect; Cal
Scrugby/Twelvetrees/Ginger Root/One Hour Party/Ruby
Watson (Album Release) — Subterranean, Chicago; Mississippi
Heat — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Andrew Santino — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Habibi/Cam’s Jams — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Fess
Grandiose — The Owl, Chicago; John Nemeth — The Venue,
Aurora; Blood Orange/Tei Shi — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Blind
Hills — Two Way Street Coffee House, Downers Grove;
Bonzie/Dan Kazenel (Edgewater)/Sprig of That w/Max Subar
(Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; The Moods —
Venuti’s, Addison; Sounds of A Seattle Knight/Pearl Jam
Tribute Chicago/Super Unknown/Junkhead — WC Social Club,
W. Chicago; Tributosaurus Becomes: U2 — Wire, Berwyn; Ray
Gavin — Zia’s Lago Vista, Chicago; Blake Alexander — Zia’s
Trattoria, Edison Park.
SATURDAY 14
Eddie Collins — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; The Revivalists —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; The McCartney Years (Theatre)/Flat
Cats (Speakeasy) — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; RaptorRex
Recordings Showcase — Art Theatre, Hobart, IN; Reilly —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; The Wild Colonial Bhoys — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Soda — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Bert’s Revenge
— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Kegs and Eggs St. Patrick’s Day —
Base Camp, Lisle; St. Paddy’s Day Celebration w/Classical
Blast in Kilts — Beacon Tap, DesPlaines; Bad Omens/Oh,
Sleeper/Thousand Below/Bloodline — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Gina Glocksen Band — Bedrocks, Shorewood; Jeorge Holmes —
Bella Mia, Midlothian; McHenry Shamrocks The Fox w/
Serendipity/Dublin Duo/Band X/7th Heaven — Blarney Island,
Antioch; Luke Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Carlos Ramos Band — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Truth/Meso/Sicaria Sound — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; U2 Hype/The Country Night/Mechanical Bull —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Kingdom Collapse/Silent
Truth/Fool’s Brew/Riff Raff/Jae Mansa — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Rick Lisak & Friends — Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Garrett Speer/Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Anthony Orio —
Bub City, Rosemont; James Armstrong — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Paranoid Justice — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park;
Eskimo Brothers — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Little Big Town —
Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Boombox Feat. The Backbeat Brass —
Chop Shop, Chicago; Sinead O’Connor — City Winery, Chicago;
Ides of March — Club 210, Highwood; Fabulous Fucking Fabian
Fest w/Vicious Attack/Johnny Vomit/First Jason/Squared
Off/Battle Royale/Space Change Band — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Blunts & Blondes/Sundockta/Bawldy/Smokahauntas
— Concord Hall, Chicago; Boy Band Review — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Chi-Town Sessions Band — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park;
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Poison’d Crue — Dock Rotz Tavern, Minooka; 4-Play Chicago —
Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; The Remedy — Draft Picks,
Naperville; Pom Poko/The Curls/Laverne — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; The Gruve/LynSkynryd — EvenFlo, Geneva; St.
Patrick’s Day Festival — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Bumping Mics w/
Jeff Ross & Dave Attell — Genesee Theatre, Waukegan; The
Paper Machete/Orrin Evans Trio/Pat Mallinger & Company —
Green Mill, Chicago; Michael McDermott — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Planet Groove — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Planet
Groove — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; The All Stars — Home Bar,
Arlington Heights; Shamrock 2020/Gaelic Storm/Keithen
Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Gavin Coyle — Jimmy’s Grill,
Naperville; The Ron Burgundy’s — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Sixteen
Candles — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Crosstown Classics — JW
Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Rico McFarland Band/Joanna
Connor Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; BBNO$/Lentra —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Black Angus — Live Wire, Berywn;
Without U2/Tin Lynott — Martyrs’, Chicago; St. Paddy’s
Celebration — Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Devin Townsend/The
Contortionist/Kaken — Metro, Chicago; Fitz & Celts/
HearthFire/Soul Kitchen — Mickey Finns, Libertyville; Run
Forrest Run — MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Jess Piano — Niko’s
R&R, Marengo; Brecken Miles — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern,
Woodstock; The Tallest Man on Earth w/Courtney Marie
Andrews — Old Town School, Chicago; Melvin Seals & JGB/jen
Hartswick — Park West, Chicago; Judas Rising/War Pigs/
Prowler/Obessesion — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; St.
Patrick’s Day Madness w/The Mad Poets — Phyllis’ Musical Inn,
Chicago; Portrait of Sound/Kashmir — Q Bar, Darien; Lights
Out Chicago/Stoneblue — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Anthem —
Quarry, Lemont; Grimm Brothers — Reefpoint Brew House,
Racine, WI; Cactus (Carmine Appice)/Psychedelic Blue (Joint)
— Reggies, Chicago; The Tossers/Avondale Ramblers/
Siderunners (Club) — Reggies, Chicago; Julian Jumpin’ Perez &
DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; This Must Be The Band/
Phenom/Emcee Skool — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Big James &
The Chicago Playboys — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Ramon Ayala
— Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; Strung Out — Salerno’s,
Hodgkins; Dayglow/Ritt Momney — Schubas, Chicago; Anthony
— Shoeless Joe’s, Schiller Park; Jacques Green Live/Martyn
Bootyspoon — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Lady D B2B Psycho-
Bitch — Smartbar, Chicago; Frank Orrall — Space, Evanston;
Classical Blast in Kilts — Station 34, Mt. Prospect; Neffex/The
Orphan Poet/Deal Casino/The Commision — Subterranean,
Chicago; Night Train/Rok Brigade — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Murder By Death/Amigo the Devil — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Fit
For A King/Chelsea Grin/Crystal Lake/Alpha Wolf — The Forge,
Joliet; Ohmme/V.V. Lightbody/Roy Kinsey/Fran/Wyatt Waddell
— The Hideout, Chicago; Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The
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