Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Metal Bingo
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Villa Park Punk Night — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Senn Alan Band — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns
Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Sinead
O’Connor — City Winery, Chicago; Brett Penny/100% Cement/
Forced Into Femininity/Stressica — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago; Tom Holland & The
Shuffle Kings/Joanna Connor — House of Blues, Chicago;
Sixteen Candles — Impact Fuel Room, Libertyville; Corey
Dennison Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Louder Than A Mom
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; Open Mic
Comedy/Trivia/Bingo with Burke — Reggies, Chicago; Blanks/
Guest — Schubas, Chicago; Dogs At Large — Sleeping Village,
Chicago. Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Open Mic
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City,
Chicago; Junkyard Groove — Bub City, Rosemont; The Special
20’s — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Pop-Up Karaoke — Carol’s
Pub, Chicago; Alejandro Escovedo Feat. Don Antonio & Alex
Ruiz — City Winery, Chicago; The Red Delicious/Magnetfunk —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Sam Trump & The Soul Vortex/Native
Sun — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Ivy Ford/Jarod Bufe Quartet —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/Frank
Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; Keri Johnsrud Quartet
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Leslie Odom Jr./Joanna Connor
/Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison
Band with guests — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Asgeir — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Chicago Blues Legends Jam Night — Martyrs’,
Chicago; The Revelers — Old Town School, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; Blues Jam w/Lil Ed Williams —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; The Off Days/Fundamental Kink/
Broken Robots — Schubas, Chicago; Meshell Ndegeocello —
Space, Evanston; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Leo Dan/
So Tacky: Next Tack Model — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
TUESDAY 17 THURSDAY 19
Young Dolph/Key Glock — The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Overtime/
Jake Lacoste/Chandler/Mesus/Steve O’Brien/Whiteboy
McKoy — WC Social Club, W. Chicago.
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Owl, Chicago; Fool House — The Room, Highland, IN; St. Pat’s
Party w/Rollicking Irish Fun — The Venue, Aurora; Allen Stone/
Samm Henshaw/Andy Suzuki & The Method — The Vic Theatre,
Chicago; Kreyol Roots (Edgewater)/Iris Marlowe (Album
Release) w/Cowboy Jackie (Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground,
Chicago; Gabriel Iglesias — United Center, Chicago; DJ Q —
Venuti’s, Addison; Origin/Beneath The Massacre/Defeated
Sanity/Left To The Wolves/Torn The Fuck Apart/Xenopredator
— WC Social Club, W. Chicago; Tributosaurus Becomes: U2 —
Wire, Berwyn; Flipside — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 15 MARCH
Cactus/Kashmir — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; The Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Ali Barter/Miss Jamie
From The Farm — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; McHenry Shamrocks
The Fox w/Vinyl Goldmine/Modern Day Romeos/Cirrus Falcon
— Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Lucki — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Robbie Gold — Bub
City, Rosemont; Liz Mandeville — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Rendition/Liquid Courage Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Sinead O’Connor — City Winery, Chicago; The McCartney Years
— Club 210, Highwood; The Wonder Years/Free Throw/Spanish
Love Songs/Pool Kids — Concord Hall, Chicago; Music of The
Beatles for Kids — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Anna Meredith/The
Underground Youth/Lorelle Meets The Obsolete — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Bill O’Connell’s Skyliners — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Soul
Jazz Night w/Joel Paterson Trio w/Chris Foreman/Uptown
Poetry Slam — Green Mill, Chicago; Finger on The Trigger/Jazz
Brunch w/Alyssa Allgood — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Jazz
Brunch: Alyssa Allgood/Finger on The Trigger — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Nigel Mack/Dragonforce/Mike Wheeler/
Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Lucy Grau Y Su
Orquesta — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Blues Jam with Linsey
Alexander and his Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Colony
House/Tyson Motsenbocker — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; McNulty
Irish Dancers — Mickey Finns, Libertyville; Molly Tuttle — Old
Town School, Chicago; Aida Rodriquez/Erik Rivera/Jerry Garcia
— Park West, Chicago; Tomarum/Terranaut — Reggies, Chicago;
Thundercat/Guapdad 4000 — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Bad Bad
Habits/Jenny Bienemann — Schubas, Chicago; Control Top/
Weeping Icon — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Derrick Carter/
Michael Serafini/Garrett David — Smartbar, Chicago; Laura
Doherty & The Heartbeats/Albert Cummings — Space,
Evanston; End of The End/Buggin Out/Constraint/Side Action
/Big Laugh — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Murder By Death/Amigo the Devil — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die/Bitney/Bach 303 — The
Hideout, Chicago; Fox Valley Jazz Big Band — The Venue, Aurora;
MONDAY 16
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration/American Rogues/Mike Courtney
/Knights of Ballydoyle/The Ploughboys/U2 Hype — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; St. Patrick’s Day Party/American Rogues/Knigts of
Ballydoyke/Mike Courney/The Whiskey Brothers/U2 Hype/
Aidan O’Toole w/Fiddler Chris Bain — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Chicago Underground Comedy/Tribute Night — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Rosemont; TBA — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Don
Diego Trio — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Lady Lamb — City Winery,
Chicago; The Celtniks — Club 210, Highwood; 7th Heaven/Sal
& Izy — Empire, Naperville; Open Jam — EvenFlo, Geneva; The
Hoyle Brothers/Tim Gleason — Firewater Saloons, Edison Park;
Classical Blast — Firewater Saloons, Mt. Greenwood; The Shams
Band/Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green
Mill, Chicago; The Joyce Boys — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Mago De La Oz & Liran Roll — House of Blues, Chicago; St.
Patrick’s Day Party — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Giles Corey
Band/Michael Wheeler Band with Peaches Staten — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Wiil Rock/Morning Show/Irish Bruch/
Beamish & Bagpipers — Mickey Finns, Libertyville; Mr. Blotto —
Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Bendigo Fletcher/Minor Moon — Schubas, Chicago;
Disco Crystall — Sleeping Village, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 18
Dermot Kennedy — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Trivia Night —
Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Open Mic Night — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Ceschi Ramos/Moodie Black — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke
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Blake Shelton — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; David Bowie Alumni
Tour — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Everclear — Arcada Theatre,
St. Charles; Dueling Pianos — Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Trivia
Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Lindsay Bowman — Bub City, Chicago; TBA — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; John Ballantyne’s Crazy Heart — Carol’s Pub,
Chicago; Pee Wee’s 35th Anniversary Tour w/Paul Reubens —
Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Alejandro Escovedo Feat. Don
Antonio & Alex Ruiz — City Winery, Chicago; Beatles Trivia with
Professor Moptop — Club 210, Highwood; Bruno Major/Adam
Melchor — Concord Hall, Chicago; Phil Circle (Album Release
Party) — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Damo Suzuki’s Network — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — EvenFlo, Geneva; Phil
Angotti & Friends/Jeremy Pinnell, Joe Wortell & The Natural
Law — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; J&D Just Friends — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Jeffery Gaines/Cassidy and The Music — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Olivia O’Brien/Corey Dennison/Windy City
Duo — House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor Band — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Cox N’ Crendor — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Marty
Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives — Old Town School, Chicago;
Victor Torres — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Spin — Rivers Casino,
DesPlaines; Lake Soda/Head/Contorno — Schubas, Chicago;
Midwest Action Showcase — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Niki Kitz
/Miss Scarlett/Delilac Phox — Smartbar, Chicago; The
Districts w/The Kids — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Pontac (Album
Release)/The Lawrence Peters Outfit — The Hideout, Chicago;
Silversun Pickups/The New Regime — The Vic Theatre, Chicago;
Good Clean Fun — Venuti’s, Addison; The Raven Age/Cole
Hollow/Revolution/Righteous and The Few — WC Social Club,
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W. Chicago; Double Treble — Za Za’s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 20 MARCH
Mr. Speed — Art Theatre, Hobart, IN; Deja Vu — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; The Hat Guys — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Dina Bach
— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Thunder Road/Austin Edwards — Base
Camp, Lisle; Early Eyes — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Chicago Wind
/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic
— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Microwave/Elder
Brother/Save Face/Dogleg — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The
Bread Machine — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Foreigner &
Co/Dream Police/All Star Grateful Dead — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Cort Carpenter — Bub City, Chicago; Lindsay Bowman
— Bub City, Rosemont; NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Over The Side — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Ides of March/
Mas Kaos — Cheers, Midlothian; Pee Wee’s 35th Anniversary
Tour w/Paul Reubens — Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Tisoki X
Minesweepa — Chop Shop, Chicago; Eric Roberson — City
Winery, Chicago; Mr Blotto — Club 210, Highwood; Veinias/Pale
Horseman — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Ekali/William Black/Juelz
— Concord Hall, Chicago; Kombii/IRA — Copernicus Center,
Chicago; Dark Star News/5th Star Band/Led Pig/Butterfly In
Traffic — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The Niche Duo — Doc’s Victory
Pub, Elmhurst; Pat McCurdy — Durty Nellies, Palatine; James
Supercave — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Simply Sound — Evanston
Pub, Evanston; Windy City Dueling Pianos — EvenFlo, Geneva;
Rachel Drew & Rob Newhouse/Ike Reilly Assasination —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; JKon — Fremont, Chicago; Terry Byrne —
Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Aubrey Logan — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Members Only — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; 413/
O.N.S.E.T — Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Chippendale’s 2020
Get Naughty/House of Boylesque Male Revue/Sheryl
Youngblood/Matt Hendricks — House of Blues, Chicago; Rise —
Huntley Bowl, Huntley; The Hodgetwins — Impact Fuel Room,
Libertyville; Gil Delapaz — Incontro A Tavola, S. Barrington;
Motown Nation — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Superfly Redneck — JW
Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Nora Jean Burso/Joanna Connor
Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Little People Frameworks/
Yppah — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; 6Kitty/Grosso Brothers Band —
Live Wire, Berywn; The Trouble Notes — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Purple Drapes — Mickey Finns, Libertyville; Matzah Rella — MT
Barrels, Schaumburg; Makena Hartlin Duo — Offshore @Navy
Pier, Chicago; Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives — Old
Town School, Chicago; Morteza Barjesteh/Arash/Angelina/
Fahrad — Park West, Chicago; The Marcatos/Open Jam — Penny
Road Pub, Barrington; Funkaccino — Q Bar, Darien; Double
Treble — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Liam Nugent — Reefpoint Brew
House, Racine, WI; Possessed/Pestilence (Music Joint) —
Reggies, Chicago; The Queers/The Dollyrots (Music Joint) —
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