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Reggies, Chicago; DJ Q & Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines;
Caribou/Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Pete
Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Amanda Miguel Y
Diego Verdaguer — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; Zoofunkyou
/King of Mars/Desmond Jones — Schubas, Chicago; Badass
Women of Chicago History/DJ Leslie D — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Sam Devine/Monki/Deepsmith — Smartbar, Chicago;
Dustbowl Revival/Smooth Hound Smith — Space, Evanston;
Koco Lite Duo — Stage Left, DeKalb; Infinity — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Polica w/Wilsen — Thalia Hall, Chicago; The
Subliminal Verses/Killer of Giants/Sandblasted Skin/
Concentric — The Forge, Joliet; Horse Lords/Olivia Block — The
Hideout, Chicago; Boogie T/Boogie T.Rio/So Down — The Vic
Theatre, Chicago; Eric Lugosch — Two Way Street Coffee House,
Downers Grove; Carly Glenn/Bridey & Megan Hosack
(Edgewater)/Van Isaacson/Lean Jean & Jenna Borzak
(Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Nick Cannon
Presents Wild ‘N Out — United Center, Chicago; The Mix —
Venuti’s, Addison; Wedding Banned — WC Social Club, W.
Chicago; Mariah Colon (EP Release)/Max Lomeli/Mila La
Morena/Constantine/Jei — Wire, Berwyn; James Libera — Zia’s
Lago Vista, Chicago.
SATURDAY 21 MARCH
Jeff Dewbray Duo — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; The Eye / Dylan
Matthew — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Mr. Speed (Theatre)/Sam
Savage (Speakeasy) — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles; Wanted: Bon
Jovi Tribute — Art Theatre, Hobart, IN; Libido Funk Circus —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Last Call — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Six To
Midnight — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Sal & Izy — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; Hi Infidelity — Base Camp, Lisle; Citizen/Glitterer/
Snarls — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Jim Bulanda — Bella Mia,
Midlothian; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Pop Smoke — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Wedding Banned —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Beggars Baquet/Physical
Graffiti — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen &
The Neilsen Trust (BHouse Live) — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Straight Jacket Romance/Faded Flannel (Bar) — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Acoustically Sound — Brazen Head, Crestwood;
Gerald & Camille — Broken Oar, Cary; Johny Cochran — Bub City,
Chicago; Cort Carpenter — Bub City, Rosemont; New Orleans
Beau — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Lindsay Bowman/David
Paige Duo — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Chicagoland CRUE Tribute
Fest — Cheers, Midlothian; Deals Gone Slack — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Eric Roberson — City Winery, Chicago; Hot Water
Music — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Framing Hanley/TBA — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Big City Trip — Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Industrial
Drive — Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; Whiskey Thunder — Draft
Picks, Naperville; Dos Santos/Cordoba/Fanita Banana DJ Set —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Shoop Dogs/Disco Night w/Superfly
Symphony — EvenFlo, Geneva; Simple Remedy — Firewater
Saloons, Mt. Greenwood; Terrance Simien & The Zydeco
Experience/Ralph Covert’s Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Grant Milliren & Matt Jordan w/Olivia Ports —
Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Amy Robbins — Fremont,
Chicago; Miranda Sings — Genesee Theatre, Waukegan; The
Paper Machete/Boom Tic Boom/Pat Mallinger & Company —
Green Mill, Chicago; Sonny & The Combovers — Harp & Fiddle,
Park Ridge; Backyard Tire Fire w/Edward David Anderson/
Anderlik & Dorfman Bluegrass Brunch — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; The All Stars — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Rod
Tuffcurls & The Bench Press/Haus of Drag w/DJ Lucy Walk/
Blue Olives/Windy City Duo — House of Blues, Chicago;
Kashmir — Impact Fuel Room, Libertyville; Aaron Williams Band
— Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Giorgos Tsalikis — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Then Again — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Midlife Crisis
1999 — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park; Nora Jean Burso/
Joanna Connor Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Vundabar/
Boycott/The Ophelias — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; PriMary/Still IL
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Huntsmen/Cloud Cruiser/Planetsexplode
— Metal Monkey, Romeoville; Marlon & The Shakes — Mickey
Finns, Libertyville; My Metal Heart — MT Barrels, Schaumburg;
HiFi Superstar — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Ginger Road — Niko’s
Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Fear Experiement — Park West,
Chicago; Careful Gaze/Rematch/Third Step/The Throwbacks/
Lost Generation/These City Lights/Judah Michaels & Georgio
Moran — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Monster/Shock The
System — Q Bar, Darien; Arra — Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Nick
@Knight Vegas Show — Quarry, Lemont; Steve Watts —
Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; Cerebro Negro/Los Cadejos
(Comedy Shack)/Vio-lence/Dysphoria (Club) — Reggies,
Chicago; The Bombpops/Tightwire/Billy Liar (Joint) — Reggies,
Chicago; Ray Eng & DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, DesPlaines; The
Floozies/Sunsquabi/Defunk — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; The
Blues Doctors w/Adam Gussow & Alan Gross/Jimmy Burns —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; La Adictiva Bands San Jose De
Mesillas — Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont; The Hat Guys —
Salerno’s, Hodgkins; Palehound/Adult Mom — Schubas,
Chicago; Vic Lombardi & The Chicago Seven — Shoeless Joe’s,
Schiller Park; Sweet Cobra/Rlyr/Salvation — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Laurel Halo/Beta Librae DJ Set/Sold — Smartbar,
Chicago; Peter Mulvey — Space, Evanston; Sick-Tired/No-Mas/
Needle/Minimum Wage/Asassins — Subterranean, Chicago;
Hairbangers Ball — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Doube Treble/
Jimmy Nick — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; The Hodgetwins — The
Forge, Joliet; Horse Lords/The Hecks/Fetter — The Hideout,
Chicago; Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago;
Heavy Metal Horns — The Venue, Aurora; Nikki Glaser — The Vic
Theatre, Chicago; Psychostick — Top Fuel Saloon, Braidwood;
Melody Angel w/Royce Lovett (Lakeview)/James Taylor Tribute
(Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Electro Retro —
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Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Julian Jumpin Perez — Venuti’s, Addison;
White Pony/Lethal Dose/Beneath The Hollow/Extraction Point
— WC Social Club, W. Chicago; M Crew Chicago — Zachary’s Bar,
Palos Heights. Schubas, Chicago; Petrol Girls — Sleeping Village, Chicago.
SUNDAY 22 TUESDAY 24
Molly Hatchett (3pm)/Carrot Top (7pm) — Arcada Theatre, St.
Charles; The Joyce Bros. — Ballydoyle, Aurora; The Whiskey
Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Jarod Facknitz/Funtime
Surprise — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; My Child’s Life Matters/Soul Patch Monkey/
Stupid Faschist/Boats/Glow Ups — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Willie Buck — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Liquid Courage
Kraoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Eric Roberson — City Winery,
Chicago; Sinatra Sundays/Bill Pantle — Club 210, Highwood;
Hot Water Music — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Shout Section Big
Band — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Soul Jazz Night w/Joel Paterson
Trio w/Chris Foreman/Uptown Poetry Slam — Green Mill,
Chicago; Nonny Namaste Brunch/Jaz Brunch: Kettle Brothers
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Luca Chiellini/Lil Mosey
Certified Hitmaker/Nicholas Barron/Gospel Brunch — House of
Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam with Linsey Alexander and his Band
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mr. Dave Music Tom Petty Tribute
for Kids — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Brandon James — Reggies,
Chicago; Third Eye Blind/Saves The Day — Riviera Theatre,
Chicago; The Sonder Bombs/Elton John Cena/Woodshop Boys
— Schubas, Chicago; Sugarpulp/Safari Room/Ava Lake —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Michael Serafini/Garrett David/
Juliana Huxtable/Mindy Sherman — Smartbar, Chicago; Hunny/
Bay/Faction/Mundy’s Bay — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Galli Lucha Libre — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Insomnium/Omnium Gatherum/Seven Spires/Withering Soul/
Astillian — The Forge, Joliet; Megon McDonough — The Venue,
Aurora; Moneybagg Yo/Fredo Bang/42 Dugg/Blacc Zacc —
The Vic Theatre, Chicago; Never Better/The Burst and Bloom/
The Linden Method — Wire, Berwyn. Jonny Lyons and The Pride — Arcada Theatre, St. Charles;
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Carlton
Koldyke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; Sonic Soul
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Japan Nite — Chop Shop,
Chicago; Tom West — City Winery, Chicago; Uniform & The Body
/Dreamdecay/Sandworm/Heather Gabel DJ Set — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Open Jam — EvenFlo, Geneva; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Chicago Cabaret Week w/Paul Montondo/The Fat
Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Tom Vendafreddo & Marya
Grandy — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Smiley Tillmon Band/
Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey Band/
Demetria Taylor Blues Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Deafheaven/Inter Arma/Greet Death — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Everything Must Die/Void Vator (Comedy Shack) — Reggies,
Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Dal Niente & Ken
Vandermark — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Billie Eilish — United
Center, Chicago.
MONDAY 23
Extraordinary Popular Delusions/Knuckle Puck/Heart Attack
Man/Better Love — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/
Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Metal Bingo —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Peter Collins — City Winery, Chicago;
Chris Cresswell — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Lightning Bug/Dark
Tea — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio/Chicago
Cabaret Week w/Jeannie Tanner — Green Mill, Chicago; Breezy
Rodio/Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Tom Ryan/Hearts &
Wands/John Mead’s Conspiracy Theories — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; City Morgue/Tokyo Revenge (Club) —
Reggies, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy/Trivia/Bingo with Burke
— Reggies, Chicago; Backseat Lovers/Open Mic Comedy —
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WEDNESDAY 25
Trivia Night — Austin’s Saloon, Libertyville; Open Mic Night —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; DJ Overstreet/Estelle’s Country Line Dance —
Base Camp, Lisle; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Open Mic — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Louisianna Al — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Pop-Up Karaoke — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Bobby V — City Winery, Chicago; Superkick/Bur/The Bank
Notes — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Korine/Panic Priest/Visceral
Anatomy/DJ Club Drippy — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Smiley
Tillmon w/Kate Moss/Doug Lalli Trio — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Adam Heisler & Nick Cox of 7th Heaven — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Dread Mar I — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Corey Dennison
Band with guests — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Deafheaven/Inter
Arma/Greet Death — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Aoife Scott — Old
Town School, Chicago; Doja Cat — Patio Theater, Chicago; Live
Band Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; Tenor Madness (Joint) —
Reggies, Chicago; Vino Louden — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Dotan
/Guest — Schubas, Chicago; Haru Nemuri/Air Credits —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook;
Black Pumas/Seratones — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Neil Zaza/The
Arbitrary — WC Social Club, W. Chicago; Naomi Ashley/Andon
Davis Trio — Wire, Berwyn.
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