Chicago ; Maher Daniel / O . bee b2b / Tomas Station — Radius , Chicago ; Abigail / Fierce Atmospheres / Sinister Deed — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Maiden Chicago / Black Angus / Judas Rising — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Comedy : Midnight ) — Reggies - Shack , Chicago ; Get The Led Out — Rialto , Joliet ; John Primer & Real Deal — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Alicia Villareal — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Elle King — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Minivan / Neptune ' s Core / The Courts — Schubas , Chicago ; Eli Escobar / DJ Heather — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Flat Five / Lincoln Barr — SPACE , Evanston ; Skizzy Mars / Mallory Meek / Freak on a Leash — Subterranean , Chicago ; Wolf Rd / Hardly / Glory Days — Subterranean , Chicago ; Pharoah Daluvgod — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Dead Ass Podcast — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Kevin Trudo — The Venue , Aurora ; Eric Pedigo / Laura Glyder — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Parov Stelar / DJ El Siciliano — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Caskey / Moppy / Chemical Warfare — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Late Night : Calvin Evans ( 11pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Paul Virizi — Zanies , Chicago ; Pat Tomosulo — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 5
Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Monster Jam — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Andy Brown / Jordan Baskin — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Deal ' s Gone Slack / Three Blue / Teardrops — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Mod Sun / Stand Atlantic / Pardyalone — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Beatles Brunch ( Noon ) — City Winery , Chicago ; Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts — City Winery , Chicago ; Garden Unit — Constellation , Chicago ; Chicago Grandstand — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Windy City Ramblers — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Badflower — House of Blues , Chicago ; Adele Givens — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Columbia College Jazz Ensemble — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Club Romo — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Sierra Ferrell / Jaime Wyatt — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Russell Thomas — Madcats , Palatine ; Chofis Sessions ( 8pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives — Old Town School of Music - Mauer Hall , Chicago ; Grumpy Gaucho ( 5pm ) — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Harold Green / Cherrelle Cherisoul Sullivan — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Sobs / SMUT — Schubas , Chicago ; Astrobrite / Bleary Eyed / Gentle Heat — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Flat Five / Lincoln Barr / Fankadesi — SPACE , Evanston ; Chappel Roan / Nena Dee / Diamond / Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; Peter Oprisko — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Music of Talking Heads ( Kids Show 11am ) — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; What We Said — Thalia Hall , Chicago ;
Album Covers : CSN — The Venue , Aurora ; Morgan Ray — Zanies , Chicago ; Dr . Bill Miller — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 6
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz Orchestra — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; John Papa Gros — City Winery , Chicago ; Brigette Calls Me Baby / Weekend Run Club — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Gracie Abrams — House of Blues , Chicago ; Tito Carillo — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Chicago Moth Storyslam — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Dogs In A Pile / Lunar Ticks — Martyrs , Chicago ; Terry Byrne — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Zack Fedor & Long Goodbyes — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Music & Sports Trivia — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; King Pari — Schubas , Chicago ; Soft and Dumb / Caution / Discus / Fauxdeep — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Reilly Downes / Pinkerton Raid / Nicholas Johnson — SPACE , Evanston ; GHais Guevera / Tabby / Student 1 — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic & Karaoke : Co-Parents — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Bill Callahan / Pascal Kerong ' A — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Chico Beam — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 7
Windy City Ramblers — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Post Sex Nachos / Ava Beathard / Midcentury Lllama — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Aunt Nance — Carol ' s , Chicago ; Steam Irish Quartet & Gleeson Trio — City Winery , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; John Primer & Teardrops — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Margo Cilker — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Gracie Abrams — House of Blues , Chicago ; Tito Carillo — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Irish Trivia — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Vulvodynia / To The Grave / Viscera — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Dave Herrero & Friends — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Je ’ raf / Iverson / Cocojoey — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Matt Nathanson / Stepehen Kellogg — SPACE , Evanston ; Low Blow / Sugarpill / Division Point — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Riz La Vie / Johan Lenox — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke : Lady Red — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Unwound The Hand — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Band with Naperville N . HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Chico Beam — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 8
Romel Sima / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; BTS Express / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Riverside / Cyberiam Duo — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Open Jam : Jimmy Burns — Buddy Guy ' s
Legends , Chicago ; J Boog / Likkle Jordee — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Aida Rodriguez — City Winery , Chicago ; Handsome Devilz / Evil / Key Suspects — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; RNB vs . Hip Hop — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Chris Greene Quartet — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Karaoke — Heroes West , Lemont ; Flat Cats — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ari Lennox — House of Blues , Chicago ; Jazz Jam — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; JP Cooper / Loviet — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; ILE — Metro , Chicago ; International Women ' s Day — Old Town School of Music - Mauer Hall , Chicago ; Margo Cilker / Tobacco City — Old Town School of Music - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Trivia — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Nebula / Atomic Bitchwax / Cyclone Eye — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Modernlove / Miette Hope — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Skooter ' s Idol — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Joon — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Dirty Brass Band — SPACE , Evanston ; Band Royale / Lost in a Name / High Diver — Subterranean , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Unwound The Hand / Des Yeux — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Totally Rad 90s Party — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 9
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Roofdogs / Hydrone / Bascinets — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City , Chicago ; Morry Sochat Special 20s — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Pony Bradshaw — Carol ' s , Chicago ; Moon Hooch / COFRESI — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Ruthie Foster — City Winery , Chicago ; Free Throw — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Skech185 / Jyroscope / Defcee — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Freedy Johnston / Dag Juhlin — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Christian Larumbe — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Daisychain / La Rosa Noir / Julia Morrison — G Man Tavern , Chicago ; Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Michael McDermott — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Kang Daniel — House of Blues , Chicago ; Open Mic Comedy — House of Blues , Chicago ; Bobby Broom — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; VÉRITÉ / Sizzy Rocket — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Open Mic — Pollyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Vinyl Night — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Dollyrots / Von Tramps / Run Around — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ;
Joey J . Saye / Rosa ' s All Stars — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Carlie Hanson / Halo Boy / Senses — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Open Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Leo Kottke — SPACE , Evanston ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J . Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Donny Benet / Well Well Well — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Terrapin Flyer — The Venue , Aurora ; Noah G . Folwler / Juatin Sconza — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Wisfuneral / Almighty Airmayne / Chisongwriter — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Moses Storm — Zanies , Chicago ; Shane Torres — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 10
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Tony Do Rosario / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Winery Dogs / District 97 — Arcada , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale , Arlington Hts .; Tantric — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Cave Ma ' am / Invisable Cartoons / Furious Frank — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Kim Chi — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Buzz Worthys — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Martin McDaniel — Bub City , Chicago ; Joe Fascetta Trio — Bub City , Rosemont ; Joanna Connor — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; The Vultures / Polly on the Wall / Kelsey Montanez — Burlington , Chicago ; Pat Reedy & Lonsome Goners — Carol ' s , Chicago ; Sneezy / Chicago Loud 9 / Wyatt Wadell — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Elle Varner — City Winery , Chicago ; Novembers Doom / Havron / Blood Stained Deck — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Elderbrook / Nasaya / Erez — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Lara Driscoll Trio / Firm Roots ( Album Release ) — Constellation , Chicago ; Eric Johnson — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Friko / Waltezer — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Vanessa Collier — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Doodire Lo — Forge , Joliet ; Purple Xperience — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Karaoke Jam — G Man Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / G Thomas Allen — Green Mill , Chicago ; Omar Coleman — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Ultrabeat — Hard Rock Casino - HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Michael McDermott — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nora O ’ Connor — Hideout , Chicago ; Ari Lennox — House of Blues , Chicago ; JR DeGuzman — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Bobby Broom — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Morgan Wade — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Lyny / Stooki Sound / Fly — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Win Noll & Rocking Souls — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Os Mutantes / Ghost Funk Check illinoisentertainer . com for concert previews , news , and reviews . continues on page 26
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