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THURSDAY 16
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Neil Diamond Tribute — Arcada , St . Charles ; Lawyers Rock — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Skull & Roses : Grateful Dead — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Rumor Has It — City Winery , Chicago ; Battle of the Bands — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Wonder Years / Hot Mulligan / Carly Cosgrove — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Juju Exchange — Constellation , Chicago ; All Them Witches Fest — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; NRBQ / Liam Kazar — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Killer Queen — Genesee , Waukegan ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Joyce Boys — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Open Mic Comedy — House of Blues , Chicago ; Emmet Cohen — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Watchhouse — Old Town School of Music - Maurer Hall , Chicago ; Open Jam — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; CIX — Radius , Chicago ; We Three / Casey Baer — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Zack Fedor & Long Goodbyes / Vivian Garcia — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Tim Placher & Friends — Rialto , Joliet ; Joey J . Saye / Rosa ' s All Stars — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; KingTrey / SOLOCLEO / M . e . h ./ Dagz + 1 — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Open Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Shamekia Copeland — SPACE , Evanston ; Josh Spinner & Belz / Ocean Child / Reri — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J . Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Lrlkin Poe / Michigan Rattlers — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Phantom Tollbooth / Daneza / Jake Gatsby — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Until I Wake / Dark Devine / Catch Your Breath — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Benji Brown — Zanies , Chicago ; Richard Villa — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 17
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Constatine Alexander / Chicago Calendar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Nektar — Arcada , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale , Arlington Hts .; Journey Recaptured — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Patrick Bale & Pale Ales — Basecamp , Lisle ; Smidley / Dominic Angellica — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Sloan — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Grunge Candy & Rhythm Giants — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Afroman — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Jen Flectcher & TheReckoning — Bub City , Rosemont ; Ivan Singh — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Diet Lite / Authentic Pines / Problems — Burlington , Chicago ; David Graham & Eskimo Brothers — Carol ' s ,
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Chicago ; Tedeschi Trucks — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Zach Heckendorf / Sam Hudgens — City Winery , Chicago ; We Weren ' t Invited / Hostages / Sarin — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Giorgia Angiulli / Tara Brooks / Mattheo — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Red Roses — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Dokken / Lynch Mob — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; All Them Witches Fest — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Tributosarus : Van Morrison — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Jay Leno — Four Winds - Silver Creek , New Buffalo , MI ; Coyote Man / Bad Year / Just A Mess — G Man Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / Matt Wilson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Nate Venturelli — Hard Rock Casino - HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Kenny Wayne Shepard — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Donnybrooks — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Chicago Psychfest 13 — Hideout , Chicago ; Emotional Orange — House of Blues , Chicago ; Michael Blackston — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Emmet Cohen — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Second Hand News — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; The Neighborhood — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; ¿ Téo ?/ Maesu — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Nick Bell Band — Madcats , Palatine ; The Tossers / Scott Lucas & The Married Men / The Avondale Ramblers / The Handcuffs — Metro , Chicago ; WIIL Rock Morning Show / Traditional Irish Session / The Guilties / Hearthfire — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Travelin ' McCourys — Old Town School of Music - Maurer Hall , Chicago ; Crawford ' s Daughter — Pollyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Unfunktious Duo — Pollyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Konstantina Gianni — Prsym , Chicago ; Young Nudy — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Century / Stress Angel / Wraith — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; STS9 — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Imposters in Effect — Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Pete Galanis & Friends — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Hameedullah / Ted dB — Schubas , Chicago ; Shuba / Grayson De- Wolfe — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar : Dave Rice — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Billa & Aguila — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; DJ Swisha & Kush Jones / niiiiggggaaaaa / DJ Chia Pudding — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Circles Around The Sun — SPACE , Evanston ; Bochek / Jake Gold / Old Joy — Subterranean , Chicago ; Hairmania IX Tributes — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Mr . Anthony — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Jawny / Wallice — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Irish Mystics — The Venue , Aurora ; Mark Normand — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Taj Farrant — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Benji Brown — Zanies , Chicago ; Jeff Arcuri — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 18
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Dokken / Lynch Mob — Arcada , St . Charles ; Jabroni ' s — Arlington Ale , Arlington Hts .; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Hi Infidelity — Basecamp , Lisle ; Lagoons / Jelly Ellington — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Eric Bellinger / Trevor Jackson / Nick Lavelle
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— Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; The Vultures — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Conjunto Arroyero / Apreggio / Groupo Insignia — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; South City Revival — Bub City , Chicago ; Ginger Road — Bub City , Rosemont ; Disperser / MURF / Seaxes — Burlington , Chicago ; Cropduster 4 — Carol ' s , Chicago ; Tedeschi Trucks — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Elise Trouw — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Obisoulstar — City Winery , Chicago ; Crywank — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Em Spel / Amanda De- Boer Bartlett / Mesonjixx — Constellation , Chicago ; Alright Maybes / Maria & the Coins / Kelsey Montanez — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Rod Tuffcurls & Bench Press — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; All Them Witches Fest — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Chicago Skyliner ' s / Bill O ' Connell — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Bonfire / Grindstone — Forge , Joliet ; Lil Wyte ( 7pm ) — Forge , Joliet ; Parmalee — Four Winds - Ribbon Town , South Bend , IN ; Too Hype Crew — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Celebrating Meat Loaf — Genesee , Waukegan ; Paper Machete / Matt Wilson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Laura Rain & Caesars — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Fletcher Rockwell — Hard Rock Casino - HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; The Tossers ( 10pm ) — Hard Rock Casino - HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; The Collective — Heroes West , Joliet ; Rock Nation / Hardwire — Heroes West , Lemont ; ClusterPluck — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Chicago Psychfest 13 — Hideout , Chicago ; Joshua Bassett / Bad Gayls — House of Blues , Chicago ; Michael Blackston — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Emmet Cohen — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Bijelo Dugme — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Al Spears & Hurricane — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Mike / 454 / Niontay / Semiratruth / HiTech — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karen Reshikn & Mike O ' Regan / Jaktripper — Madcats , Palatine ; Game Genie / Arc Impulse — Metal Monkey , Romeoville ; Maya Hawke — Metro , Chicago ; Winnie Cooper — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Shawn Mullins / Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams — Old Town School of Music - Maurer Hall , Chicago ; Bilmuri — Park West , Chicago ; Fool House — Piazza , Aurora ; Jack Wilson — Pollyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Bart Attacks — Pollyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Matt Keen ( 2pm ) — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Lucki / Eem Trplin — Radius , Chicago ; Disney DJ Night — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Cunning Like Cobras / Dissentence / Empty Graves — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Comedy : Midnight ) — Reggies - Shack , Chicago ; STS9 — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Bostyxx — Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Mike Wheeler Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Alacranes Musical — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; The Roots — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Ike Reilly Assassination ( 2pm ) — Schubas , Chicago ; |
Thumpasaurus / Diet Lite — Schubas , Chicago ; Dr Rubinstein / Sevron / El Niño Indigo — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Watchhouse — SPACE , Evanston ; The Courts / Moon Rules Apply / Atheena — Subterranean , Chicago ; Kenchris — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Kalela ' s Rave — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Illegal Smiles — The Venue , Aurora ; Bluefront / Candace Nicol — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Mark Normand — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Benji Brown — Zanies , Chicago ; Late Night : Calvin Evans ( 11pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Jeff Arcuri — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 19
Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Jordan Baskin — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Constatine Alexander / Chicago Calendar — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Angel City / The Outfit — Arcada , St . Charles ; Afroman — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Mike Wheeler Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Girl God — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Addison Ctr . For The Arts Fundraiser — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; Dr . Jane Goodall ( 1pm ) — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Gemini / Highvyn / FALLENS — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Gilbert O ' Sullivan — City Winery , Chicago ; Kharma / Sector / Last Wishes — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Dream Police / Piano Man — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Wild Powers / Primitive Teeth — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; St . Patrick ' s Day Celebration — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Emmet Cohen — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Skarabin Memory — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Raye — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Jazz Jam — Madcats , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Grant Milliren ( 3pm ) — Pollyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Big Ray & Most Wanted — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Whatever Mike — Schubas , Chicago ; Toledo — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Devlon Lamarr Trio — SPACE , Evanston ; Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; Peter Oprisco — Tavern on La- Grange , Countryside ; IBEYI / Annahstasia — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Jeff Arcuri — Zanies , Chicago ; Brad Upton — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 20
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Shout Section Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Nicholas Tremulis & The Prodigals — City Winery , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Our Last Night — House of Blues , Chicago ; Roosevelt University CCPA — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Metal Mon-
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