SUNDAY 30 APRIL
Close To You: Music of The Carpenters— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Signs of Lies / One Steel Wound— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; The Whiskey Bros.— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Mary Macaroni— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Nashville Electric Company / Bernie Glim & The Country Roads— Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Billy Flynn & Friends— BLUES, Chicago; Ethan Bell Band— Bub City, Chicago; Simple Remedy— Bub City, Rosemont; Hardcore For Houds / Crime Spree / Bad Sons / The Short Timers / Shitizen— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Hakon Kornstad: Tenor Battle— Constellation, Chicago; First Jason / Gorphanage / Devangelist / Fool’ s Brew— Elbo Room, Chicago; Bill O’ Connell’ s Chicago Skyliners / Kelly High School Jazz Band— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Gospel Brunch / Doktu Rhute / Corey Dennison— House of Blues, Chicago; School of Rock Chicago— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; School of Rock Mokena— Q-Bar, Darien; Spring Revival— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Chicagodeep / Taelue / Michael Serafini / Garrett David— Smart Bar, Chicago; Queen! w / Chicagodeep / Taelue / Michael Serafini / Garrett David— Smart Bar, Chicago; Layla Frankel( EP Release)/ Max Subar— Space, Evanston; Blaklite Productions— Star Bar, Chicago Ridge; Modern Chemistry— Subterranean, Chicago; Sunday Funday— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Twin Forks— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Mountains For Clouds / Forfeit / Lettering— The Burlington, Chicago; Matinee Series Kid Friendly Music— Township, Chicago; Michael Braunfeld w / Chris Rawlins / Opera Inter Alia— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Rock 4 Autism w / Mr. Blotto / Dave Allen / Johnny V & The Killer Bzzz / Smokey & Friends— Wire, Berwyn.
MONDAY 1 MAY
The xx / Sampha— Aragon, Chicago; Our Fathers / Hot Flash Heat Waves / Honeystone / Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns Blues Band / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Balance and Composure / From Indian Lakes / Queen of Jeans— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Robbie Gold— Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Eddie Jobson / Marc Bonilla— City Winery, Chicago; Sabaton / Leaves Eyes / Battle Beast— Concord, Chicago; Funky Monks— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Buzzed Spelling Bee— Elbo Room, Chicago; Divino Nino / Paul Cherry / Cafe Racer / Head— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Pub Trivia— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Hinda Hoffman( Record Release)— Green Mill, Chicago; Weeds Poetry Open Mic— Hideout, Chicago; Andrew
Diehl & The Nightmen / Joanna Connor— House of Blues, Chicago; JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers / Corey Dennison— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Juliana Hatfield / Pool Holograph— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Kilgubbin Brothers— Martyrs, Chicago; School of Rock Mokena— Q Bar, Darien; Improv Night w / Sand and Spitballin’/ Open Mic— Quenchers, Chicago; Hexxus / Trivia Night / Bingo w / Burke— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Jillette Johnson / Zeke Duhon— Schubas, Chicago; Kinky Friedman / Brian Molnar— Space, Evanston; Melo Makes Music / Ajani Jones & Morelove / Triple— Subterranean, Chicago; Porn & Chicken / Candyland— The MID, Chicago; Sinema Obscura: Sunset Rock / Escape From Tomorrow— Township, Chicago.
TUESDAY 2 MAY
Silent Film Night: Terror Island w / Jay Warren on Organ— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Nite— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Pete Ellman’ s Big Band Live Jazz— Base Camp, Lisle; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel Band / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Charlie Love— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Whose Line is It Anyway?— City Winery, Chicago; Testament / Sepultura / Prong / Dying Gorgeous Lies— Concord, Chicago; Hello Weekend— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Secrets, Lies & Alibis— Elbo Room, Chicago; Acid Mothers Temple / Babylon / Axis: Sova— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Corey Dennison Blues Band / Open Mic— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; Mick & Ben / David Singer— Hideout, Chicago; Pub Trivia— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Nigel Mack / Clean Bandit / Mike Wheeler— House of Blues, Chicago; Justin Neese— JW Hollstein’ s, Tinley Park; Joanna Connor / Mike Wheeler— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Superfly Redneck— Mackell’’ s Inn, Chicago; Bob Mamet / Fareed Haque / Subhi— Martyrs, Chicago; Wit Rabbit Reading / Bobco Open Mic Poetry— Quenchers, Chicago; Mr. Blotto— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends / Dave Herrero— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Eric Donner— Salerno’ s, Hodgkins; Serengeti / Ceschi / Chisme / Paulie Think— Schubas, Chicago; Mona / Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; Snooze / Bosley Mongo / Canker Blossom / Ribbonhead / Chicken Happen— The Burlington, Chicago; Desiigner / 16yrold— The Vic, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 3
Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Trivia Night— Base Camp, Lisle; Monobody & So Much Light / Pyramid
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Scheme / Malci / Splice Series / Keefe Jackson / Skyler Rowe / Aaron Zarzutzki / Peter Mauna— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Judson Brown Band— Bub City, Chicago; Makena Hartlin— Bub City, Rosemont; Little Walter— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Whose Line is It Anyway?— City Winery, Chicago; Nerdvana— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Clybourn’ s Alley / Nuworld Flood / Forever Kyra / Open Mic— Elbo Room, Chicago; Pond / Kirin J Callinan— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Sidebar Sessions w / New Standard Quintet— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Todd Rundgren— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Frank Catalano Sextet— Green Mill, Chicago; The Family Gold Glass Mountain— Hideout, Chicago; Giles Corey / Corey Dennison— Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Slants / Two Filipinos / Speaker: Simon Tam— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes... Elvis Costello— Martyrs, Chicago; GuGu Drum Group— Old Town School, Chicago; DJ Tony Trixx— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Ponds & Fleshman / Anna Soltys & The Familiar— Quenchers, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Reilly Hill / Flatline Chicago— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Superpoze / Topaz / Spa Moans— Schubas, Chicago; The Brothers Comatose w / Emory Gap— Space, Evanston; As It Is / Pkew Pkew Pkew / Brightfight / Rat Hammer / Nervous Passenger— Subterranean, Chicago; Slowdive / Japanese Breakfast— The Vic, Chicago; Marianne Sullivan Karaoke— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Drew & Ket( Lakeview)— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Ron Carroll / Don Parra / Dante— Underground, Chicago; Cinco de May-ham— Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 4
Deadmau5— Aragon, Chicago; Ritchie Kotzen of The Winery Dogs— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The Dip / Fat Night / Swamp Heat— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Karaoke— Bedrocks, Shorewood; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Tire Swarm Kickoff w / The Royal Hounds— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Bobby McClendon— Bub City, Chicago; Mike Dangeroux— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Eilen Jewell w / Leland Sundries— City Winery, Chicago; I Am Fest Battle of The Bands— Elbo Room, Chicago; Stef Chura / Richard Album & The Singles / Pledge Drive— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Whistling Dixies— Firewater Saloon, Chicago; Elmhurst College Jazz Band— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Rock Out for Sarah’ s Inn— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar / Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Cary Kanno— HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Sanctified Grumblers / ClickHole— Hideout, Chicago; Karaoke & Trivia— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings / Trey Songz / Mississippi— House of Blues, Chicago; Mike Wheeler— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Raleigh Ritchie / Ric Wilson— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Big C Jamboree / The Amazing Heeby Jeebies— Martyrs, Chicago; Vulfpeck / Joey Dosik— Metro, Chicago; Royal Bliss / Faded Flannel & Mudfish— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Damien Christian Wilburn / Cory Call / Michael Dean Damron / Hi Ho / Blind Adam— Quenchers, Chicago; Moonrunners Music Festival: The Hang Union / Dead Man String Band / Mikey Classic & His Lonesome Spur / Comedy With A Cause— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Brass Buckle— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Melody Angel / James Wheeler Blues Jam w / Lil Ed Williams— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Overcoats / Yoke Lore— Schubas, Chicago; DJ SJ / Jena Max— Smart Bar, Chicago; Joe Ely w / Jason Eady— Space, Evanston; Matthew Logan Vasquez / David Ramirez / Reggae Gold— Subterranean, Chicago; Cygnus Loop / Bernie & The Wolf / Ghos. Pirate— The Burlington, Chicago; Karaoke— The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Post Paradise— Township, Chicago; Chris Dupont( Edgewater)— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Thursday In The Dark w / DJ Rock City— Underground, Chicago; The Mix— Venuti’ s, Addison; The Blackout Diaries w / Sean Flannery— Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 5
Rockstar Rodeo / Johnny Justice Reunion Show— 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Deadmau5— Aragon, Chicago; Queensrÿch— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Pistol Pete Band— B. L. U. E. S., Chicago; Zahar / Jim Pape / Stern Approval— Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Girl Power— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Covergurl— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Soda Lite— Bar Evolution, Batavia; White Reaper / No Parents / Modern Vices— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Hello Nuvo— Bedrocks, Shorewood; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Neverly Brothers / Crawpuppies— Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; The King of Mars / Friday Pilots Club / Mynor— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Karaoke— Brazen Head, Crestwood; Joe Fascetta— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Bobby McClendon— Bub City, Chicago; Kevin Presbrey— Bub City, Rosemont; Chicago Wind / Deitra Farr & Matt Skoller / Michael Charles— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Ebony & Ivory— Carlucci, Downers Grove; Karaoke— Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; Don McLean— City Winery, Chicago; Flat Cats— Club Arcada @ Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Bayside / Say Anything / Reggie and The Full Effect— Concord,
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