TUESDAY 1 MAY
Bounty Hunter / Gasoline & Matches— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Trivia Nite w / Pat O’ Malley— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Yung Gravy / BBNO $— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; Vino Louden— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Covergirls— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Los Gold Fires / Sleeping Jesus / Luke Henry— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Wayne Baker Brooks / Open Mic— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; Songwriters Showcase— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Monkey Wrench— Hideout, Chicago; Corey Dennison / Comedy Cocktail— House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor / Mike Wheeler & Peaches Staten— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Priests / Mellow Diamond / Forced Into Femininity— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Nashon Holloway / JFT— Martyrs’, Chicago; Karaoke— Q Bar, Darien; Star Wars Trivia— Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Mr. Blotto / Good Time Karaoke— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Billy Croft & The 5 Alarm— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Pete Galanis & Friends— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Juanes / Mon Laferte— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Jeremy Loops— Schubas, Chicago; Hot Club of Cowtown— Space, Evanston; Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Steven Wilson w / Paul Draper— The Vic, Chicago; Open Mic— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Chicago Symphony Youth Orchestra— Wire, Berwyn.
WEDNESDAY 2 MAY
Open Mic— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Blues Jam w / Big Ray & Chicago’ s Most Wanted— BLUES, Chicago; Coax & Folks— Bub City, Chicago; The Special 20’ s— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Terrapin Flyer— Chop Shop, Chicago; Eliane Elias— City Winery, Chicago; Mer’ s Music Showcase— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Madman Open Mic— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; I AM Fest / Carl Banks / Open Mic— Elbo Room, ChIcago; Fire-Toolz / Wei Zhongle / Health & Beauty / Fran— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Pro Jazz & Blues Jam— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Bill Overton Quartet / Lady Beaver & The 24th Street Wailers— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Paper Machete / Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Frank Catalano Sextet— Green Mill, Chicago; In One Ear— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Wham City Comedy— Hideout, Chicago; Ten Foot Tail / Way Back Wednesday— House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey / Corey Dennison— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Space Face / Fun House—
Martyrs’, Chicago; Sofi Tuckker / Kah-Lo / LP Giobbi— Metro, Chicago; Patsy O’ Brien & Deck Hensold / Dayme Arocena— Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago; Super Bob— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Star Wars Trivia— Q Bar, Darien; Star Wars Trivia— Q Bar, Plano; Invisible Inc./ Live Band Karaoke— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Lurrie Bell— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever / Clearance— Schubas, Chicago; Caitlyn Smith w / Andrew Davidson— Space, Evanston; DJ / Karaoke— Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Jorja Smith w / Ama Lou— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Odd Movie Bingo w / Dead Alive / DJ Rad B / The Graduate / Sickeee— The Owl, Chicago; Steven Wilson w / Paul Draper— The Vic, Chicago; Tongues Unknown— Tonic Room, Chicago; Bella Button / Kayla Jean Colvin— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Ian Leith / Lena Sutter / Heather O’ Neill / Matt Pittman— Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 3 MAY
Albert Castiglia— 210 Bar, Highwood; Gene Simmons w / Guest Teeze— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Hovvdy / Half Waif / Jodi / Options— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Moods— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers— BLUES, Chicago; Hooten Hallers / The Hay Shakers— Brauer House, Lombard; Suburban Cowboys— Bub City, Chicago; Alex Zayas— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Louis Futon / Luminate— Chop Shop, Chicago; The Ides of March w / Jim Peterik— City Winery, Chicago; Natalia Lafourcade / Augusto Bracho— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Jeremy Mederich— Cubby Bear, Chicago; My Country Film Event— Dirty Nellie’ s, Palatine; I AM Fest / Sterling / Hannah Von Der Hoff / Seamus Delaney— Elbo Room, ChIcago; Follakzoid / Lumerians / Dead Feathers— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Nick Bell Band— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Bitters / Mary Lane & The No Static Blues Band / Scott Tipping Trio— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Andy Brown Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Michael Paterson— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Plastic Crimewave Syndicate / Wet Tuna / Gubler & Matt / Ash & Herb / Devil In A Woodpile— Hideout, Chicago; Country Night— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Rollover / Hayley Kiyoko / Nicholas Barron / Live Burlesque— House of Blues, Chicago; Maggie Rose / Them Vibes— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Mike Wheeler— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Lara Bell— M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Morry Sochat & The Special 20’ s / The Flay Cats— Martyrs’, Chicago; Smokepurpp / Larry June / Lil Mosey— Patio Theater, Chicago; DJ Chris Ullrich & Ian Spacee— Q Bar, Darien;
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Chris Murray / Saint Jhn— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Home Free— Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Live Band Karaoke— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; James Wheeler Blues Jam— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; The Suffers / Krystal Metcalfe— Schubas, Chicago; Solo / Daryll Mellowman / Manifest Residents— Smart Bar, Chicago; Joshua Hedley w / Nora O’ Connor— Space, Evanston; ABK— The Forge, Joliet; Sober Luck / Green Noise— The Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Makeness— The Vic, Chicago; Uushkhy / Bonzo Terks— Tonic Room, Chicago; Good Clean Fun— Venuti’ s, Addison; Tall Green Pines / Alabaster / Promise Takers / The Artist Formerly Known As Vince— Wire, Berwyn; Drew Roberts of The Niche— ZaZa’ s Tavola, Barrington.
FRIDAY 4 MAY
Brothers & Others / Rollover— 210 Bar, Highwood; Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night / The Box Tops— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Ebony & Ivory— Ballydoyle, Aurora; EZFM— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Pulp Fusion— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Friday Jackson Duo— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Fueled by Ramen Live Tribute— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Soda / Spoken Four— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials— BLUES, Chicago; Bullet To The Heart / Chainwax / Stars Aligned / Grain of Sands / Stitched Apart / Ken Markovic / Shock Treatment / The Handsome Devilz— Brauer House, Lombard; The Moods— Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Reece Phillips— Bub City, Chicago; Over The Side— Bub City, Rosemont; John Primer / Mzz Reese— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; John Cusack Live & Screening of High Fidelity— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Mitis / Prxzm / Party Nails— Chop Shop, Chicago; Cosculluela & Nio Garcia / DJ Ozone / G Rhythm— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Sarah Geronimo— Copernicus Center, Chicago; David Lopez / Trick Shooter Social Club / 60 Cycle Hum— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Alex Zayas— Cuzin’ s Pub, Tinley Park; Concentric / 3’ s & 7’ s / White Pony— Dirty Nellie’ s, Palatine; Ready, Set, Dance DJs— Doc’ s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Blue Shield Band— Dock’ s Bar, Wauconda; Sam Savage Trio— Draft Picks, Naperville; Mike Mains / Kyle Cox / Wicyc / Chnnll / Shiny Penny— Elbo Room, ChIcago; Modern Day Romeos— Empire, Naperville; Hard Country Honky Tonk w / The Hoyle Brothers / Sara Shook & The Disarmers / Thelma & The Sleaze / The Family Gold— Empty Bottle, Chicago; One: Metallica Tribute— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; 97Nine— Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; Cactus Pricks— Fitz’ s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Mike
Tragorra’ s All Star Jam / Jenny Bienemann & Friends— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Eddie Money( Silver Creek)/ Chris Behre( CBar)/ One Night Band( Hard Rock)— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Femmes of Rock— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Chris Foreman / Jenny Schienman & Allison Miller’ s Parlour Game / After Hours Jazz Jam— Green Mill, Chicago; Stripped— Gruben’ s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Simply Sounds— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Flabby Hoffman Show— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band / Sunwatchers / Olden Yolk— Hideout, Chicago; Good Fellas— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Chicago Latin Groove— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Melodic Rock Fest— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; The Pheromones— Hoppy Pig, Bradley; Minus The Bear / The Good, The Bad, The Blues / Mike Wheeler Road— House of Blues, Chicago; Gil La Paz— Incontro A Tavola, South Barrington; Luke Schmitt & The Cold Cold Ones— Jimmy’ s Grill, Naperville; DJ OC— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; C-Factor— JW Hollstein’ s, Tinley Park; Ron Stark— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Neal Rudnik— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor / Duke Tumatoe— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Small Town Girl— Level 257, Schaumburg; Melvv / Kidswaste— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Six String Crossing— Lucky Star, Bartlett; Earth Lodge / The Drafts / Honeystone / Nightlife / Velours— Martyrs’, Chicago; Peter Hook & The Light performing Substance— Metro, Chicago; Stosh— MT Barrels, Schaumburg; Hot Rize w / Brennan Leigh & Noel McKay— Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago; The Freddy Jones Band / Jeff Coffey— Park West, Chicago; Heartache Tonight / Badge— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Back Country Roads— Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Whiskey Road— Q Bar, Darien; Jeff Sheppard / Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Hairbangers Ball / Julian Jumpin Perez & DJ Q— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Nora Jean Band w / Brian Lupo— Rosa’ s Lounge, Chicago; The Brevet— Schubas, Chicago; Floorplan / John Barera / Specter— Smart Bar, Chicago; Dale Watson— Space, Evanston; In The Stix— Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; DJ / Karaoke— Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Dead Kennedys / TSOL / Bollweevils / Gay Black Republican / Evil Genius— The Forge, Joliet; David’ s Bazaar— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Zoofunkyou— Tonic Room, Chicago; Chris Trapper w / Ben / Lyla June & Friends— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Underground Live— Underground Lounge, Chicago; R-Gang— Venuti’ s, Addison; Charles & Company— White Eagle Restaurant, Niles; Invoking Black Death Fest— Wire, Berwyn; Rescue Dogs— Zach’ s on Tap, Palos Heights; John Moran Trio— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights.
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