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e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
WEDNESDAY 1 MAY
Bill Porter Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Howie Mandel —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora;
Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove; Monks of
Doom/Arriver/Soft Jolts — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Blues Jam
w/Big Ray & Chicago’s Most Wanted — BLUES, Chicago; My
Dog Junior/Superkick — Brauer House, Lombard; Joe Fascetta
— Bub City, Rosemont; Lil Walter Tribute — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Jack DeJohnette/Joe Lovano/Esperanza Spaulding &
Leo Genovese - The Spring Quartet — City Winery, Chicago; Rob
Thompson Magic — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Black Label
Society/Atomic Bitchwax — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Seth
Mercer — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Moonshine Kids/The Marquees
— Elbo Room, Chicago; Make Sica/Stander (Record Release)/
Imelda Marcos — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Tom Garling Jazz
Orchestra — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Return2Soul —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Lovelytheband/Abel Gallardo/Funky
Mojo Band/Keithen Banks — House of Blues, Chicago; Florence
& The Machine/Blood Orange — Huntington Bank Pavilion @
Northerly Island, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Dengue Fever/Dos Santos — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes Black Sabbath —
Martrys’, Chicago; The Drums/Tanukichan — Metro, Chicago;
Peelander Z/Private Investigators/Subservients — Reggies,
Chicago; US99 Country Class of 2019 w/Brandon Lay/Ryan
Hurd/Mitchell Tenpenny/Rachel Wammack — Rosemont
Theater, Rosemont; Harry Mack/Devmo — Schubas, Chicago;
Westonworld — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Resilience Benefit —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Juan
Atkins w/Traxx — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Jeff Ruby/Chantel
Charis/Artist Formerly Known as Vince — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Low-Reen Maxwell St. Market Blues Jam —
Water Hole, Chicago.
THURSDAY 2 MAY
GMiV Led Zeppelin/Real Pretenders — 210 Live, Highwood;
Chvrches w/Cherry Glazerr — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Trivia
Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Ebony & Ivory — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Klaus Johann Grobe/Vinyl Williams — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; BTS Express w/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Alan Turner & The Steel Horse Band — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; JW Williams & The Chi
Town Hustlers — BLUES, Chicago; Footloose the Musical —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Tire Swarm/Season Opener/
Nekromantix — Brauer House, Lombard; 32 Below — Bub City,
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Chicago; Ivy Ford — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Del
McCoury Band w/Mile Twelve — City Winery, Chicago; Turnover/
Turnstile/Reptaliens — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; The
Simple Remedy — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Khary/Curtis Roach/
One Punch — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon ‘N Brass Feat.
Angel Spiccia — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Dave Weld & The
Imperial Flames — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Tom Holland/
Overkill/Rodney Brown — House of Blues, Chicago; Darell &
Brytiago — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; The Score/Lostboycrow/Overstreet — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Split Hook — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Kodak
Black/Calboy/Sniper Gang — Patio Theater, Chicago; DORO/
Metal Chuch/Images of Eden/Wrath — Reggies, Chicago;
Howling Giant/Gromuloud/Cloud Cruiser/Purepilot — Reggies
Music Joint, Chicago; Country Night w/Jin & Tonic — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Pete Galanis/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Drew Doepke Trio — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Skating
Polly/Monsterwatch/Dendrons — Schubas, Chicago; Karaoke
w/BT — Shaker’s, Ottawa; The Felice Brothers — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Elena Columbi/Hi-Vis/Zooey Glass — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Paul Thorn Band — Space, Evanston; Wretch/
Blake — Subterranean, Chicago; Crumb/Divino Nino — Thalia
Hall, Chicago; The Native Howl — The Forge, Joliet; Sean Green/
Ted Tyro/Fran — The Owl, Chicago; Welcome To The Dungeon/
Tamar Braxton/Trina — The Riviera, Chicago; Hurricane Reggae
Band — Water Hole, Chicago; Tony Ocean Show — ZaZa’s,
Clarendon Hills.
FRIDAY 3 MAY
Rico/Soulshine: Allman Brothers Tribute — 210 Live, Highwood;
Banda MS — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Adventure Club w/Rito
Ten/Sullivan Kings/Dirt Monkey/Tynan/Blanke & INZO —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Glenn Hughes — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Shytown — Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Too
White Crew — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Heat Wave
Orchestra — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Deacon Frost — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Soda — BaseCamp, Lisle; Lee Camp/Eleanor
Goldfield/Krish Mohan/Awkward Sex & The City — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies/Sticky Scissors — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Yheti/NastyNasty/
Easybaked — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Footloose the Musical —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Soil/Flaw/Beyond Threshold
/Orion Nine/The Outfit/A Silent Truth/Among The Living/
Among The Essence — Brauer House, Lombard; Scott Wilcox —
Broken Oar, Port Barrington; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago;
Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Rosemont; Claudette Miller/Win
Noll — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Kashmir — Cheers,
Midlothian; Ben Platt — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Diva’s Dance
Band — Club Arcada, St. Charles; MC Lars/MC Frontalot/Mega
Ran/Schaeffer The Darklord — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony/BoomBox/Artifakts — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; The Bank Notes — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Mighty Joe DJ
/Acoustic — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; The Mix — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Westmore/Billow/Common Threads — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Orville Peck — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon ‘N
Brass Feat. Angel Logan — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Boy
Band Review — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake; ABBA The Concert — Four
Winds Casino (Silver Creek), New Buffalo, MI; PS Dump Your
Boyfriend — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock Cafe, New Buffalo, MI;
Chris Foreman/John Moulder Quartet/After Hours Jam —
Green Mill, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — Gruben’s Uptown
Tap, Plainfield; Ginger/X-Side — H.O.M.E. Bar, Arlington Heights;
Bobby Rex Band — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Frances Luke
Accord/Ryan Joseph Anderson — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Jack & Jack/Mississippi Heat/Corey Dennison — House of
Blues, Chicago; Mike Walters Trio — Incontro A Tavola, S.
Barrington; Scott Dae Sherry — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Jessie
James Decker/The Sisterhood Band — Joe’s Live, Rosemont;
Rocks Off/Who’s Next — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Jimmy O. &
Rhonda Lee — Kegler’s, Crest Hill; Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Strand of Oaks/Apex Manor — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Delta Rising — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Audio Wise
— Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Hairbanger’s Ball/Kevin Presbrey
— Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Chick Corea & Bela
Fleck — Old Town School, Chicago; Bobcat Goldthwait & Dana
Gould — Park West, Chicago; Tomb Raiders/Hot Sofa/Red
Moons — Penny Road Pub, South Barrington; Gil DelaPaz —
Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles; Mustard Plig/Planet
Smashers/Chris Murray/Beat The Smart Kids — Reggies,
Chicago; Hight Spirits/Savage Master/Castle — Reggies Music
Joint, Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez/DJ Q — Rivers Casino, Des
Plaines; Luca Kiella Cheillini (EP Release) — Rosa’s, Chicago;
The Australian Bee Gess — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Holler
N Honey — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Delicate Steve/The
Muckers — Schubas, Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstar — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Knife Knights — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Shed/
Aurora Halal/Ariel Zetina — Smart Bar, Chicago; Chick Correa
& Bela Fleck — Space, Evanston; Carnage The Executioner/
Jesse I Heart Tour/Field Medic — Subterranean, Chicago;
Kickin’ & Pickin’ — Tangled Roots Brewing Co., Ottawa; Nikki
Glaser — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Unforgiven/Freak On A Leash/
Too Fighters/Concentric — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Adam
Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; Dick Diamond & The Dusters —
The Quarry, Lemont; Lizzo/Tayla Parx — The Riviera, Chicago;
Buckethead — The Vic, Chicago; Bitter Mary/Peggy Tenderass/
Gross Guitar Girl — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Translation Dance Music Event — Underground Lounge, Chicago;
R-Gang — Venuti’s VLounge, Addison; Tributosaurus becomes
Black Sabbath — Wire, Berwyn; Simply Sound — World of Beer,
Evanston; Rescue Dogs — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 4 MAY
The Grass is Dead/Kurt Allen Band — 210 Live, Highwood; Deja
Vu — 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Banda MS — Allstate Arena,
Rosemont; The Little River Band/Buckethead — Arcada Theater,
St. Charles; Scottie Long — Art in Wilder Park, Elmhurst; 40Hz —
Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Ebony & Ivory — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; In The Stix — BaseCamp, Lisle; Lee Camp/Eleanor
Goldfield/Krish Mohan/Awkward Sex & The City — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Jim Bulanda — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey/
Mundo Beat.Smarty Pants — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Smash Kings/Karma Committee — Blue Chip
Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Family of the Year/Hollis
Brown — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; 16 Candles/Footloose the
Musical — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Who’s Who/TNT
Chicago — Brat Stop, Kenosha, WI; 8 Track w/Rok Brigade —
Brauer House, Lombard; David’s Bazaar — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Vibration Foundation — Broken Oar, Port Barrington;
32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; Adairs Run — Bub City, Rosemont;
Joanna Connor/Chicago Blues Angels — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Vinnie & The Drop Tops — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover
Park; Bill Maher — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Herb Alpert &
Lani Hall — City Winery, Chicago; Bobby & The C Notes — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; Listener & Birds In a Row/Quentin Sauve
— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Bopology! — Concert in Lilacia Park,
Lombard; Michael Schenker Fest w/Doogie White, MSG
Rhythm Section & TD Clark — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; The
Bread Machine — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Mighty Joe — Cuzin’s
Pub, Midlothian; Flashdrive — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Mike &
Joe — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; The Science Project/McLuhan —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Glitter Moneyyy — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Bourbon ‘N Brass Feat. Dakota Horvath — Evanston Rocks,
Evanston; The Gingers — Firewater Saloon, Chicago; BBI — Four
Winds Casino-Hard Rock Cafe, New Buffalo, MI; Paper Machete/
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