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John Moulder/ Pat Mallinger After Hours Jam — Green Mill,
Chicago; Saints & Sinners — Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield;
Gerry O’Keefe — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Chicago Latin
Groove — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Libido Funk Circus —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; DMX/Omar Coleman/Mississippi
Gabe Carter — House of Blues, Chicago; Identity Crisis —
Kegler’s, Crest Hill; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Bruno Major & Guest — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Second Time
Around — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Rico — Mainstage @
Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Zeta June/Tiny Bit of Giant’s Blood
— Martrys’, Chicago; Pup/Ratboys/Casper Skulls — Metro,
Chicago; The Socialites — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Rob Post
Band — Mudoon’s, Wheaton; Strung Out/Paul Strolia — Nevin’s
Brewing Company, Plainfield; Steve Roth — Niko’s R&R, Marengo;
Michael J. Miles: Pete Seger Centennial Celebration — Old Town
School, Chicago; Elka — Park West, Chicago; Star Wars Night:
Hip Hop/May The 4th Be With You (Underground Stage) —
Penny Road Pub, South Barrington; Unincorporated/Two Ton
Anvil/Blackmarket Democracy — Penny Road Pub, South
Barrington; Madman Jam Night — Pheasant Run Resort, St.
Charles; Pet Rock — Port Of Blarney, Antioch; Bryan Wallick —
Ravinia, Highland Park; DJ Erge & DG Q/DJ Trilogy — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Dennis
DeYoung: Grand Illusion 40th Anniversary Tour — Rosemont
Theater, Rosemont; The Brook & The Bluff/Jamie Drake/The
Midwesterns — Schubas, Chicago; Snap Shot — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; The Hat Guys — Slapshots, Midlothian; Meat Wave —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Sassmouth/Nikishoesheh/Riglow/
Fuj/Please/Doriangrays — Smart Bar, Chicago; Nate Smith/
Kinfolk — Space, Evanston; 4Cast — Square Celt Ale House,
Orland Park; Emo Night/Cypher Chicago — Subterranean,
Chicago; Styx/Heart & Fleetwood Mac Tributes — Sundance
Saloon, Mundelein; Arra — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Butterfly In
Traffic — Tangled Roots Brewing Co., Ottawa; IAMX — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Adelitas Way/Blacklite District/American Sin/ZFG —
The Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The
Owl, Chicago; The Remedy/Joe Fascetta — The Piazza, Aurora;
Fool House — The Quarry, Lemont; Lizzo/Tayla Parx — The
Riviera, Chicago; MC Magic/Lil Rob/Amanda Perez/Akwid/Lil
Rob/Amanda Perez/Akwid — The Vic, Chicago; Caroline Lucius
/Scott & Odie/Chris Rawlins — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago; Faction — Underground Lounge, Chicago; Ariana
Grande — United Center, Chicago; Blue Nitro — Uptown Lounge,
Chicago; Julian Jumpin Perez — Venuti’s VLounge, Addison;
Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 5 MAY
Carpacho y Su Super Combo — 210 Live, Highwood; Metal
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Church/Doro of Warlock/Images of Eden — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Scottie Long/School of Rock/Wes John/Marlon
Longid — Art in Wilder Park, Elmhurst; The Whiskey Brothers —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Ben Tatar — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Chicago Wind Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Spike & The Spitwads/Smokin’ Gunz — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Combichrist/Silver Snakes/One
Steel Wound/Consume The Divide — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Footloose the Musical — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Simple Remedy — Bub City, Rosemont; Gracie Curran — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Temptations & The Four Tops —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Herb Alpert & Lani Hall — City Winery,
Chicago; Vince Amore/The Real Thing Feat. Diva Montell/Jeri
Maria & Brian James — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Saicobas —
Constellation, Chicago; Otis — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Matthew
Shukin — Cuzin’s, Blue Island; Joe Orozco — Cuzin’s Pub,
Midlothian; Gravy Train/Nikki Love Project/The Jades — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Film School/Mint Field/Poison Arrows —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Fifth House Ensemble — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Aly & AJ/Joe Moss Band/Tom Holland/
Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam w/Linsey
Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Picture This/Future
Feats — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Ironwood — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Moonrunners Music Fest: Amigo The Devil/Lonewolf
OMB/20 Bands — Reggies, Chicago; Lil Ed & The Blues
Imperials — Rosa’s, Chicago; Derek Hough — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Tim Atlas/Rich Jones/Carlile/The Tell — Schubas,
Chicago; Mewithoutyou — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Hot Club of
Cowtown — Space, Evanston; Seaway/The Edwards/Sour
Widows — Subterranean, Chicago; 16 Candles/Today’s Trade —
Switch on Summer @Buckingham Fountain, Chicago; DJ Spin —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Cinco De Mayo Fiesta — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Alexandra Blair/Nikki Morgan & Aly Jados —
Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; Ariana Grande — United
Center, Chicago.
MONDAY 6
Extraordinary Popular Delusions/Irontom/Ember Oceans/
Earthgrazer — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Frank Busch From Wheelhouse
— Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Nancy And Beth: Megan Mullally &
Stephanie Hunt — City Winery, Chicago; Helllo Weekend — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Sinclair Express/Snake Oil Bandits — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Modern Vices/Town Criers/Kachi — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Zara Larsson/Dave Specter/Omar Coleman —
House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW Williams & The
Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Matt Maeson/
Betcha — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Soul Avengers — Martrys’,
Chicago; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo With Burke — Reggies,
Chicago; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials — Rosa’s, Chicago;
88glam — Subterranean, Chicago; The Fundamental Kink/
Mermaid N.V. — The Owl, Chicago.
TUESDAY 7
Trivia Night with Pete Berwick — Austin’s, Libertyville; Trivia
Nite w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago
Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel/
Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mark Lanegan Band/
Simon Bonney — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont;
Carlos Showers — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Al Green —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Nancy And Beth: Megan Mullally &
Stephanie Hunt — City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic — Empire,
Naperville; Ziemba/Claude/Simulation — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Nick Moss Band/Guy King — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles
Corey/Mike Wheeler/Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Iceage/Nadah El Shazly/No Men — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Andy Black/The Faim/Kulick — Metro, Chicago; Mr.
Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; NCT 127 — Rosemont Theater,
Rosemont; Deluxe Editions w/AJ Marroquin — Schubas,
Chicago; Karaoke w/Jason — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Deer Tick
w/Courtney Marie Andrews — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Snow Patrol
/We Are Scientists/Ryan McMullan — The Riviera, Chicago;
Saltwater Tap/Rainne — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Daniel Lamar R&B Open Mic — Water Hole, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 8
Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; The Greeting Committee/Swatches
— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Cursive/Mewithoutyou/The Appleseed
Cast — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Blaze Bayley/Wraith/
Reflexicon — Brauer House, Lombard; Over The Side — Bub City,
Chicago; Griffin Crowder — Bub City, Rosemont; The Special
‘20s — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Mariza — City Winery,
Chicago; Hypnotist Jeff Jay — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Demob
Happy & Special Guests — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Wedding
Banned — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Winter/Feels/Brass Calf/
Stephen Malkmus — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Typhanie Reinvents
Disco — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Joanna Connor — House
of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Nick Waterhouse/Mattson 2 — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Tiny Country — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Valley Of The
Sun/Bellringer/Elhae/NBDY — Reggies, Chicago; Julia Jacklin/
Black Belt Eagle Scout — Schubas, Chicago; The Steel Wheels
— Space, Evanston; Magix King & The Lifestyle Band —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Heffernan Lemme — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Blind Adam & The
Federal League/Will Bennett & The Tells — The Owl, Chicago;
Santigold — The Vic, Chicago; Tiny Shoulders/Venus Effekt/
PianoPat93 — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago; The
1975 — United Center, Chicago; Low-Reen Maxwell St. Market
Blues Jam — Water Hole, Chicago.
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concert previews, news, and reviews.
THURSDAY 9
Hot Rocks — 210 Live, Highwood; Angel w/Starz — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Last
Dinosaurs/French Police — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express
w/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Romantiques
— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Broncho/
Kirin J Callinan/Planet What — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Brushville — Bub City, Chicago; Linsey Alexander — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Ryan Burns — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The
Smokes/The Psychodelics/Super Thing — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Wear Your Wounds/Uniform — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Bourbon
‘N Brass Feat. Nicole Kestler — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
Cary Kanno — HB Jones, Elmhurst; Mindy Smith — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
My Brightest Diamond/Tunde Olaniran — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Lost Pyramids — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Do Re #MeToo - A
Concert of Sexist Pop Songs We Hate To Love — Metro, Chicago;
Willie Watson/Kate Rhudy — Old Town School, Chicago;
MOSHULU/Xavier Breaker — Reggies, Chicago; Dallas Moore
Band/Craig Gerdes Band — Reggies Music Joint, Chicago; Tynan
— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Pete Galanis/Dave Herrero —
Rosa’s, Chicago; Justin Jesso — Schubas, Chicago; Karaoke
w/BT — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Ife/Sonorama — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Kayy Drizz/Z Soniat/Kona FM/JS Alvarez — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra) — Space,
Evanston; AJ Mitchell/Marteen/Brynn Elliott — Subterranean,
Chicago; Actual Wolf — Tangled Roots Brewing Co., Ottawa;
Perturbator w/Gost/Replicant — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Signs of
The Swarm/Depths of Hatred/Sentinels/Brand of Sacrifice —
The Forge, Joliet; Ground Up Showcase — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Good Clean Fun — Venuti’s VLounge,
Addison; Hurricane Reggae Band — Water Hole, Chicago; Deja
Vu — ZaZa’s, Clarendon Hills.
FRIDAY 10
70’s FM Rockumentary — 210 Live, Highwood; Martin Barre
Celebrates 50 years of Jethro Tull — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
One Foot In The Groove — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Tyler Krienitz
— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Supreme Patty/Kush Papi/Millz/
Dracovii — BaseCamp, Lisle; Last Dinosaurs/Texas King — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
That’s What She Said/Mike Dangeroux Band & The Tropics —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Smoking
Popes/Flatfoot 56/The Sidekicks/Sincere Engineer — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press/Hunks
Male Review — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Jackson Taylor
& The Sinners w/Guests/Rat Salad — Brauer House, Lombard;
Dan Peters — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; The Grand Central —
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