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Open Mic — Water Hole, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY
Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Chicago Blues Jam w/Big Ray &
Chicago’s Most Wanted — BLUES, Chicago; Danny Worsnop —
Brauer House, Lombard; Judson Brown — Bub City, Rosemont;
Russ Green — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; David Bromberg
Quintet — City Winery, Chicago; TJ Regul Magic — Club Arcada,
St. Charles; Cardinal Harbor — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Teen —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Marya Grandy & Tom Vendafreddo — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Joanna Connor/BBMAK — House of
Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; I Don’t Know How But They Found Me/Superet
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Wallows/Joy Again — Metro, Chicago;
Iron Reagan/Sacred Reich/Leeway/Enforced/Yacht Rockettes
/Live Band Karoke — Reggies, Chicago; Mo Lowda & The
Humble/Ma Like Bees — Schubas, Chicago; Megan Hickman/
The Shades — Sleeping Village, Chicago; WDCB — Space,
Evanston; Making Movies/Esso/Taylor Phelan — Subterranean,
Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; The Mountain
Goats w/Shana Cleveland — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Passion Pit/
The Beaches — The Riviera, Chicago; Ashley Peacock/Zion
Rodman/Cara Schauble/Jay Killman — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Low-Reen Maxwell St. Market Blues Jam —
Water Hole, Chicago; Wolf Skin/Bind The Sacrifice/The Green
Leaves/Station 6/Far Under — Wire, Berwyn.
THURSDAY 16
Soulshine — 210 Live, Highwood; Yngwie Malmsteen — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; South of
Disorder — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Honeysuckle — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express w/Shirley Johnson — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Mytyme — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; All-Star Grateful Dead Night — Brauer House,
Lombard; Slamabama — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Johnson —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Howie Day w/Emma Charles —
City Winery, Chicago; Mike Vinopal — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Blue
Buddha Band/Animal Factory — Elbo Room, Chicago; The
People Tree — Empire, Naperville; Jared James Nichols —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Prohibition Band w/ Nicole Kestler
— Evanston Rocks Bourbon & Brass, Evanston; Burton Cummings
— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Marvin Variety Show — HB Jones,
Elmhurst; Mud Morganfield — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights;
Animals As Leaders/Corey Dennison/Tom Holland — House of
Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Charlie Parr/Phil Cook — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mac’s Flying
Circus feat. The Blue Skies — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; The
Furious Bongos/Kick The Cat — Martrys’, Chicago; Lower
Automation/Disparager/Vicious Rumors — Reggies, Chicago;
Billy Croft — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Pete Galanis/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s, Chicago; Marcos Higareda — Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; Molly Burch/Bunny — Schubas, Chicago; Karaoke w/
BT — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago;
Fool House/Sealed With A Kiss — Taste of Glen Ellyn, Glen Ellyn;
The Mountain Goats w/Shana Cleveland — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Midgets With Attitude — The Forge, Joliet; Open Mic — The
Quarry, Lemont; Betty Who/Rozzi — The Vic, Chicago; Rick
Lindy & The Wild Ones — Venuti’s VLounge, Addison; Hurricane
Reggae Band — Water Hole, Chicago; Blake Alexander — ZaZa’s,
Clarendon Hills.
FRIDAY 17
Backdated w/Jay Geoppner Band — 210 Live, Highwood; Jay &
The Americans — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Shytown —
Arlington Ale House, Arlington Heights; Bounty Hunter Five —
Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Loop Rockers — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Midwestern Underground — Bannerman’s,
Bartlett; Moody Twos — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Rotton Mouth/
The Million Reasons/Local Motive/Roselia Records/The Doom
Show — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer/Demetria Taylor —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Whistle Pigs/The Mix — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Vito Zatto Show — Blue
Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; The Damned Things
— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Too White Crew — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; Master of Puppets/Profit of Metal — Brauer
House, Lombard; Mark Konzen & Jen C. — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Slamabama — Bub City, Chicago; Eric Burgett — Bub
City, Rosemont; Albert Castiglia w/LaWaundia — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Sara Evans & The Barker Family Band — City
Winery, Chicago; Davina & The Vagabonds — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; FKJ/Lou Phelps — Concord Music Hall, Chicago;
Marvin Variety Show — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Blues
Demolition — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Doors of Chicago — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; LIesl Downey/Nicholas Runkle — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Xiu Xiu/Ono/Radiant Devices — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Kashmir — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Prohibition
Band w/ Michael Ross — Evanston Rocks Bourbon & Brass,
Evanston; Modern Day Romeos — Fire Bar, Crystal Lake;
Southern Draw — Firewater Saloon, Chicago; The Mudmen —
Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Carrot Top — Four Winds Casino (Silver
Creek), New Buffalo, MI; Semple — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock
Cafe, New Buffalo, MI; Patton Oswalt — Genesee Theater,
Waukegan; Chris Foreman/Allison Miller/After Hours Jam —
Green Mill, Chicago; Stevie Craig — Gruben’s Uptown Tap,
Plainfield; Ray Bonneville — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; The
Moods — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mike Wheeler/Gasolina
Party — House of Blues, Chicago; Mike & Eileen — Incontro A
Tavola, S. Barrington; Gibson Morris — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville;
Jerrod Niemann/Chris Karabas — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago;
Superfly Redneck — Kegler’s, Crest Hill; Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; The War on Peace/Saint Aubin/Mane
Stay — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Live Music — Lincoln Park Wine
Festival, Chicago; 16 Candles/Red Carpet Riot — Long Grove
Chocolate Fest, Long Grove; Nick Bell Band — Mac’s On Slade,
Palatine; Start Making Sense — Martrys’, Chicago; Rod
Tuffcurls & The Bench Press/The Boy Band Night — Mayfest @
Lincoln Square, Chicago; There Goes The Neighborhood —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Burning Bridges/Cliff Targalia —
Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Lucy Kaplansky — Old Town
School, Chicago; Wake Squared/Blue Onyx/Time Bandits —
Penny Road Pub, South Barrington; Rhinestone DJ — Pheasant
Run Resort, St. Charles; Legions of Metal Fest: Liege Lord/
Anguish/8 Bands — Reggies, Chicago; John Primer/Steve Bell
— Rosa’s, Chicago; Run River North/Terriers — Schubas,
Chicago; Midget Wrestling — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Ona/The
Second Winds — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Eris Drew/Sevron/
Sold — Smart Bar, Chicago; Donna The Buffalo — Space,
Evanston; Manila Killa/AObeats/Kolia — Subterranean,
Chicago; Fiddlerock — Tangled Roots Brewing Co., Ottawa; 7th
Heaven/Gone Country — Taste of Glen Ellyn, Glen Ellyn; Yann
Tiersen — Thalia Hall, Chicago; NLE Choppppppa — The Forge,
Joliet; DJ Tess — The Owl, Chicago; Line Dancing Country Night
— The Quarry, Lemont; Betty Who/Rozzi — The Vic, Chicago;
Cheer Chair/Anti-Beyond/Jae Deco — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; The B-Sides — Venuti’s VLounge, Addison;
Gerald and Camille — World of Beer, Evanston; Afterglow —
Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 18
Shagadelics Dance Party — 210 Live, Highwood; All Star Review
— 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Slushii — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
The Windery Dogz — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Rob Post Band
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Arra — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Raleigh
Tuckers — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Live Music — Bark In The Park,
Soldier Field Chicago; TNT Chicago — BaseCamp, Lisle; The
Roalde Dahls/8-Bit Creeps/St. Marlboro — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; The Beat 2 — Bella Mia, Midlothian; C-Factor/Moon
Money — Blarney Island, Antioch; Total Rhapsody — Blarney
Stone Pub, Oak Forest; John Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; April’s Reign/Mystery Girls Band/Peter &
The Versatiles — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City,
IN; Arch Allies — Blue Chip Casino-Stardust Events Center,
Michigan City, IN; Fool House — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby,
Michigan City, IN; Killing Joke/The Pink Slips — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; M&R Rush/Motown Nation — Bourbon Street,
Merrionette Park; IN The Stix/Audio Wise/Midnight Rider —
Brat Stop, Kenosha, WI; Tarot Woman/Dr. Feelgood — Brauer
House, Lombard; Midlife Crisis 1999 — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Chicks With Picks — Broken Oar, Port Barrington;
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Slamabama — Bub City, Rosemont; Annika Chambers/Erin
Coburn — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Paranoid Justice —
Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; Lights Out Chicago — Cheers,
Midlothian; 13-Piece Brass Band — Civil War Days, Naperville;
Davina & The Vagabonds — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Hocico —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; R&B Only/Dauche and Jabari —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Deb Duke Vandril — Cuzin’s Pub,
Midlothian; Evo — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Charles & Company
— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Chronic Edge — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; Los Black Dogs/Halfdog/Soft Rain Airplane — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Indian/Immortal Bird/Bloodiest — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Heartache Tonight/Bourbon & Brass Band w/
Brian Patti — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Blammo — Four Winds
Casino-Hard Rock Cafe, New Buffalo, MI; The Buddy Holly Story
w/Gavin Rousseau — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Paper
Machete/Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller/ Pat Mallinger
After Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Chi-Town Sessions Band
— Gruben’s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Cirrus Falcon — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; Paul Wertico & Friends — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Retropolitan — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Blooze Brothers — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Rascall Flatts —
Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Guy King/Blue
Olives — House of Blues, Chicago; The Ron Burgundy’s/Modern
Day Romeos — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Disko Eterno/El Primer
Instinto & Insignia — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Joanna Connor
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Count The Dings/School Of Rock —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Live Music — Lincoln Park Wine Festival,
Chicago; 7th Heaven/Karma Committee/Serendipity — Long
Grove Chocolate Fest, Long Grove; My Metal Heart — Mac’s On
Slade, Palatine; Tautologic — Mackey’s Hideout, McHenry;
Saints N Sinners — Mainstage @Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Too
White Crew/Wedding Banned/The Hair Band Night/The Ron
Burgundy’s — Mayfest, Chicago; Black Pistol Fire/Emily Wolfe
— Metro, Chicago; Charlie Foxtrot — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Acoustic Social — Mudoon’s, Wheaton; American English —
Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Dean Milano — Niko’s R&R,
Marengo; Pencil Trick/413 — Penny Road Pub, South
Barrington; Nygel Ajax Band — Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles;
Matt Meyer — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; Legions of
Metal Fest: Cirith Ungol/Lighting Wolf/12 Bands — Reggies,
Chicago; Maggie Speaks/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
The Redmonds/Edgar Gabriel’s String Fusion/Hauser Jr. High
Band — Riverside Arts Weekend, Riverside; Live Music — Roars &
Pours @Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield; Lil Ed Williams — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Pirate Radio — Rush Creek Distilling, Harvard; Sego/
Nectar/Katie Toupin w/Guest — Schubas, Chicago; Chicago
Open Air Fest w/System of A Down/Tool/Ghost/The Cult/
Meshuggan/Gojira/Beartooth/In This Moment/Code Orange/
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