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Release)/Mary Lane — Rosa’s, Chicago; Shortly/Small Talks/
Elton John Cena — Schubas, Chicago; Ethan Bell — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Keep Bouncing — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Teri Bristol
& Psycho-Bitch — Smart Bar, Chicago; Sebadoh/Flower —
Space, Evanston; Camp Cope/Bev Rage & The Drinks —
Subterranean, Chicago; Higgins Bros. Band — Tangled Roots
Brewing Co., Ottawa; Local Natives — Thalia Hall, Chicago; DJ
Boogie Munsters — The Owl, Chicago; Jon Allegretto/Stephen
Francis/Sean Pifofsky — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview),
Chicago; Soda — Venuti’s VLounge, Addison; Secrets/Awaken I
Am — Wire, Berwyn; HiFi Superstar — World of Beer, Evanston;
Good Fellas — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 25 MAY
Hi Infidelity — 210 Live, Highwood; The Neverly Brothers/Steel
City Rovers/Liam Durkin/Billow Wood/Jig Jam/The Fenians/
Paddy Homan & The Noble Call/BackWest Music/The
Fitzgeralds/Larkin & Moran Brothers/Joe Cullen, Kathleen
Keane, Gerry Haughey, John Staunton/Darby O’Gill/Colm
Keegan — 33rd Annual Irish Fest@Chicago Gaelic Park, Chicago;
Gene Hunt/Reel People Live/Tony Humphries/First Lady/Mark
Grusane (Pritzker Pavilion); Antonio Ocasio/Shannon Harris/
Moodymann/Rae Chardonnay (Deep House Stage); Gant-Man/
Jevon Jackson/FLX/Nicky Dvine/David Shabat (Chicago Stage)
/Mark Farina/Sean Alvarez/Josh Werner (Chill Stage) — 4th
Annual House Music Festival @Millenium Park, Chicago; 28 Days
— 750 Cucina Rustica, Cary; Leroy Winn — Ballydoyle, Aurora;
This End Up — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Dina Bach — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Cirrus Falcon — Barrington Arts Festival,
Barrington; Hudson Taylor — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Steve Roth
— Bella Mia, Midlothian; Wedding Banned/Run Forrest Run/
The Handcuffs/Trippin Billies/North 41 — Belmont-Sheffield
Music Fest, Chicago; Rebel Reign/Yours Truly — Blarney Island,
Antioch; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; R-Gang/Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — Blue Chip
Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; PS Dump Your
Boyfriend — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; The
Country Night — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Nashville
Pussy/Guitar Wolf/The Turbo AC’s/Sin MG & Guest/Marwood
Fall Falling From Forever — Brauer House, Lombard; Superfly
Redneck — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Brandon Maddox — Bub
City, Chicago; Bobby McClendon — Bub City, Rosemont; Nublu
Band/Charlie Brown — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The Hat
Guys — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Low-Reen Maxwell St.
Market Blues Jam — Chicago Antique Market, Chicago; Ginuwine
/Dru Hill/H-Town/Shai/Hi Five/Chante Moore/Michel’le —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy — City Winery,
Chicago; Flat Cats — Club Arcada St Charles; Antisect/
Resistant Culture/Asphyxiate/Arid/Alley Slob Service — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Architects/Thy Art is Murder/While She
Sleeps — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Sin Anestesia — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; David O’Leary — Cuzin’s Pub, Midlothian; The All
Stars — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; My Space Emo Prom — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; Person To Person — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca;
The Nubile Thangs — Elbo Room, Chicago; Windy City Soul Club
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Dean Milano Jazz Quartet/Johnny
Rogers: History of Rock & Roll — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Ear
Candy — Firewater Saloon, Chicago; The Belvederes (CD
Release) — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Foreigner — Four Winds Casino
(Silver Creek), New Buffalo, MI; Paper Machete/ Sheila Jordan
Trio/Pat Mallinger After Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; The
Subliminal Verses/Dyers Eve, White Pony/Nola — H.O.M.E. Bar,
Arlington Heights; Madman Duo — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge;
Wild Earp — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; 7th Heaven —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Strung Out — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; Billy Osman Band — Kegler’s, Crest Hill; Bobby C & The
C Notes — Ki’s, Glendale Heights; Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Live Music — Live on The Lake @Navy Pier,
Chicago; 2019 Grabbys/Furball: Chicago — Metro, Chicago;
The Niche — Mudoon’s, Wheaton; Station Wagon Dogs —
Nevin’s Brewing Company, Plainfield; HiFi Superstar — Niko’s
R&R, Marengo; Continumm/Go Time/Snake Byte — Penny Road
Pub, South Barrington; The Romantiques — Pheasant Run Resort,
St. Charles; Live DJs/Live Music/Lucha Libre TBA — Pilsen’s
Mole de Mayo Festival, Chicago; Wreckless Whiskey/The Noize
/Slingblade/The Salties — Red, White & BBQ, Westmont; House
Music Fest Afterset: Mr. Ali/DJ Gene Hunt — Reggies, Chicago;
The 5.6.7.8’s/John Paul Keith — Reggies Music Joint, Chicago;
White Party — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Willie Buck — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Judas Priest — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont;
InRoads/One Hott Mess — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; The Jungle
Giants — Schubas, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — Shaker’s,
Ottawa; Bloodyminded — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Mark
Farina/SJ Masahiko Uchikawa aka Loftsoul/First Lady — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Nick Moss Band — Space, Evanston; Bear & Jake
— Square Celt Ale House, Orland Park; Chad Burton — Tangled
Roots Brewing Co., Ottawa; Kottonmouth Kings/Boondox — The
Forge, Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue/DJ Danny Dan — The Owl,
Chicago; Chicks With Picks — The Piazza, Aurora; Johnnyswim
— The Riviera, Chicago; Summer Mayhem w/Yo Gotti/Soulja
Boy — UIC Pavilion, Chicago; The Jack Sundstrom Collective/
Jabb Quartet — Uncommon Ground (Lakeview), Chicago;
Espermachine/Solemn Shapes/Kevin Lux — Underground
Lounge, Chicago; Trigger Happy — Uptown Lounge, Chicago; DJ
Erge — Venuti’s VLounge, Addison; Low-Reen Maxwell St. Market
Blues Jam — Water Hole, Chicago; Live DJ’s — Wave Wall Wax,
Navy Pier; Kurt Travis (Album Release)/Andres & Adventurer —
Wire, Berwyn; Soul Swing Hustle — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 26
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan — 210 Live, Highwood; Maggie
Speaks/Liam Durkin/Nathan Carter/The Fitzgeralds/The
Fenians/BackWest Music/Billow Wood/Eimear Arkins& Eileen
Gannon/Colm Keegan/Steel City Rovers/Heartsfield/Joe &
Declan McShane/The Irish Musicians — 33rd Annual Irish
Fest@Chicago Gaelic Park, Chicago; The Whiskey Brothers —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Cirrus Falcon — Barrington Arts
Festival, Barrington; Jonnycatland/Jeris Girll/The Virgin Jerry/
Free Range — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench
Press/Friday Pilots Club/Hello Weekend/The Indigos/Emily
Blue — Belmont-Sheffield Music Fest, Chicago; Modern Day
Romeos/Student Body — Blarney Island, Antioch; Chicago Wind
Blues Band/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Stingers/
Dixie Crush/Scarlett Fever — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Sum 41/Assuming We Survive — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Simple Remedy — Bub City, Chicago; Brandon
Maddox — Bub City, Rosemont; Mz. Reese — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets — Cantigny Afternoon
Concerts, Wheaton; Deacon Blues — City Winery, Chicago; The
Dangerous Summer — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Dark Funeral &
Belphegor — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Tom Leach Duo —
Cuzin’s, Blue Island; Paul Strolia Band — Cuzin’s Pub,
Midlothian; Kyle Young — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Jon Worthy &
The Bends — Elbo Room, Chicago; Church of Misery/Mondo
Generator/Toke — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Nina Strauss —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Sonny & The Combovers — Harp &
Fiddle, Park Ridge; Cary Grove Jazz Combo w/Greg Ward — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; IML Victory Party/Gospel Brunch —
House of Blues, Chicago; Low-Reen’s Firehouse Blues Jam —
Humble Pub, Highwood; Blues Jam w/Linsey Alexander —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Mudhoney/Metz — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Live Music — Live on The Lake @Navy Pier, Chicago;
Trouble Ahead/Midnight Rider — Mainstage @Pheasant Run, St.
Charles; Live DJs/Live Music/Lucha Libre TBA — Pilsen’s Mole
de Mayo Festival, Chicago; Anthem — Red, White & BBQ,
Westmont; Full Of Hell/Primitive Man — Reggies, Chicago;
Murder Junkies/Busby Death Chair/Evil Engine plays Metallica
— Reggies Music Joint, Chicago; Day After Party — Rivers Casino,
Des Plaines; Infinity/Kaleidoscope Eyes — Rockin’ In The Park,
Rosemont; Vince Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Lincoln Durham/Melody Angel/Larry Lindeman —
Schubas, Chicago; Battle of the Bands: Logan Square Arts
Festival — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Romain Collin — Space,
Evanston; Hoist Fest — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Jamila Woods/Nitty Scott — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; David Estrada/Hari J/Deadaux/56 Chi/SG Ali/
Melo2X/C-Squared & Yanet/Kod City/Queen Sunny/KBG/
Tarzannoo — The Forge, Joliet.
MONDAY 27
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I’m Glad It’s You/Mt. Pocono — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Summer
Son — Blarney Island, Antioch; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Juke Box Band/Judson Brown Band —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Brian Allison
— Bub City, Chicago; IML: Black & Blue Ball — House of Blues,
Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy/Bingo With
Burke — Reggies, Chicago; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues
Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Stevie Stone/Madchild —
Subterranean, Chicago; Bear’s Den/Vera Sola — Thalia Hall,
Chicago.
TUESDAY 28
Jorja Smith w/Kali Ochis — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Trivia
Night with Pete Berwick — Austin’s, Libertyville; Trivia Nite w/
Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago
Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub
City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; Omar
Coleman — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Open Mic — Empire,
Naperville; Gina Marie & The Golden Bucks — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Giles Corey/Michael Wheeler/Peaches
Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Operators/Doomsquad/
Solipse — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago;
Paul Gilbert — Reggies, Chicago; Old Town School Blues Band
Showcase — Rosa’s, Chicago; Brass From The Past — Summer
Concert Series, Downers Grove; Karaoke w/Jason — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Satlwater Tap/Poor Calvin — Uncommon Ground
(Lakeview), Chicago; Daniel Lamar R&B Open Mic — Water Hole,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 29
Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Laura Stevenson/See Through
Dresses/Completions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams/
Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Xavier Wulf/Beau
Young Prince/Marty Grimes/Recohavoc — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Cros — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Mark & John
Magic — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Andrew Blomquist — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; Judy Roberts & Greg Fishman — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Corey Dennison/Mike Wheeler — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Nick Murphy FKA Chet Faker — Metro, Chicago;
Smallpools/Royal Teeth/Keelan Donovan — Park West, Chicago;
Tony McAlpine/Arch Echo — Reggies Music Joint, Chicago;
Rebecca Rego and The Trainmen (CD Release)/Minor Moon/
Adam Remnant — Schubas, Chicago; Nefesh Mountain — Space,
Evanston; Jaleel Amir/Ryan Alexander — Subterranean, Chicago;
DJ Spin — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Frenship — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Low-Reen Maxwell St. Market Blues Jam — Water Hole,
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