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SUNDAY 1 MAY
Andy Brown / Reggie Thomas & George Fludas — Andy ’ s , Chicago ; Rockin ’ for Jimmy Benefit — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Freak on a Leash / The Vaudettes Burlesque — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; New Candys — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band with Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; DJ Brunch ( Noon ) — Bub City , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Cleveland Avenue / Gold Steps / Vale Amore / Fluorescents — Burlington , Chicago ; Letterkenny — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Sinatra Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Molder / Nucleus / Wraith / Cryptum — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Steve Hackett — Copernicus , Chicago ; Lala Lala / Elton Aura / The Palms — Empty Bolttle , Chicago ; Ruben Albarran DJ Set — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Dan Geib ( Kankakee Live ) — Four Winds , New Buffalo , MI ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Brunch : Mark & Anne Burnell — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Drag Me Brunch — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Lucy Yeghiazaryan Quintet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic ( 11am ) — Kaffee Stube , Schaumburg ; Save Rock N ’ Roll Fest : Rumors / Heavy Brain / Boybrain — Liars Club , Chicago ; The Others — Madcats , Palatine ; Ollie O ’ Shea feat . John Rice , Malcolm Ruhl , Billy Shaffer — Martyrs , Chicago ; JiMarth Acoustic — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Rachael Drew Band — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Suzanne Vega — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Disclosure . DJ Boring — Radius , Chicago ; From Beyond These Walls / Hypervolume / Numerical Control Society ( Joint ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke Sox Post Game ( Roof Deck ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Shen Yun — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Elio — Schubas , Chicago ; Nordista Freeze / Late Nite Laundry / Burr Oak — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Wesley Stace — SPACE , Evanston ; Prep — Subterranean , Chicago ; DJ Winston — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Pedro The Lion / Oceanator — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Cary Morin — The Venue , Aurora ; Open Mic — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; School of Rock Andersonville ( Noon ) — Uncommon Ground Edgewater , Chicago ; The Convalescence / Necronomicon / Alukah / Reflection of Flesh / Backlash — WC Social Club , Chicago ; Golden Street Reggae / Fucha & Friends — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Joey Villagomez — Zanies , Chicago .
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MONDAY 2
Journey / Toto — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Andy Shapiro Quartet — Andy ’ s , Chicago ; Mike — Aragon , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Gates / Outrun / The Sunlight / Reunion — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Anson Seabra / Em Beihold — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Singer-Songwriter Night — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Harry Tonchev Trio — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Mecca Monday — Promontory , Chicago ; Karaoke — QBar , Darien ; Bingo / Music & Sports Trivia ( Roof Deck ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Black Angus ( 1pm Shack ) — Reggies , Chicago ; The Veer Union / Late Night Savior / Heartsick — Reggies , Chicago ; Yakuza / Without Waves / These Beasts / Plague of Carcosa ( Club ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Behemoth / Itch Enemy / Napalm Death / Undo Others — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Blac Rabbit — Schubas , Chicago ; Suzanne Vega — SPACE , Evanston ; Open Mic & Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Anthony Green / Laura Jane Grace / Tim Kasher / Mikey Erg — The Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Open Mic — Vixen ( Old McHenry Theatre ), McHenry ; Fight on the Funnies — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 3
Mario Abney Effect — Andy ’ s , Chicago ; Weezer — Aragon , Chicago ; Kate Clover / The Knee Hi ’ s — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Lauren Sanderson / Jordy / Miki Ratsula — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Alexis Bevels Bingo — Carol ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Bluewater Kings Showcase — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Sweet Water Warblers — City Winery , Chicago ; 81355 / Desert Liminal — Empty Bolttle , Chicago ; Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Light Sleeper / Maurice / Graphics — Hideout , Chicago ; Molly Burch / BNNY — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Gang Of Youths — Metro , Chicago ; Taylor Morse Band / Madman Blues — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Battle Down Monday — Promontory , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto ( Joint ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Dave Herrero — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Bunbury — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Jared Mattson / High Pulp / Family Junket — Schubas , Chicago ; Pinksqueeze / Friko / North Lodge — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Anand Wilder — SPACE , Evanston ; Anthony Green / Laura
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Jane Grace / Tim Kasher — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Pete Ellman Big Band / DG North HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Open Mic — Uptown , Westmont ; True Crime Obsessed — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Big Hoodoo / Late / Scum / DJ Clay — WC Social Club , Chicago ; Super 6 Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 4
Simply Billy — 115 Bourbon St ., Merrionette Park ; Jeremy Cunnigham / Late Night : Amie Gwen & Pat Metheny — Andy ’ s , Chicago ; Aitch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Demetria Taylor Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Cold / University Drive / Black Sattelite — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Jimmy Burns Open Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Jeffv Koonz / KhidNando / Koifsh / Nabuddah / ITALii / RhymSter / BeatrixKid do / Multi-Band — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Molchat Doma — Empty Bolttle , Chicago ; Shout Section Big Band — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; New Standard Quintet — FitzGerald ’ s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; The Silos — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Arab Blues — Hideout , Chicago ; Lights — House of Blues , Chicago ; Juagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Patti Smith and her band — Metro , Chicago ; Opliam / Vision in the Rhythm — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Brass Tracks Jazz Orchestra — Quarry , Lemont ; Money Man — Reggies , Chicago ; Ivy Ford Band — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Roberto Carlos — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Trupo Trupa — Schubas , Chicago ; Open Jam — Shanahan ’ s , Woodridge ; Skooters Idol — Skooters , Shorewood ; Janiva Magness — SPACE , Evanston ; Acousticholics — Suzie ’ s Deck , Yorkville ; Sinner Get Ready — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Hypocrisy / Carach Angren / The Agonist — The Forge , Joliet ; Davey Suicide / The Funeral / Portrait / Oh The Poor — WC Social Club , Chicago ; Doug Benson — Zanies , Chicago ; Pat Tomasulo — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 5
Micah Collier / Alejandro Salazar — Andy ’ s , Chicago ; Saba — Aragon , Chicago ; Hovvdy / Molly Parden — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeller Band with Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Gatecreeper / Narrow Head / 200 Stab Wounds — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Chris James & Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Rockin ’
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Johnny Burgin — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Starting Problem / Veda Rays — Burlington , Chicago ; POD Save America — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Eilen Jewell — City Winery , Chicago ; Cinco De Mayo — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball / Cross / DJ Hugo C — Crazy Pour , Villa Park ; An Evening With Brendan Bayliss & Jennifer Hartswick — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Live Boxing — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Molchat Doma — Empty Bolttle , Chicago ; Chris & Heather ’ s 16mm Film Fest / Chris Lignon — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Midnight Snacks — FitzGerald ’ s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Dueling Pianos ( Kankakee Live ) — Four Winds , New Buffalo , MI ; Air Supply — Genesee , Waukegan ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Rico — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Loraine James / Miss Twink USA / Purelink — Hideout , Chicago ; Girl Named Tom — House of Blues , Chicago ; Karaoke — Jamo ’ s Live , Mokena ; The Lemon Twigs / Tchotchke — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Indentity Dance : Fearless with Chromabeats ( Szold ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Steven Page ( Maurer Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Kranium — Park West , Chicago ; Planet of Zeus / Freedom Hawk / Druids — Reggies , Chicago ; Omar Apollo / Deb Never / Tora-i — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Lil ’ Ed Williams — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Kassa Overall / Junius Paul — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ’ s , Woodridge ; Monobody ( Record Release )/ Paper Mice / Ands — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Black Opry Revue — SPACE , Evanston ; Mystery Skulls / Su Lee — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; The Mavericks — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; John 5 / Haxans — The Forge , Joliet ; Unbridled — Untitled , Chicago ; Karaoke — Vixen ( Old McHenry Theatre ), McHenry ; Steven Michael Quezada / Tribute to Vincente Fernandez — Zanies , Chicago ; Doug Loves Movies — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 6
LP Vinyl / One of These Nights — 115 Bourbon St ., Merrionette Park ; Mario Abney / Ryan Cohan — Andy ’ s , Chicago ; Interpol / Tycho — Aragon , Chicago ; Buckcherry / Blacktop Mojo / Sumo Cyco — Arcada
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