Illinois Entertainer November 2017 | Page 30

WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Highland Park Pops Big Band — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Champions of Magic — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; David Sedaris — Auditorium Theater , Chicago ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; K-Zone Trivia — Base Camp , Lisle ; Frankie & The Witch / Lucille Furs / Flash Flash Comfort — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Bub City , Chicago ; Rendition / Eric Ortiz — Bub City , Rosemont ; Lizz Wright / Leeda Lyric Jones — City Winery , Chicago ; Tara Vaughan / Open Mic — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Vail / Real Dom / Pure Magical Love / RXM Reality — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; New Standard Quintet / Story Sessions — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; In One Ear — Heartland Cafe , Chicago ; The Maine — House of Blues , Chicago ; Music & Hope 4 Haiti w / Barry Dean / Lori McKenna / Luke Laird & Natalie Hemby — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Chicago Sinfonietta — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Tributosaurus Becomes ... Steely Dan — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Young Thug — Metro , Chicago ; Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real / Nikki Lane — Park West , Chicago ; Warren Miller ’ s Line Of Descent Film — Pheasant Run , St . Charles ; Headspins / When Particles Collide / Modern Advances / Settling Houses / Five Three Eyes / Turn N ’ Fire / Forever — Quenchers , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Lurrie Bell — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Bob Schneider — Space , Evanston ; Ribbonhead / Microwave — Subterranean , Chicago ; DJ Jeff Overstreet — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Animals As Leaders / Periphery / Car Bomb — The Vic , Chicago ; Bifunkal & Friends / Bronson Rock / AfroZep — Tonic Room , Chicago ; Chicago Drink / Alex Makris / The Boat Friends — Township , Chicago ; Chicago Soul Jazz Collective — Wire , Berywn .
THURSDAY 2
Howard Levy & Chris Siebold — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Skid Row / Lynch Mob — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Low Cut Connie / Jake La Botz — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Broseph E . Lee — Bub City , Chicago ; Over The Side — Bub City , Rosemont ; Omar Coleman — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Lizz Wright / Leeda Lyric Jones — City Winery , Chicago ; Teenage Mutant 90 ’ s Turtles — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Danny Diesel ( Album Release )/ Chris Holm — Elbo Room , Chicago ; A . Savage / Jack Cooper — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Elmhurst College Jazz Band — Fitz ’ s Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; New Faces Night w / The Nadas / Tom Fuller Band — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; Makena Hartlin — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , WI ; Brad Garrett / Dave Landau — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; Cary Kanno — HB Jones , Elmhurst ; Our Lady Peace 20 Years of Clumsy / SMSHNG HRTS — House of Blues , Chicago ;
Eli Young Band / Levi Hummon — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Susto / Esme Patterson / American Grizzly — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Them Guilty Aces / The Belvederes — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Whitney / Ne-Hi / Mt . Joy — Metro , Chicago ; Luna / Soccer Mommy / Big Mother Gig — Park West , Chicago ; Prodigy R & B-Hip Hop Open Mic — Penny Road Pub , S . Barrington ; Engines / Mobina Galore / Rad Payoff / Roar / The Gunshy — Quenchers , Chicago ; All Hell / Mord Frysa / Deathcult — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Cowboy Jukebox — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Scott Bradlee ’ s Postmodern Jukebox — Riviera , Chicago ; James Wheeler Jam w / Mary Lane — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; The Ballroom Thieves / Frances Luke Accord — Schubas , Chicago ; DJ SJ / Jena Max — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Paul Thorn Band / Amy Black — Space , Evanston ; Mystery Skulls / Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Parov Stelar — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Japandroids / Cloud Nothings — The Vic , Chicago ; Bonzo vs . Bonzo / Bonzo Turks / Bonzo Squad — Tonic Room , Chicago ; The Million Reasons / The Shades / The Hacky Turtles — Township , Chicago ; The Weeknd — United Center , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Adventurer / When We Was Kids / Andres / Demon In Me — Wire , Berywn .
FRIDAY 3
7th Heaven — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Heartache Tonight — 210 Bar , Highwood ; The Used — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Ambrosia / Player / Firefall — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Lurrie Bell — B . L . U . E . S , Chicago ; New Day Horizon / Severed Ties / Who Knows — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Bliss — Bannerman ’ s , Bartlett ; Friday Jackson — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Sealed With A Kiss / Final Groove — Base Camp , Lisle ; The Wrecks / Vesperteen / Janelle Kroll / Brandon Fox — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; JW Willliams / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; DJ Night — Blue Chip-Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Azizi Gibson / Kembe X / Melo Makes Music — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Jersey Girls — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; Even Thieves / Dig Engine / Eugene Gray & The Bad Habits — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Paul Willaert — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Wheelhouse — Bub City , Rosemont ; Joe Moss / Zach Day — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Dream Theater — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Tim Reynolds & TR3 — City Winery , Chicago ; Matamoskal / Malafacha / Nahuales Underground / Tone Zone Skam — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Snakehips / Stwo / Promnite — Concord , Chicago ; The Smiley Tillmon Band — Cuzin ’ s Pub , Tinley Park ; Erik Donner — Draft Picks , Naperville ; DJ Little Lisa / Mr . Lock Birthday Bash — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Justin Payne / Zach Wilson / Julianne Q / David Paige / Jeff Mills Band /
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Trainwreck Symphony / Sheeza — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Hans & The Hormones — Fire Bar , Crystal Lake ; The Roast w / Connor King — Fitz ’ s Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; The Cold Hard Cash Show — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; The Lepolion Effect ( Hard Rock )/ PJ Daily ( C-Bar ) — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , WI ; Risky Business — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; The Flipside Show w / Chris Forman / Matt Ulery ’ s Loom Large / after Hours Jam Session — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mark Taylor — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; 45 RPM Band — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Covergurl — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Mallrats — HOME , Arlington Heights ; Whiskey & Harmony — Hoppy Pig , Bradley ; Lucky Boys Confusion 20th Anniversary Show / Treaty of Paris / Swizzle Tree / Punch — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Recycle The Day — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; The French Pearl Band — Kennedy Pointe , Bristol ; Joe Fascetta — Kerry Piper , Willowbrook ; Nellie Tiger Travis / Nora Jean Bruso / Doktu Rhute Muuzic — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; The Mix — Level 257 , Schaumburg ; ArkellsIrontom — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Lovejoy / Max Subar / Kid Freud — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; The Great Affairs — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Chasing Alice — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; The Milk Carton Kids / Sammy Miller & The Congregation — Old Town School , Chicago ; Elisium / Sleep Signals — Penny Road Pub , S . Barrington ; Into The Woods Jr . — Pheasant Run , St . Charles ; Original Rock Night — Q-Bar , Darien ; Fake Limbs / Buildings / Den / Ribbonhead / Shadow Age / Dead Leaf Echo / Silent Age / Ganser — Quenchers , Chicago ; JID & Earthling ( Rock Club )/ Moon Tooth / Husbandry / Dead Where I Stand / Lower Automation ( Music Joint ) — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Arra — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; 30 Days In Chicago w / Kehlani / Kodie Shane / Blaise Moore — Riviera , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Tyler Childers / William Matheny / Leyla McCalla / Bronte Fall — Schubas , Chicago ; EZFM — Sideouts , Island Lake ; DJ Dara / Delamota / Diotropics / HSPDChase / DJ Syquest / DJ UV / Knotice / Antik One / Orbitalsky / Fiyafly / Alcove / Sincerious / MC Questionmark UK / Rifle MC / MC Spade One — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Simply Three — Space , Evanston ; Bushman ’ s Holiday / Dance Yourself Clean Indie Dance-Pop Party — Subterranean , Chicago ; Todd Donnelly — Sweet Caroline ’ s , Hoffman Estates ; Alvvays / Jay Som — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; PnB Rock / DJs — The Forge , Joliet ; Trance Arena : Ilan Bluestone — The Mid , Chicago ; DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl , Chicago ; A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie / TK Kravitz — The Vic , Chicago ; Jovan Landry ( Album Release )/ Fury / Me ’ Chelle / DJ Skoli — Tonic Room , Chicago ; Speaking With Ghosts ( CD Release )/ Within The Trenches / Manhattan Blockade / Deville —
Township , Chicago ; Light & Shade — Twisted Rose , Algonquin ; Nick Africano / Cary Ray ( Edgewater ) — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; The Cartridges / The Grim Download / Vicoja / Enseladuz — Underground Lounge , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Barbara — White Eagle , Niles ; Tributosaurus Becomes : Steely Dan — Wire , Berywn ; Mallory Lennon — World of Beer , Evanston .
SATURDAY 4
Infinity — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Rico ! — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Kid Cudi — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Echoes Of Pompeii — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Sixteen Candles — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Mike Wheeler — B . L . U . E . S ., Chicago ; Suicide Prevention Benefit w / DJs & Hip Hop — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Sal & Izy — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Lounge Puppets / Rise — Base Camp , Lisle ; Dance With The Dead / Gost / Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; JW Willliams / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Monterrey / Jamrose / Smarty Pants — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Top This Band — Blue Chip-Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; The Devil Wears Prada / Veil of Maya / Silent Planet / Thousand Below — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Bella Cain — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; The Copyrights / Make War / Good Friend / Take The Reins — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Leo Fron ( Big Wig Mechanic ) — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Just Janet and I — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Senn Alan Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Broseph E . Lee — Bub City , Rosemont ; Big James / Lawuandia — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Anthem — Cheers , Midlothian ; Jackie Greene & Anders Osborne — City Winery , Chicago ; Freestyle Forever : Chicago MixTape Edition — Concord , Chicago ; Tool , Rage Against The Machine and Muse Tributes — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Cadillac Grove — Cuzin ’ s Pub , Tinley Park ; 7th Heaven — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Big League Boys / Pacifico / Maddy Marsan / Kayla DeSouza / Jive Fresh DJ — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Cuddlestock : Hard Girls / Son of A Gun ( Record Release )/ Gallery Night / Bleach Party — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Virginia Burtis — Fatty McGoos , Bolingbrook ; HiLine Band — Fitz ’ s Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; The Bad Examples / Billy Prine Band / Bitters — FitzGeralds , Berwyn ; 97Nine / DJ JR — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , WI ; Righteous Hillbillies — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Matt Ulery ’ s Loom Large / After Hours Jazz Party / The Paper Machete — Green Mill , Chicago ; Simply Sound — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Snapshot — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; The Hat Guys — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Chronic Edge — HOME , Arlington Heights ; Stevie Craig — Hoppy Pig , Bradley ;
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