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THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Soulshine — 210 Live, Highwood; Soul Message/The Trumpet
Summit — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Ghost — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; JW Williams & The Chi Town Hustlers — B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Save The Day/Kevin Devine/An Horse/Airstream Futures —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Country Line Dance Night — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Slamabama — Bub City, Chicago; The
Special 20s — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; My Double
Life/Sadie & The Stark — Burlington, Chicago; Bob Weir & Wolf
Bros. — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Paul Thorn w/Trapper
Schoepp — City Winery, Chicago; The Nick Bell Band — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; Stephen Marley — Concord, Chicago;
Restroy — Constellation, Chicago; Graham Empire — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Exploded View/Forma/Gentle Leaader XIV — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Electro Retro — Fire Water Saloon, Mt.
Greenwood; Rachel Drew & The Bitter Roots/Electric Dirt/
Kathy Greenholdt/Bitters — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Dan Reisen —
Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Andy Brown/Alan Gresik
Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill, Chicago; Devil In Woodpile
/FACS/Accessory/Physical Medium DJs — Hideout, Chicago;
Juanes/Rollover — House of Blues, Chicago; Alfredo Rodriquez
Trio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Aaron Watson/Carleton
Anderson — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Mike Wheeler Band — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Justin Courtney Pierre/Pronoun — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Muertos Fest w/The Roalde Dahls/Stardusk
Encounter/True Hidden Conspiracy/The Illogical — Live Wire,
Chicago; Chris One Man Jam — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Rosie
& The Rivets — Martyrs’, Chicago; Ethan Bell — Nevin’s Brewing
Co., Plainfield; KT Tunstall/Maddie Ross — Park West, Chicago;
Allan Harris: The Genius of Eddie Jefferson — Promontory
Theater, Chicago; Tim Seisser Trio — Reggie’s, Chicago; John
Crist — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Country Night w/Stix &
Line Dancing — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Lany/Anna of The
North — Riviera Theater, Chicago; James Wheeler Blues Jam —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Blanco White/Josiah & The
Bonnevilles — Schubas, Chicago; Awesome Tapes From Africa/
Rob Sevier/Shannon Harris — Sleeping Village, Chicago;
Violet/Ariel Zetina/Zooey Glass — Smartbar, Chicago; Cameron
Graves — Space, Evanston; Bass Drum of Death/Strange
Foliage/Reggae Gold — Subterranean, Chicago; Adult/
U.Eye/Ritual Howls — Thalia Hall, Chicago; John 5/Wednesday
13/Hellzapoppin Sideshow Review — The Forge, Joliet; The
Brokedowns/Two Houses/Canadian Rifle — The Owl, Chicago;
Brandon Whyde/Joel Weir — Uncommon Ground, Chicago;
Growing/The Aperture Schematic & More — Underground
Lounge, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown
Lounge, Chicago; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones — Venuti’s,
Addison; The Real Pretenders — Wire, Chicago; The Real
Pretenders — Wire, Chicago; Darrell Hammond — Zanies,
Chicago & Rosemont.
FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Day of the Dead w/Rico — 210 Live, Highwood; Sharel
Cassity/Brian Lynch — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Alesso —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Emerson, Lake & Palmer Legacy
w/Carl Palmer & Humble Pie — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; 40
Hz/Green Noise — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Big James &
The Chicago Playboys — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Hi Infidelity —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; The Mix — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; North of
Center — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Doyle Wolfgang Von
Frankenstein/Bumsy & The Moochers/The Run Around — Base
Camp, Lisle; Amigo The Devil/Harley Poe/Woodrow Hart & The
Haymaker — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer/Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies/Passion — Blue
Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Arra/DJ Gator &
DJ Mike Y — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Anthony Gomes/
Jeff Massey (Record Release) — Brauer House, Lombard; Steve
Roth — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Slamabama — Bub City,
Chicago; Matt Stell — Bub City, Rosemont; Theo Huff/Harry
Hmura — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Barn Goddess/
Doomerang/Romancoke — Burlington, Chicago; Karaoke —
Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; The Night Game/Half The
Animal — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Rick Lindy & The Wild
Ones — Club Arcada, St. Charles; MK & CamelPhat/Will Clarke
— Concord, Chicago; James Blood Ulmer — Constellation,
Chicago; The Rack & The Riddler/Marion Longid & The Shakes
(EP Release)/BambiRaptor/Leonum — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
String City Music — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Big D & The
Nomads — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; The Doors of Chicago — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; Comedy Dance Chicago — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Acid Dad/Flesh Panthers/Pooky — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Kari Holmes — Fire Water Saloon, Edison Park;
Whiskeyfist — Fire Water Saloon, Mt. Greenwood; Jenny
Bienemann & Frieds/Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys/The Bama
Lamas — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Black Diamond/DJ — Four Winds
Casino, New Buffalo, MI; The Cornerstones of Rock — Genesee
Theater, Waukegan; Flipside Show w/Chris Foreman/Paul
Marinaro Quintet/After Hours Jazz Jam — Green Mill, Chicago;
Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic — H.O.M.E. Bar, Arlington Heights;
Acoustiholics — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Arc Iris/Micha/
Yadda Yadda — Hideout, Chicago; Maggie Speaks — Hollywood
Casino, Aurora; 7th Heaven/Burning Bridges — Hollywood
Casino, Joliet; Johnson & The Lovemakers/The Good The Bad
The Blues/Dave Herrero — House of Blues, Chicago; Infinity —
Huntley Bowl, Huntley; Ebony & Ivory — Incontro A Tavola, S.
Barrington; Cirrus Falcon — Jake’s on Tap, Palos Heights;
Alfredo Rodriquez Trio — Jazz Showcase, Chicago; Gina
Glocksen Band — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Filmore/Renee Blair
& Hannah Ellis/Mike & Liam — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; The Boy
Band Night — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Rendition — JW Hollstein’s
Saloon, Tinley Park; Ron Starr Duo — Kennedy Point, Bristol; The
Comstock Lode — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor/
Vance Kelly/Nora Jean Bruso — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kimi
Hayes Duo — Level 257, Schaumburg; The Greatest Generation
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Muertos Fest w/Ronin/Los Black
Dogs/Canyonero/Rosaries/Eske/Riotous — Live Wire, Chicago;
Rosie & The Rivets — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Old Shoe/
Frequilibrium/Fluence — Martyrs’, Chicago; This Will Destroy
You/Steve Hauschildt — Metro, Chicago; The Hawkeyes —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Face of Winter — Park West, Chicago;
All Souls Music Fest — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Jess Piano
— Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; The Sweet Spot
Burlesque — Promontory Theater, Chicago; Faith In The Fallen/
Teeze/Endgame — Q-Bar, Darien; DJ NoDJ — Q-Bar, Glendale
Heights; Father/Seet — Reggie’s, Chicago; Boz Scaggs — Rialto
Square Theater, Joliet; LIbido Funk Circus & DJ Q — Rivers
Casino, Des Plaines; Kinsey Report — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Aneul AA — Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Saints of Valory/
Ballroom Boxer — Schubas, Chicago; Tasha/Yarrow/Jamila
Woods/J Bambii — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Teri Bristol &
Psycho Bitch — Smartbar, Chicago; Victory/Blue Water
Highway — Space, Evanston; Mollow (EP Release)/Ayokay/
Shaed/MZM Foh (Album Release) — Subterranean, Chicago; Ty
Segall/William Tyler — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Blizzard of Ozz Fest
— The Forge, Joliet; DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl, Chicago; And
The Story Goes/Eddy & The Arsons — The Sandlot Wrigley,
Chicago; American Opera/Molly Coleman and 6’ 10 —
Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago; It Came From Austin —
Underground Lounge, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach
— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Phil & Patti — White Eagle, Niles;
Michael Riser — World of Beer, Evanston; Afterglow — Zachary’s
Bar, Palos Heights; Darrell Hammond — Zanies, Chicago &
Rosemont.
SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER
MYAC Jazz Combo/Rush Tribute Project — 210 Live, Highwood;
Sharel Cassity/Brian Lynch — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
Nghtmre B4 Xmas w/Midnight Tyrannosaurus/Swage/Ducky —
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Air Supply — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Frankie Valli — Auditorium Theater, Chicago; Lil’ Ed &
The Blues Imperials — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; The Hat Guys —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Ebony & Ivory — Bar Evolution,
Batavia; It’s Lit Fam Featuring Riff Raff — Base Camp, Lisle;
Mayday/1 Ton/DU Ivan/Bluegrass BRunch — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Ral Donner Jr. — Bella Mia, Midlothian; John
Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The
Associates/Fusion Band — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Libido Funk Circus — Blue Chip Casino-Vegas
Baby, Michigan City, IN; Why? Plays Alopecia/Lala Lala/The
Ophelias — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Motown Nation — Bourbon
Street, Merrionette Park; Three Left Toy Drive — Brat Stop,
Kenosha; War Pigs/Killmister/My Metal Heart/Straight
Jacket Romance/Paranoid Justice/Warpath/B House Live —
Brauer House, Lombard; Rick Foxx & Friends — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Gerald & Camille — Broken Oar, Port Barrington;
Matt Stell — Bub City, Chicago; Slamabama — Bub City,
Rosemont; Big James/Rick King’s Royal Hustle — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Midwestern Underground — Bungalow Joe’s,
Hanover Park; Late (EP Release)/Sugarpulp — Burlington,
Chicago; Pink Floyd Event — Cheers, Midlothian; Rokkor —
Chicago Loop Niteclub, Streamwood; Jo Koy — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Sidekick Kato/Apocalypse Hoboken/Haymarket
Riot/Or — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Loose Ends w/Jane
Eugene — City Winery, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; The Urge/AM Taxi/The Run Around/Jodoh
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Time Bandits Band — Cuzin’s, Tinley
Park; Black Pearl — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Rock Candy — Durty
Nellie’s, Palatine; Kung Lao & The Scorpions Ft. Anthony
Marquez — Elbo Room, Chicago; Embrujadas/Buke and Gase/
Joan of Arc — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Paula Cole/Tammi Savoy
& The Chris Casello Combo — Evanston Rocks, Evanston;
Saddlebrook — Fire Water Saloon, Edison Park; Nick Lynch — Fire
Water Saloon, Mt. Greenwood; Niki Hill/The Imperial Sound/
Nobody’s Girl — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Hairmania/DJ Chris —
Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Morry Sochat & The
Special 20’s — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Matt Yaeger &
South Side Social Club — Game On, Peotone; Craig Ferguson —
Genesee Theater, Waukegan; The Paper Machete/Paul
Marinaro Quintet/After Hours Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Co. —
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