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SATURDAY 24
Mr. Blotto Thanksgiving Show — 210 Live, Highwood; Petra’s
Recession Seven/Opal Staples — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
Freestyle Fest 2018 w/Lisa Lisa/Expose/Crystal Waters/
Sweet Sensation/Trinere — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Cornerstones of Rock w/The Buckinghams/The Ides of March
/The New Colony Six/The Cryan’ Shames/The Shadows of
Knight — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jimmy Johnson Birthday
Weekend — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Fossil Fuel — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Kashmir — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Raleigh
Tuckers — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Skanksgiving 80’s Ska Revival
w/Rude Guest/Skapone/DJ Chuck Wren/Heavy Manners
Tribute to Jimi Robinson — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Gypsy
Acoustic — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Tenry Johns/Claudette Miller
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Niche/Saints N’Sinners/Nawty —
Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Fool House —
Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Bayside/
Kayleigh Goldsworthy — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Boy Band
Night — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Judas Rising/Wrath/
Angry Squirrels — Brat Stop, Kenosha; Langdon Kennedy Duo —
Brazen Head, Crestwood; Doug Bardolph/Chicks With Picks —
Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Reece Phillips — Bub City, Chicago;
Chad Bearden — Bub City, Rosemont; Robert Fetzer/TBA —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Fern — Chicago Loop Niteclub,
Streamwood; BoDeans — City Winery, Chicago; Flat Cats — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; John Walt Day: Saba/Joseph Chilliams/
MFnMelo/Frsh Waters — Concord, Chicago; Praise Experience
— Copernicus Center, Chicago; Dave Schmidt & The Snouts —
Cuzin’s, Tinley Park; Out of Storage — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda;
Pinion — Draft Picks, Naperville; Mike & Joe — Durty Nellie’s,
Palatine; One of The Boyzz — Elbo Room, Chicago; Coco
Montoya — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Suburban Cowboys — Fire
Water Saloon, Edison Park; Railway Gamblers — Fire Water
Saloon, Mt. Greenwood; The Zimmerman w/Cathy Richardson/
Grant Tye/Ryan Joseph Anderson/Loren Middleton/Rainy Day
Women/Ralph Covert’s Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Donny & Marie (Silver Creek)/Six To Midnight/DJ Jelliebean —
Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; The Paper Machete/Eric
Schneider Quintet/After Hours Jazz w/Pat Mallinger & Co. —
Green Mill, Chicago; Hi Infidelity — H.O.M.E. Bar, Arlington
Heights; Mark Taylor — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; State
Champion — Hideout, Chicago; Infinity — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; Soda — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; The Struts: The Body
Talk Tour/Sheryl Youngblood/Keithen Banks — House of Blues,
Chicago; The Honey Badgers — Jake’s on Tap, Palos Heights; DJ
Jeff Overstreet — Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Sixteen Candles —
Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Epic — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park;
Trailer Park Twisters — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Joanna Connor
/Thornetta Davis — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Soul Spectacular:
Tribute to Aretha & The Classic Soul Era w/Sam Trump/
Meagan McNeal/Adam Ness/Daniel Kyri/Nicole Michelle and
more — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Too White Crew — Lucky Star,
Bartlett; Mark V — M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Downtown
Charlie Brown — Mac’s On Slade, Palatine; Evanoff — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Saint Jhn/Jazz Cartier — Metro, Chicago; Semple —
Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield; Crash Test Dummies 25th
Anniversary — Old Town School, Chicago; Siavash/DJ Sultan —
Park West, Chicago; Dyers Eve/Blizzard of Ozz/Killmister —
Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Brass From The Past — Pheasant
Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Espinosa & Coffee — Pig Minds
Brewing Co., Machesney Park; 10th Annual Blackout —
Promontory Theater, Chicago; Riskey Business/The Fuze — Q-
Bar, Darien; Karma Committee — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights;
Lunar Chiefs — Ranger Studios Showcase, Franklin Park; DJ Q —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Guggenz/Vapor Eyes — Schubas,
Chicago; Backdated — Slapshots, Midlothian; Triathalon and
The Marias/Girl Ultra — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Howie Day/
Nick Barilla — Space, Evanston; Street Sects/Dead
Hummingbird/CURTA/Friends: Giving Fundraiser for Kat Lewis
— Subterranean, Chicago; Damnation/Night Train — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Har Mar Superstar & Sabrina Ellis — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Jimmy and Monika — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; DJ
Esteban La Groue & DJ Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Echo &
The Bunnymen/Enation — The Vic, Chicago; The Early Sixes/
Michael J. Foxxy/The Distant Brothers — Uncommon Ground,
Chicago; Cardi B/Kodak Black/Young Dolph — United Center,
Chicago; Full Disclosure/DJ & Karaoke w/Karaoke Zach —
Uptown Lounge, Chicago; Gil Delapaz — White Eagle, Niles;
Thomas Erak & The Shoreline/Andres/H.A.R.D. — Wire,
Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 25
Bill Porter Orchestra — 210 Live, Highwood; Charles Heath’s
Early Risers/Pharez Whitted’s Late Night Jazz — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; St. Jude Holidy Show w/Kashmir/Dream Police
/Beatolution/52nd Street Band — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Luke
Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Morgan
Station/Meteors — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Sabrina Benhaim/Clementine Von Radics — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Sunfallen/Ethan Bell Band — Bub City,
Chicago; Robbie Gold — Bub City, Rosemont; Mary Lane —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Choo Choo/Waterbird/Blue
Cloud — Burlington, Chicago; Jake The Snake Roberts — Cheers,
Midlothian; BoDeans — City Winery, Chicago; Bayside/Golds —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Judith Hamann/Julian Otis —
Constellation, Chicago; Salsa Sunday/DJay Marz — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Fiona McMahon & Friends — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Chastity/Material Girls — Empty Bottle, Chicago; British Buddy
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Alumni Big Band w/Frieda Lee — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown
Poetry Slam/Soul Jazz Night w/Joel Paterson w/Chris
Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; Real Friends/Boston Manor/
Grayscale/Eat Your Heart Out/Joanna Connor/Joe Moss Band
/Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Kingston Mines
Blues Jam/Linsey Alexander/Claudette Miller — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; The Nut Tapper — Old Town School, Chicago;
One of These Nights — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles;
Shake Sumthin’ Twerk Sumthin’ — Promontory Theater, Chicago;
The Oak Ridge Boys — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Yukon
Blonde/The Zolas & Guest/Milkweed (Brunch) — Schubas,
Chicago; Little Miss Ann Band — Space, Evanston; Salvation/
tunic/Kodakrome/BlackGlass — Subterranean, Chicago; Last
Night A DJ Saved My Soul — Thalia Hall, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke
w/Karaoke Zach — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
MONDAY 26
Eric Schieder Quartet/Chris Greene Quartet — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; Chronicles of Nannya/Feminist Folk/Dungeons, Dice
& Everything Nice/Dungeon Rats — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Luke Pytel/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Joe
Fascetta — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Anita Baker Farewell Concert —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Anthony David: Hello Like Before —
City Winery, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago;
Freakfest/Weeds Poetry Open Mic — Hideout, Chicago; Crush/
Joanna Connor — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/JW
Williams — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Red Bull Radio Live: Peak
Time — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Music Trivia/Bingo w/Burke —
Reggie’s, Chicago; Daymaker/Little Church/Blacker Face —
Schubas, Chicago; The Dead South — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Open
Mic — Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
TUESDAY 27
What’s Your Sign?/Don’t Ask Liz or Jen/What About Chicago/
Language of Bromance — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns/
Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; LIve Band Karaoke —
Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont;
Vino Louden — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Anita Baker
Farewell Concert — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Pokey LaFarge —
City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic — Empire, Naperville; Open Mic
— FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
The Girl Talk/Big Syn/Ester/Fran — Hideout, Chicago; Kodaline
/Smiley Tillmon Band/Comedy Cocktail/Keithen Banks —
House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor/Mike Wheeler/
Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Chicago Moth
StorySLAM — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Cream Puff Warriors —
Martyrs’, Chicago; Karaoke — Q-Bar, Darien; The Office Trivia —
Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Mr. Blotto — Reggie’s, Chicago; Pete
Galanis & Friends — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; The Beaches/
Space Gators — Schubas, Chicago; Pooky/Sun Cop/Cold
Beaches/The Edwards — Sleeping Village, Chicago; The
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Artisanals/Evening Attraction — Space, Evanston; Hello From
The Magic Tavern — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 28
Stevenson High School Jazz Band — 210 Live, Highwood; Andy
Brown Quartet/Mike Smith Quartet — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago;
Blues Jam w/Rodney Brown & Hot Rod — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago;
Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Koo Koo
Kanga Roo/Kitty Kat Fan Club/Gab To Go/Please Make This/
Saltines Newsletter — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Two Fellas — Bella
Mia, Midlothian; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Perry
Hutchins — Bub City, Rosemont; The Cash Box Kings — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Conan & Friends — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Bluewater Kings Band — Chop Shop/1st Ward,
Chicago; Canned Heat/Kevin Burt — City Winery, Chicago; Steve
Belliveau — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Gerrit Hatcher Group/
Steve Marquette — Constellation, Chicago; Open Mic — Elbo
Room, Chicago; The Hello Sequence/Wild Pink — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Chris White/Terry Bartolotta Duo — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Paper Machete/Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan/
Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill, Chicago; In One Ear —
Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Looks Vibrant/The Curls/ Woongi —
Hideout, Chicago; Tech N9NE/Breezy Rodio/Keithen Banks —
House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Giles Corey —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Great Moments In Vinyl: Dire
Straits/Lovers In Arms — Martyrs’, Chicago; Leftover Crack/
Negative Approach/Crazy And The Brains — Metro, Chicago;
AfroZep — Old Town School, Chicago; John Blu & Friends —
Promontory Theater, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke/The
Buttcracker Burlesque — Reggie’s, Chicago; Nicholas Barron —
Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Van Alden/Jillian Somera & Beta
Option — Subterranean, Chicago; John Waters Christmas —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; P.O.D./Nonpoint/Islander/Dear Deadly —
The Forge, Joliet; Khruangbin/Ginger Root — The Vic, Chicago.
THURSDAY 29
Rosie & The Rivets — 210 Live, Highwood; Soul Message Band/
The Trumpet Summit — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; TNWSC w/
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats — Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Luke Pytel/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Country Line Dance Night — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park;
Scott Dubose — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Johnson — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; John Butler Trio — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Aqueous — Chop Shop/1st Ward, Chicago; Dwele —
City Winery, Chicago; White Panda/Caye/New City — Concord,
Chicago; Nick Cox & Adam Heisler — Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect;
Daniel Cronson/Radda Radda/Supervisor — Elbo Room,
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