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FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Shining Star — 210 Live, Highwood; Jurassic World Live —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; The Fab Four — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Loudernow — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Demetria
Taylor w/Her Bad Boyz — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Petty Cash —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; LFC — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; DJ — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Blimes and Gab/Dave B/Troy Tyler/Ruby
Watson — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies/Whistle Pigs — Blue Chip Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Freak on A Leash/Rod Tuffcurls &
The Benchpress — Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Day of The
Dead/Winnie Cooper/Steampunk Masquerade Contest —
Brauer House, Lombard; Gina Glocksen Band — Bub City,
Chicago; Jake Dodds — Bub City, Rosemont; Vanessa Collier/
Rick King’s Royal Hustle — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Allison Wonder Band — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park;
Bestman/Palm Ghosts/Jackson Davies — Burlington Bar,
Chicago; Rezz — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Diamondback — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Tarot Woman/Monster/
Rache’s Bully — Cheers, Midlothian; Jerry Seinfeld — Chicago
Theatre, Chicago; John Hiatt w/Logan Ledger — City Winery,
Chicago; Brojob — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Mijares —
Copernicus Center, Chicago; The Raskins/Wunderlich — Cubby
Bear, Chicago; DJ George — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst;
Whiskey & Harmony — Draft Picks, Naperville; Mungion — Durty
Nellies, Palatine; The Footlight District/FuzzBucket/Space
Mafia/Douglas Slur/Skrizzly Adams/Jayh Johnson — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Vivian Girls/Young Guv/Reckless DJ/The
Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Serendipity — Evanston
Pub, Evanston; Jayme Band — Firewater Saloon, Chicago;
Hillbilly Rockstarz — Firewater Saloon-Mt. Greenwood, Chicago;
American English — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; DC-90 (Hard Rock) —
Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Chris Foreman/Ulery’s
Delicate Charms/ Late Night Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Jonas
Friddle — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Brass From The Past —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Maggie Speaks — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; Windy City Duo/Conan Gray/Mike Wheeler Band —
House of Blues, Chicago; Downtown Charlie Brown — Incontro A
Tavola, S. Barrington; I Pop — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Sal & Izy —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Mason Ramsey/Ernest/Jenna
Paulette — Joe’s Bar on Weed, Chicago; Hairbanger’s Ball/
Watchtower — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; The Plastic Rebellion — JW
Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Will B. — Kegler’s, Crest Hill; Gavin Coyle
— Kennedy Pointe, Bristol; Billy Branch/Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Anthony Ramos/Elliott Skinner —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mexican Werewolf/Black Sites — Live
Wire, Chicago; Family Groove Company/Fresh Hops — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Peter Hook & The Light Performing New Order’s
“Technique” & “Republic”/Night Dreamer/Nocturna: All
Hallow’s Eve Ball — Metro, Chicago; 25th Anniversary
Celebration — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Rachael & Vilaray —
Old Town School, Chicago; Dirty Canteen/Axe & The
Hatchetmen — Original Sundance Saloon, Mundelein; Warren
Miller’s “Timeless” Screening — Park West, Chicago; Oppressed
Affliction/StormToker/The Oblivion Archetype — Penny Road
Pub, Barrington; The Jetstar 88s — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago;
Dan McGuire — Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Six to
Midnight — Potter’s Place, Naperville; Uncle Jesse & The
Rippers — Q-Bar, Darien; 7th Heaven — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights;
Matthew Kerr — Reefpoint Brew House, Racine, WI; Carl
Palmer’s ELP/Otis — Reggie’s, Chicago; Stars of The Sixties —
Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Arra — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Toro Y Moi/Channel Tres — Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Lil’ Ed &
The Blues Imperials — Rosa’s, Chicago; Iya Terra/For Peace
Band/The Ries Brothers — Schubas, Chicago; Almost Peder —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Questlove (All-Prince DJ Set)/Shazam
Bangles — Smartbar, Chicago; Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound/
Rami Gabriel — Space, Evanston; Emo Nite — Subterranean,
Chicago; Ruston Kelly w/Donovan Woods — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Me & Mrs. Jones/The Muddsharks/Lambda — The Art
Theater, Hobart, IN; Emo Parade/Glory Years — The Forge,
Joliet; Mike & Eileen — The Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; The
Harmaleighs — The Hideout, Chicago; DJ Adam Luksetich — The
Owl, Chicago; Afro Soca Love — The Promontory, Chicago; First
Friday Salsa Fusion Dance Party — The Venue, Aurora;
Coin/Dayglow — The Vic, Chicago; MMCM — Two Way Street
Coffee House, Downers Grove; R-Gang — Venuti’s Vlounge,
Addison; Jelly Roll — WC Social Club, West Chicago; Nothing
Personal Band/Marie Laballarte — Wire, Berwyn; James Libera
— Zia’s Lago Vista, Chicago.
SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Nick @Knight — 210 Live, Highwood; Jurassic World Live —
Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Cinderella’s Tom Keifer/L.A. Guns —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Too White Crew — Austin’s Fuel
Room, Libertyville; Tyler Krienitz — Bar Evolution, Batavia;
Slaves/Outline In Color/Transgressions/Bluegrass Brunch —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Jim Bulanda — Bella Mia, Midlothian;
Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago, Chicago; BBI/Jamrose/
Monterrey — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Maxo
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Kream/Q Da Fool/Slayter — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Infinity —
Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Of Perception — Brauer
House, Lombard; Whiskey & Harmony — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; Rendition — Bub City, Chicago; Brushville — Bub
City, Rosemont; Big James/LuWuandia — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Hard Wire — Bungalow Joe’s, Hanover Park; American
Draft/Drilling For Blasting — Burlington Bar, Chicago; Judah &
The Lion — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Moonlight
Pickers — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Jerry Seinfeld — Chicago
Theatre, Chicago; Govinda — Chop Shop, Chicago; 1349 — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Oliver Tree/Tommy Cash/NVDES — Concord
Music Hall, Chicago; Synastry — Cucina Rustica, Cary; The
Nothing Personal Band — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; How Rude/
Vet Fest — Durty Nellies, Palatine; R Avenue/Straight Skinny/
Panorama Shore/The Red Birds — Elbo Room, Chicago; Vivian
Girls/Young Guv/Bric-A-Brac DJ — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Gone
Country — Firewater Saloon, Chicago; Collins County — Firewater
Saloon-Mt. Greenwood, Chicago; The Heavy/Switchback —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Shock Roxy (Hard Rock) — Four Winds
Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Petty Kings — Frankie’s Blue Room,
Naperville; Matt Yaeger & The South Side Social Club — Game
On, Peotone; ZZ Top/Marquise Knox — Genesee Theater,
Waukegan; Chris Foreman/Ulery’s Delicate Charms/ Late
Night Show — Green Mill, Chicago; Paper Machete/Late Night
Jazz — Green Mill, Chicago; The Talbott Brothers/Bluegrass
Brunch — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Superfly Symphony —
Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Strung Out — Hollywood Casino,
Joliet; Semple — Home Bar, Arlington Heights; Mike Wheeler/
Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings — House of Blues, Chicago; Rick
Monroe — Jamo’s Live, Mokena; Cool Plant Names Band —
Jimmy’s Grill, Naperville; Selena Tribute Party — Joe’s Bar on
Weed, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Fool House — Joe’s Live, Rosemont;
Firechicken — JW Hollstein’s, Tinley Park; Billy Branch/Joanna
Connor — Kingston Mines, Chicago; David Singer & The Sweet
Science — Martyrs’, Chicago; Nick Bell Band — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; What’s our Name Again?/Salt Sweat Sugar — MT
Barrels, Schaumburg; One Man Jam — Niko’s R&R, Marengo;
Bella Cain/Two Beer Tommy — Original Sundance Saloon,
Mundelein; Warren Miller’s “Timeless” Screening — Park West,
Chicago; Armageddonfest 2019 — Penny Road Pub, Barrington;
Groove 54 — Pheasant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Espinosa &
Coffey — Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; Anthem — Q-
Bar, Darien; Kashmir/Rat Salad — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights;
John 5/999/Dark Art’s Faire — Reggie’s, Chicago; Lil’ Ed & The
Blues Imperials — Rosa’s, Chicago; Baby Shark Live! —
Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Perry Hutchins — Rush Creek
Distilling, Harvard; Aaron Kamm & The One Drops/Zoofunkyou
— Schubas, Chicago; Lounge Puppets — Sideouts, Island Lake;
Dos Santos — Sleeping Village, Chicago; 23 Hour Party People
w/Abigail & Zooey/Anthony Rother/Arile Zetina/Danny Daze/
Derrick Carter/DJ Minx/Garrett David/Harry Cross & more —
Smartbar, Chicago; Ellis Paul/Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson —
Space, Evanston; Rotten Mouth/The Fruits/Box House/The
Flourescents — Subterranean, Chicago; Hi Infidelity — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Jerica Paliga & Friends — The Art Theater, Hobart,
IN; Claremont Drive — The Crossing Pub, Plano; Forged In
Germany: Fleischgewehr/SIC/Lethal Dose/Now I’m Nothing —
The Forge, Joliet; HiFi Superstar — The Harp & Fiddle, Park
Ridge; Devon Welsh — The Hideout, Chicago; DJs Esteban La
Groue & Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago; Anthony Brown &
Group TherAPy/Everyone Love Afro Fusion — The Promontory,
Chicago; Libido Funk Circus — The Quarry, Lemont; Eric Lindell
& Anson Funderburgh Duo — The Venue, Aurora; Tiffany Young
— The Vic, Chicago; Faction: Industrial Echoes — Underground
Lounge, Chicago; Sebastian Maniscalco — United Center,
Chicago; The Romantiques — Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Julian
Jumpin Perez — Venuti’s Vlounge, Addison; Sin Anestesia/Flatt
BNB/Manu Heroe De Leyenda Tributo/Marth Reatiga — Wire,
Berwyn; The Stingers — Zachary’s Bar, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER
Jurassic World Live — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Gino Vanelli/
The Music of Cream 50th Anniversary — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Magic Sword/Droid Bishop/LIttle Miss Ann (early) — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Luke Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Smokin’Gunz/Spike & The Spitwads — Blue
Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Jordan Rakei/Sam Willis
— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Chi Town Guttamen — Brauer House,
Lombard; Murali Coryell — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Options/Phony/Furbie — Burlington Bar, Chicago; Hozier —
Chicago Theatre, Chicago; Max Bemis — Chop Shop, Chicago;
William DuVall of Alice in Chains — City Winery, Chicago; Maitre
Gims — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Zjob & Friends/Craig
Alan/Roger Smit/Ted Hajanasiewicz — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Superstar: Brunch w/Molly Shannon — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Small Town — Firewater Saloon, Chicago; Don’t Speak —
Firewater Saloon-Mt. Greenwood, Chicago; Chicago Grandstand
Big Band — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Jazz Brunch w/Angel Spiccia
— Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Nicholas Barron/Jim
Breuer/John Kattke/World Famous Gospel Brunch — House of
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