— Chop Shop , Chicago ; RES — City Winery , Chicago ; Fury of Five / MH Chaos / These Streets — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Mau P / Panfil & Rubh — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Rob Clearfield ' s Ashes and Diamonds — Constellation , Chicago ; Nystrodamus / Dust Biter / St . October — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Funky Monks — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Rich Jones / ShrapKnel / J Bambii — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Tunes with Tim ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message Band — FitzGerald ' s-Sidebar , Berwyn ; B Underwater Bubble Show — Genesee , Waukegan ; Daybreaker / Bad Crime / Irish Goodbyes / Lucky Girl Syndrome — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Paper Machete / Clark Sommers — Green Mill , Chicago ; Fletcher Rockwell — Hard Rock Casino – Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Beyond The Blonde — Hard Rock Casino – HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Anthem — Heroes West , Lemont ; Happy Hour : Lisa Thomen — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Karen Waldrup — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nitecap ( 9:30pm ): Demi Clara — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; The Curls / Junegrass / Free Times — Hideout , Chicago ; Slayyter — House Of Blues , Chicago ; Group Chat — House Of Blues-Foundation Room , Chicago ; Chad Daniels — Improv , Schaumburg ; Jeremy Pelt — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hendrix Effect — JJ Kelleys , Lansing ; Smoakland / Sumthin Sumthin / Auracle — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Al Spears & The Hurricane — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Elizabeth Moen / Red PK / Anaiet — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Neighbor / Tenth Mountain Division — Martyrs , Chicago ; Hiss Golden Messenger / Sylvie — Metro , Chicago ; Rock City — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Teen Open Mic — Old Town School - Armitage Hall , Chicago ; Bruce Cockburn — Old Town School - Maurer Hall , Chicago ; 312 Comedy Fest : Craig Robinson & The Nasty Delicious — Park West , Chicago ; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Show — Piazza , Aurora ; David Bazaar — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Kristin Rose Kelly — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Apashe / Wasiu / Ymir — Radius , Chicago ; Carnifex / Signs Of The Swarm / To The Grave — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Mammoth WVH / Nita Strauss — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Wookiefoot / Spare Change Trio — Reggies – Club , Chicago ; The Nadas / Emma Butterworth — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Midnight ) — Reggies – Shack , Chicago ; 312 Comedy Fest : Michael Che — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Russell Peters — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Husbands / Plastic Picnic — Schubas , Chicago ; KiNK / Shaun J . Wright / Sevron — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Rubblebucket / Dante Elephante — Space , Evanston ; Bluphoria / Noah Vonne — Subterranean , Chicago ; Royal & The Serpent / Carlie Hanson / Baby Fisher — Subterranean , Chicago ; Angie ' s Rockin Birthday Bash : Rok Brigade / My Metal Heart — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Faction — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Emo Dance Party : All American Throwbacks — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Rosie Tucker / Half Gringa — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; K-Von — The Forge , Joliet ; Heartsfield |
— The Venue , Aurora ; Frankie Parker & The Gentleman — Untitled , Chicago ; 312 Comedy Festival : Ari Shaffir — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; The Bunny The Bear / Vev Wilcox & Ricky Carcass — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Johnny Payne & The True Believers — Wild Hare , Chicago ; 312 Comedy : Jamie Lissow — Zanies , Chicago ; After Hours Comedy : Calvin Evans ( 11pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; 312 Comedy Fest : Steve Dahl Podcast — Zanies , Rosemont . |
SUNDAY 5
Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Julia Danielle — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Ron Hawking Sinatra Tribute — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Heavy Chicago Fest : DRI / Repulsion / Macabre / Embryonic Autopsy / The Suffering — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Suki in the Burbs / T-Rell — BHouse Live , Lombard ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Hives / Olivia Jean — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Regina Belle / Kyle Turner — City Winery , Chicago ; Thomas Giles — Constellation , Chicago ; World Of Dance — Copernicus , Chicago ; Gloria Gaynor — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Walter Trout — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; 20X2 : Did You Hear That ? ( 2:30 pm ) — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Closed Casket ( Album Release Show )/ The Sunflower Convertibles — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Kendra Morris / Alicia Walter — Hideout , Chicago ; Jeremy Pelt — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Girl God / Patrick Doran — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers — Martyrs , Chicago ; Paul Cauthen / Tanner Usrey — Metro , Chicago ; Alison Brown / Special Consensus — Old Town School , Chicago ; 312 Comedy Fest : That ' s Messed Up Live — Park West , Chicago ; Grant Milliren ( 3pm ) — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Torch The Hive / Eve Black / Cranberry Batcave — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Ancient Aliens LIVE — Rialto Theatre , Joliet ; 312 Comedy Fest : The Wait Wait Stand Up Tour — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Beach Bums / Jumex / Sunday Cruise — Schubas , Chicago ; Ariel + Tallies / Cool Heat / Shimmer DJs — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Queen !: Cinthie / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Rubblebucket / Dante Elephante / Toth — Space , Evanston ; Draggy Tingz — Subterranean , Chicago ; Dreamwell / Bleached Cross / Thotcrime — Subterranean , Chicago ; Slaughter Beach , Dog / Bonny Doon — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; 312 Comedy : Stephen Bargatze — Zanies , Chicago .
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MONDAY 6
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Pussy Riot : Riot Days — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Weedie Braimah / Azania Drum Ensemble — City Winery , Chicago ; Junior Mint Prince / Dorothy Carlos / Signal Decay — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Roosevelt Univ . CCPA — Jazz
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Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; The Chicago Moth Storyslam — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Emblem 3 — Martyrs , Chicago ; Khanh / Your Honor / Illusive — Prysm , Chicago ; Zack Fedor / Blake Burkhart — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Julie / Blimp — Schubas , Chicago ; Girl Ray / Jennifer Hall / Sydcram — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Botfly — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Super Six Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 7
Variety Hour — Alive One , Chicago ; Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Silen Film Night : Get Your Man — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Luna Luna — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Devil Master / Fuming Mouth / Final Gasp — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Ne Obliviscaris / Beyond Creation / The Omnific — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Pop Up Karaoke — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Jimmy Brown / Rovv — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Pavlo — City Winery , Chicago ; Mating Ritual / Loviet / Monogamy — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Carl Weathersby — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Corb Lund — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Meltt / Astrachan — Hideout , Chicago ; Bob Lark Alumni Big Band — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Mike Doughty / Ghost of Vroom — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Santiago Cruz — Park West , Chicago ; Royal & The Serpent / Carlie Hanson / Baby Fisher — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Haviah Mighty / Psalm One — Schubas , Chicago ; Side Hug / Soft Speaker / Phil Yates — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Great Lake Swimmers / Leslie Mendelson — Space , Evanston ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on La- Grange , Countryside ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Rolling Meadows HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Open Mic — Uptown , Westmont ; The Cat Empire / High Fade — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Rose Funeral / My Own Will / Homicyde — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Anthony Fuentes — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 8
Danny Bauer — Alive One , Chicago ; Romel Sims / Pete Benson — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Corb Lund — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Gel — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Arch Echo / Stellar Circuits — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago ,
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Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Robyn Ottolini — Bub City , Chicago ; Live Jam : Brother Jon — Buddy Guy ' s , Chicago ; Jerry Russo / Nevada Nevada / Pyrrhic Victories — Burlington , Chicago ; The Kiffness — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Patton Oswalt — City Winery , Chicago ; Awakestillblinded / Like Roses / Stay Inside — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; El Khat — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Chris Greene Quartet — FitzGerald ' s- Sidebar , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Electric Gradyland — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Stuck / Spllit / Spread Joy — Hideout , Chicago ; Modernlove ./ Yoste — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Expendables / Bumpin Uglies / Claire Wright — Martyrs , Chicago ; Zack Fox / Sky Jetta — Metro , Chicago ; Ana Everling — Old Town School , Chicago ; Lay Down Ramblers — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Marilee / Correy Bell / MFX — Reggies – Shack , Chicago ; Blues Traveler — Rialto Theatre , Joliet ; How Did This Get Made ? - Live ! — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Emei / Lulu Simon — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Liska ( EP Release )/ Morpho / Social Cinema — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Antje Duvekot / Joe Crookston — Space , Evanston ; Pain of Truth / Conservative Military Image / Life ' s Question — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country Wednesdays : Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Gormet Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Foxing / The Hotelier / Emperor X — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Dylan Doyle Band — Untitled , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; Brittany Schmitt — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 9
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Micah Collier / Anthony Bruno — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Daniel Asher — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Daisychain / Kangaroo Court / Uncle Sexy & The Nephews — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Last Dinner Party / Brigitte Calls Me Baby — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Karaoke — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder & Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Almost there but not really / Tigershark Don ' t Quit — Burlington , Chicago ; ' 90s Country Playlist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; My Morning Jacket — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Leisure — Chop Shop , Chicago ; JoJo Hermann ( of Widespread Panic ) — City Winery , Chicago ; Louyah / Gervs / Twanted — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Vulgar Commons / Sherry Lane / The Scummies — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Tom Sandoval — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ;
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