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Evanston ; Jazmin Bean / Lucy Loone — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country Wednesdays : Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Kickback — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Gormet Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Yussef Dayes — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; John Caponera — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 23
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Karaoke — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; ' 90s Country Playlist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; PBJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic Blues Jam — Harlem Ave . Lounge , Berwyn ; Justin Robinson Collective — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Allie K / Tony Schulfield / Kevin Williams — Reggies – Shack , Chicago ; Schubas Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Music Bingo : Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Juice Man Band — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago .
FRIDAY 24
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; WWE Smackdown — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Geof Bradfield / Heavy Sounds — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Jackyl — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Trans-Siberians Orchestra Tribute : Christmas Wizards Live ! — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Luke Pytel Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Two Beer Tommy — Bub City , Rosemont ; R & B Kickback — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Hedex — Chop Shop , Chicago ; BoDeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Shallou / Origami Human — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Last Waltz - The Band ' s Farewell Tribute — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Durty Nellies — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Mr . Blotto / Mr . Myers — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Lydia Loveless / Reese McHenry — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Hillbilly Rockstars / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; The Zimmerman : The Last Waltz — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Six Speed Tranny / American Psychos — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Chris Foreman / Jerry Weldon & Dave Shumacher — Green Mill , Chicago ; DJ Slash — Hard Rock Casino – Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Starlight City — Hard Rock Casino – HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Derrick Procell & All Star Mojo — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Tom West — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nitecap ( 9:30pm ): Michaels Rawls — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Adam Ferrara — Improv , Schaumburg ; Justin Robinson Collective — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Zeljko Samardzic Band — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Terrapin Flyer — Martyrs , Chicago ; Hillbilly Casino — Mickey
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Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Henhouse Prowlers / The Sullivan Sisters — Park West , Chicago ; Sam Wyatt — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Deeper Purpose / Darius Syrossian / Xovi — Prysm , Chicago ; Koffin Kats / Krank Daddies / Headless Honchos — Reggies – Club , Chicago ; Apollo Suns / Groovy Louie / Dr . Unk — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Wedding Band — Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Big Mike and The R & B Kings / Pete Galanis — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Sydney Sprague / Wheelwright — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Brooklyn Charmers — Space , Evanston ; Capital Soiree / Pink Squeeze / Violet Crime — Subterranean , Chicago ; Bad Medicine Unplugged — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Femdot . — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Backyard Tire Fire — The Venue , Aurora ; Noname / Stout — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Psyclon Nine / Viginti / Clockwork Echo — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Yabba Griffiths & Traxx — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Tumua — Zanies , Chicago ; John Caponera — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 25
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; WWE Survivor Series — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Geof Bradfield / Heavy Sounds — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Cornerstones of Rock ( 8pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; St . Charles Holiday Parade Watch Party ( Rock N ' Ravioli ) 5pm — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Victor Brown Band — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Dark Side of Yule : Classical Blast Holiday Concert — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Anthem — Bannerman ' s , Bartlett ; Kashmir Led Zeppelin Show — Basecamp , Lisle ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Chase Petra / Carpoo Tunnel — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Hillbilly Casino Bingo its Christmas — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Feel Good Country Boys — Bub City , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Bub City , Rosemont ; Punk Rock Tacos : Eske / IAttack / Acton ' s Dictum — Burlington , Chicago ; Patrick Bale & Pale Ales — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Bad Friends / Andrew Santino & Bobby Lee — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; BoDeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Deacon Blues Steely Dan Tribute — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Dianogah / Menthol / Small Awesome — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; LP Vinyl / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Jon Dee Graham — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Jon Dee Graham — FitzGerald ' s-Sidebar , Berwyn ; Thunderstruck — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Paper Machete / Jerry Weldon & Dave Shumacher — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Hard Rock Casino – Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Nate Venturelli — Hard Rock Casino – HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Tiny Country — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Kevin Purcell & Root Doctors — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nitecap ( 9:30pm ): Eric Quigley — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Adam Ferrara — Improv , Schaumburg ; Justin Robinson Collective — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; An Afternoon With Kevin Nash And Sean Waltman — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Sixteen Candles ( 9:00pm ) — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Terrapin Flyer — Martyrs , Chicago ; MUSIC FOR
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MARS : Liquid Soul featuring Mars Williams / The Joe Marcinek Band and Jesse De La Pena / Richard Butler , Zachary Alford and Rich Good of The Psychedelic Furs / Jeff Coffin of Dave Matthews Band / Richard Fortus of Guns N ' Roses / Ike Reilly — Metro , Chicago ; Modern Day Romeos — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Noah Reid / Wyatt C Louis — Park West , Chicago ; The Crawfords — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Wombat Carnival — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Brujeria / Pinanta Protest / No-Mas — Reggies – Club , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson ( Midnight ) — Reggies – Shack , Chicago ; The State — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Dijimos Tranquilito — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Two Beer Tommy — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Susan Warner — Space , Evanston ; Jersey In Chicago — Subterranean , Chicago ; Blue Voodoo — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Sen Morimoto — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; U . D . O ./ Dakus in Chiraq — The Forge , Joliet ; Lil Lotus / Makeout / SACE6 — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Hurricane Reggae Band — Wild Hare , Chicago ; After Hours Comedy : Calvin Evans ( 11pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Tumua — Zanies , Chicago ; Bobby V — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 26
Comedy Open Mic / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Michele Thomas — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Bret Michaels Holiday Party ( 5pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Eem Triplin — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Better Off / Valleyheart / Daisyhead / Sign Language — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Chevy Chase National Lampoon ' s Christmas Vacation — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; BoDeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Citizen / Narrow Head / Modern Color — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Magnus Villanueva — Constellation , Chicago ; Wheel of Fortune Live ( 3pm ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; British Buddy Big Band — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Brunch : Diamondback — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Deafhaven — House Of Blues , Chicago ; Adam Ferrara — Improv , Schaumburg ; Justin Robinson Collective — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Irish Christmas in America — Old Town School , Chicago ; OmegaX — Park West , Chicago ; Veeze — Patio Theatre , Chicago ; Winterland / Ugly Radio Rebellion — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Sugarman Allstars — Reggies – Shack , Chicago ; Von Heidecke ' s Chicago Festival Ballet ' s The Nutcracker — Rialto Theatre , Joliet ; The State — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ;
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Elf in Concert — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Queen !: Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; The Flat Five / Total Pro Horns — Space , Evanston ; Draggy Tingz — Subterranean , Chicago ; MMMFD / Razor Mikahl / Lawless / Devilboy — WC Social Club , West Chicago .
MONDAY 27
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; KISS — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Cliff Wallace — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Allman Betts Family Revival — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; J Roddy Walston — City Winery , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Chicago Jazz Guitar Jam — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Dex / Wreck / Sebastian Vargas — Prysm , Chicago ; Zack Fedor / Blake Burkhart — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Lily & Madeiline / Brian Dunne — Schubas , Chicago ; S . Rock — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Vino Louden — Space , Evanston ; Open Mic — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Marcus Monroe — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 28
Variety Hour — Alive One , Chicago ; Windy City Ramblers — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Christian Keyes — City Winery , Chicago ; Rocky Marciano Birthday Celebration ( 7pm ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Urban Heat / Rare DM — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mothstoryslam — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Bob Lark Septet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Boys and Girls Club ' s Giving Tuesday — Martyrs , Chicago ; Imminence — Metro , Chicago ; The Landlord ' s Cats — Park West , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies – Joint , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Ariana and the Rose — Schubas , Chicago ; Crash Test Dummies — Space , Evanston ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Lisle HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Open Mic — Uptown , Westmont ; Tina Friml — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 29
Tomcat Trumpet — Alive One , Chicago ; Pentatonix — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Michele Thomas / Pete Benson — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; The continues on page 30
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