FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Country 2k — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Marques Carrol / Shawn Maxwell — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Knocked Loose — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; DJ Don Carlos — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Hts ; Heavy Chicago Fest : Bongripper / Pelican / Wraith / Avernus — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Omnitones / Sunset Drip / Mob Drama — Basecamp , Lisle ; Mr . Gnome / Rat Bath / Just Hammers — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band / Mzz Reese — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Please Please Please Party — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Scott Dubose — Bub City , Chicago ; Trey Knepp — Bub City , Rosemont ; Early Birds Dance Party — Burlington , Chicago ; Kurtis James — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Jack Wittier Trio — Chicago St . Pub , Joliet ; Corey Holcomb — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; PawPaw Rod — Chop Shop , Chicago ; LaVert Experience — City Winery , Chicago ; Dashboard Professional / A For Effort — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Haloween Partyl : Hole / Yeah / Yeah Yeahs / QOSTA Tributes — Cole ' s , Chicago ; LAYZ / Drinkurwater / VLCN — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Bronze ( Record Release )/ Air Blue Gowns — Constellation , Chicago ; David ' s Bazaar — Coom ' s Corner , Lockport ; Disco Circus — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; The Phil Collins Experience — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Blackened / Reign in Blood — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Tennesee Whiskey — Evenflow , Geneva ; Miles Nielssen & Rusted Hearts — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Menards / Dogs at Large — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; The Disco Circus — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; In The Flesh ! — Geneva Stage , Lake Geneva ; Chris Foreman / Geof Bradifeld — Green Mill , Chicago ; Stealin the Farm — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Laura Rain & The Caesars — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Bongripper / Pelican / Wraith / Avernus / Motherless — Heavy Chicago , Chicago ; Duke Tomatoe — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Happy Hour : Jennie Rak — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ) Jennie Rak — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; David Liebe Hart Experience / Beverly Fre $ h — Hideout , Chicago ; Drive-By Truckers — HOB , Chicago ; Heartache Tonight — Hobart Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Aries Spears — Improv , Schaumburg ; Heartwreckers / Saving Grace — Jamo ' s , Mokena ; Chuchito Valdes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; George Birge / Carson Wallace — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Myles Smith — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Billy Nixon Trio — Madcats , Palatine ; Soul Daddy — Martyrs ', Chicago ; KMFDM – 40th Anniversary Tour / Morlocks — Metro , Chicago ; DJ Sylkk — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville
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; Geordie Kelly : Happy Hour — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Missy Vaughn-Dean & The Love Supreme / The Bare Hambones — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Foxing / Indian Lakes / Pictoria Vark — Outset , Chicago ; Start Making Sense / Charlie Otto / His Gear — Park West , Chicago ; E5C4P3 — Piazza , Aurora ; Billy Denton — Pollyanna , Lemont ; JD Kostyk — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Dave Purdy — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Felix Cartal / Gene Farris / Crusy / Sham / Andino — Prysm , Chicago ; Iresponsible / Universal Conflict — Q Bar , Darien ; Sara Landry — Radius , Chicago ; Corey Kent / Braxton Keith — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Polo G / VonOff1700 / Skylar Blatt — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Wookiefoot / The Limms / Covington Groove — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Lockstep / God is War / Cuss — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Okean Elzy — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Reality Bites — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Sesame Street Live ! Say Hello — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Newdad / DJ I ' m Dead — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Nina Kraviz / Hieroglyphic Being / Justin Aulis Long — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Freddy Jones Band — Space , Evanston ; 7th Heaven — Stage 119 , Elmurst ; Emo Nite — Subterranean , Chicago ; Country DJ Artie — Sundance , Mundelein ; Blue Voodoo — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Lebanon Hanover / Light Asylum / Traitrs / Echodroides — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Nanpa Basico — The Forge , Joliet ; Reset — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Corduroy — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Pk ; Michael Damani — Untitled , Chicago ; Stardust 10:30 : Kimberly Gordon — Untitled , Chicago ; Downtown Charlie Brown — Venue , Aurora ; Tommy Tiernan — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Hairbangers Ball — Vixen , McHenry ; Sacred Warrior / 4TH Point / Jokers Rivival — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Pete Lee — Zanies , Chicago ; Jackie Fabulous — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 2
Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Marques Carrol / Shawn Maxwell — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Polo G — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Phil Collins Experience — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ Fast Eddie — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Hts ; Heavy Chicago Fest : Earth Crisis / Jasta / Legon ' s Doom / Earthburner — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Kashmir Led Zeppelin — Basecamp , Lisle ; Riot ! At The Disco — Beat
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Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band / Mzz Reese — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Sparta / East Moon / Flowersatherfeet — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Krista Lynn Meadow — Bub City , Chicago ; Bootjack Road — Bub City , Rosemont ; Trey Knepp — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Further Blues — Chicago St . Pub , Joliet ; Sarah Silverman — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Eggy — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Bob Marley Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Paul Cebar — City Winery , Chicago ; Cecy Santana — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Quickly Quickly / Ghost Days / Teen Blush — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; AAAYYAAA / Future Nest / Shinespark — Cole ' s , Chicago ; Jessica Audiffred / Leotrix — Concord Hall , Chicago ; JAKAL — Constellation , Chicago ; Blue Oyster Cult — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Dias Del Muertos / Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; This End Up / Rockin Moxie — Evenflow , Geneva ; NRBQ — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Taylor Nation — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; The Moods — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Shrek : The Broadway Musical — Genesee , Rosemont ; Paper Machete / Geof Bradifeld — Green Mill , Chicago ; Dancing Queen — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; DJ Metro — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Brett Young / Owen Riegling — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Earth Crisis / Jasta / Legions Of Doom / Earthburner / The Crosses / Usurper / Masonic Wave — Heavy Chicago , Chicago ; Happy Hour : Brian Castillo — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Insiders ( Petty Tribute ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ) Brian Castillo — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Greg Garing — Hideout , Chicago ; Drive-By Truckers — HOB , Chicago ; Ten / Basket Case — Hobart Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Aries Spears — Improv , Schaumburg ; Hair Band Night — Jamo ' s , Mokena ; Chuchito Valdes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Sixteen Candles — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Myles Smith — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Gingers — Madcats , Palatine ; Ernie Hendrickson / Dana Maragos ( Album Release ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Finom / Cabeza De Chivo — Metro , Chicago ; Nickk Barnum Band — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; The Second Summer / Go Time / Sonny Veneer — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Tegan and Sara on Junior High and Crushes ( In conversation ) — Old Town School , Chicago ; Teen Open Mic — Old Town School - Armitage , Chicago ; The Slaps / Noah Pope / Shane T — Outset , Chicago ; Tinder Live With Lane Moore — Park West , Chicago ; Chicago Mule — Peggy Kinane ' s , Arlington Hts ; Hairbanger ' s Ball / Mike & Joe — Piazza , Aurora ; Jay Cherry / Ryan Cooper — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; ATB / Capri / DJMJ / Proppa / CJ ./ |
Aboywithabag / L3XX — Prysm , Chicago ; Sara Landry — Radius , Chicago ; Knocked Loose / Danny Brown / Drain — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; The Menzingers — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Lawrence Tome / Mycota / Zac Fedor — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Tim Dillion — River ' s Casino , Des Plaines ; The B-52s — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Fletcher Rockwell — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Jimmy Burns — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Sesame Street Live ! Say Hello — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Line Dancing & DJ / Yankee Cowboy — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Starcharm / Mx Lonely / Shower Curtain / Interlay — Schubas , Chicago ; Swirlies / Astrobrite — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; DJ Seinfeld / Shaun J Wright / Mira Ló — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Blitzen Trapper / Louisa Stancioff — Space , Evanston ; Oh Yes ! — Stage 119 , Elmurst ; Forgetting Sarah Marshall / Superdime / Lavender Point — Subterranean , Chicago ; Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers — Subterranean , Chicago ; Escape / Anthem — Sundance , Mundelein ; Wait What — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; French Police / Wisteria — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Hot Chelle Rae — The Forge , Joliet ; Thee Sacred Souls — The Salt Shed , Chicago ; DJ Tim — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Pk ; Park N ' Ride — Untitled , Chicago ; Beyond The Blonde — Vixen , McHenry ; Tributes to Perfect Circle / Alice in Chains / Rage Against The Machine — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Forgotten Tribe & OvejaNegra — Willd Hare , Chicago ; Calvin Harris ( 11pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Pete Lee — Zanies , Chicago ; Jackie Fabulous — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 3
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Andrew Toombs — Andy ' s , Chicago ; A Bronx Tale — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Heavy Chicago Fest : Cynic / Brotanica / The Skull / Putrid Pile — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Zero 9:36 / Afterlife / Reece Young — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals watch party ( 3pm ) — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Y ' all ' s Brunch — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Dan & Phil — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Musiq Soulchild — City Winery , Chicago ; Sinatra Sunday — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; Melodic Canvas / Bled Tape — Cole ' s , Chicago ; Four Year Strong / Free Throw / One Step Closer / Death Lens — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Hannah A Barnes / Jamie Monck — Constellation , Chicago ; Brunch : Lawrence Peters — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Grandstand — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; 20x2 Chicago — GMan
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