Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, November listings by October 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 751-5051, or
e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
— Reggie’s, Chicago; Robert Plant & The Sensational Space
Shifters/The Last Internationale — Riviera, Chicago; Bluegrass
Jam — Route 20 Outhouse, Sturtevant, WI; Maarcos/Kalendr —
The Mid, Chicago; Shovels & Rope/John Fullbright — The Vic,
Chicago; David’s Bazaar — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
Reboot Program’s All Age Showcase — Bada Brew, Joliet-Crest
Hill; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Charlie Love Band/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
PFI Entertainment — Bobby McGee’s, Chicago Ridge; Beach
Fossils/Heavenly Beat/Axxa/Abraxas — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Matt Hendricks/Cheryl Youngblood — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Steve Nieve Plays Elvis Costello w/Tall
Ulysse — City Winery, Chicago; MO/Holychild — Concord Music
Hall, Chicago; Fred Hersch — Constellation, Chicago;
Homemade Maps Tour After Party — Elbo Room, Chicago; Open
Mic Night — Fitgerald’s, Berwyn; Mersey Beatles — Joe’s On
Weed, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks Band/Michael Wheeler Band —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Daniel Rossen/Department of Eagles
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Moth StorySlam — Martyrs, Chicago;
Mudflapps/Devin Tuel/Stephen Harms — Red Line Tap, Chicago;
Lily Allen/Mr. Little Jeans — Riviera, Chicago; Miles Over
Mountains/Opn Mic With Tommy Sklut — The Abbey Pub,
Chicago.
FRIDAY 3
WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER
Terrapin Flyer — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Blues Jam Hosted by Big
Ray & Chicago’s Most Wanted — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Open Mic
with Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Open Mic with
John O — Ballydoyle, Aurora; JW Williams Blues Band/Laretha
Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Amity Affliction/For The
Fallen Dreams/Obey The Brave/Favorite Weapon/Exotype —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Judson Brown — Bub City, Chicago;
Anthony Moser/Joe Moss — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Good Ol’ Freda - Beatles Documentary Screening — City Winery,
Chicago; Goddamn Gallows w/Anger — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
La Roux — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Volcano Radar —
Constellation, Chicago; Rory Tyler/Shiny Penny/Valentine
Bennett/Matthew Kysia — Cubby Bear, Chicago; White
Mystery/Hank & Cupcakes/Ghosthouse/FABITAT: Grooves —
Double Door, Chicago; Nathan Angelo/M.A.D. Syndicate/Ben
Burns/Open Mic w/Austin Valencia — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Classic Cocktail Jazz/Allysa Allgood — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Crowder — House of Blues, Chicago; Perfume Genius/Matteah
Baim — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes The
Police — Martyrs, Chicago; Kasabian/Bo Ningen — Metro,
Chicago; Butcher Babies — Mojoes, Joliet; Paloma Faith — Park
West, Chicago; Crab Juice Comedy — Quenchers, Chicago;
Suicide Machines/Bumsy & The Moochers — Reggie’s, Chicago;
Rival Sons/Carbellion/Signalfire — Route 20 Outhouse,
ERASURE
October 3 - October 4 Chicago Theatre, 175 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 462-6300
Sturtevant, WI; Mighty Joe — Salseria, Elmhurst;
Dastardly/Grandkids/The Gold Web — The Burlington, Chicago;
Within Temptation/Amaranthe — The Vic, Chicago; Jen & Amy
Of Bad Girlfriend — Whiskey River, Mt. Prospect.
THURSDAY 2
Blue Moon Soup — Abbey Pub, Chicago; J.W. Williams & The Chi
Town Hustlers — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Turnover/Light Years/
Malfunction/From The Sidelines — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Vito
Zatto Show — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Shirley Johnson Blues
Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Reverend T Blues Jam — Bobby
McGee’s, Chicago Ridge; Nick Jonas — Bottom Lounge, Chicago;
Eddie Taylor Jr./Matt Hendricks/Breey Rodio — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Australian Pink Floyd — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Fauntleroys Feat. Alejandro Escovedo/Nick
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