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Heritage Night — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Jeff Massey & Friends —
Double Door, Chicago; Jazz Consortium — Durty Nellies,
Palatine; Tiffany Thompson/Decibel/Run On Sentence/After
Hours Radio — Elbo Room, Chicago; Jazz Community Big Band
— FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Walter & Connie Payton Foundation
Benefit — Fuel Room, Libertyville; Kirk Franklin’s Gospel Brunch
— House of Blues, Chicago; Asgeir/Low Roar — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Doro/Mighty Swine/A.D.D — Mojoes, Joliet; Song’s
The Thing — Park West, Chicago; Chicago Battle Of The Bands
— Reggie’s, Chicago; Imelda Marcos/Comfort Food/Knyfs — The
Burlington, Chicago.
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Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; Augustines/The Bots — Double
Door, Chicago; American English/Positlivey 4th Street — Durty
Nellies, Palatine; Manny Torres/Adam Burrows/Brigade/
Brother StarRace/Double Down Nation — Elbo Room, Chicago;
David’s Bazaar — Famous Dave’s, Chicago; C-Factor — Fitz’s
Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Steve Wynn/Expo ‘76 — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Bella Cain — Fuel Room, Libertyville; Shape Shifter/
VVX — H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Robin Trower/Matthew
Curry — House of Blues, Chicago; Chicago Music Machine —
J.W. Hollstein’s Saloon, TInley Park; Gen X — Jenny’s Southside
Tap, Chicago Ridge; Jon Conover — Kennedy Pointe @Blackberry
Oaks, Yorkville; Rachael Yamagata/The Dove & The Wolf/
Hemming — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Soda — Luigi’s, Aurora;
Rebirth Brass Band — Martyrs, Chicago; Afghan Whigs/Joseph
Arthur/DJ Lou’s Lounge — Metro, Chicago; Bayside/I am
Avalanche/Seaway — Mojoes, Joliet; James Libera — Niko’s
Lodge, Algonquin; TNT Chicago/Facelift — Nite Cap, Chicago;
LP Duo — Porter’s Pub, Elgin; EDM DJ Night — Q Bar, Darien;
Tony Marcalpine/Deniro Farrar — Reggie’s, Chicago; Arra —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Doro — Route 20 Outhouse,
Sturtevant, WI; Coverlicious — Shaker’s, Ottawa; Gooroos —
Sideouts, Island Lake; April’s Reign — Sullivan’s Irish Pub,
Midlothian; Scotch Hollow — The Alley, Highwood; Pile/Fake
Limbs/Ling Ling — The Burlington, Chicago; Rusko/Gent &
Jawns/Alex Young/Zebo — The Mid, Chicago.
SATURDAY 11
DVS*/Sunsquabi/Cofresi — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Larry Pascale
— Angry Brothers Pub, Racine, WI; Eddie Shaw & The Wolfgang
— B.L.U.E.S., Chicago; Conquest/Habit Of Force/Boomslang/
Pipe — Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Dick Diamond & The Dusters —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; New Invaders — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
The Lucas Brothers/Daniel Ellsworth & The Great
Lakes/SACCO — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Jimmy O. & Rhonda Lee
— Bella Mia, Midlothian; Barcode Band — Blarney Stone Pub,
Oak Forest; Nellie “Tiger” Travis Blues Band — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Naked Karate Girls — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby, Michigan
City, IN; One Hot Mess/Kim THomas & Wildcard — Blue Chip
Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Optical Distortion — Blues Bar,
Mt. Prospect; Holly Warbridge — Bobby McGee’s, Chicago Ridge;
mewithoutyou/The Appleseed Cast/Hop Along — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Ken Qualter — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Mike
Wheeler/Jimmy Johnson/Breezy Rodio/Nick Moss — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Second Hand Soul Band/Four Man
Band — Carlucci, Downers Grove; Russell Peters — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Scientist/Sleestak/Making Ghosts/
HighDiver/Black Dragon River — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
MONDAY 13
Open Mic — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Pistol Pete — B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago; Claudette Miller/Tenry Johns Band — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Eddie Taylor Jr./Brother John hosts The Jam — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Joan Osborne w/Ruston Kelly — City
Winery, Chicago; 3-On-3/Jessie Marasa/Charles Rumback/
Jenna Lyle — Constellation, Chicago; Comedy Showcase —
Double Door, Chicago; Buzzed Spelling Bee — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Charli XCX/Elliphant/Femme — Lincoln Hall, Chicago;
Fishermen/The Amen Brothers/Old Timey w/DJ Bashert —
Martyrs, Chicago; Music Trivia/Bingo — Reggie’s, Chicago; Mid
Industry Mondays — The Mid, Chicago.
ROBIN TROWER
October 10 House Of Blues, 329 N Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 923-2000
History Of Freestyle Music — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Tim
Munro — Constellation, Chicago; Bliss/Lounge Puppets/Pirate
Radio — Craft Beer Festival, Lake Zurich; Too White Crew —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Deezguize — Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda;
Gorgon City/Simmer Down Sound — Double Door, Chicago;
Bernie Glim & Country Roads — Drunken Monkey, Algonquin;
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