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The Singer/The Fine Print/Bits & Beats w/Barragoon DJ —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Los Straitjackets featuring Deke
Dickerson, Cook County Soul Alliance — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Modern Day Romeos — Fuel Room, Libertyville; Hairbangers Ball
— H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Generation — Harrah’s Casino,
Joliet; Nojo — Heroes West, Joliet; Big Wig Mechanic — J.W.
Hollstein’s Saloon, TInley Park; Bad Medicine — Jenny’s
Southside Tap, Chicago Ridge; Sondre Lerche/Teen — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Cadillac Casanovas — Luigi’s, Aurora; This Must
Be The Band/Grood/DJ Bashert — Martyrs, Chicago; Midlife
Crisis — Maverick’s Bar & Grill, Mundelein; Alkaline Trio/All
Eyes West — Metro, Chicago; Unnoficial Chive Meet Up —
Mojoes, Joliet; Mason Rivers/Lincoln Don’t Lie — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Trashcan Symphony — Off Sides, Woodstock; Rock
Hard Chicago/Risky Business — Q Bar, Darien; Sparkplug
Assasins/Shadoz Edge/Ambulance — Q Bar Plano, Plano; Eric
Gales Band/Blue Dream/The Slugs/Doug Stanhope — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Beats Antique/Emancipator/Shpongle/Lafa Taylor —
Riviera, Chicago; Saving Savannah — Route 20 Outhouse,
Sturtevant, WI; Genr8r — Snuggery, McHenry; Retropolitan —
Sullivan’s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Divino Nino/Fatty Acids/
Dinosaur Feather — The Burlington, Chicago; Ryan Budyak Live
— The Cabin, Woodstock; Classical Blast — The Cottage,
Homewood; Dr. Feelgood Acoustic Experience — The Irish
Patriot, Orland Park; Airborne Toxic Event — The Vic, Chicago;
Three Beards — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
SUNDAY 19
Traditional Irish Session/Freedonian Municipa Band — Abbey
Pub, Chicago; Alfonso Ponticelli/Swing Gitan — Arcada Theater,
St. Charles; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co. — B.L.U.E.S., Chicago;
The Gears/Losing September/A.D.D. — Bada Brew, Crest Hill;
Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Sarah Jayne
Lane — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Nellie “Tiger” Travis Blues Band
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Bert Borth — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby,
Michigan City, IN; Nicholas Barron/Mz. Peaches — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Sinead O’Connor — City Winery, Chicago;
Clockwork Indigo — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Yarn/Wire —
Constellation, Chicago; Viva! Marc Anthony Tribute Project —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Jazz Night w/Larry Brown Band — Double
Door, Chicago; Hip Hop Showcase/Mitar — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Kids
Rockin’ Costume Party featuring Los Straitjackets with Deke
Dickerson (11am) — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Teen Artist Open Mic
(SideBar Music Room) — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Kirk Franklin’s
Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Angus & Julia
Stone/Conner Youngblood — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Alkaline
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Open Mic with John O — Ballydoyle,
Aurora; Splice Series/Julia Miller/Avreeay! Ra/Being As An
Ocean/Gideon — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Anthony Moser/Eddie Taylor Jr./Scott Nev —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Sinead O’Connor — City Winery,
Chicago; Ryan Keberle & Catharsis/Chicago Edition —
Constellation, Chicago; Rendevouz — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Chicago Indie/Alt Fest — Elbo Room, Chicago; Shout Section
Big Band — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; SideBar Sessions with
Marshall Vente Octet — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; White Buffalo —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Band Jam — Route 20 Outhouse,
Sturtevant, WI; Mark Taylor — Salseria, Elmhurst; tUne-yArDs —
The Vic, Chicago; Matthew Ed Stillman & Scott Eversoll —
Whiskey River, Mt. Prospect.
THURSDAY 23
BASTILLE
October 21 Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60640 (773) 561-9500
Trio/Treasure Fleet — Metro, Chicago; Puddle Of Mudd —
Mojoes, Joliet; Roaring Records Concert Series — Q Bar, Darien;
Simply Elton (Caribou)/Chicago Battle Of The Bands — Reggie’s,
Chicago; Beats Antique/Emancipator/Shpongle/Lafa Taylor —
Riviera, Chicago; Breast Cancer Benefit for Kelly Flanagan —
Route 20 Outhouse, Sturtevant, WI; Monroe Crossing/KR
Bluegrass — Route 20 Outhouse, Sturtevant, WI; Reverend T &
The Soul Shakers — Sullivan’s Irish Pub, Midlothian; Miracle
Condition/Depth & Current/Startropics — The Burlington,
Chicago.
MONDAY 20
Open Mic — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Pistol Pete — B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago; Claudette Miller/Tenry Johns Blues Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Eddie Taylor Jr./Jimmy Burns hosts The Jam
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Bryan Adams — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Sinead O’Connor — City Winery, Chicago;
Dragonslayer — Constellation, Chicago; Bruiser Queen/
Strawberry Jacuzzi/Donkey Hotel — Double Door, Chicago;
Graydon James & Laura Spink — Elbo Room, Chicago; Best
Night Ever Comedy — Gman Tavern, Chicago; Louder Than A
Mom — Martyrs, Chicago; Rebuilder/Still Frames/Jack
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Torrance — Reggie’s, Chicago; Two Houses/Couches/Post
Child/Heroin Chic — The Burlington, Chicago; Mid Industry
Mondays — The Mid, Chicago.
TUESDAY 21
Bastille — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; JW Williams Blues
Band/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Matt
Hendricks/Dave Specter — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jim
Gaffigan — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Willie Watson w/Mikaela
Davis — City Winery, Chicago; Eddie & The Hot Rods/Dime
Runner/Modern Day Rippers — Double Door, Chicago; Abud: A
Bard — Elbo Room, Chicago; Anberlin — House of Blues,
Chicago; Boy & Bear/Reuben & The Dark — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Pecha Kucha Artists Month — Martyrs, Chicago; Mr.
Blotto — Reggie’s, Chicago; Negative Scanner/Sex Jams/Earth
Girls — The Burlington, Chicago; King Diamond — The Vic,
Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 22
Terrapin Flyer — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Gary Wright Book Tour —
Arcada Theater, St. Cha