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) 717-5666, or
e-mail [email protected]. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
Judson Brown’s Dueling Strings — Bub City, Chicago; Workout
Karaoke/Open Mic — Elbo Room, Chicago; Psychic Heat —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Pete Ellman Big Band/SideBar Sessions
w/Alyssa Algood Quartet — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Alfonso
Ponticelli & Swing Gitan — Green Mill, Chicago; Nigel Mack &
The Blues Attack — House of Blues, Chicago; Carl Weathersby/
Mike Wheeler & Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Joywave — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Growlers/The Babe
Rainbow — Metro, Chicago; Tens/Darren Gratton — Quenchers
Saloon, Chicago; Tenor Madness — Reggie’s Music Joint,
Chicago; Velnias/The Flight of Sleipnir/Clad In Darkness —
Reggie’s Rock Club, Chicago; Sugar Blue — Rosa’s, Chicago;
Laetitia Sadier/Deradoorian — Schubas, Chicago; DJ Jeff
Overstreet — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Young Thug/Tory Lanez —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Bathtub Songs — The Hideout, Chicago;
Dr. Bill Miller — Zanies, Chicago; Patti Vasquez — Zanies,
Rosemont.
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER
The Female Energy Showcase — Abbey Pub, Chicago;
Korn/Suicide Silence & Islander — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago;
Jimmy Burns — B.L.U.E.S, Chicago; Signals Midwest/
Timeshares/The Gunshy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; The Shirley
Johnson Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Dave Weld — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Final Groove — Carlucci, Downers Grove;
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall — City Winery, Chicago;
Heartsick/Amelia/Fool’s Brew/Low Country — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; Branko (Album Release) — Double Door, Chicago;
Frank & Munde/Badwater Sound & All The Wine — Elbo Room,
Chicago; Wax Fang/Major Murphy/Bubbles Brown — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; The Houli’s Hooley — Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Jim
Peterik’s