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Family of Geniuses / Suburban Living— Subterranean, Chicago; Tyler Childers / Ona— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Kasey Anderson / Donyae Asante— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; DJ & Karaoke— Uptown Lounge, Chicago.

MONDAY 22

Paul Anka Sings Sinatra— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Extraordinary Popular Delusions— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / Demetria Taylor— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Brian Allison— Bub City, Chicago; Brother John Hosts The Jam— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Freakfest / Michael Rault— Hideout, Chicago; Corey Dennison / JW Williams— Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Chicago Moth Storyslam— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Karaoke— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Berndsen / Crime Night / Ex Okays— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Fleurie / Dear Rouge / Phangs— Schubas, Chicago; Blue Mondays w / Linsey Alexander— Space, Evanston; Rob Christiansen / Joe McMahon / Brad Rickert / Merrit Landsteiner / Dame Grant— Subterranean, Chicago; Public Image Ltd.— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Lollyganger / Nice Legs / Kevin Knight— The Owl, Chicago; Phil Collins— United Center, Chicago.

TUESDAY 23

Paul Anka Sings Sinatra— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night w / Pat O’ Malley— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke— Bub City, Rosemont; MoJo Daddy— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Richard Dawkins & Bret Weinstein— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Logan Richardson“ Blues People”— Constellation, Chicago; Open Mic— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; The Fat Babies— Green Mill, Chicago; The Girl Talk / Election Returns— Hideout, Chicago; Soja / Comedy Cocktail / Business @ Sunrise— House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor / Mike Wheeler— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Zeta June / Tall Green Pine— Martyrs’, Chicago; Pete Yorn— Park West, Chicago; Karaoke— Q-Bar, Darien; It’ s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Trivia— Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Pete Galanis & Friends— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Desert Noises / MorningTeleportation / Con Davidson— Schubas, Chicago; The English Beat— Space, Evanston; Frail Body / Wristmeetrazor / Dead Split / Max Frost / Mikey Mike / Open Mic Hip Hop— Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; The Milk Carton Kids / The Barr Brothers— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Strange Machines / Mr. Constant— Tonic Room, Chicago; RNGDS / Bind The Sacrifice / Nahkriin / Perish In Vain / Witchhammer— Wire, Berwyn.

WEDNESDAY 24

Steal Your Face / Indika Reggae— 210 Live, Highwood; Open Mic Night— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Kosha Dillz / Handsome Naked / Matchbox 420 / Chicago Underground Comedy— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Polyphia / Hail The Sun / Covet— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Rendition— Bub City, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Watsky / Feed The Biirds / Chukwudi Hodge— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; East Loop— Constellation, Chicago; Open Mic— Elbo Room, Chicago; Jarod Bufe Quartet / Sen. Don Harmon & His Band— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Paper Machete / Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Industry Late Night w / Frank Catalano Sextet— Green Mill, Chicago; In One Ear— Heartland Cafe, Chicago; Bells Atlas / Dried Spider / Little Church— Hideout, Chicago; Emmure & Stick To Your Guns— House of Blues, Chicago; Friends Trivia— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Music & Hope for Haiti w / Chris Janson, Rhett Atkins, Kelley Lovelace— Joe’ s Live, Rosemont; Corey Dennison / Giles Corey— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Roo Panes— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; High South / Pearl / Jeff Massey— Martyrs’, Chicago; Kick Out The James 50th Anniversary Tour w / The Detroit Cobras / Touched by Ghoul / Members of Soundgarden, Fugazi, Faith No More, Zen Guerilla— Metro, Chicago; Chicago Latino Music Festival w / Fareed Haque / KAIA String Quartet— Old Town School, Chicago; Stranger Things Trivia— Q-Bar, Darien; The Walking Dead Trivia— Q-Bar, Plano; Lil Ugly Mane / No Warning / Sanford Parker / Lurk / Vortex— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Kali Uchis / Cuco— Riviera Theater, Chicago; Mikaela Davis / Gia Margaret— Schubas, Chicago; Horse Feathers / Ryan Joseph Anderson— Space, Evanston; Dizzy / Clearance / Hypoluxo / Pool Holograph— Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin— Tailgater’ s, Bolingbrook; The Milk Carton Kids / The Barr Brothers— Thalia Hall, Chicago; Ridgio / Parnell / Christian JaLon / Vantablacsol— Tonic Room, Chicago; Chris Webby— Wire, Berwyn.

THURSDAY 25

Rhythm Rockets— 210 Live, Highwood; Nine Inch Nails— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Hairball— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Two Fellas— Bella Mia, Midlothian; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Orchard Fire— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; OTT / Kaya Project / Nick Holden— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Lewis Copeland— Bub City, Chicago; Chicago R & B Kings— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Wait Wait... Don’ t Tell Me— Chicago Theater, Chicago; The Sound of Tomorrow / Monte Booker / Esta / Sango / Naji / Sahar Habibi— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Alpina Noise( CD Release)/ Ghostwriter— Elbo Room, Chicago; Mathemagic w / Bradley Fields— Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The Hogmires / Cox’ s Army / Reckless Kelly— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Sean Skyler— Four Winds Casino, New

Buffalo, MI; The Magic of Adam Trent— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Kimi Hayes— Gifford’ s Kitchen, Elgin; Andy Brown Solo Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra— Green Mill, Chicago; Open Jam— Gruben’ s Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Makena Hartlin— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Devil in A Woodpile / Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders / Joe Wortell & The Natural Law / Charles Hill Jr./ Michael Sandmann— Hideout, Chicago; Open Mic— HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; SiriusXM Hair Nation Tour 2018 / Elevate: DJ Night— House of Blues, Chicago; Mississippi Heat Blued Band / Mke Wheeler— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Hoodie Allen— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Corner Boys— Mac’ s On Slade, Palatine; Great Moments in Vinyl: The Is The Moody Blues— Martyrs’, Chicago; Masego— Metro, Chicago; Dueling Pianos— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; James Wheeler— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Reuben and The Dark— Schubas, Chicago; Jake Owen— Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates; Karaoke w / BT— Shaker’ s, Ottawa; The Weight Band— Space, Evanston; Cub Sports / Capital Soiree / Reggae Gold— Subterranean, Chicago; Pond— Thalia Hall, Chicago; The Trolls / Bud Bronson & The Good Timers— The Burlington, Chicago; Mitski / Jessica Lea Mayfield— The Vic, Chicago; Polyrhythmics— Tonic Room, Chicago.

FRIDAY 26

Maggie Speaks— 210 Live, Highwood; Phish— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Nine Inch Nails— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Yngwie Malmsteen— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Funktastic— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Rumor Hazit— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Model Stranger / Tribute to The Doors— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; BBI— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Passafire / Concrete Roots— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Snake Oil / DJ Gator & DJ Mike Y— Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Lewis Copeland— Bub City, Chicago; Rendition— Bub City, Rosemont; Guy King / Zach Avery— Buddy Guy’ s Legends, Chicago; Halloween Trivia— Bungalow Joe’ s, Hanover Park; Goo Goo Dolls— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Tank & The Bangas / Big Freedia / Naughty Professor— Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Chris Madsen / Adam Larson Quintet— Constellation, Chicago; Jess Piano— Doc’ s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; MCR & FBR Tribute Night / Pat McCurdy— Durty Nellie’ s, Palatine; The Fifth Star Band / Claudie Rubin— Elbo Room, Chicago; Eric Lindell / Cannonball— FitzGerald’ s, Berwyn; Lava Rock / DJ Jesse— Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Smokey Robinson— Genesee Theater, Waukegan; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Ben Allison & Think Free / After Hours Jam Session— Green Mill, Chicago; The Niche— Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Doug Bardolph— HB Jones, Elmhurst; Never Say Die / DJ Mike Lust / Joey Explains Science— Hideout, Chicago; Shuffle This— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; James Libera / The 4 C-Notes— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mayday Parade / Elevate: DJ Night— House of Blues, Chicago; Under The Covers w / Temptation & Primary— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Ashley McBryde— Joe’ s Live,

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Rosemont; Whiskey & Harmony— JW Hollstein’ s, Tinley Park; Karel King— Kennedy Point, Bristol; Stevie Craig— Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio / Joanna Connor— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos— Lake Lawn Resort, Delavan, WI; Kyle Young— Level 257, Schaumburg; Kweku Collins / Joseph Chilliams— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Buzzhounds— Mac’ s On Slade, Palatine; Surganova— Martyrs’, Chicago; Nocturna All Hallow’ s Eve Ball— Metro, Chicago; The Wailin’ Jennys / Don Flemons— Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago; The Lotus Kings / Cecy Santana— Park West, Chicago; Straight Jacket Romance— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Strangled Darlings— Pig Minds Brewing Co., Machesney Park; The Puppet Show / Rat Salad— Q-Bar, Darien; Karaoke— Q-Bar, Plano; Scarlxrd / Volur / Late./ Kodiac / Wilhelm & Sons— Reggie’ s, Chicago; Mathemagic— Rialto Theater, Joliet; 7th Heaven & DJ Erge— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Dirty Heads / Jukebox The Ghost / Just Loud— Riviera Theater, Chicago; Carl Weathersby Band— Rosa’ s, Chicago; Mothers / Mega Bog / The Knees / Mirah / Tomberlin— Schubas, Chicago; Juju King— Shaker’ s, Ottawa; Stu The Piano Guy— Sideouts, Island Lake; Job Jobse / Chris Cruse / Harry Cross— Smart Bar, Chicago; Elizabeth Cook / Caleb Caudle / New Orleans Suspects— Space, Evanston; Solarized / In Her Own Words / Boys of Fall / Mishandled / Detour North / Gus Dapperton / Beshken— Subterranean, Chicago; Call Your Girlfriend— Thalia Hall, Chicago; SNST / Extra Arms / Lettering— The Burlington, Chicago; Suffocation / Cattle Decapitation / Krisiun / Soreption— The Forge, Joliet; DJ Boogie Munsters— The Owl, Chicago; The Twilight Sad— Theater on The Lake, Chicago; MyTyme— Tuscany, Oak Brook; Elton John— United Center, Chicago; Hugo’ s Elvis— White Eagle, Niles; The Cyberiam / Cloud Zero— Wire, Berwyn; DJ Messes— World of Beer, Evanston; Dan Lopez— Zach’ s on Tap, Palos Heights; Taylor Street Duo— Zachary’ s Bar, Palos Heights.

SATURDAY 27

Luciano Antonio— 210 Live, Highwood; Phish— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Nine Inch Nails— Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Yngwie Malmsteen— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Hello Weekend / DJ Trill Brew— Austin’ s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Reckless— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Turbo Shot— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Arra— Bannerman’ s, Bartlett; Halloween Extravaganza w / Loose Lips Sink Ships as Weezer / Bloodsport TMTB as Stone Temple Pilots / John Ugolini as Lou Bega / Movies About Animals as Bruce Springsteen / Gal Gun as Oasis and more— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Classical Blast— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Atomic Radio— Blue Chip Casino-Vegas Baby, Michigan City,

IN; Ekali / 1788-L— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Too White

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