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Chicago; Steve Hackett — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Earthika
— Cubby Bear, Chicago; Mike & Joe — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine;
Pollinators/The Addisons/Last Afternoons/Nickki Love Project
/Nichole Bodie Band — Elbo Room, Chicago; Hellhole 2 w/DJ
Pluto/Valentine & more — Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Nick@
Knight Show — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Morry Sochat & The
Special 20’s — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; A Night w/Janis
Joplin — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Paper Machete/Liebman
Quartet/Late Night Jazz Party — Green Mill, Chicago; Kid Rock
— Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; 7th Heaven —
HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Lagwagon/Face To Face/House of
Burlesque — House of Blues, Chicago; Zdravko Colic — Joe’s
Live, Rosemont; John Primer Blues Band/Vino Louden —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Orville Peck/The Bobby Tenderloin
Universe — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Blind Staggers — Live Wire,
Chicago; Flatts & Sharpe Rock Show/Big Suit — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Emotional Oranges/Chiiild — Metro, Chicago; The
New Heartaches — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Freestyle Legends
w/Stevie B./Johnny O./Isaac/L.A.W./Miguel Reyes — Patio
Theater, Chicago; Spark The Forest/Steady Ahead/Onix
Price/Stolen Enterprise/Bethany Anne Ritter — Penny Road
Pub, Barrington; Whiskey Road — Q Bar, Darien; Louder Now —
Q Bar, Glendale Heights; Comfort Scarcity/Asthetic Perfection
— Reggies, Chicago; Home Free — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet;
DJ Erge/DJ Mark Lojo — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Bedouine/
Gus Seyffert — Schubas, Chicago; There Goes the Neighborhood
/The Glory Years — Sideouts, Island Lake; Bad Gyal/Zed Kenzo
— Sleeping Village, Chicago; Carl Craig/Jeff Derringer — Smart
Bar, Chicago; DeVotchKa/Matt Jennings — Space, Evanston;
The Dead Licks/Gorilla Social/The Long Lost/Hail The Sun —
Subterranean, Chicago; Hairbanger’s Ball — Tailgaters,
Bolingbrook; Cavetown w/Chloe Moriondo & Jackie Hayes —
Thalia Hall, Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstars — The Crossing, Plano;
Unforgiven/Blizzard of Ozz/Sandblasted Skin — The Forge,
Joliet; Deeper (Record Release)/Slow Pulp/Girl K — The
Hideout, Chicago; Insane Clown Posse — The Hobart Theatre,
Hobart, IN; Hi Infidelity — The Quarry, Lemont; Claudia Oshry —
The Vic Theater, Chicago; NEV/Deadstock V1/Jussol (Lakeview)
— Uncommon Ground, Chicago; They Won’t Win/Ben Walter &
Trae Sheeham (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago;
Semple — WC Social Club, West Chicago.
SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER
Charle’s Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam/Pharez Whitted’s Late
Night Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; The Glenn Miller
Orchestra — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Whiskey Brothers —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Kulick/Louis & Dan & The Invisible
Band — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Scott DuBose & The 101 Ranch/Spike & The
Spitwads — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN; Vetusta Morla
— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Dave Weld — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Rupaul’s Drag Race — Chicago Theater, Chicago;
Paula Cole (evening show)/Amy Black (early show) — City
Winery, Chicago; O’Brother/The End of The Ocean/Holy Fawn —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Eluveitie & Korpiklaani/Gone In April —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Small Places (Release Show)
/Cheddar/Oux/Lost Pyramids — Elbo Room, Chicago; Martini
Bisi/Mako Sica/Billington/Shippy/Wyche/Luggage DJs —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Rebirth of Louie Armstrong w/Dean
Simms & Hot Notes Band — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Chicago
Grandstand — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Chicago Grandstand —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown Potery Slam/Joel Paterson &
Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; World Famous Gospel
Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam with Linsey
Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; !!! (Chk Chk Chk)/Family
of Geniuses — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Cavetown/Field
Medic/Spookyghostboy — Metro, Chicago; Bruce Molsky/The
Tannahill Weavers — Old Town School, Chicago; Rocktober Fest
/Brandon James — Reggies, Chicago; Whose Line Is It Anyway?
— Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Sum 41 — Riviera Theater,
Chicago; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Jenny Bienemann — Schubas, Chicago; Queen w/
Derrick Carter/Michael Serafini/Garrett David & Jayda G —
Smart Bar, Chicago; Edie Carey/Anna Ash/Eric Lugosch & Pat
Donahue (early show) — Space, Evanston; Montrose Man/Bike
Thiefs/Damn Champions/Slenderbodies/Hazey Eyes —
Subterranean, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Neon
Moon — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Tora Tora — The Forge, Joliet;
Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic — The Hobart Theatre, Hobart, IN;
A Girl Named Genny (Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago;
Mr. Kitty/Pastel Ghost/Panic Priest — Underground Lounge,
Chicago.
MONDAY 7
Eric Schneider Quartet/Guy King Trio — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Metal Bingo — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Brother John
Open Jam — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Bethel Music —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; The Hecks (Record Release)/
Juiceboxx — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Patricia Barber Trio — Green
Mill, Chicago; Corey Dennison/Funky Mojo Daddy — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Enter Shakari/Can’t Swim — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar, Darien; Open Mic — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Landon Cube — Reggies, Chicago; A Night With Janis
Joplin — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Amon Amarth/Arch
Enemy/At The Gates/Grand Magus — Riviera Theater, Chicago;
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago;
Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Davina & The Vagabonds —
Space, Evanston; Joanna Newsom — Thalia Hall, Chicago; New
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Years Day/Ded/Dear Deadly — The Forge, Joliet; Diagonal/Bear
Call/Happy Face — The Owl, Chicago; Sing Around — Two Way
Street Coffeehouse, Downers Grove.
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& MidiJoyful (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
TUESDAY 8
Ben Lewis Trio/After Dark Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Silent Film Night w/The Cat & The Canary —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night w/Pat O’Malley —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Don Broco/Trash Boat/Sleep On It —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Hot Spot Comedy Showcase —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Rosemont; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy
Johnson — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Jesse Baez — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Wet Wallet/Stander/Graphics — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Voicebox with Cathy Richardson — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago; Comedy Cocktail
— House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/Michael Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Marc Rebillet/Titty Citty — Lincoln
Hall, Chicago; Satanic Panic/Psychotic Reaction — Live Wire,
Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Double Hex Showcase
w/Daisychain/Wilde/North by North/Impulsive Hearts —
Schubas, Chicago; Art Alexakis of Everclear — Space, Evanston;
Karaoke — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Joanna Newsom — Thalia
Hall, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 9
Judy Roberts & Greg Fishman — 210 Live, Highwood; Andy
Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio — Andy’s
Jazz Club, Chicago; Open Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic
w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams/
Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Early
November/Have Mercy/Owel — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Open
Jam — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Feelgood Country Boys — Bub
City, Rosemont; Blane Howard — Bub City, Chicago; Luca Kiella
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Kevin Griffin of Better Than
Ezra w/Sinclair — City Winery, Chicago; Bay Faction — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Aaron Williams — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Joe
Valentino Band — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Alfonso Ponticelli
/Frank Catalano — Green Mill, Chicago; Uncorked & Unplugged
— House of Blues, Chicago; Omar Coleman/Michael Wheeler —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Marc Rebillet/Bev Rage & The Drinks
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Phil Agnotti & Friends — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Boy Harsher/Spellling/Fee Lion/Scary Lady Sarah —
Metro, Chicago; Matt Corby — Park West, Chicago; Elixabeth’s
Crazy Little Thing w/Jeff Helgelson — Phyllis’ Musical Inn,
Chicago; Grade 2/Fear City — Reggies, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; The Collection/Poor Calvin —
Schubas, Chicago; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; DJ Spin —
Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Protovulcan/Lutheran/Kosmic Jru/
Plastic Crimewave Descent — The Owl, Chicago; Brass Tracks
Jazz Night — The Quarry, Lemont; Noah Derksen/John Lensing
THURSDAY 10
Pete Benson Organ Trio/The Trumpet Summit — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Tusk — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; John Boda — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
morgxn/Castlecomer — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/
Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Romantiques —
Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN; Big Wreck/Texas King/
Violent Crime — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Messur Chups —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; Willie Jones/South City Revival — Bub
City, Chicago; Cash Box Kings — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Alter Bridge & Skillet — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Strung Out
— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Willie Max — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Honey Butter/Pulse Nectar/Kechi — Elbo Room, Chicago;
Absolutely Not/S-E-R-V-I-C-E/WAD/New Primals — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Andy Brown Solo/Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill,
Chicago; Uncorked & Unplugged w/Sofar Sounds — House of
Blues, Chicago; Vance Kelley and Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Sam Fender/Noel Wells — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Railheart/David Quinn/Working Mother — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Cave In/War on Women/Sweet Cobra/Lazer/Wulf —
Metro, Chicago; Lucy Dacus/Liza Anne/Sun June — Park West,
Chicago; Sean K. Preston/Oranassi Pazusu — Reggies, Chicago;
Rent 20th Anniversary — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; DJ Q —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Derek Nelson — Schubas, Chicago;
The Cactus Blossoms/Esther Rose — Space, Evanston; Joanna
Newsom — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Saving Abel — The Hobart
Theatre, Hobart, IN; Acoustic Open Mic — The Quarry, Lemont;
Bianca Del Rio — The Vic Theater, Chicago; The Number 12
Looks Like You/God Mother/Pound//When We Was
Kids/Luca — Wire, Berwyn.
FRIDAY 11
Sixteen Candles — 210 Live, Highwood; Mana — Allstate Arena,
Rosemont; Earnest Dawkins/Dreaming In Color — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Firehouse/Vixen — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
7th Heaven — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; Good Clean Fun
— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Libido Funk Circus — Ballydoyle, Downers
Grove; Friday Jackson Duo — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Trippin
Billies — Basecamp, Lisle; Ballyhoo/Artikal Sound System/
Fayuca — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer/Demetria Taylor
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic — Blue Chip
Casino, Michigan City, IN; Mersiv/Supertask/Mlotik — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Automatic Noise — Bourbon Street, Merionette
Park; C-Factor/Mistaken Identity — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Stetsin & Lace — Bub City, Rosemont; Wreckless Whiskey — Bub
City, Chicago; Selwyn Birchwood/Mzz Reese — Buddy Guy’s
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