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Legends, Chicago; Vivian Green — City Winery, Chicago; Night
Club — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Freestyle Forever: Mixtape
Edition 2 — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Run Forrest Run —
Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; For One Night Only Again w/Threat
Level Midnight — Elbo Room, Chicago; Polica/Lady Midnight
/The Hoyle Brothers — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Giving Rocks
Benefit for Pediatric Cancer w/Louie Zagoras & Rollover/Ali
May Angel/Saige Chaseley/Mark Wehner & SNK; Tammi Savoy
& The Chris Casello Combo — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Randy
Rainbow — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Acoustic Pop Show —
HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Caravan Palace/Haus of Drag —
House of Blues, Chicago; Levi Hummon — Joe’s Bar, Chicago;
Big James & Chicago Playboys/Joanna Connor — Kingston
Mines, Chicago; Michigander/Emily Blue/The Edwards —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Chris Bullock’s Boomtown/Electric Kif —
Martyrs’, Chicago; The Regrettes/Greer/Hala — Metro, Chicago;
Woogie — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; The Wailers (Maurer
Hall)/Victor Garcia (Szold Hall) — Old Town School, Chicago;
Space Laces & Must Die! — Park West, Chicago; Ghost Town
Chicago w/Caspa/Eprom/Egoless/EazyBaked — Patio Theater,
Chicago; Conscious Pilot/Tauk — Reggies, Chicago; DJ Erge/DJ
Q — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Sabrina Claudio/Gallant —
Riviera Theater, Chicago; City of The Sun/Old Sea Brigade —
Schubas, Chicago; Sarah Shook & The Disarmers — Sleeping
Village, Chicago; Plack Blague/Harry Cross/Him Hun/Club
Politix/Heidi/DJ Heather — Smart Bar, Chicago; Shemekia
Copeland — Space, Evanston; Oh Sees/The Prettiest Eyes/
Jimmy Whispers — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Benefit for IL Rock &
Roll Museum w/The Band Sundance — The Forge, Joliet; Uncle
Kracker — The Hobart Theatre, Hobart, IN; Maggie Speaks — The
Quarry, Lemont; Noah Derksen — Two Way Street Coffeehouse,
Downers Grove; Hugh Jackman/Keala Settle — United Center,
Chicago; Product Of Hate — WC Social Club, West Chicago.
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER
Tasha Black/Rome in Silver — 1st Ward, Chicago; Billy & The
Jets — 210 Live, Highwood; Mana — Allstate Arena, Rosemont;
Earnest Dawkins/Dreaming In Colour — Andy’s Jazz Club,
Chicago; Blue Oyster Cult/VODville (early) — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Twice The Action — Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville;
TNT/Talon — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Planet Groove — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Rise — Bannerman’s, Bartlett; Night Train —
Basecamp, Lisle; Capstan/Rarity/Neverkept/Tiny Kingdoms —
Beat Kitchen, Chicago; John Primer/Demetria Taylor — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets/The Dancing Noodles/
Karma Committee — Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN;
Buku/Esseks/FRQNCY — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; The Ron
Burgundys — Bourbon Street, Merionette Park; Wreckless
Consortium Big Band — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Cuckoo Baby/
Joel Medina — Elbo Room, Chicago; Chameleons Vox/Theater of
Hate/Jay Aston — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Landreth Brothers —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Uptown Potery Slam/Joel Paterson &
Chris Foreman — Green Mill, Chicago; World Famous Gospel
Brunch/Hoodie Allen/Elevate w/Pozzi — House of Blues,
Chicago; Blues Jam with Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Luna/Cafe Racer — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Tiger Army/
SadGirl/Kate Clover — Metro, Chicago; Claudio Simonetti’s
Goblin/District 97 — Reggies, Chicago; Lyle Lovett — Rialto
Square Theater, Joliet; Lauv/bulow — Riviera Theater, Chicago;
Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr/Mathhew Skoller — Rosa’s Lounge,
Chicago; Kitchen Boys — Schubas, Chicago; Johnny Russler &
The Beach Bum Band — Sideouts, Island Lake; Queen w/
Michael Serafini/Garrett David/Rosabel — Smart Bar, Chicago;
John Pizzarelli Trio — Space, Evanston; Chase Makai/Don’t
Stop or We’ll Die/The Sloppy Boys — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ
Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Nonpoint/Hyro The Hero/
Madame Mayhem/Zero Theorem — The Forge, Joliet; Little Feat
50th Anniversary Tour — The Vic Theater, Chicago.
Whiskey — Bub City, Rosemont; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Bub City,
Chicago; Breezy Rodio/Nick Alexander — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Armin Van Buuren — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago; Lost Frequencies/Throttle — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Big Lagniappe Brass Band — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
REZN/LUME/Not For You/Borer — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Dinosaur Exhibit w/Jerry Goodman/Tammi Savoy & The Chris
Casello Combo — Evanston Rocks, Evanston; The Connectors —
Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Paper Machete/Frank
Catalano/Late Night Jazz Party — Green Mill, Chicago; Burned
in Effigy/Tanzen/Speaking With Ghosts/Bind The Sacrifice —
HOME Bar, Arlington Heights; Charli Live/Allie X — House of
Blues, Chicago; Reece Phillips — Joe’s Bar, Chicago; Blues Jam
with Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Luna/Lab
Partners — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Mystical Hot Chocolate
Endeavors — Live Wire, Chicago; Brand New Shoes (Record
Release)/Steely Dane — Martyrs’, Chicago; half*alive/Sure
Sure — Metro, Chicago; Soul Kitchen — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Richard Shindell — Old Town School, Chicago; Foil
Arms and Hog — Park West, Chicago; Kevin Gates/YK Osiris/
Rod Wave/SDoT Fresh — Patio Theater, Chicago; Bulletproof/
Hip Hop Show — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Kashmir/Tres
Hombres — Q Bar, Darien; Brooklyn Charmers — Q Bar, Glendale
Heights; Ape Shifter/Cheeto’s Magazine — Reggies, Chicago;
Julian Jumpin Perez/DJ Erge — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines;
Dermot Kennedy — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Austin Plaine
(Album Release)/Anna Rose/Annie O’Malley/20x2 Chicago: Is
It Possible? w/Andrew Ruff — Schubas, Chicago; Grand Illusion
/Barracuda — Sideouts, Island Lake; Mo Lowda & The Humble
— Sleeping Village, Chicago; Honey Dijon/Harry Cross — Smart
Bar, Chicago; Corky Siegel w/Tracy Nelson — Space, Evanston;
The Sloppy Boys/Titty Citty/Lukr — Subterranean, Chicago; DJ
Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Oh Sees/The Prettiest Eyes/The
Hussy — Thalia Hall, Chicago; New Wave Artists/Obituary/
Abbath/Midnight/Devil Master — The Forge, Joliet; DMBQ/
Health&Beauty — The Hideout, Chicago; Poison’d Crue — The
Quarry, Lemont; Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press — The Vic
Theater, Chicago; Faction (Album Release) — Underground
Lounge, Chicago. 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; Scott Hamilton
— Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Burns Open Jam — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Hiromi — City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Patricia Barber Trio — Green Mill, Chicago;
Rich Brian/Elevate After Party w/DJ RDouble — House of Blues,
Chicago; Omar Coleman — Kingston Mines, Chicago; In Real Life
w/guest — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The Last Word — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Jason Nash — Park West, Chicago; Karaoke — Q Bar,
Darien; Abracadabra Live — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Billy
Branch — Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago; Hollerado/Little Junior/
Open Mic — Schubas, Chicago; Nikki Lane/Carl Anderson —
Space, Evanston; The Paper Kites/Tall Heights — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Aiming For Enrike/ANDS/Imelda Marcos — The Owl,
Chicago.
SUNDAY 13 TUESDAY 15
Charle’s Heath’s Early Risers Jazz Jam/Pharez Whitted’s Late
Night Jazz Jam — Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago; Whiskey Brothers
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Little Miss Nasty Burlesque w/
Gina & The Eastern Block — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Sheryl
Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Mr. Smooth Legend
Show/Original Hazzard County Band — Blue Chip Casino,
Michigan City, IN; Cold/Awake For Days/University Drive —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Punk Rock Bazaar — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; Senn Alan Band — Bub City, Rosemont; Over The Side
— Bub City, Chicago; Smiley Tilmon/Kate Moss — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Bilal — City Winery, Chicago; The Jazz
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MONDAY 14
Ben Lewis Trio/After Dark Von Freeman Tribute — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; George Thorogood & The Destroyers — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Trivia Night w/Pat O’Malley — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago;
Meute — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Hot Spot Comedy Showcase
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Rosemont; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; BlueCoast
Band — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Tegan and Sarah — Cahn
Auditorium, Evanston; Madonna Madame X Tour — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Hiromi — City Winery, Chicago; Alejandro
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Meola — Elbo Room, Chicago; B Boys/The Knees/Aitis Band —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Fat Babies — Green Mill, Chicago;
Comedy Cocktail — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey/
Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago; W.I.T.C.H. -
Documentary “We Intend To Cause Havoc” Screening/Q&A —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Micro Wrestling — Q Bar, Darien; Mr.
Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Paige Gillan/Neak/Beat Council —
Reggies, Chicago; Kelsey Waldon/David Quinn — Schubas,
Chicago; Mark Guiliana Beat Music — Space, Evanston;
Karaoke w/Jason — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Sarah Barielles/
Emily King — United Center, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 16
Judy Roberts & Greg Fishman — 210 Live, Highwood; Andy
Brown Quartet/Mike Smith & The Jordan Baskin Trio — Andy’s
Jazz Club, Chicago; Saga — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Open
Mic — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Through The Roots/Pacific Dub — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Stiff Little Fingers/The Avengers — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Blane Howard — Bub City, Chicago; Simple Remedy —
Bub City, Chicago; Linsey Alexander — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; Madonna Madame X Tour — Chicago Theater, Chicago;
Tyrone Wells w/Dan Rodriguez — City Winery, Chicago; Steve
Schaeffer — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Shura/Hannah Cohen —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joe Valentino Band — Evanston Rocks,
Evanston; Alfonso Ponticelli/Frank Catalano — Green Mill,
Chicago; All That Remains & Lacuna Coil/Uncorked &
Unplugged w/Sofar Sounds — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey
Dennison/Michael Wheeler — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
W.I.T.C.H. w/guest — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; The First Time:
First City — Martyrs’, Chicago; Tank and The Bangas/Pell —
Metro, Chicago; Indigenous Peoples Day Concert Chicago
w/Frank Waln/Nufolk Rebel Alliance/OPLIAM — Old Town
School, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; Maisie
Peters/Jack Gray — Schubas, Chicago; Mat Kearney — Space,
Evanston; DJ Spin — Tailgaters, Bolingbrook; Cigarettes After
Sex — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Micro Wrestling — The Crossing,
Plano; Faces of The Bog/Cortege/Uncouth — The Owl, Chicago;
Jazz Night: Brass Tracks — The Quarry, Lemont.
THURSDAY 17
AHA Fundraiser w/Suburban Legend — 210 Live, Highwood;
Pete Benson Organ Trio/The Trumpet Summit — Andy’s Jazz
Club, Chicago; Flying Colors/District 97 — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Station Wagon Dogs
— Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Vinnie Caruana/Mark Rose — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
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