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James Band — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; D . L . Hughley — Chicago Improv , Schaumburg ; Dirtwire — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Thalloween — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; The Knocks / Cannons / Pink Skies — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Ichiko Aoba / Charlie Martin — Constellation , Chicago ; Richard Marx — Des PlainesTheatre , Des Plaines ; Hoyle Brothers / The Hecks / Thair — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Scott Ligon ' s All-Star Freakout — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Laney Lou & Bird Dogs — FitzGerald ' s - Patio , Berwyn ; Trace Adkins — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / Warren Vache & Russ Phillips — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ronnie Baker Brooks — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Mike Wheeler Band — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Dan Asio ( 4pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Pino Farina Band — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Rodd Tuffcurls — House of Blues , Chicago ; DJ Jonji — HVAC Pub , Chicago ; Hairbangers Ball — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Joey Defrancesco — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Priscilla Block — Joe ' s onWeed St ., Chicago ; Preoccupations / Cindy Lee / Stuck — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Kevin Janus — Metal Monkey , Romeovile ; Local H – Here Comes the Zoo ( 20thAnniversary Show ) — Metro , Chicago ; Sephen Hillsheim Band — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Lucy Kaplansky ( Szold Hall ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Stephen Kellogg — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Terrible , Thanks For Asking — Park West , Chicago ; Rock Brigade / Wrecking Crue — Piazza , Aurora ; Trainwreck — Q Bar , Darien ; In This Moment / Nothing More / Sleep Token / Cherry Bombs — Radius , Chicago ; Zombie Mania / Minka / Dr . Unk — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Planet Booty — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Judah & The Lion / The National Parks — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Idol X — Rochaus , West Dundee ; John Primer & Real Deal — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Sad Boyz — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Line Dance Party — Saddle Up , Aurora ; The Beaches / Hotel Fiction — Schubas , Chicago ; The Chills / Unwed Sailor — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Alejandro Escovedo / Matt Jaffe — SPACE , Evanston ; Warren Hue — Subterranean , Chicago ; Coverlicious — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Slander / EPTIC / WaveDash ( DJ set )/ Redline — The Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Ivy Ford Band — Untitled , Chicago ; OSEZUA / Golden Street / Kinky P — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Laura Beitz — Zanies , Chicago ; Mr . Showtime — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 22
Carrie Underwood — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Marques Carrol / Juli Wood — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Young Bae — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Realtime Noise — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Thew Piano
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Guys — Auditorium Theatre , Chicago ; Buku & G-Rex — Avondale Theatre , Chicago ; ARRA — Basecamp , Lisle ; Ken Mode / Frail Body — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express with LarethaWeathersby — Blues Chicago , Chicago ; Origami Angel / Pool Kids — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Buckle — Bub City , Chicago ; Fletcher Rockwell — Bub City , Rosemont ; Cougars / Rollo Tomasi / Cinco De Gatos / Interesting Bricks — Burlington , Chicago ; August Son Band — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; D . L . Hughley — Chicago Improv , Schaumburg ; Devon Kay & The Solutions / Tiny Stills / Telethon / Chicken Happen ( 6pm ) — Chop Shop , Chicago ; MarvelYears & Michael Menert / Phyprd ( 10:30pm ) — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Wheatus / Fat Tony / Reyna — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Shiba San — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Linda Chatterton & Maja Radovanlija — Constellation , Chicago ; Craig Morgan — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; The Wrecks — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Past Regrets / TGSG — Elder Brewery , Joliet ; 90s Book Club — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Rearview / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Halloween Family Show : Little Miss Ann ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Will Carlisle / Trapper Shoepp — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Serendipity — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Purple Reign : Prince Tribute — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Paper Machete / Warren Vache & Russ Phillips — Green Mill , Chicago ; Joanna Connor — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Old Grand Dad — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Pino Farina Band — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; 311 — House of Blues , Chicago ; House of Boolesque — House of Blues , Chicago ; Motley Crue / Def Leppard Tributes — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Joey Defrancesco — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Jon Langston — Joe ' s on Weed St ., Chicago ; Tropical Fuck Storm / CB Radio Gorgeous — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Nnamdï / Joshua Virtue / Moontype — Metro , Chicago ; Jimmy Carrol / Mellencougar ( 9:30pm — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; The Weight Band — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Gary Camaro ( 2pm ) — Polyanna Brewery , St . Charles ; Cheat Codes — Prysym , Chicago ; Whiskey Roads — Q Bar , Darien ; Altered Stage — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Michael Robinson ( Midnight ) — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Heavy Sounds / Brian Charlotte Trio — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Toilet Boys / High Spirits / Tiny Wars — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Tom Sawyer / Sabbatha — Rochaus , West Dundee ; La Adictiva — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Prairie Station — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Saintseneca / Yowler — Schubas , Chicago ; Superjane 25 year anniversary : Colette / DJ Heather / DJ Lady D / Dayhota — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Hip Hop Culture Fest & Windy Fest — Subterranean , Chicago ; Lyn Skynyrd — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Napalm Death / Brujeria / Frozen Soul — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Prison City Halloween Massacre : Whut ?/ Misfire / 6 Bands — The Forge , Joliet ; In This Moment / Nothing More / Sleep Token / Cherry Bombs — The Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Demetri Martin — |
The Vic , Chicago ; Lonely Ones / Oblivion Zero / Three Left / ADD — Top Fuel Saloon , Braidwood ; Erthe St . James — Untitled , Chicago ; Indika / DJ G . Sharp — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Laura Beitz / Chrissy Chiapecka — Zanies , Chicago ; Mr . Showtime — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 23
La Ultima Misión — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Andy Brown / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Turnstile / Snail Mail — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Tony Danza ( Standards & Stories ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; The Most / Queen Moo / Options / Sweet Bike — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express with Shirley Johnson — Blues Chicago , Chicago ; Jose Place / GenCab — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; D . L . Hughley — Chicago Improv , Schaumburg ; Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Dance Party — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Chrisette Michele — City Winery , Chicago ; Nois — Constellation , Chicago ; Gipsy Kings — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Jimmy Fastiggi — Four Winds Casino - Kankakee Grill , New Buffalo , MI ; Gogol Bordello — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Jazz Brunch : Angel Spiccia — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; 311 — House of Blues , Chicago ; Joey Defrancesco — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The House of Love — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Margo Price ( Chicago Humanities Festival ) — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Leroy Winn Power Trio — Polyanna Brewery , St . Charles ; Cheryl Rodney — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Bearcubs — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Brunch — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; Spooky Sundays ( Noon ) — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Queen ! : Michael Serafini / Garrett David / Sinead — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Twistid / ABK / Blaze / AMB / Coby — The Forge , Joliet ; Vik Pandya — Zanies , Chicago ; Ginger Billy — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 24
Trumpet Summit — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Flip the Script : Becc Holland / Keenan / G Moubeche / Larry Long Jr . ( 5pm ) — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Chrisette Michele — City Winery , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mark Tuan — House of Blues , Chicago ; Roosevelt University CCPA — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; Open Jam with Whiskey Bob Taylor — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Barns Courtney — Park West , Chicago ; Frank Liston Trio — Polyanna Brewery , St . Charles ; Comstock Lode — Polyanna
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Brewing , Roselle ; Karaoke — Q Bar , Darien ; Brandon Good / John Duty — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; MXMRYS / Atticus Lazenby / Susie McCollum — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Chris Farren / Suzie Cue — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic / Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Madison Cunnigham / Bendido Fletcher — Thalia Hall , Chicago .
TUESDAY 25
Mario Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Paul Anka — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Ghost Hunting at Art Theatre — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; The Amazons — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; The Flying Luttenbachers / Child Abuse — Burlington , Chicago ; Jackie Evancho sings Joni Mitchell — City Winery , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Judas Priest — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; The Shootouts — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Girl God — Hideout , Chicago ; Jonathan Kreisberg — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The Chicago Moth StorySLAM — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Steve Petrovich ( 5pm ) — Polyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Pete Galanis with Dave Herrero — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; RuPaul ’ s Drag Race Night of the Living Drag — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Pretty Sick — Schubas , Chicago ; FUR / The Medium — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Amarrionette / I Met A Yeti / Origami Button — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Mike Duncan — The Vic , Chicago ; Super 6 Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 26
Libby York / Kyle Asche — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Marc Ribillet — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Paul Anka — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Dessa & Open Mic Eagle ( 2 Shows ) — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Dyslexicon / Yin Waster / Eve Black — Burlington , Chicago ; Pinkshift / Jigsaw Youth / Yasmin Nur — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Joan La Barbara — Constellation , Chicago ; Night at The Opera : Silent Film Night — Des PlainesTheatre , Des Plaines ; Latin Fusion — Evenflow , Geneva ; Shinybirds — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Tony Furtado — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Sasha and the Valentines / Mia Joy / Morgan Powers /
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