edy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sorcha Richardson / PAPA — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Justin Hayward — City Winery , Chicago ; Giant Dog / Trouble in The Streets / Avanstist — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Phillip Sayce — Fitzerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Recession Seven — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; DAVi Music / Tyresta / Jnana — Hideout , Chicago ; WDCB FM Night — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The Chicago Moth Storyslam — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Pelican / Uniform / Upper Wilds — Metro , Chicago ; RAYE / Absolutely — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwakuee ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Mo Welch — Schubas , Chicago ; Judith Owen & Her Gentlemen Callers — Space , Evanston ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Rozwell Kid / Pretty Pleased — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Rawayana / Orestes Gomez — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Hinsdale Central HS — The Venue , Aurora ; Don Broco and The Home Team / Skyler Acord / The Color 8 — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Eric Eaton — Zanies , Chicago ; Nick D Podcast — Zanies , Rosemont .
WEDNESDAY 25
TomCat Trumpet — Alive One , Chicago ; Guy King / Pete Benson — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Second City Comedian Rhapsody — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Jaboukie — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Mac McAnally — City Winery , Chicago ; Craig Taborn — Constellation , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Kim Richey — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Tatum Langley — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Be Your Own Pet / Birthday Girl — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Nightly / Knox / Nightbreakers — Metro , Chicago ; Bob Mould Solo Electric / Jason Narducy — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; IDK / Lute — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwakuee ; Codefendants — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Friendship Commanders / Numerical Control Society — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Ivy Ford Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Michael Minelli / Tony22 — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Butcher Brown / Carrtoons — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Windy City Ramblers — Space , Evanston ; Thank You I ' m Sorry / Options & Snooze — Subterranean , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Open Mic Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; William Basinski / Claire Rousay — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Record Party : Rolling Stones & Mike McCoy — The Venue , Aurora ; Darius Bennett — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 26
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Improv Night ( Studio 64 ) — Arcada
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Theatre , St . Charles ; Martin Barre of Jethro Tull — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Lee Dewyze — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Troy Cartwright — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel Band / Sheryl Youngblood — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder & The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Curse Mackey / I Speak Machine / SINE — Burlington , Chicago ; 90s Country Night Playlist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Lunar Ticks — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; John Malkovich — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Glass Cannon — City Winery , Chicago ; Heart To Heartbreaker / Crazy Babies ( Heart & Ozzy Shows ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Night of Modular Synthesis IX — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Scott Ligon ' s All Star Freakout — Fitzerald ' s , Berwyn ; . 38 Special — Genesee , Waukegan ; Gman Halloween Dance : Damager as KISS / Tommy Kessler as The White Stripes / Madame Reaper as Lady Gaga / Disaster Kid as The Killers — Gman Tavern , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Open Mic Blues Jam — Harlem Ave . Lounge , Berwyn ; Martin Zellar — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Coyote Island / Certainly So — Hideout , Chicago ; Afterlife — House of Blues , Chicago ; The Dear Hunter — House of Blues , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Chuchito Valdes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Red Clay Strays / Aaron Raitiere — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Charlie Cunningham / Ethan Tasch — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; The Trouble Notes — Martyrs , Chicago ; Clown Core — Metro , Chicago ; Jim Ryan ' s Classic Albums — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Joey J . Saye / Lil Ed Williams All Stars — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Carlos Rivera — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Joey Nebulous / Tenci / Pinksqueeze — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; JMSN — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Jeremie Albino / Benjamin Dakota Rogers — Space , Evanston ; Frenship / Bizzy — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Juice Man Band — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Deeper / Mia Joy / Lawn — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Christine and the Queen / Bymutha — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; Syndee Washington — Zanies , Chicago . |
FRIDAY 27
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; 312 Comedy Fest : Franco Escamilla / Liss Pereira / Felipe Avello — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Pat Malinger Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Firehouse / Steelheart — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Magic & Mischief ( Studio 64 ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Todd Barry — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Rated R Improv : Dirty " Whose Line " — Basecamp , Lisle ; Exquisite Corpse Ball Benefit — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Demetria Taylor Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder & The Big Rig Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Strawdawg — Bub City , Rosemont
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; Chelsea Handler — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Electric Six / The Surfrajettes — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Kiki Said So & Medinah Monroe — City Winery , Chicago ; Bitter Thoughts / X Will Mark The Place / Empress — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Mary Lattimore / Jeremiah Chiu — Constellation , Chicago ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; A . Savage / Annie Hart — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Hoyle Bros . ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Tributosaurus becomes The Cars — Fitzerald ' s , Berwyn ; Emo Orchestra — Genesee , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / Eric Joacobsen — Green Mill , Chicago ; Vino Louden — Hard Rock Casino-Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Freak On A Leash — Hard Rock Casino-HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Aaron Lewis Acoustic — Hard Rock Casino-HR Live , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : David Hayes — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Lee Dewyze — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap : Tiny Country — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ramy Youssef — Hideout , Chicago ; Jeremy Piven — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Chuchito Valdes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Larry Fleet / Karley Scott Collins — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Cosmic Country / Kacy & Clayton / Esther Rose / Mary Williamson / Alex Grelle — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Grateful String Band — Martyrs , Chicago ; Neil Frances — Metro , Chicago ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , LIbertyville ; Mr . Sun / Lonesome Ace String Band — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Halloweensteen : Featuring Michael McDermott — Park West , Chicago ; Bill Uhler — Pollyanna , Roselle ; St . Malarkey — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Cid / LF System / Muffy — PRYSM , Chicago ; Deadmau5 / Spencer Brown / Volaris — Radius , Chicago ; 1989 Taylor ' s Version Dance Party : DJ Kenny Braash / DJ Real Co — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwakuee ; Halloween : DJay Mando — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwakuee ; Drawn & Quartered / Fulci / Molder — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Handsome Devilz / Now Im Nothing / Breaking The Girl — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Hairball — Rialto Theatre , Joliet ; Russell Dickerson / Restless Road — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Madman ' s Diary / Vicious Circle — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Matthew Skoller Chicago Wind With Precious Taylor — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Joaquin Cortes — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Milly / Rocket / Dearly Somber — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; DVS1 / Justin Aulis Long — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Donna the Buffalo — Space , Evanston ; Blu Eyes / Avery Lynch — Subterranean , Chicago ; Superdime / Western Bisexual / Daundry — Subterranean , Chicago ; Wait What ? — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Bad Motor Scooter ( Sammy Hagar Show ) — Tailgater ' s , Bolingbrook ; Kontravoid / Buzz Kull / Tempers / Debby Friday / Madeline Goldstein / Panic Priest — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Rico — The Venue , Aurora ; Roosevelt / Touch Sensitive — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Hurricane Reggae Band / DJ Montana — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Syndee Washington — Zanies , Chicago ; Luis J . Gomez — Zanies , Rosemont . |
SATURDAY 28
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Pat Malinger Quartet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Tinashe / Shygirl — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Josh Turner — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; King 810 / Sleeptight / Among The Essence / Lost in Current — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Heavy Chicago : Trouble / Bongzilla / November ' s Doom — Avondale Hall , Chicago ; Bluerass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Skinny Lister / Pet Needs / Bandaid Brigade — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Halloween Slasher : Slayer and Pantera Tributes — BHouse Live , Lombard ; Demetria Taylor Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Bub City , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy ( 10pm ) — Bub City , Rosemont ; Chelsea Handler — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Boo Haha : The Awakening ( 1pm ) — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Laszewo — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball of Gomez — City Winery , Chicago ; Family Brunch : Mr . Dave — City Winery , Chicago ; Joe Kay / Jared Jackson — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Mary Lattimore / Jeremiah Chiu — Constellation , Chicago ; Magic & Mischief ( Bourbon & Brass ) — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Sixteen Candles — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Peppa Pig Sing Along — Genesee , Waukegan ; Paper Machete / Eric Jacobsen — Green Mill , Chicago ; Smiley Tillmon Band featuring Kate Moss — Hard Rock Casino-Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Nate Venturelli — Hard Rock Casino-HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Aaron Lewis Acoustic — Hard Rock Casino-HR Live , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Ryan Burns — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Lee Dewyze — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Pierce Crask — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ramy Youssef — Hideout , Chicago ; Jeremy Piven — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Chuchito Valdes — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Ghost Busters : 80s Dance Party DJ Kenny Braasch DJ Deal Co — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; grentperez / Nep — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Industrial Drive — Madcats , Palatine ; Heart Of Glass Blondie Tribute / HairNation — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Darlingside / Filed Guide — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Jessica Kirson — Park West , Chicago ; 7th Heaven Halloween Party — Piazza , Aurora ; Day of the D . E . D ./ Jordan Johnson — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Day of the D . E . D ./ Shadowfields — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Day of The D . E . D . — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Major Climb ( 8:30pm ) — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Lost Kings / Diox / R Lee — PRYSM , Chicago ; Kashmir ( Led Zeppelin Tribute ) — Q Bar , Darien ; Deadmau5 / Ben Hemsley / Volaris / Anotr / Desiree / Monty Kiddo — Radius , Chicago ; Hulder / Pig ' s Blood — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Michael Johnson / Michael Robinson — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; IV & The Strange Band — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Flo Milli / Maiya The Don — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Lateralus — Rochaus , West Dundee ; Cash Box King — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Mariachi Vargas — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Buckle / Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Vince Herman
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