SATURDAY 5
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Meghan Trainor — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Marques Carrol / Shawn Maxwell — Andy ' s , Chicago ; COIN — Aragon , Chicago ; Richie Kotzen / Orianthi ( 8pm ) — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; DJ Fast Eddie — Arl . Ale House , Arlington Hts ; Eminem Tribute : Shady ! — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Dark Wave ' 80s Night — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Mickey Avalon — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; The Boy Band Night — Bourbon St , Merrionette Pk ; South City Revival — Bub City , Chicago ; Sorry for Partying — Bub City , Rosemont ; Stomatpod / Mayor For Life — Burlington , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Carol ' s , Chicago ; Michael Kiwanuka & Brittany Howard / Yasmin Williams — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Espresso Supernova : The Chappell Roan x Sabrina Carpenter Nite — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Frankie and the Witch Fingers — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Emorfik — Concord , Chicago ; Arushi Jain / Dorothy Carlos — Constellation , Chicago ; Kashmir Led Zeppelin Show — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Kids Music Fest ( 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; 100 Dayys / DJ Joe Shanahan — GMAN Tavern , Chicago ; Paper Machete / Jim Trumpeter — Green Mill , Chicago ; Babyface — Hard Rock Casino , Gary , IN ; Too Fighters — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Gary , IN ; Chicago Farmerer — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Happy Hour : Kim Schaefer — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Nightcap ( 9:30pm ): Frank Liston — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Julius Rodriguez Presents Evergreen — Hideout , Chicago ; Coco & Clair Clair — HOB , Chicago ; JR De Guzman — Improv , Schaumburg ; Isiah Spencer — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; NOCHE DE ROCK — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Joba — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Electric Cars — Madcats , Palatine ; John Lennon 84th Birthday Bash : Phil Angotti & Friends — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Ocie Elliott / Chris Staples — Metro , Chicago ; Paul Cody & Edsel Bros / Trick Shooter Social Club — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Kulaiwi — Old Town School , Chicago ; Teen Open Mic — Old Town School - Armitage , Chicago ; Grateful Shred — Outset , Chicago ; God ' s Child — Park West , Chicago ; Hip Hop Recall — Piazza , Aurora ; Terry Byrne ( 2pm ) — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Deeper Purpose / Dustin Sheridan / The Avinas / Pplsppl — Prysm , Chicago ; Azealia Banks — Radius , Chicago ; Black Dahlia Murder & Dying Fetus / Spite / Angelmaker — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Quinn XCII / Knox — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Michael Johnson / Marc Lavelle ( Open Mic Comedy Midnight ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; The Obsessed / Restless Spirit / Black Sunshine — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Ken Mode / Hide / Barren Heir — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Allegra Malone & Rachael Swain — Roberts Westside , Forest Pk ; Steve Martin & Martin Short featuring Jeff Babko and the Steep Canyon Rangers — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Line Dancing & DJ / Buckle — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Mt . Joy — Salt Shed , Chicago ; The Cactus Blossoms / Lou Hazel — Schubas ,
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Chicago ; Markia Hackman / Art School Girlfriend / Oyeme — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Eris Drew / Angel D ’ lite / Mazi — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Toad the Wet Sprocket / Jackopierce / Jason Narducy — Space , Evanston ; Lé Bump — Subterranean , Chicago ; Starletta & Nightbreakers / Flwers — Subterranean , Chicago ; Terror / Cro-Mags / Haywire — Subterranean , Chicago ; BreastFest Music Fundraiser — Sundance , Mundelein ; Rack & The Ridler — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Infinity — Tailgaters , Bollingbrook ; John Early — Thalia , Chicago ; FIDLAR / Sugar Pit — The Vic , Chicago ; War Pigs / Edge of Thorns — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Pk ; The Claudettes / Iguana vs Bunny — Venue , Aurora ; Ater Hours : Calvin Evans ( 11pm ) — Zanies , Chicago ; Craig Conant — Zanies , Chicago ; Greg Warren — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 6
Living Room Sessions / Crushes — Alive One , Chicago ; Myke Towers — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Andy Brown Quartet / Andrew Toombs — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Average White Band — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Moony / Jady — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sunday Spotlight Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Slenderbodies / Tim Atlas — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Housetober Fest — Bourbon St , Merrionette Pk ; Creekbed Carter — Burlington , Chicago ; Hamilton De Holanda — City Winery , Chicago ; Soul Brunch — City Winery , Chicago ; Skeletal Remains / Bewitcher / Phobophilic — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Hatebreed / Carcass / Harms Way / Crypta — Concord , Chicago ; Erland Cooper / Freya Goldmark / ACME — Constellation , Chicago ; Ricky Nelson Tribute : Matthew & Gunnar Nelson — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Chicago Grandstand — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Honky Tonktoberfest ( 11am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message / Joel Patterson — Green Mill , Chicago ; DJ Taylor Hanson ( 11pm Afterparty ) — HOB , Chicago ; Hanson — HOB , Chicago ; JR De Guzman — Improv , Schaumburg ; Isiah Spencer — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Tuff Taylor : Taylor Swift Tribute ( All Ages ) — Joe ' s , Rosemont ; Odie Leigh / Blood Root — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Fossil Tonez — Madcats , Palatine ; Chofis Sessions — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Faun — Metro , Chicago ; Thunderhead / The Shanks / Sadk House Guest — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; The Generations ( Record Release ) — Nellies , Palatine ; Ali Azimi — Old Town School , Chicago ; Bears Tailgate ( 9am ) — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; David Cross / District 97 — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Cesar Rosas & Chii Town Playboys — Roberts Westside , Forest Pk ; Greek / Ale Araya — Schubas , Chicago ; Ariel & Mint Field / Estella Del Soul — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Queen : Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Miles Maeda — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Wesley Stace / Dag Juhlin — Space , Evanston ; Bibabygucci & E the Profit — Subterranean , Chicago ; Draggy Tingz — Subterranean , Chicago ; Cold Cave / Buzz Kull — Thalia ,
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Chicago ; Cuco — The Riv , Chicago ; Bob The Drag Queen — The Vic , Chicago ; Jamie Wolf — Zanies , Chicago ; Greg Warren — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 7
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Heritage Jazz Orchestra — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; New Hope Club / Haven Madison — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Soul Street Collective — City Winery , Chicago ; A . Savage / Sarah Weddle — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Patterson — Green Mill , Chicago ; Monde UFO — Hideout , Chicago ; Hanson — HOB , Chicago ; Marques Carrol — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westside ; The Hot Sardines — Old Town School , Chicago ; Pavlov ' s Dogs — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Ben Ottewell / Ian Ball / Buddy — Space , Evanston ; Abhi the Nomad / Khary / Harrison Sands — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Tailgaters , Bollingbrook ; Empress / Duendita — Thalia , Chicago ; Billy Bragg / Steven Page — The Vic , Chicago ; Coco Peru — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 8
Music Bingo — Alive One , Chicago ; Abney Effect — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Silent Film Series — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage / Grasping Straws / Tedward & Friends — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Cougar Bingo — Carol ' s , Chicago ; The Hillbilly Moon Explosion — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; A . Savage / Greg Freeman — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenffow , Geneva ; Kindred Valley — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Music Trivia — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Emma Dayhuff — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Kate Bollinger / Sharp Pins — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; XTC Tribute — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Switchfoot / Lostboycrow — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; The Get Up Kids / Smoking Popes — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Los Yesterdays — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Dave Herrero — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Amble — Schubas , Chicago ; Merce Lemon / Red Pk — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Billy Bremner Rockfiles — Space , Evanston ; Bad Luck / Crush ++ — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Valley / Mickey Darling / Charlie Adams — The Vic , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Tony D ' s , Elmwood Pk ; Coco Peru — Zanies , Chicago ; Rich Guzzi — Zanies , Rosemont .
WEDNESDAY 9
Brad McDonald — Alive One , Chicago ; Charles Heath / Late Jam — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Rose Betts — Beat
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Kitchen , Chicago ; Splice Series — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Stefan Hillesheim Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Big Suit — Bourbon St , Merrionette Pk ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Megan & Shane / Yeti Chaser / Devil Said Jump — Burlington , Chicago ; Lever / Background Character / Rise of Leonew — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Wayne Newton — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Alessandro Cortini — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Illegal Smiles : John Prine — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Los Ángeles Azules — Genesee , Waukegan ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Little Victory — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Brass Queens / Black Bear Combo — Hideout , Chicago ; Marianas Trench — HOB , Chicago ; Jazz Jam — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Wasia Project / Sabrina Sterling — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Mic — Mirage , Schiller Pk ; Folk You ! — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; The Red Pears / Ultra Q / The High Curbs — Park West , Chicago ; Killer Queen — Rialto , Joliet ; Dig Engine / Jack Hale — Roberts Westside , Forest Pk ; Line Dancing & DJ — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Fontaines D . C . — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Bathe — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Blood / TV Buddha / GMG — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Tuvergen Band / Bowmanville — Space , Evanston ; Bright Light Bright Light — Subterranean , Chicago ; Kat and the Hurricane / Glad Rag / Dogbod — Subterranean , Chicago ; Line Dance Instruction — Sundance , Mundelein ; Duster / Dirty Art Club — Thalia , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesdays — Will Co . Brewing , Shorewood ; Coco Peru — Zanies , Chicago ; Gina Brillion — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 10
Open Jam — Alibi , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Sabertooth / Pro Jam — Andy ' s , Chicago ; Danny Ocean — Aragon , Chicago ; Wayne Newton — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Arl . Ale House , Arlington Hts ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Last Gasp / Suffer No Fools / Si Dios Quiere — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Young Widows — Burlington , Chicago ; Dirtwire / The Spooklights — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Coco Brown / Hollywood Gen Gen — City Winery , Chicago ; Flake Michigan / Great Ocean Waters / Just Hammers — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Brooke Candy / Namasenda / Tash Blake — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Ramon Chicharron — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; MANIA : The ABBA Tribute — Genesee , Waukegan ; MakeWar & Death Pose / The Write-Ups — GMAN Tavern , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ouray — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts ; Prince of Eden / Daundry / Austin Lee Scott — Hideout , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — HOB - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Donnell Rawlings — Improv , Schaumburg ; Isiah Collier — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westside ; Illuminati Hotties / Daffo
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