FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
Libido Funk Cirucs— 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Paa Kow— 210 Music Lounge, Highwood; Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Soul2Soul Tour— Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Hairball— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Mighty Joe— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Scout Ripley / Anti-Beyond / MAKS The Fox— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Cadillac Three— Blarney Island, Antioch; Tenry Johns Band / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rockstar Rodeo— Blue Chip Casino- Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; The Neverly Brothers / Crawpuppies— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; DJ Night— Blue Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Chicago Wind / Scott Nev— BLUES, Chicago; Manic Focus / Russ Liquid North Coast Aftershow— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Remembering Mic One: Dirty MF / Swangz / DJ Handz Solo / Nightwalker / Pozlyrix / Matlock / Mass Hysteria / Pugz Atomz / Griffen / Encyclopedia Brown / Sarcastik— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Nathan Dean & The Damn Band— Bub City, Chicago; Corey Cox— Bub City, Rosemont; Jason Moran / Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio / Donny McCaslin Group / Dana Hall’ s Spring / Stu Katz Shearing Redux / Reggie Thomas Quintet / Joe Poliscastro Trio / Slavic Soul Party / Rob Denty / Tim Mulvenna Duo / Steve Gibbons Gypsy Rhythm / Tim Fitzgerald’ s Full House— Chicago Jazz Festival @ Millenium Park, Chicago; Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Deacon Blues— City Winery, Chicago; Mugen Hoso / Bad Sons / Criminal Kids— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Julianne Q / Red Ransom / Doves of Mercury / Stereobone / The Max Tribe— Elbo Room, Chicago; The Atomic / Bitchwax / Fistula / Electric Hawk— Empty Bottle, Chicago; The Viaducts / Wooly Rhinos / Allegra Malone & The Revival— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; Whiskey Dixie— Frankie’ s Blue Room, Naperville; The Giving Tree Band / Hush Train / Concrete Roots / Future Stuff— Great American Lobster Fest @ Navy Pier, Chicago; Run Forest Run— Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Classical Blast— Hollywood Casino, Joliet; I Am They / Jennie Williamson— Hometown Days Fest, Yorkville; Rumours: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute— House Of Blues, Chicago; Mike Wheeler / Rumours: Fleetwood Mac Tribute / Sheryl Youngblood— House of Blues, Chicago; Michael Heaton— Jen’ s Guesthouse, Willow Springs; Kinky— Joe’ s Bar, Chicago; Whiskey & Harmony— JW Hollstein’ s Saloon, Tinley Park; Kayambe— Kewanee Hot Dog Days, Kewanee; Chris Foreman / Frank Catalano-Jimmy Chamberlin Group / After Hours Jam Session— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Larry McCray / Joanna Connor— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Lanco / Emily Anne Roberts / Scott Marek— Last Fling, Naperville; The Rob Post Band— Level 257, Schaumburg; Kevin
DEE ALEXANDER September 2 Chicago Jazz Festival, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago.
Morby / Shannon Lay— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mallory Lennon— M Supper Club, Crystal Lake; Tony Ocean Show— Maria SS Laurentana Society Festival, Niles; Mucca Pazza / Slavic Soul Party— Martyrs’, Chicago; Block 37— Nevin’ s Brewing Company, Plainfield; Nashville Electric Company— Niko’ s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Deadmau5 / Eric Prydz / Gucci Mane / Bonobo / Lil Dicky / Lettuce / Badbadnotgood / Autograf / London On Da Track / Harrison Brome / Websterex / Akenya / Edamame / DJ Skolie / Dudley Noon / Evie / Jesus Face / Manny Muscles / Pranas / Statik / Vapor Eyes— North Coast Music Festival @ Union Park, Chicago; Milonga Cumparsita— Old Town School, Chicago; FLANL— Pal Joey’ s, Batavia; The Aperture Schematic / Sober Luck / Inbound— Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Live DJ— Q-Bar, Plano; Bobby Burg / Can of Beans / Blake / Turn N’ Fire / Sam Vicari— Quenchers, Chicago; Michael Bolton / Gladys Knight— Ravinia, Lake Forest; Kofi Baker’ s Cream Experience— Reggie’ s Music Joint, Chicago; Stick Men / Grape Juice Plus— Reggie’ s Rock Club, Chicago; Semple— Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band— Rosa’ s, Chicago;
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Aventurera— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Cloakroom / The Life and Times / Sweet Cobra— Schubas, Chicago; Mr. Myers— Sideouts, Island Lake; Oskar Offerman / Phillip Stone— Smart Bar, Chicago; Fareed Haque / Goran Ivanovic— Space, Evanston; Buk of Psychodrama / Dawreck / Sherm N Demand— Star Bar, Chicago Ridge; Tom Keifer / Stephen Pearcy— Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, IN; Sal & Izy— State & Lake @ The Wit, Chicago; Surf Curse / The Whoevers— Subterranean, Chicago; Jefferson Starship— Summer Concert Series, Rosemont; Infinity / Second Hand Soul Band— Summer Sunset Fest, Lake In The Hills; Nick Pontarelli Band / Lake Effect / Explosive Sounds Entertainment / John Anthony / Tony Caponi / Karaoke-Greg Rini— Taste of Melrose Park, Melrose Park; Tributosaurus becomes Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Heartless / The Ampol Aires— Taste of Polonia, Chicago; War Brides / Buildings / Gay Witch Abortion / Space Blood— The Burlington, Chicago; Rick Foxx— The Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; World’ s Finest— Tonic Room, Chicago; Bill Donlan / Poppy Mallows— Township, Chicago; Good Fellas— Twisted Rose, Algonquin; Leroy Winn— Uptown
Tap, Plainfield; The Moods— Venuti’ s, Addison; Unforgiven / Freak On A Leash / Sandblasted Skin / Sic— Wire, Berwyn; Erik Donner— World of Beer, Evanston; The Beat 2— Zachary’ s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 2
Cuz This Is How We Roll / The Bread Machines— 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Rollover— 210 Music Lounge, Highwood; Faces of The King w / Cody Slaughter / Jake Rowley / Shawn Klush— Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Good Fellas— Ballydoyle, Aurora; Sal & Izzy— Bar Evolution, Batavia; Midwest Sing & Stomp Festival / Old Lazarus’ Harp— Beat Kitchen, Chicago; GooRoos— Blarney Island, Antioch; Crosstown Classics— Blarney Stone Pub, Oak Forest; Tenry Johns Band / Claudette Miller— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Monterrey / Jamrose / Euphoria— Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Dick Diamond & The Dusters— Blue Chip- Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Joanna Connor— BLUES, Chicago; EOTO North Coast Aftershow— Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Revolt Coda / The Isolated Brigade— BrauerHouse, Lombard; Shawn Lacy— Bub City, Chicago; Smokin’ Gunz— Bub City, Rosemont; Anthem— Captain’ s Quarters, Antioch; Ellabration! 100 Years of Ella Fitzgerald w / Brad Williams Trio, Sheila Jordan, Dee Alexander, Frieda Lee, Spider Saloff & Paul Marinaro / Low Down Brass Band / Shawn Maxwell’ s New Tomorrow / Typhanie Monique / Mary Halvorson Octet / Hearts & Minds / Gustavo Cortinas Snapshot / Charles Heath Quartet / Roosevelt U. Jazz Ensemble / Kenwood Academy Jazz Band / Kely HS Jazz Band / Whiney Young Jazz Combo / Jones College Prep Jazz Combo / Morgan Park HS Jazz Combo— Chicago Jazz Festival @ Millenium Park, Chicago; Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit— Chicago Theater, Chicago; Chuck Inglish / Kami / Knox Fortune / DJ Phil— Chop Shop & First Ward, Chicago; Eyehategod / Cro- Mags / Sweet Cobra / Minimum Wage Assasins— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Spafford / Gente DeZona— Concord, Chicago; Chicks With Picks— Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect; Big D & The Nomads— Draft Picks, Naperville; Dixie Crush / Cover Story— Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Dharma Station / Cosmic Drift / Carrying Torches / Raysdude / Erin & The Project— Elbo Room, Chicago; Acid King / Minsk / Wolvhammer / Bottomed— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Makena Hartlin— Fatty Magoo’ s, Bolingbrook; South City Revival / Dozen Buzzin’ Cousins— Fitzgerald’ s, Berwyn; 16 Candles / Wedding Banned / Mr. Funny Man / Seventh Sons— Friends of Labor Festival @ Steelworkers Park, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets— Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Cherry Poppin’
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