Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, October listings by September 15th.
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e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
FRIDAY 30 AUGUST
Roger This — 115 Bourbon Street, Merrionette Park; Ambrose
Akinsmusire Quartet/Art Ensemble Chicago/George Freeman
& Billy Branch/Joel Ross — 41st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival,
Chicago; Big Suit Talking Heads Tribute — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Whiskey & Harmony — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Nicole
Dollanganger/Infinity Crush — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Flashdrive — Blarney Island, Antioch; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic/
Jason Lee McKinney Band — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Person 2 Person/Who’s Next/Black Dog —
BrauerHouse, Lombard; The Moods — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Matthew Skoller — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Second Time Around — Cantigny Concert Series, Wheaton;
Melissa Polinar/Jeremy Passion/Gabe Bondoc — City Winery,
Chicago; Midwest Live & Loud 2019 — Cobra Lounge, Chicago;
Straight Skinny/800lb Gorilla/R-Avenue/Quiet Cove/Aaron
Williams and Hannah K Watson — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Stevie
Craig — Doc’s Victory Pub, Elmhurst; Triadd — Dock’s Bar,
Wauconda; Scorched Tundra/ Black Cobra/Clout Rat — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Mike Talbot/ The 1985/DJ Jesse — Four Winds
Casino, New Buffalo, MI; Bee Gees Gold/The Wayouts — Friday
Night Concerts, Rosemont; Chris Foreman/Ben Sidran/After
Hours Jam — Green Mill, Chicago; Joybird — Hideout, Chicago;
Gone Country — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Final Say —
Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mississippi Gabe Carter/
Goldfinger/Big D and the Kids Table/The Planet Smashers/
Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings — House Of Blues, Chicago;
North Coast Festival w/Bassnectar/Flux Pavilion/Jai Wolf/Big
Wild/Trampa/Yung Bae/Dirt Monkey/Melvv/Wooli/INZO/
Align/Stratus/Elevatd — Huntington Bank Pavilon @Northerly
Island, Chicago; Gondwana/Sunfallen — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago;
Larry McCray Band/ Joanna Connor Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Better Than Ezra/7th Heaven/Hi Infidelity/Libido
Funk Circus/Indigo — Last Fling, Naperville; The Lost Pyramids
— Mac’s on Slade, Palatine; Sealed With A Kiss/The 4 C Notes
— Maria SS Laurentia Festival, Niles; Paradise Waits — Martyrs,
Chicago; American Idiots/Sk8er Boyz — Mickey Finn’s,
Libertyville; Five After Band — Pheasant Run, St. Charles;
Chicago Jazz Festival — Pritzker Pavilion Concerts, Chicago; R&B
Night — Promontory Theater, Chicago; O.A. R. /American
Authors/Rozzi — Ravinia, Highland Park; The Vibrators/Bad
Sons/Poison Boys/Modern Advances — Reggies, Chicago; 7th
Heaven — Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; The Australian Pink Floyd
— Rosemont Theater, Rosemont; Jon Spencer & The Hitmaker —
Schubas, Chicago; The Fat Babies — SPACE, Evanston;
Dehd/Deeper/Patio/Fran — Thalia Hall, Chicago.
SATURDAY 31 AUGUST
Cecile McLorin Salvant/Christian McBride/Ryan Cohan’s
Originations/Ben Wendel Seasons — 41st Annual Chicago Jazz
Festival, Chicago; Faces of The King — Arcada Theater, St.
Charles; Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic — Arlington Ale House,
Arlington Heights; Rock Nation — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove;
Raleigh Tuckers — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Pirate Radio/The Hat
Guys — Blarney Island, Antioch; UltraFab/WZFM/Mike & The
Heartbreakers — Blue Chip Casino-Rocks Lounge, Michigan City,
IN; Scarlxrd — Bottom Lounge, Chicago; First Jason/Coyote
Man/Calvacade/Rocket Miner/Johfin/Jury of Fears/Convoy/
Tough O’mbres — BrauerHouse, Lombard; Lounge Puppets/
Heartache Tonight — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Big James —
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Hello Weekend — Captain’s
Quarters, Antioch; Brad Jackson & Shades of Country — Carol’s
Pub, Chicago; Squeeze — Chicago Theater, Chicago; John Gorka
— City Winery, Chicago; Midwest Live & Loud 2019 — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; SIC/Peephole/Hybrid Theory — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; The All-Stars — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; There Goes The
Neighborhood — Durty Nellies, Palatine; The B-Side Band —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Flourescents/45Fix/sweet Circle/
First Rounds On Me — Elbo Room, Chicago; Scorched Tundra/
Eyehategod/Aseethe/Luggage/Hitler — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Heartsfield — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Havana Nights/DJ
Dubbington/Pete & Kelly — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI;
Paper Machete/Ben Sidran/After Hours Pat Mallinger — Green
Mill, Chicago; Pete Berwick — Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge; Jon
Langford & Skull Orchard 7pm/Helltrap Nightmare 9:30p —
Hideout, Chicago; South of Disorder — Hollywood Casino,
Aurora; The Moods — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Meek Mill/
Future — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Dave
Herrero/Mississippi Heat — House Of Blues, Chicago; North
Coast Festival w/Major Lazer/Jauz/Tchami/Gorgon
City/Snakehips/Ookay/SG Lewis/Anna Lunoe/I_O/Ford/
Goodsex/SoDown/Birthdayy Partyy/Kyle Walker/Dee Mash —
Huntington Bank Pavilon @Northerly Island, Chicago; Joe
Fascetta — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Larry McCray Band/Joanna
Connor Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Vertical Horizon/
97Nine/The Right Now/Take The Reins/The Boy Band Night/
The Hair Band Night/Alt 101/QMT/Double Identity — Last
Fling, Naperville; Humpback Wail — Mac’s on Slade, Palatine;
Infinity/Tynan — Maria SS Laurentia Festival, Niles; The
Hawkeyes — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; Anuelusion — MT Barrels,
Schaumburg; Ray Gavin — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Aimee Gwen
Quartet — Pheasant Run, St. Charles; Chicago Jazz Festival —
Pritzker Pavilion Concerts, Chicago; Queen Latifah & Common —
Ravinia, Highland Park; Pagan Altar/High Spirits/Cauchemar —
Reggies, Chicago; Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas/The Cell
Phones — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Soul Spectacular — SPACE,
Evanston; Tricky Mission — Sunset Fest, Lake In The Hills; Toad
The Wet Sprocket — Thalia Hall, Chicago; New Wave Artists —
The Forge, Joliet; DJs Estevan La Groue/Danny Dan — The Owl,
Chicago; Tommy Slab — Zach’s On Tap, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Steve’n
Seagulls/ClusterPluck — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Modern Day
Romeos/Rumor Hazit — Blarney Island, Antioch; Luke Pytel/
Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; In The Stix/Smarty
Pants/Dean Milano Trio — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan
City, IN; Grim Reaper/Half Way To Trouble Benefit w/Flatfoot
56 — Brauerhouse, Lombard; Jason Owens — Bub City, Chicago;
Jess Piano — Bub City, Rosemont; Soda — Captain’s Quarters,
Antioch; Taking Back Emo — Centennial Park West Concert,
Orland Park; Mark Knopfler — Chicago Theater, Chicago; The
Lotus Kings — City Winery, Chicago; Midwest Live & Loud 2019
— Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Jauz/Ship Wrek/Ose — Concord
Music Hall, Chicago; NG2 — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Loona Dae/
Blake Davis/Ben Burden — Empty Bottle, Chicago; 7th Heaven
— Hometown Days, Yorkville; Gospel Brunch/Nicholas Barron/
Jeff Jensen — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues Jam with Linsey
Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Vertical Horizon/Tres
Moustache/The Ron Burgundys (Main Stage); Wedding
Band/Hello Weekend/Gregory Hyde Band/Billy Martin
Band/AD3 Acoustic (Block Party Stage) — Last Fling, Naperville;
Wovenhand/Jaye Jayle/God Damn Your Eyes — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Shaun J. Wright/Norma Jean Bell/Rick Wilhite/Craig
Loftis — Metro, Chicago; FMB Solo — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Steely Dan/Dinosaur Exhibit/Jerry Goodman & Howard Levy —
Ravinia, Highland Park; Pentagram/Daniel Lamar/Howling
Giant — Reggies, Chicago; Mutual Benefit/Jessica Risker/
Kelsey Wild — Schubas, Chicago; Plaza De Toros Mexican Rodeo
— Seat Geek Stadium, Bridgeview; Alec Haley — Sideouts, Island
Lake; DJ Ronnie James Deia — Sleeping Village, Chicago; City
Mouth/Rome Hero/Foxes/If Only If Only/Rare Candy —
Subterranean, Chicago; Live DJ — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook;
Gentlemen of Leisure/Natalia Kukulska/Lance Lipinsky & The
Lovers Band/Green Street Band/Kaleidoscope Eyes/Rosie &
The Rivets — Taste of Polonia, Chicago; Eclipse — The Cottage,
Crystal Lake; Kiernan McMullian & Stevie Rae Stephens
(Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago; Nathan Mongol
Wells w/The Country Doctors (Lakeview) — Uncommon Ground,
Chicago.
MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Fool
House — Blarney Island, Antioch; Mike Wheeler/Demetria Taylor
— Blue Chicago, Chicago; Juke Box Band — Blue Chip Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Pixel Grip/None of Your Concern —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joanna Connor/Tom Marker —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Joanna Connor/Breezy Rodio — House of
Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band/Omar Coleman —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Kashmir/The Hat Guys/Strung Out/
The Run Around — Last Fling, Naperville; Steely Dan/Dinosaur
Exhibit/Jerry Goodman & Howard Levy — Ravinia, Highland Park;
Open Mic/Bingo with Burke/Tyler Cassidy — Reggies, Chicago;
Hillbilly Rockstarz/The Boy Band Night/Modern Day Romeos/
7th Heaven — Taste of Polonia, Chicago.
TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago;
Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band
Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City,
Rosemont; Leahy — City Winery, Chicago; Open Mic — Empire,
Naperville; Gentle Heat/The Bombats/Ex Okays — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Guy King/Comedy
Cocktail/Smiley Tillmon Band — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles
Corey Band/Michael Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Mr. Blotto/John Paul Keith — Reggies, Chicago; Pete Galanis &
Friends w/Dave Herrero — Rosa’s, Chicago; Neak/Akonixx/
Davis — Schubas, Chicago; Bonny Light Horseman/Shane
Leonard — Space, Evanston; lilbootycall/LilPerfect/Open Mic
Hip Hop — Subterranean, Chicago; Karaoke — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Ceremony/Choir Boy/Glitterer — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Daniel Lamar R&B Storytellers Open Mic — Water Hole
Lounge, Chicago; Erin Jackson — Zanies, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
Open Mic Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open Mic w/Dave Kelly —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; JW Williams/Laretha Weathersby —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Dalton & The Sheriffs — Bub City,
Chicago; Dave Specter — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Pure
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