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Prairie League — City Winery, Chicago; Magic w/Jeff Jay — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; Matt Walker — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Brain
Tentacles/Child Bite/Something Is Waiting — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Breaking Benjamin — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater,
Tinley Park; Keithen Banks/Guy King/Uncorked & Unplugged —
House of Blues, Chicago; Los Cafres/Zamora Live — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band/Michael Wheeler Band —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes Hall & Oates
— Martyrs’, Chicago; Evoke — Metro, Chicago; Mames
Babegenush — Old Town School of Music, Chicago; Barnes
Courtney/The Hunna — Park West, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke
— Reggies, Chicago; Lurrie Bell w/Dan Carrelli — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Chris Shiflett/Cordovas — Schubas, Chicago; No Men
(Video Premiere)/Underwire/Wet Wallet — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Astronautalis/Angel Davanport/Lamon Manuel/
Jonah Magranga/Annabel/Airstream Futures — Subterranean,
Chicago; Live DJ — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Kataklysm/
Exhorder/Krisiun/Hatchet — The Forge, Joliet; Eric Lambert/
Bill Scorzari & Pollux (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground,
Chicago; Low-reen & Maxwell St. Market Blues Jam w/Charlie
Love — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Charlie Berens — Zanies,
Chicago.
THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
The Sweet — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Gavin Coyle —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Sugar Candy Mountain/Faux Furrs/
Daydream Review — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS Express/Shirley
Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
/Eyes Set To Kill/Face The Fire/Altheia — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; Brian McNight — City
Winery, Chicago; Laura Rain — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Full
Terror Assault 2019 Pre-Party — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; James
Manno — Cubby Bear, Chicago; The Appleseed Cast/Muscle
Worship/Options — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Cadillac Dave/Mike
Wheeler — House of Blues, Chicago; Joanna Connor plus Guests
— Kingston Mines, Chicago; Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers
— Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Dominic Fike/Deb Never — Reggies,
Chicago; Melody Angel/Blues Jam w/Willie Buck — Rosa’s,
Chicago; Alison Sudol & Guest — Schubas, Chicago; Dirtwire/
Motel Breakfast — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Abigail/
Deepsmith/J Copes/Zooey Glass — Smart Bar, Chicago;
Rachael Yamagata — Space, Evanston; Reggae Gold/Raveena/
Christian French/ASTN — Subterranean, Chicago; Peach Fuzz/
Pop Empire/Clickbait — The Owl, Chicago; Open Mic — The
Quarry, Lemont; The Oxley’s/Wright Gatewood & Paola Apuli
(Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
Buddy Guy — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Coverlicious —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; HiFi Superstar Unplugged — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; DJ No DJ — BaseCamp, Lisle; Cardinal
Harbor (Album Release)/Harvey Fox/Cordoba — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Summer Son — Blarney Island, Antioch; Chicago Wind
/Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Crawpuppies/Whistle
Pigs — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Joe Kay —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Cherry Bomb/5184/Gravetones —
Brauerhouse, Lombard; DRI/Deathwish — Brauerhouse,
Lombard; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; Kelby Costner — Bub
City, Rosemont; Luke Pytel — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Hodie Snitch/Lone Wolf Band — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; Glen
Hansard — Chicago Theater, Chicago; Brian McNight — City
Winery, Chicago; The Stingrays — Club Arcada, St. Charles;
Marin & Pops — Copernicus Center, Chicago; The Corcoran
Brothers — Cubby Bear, Chicago; SOiL/Ignescent/Below 7 —
Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Mark & Jim — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca;
Titus Andronicus/Control Top — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Brooklyn Britches & The Whisperers/Gerald McClendon —
Evanston Rocks, Evanston; Simple Remedy — Firewater Saloon-
Mt. Greenwood, Chicago; Tim O’Brien Band — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Libido Funk Circus — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New
Buffalo, MI; Air Supply — Four Winds Casino-Silvercreek, New
Buffalo, MI; Chris Hammonnd/Gypsy Jazz Fest/After Hours
Jam Session — Green Mill, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Hey Nonny,
Arlington Heights; Spoken Four — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; The
Moonlighters — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Bush/+Live+ —
Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Pentagon/Sheryl
Youngblood/Matt Hendricks/Elevate After Party DJ Night —
House of Blues, Chicago; Jeorge Holmes — Incontro A Tavola,
Barrington; Reggaeton Night w/Lunay & Chris Jeday — Joe’s
Live, Rosemont; Shinyribs/Mike Maimone Band — Joe’s on
Weed, Chicago; Nora Jean Bruso Band plus Studebaker John
Acoustic — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Sheer Mag/Tweens/Side
Action — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Rotten Mouth/After Funk/
FuzzLove — Martyrs’, Chicago; The Growlers/Pinky Pinky —
Metro, Chicago; Hearthfire — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Brushville — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; The Bratwurst
Brothers — Oktoberfest, Tinley Park; We Rose You Live — Park
West, Chicago; Good Clean Fun — Pearce’s Pub, Oswego; Fresh
Hops/Ross Hollow — Reggies, Chicago; Melvin Taylor & The
Slack Band — Rosa’s, Chicago; Flaural Triptides/Jude Shuma —
Schubas, Chicago; Serendipity — Shakers, Ottawa; The Rockin’
Eldorados — Shoeless Joe’s, Schiller Park; Todd of Mr. Myers —
Sideouts, Island Lake; Outdoor Comedy Show — Sleeping Village,
Chicago; Paranoid London/Justin AulisLong/Bai-ee — Smart
Bar, Chicago; TFDI Fest — Space, Evanston; Emo Night —
Subterranean, Chicago; Allen, Mack, Myers & Moore —
Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Christina P — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Jackyl — The Forge, Joliet; DJ Adam Luksetich — The Owl,
Chicago; Cover Dogs/One Way Street/The Queen Experience —
Throwback Music Festival, Chicago; Peter Manhart/Stephen
Francis/Scott Siskind (Edgewater) — Uncommon Ground,
Chicago; Kevin Presbrey — Uptown Tap, Plainfield; Elmore
James Jr. & The Broom Dusters — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago;
Tributosaurus becomes: Hall & Oates — Wire, Berwyn; Josh Wolf
— Zanies, Chicago.
SATURDAY 7
Kix/Quiet Riot — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Jess Piano — Bar
Evolution, Batavia; Love and Money — BaseCamp, Lisle; Future
Thieves/Hardcastle/Bright Kid/Bluegrass Brunch — Beat
Kitchen, Chicago; Afterglow — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Charlie
Foxtrot/C-Factor — Blarney Island, Antioch; Chicago Wind/
Deitra Farr — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Jamrose/Monterrey —
Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; V is For Villians —
Bottom Lounge, Chicago; Sean & John — Brazen Head,
Crestwood; 32 Below — Bub City, Chicago; Bobby McClendon —
Bub City, Rosemont; Claudette Miller — Buddy Guy’s Legends,
Chicago; EZFM — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Brad Jackson &
Shades of Country — Carol’s Pub, Chicago; DreamZ — Cheers,
Midlothian; How Did This Get Made Live — Chicago Theater,
Chicago; Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering/Marc Smith — City
Winery, Chicago; Rhythm Rockets — Club Arcada, St. Charles;
Sea of Treachery — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Chris Lake —
Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Ignited/The Fifth Star Band/
Ludlow/Dark Heart News — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Whiskey
Kitten — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Seratones/Waltzer/Baby
Money & The Down Payments — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Modern
Day Romeos/Sugar Highway/Semple/7th Heaven — Evviva
Block Party, Lisle; Buddy Holly Story Cast Tribute — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Fool House — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New
Buffalo, MI; The Ultimate Queen Celebration — Four Winds
Casino-Silvercreek, New Buffalo, MI; Chris Hammond/Gypsy Jazz
Fest/After Hours with Pat Malinger — Green Mill, Chicago;
Paper Machete/Gypsy Jazz Fest/After Hours with Pat Malinger
— Green Mill, Chicago; Old Salt Union — Hey Nonny, Arlington
Heights; Chicago Latin Groove — Hollywood Casino, Aurora;
Tynan — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; ZZ Top 50th Anniversary Tour
— Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Here Come The
Mummies/Rollover/Windy City Duo/House of Burlesque —
House of Blues, Chicago; Social Distortion/Flogging Molly —
Huntington Bank Pavilion, Chicago; Lateralus/Freak On A
Leash/Now I’m Nothing — Joe’s on Weed, Chicago; Nora Jean
Bruso Band plus Studebaker John Acoustic — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Ezra Furman/Speedy Ortiz/Stef Chura — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; The Three Beards — Lone Buffalo, Ottawa; Maybe April
Album Release Show — Martyrs’, Chicago; The Growlers/Pinky
Pinky — Metro, Chicago; GooRoos — Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville;
Drew Roberts — Niko’s R&R, Marengo; Kickin’ It With Carol/
Summer Son — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; April’s Reign
— Offshore at Navy Pier, Chicago; Bratwurst Brothers —
Oktoberfest, Itasca; Grace Vanderwaal/Patrick Martin — Park
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West, Chicago; Glacier Veins/Foresight/A Story Unwritten/
Whatismu — Penny Road Pub, Barrington; Wall Of Denial/
Eliminator — Phesant Run Mainstage, St. Charles; Breakin’ Up A
Dogfight — Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Fuze — Q Bar, Darien;
Lenny Kravitz — Ravinia, Highland Park; Nathan Graham (Joint)
— Reggies, Chicago; Adam Ant/Glam Skanks — Riviera Theater,
Chicago; Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band — Rosa’s, Chicago;
BBNO$/Billy Marchiafava/Dan/Swerzie — Schubas, Chicago;
Restless Knites — Sideouts, Island Lake; Terrence Dixon/
Lowki/Cinna — Smart Bar, Chicago; T-Rextasy/The Curls/The
Voluptuals/Nappi Hour feat. Mike Orie & Friends —
Subterranean, Chicago; Sh’Bang & The Remedy — Tailgater’s,
Bolingbrook; Dessa/Monakr/Bonelang — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Jimmy & Monika — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Evergrey/
Shattered Sun/Fierce Atmospheres/Legacy Black — The Forge,
Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue & Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago;
School of Rock Plainfield (Eary)/Ethan Bell Band — The Quarry,
Lemont; Adam Ant/The Glam Skanks — The Vic Theater,
Chicago; Boy Band Review/One of The Boyzz/Southern Draw/
Todd & The Ten Pins — Throwback Music Festival, Chicago;
Identity Crisis — Uptown Tap, Plainfield.
SUNDAY 8
The Diamonds & The Crystals — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; The
Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Dude York/
What Gives/Strange Foliage — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; R&L
Rhythm Review — Bella Mia, Midlothian; The Student Body —
Blarney Island, Antioch; Luke Pytel/Laretha Weathersby — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Goodfellas/Highnoon — Blue Chip Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Grace & John — Bub City, Rosemont;
Joe Moss — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Semple — Captain’s
Quarters, Antioch; Comedy Bang Bang w/Scott Aukerman —
Chicago Theater, Chicago; Stephane Wrembel Band — City
Winery, Chicago; Sinatra Sundays w/Vince Amore — Club
Arcada, St. Charles; Jazz Consortium — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine;
Big Business/Meat Wave/DJ Chrissy — Empty Bottle, Chicago;
Game of Thrones Live Concert w/Ramin Djawadi — Hollywood
Casino Amphitheater, Tinley Park; Gospel Brunch/Mike Wheeler
/Burna Boy/Corey Dennison — House of Blues, Chicago; Blues
Jam with Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Perry
Hutchins Duo — Offshore at Navy Pier, Chicago; Mini Ladd/
Bigjiggly Panda — Park West, Chicago; Kesha — Ravinia,
Highland Park; The Jimi Project (4PM)/Helping Friendly
Orchestra/White Mystery — Reggies, Chicago; Epic — Saufen
Und Spiel, Johnsburg; CW Stoneking — Schubas, Chicago; Musa
Reems — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Holly Bowling — Space,
Evanston; Gianni & Kyle (EP Release) — Subterranean, Chicago;
Live DJ — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Choir!Choir!Choir!-Hallelujah
& The Greatest Songs Ever — Thalia Hall, Chicago; School of
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