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American Football/Village People/Ride/Guided By Voices/Less
Than Jake/Nick Lowe w/Los Straight Jackets/Frank Iero and
The Future Violents/Save Ferris/The Ergs!/White Reaper/
Teenage Bottle Rocket/Dave Hause And Ther Mermaid/This
Wild Life/Dead Swords/The Beaches/Sincere Engineer/
Skating Polly/Ultra Q/Kali Masi/Ganser/Ramona — Riot Fest,
Chicago; Tycho/Poolside — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Keshi/Zac
Greer — Schubas, Chicago; Katie Dahl (Album Release)/Mike
Farris — Space, Evanston; Kublai Khan/Orthodox/Bad Blood/
Severed Ties/The Spirit of The Beehive — Subterranean,
Chicago; Live DJ — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; The English Beat/
The Music of Reggae For Kids (early) — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Pat McCann Comedy — The Vic Theater, Chicago.
(Riot Fest Late Night) — Reggies, Chicago; Tears Dry on Their
Own — Reggies, Chicago; Slayer/Rise Against/Bloc Party/Wu-
Tang Clan/Manchester Orchestra/The Story So Far/Avail/The
Struts/Pvris/Anthrax/Testament/Andrew
W.K./Gwar/
Turnover/Senses Fail/The Selector/The Damned Things/
Grandson/Turnstile/Surfer Blood/Cursive/The Hu/Prof/
Cherry Glazerr/Masked Intruder/Drakulas/Microwave/Lando
Chill/Cleopatrick/Elder Brother/Monarchy Over Monday — Riot
Fest, Chicago; Jon Allegretto Collective/Rhythm Method —
Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Elizabeth Moen/Holly — Schubas,
Chicago; Shreya Ghoshal — Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates;
Karma Committee — Sideouts, Island Lake; Duster/Living Hour
/DJ Adam Luksetich — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Eliane Elias —
Space, Evanston; Counterfeit/StarBenders/Taylor Rogers/
Meagan Hickman/Lucy Little/Over Qualified — Subterranean,
Chicago; KDB Duo — The Cottage, Crystal Lake; Smells Like
Nirvana/Fake News/All American Throwbacks — The Forge,
Joliet; DJ Esteban La Groue & Danny Dan — The Owl, Chicago;
School of Rock Naperille (early)/Bad Medicine — The Quarry,
Lemont; Thomas Rhett — United Center, Chicago; Hard Wire —
Uptown Tap, Plainfield; April Macie — Zanies, Chicago. Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Mike
Wheeler/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rhett Miller
of Old 97’s — City Winery, Chicago; Hello Weekend — Cubby Bear,
Chicago; Flat Worms/Parsnip — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Keith
Scott/Dave Specter — House of Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison
Band with Vance Kelly — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Girl In Red/
Isaac Dunbar — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Revocation & Voivod/
Psycroptic/Skeletal Remains/Conjurer — Metro, Chicago; Open
Mic Comedy — Reggies, Chicago; Banks/Kevin Garrett — Riviera
Theater, Chicago; Open Mic Comedy — Schubas, Chicago; The
Penske File/Two Houses/Oscar Bait — The Owl, Chicago.
SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY 17
The Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Neo-
Romantics/The Standby/Jonfin/Crystal Killers — Beat Kitchen,
Chicago; Michael Walters Duo — Bella Mia, Midlothian;
Wapatui — Blarney Island, Antioch; Sheryl Youngblood — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Middle of The Road — Blue Chip Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Avail/Life’s Question — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Senn Allen Band — Bub City, Chicago; Tarah
from Lincoln Don’t Lie — Bub City, Rosemont; Chicago Blues
Hall of Famer Ceremony — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; The
Mix — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Nick Offerman — Chicago
Theater, Chicago; Smells Like Nirvana — City Winery, Chicago;
Sinatra Sundays w/Jeff Rachman — Club Arcada, St. Charles;
Riot Fest Official Late Night w/Teenage Bottlerockets — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Winona Forever/Flora/Kachi — Empty Bottle,
Chicago; Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Los
Amantes de Lola/Sin Anestesia — Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Blues
Jam with Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines, Chicago;
Fontaines DC — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Modern Day Romeos —
Main Street Fest, Cary; The Midnight/Flamingosis — Metro,
Chicago; Rockstar Rodeo — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock;
Pub Church — Q Bar, Darien; Coco In Concert Live to Film —
Ravinia, Highland Park; The Ghost Wolves/Joe’s Truck Stop —
Reggies, Chicago; Bikini Kill/The Raconteurs/Ween/Patti
Smith & Her Band/Taking Back Sunday/The B-52’s/Against
Me!/The Starting LIne/Streetlight Manifesto/Bob Mould/
MONDAY 16
Chicago Underground Comedy/Citizens/Ghost Ship/The Eagle
and Child — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Chicago Wind/Deitra Farr —
Blue Chicago, Chicago; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Chicago;
Live Band Karaoke — Bub City, Rosemont; Glenn Jones — City
Winery, Chicago; Otis — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Open Mic —
Empire, Naperville; Little Church/Daymaker/Sex No Babies/
Shi La Rose — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Periphery/Windy City Duo/Comedy Cocktail/Corey
Dennison — House of Blues, Chicago; Giles Corey Band/Michael
Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; Boris/Uniform —
Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Mr. Blotto — Reggies, Chicago; Sacred
Reich/Virgil Donato Band — Reggies, Chicago; We Will Rock
You — Rialto Square Theater, Joliet; Dodie/Adam Melchor —
Riviera Theater, Chicago; Pete Galanis & Friends w/Dave
Herrero — Rosa’s, Chicago; Cross Record/Fauvely/You Folk —
Schubas, Chicago; Daniel Romano/Wreath of Hogs/Caroline
Campbell — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Leslie Stevens/Half
Gringa — Space, Evanston; Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean,
Chicago; Karaoke — Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Polo & Pan/
Mindchatter — Thalia Hall, Chicago; Daniel Lamar R&B
Storytellers Open Mic — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago; Dan
LaMorte (Album Release) — Zanies, Chicago.
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WEDNESDAY 18
UB40 feat. Ali, Astro & Shaggy 40th Anniversary Tour — Aragon
Ballroom, Chicago; Open Mic Night — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Open
Mic w/Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Oso Oso/The
Sidekicks/Future Teens/Dogleg — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; JW
Williams/Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Lara
Fabian — Chicago Theater, Chicago; David Cook/Carrie Welling
— City Winery, Chicago; Magic w/Tim Balster — Club Arcada, St.
Charles; ‘68 — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Wedding Banned —
Cubby Bear, Chicago; Emily Wolfe — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Man
With A Mission/Luke Pytel/Keithen Banks/Ambar — House of
Blues, Chicago; Corey Dennison Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Daniel Norgren/Jake Xeres Fussell — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Beppe Gambetta — Old Town School of Music, Chicago;
Live Band Karaoke — Reggies, Chicago; Tamino/Ester —
Schubas, Chicago; Born Days (EP Release)/Den-Mate/8-Bit
Creeps/Boyscott — Sleeping Village, Chicago; Emily Bear —
Space, Evanston; Allday/Mallrat/Japanese Wallpaper/Horse
Jumper/Of Love/Slow Mass — Subterranean, Chicago; Live DJ
— Tailgater’s, Bolingbrook; Lore Podcast Live — The Vic Theater,
Chicago; Low-reen & Maxwell St. Market Blues Jam w/Elmore
James Jr. — Water Hole Lounge, Chicago.
THURSDAY 19
J Balvin — Allstate Arena, Rosemont; Queensryche/Michael
Angelo Batio — Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Stevie Craig —
Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Aries — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; BTS
Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago, Chicago; The
Flashbacks — Blue Chip Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Martin
McDaniel — Bub City, Chicago; Jimmy Johnson — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Jive Mother Mary — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Mike Valentine — Club Arcada, St. Charles; Bury Your Dead —
Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Hello Weekend — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Rehab — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Wolf Eyes/Mukqs x
Sharkula/Glyders — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Michael Glabicki of
Rusted Root — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; The Capitol Steps —
Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Beth Nielsen Chapman — Hey
Nonny, Arlington Heights; Nick Moss Band/Windy City
Duo/Uncorked & Unplugged/Shoeshine Boy Presents — House
of Blues, Chicago; John Primer Blues Band — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Johnny Burgin Album Release show — Martyrs’,
Chicago; Cold Waves VIII: Pop Will Eat Itself/Chemlab/Acumen
vs. 16 Volt/Curse Mackey/Bootblacks — Metro, Chicago;
Simply Sound — Moretti’s, Chicago; Bush Tetras — Old Town
School of Music, Chicago; Agnostic Front — Reggies, Chicago;
K. Flay/Houses/Your Smith — Riviera Theater, Chicago; Blues
Jam w/Lil’ Ed Williams — Rosa’s, Chicago; Chelou/Cae Jones —
Sleeping Village, Chicago; Panic Priest/Conformco/Shannon
Funchess — Smart Bar, Chicago; Cedric Burnside — Space,
Evanston; Reggae Gold/Kid Quill — Subterranean, Chicago;
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors/Dan Rodriguez — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; New Canyons/Grivo/HighDiver — The Owl, Chicago;
Check illinoisentertainer.com for
concert previews, news, and reviews.
Open Mic — The Quarry, Lemont; Norm MacDonald — The Vic
Theater, Chicago; Jonas Brothers/Bebe Rexha — United Center,
Chicago.
FRIDAY 20
BABYMETAL — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Hairball — Arcada
Theater, St. Charles; Trippin Billies/Live Band Karaoke —
Austin’s Fuel Room, Libertyville; The Selectones — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Bert’s Revenge — Bar Evolution, Batavia; Punk
The Burbs Fest 3 — BaseCamp, Lisle; Cascade Drive — Blarney
Island, Antioch; BTS Express/Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago,
Chicago; Weeknight Special /Scott Marek Band — Blue Chip
Rocks Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Ross From Friends — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Sebastian Bach — Brauerhouse, Lombard;
Martin McDaniel — Bub City, Chicago; Rendition — Bub City,
Rosemont; Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Moonlight Pickers — Carol’s Pub, Chicago;
Ronnie Baker Brooks — City Winery, Chicago; Nick@Knight —
Club Arcada, St. Charles; Snow Burial (Record Release) — Cobra
Lounge, Chicago; Kaskade Redux — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; The Urge — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Hello Weekend —
Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Cirrus Falcon — Eaglewood Resort,
Itasca; Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears — FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn; Project 90 — Four Winds Casino-Hard Rock, New Buffalo,
MI; UB40 — Genesee Theater, Waukegan; Goose Island 312
Block Party w/Jenny Lewis/Margo Price/Lola Kirk & More —
Goose Island, Chicago; Paper Machete/Mighty Blue Kings/
After Hours with Eric Schneider — Green Mill, Chicago; Jodee
Lewis/Ruth Marie — Hey Nonny, Arlington Heights; Fridays at
Five — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Mississippi Gabe Carter/Haus
of Drag/Grits & Biscuits/John Primer — House of Blues,
Chicago; The Avett Brothers — Huntington Bank Pavilion,
Chicago; Modern Day Romeos — Huntley Fall Fest, Huntley;
Return2Soul — Incontro A Tavola, Barrington; Reggaeton Night
— Joe’s Live, Rosemont; Thornetta Davis with Joanna Connor —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Generationals/Gemma — Lincoln Hall,
Chicago; Ezra Bell/Public Porch Disco — Martyrs’, Chicago;
Cold Waves VIII: Nitzer Ebb/Haujobb/Light Asylum/Klack/
Wingtips — Metro, Chicago; Foolhouse/90s Dance Party —
Mickey Finn’s, Libertyville; 7th Heaven/Karma Committe —
Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock; Jimmy Herring and The 5 of
7 — Park West, Chicago; Barrelhouse Blend Trio — Pearce’s Pub,
Oswego; Us Tree Monkey’z/Metalation/Glory Day — Penny
Road Pub, Barrington; The Rusty Daisy Tribute Extravaganza —
Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago; Vintage — Q Bar, Glendale Heights;
Beyond Creation/With Grace — Reggies, Chicago; 7th Heaven —
Rivers Casino, Des Plaines; Brittany Howard/MonoNeon —
Riviera Theater, Chicago; Bear Williams Band — Rosa’s, Chicago;
Killing Me Smalls — Sandlot Wrigley, Chicago; Walker Lukens —
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