WEDNESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
Anthem — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Nick Mazzarella / Eric Schneider — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Eli Tri — Aragon Balroom , Chicago ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; 7th Heaven — Bensenville CITPs , Bensenville ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Lost Kings — Canopy Club , Champaign ; Robert Randolph & The Family Band — City Winery , Chicago ; Cirrus Falcon — Clarendon Hills Music Night , Clarendon Hills ; Quin Kirchner Trio — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Chris Greene Quartet — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Trap Karaoke — House of Blues , Chicago ; Chicago Soul Jazz Collective feat . Dee Alexander — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Jazz a la Mexicana — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Collective Soul / Better Than Ezra / Tonic — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Metal Trivia — Reggies , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends featuring Dave Herrero — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Daymaker / Calliope Musicals / Watery Follies — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Sheer Soul / Supreme Court — Subterranean , Chicago ; Live DJ — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Dreadwolf / Eddy and The Arsons / Cranberry Batcave — The Burlington , Chicago ; Where Sneaky Links Reside — The Promontory , Chicago ; Lunar Ticks Dead Aftershow — Underground Lounge , Chicago .
THURSDAY 2
Too Hype Crew — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Alec Trio / Isiah Spencer — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Zebra — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Tinder Live with Lane Moore — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Tire Swarm Car and Bike Show with The Perks — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Riley Brothers — Bub City , Chicago ; Joe Moss — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Such / Erthe St James — City Winery , Chicago ; Bnny ( Record Release )/ Squirrel Flower ( Solo )/ Divino Niño ( DJ Set ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Summer Block Party Truck Concert — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Party Guys Dueling Pianos — Four Winds Casino , South Bend ; Alan Gresik ’ s Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Billy Flynn — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Gary Bartz Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Lee Brice — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Knocked Loose / Incendiary / Inclination / MH Chaos / Lurk — Metro , Chicago ;
Karaoke — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Big Boi / Twista — Out of Space / Temperance Beer Co ., Evanston ; Billy Branch & Sons of The Blues — Reggies , Chicago ; Taste of Emo Classic Album Night — Reggies , Chicago ; Unleash The Archers / Aether Realm — Reggies , Chicago ; Yacht Rockettes — Reggies on the Beach , Chicago ; Chicago Wind featuring Mathhew Skoller — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Salsa Night — SaddleUp , Aurora ; In The Pines — Schubas , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Herbie Hancock — Symphony Center , Chicago ; Bonehawk / The What For with Bailey Dee / The Hyss — The Burlington , Chicago ; Open Mic with Araron Mitchell — The Outta Space , Berwyn ; Tail Dragger / Jamiah Rogers — The Promontory , Chicago ; Gerald McClendon — The Venue at Mundy Park , Aurora ; Corinne Fisher — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 3
Joey Digs and The Dentist — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Charles Rick Heath / Jeremy Joel Warren — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Steel Heart / Jack Russell ’ s Great White — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Blacktop Mojo — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Spanish Love Songs — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; MMB album release with : Tafoya / Resurrection Larry — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Chris James — Bub City , Chicago ; Wedding Band — Buffalo Grove Days , Buffalo Grove ; Uncle Marky — Carol ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Killer of Giants / Hispeeddirt — Castle Theater , Bloomington , IL ; The Hxliday and Supa Bwe — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Black Dahlia Murder / After The Burial / Carnifex — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Alex Massa ’ s Water Music — Constellation , Chicago ; Plack Blague / Ozzuario — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; The Heavy Sounds / BigSandy & His Fly-Rite Boys — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Chris Behre / Don Savoie — Four Winds Casino , South Bend ; Bee Gees Gold — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; Chris Foreman / Fareed Haque — Green Mill , Chicago ; Erick Quigley ( Early ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Greta Van Fleet — Huntington Bank Pavilion , Chicago ; Gary Bartz Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Raulín Rodríguez — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Shinyribs — Joe ’ s Weed Street , Chicago ; American Aquariam — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Green Day Tribute / Offspring Tributes — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Chicago in Tune : Gospel : Tommies Reunion — Millenium Park , Chicago ; Drive
By Truckers & JD McPherson — Out of Space / Temperance Beer Co ., Evanston ; Channel Tres — Prysm , Chicago ; Alan Snyder — QBar , Darien ; Lady A — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Billy Branch & Sons of The Blues — Reggies , Chicago ; Nora Jean Wallace / John Primer & The Real Deal ( 9:30pm ) — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Kainalu — Schubas , Chicago ; Kaskade / LouisThe Child / Claude Vonstroke / San Holo / Whethan — Seat Geek Stadium , Bridgeview ; Sarah Squirm — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Dajae ( live )/ DJ Lady D / VITIGRRL / DJ Tess — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Emo Night — Subterranean , Chicago ; Mike Brown — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Astrobrite / Brief Candles / Tambourina / Tragic Figures — The Burlington , Chicago ; Fozzy / Through Fire / Royal Bliss / Zero Theorem — The Forge of Joliet , Joliet ; Gabby Henderson / Dried Spider ( Patio ) — The Hideout , Chicago ; Anything Goes — The Promontory , Chicago ; Michael McDermott — The Venue at Mundy Park , Aurora ; Sweetie / Wht . Rbbt . OBJ / Mirabilla — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Ms . Pat — Zanies , Chicago ; Corinne Fisher — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 4
Just The 80s — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Charles Rick Heath / Jeremy Joel Warren — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Three Faces of the King Elvis Tribute — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Stawberry Girls / Andres / Thomas Erak — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Hi Fi Superstar Duo — Bub City , Rosemont ; Hoodie Snitch — Carol ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Windy City Crashpop : Airiel and guests — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Anita Wilson — City Winery , Chicago ; Drumcode / Adam Beyer : ARC After Dark — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; The Jabronis / Smells Like Dave Grohl / Three Oh Go — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; In The Company of Serpents — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Andy Madden & Ronny Criss / NRBQ — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Lindsey Buckingham — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo ; The Juniors / Don Field — Four Winds Casino , South Bend ; Chicago Blues City Club Tour with Gerry Hundt — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Paper Machete / Fareed Haque — Green Mill , Chicago ; Burnt Biscuits ( Bluegrass Brunch ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Kiss — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre , Chicago ; Gary Bartz Quartet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Mike Ryan — Joe ’ s Weed Street , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity / Ron Burgandys / Whiskey Romance — Last Fling ,
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Naperville ; Cirrus Falcon — McGonigal ’ s Pub , Barrington ; Darryl Markete — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Chicago in Tune : Jazz : Lizz Wright — Millenium Park , Chicago ; DJ Fluffy — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Patrick Topping / Mason Maynard — Prysm , Chicago ; ARC After Dark : Blacklizt / ARC After Dark : The Martinez Brothers — Radius , Chicago ; The Roots — Ravinia , Highland Park ; The Dollyrots / The Run Around — Reggies , Chicago ; Donna Herula & Harlan Terson / Mike Wheeler / Liz Mandeveille / Sould Message & Geof Bradfield / Michael Frank & Paula Kaye / Dave Weld — Rockwell Blues & Jazz Street Stroll , Chicago ; Jimmy Johnson with Billy Branch / Stephen Hull Experience — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Southern Draw — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Rebel Rebel / Fletcher Rockwell / Heartless — Schaumburg Fest , Schaumburg ; Griz / Ganja White Night / Shaq Diesel / Green Velvet Lala Land / Lane 8 / NGHtmre — Seat Geek Stadium , Bridgeview ; Jodi — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; DVS1 / Justin AulisLong — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Julia Fordham — SPACE , Evanston ; Dreary North Fest : Psywarfare / Suppression / Sea of Shit — Subterranean , Chicago ; Lovedrive / Bad Boy — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; The Locals / The Baby Magic / Soul You Know — The Burlington , Chicago ; Jungle Rot / Armored Assault / Hatemonger / Luna In Sanguinem — The Forge of Joliet , Joliet ; Tobacco City / Country Westerns — The Hideout , Chicago ; Afro-Carribean Joint — The Promontory , Chicago ; Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts — The Venue at Mundy Park , Aurora ; MC Magic / Lil Rob / Jay Roxxx — The Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Qualla / Lokella / Americn Slang — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Ms . Pat — Zanies , Chicago ; Corinne Fisher — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 5
Penny Tyler Tribute / Andy Brown — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Jolly Rngwals / Done 2 Paradise — Buffalo Grove Days , Buffalo Grove ; Magic City Hippies / Cool Company — Canopy Club , Champaign ; Disco Biscuits — Castle Theater , Bloomington , IL ; Flux Pavillion — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Setha Troxer : ARC After Dark — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Fotocrime ( Record Release )/ The Austerity Program — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; NRBQ — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Paul Decker — Four Winds Casino , South Bend ; Chicago
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