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The Sun — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Eric Neumann — Zanies , Chicago ; Jason Cheny — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 18
90s Pop Nation / Sean & Charlie — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; The Subliminal Verses : A Midwest Tribute to Slipknot — Afterlife Music Hall , Lombard ; Tito Carillo Sextet — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Tower of Power — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Slaves / Alethia / Open YourEyes — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Dinosaur Jr . — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Fist Full of Metal # 1 — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; The Ugly Lovers / Full of Moxy — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Liam Nugent — Bub City , Chicago ; Yankee Cowboy — Bub City , Rosemont ; Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash — Carol ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Super Secret Band — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Eddie from Ohio — City Winery , Chicago ; Minstrel vs . Puppet ( Noon )/ Pump & Dump Show — City Winery , Chicago ; Flat Cats — Club Arcada ( Top Floor ), St . Charles ; Thursday — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Gogol Bordello — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Instigation Festival : Charles Rumback & James Singleton / Ed Wilkerson — Constellation , Chicago ; Geoff Tate — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Algiers / Zen Mother — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Chad Thompson — Four Winds Casino , South Bend ; Ron White — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; Love Rock Musical Unplugged — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Brooks & Dunn — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre , Chicago ; Riot Ten / Must Die — House of Blues , Chicago ; Above & Beyond — Huntington Bank Pavilion , Chicago ; Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Podcast But Outside — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Hooten Hallers / Dust Biters / Empty Streets — Livewire , Chicago ; Ferris & Sylvester — Martyrs , Chicago ; The Desperate Bastards — McGonigals , Barrington ; 7th Heaven — Mt . Prospect CITP , Mount Prospect ; Maz Jobrani — North Shore Performing Arts , Skokie ; 7th Heaven — Norwood Park Fest , Norwood Park ; DJ Fluffy — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; The Magician — Prysm , Chicago ; Cirrus Falcon — Quigley ’ s , Naperville ; Riot Fest Late Night : New Found Glory / Simple Plan — Radius , Chicago ; Ben Folds — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Altered Stage ( Shack )/ Sunless Sky ( Joint )/ The Sounds ( Late Show ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Run The Jewels / Faith No More / Dropkick Muphys / Rancid / Taking Back Sunday and specials guests — Riot Fest , Chicago ; Wizkid : Made In Lagos Tour — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co . — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Grupo
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Pesado — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Parker Millsap — Schubas , Chicago ; The Crystal Method — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; The Wailers ( 2 shows ) — SPACE , Evanston ; Friday Pilots Club / LetDown / Rightfield / DBIN DJs — Subterranean , Chicago ; Shock The System / Burning Bridges — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Osees / Mr . Elevator — Thalia Halla , Chicago ; Future Islands / Hinds — The Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Fear Experiment : The Goodbye Show ! — The Park West , Chicago ; Helzapoppin Circus Sideshow — The Piazza , Aurora ; Bounce and Break Yo Back — The Promontory , Chicago ; Shinedown / Zero 9:36 — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Chi-Town Blues Festival — The Venue at Horseshoe Casino , Hammond , IN ; Jim Gill Sing Along ( Kids show ) — The Venue at Mundy Park , Aurora ; The Big Lagniappe — The Venue at Mundy Park , Aurora ; Reggaeton Bash — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Eric Neumann — Zanies , Chicago ; Jason Cheny — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 19
Andy Brown — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Ballyhoo !/ Tunnel Vision — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Bronx — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Riot Fest Late Night : Bayside / Senses Fail / Hawthorne Heights — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Shi-AnCostello — Constellation , Chicago ; Violin Femmes of Rock — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Combo Chimbita — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Tuba Skinny — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Angel Spiccia ( Jazz Brunch )/ Tomas Kaco ( 3pm ) — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Candlebox — House of Blues , Chicago ; Joanna Connor — HVAC Pub , Chicago ; Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Tony Vega — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Taking Back Sunday ( Late Night ) — Metro , Chicago ; Mama Mia — North Shore Performing Arts , Skokie ; Asleep at the Wheel — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Hayden James ( DJ Set ) — Prysm , Chicago ; Max Weinbergs Jukebox — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Them Coolee Boys ( Joint ) — Reggies , Chicago ; Roick Kings Royal Hustle — Reggies on the Beach , Chicago ; Slipknot / Machine Gun Kelly / Pixies / Devo and special guests — Riot Fest , Chicago ; 7th Heaven — Rock The Badges Fest , Chicago ; Vieux Farka Toure — SPACE , Evanston ; Makari / Adventurer / Coletta / Cannibal Kidss / Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; Live DJ — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Motionless In White / Light The Torch / Silent Planet / Dying Wish — The Forge of Joliet , Joliet ; Afrobeat Street Fest — The Promontory , Chicago ; Selwyn Birchwood — The Venue at Mundy Park , Aurora ; Eric Neumann — Zanies , Chicago ; Chris Kattan — Zanies , Rosemont .
MONDAY 20
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Joel
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Paterson Trio — Green Mill , Chicago ; Isaiah Rashad — House of Blues , Chicago ; Open Mic with Mike & Mike — Phyliss ’ Musical Inn , Chicago ; Helzapoppin Cirus Sideshow — Reggies , Chicago ; Judas Priest — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Cory Henry — SPACE , Evanston ; Tears over Beers — Subterranean , Chicago ; Lightning Bolt ‘ In The Round ’/ PROBLEMS — Thalia Halla , Chicago ; Vision Video / Panic Priest — The Hideout , Chicago ; Chris Kattan — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 21
Dance Gavin Dance — Aragon Balroom , Chicago ; Al DiMeola — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Christian French / Sarah Barriois — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Pop Up Karaoke — Carol ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Blaggards — Castle Theater , Bloomington , IL ; Meagan McNeal — City Winery , Chicago ; Cleopatrick — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Holy Wave — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Petra ‘ s Recession Seven — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Isaiah Rashad — House of Blues , Chicago ; Diane Coffee Deep Sea Diver — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Lincoln Trio — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends featuring Dave Herrero — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Lonny — Schubas , Chicago ; Okkervil River / Damien Jurado ( 2 shows ) — SPACE , Evanston ; Karaoke — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Sevendust / Tremoti / Lydia Can ’ t Breathe — The Forge of Joliet , Joliet ; Apollo Mighty ( Patio ) — The Hideout , Chicago ; Chris Kattan — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 22
Dancing Noodles — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Nick Mazzarella / Eric Schneider — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Rod Wave — Aragon Balroom , Chicago ; Dustin Sims — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Arclight — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Tinashe / William Gold — Canopy Club , Champaign ; Nicholas Tremulis / The Prodigals — City Winery , Chicago ; Cleopatrick — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Lauren Berman & 4 Chairs Theatre Cabaret — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Beartooth — House of Blues , Chicago ; Julien Baker / Thao — Metro , Chicago ; Rising Star Fife and Drum Band — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Jah Sun — Reggies , Chicago ; Ivan Singh Band — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ;
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Sunsquabi — Schubas , Chicago ; Okkervil River / Damien Jurado ( 2 shows ) — SPACE , Evanston ; America Part Two / Ryan Borens / Burly Gates — Subterranean , Chicago ; Live DJ — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Lil Darkie / BRUHMANEGOD / MKULTRA / Wendigo — The Forge of Joliet , Joliet ; Tinashe / Rei Ami — The Rave , Milwaukee .
THURSDAY 23
Loudernow — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Alec Trio / Isiah Spencer — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Freddy Jones Band — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Scary Kids Scaring Kids / The Classic Crime — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Tire Swarm with Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Liam Nugent — Bub City , Chicago ; Max Weinberg ’ s Jukebox — City Winery , Chicago ; Plantasia — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Jon Stickey Trio — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ravi Coltrane — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; The Tomblands — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Julien Baker / Thao — Metro , Chicago ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ’ s , Libertyville ; Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre / Steven Page ( formerly of Barenaked Ladies ) — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; DakhaBraka — Patio Theatre , Chicago ; What ’ s So Not — Prysm , Chicago ; Frank Orrall DJ Set — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Lil Ed Williams Band — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Salsa Night — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Young Man in a Hurry — Schubas , Chicago ; Laura Jane Grace — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; COLD WAVES IX - Kick-off Party : The Pirate Twins / Choke Chain ( Live PA ) / Morgue VVitch ( Live PA ) — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Joan Osbourne — SPACE , Evanston ; The Blue Stones / Maybird / Reggae Golds — Subterranean , Chicago ; Macie Stewart ( Club )/ Ben Lamar ( Patio ) — The Hideout , Chicago ; Open Mic with Araron Mitchell — The Outta Space , Berwyn ; Issa Vibe 4 — The Promontory , Chicago ; Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press — The Rave , Milwaukee ; Alison Gross / Brian McGrath / Zack Fedor — Uncommon Ground Lakeview , Chicago ; Rob Little — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
Platinum Rock Legends / Raise You Glass — 115 Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Too Hype Crew — Afterlife Music Hall , Lombard ; Christop [ her Lucas Wilson — Andy Jazz Club , Chicago ; Christop [ her
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