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— Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Flume / Alison Wonderland / Dabin / Evan Giia / Rossy / Diox / Chris Lake / Cloonee / Kyle Watson / Miane / Bruno Furlan / Franklyn Watts / Red Achinelli / Gigantic Nightmre / Big Gigantic / Nghtmre / Atliens / Wuki / Layz / Cofresi / Jwilli / A Hundred Drums / CLB / Saigga / Yunit ./ Spexx / Spellthief / Noetika / Zyn / Orbiix / Drty Drty / Anova / Koz / Jket / D & S / Cymblz / Thomas Kelly / Johnathan Thomas / Nik-ill / Scheiny / Crwns / Hashbbc / Inzo / Caro Arroba / Fess Grandiose / RMM / Shami Sosa / DJ Alissa Jo / DJ Iggy — North Coast Music Festival , Bridgeview ; Grant Milliren — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Black Coffee / THEMBA / Jeilah / Eliana / Miss Monique / RJ Pickens / Ixto / Jeff Ozmits — Prysm , Chicago ; Tale Of Us / Dixon / Kevin De Vries / Girasole / Sara Landry / Volvox / Patrixia / Chess Knight — Radius , Chicago ; Escape The Fate / Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows / Point North — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; La Adictiva — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Shakti / Bela Fleck / Tessa Lark — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Litte Image / Hastings / Levi Evans — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Underground Wonder Bar Reunion — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Blankslate / Em Grace / Billy Joel Jr . — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Superpowers — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Labor Day All Building Queen !: Carry Nation / Derrick Carter / Miles Maeda — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Heavy Sounds — SPACE , Evanston ; Draggy Things — Subterranean , Chicago ; Brunch : DJ Big Mike — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Sundaze Karaoke & Comedy / DJ Fucha / Gizzae — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Anthem — Woodhaven Lakes , Sublette , IL ; Ian Lara — Zanies , Chicago .
MONDAY 4
Heritage Jazz Orchestra — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Bilal — City Winery , Chicago ; Joel Paterson & Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Labor Day Jazz Fest — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Hi Infidelity / Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones / Trace Hamilton — Last Fling , Naperville ; Wade / Inphinity / Chris Diaz — Prysm , Chicago ; Bingo with Tyler — Reggies - Roof Deck , Chicago ; Super 6 Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 5
Windy City Ramblers — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; The Ivy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Aunt Nance Bingo — Carols , Chicago ; Bilal — City Winery , Chicago ; Mutilation Barbecue / Carrion Throne / Primal Code — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Escape The Fate / Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows / Point North / Stitched Up Heart / Garzi — Concord , Chicago ; DJ Bingo — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Open Jam Night — Evenflow , Geneva ; Demetria Taylor — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Songwriting Contestants — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Dueling Pianos
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— Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Karaoke — Q Bar , Darien ; James Ehnes — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Tate McRae / charlieonnafriday — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Cybertrash / Juno / Zair Williams / NXG — Schubas , Chicago ; Home Entertainment / Heet Deth / Repent — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; 606 Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Surf Curse / Floatie — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Open Mic — Uptown , Westmont ; Anisha Ramakrishna — Zanies , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 6
Greta Van Fleet — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Charles Heath / Pete Benson — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Chicago Blues Divas — City Winery , Chicago ; High Pulp — Constellation , Chicago ; Greg Stillman — FitzGerald ' s - Patio , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Kruger Bros . — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Electric Callboy — House Of Blues , Chicago ; Wyatt Flores / Phillip Bowen — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Paris Texas — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Hurricane Trio feat : Chris Collins — Old Town School of Folk , Chicago ; Feels Like Karma / Gray Ghost / Memento Mori — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Tove Lo — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Hulvey — Subterranean , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Comedy & DJ — Tavern on La- Grange , Countryside ; Donna Herla — Untitled , Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will Co . Brewing , Joliet ; Joe List — Zanies , Chicago ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 7
Proximity / Anthony Bruno — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Four Horseman — Arcada , St . Charles ; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Diners / Rust Ring / Mairy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; ' 90s Country Playlist — Carols , Chicago ; Hannah Ellis — Carols , Chicago ; Meagan Mc- Neal / Leslé Honoré & Sam Thousand — City Winery , Chicago ; Jungle Rot / Enforced / Phobophillic — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Left Foot Charley / Eilen Jewell — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Gary Allan — Genesee , Waukegan ; Andy Brown — Green Mill , Chicago ; Blues Open Mic / Jam — Harlem Ave . Lounge , Berwyn ; Dan Peters & Friends — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Neu Blume / Charlie Reed and Fran — Hideout , Chicago ; Phum Viphuit / Mild Orange / Brandon — House Of Blues , Chicago ; Stand-Up Comedy — House Of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; John Wojchowski ( CD Release ) — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Dogs in a Pile — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Taste of Iceland — Martyrs , Chicago ; Katheleen Lane / Berteau Trippers /
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Dominic Glimco — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; Boris And Melvins / Mr . Phylzzz — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Hatebreed / Terror / Vein . fm / Jesus Piece — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Wyatt Flores / Kaitlyn Kilian — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Mustard Plug / The Toasters / Half Past Two / Chuck Wren — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Buffalo Ryders / Iris Marlowe / Nick Wilkinson — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Jai Wolf — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Tep No / Bella Foe / DJ Moonlanding — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Sarah Shook & The Disarmers — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; They Party / Frail808 / Devin Hudson — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Madison Ryann Ward — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Joe Nanzer — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Juice Man Band — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Joe Gatto ' s Night of Comedy — The Vic , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Zach Noe Towers — Zanies , Chicago .
FRIDAY 8
DJ — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Shady ( Eminem Tribute ) — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Hoodwink ' d — Basecamp , Lisle ; Blinker / Precocious / Neophyte Chapter — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Janet Gardner — BHouse Live , Lombard ; Demetria Taylor Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Death Worship / Morbosidad / Bloddy Vengeance — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Back Country Boys — Bub City , Rosemont ; Iliza — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Michelle Buteau — City Winery , Chicago ; 12th Planet / BANDLEZ — Concord , Chicago ; Glad Rags — Constellation , Chicago ; The Buzz Worthys — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; DJ — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Wall of Denial / Old School — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hide / Plack Blague / Leguna Savaje — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Golden Ticket Event — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Michael Carbonaro — Genesee , Waukegan ; The Rosies / Nightfreak / Cut Your Losses — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / Ben Sidran — Green Mill , Chicago ; Tad Robinson — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Happy Hour : Joe Orozco — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Hey Comedy / Shannon Marie — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Justice Hill & Nightime Love / Basic Comfort — Hideout , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Night — House Of Blues , Chicago ; John Wojchowski ( CD Release ) — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Vera Serduchaka & Band — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Muscadine Bloodline / Ben Chapman — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Al Spears & Hurricane Project — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; The North 41 Lowdown Brass Band / Nasty Snacks — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Desperate Bastards — Madcats , Palatine ; Jennifer Hartswick Band — Martyrs , Chicago ; Boris + Melvins / Mr . Phylzz — Metro , Chicago ; Eventide — Montrose Saloon , Chicago ; North Mississippi All-Stars — Old Town School of Folk , Chicago ; Lisa Micelli Trio — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Jack Wilson
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— Pollyanna , Roselle ; Mark Knight / Friend Within / Dan O ' Connor — Prysm , Chicago ; Kurt Elling — Ravinia , Highland Park ; Skald — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Local Natives / Chartreuse — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Ben Levin Blues Band with Bob Stroger — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dance Party — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Tash Sultana — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Rhea The Second / J Bambii / Demetruest / Bonita Appleblunt / Ted DB / Feral / Alex Leeds — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Future Crib / The Roof Dogs — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Roni Size / Dazzle / Toyacoyah — Smart Bar , Chicago ; John Hiatt / Nathan Graham — SPACE , Evanston ; Sugar - Nu Metal Party — Subterranean , Chicago ; Flannel Junkies — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Chick with Picks — Tailgater ' s , Romeoville ; Mamii / Slique Jay Adams / Meagan McNeal / Doug E . Fresh / EPMD / KRS-One / Slick Rick / FINGY / Dew from 2001 / Khaliyah X / OK COOL / Ausar / KAINA / DJ Simmy — Taste of Chicago , Chicago ; Open Mic / Live Band Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Red / Saul — The Forge , Joliet ; Second Hand News — The Venue , Aurora ; Poppy / Pom Pom Squad — The Vic , Chicago ; Tina Turner Tribute : Elisa Lattice — Untitled , Chicago ; Hydro Afro — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Zach Noe Towers — Zanies , Chicago ; Duncan Trussell — Zanies , Rosemont .
SATURDAY 9
Slaughter / Vixen — Arcada , St . Charles ; Chicagoland Comedy Stand-up — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Turbo Shot — Basecamp , Lisle ; Bluegrass Brunch — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Born Without Bones / Taking Meds — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Maximus 8 : Muay Thai Fight — BHouse Live , Lombard ; Demetria Taylor Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Night Spice — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Cure & Blondie Tributes — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Heads Carolina — Bub City , Chicago ; Brad Redlich Band — Bub City , Rosemont ; Trailer Park Twisters — Carols , Chicago ; Corey Holcomb — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; GA-20 — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Michelle Buteau — City Winery , Chicago ; Damager / Modern Dairy / Daylongsigh — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Habstrakt / Blossom / Chyl — Concord , Chicago ; Michele Thomas — Constellation , Chicago ; Pure Prairie League / FireFall — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Hide / Tim Kensela & Jenny Pulse / Cube — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; This End Up / DJ — Evenflow , Geneva ; Tunes with Tim ( Kids Show 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s - Patio , Berwyn ; Paper Machete / Ben Sidran — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Dave Specter / Stolie — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Happy Hour : Kim Schaefer — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Kaleta & Super Yamba Band — Hideout , Chicago ; Hearthache Tonight — Impact Fuel Room , Libertyville ; John Wojchowski ( CD Release ) — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Birkenrocks / CoDad / Chris Peters — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ;
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