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Cuzin ’ s Pub , Midlothian ; Barclay Crenshaw — Double Door , Chicago ; Boy Band Review — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Young Associates Board Open Mic / Wilde / Flew The Coop / Friday Pilots Club — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Last Podcast on The Left / School of Rock Evanston — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Craig Scott — Fatty Magoo ’ s , Bolingbrook ; 3rd Annual Washington Island Fish Boil Festival — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Top Secret Band / DJ Pullano — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo ; Devil In A Woodpile — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Billy Gardell — Genesee Theater , Waukegan ; Beatlerama — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; The Paper Machete / Bruce Barth Trio / After Hours Jazz Party w / Sabertooth Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; St . Timothy Dance / Expo ‘ 76 / The Hideout Dance Party / East of Edens Soul Express DJs — Hideout , Chicago ; Soda — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; American English — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; DJ Maurice Halsted — HOME Bar , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / The Dave Specter Band w / Jimmy Johnson / DJ DeeJay O — House of Blues , Chicago ; 7th Heaven / Dream Police — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; All Tuned Up — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Nobody ’ s Business — JW Hollsteins Saloon , Tinley Park ; Joanna Connor / Lil ’ Ed — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Cate LeBon / Tim Presley of White Fence — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Crisp / Fat Night / PolySci — Martyrs , Chicago ; Crisp / Fat Night / PolySci — Martyrs , Chicago ; Devil Land / Heaven & Hell / Rival — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; James Hill & Anne Janelle — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Leftover Salmon / Horseshoe & Hand Grenades — Park West , Chicago ; Sin MG / Evenskies / Papi Legusta — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Cowboy Jukebox — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Hotlz / The Bluebirds — QBar , Darien ; Father Figures / 8-Bit / Creeps — Quenchers , Chicago ; Party ! Demerits / Polymer Twins / Lisa Lightning Band / Lifecoach — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Mr . Brown — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Susto / Cereus Bright / Davy Knowles / Dan Tedesco — Schubas , Chicago ; Hellow Weekend — Sideouts , Island Lake ; Matthew Dear DJ Set / Olin — Smart Bar , Chicago ; An Open Book : An Evening With Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October — SPACE , Evanston ; Dear Deadly ( EP Release )/ Breaking Sweats — Subterranean , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; 12th Annual Barn Dance / Apocalypse — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Aunt Janet — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; Chris D ’ Elia — The Vic , Chicago ; AM / FM / Karaoke w / Karaoke Zach — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Miles Minor & The Dye Cowboy — White Tavern , Naperville ; Brandon Von Vacik / LED Pig / Draa / Monarchy Over Monday — Wire , Berwyn ; The Three Beards — World of Beer , Evanston .
SUNDAY 5
The Whiskey Bros . — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Ben Tatar & The Tatar Tots — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Spike & The Spitwads — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Andrew Jess — Bub City , Chicago ; The Messengers — Bub City , Rosemont ; Mary Lane — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Leftover Salmon / Laura
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Jane Grace w / Lowercase Roses — City Winery , Chicago ; Aisha Orazbayeva & Joe Houston — Constellation , Chicago ; Super Bowl Party — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; The Deaths of 2016 Tribute Show for ACLU — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson Trio w / Chris Foreman — Green Mill , Chicago ; Gospel Brunch — House of Blues , Chicago ; Lindsey Alexander Blues Band / Claudette Miller Band / Blues Jam — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Jimmy Bennington & The Colour and Sound — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Superbowl Bash — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Superbowl in The Cube — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; Queen ! w / Derrick Carter / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago .
MONDAY 6
Steve N ’ Seagulls / Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Whiskey & Harmony — Bub City , Chicago ; Jimmy Burns Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Anthony David / DJ Duane Powell — City Winery , Chicago ; No Men / Dumb Vision / Wolfpac — Double Door , Chicago ; Buzzed Spelling Bee — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Strange Lovelies / Peel / Lifestyles — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Pub Trivia — Fitz ’ s Spare Keys , Elmhurst ; Patricia Barber Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Robbie Fulks / Nora O ’ Connor / Weeds Poetry Open Mic — Hideout , Chicago ; Joanna Connor / Ms . Lauryn Hill / Omar Coleman — House of Blues , Chicago ; Corey Dennison / J . W . Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; White Lies / Vowws — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Kilgubbin Brothers — Martyrs , Chicago ; Sampha / Mal Devisa — Metro , Chicago ; Trivia Night — QBar , Glendale Heights ; Improv Night — Quenchers , Chicago ; Open Mic with Bernie & The Wolf — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Moon Tooth / Bingo w / Burke / Trivia Night — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Clearance / Cafe Racer / Bunny / Liquid Gardens — Schubas , Chicago ; The Langley Park Tour w / Daniel Weatherspoon — Wire , Berwyn .
TUESDAY 7
Trivia Nite — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Triva Nite — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Pete Ellman Big Band Jazz — Base Camp , Lisle ; Wayne “ The Train ” Hancock / Chicago Comedy Underground — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Luke Pytel / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; J Boog / Jo Mersa Marley / Jemere Morgan — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Rosemont ; Peaches Stanten — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Stephen Lynch — City Winery , Chicago ; # Beloved Gang w / Jamprov / Calez / Becca Brown / Glitter Moneyyyy / A Lion ’ s Game / Melodic Mayhem — Double Door , Chicago ; Secrets , Lies & Alibis — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Songs With Friends Benefit for Southern Poverty Law Center — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Bluesday Tuesday w / Marty Sammon & Giles Corey / Open Mic — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Fat Babies — Green Mill , Chicago ; First Tuesday w / Mick &
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Ben / The Grelley Duvall Show — Hideout , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / Keithen Banks / Comedy Cocktail w / Joey Villagomez — House of Blues , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Gary Corey Band — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Safetysuit / Royal Teeth — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Friends Of The Devil — Martyrs , Chicago ; Karaoke — Q Bar , Darien ; Pub Trivia — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Mr . Blotto — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Dan Harvey — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friens w / Dave Herrero — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Amateur / Doublespeak / Harvey Dentures — Schubas , Chicago ; Albert Lee — SPACE , Evanston ; Lemuria 10 Year Anniversary / Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean , Chicago ; Wax On , Wax Off — Township , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 8
Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; JW Williams w / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Blues Jam Hosted by Rodney Brown & Hot Rod — BLUES , Chicago ; Us The Duo / Hailey Knox — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Over The Side — Bub City , Chicago ; Griffin Crowder — Bub City , Rosemont ; Sam Cockrell — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Stephen Lynch — City Winery , Chicago ; Less Than Jake & Pepper / Kash ’ d Out / Red City Radio — Concord , Chicago ; MER ’ s Music Showcase — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Fabitat w / DJ Adam El / Ldy Prblms / Lucy Stoole / Curlene Ribbon / The Vixen — Double Door , Chicago ; Open Mic / Jordan Cash & Friends / Appetite For Rock n ’ Roll Storytelling — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Heaters / Basement Family / mtvghosts — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Sidebar Sessions w / Peter Lerner Quartet — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan / Late Night Industry Set w / Frank Catalano Sextet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ron Shalom and Austin Vaughn / Swam / David Shapiro — Hideout , Chicago ; Everybody Loves Trivia — HOME Bar , Chicago ; Keithen Banks / Sessions w / Jake Mack / Smiley Tilmon Band / Windy City Indie w / Clamor & Claw — House of Blues , Chicago ; Trivia Night — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / Corey Denison / Peaches Staten — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Cornmeal / Ernie & Jon Play Dead — Martyrs , Chicago ; Noname / Ravyn Lenae — Metro , Chicago ; Live Trivia — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Friends of the Gamelan — Old Town School of Music , Chicago ; Pub Trivia — Q Bar , Darien ; Karaoke — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Live Band Karaoke / Havok — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Big Once — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; Lil Ed Williams — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Landlady / Sunjacket — Schubas , Chicago ; LOLO / Ocean Park Standoff — SPACE , Evanston ; IL Solo Artist Awards — Wire , Berwyn .
THURSDAY 9
Earl & The Agitators — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Altered Perceptions / Life Once Lived / Message to The Masses / My Heart To Fear — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Priests / Stef Chura / Blizzard Babies — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Maurice Johns Vaughn Blues Band / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ;
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Shooter Jennings & Waymore Outlaws / Hillbilly Casino / 3 On The Tree — Brauer House , Lombard ; Broseph E . Lee — Bub City , Chicago ; The Chicago R & B Kings — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; The Hacky Turtles / The Belief Cycle / Max Subar — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Holly Bowling — City Winery , Chicago ; Striker / Wraith / Beast Warrior — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Rev Gusto / La Guerre / Dude Same / Cold Country / Carmichael / Old Joy — Double Door , Chicago ; Movieoke w / Shoot McGavin — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Yfee / Lord Haiti / Angele Anise / Sophagus / The Raskins /# girlpower ! — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Lonesome Still — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Exposure Local Music Showcase — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Andy Brown Solo Jazz Guitar / Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Dean Milano — HB Jones , Elmhurst ; Devil In A Woodpile / Minor Moon / Paul Moody & The Gloaming Roamers / Night Tonic — Hideout , Chicago ; ( hed ) p . e ./ Motograter / On My Six — HOME Bar , Chicago ; Eric Noden / Cabaret / Linsey Alexander / Classic Rock Night — House of Blues , Chicago ; Dan & Shay w / Bailey Bryan — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; The North 41 / Jared Rubin / Mike Muya — Martyrs , Chicago ; The Nth Power / Kyle Hollingsworth Band — Martyrs , Chicago ; Noname / Ravyn Lenae — Metro , Chicago ; DJ Trixx — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Rivers Casino , Des Plaines ; DJ Nikki X — Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; James Wheeler Blues Jam / w / Lil Ed Williams / Melody Angel — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Leon / Jacob Banks — Schubas , Chicago ; T . Mixwell / Electric Bill / Vic La Rok / James Dean — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Billy Branch & Lurrie Bell Duo — SPACE , Evanston ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Copywrite / Lush One / Mood Swangz — The Burlington , Chicago ; Jesse Marco — Underground , Chicago ; The Blackout Diaries w / Sean Flannery — Wire , Berwyn .
FRIDAY 10
Mark Farner / Foghat — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; My Metal Heart — Austin ’ s Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Roaring Records Concert Series — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Turbo Shot — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; One Foot Groove — Bannerman ’ s , Streamwood ; Sable Beldam / Armored Assault / Sacred Monster — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; JW Williams / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Pandora Rocks / Sheryl & Say Yes ! — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; DJ Night — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; John Primer & The Real Deal — BLUES , Chicago ; Space Jesus / Proko — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Anthony Orio & The Goodfellers / Semple / Westside Warriors — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; She Likes Todd / Bury Me In Lights / This Obsession / Blood People — Brauer House , Lombard ; Karaoke Night — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Jess & Kurt Acoustic / Comedy — Brick Lounge , Plano ; Mike Geo — Broken Oar , Port
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