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Reggie’s, Chicago; Arkells/Step Rockets/Queen Buzz —
Schubas, Chicago; Benjamin Booker w/Bully — Space,
Evanston; Alex & The All Stars — Summer Concert Series,
Antioch; Fortunate Sons — Summer Fun Fest, Oglesby; Mix —
Summer Sounds On The Green, Hoffman Estates; Hot Nerds/
Animal Holograms/Imelda Marcos — Township, Chicago;
Tynan/Crazy Uncles — Toyota Park, Bridgeview; Johnny
Lange/Sa Lar/Patrick Gemkow — Uncommon Ground on Clark,
Chicago; Vague — Uptown Lounge, Chicago.
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MONDAY 23
Blue Water Kings — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Extraordinary Popular
Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tenry Johns Band
w/Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Knucklehead
Metal Jam — Bobby McGee’s, Chicago Ridge; DJ Johnny The Boy
— Brauerhouse, Lombard; Eddie Taylor Jr./The Jam — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion — City
Winery, Chicago; Shoop Comedy — Double Door, Chicago; Hip
Hop Showcase — Elbow Room, Chicago; White
Hinterland/Benjamin Booker — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Robbie
Fulks w/Robbie Gjersoe — Hideout, Chicago; Carl Weathersby
Band/J.W. Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines,
Chicago; Swans/Xiu Xiu — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Smartypants
Spelling Bee — Mayne Stage, Chicago; Open Mic w/Darren
Amaya — Quenchers Saloon, Chicago; Delhi 2 Dublin — Space,
Evanston; Ramshackle Glory/Al Sorch/The Gunshy/Mean
Jeans — Township, Chicago; Open Mic w/Scott Schaefer —
Uncommon Ground on Clark, Chicago.
FRIDAY 27
TUESDAY 24
Miles Over Mountains/Open Mic Night — Abbey Pub, Chicago;
Dark Sermon/Villains/Kingmaker — Bada Brew, Crest Hill;
Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Charlie
Love Band w/Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Matt
Hendricks/Special 20’s — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago;
Preservation Hall Jazz Band w/DJRC — City Winery, Chicago;
Wedding Banned — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Trews — Double Door,
Chicago; Wade Baker Group — Elbow Room, Chicago; Sam
Crossfield & The Side Effects/Evasive Backflip/Zookeeper —
Empty Bottle, Chicago; Open Mic Night — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn;
Theater Oobleck — Hideout, Chicago; Ronnie Hicks Band/Mike
Wheeler Band — Kingston Mines, Chicago; The Moth StorySLAM
— Martyrs, Chicago; Tony Morrison Quintet — Quenchers Saloon,
Chicago; Mudlfapps w/Eric Sommer — Red Line Tap, Chicago;
Black Cobra/Mr. Blotto — Reggie’s, Chicago; Lonely Biscuits —
Schubas, Chicago; Robert Ellis w/Neil Phalen — Space,
Evanston; Pale Angels — Township, Chicago; Eric Quigley/
Sherra Lasley/Charlie — Uncommon Ground on Clark, Chicago.
WEDNESDAY 25
Flabby Hoffman Comedy — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Open Mic Dave
Kelly — Ballydoyle, Downers Grove; Open Mic with John - O —
Ballydoyle, Aurora; Eddie Taylor Jr./Midnight Blue w/Chris Neal
— Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Preservation Hall Jazz Band
w/DJRC — City Winery, Chicago; Sworn Enemy/Silence The
Messenger — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; Sub Focus/Hexes/
Stunna/Zebo — Concord Music Hall, Chicago; Rooms Trio —
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Constellation, Chicago; ‘Stache! — Cubby Bear, Chicago;
Peekaboos/DJ Adam EL/DJ Ldy Prblms/Lucy Stoole — Double
Door, Chicago; Paul Sanchez/Hannah Thomas — Elbow Room,
Chicago; Half-Way To Christmas Day Benefit/John
Wojciechowski Quartet — Fitzgeralds, Berwyn; Serendipity —
Free Summer Concert Series, Woodridge; Costume Karaoke —
H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Vandermark/Nilssen- ݙH [