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Lincoln Lodge / Flint Eastwood — Subterranean , Chicago ; Vent To Atmosphere / Frontline / Bedside Alibi — Sullivan ’ s Irish Pub , Midlothian ; Catch The Duo — Sweet Caroline ’ s , Hoffman Estates ; DJ Murphy — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Bob Mould — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Two Hand Jesters Comedy — The Brick Lounge , Plano ; DJ Top Tier / Kodakrome / Abertooth Lincoln — The Burlington , Chicago ; Blackened / Black Diamond — The Forge , Joliet ; Jak Tripper — The Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Yoko and the Oh No ’ s / The Claudettes — The Hideout , Chicago ; Seven Lions — The Mid , Chicago ; Matt Roan — The Roof @ The Wit , Chicago ; Jeff Tweedy — The Vic , Chicago ; Bobby K — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; CIMM Fest — Township , Chicago ; Scott Williams & Family Band / Ross Berman / Corbin Swagerty — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; DJ / Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; The Mix — Venuti ’ s , Addison ; Goin ’ South — Wine & Roses , Algonquin ; Tripwirz / Everybody Says Yes — Wire , Berwyn ; Orange Star — World Of Beer , Evanston ; The Baked Potatoes — Zachary ’ s Bar , Palos Heights .

SATURDAY 22

Club Arcada : A Twist of Lemmon / Chris Lemmon / Trent Carlini as Elvis — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Best Band In The Land Final w / Caleb Johnson — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Battle of The Bands — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Hi Infidelity — Bannerman ’ s , Bartlett ; Keys of G — Bar Evolution , Batavia ; Charlie Foxtrot / Yourz Truly — Base Camp , Lisle ; Eskimeaux / Ratboys / Water From Your Eyes — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Blake Alexander — Bella Mia , Midlothian ; Uncovered — Blarney Stone Pub , Oak Forest ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Nawty / Classical Blast / The Neverly Brothers — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Killer Flamingos — Blue Chip-Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Vance Guitar Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band — BLUES , Chicago ; Infinity — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; In The Flesh / Echoes of Pink Floyd — Brat Stop , Kenosha , WI ; Koopa & Los Mysterios — BrauerHouse , Lombard ; Miguel Garza Duo — Brazen Head , Crestwood ; Triple Play — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; 32 Below — Bub City , Chicago ; Slamabama — Bub City , Rosemont ; Mike Wheeler / Jimmy Nick — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; The Soul Kats — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Julianne & Derek Hough : Move-Beyond Live Tour — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Paula Cole — City Winery , Chicago ; Little Boy Junior / Edwin & Old Grand Dad — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Pegboard Nerds / Yookie — Concord , Chicago ; RefuseFacism . org Benefit — Constellation , Chicago ; Shoeshine Boys 17th Anniversary — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Lollipop — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; Michael Satarino — Cuzin ’ s Pub , Midlothian ; The Messengers — Draft Picks , Mt . Prospect ; Erik Donner —

Draft Picks , Naperville ; Hairbanger ’ s Ball — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Littlebirds / Front Porch Lights — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 / Madeline Kenney — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Freaks Hill / Blue Sky Blind — Evenflow , Geneva ; Michael Patterson — Fatty McGoo ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Hey Girl Hey / DJ Mark Twice — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; The Bad Examples — Frankie ’ s Blue Room , Naperville ; Plymouth Lane — Front Street Tap , Harvard ; C-Factor — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; Paper Machete / Lawrence Hobgood Trio w / Strings / Sabertooth — Green Mill , Chicago ; Rendition Country — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Hollywood Casino , Joliet ; Semple / Big D & The Nomads — HOME Bar , Arlington Heights ; Chiricahua Moran — Hoppy Pig , Bradley ; Mayday Parade / Chicago Slim & Friends / Chicago Blues Allstars / — House of Blues , Chicago ; Paulie & The Shakers — Jambalaya @ Pheasant Run , St . Charles ; Rockstar Rodeo — Jenny ’ s Southside Tap , Mokena ; Cody Johnson — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Alex Lorca El Tri w / El Haragan Y Cia — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Joanna Connor / Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Sondre Lerche / Dedekind Cut — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Delta House — Loaded Buffalo , Mundelein ; Kevin Presbrey — Lone Buffalo , Ottawa ; Rebirth Brass Band / iEsso ! Afrojam Funkbeat — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Urbanite XX : Dance Showcase + Party — Metro , Chicago ; Arra / Fiverounds — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Springfest 2017 w / Oblivion Zero / In The Hour / Kills Again / ModiFiRe / Torn Between / 99 Proof / A Dying Ultimatum / When Night Falls / A Silent Truth / Reckless Redemption / Atlanta Is Burning and more — Penny Road Pub , Barrington ; Johnny & The Madmen — Port of Blarney , Antioch ; Lucha Libre Mexicana — Portage Theater , Chicago ; Fletcher Rockwell — Q Bar , Glendale Heights ; Step Brothers / Pearl — Q- Bar , Darien ; Dan Vapid & The Cheats / Horror Section / The Addisons — Quencher ’ s , Chicago ; Green Room Rockers / Bryan Sperry ’ s Warriors of The Apocalypse / CBCS Comics — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Adrian Uribe — Rosemont Theater , Rosemont ; Split Single / R . Ring / Sweet Crude / Motel Radio — Schubas , Chicago ; Friction — Sideouts , Island Lake ; Daniel Bell / Frankie Vega — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Susan Werner — Space , Evanston ; Melkbelly / Mono — Subterranean , Chicago ; Sopro Productions — Sullivan ’ s Irish Pub , Midlothian ; Mark & Jim — Sweet Caroline ’ s , Hoffman Estates ; Mark Konzen — T Bar Ranch , Island Lake ; Person 2 Person / Nobody ’ s Business — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; of Montreal / Jepto Solutions / Vail — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Whiskeyfist — The Brick Lounge , Plano ; Little Boy Junior / Edwin & Old Grandad — The Burlington , Chicago ; Maiden Chicago — The Chicago Loop , Streamwood ; Mallory Lennon — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; American English / Tynan — The Forge , Joliet ; Sorry For Partying / Just The Two of Us — The Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; Great Lakes Swimmers / Brook Annabale — The Hideout , Chicago ; Big Boi DJ Set — The Mid , Chicago ; Jeff Tweedy — The Vic , Chicago ; Kick Back — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; Saliva — Top Fuel Saloon , Braidwood ; CIMM Fest — Township , Chicago ; Carrie Elkin / Katie Kuffel / Campfire Cassettes —

Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Mike Zabrin & Funktastic / Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Toy Robots / Living Struggle / The Saps — Wire , Berwyn ; Todd & The Ten Pins — Wise Owl , Chicago ; Charles & Company — Zachary ’ s Bar , Palos Heights .

SUNDAY 23

Club Arcada : A Twist of Lemmon / Chris Lemmon / The Purple Xperience — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Elisium — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; The Whiskey Bros . — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Karen 4 Kids — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Summer Son / Middle of The Road — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Noah Gabriel — Bub City , Chicago ; Eric Perryman — Bub City , Rosemont ; Lauren Mitchell — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Hypnotic Brass Ensemble — City Winery , Chicago ; Darcy Lynn / Jesse R . Berlin / Steven Gilpin / Ted Gordon — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Breaking The Silence : Benefit for Autism Awareness — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Cheetah Chrome & Johnny Blitz / The Evictions / VietRahm — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; British Buddy Alumni Big Band / Frieda Lee / Teen Artist Open Mic — Fitzgerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night — Green Mill , Chicago ; Gospel Brunch / Studebaker John / The Damned / Michael Charles — House of Blues , Chicago ; Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters w / Chris Karabas — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Linsey Alexander / Claudette Miller — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Coin / Arizona — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Mindscar / Deadhand System / Nephilim — Live Wire , Chicago ; The Revolution — Metro , Chicago ; Cheryl Wheeler — Old Town School , Chicago ; Rock Chicago Records — Q-Bar , Darien ; Greener Grounds / Electric Love Machine / CBCS Comics — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Campeau & Craig / Pickin ’ Bubs / Mark Dvorak — Schubas , Chicago ; Queen ! w / Michael Serafini / Garrett David / Derrick Carter — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Griffin House — Space , Evanston ; Pdot Tha Franchise / Bucho D ’ Nairo — Star Bar , Chicago Ridge ; Hi-Rez / Nouveau — Subterranean , Chicago ; Sunday Funday — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Darcy Lynn / Jesse R Berlin / Steven Gilpin / Ted Gordon — The Burlington , Chicago ; CIMM Fest — Township , Chicago ; Martini Garrett — Uncommon Ground , Chicago .

MONDAY 24

Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Tenry Johns / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Sunfallen — Bub City , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Soul Spectacular by The Chicago Soul Collective — City Winery , Chicago ; Rev Gusto / Badwachy / Troll Foot Frass — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Skepta — Concord , Chicago ; ADT / Taralie Peterson & Michael Zerang / Plastic Crimewave / Syndicate / Lutheran — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Patricia Barber Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Joanna Connor / Joe Marcinek Band — House of Blues , Chicago ; Corey Dennison / JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; The Revolution — Metro , Chicago ; Improv Night w /

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Sand N Spitballin ’/ Open Mic — Quencher ’ s , Chicago ; Bingo w / Burke / Trivia Night — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Calliope Musicals / Byzmuti — Schubas , Chicago ; Street Sects / Hide / Decide Today / DJ Speedkick — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Rev Gusto / Badwacky / Troll Foot Frass — The Burlington , Chicago ; Ivas John — The Hideout , Chicago ; Le Peep Show / TVParty4 — Township , Chicago ; Matt Cox / Open Mic — Uncommon Ground , Chicago .

TUESDAY 25

Trivia Night w / Mark — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Trivia Night — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Pete Ellman Big Band Jazz — Base Camp , Lisle ; Chicago Underground Comedy — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; No Ceilings feat . Boogie / Kaiydo / Kemba / Michael Christmas — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; LIve Band Karaoke — Bub City , Rosemont ; The Blue Coast Band — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; The Black Lillies — City Winery , Chicago ; Purgatory / Queensway / Absolute Suffering / Kharma / Source of Hate — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Snack Attack — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Open Mic — Empire , Naperville ; Open Jam Night — Evenflow , Geneva ; Open Mic — Fitzgerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Fat Babies — Green Mill , Chicago ; Pub Trivia — HOME Bar , Arlington Heights ; Mike Wheeler / Breezy Rodio / Asia on Tour w / Miyavi / Slot Machine / Kiha & The Faces — House of Blues , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / Giles Corey — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Grace Beechy Music — Mackell ’ s Inn , Chicago ; Hackensaw Boys / The Tillers — Martyrs ’, Chicago ; Mod Suns / DJ Chuck Wren / Mr . Blotto — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Twinsmith / Glam Camp / Evening Glow — Schubas , Chicago ; Meiko / Shane Alexander — Space , Evanston ; Dressy Bessy / Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean , Chicago ; Karaoke — Tailgater ’ s , Bolingbrook ; Winter Classic / Toy Cars / Snort / Airstream Futures — The Burlington , Chicago ; The Girl Talk — The Hideout , Chicago ; Welcome to Night Vale w / Erin McKeown — The Vic , Chicago ; Miro Swing / Open Mic — Uncommon Ground , Chicago .

WEDNESDAY 26

Lyme Aid Benefit w / Easy Rider Film — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Open Mic w / Dave Kelly — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Trivia Night — Base Camp , Lisle ; Northbound / Daisyhead / Tigerwine — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; JW Williams / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Blues Jam w / Rodney Brown & Hot Rod — BLUES , Chicago ; Rendition / Eric Ortiz — Bub City , Chicago ; Junkyard Groove — Bub City , Rosemont ; Dave Specter — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Hal Ketchum / Darrin Bradbury — City Winery , Chicago ; Earth Program / Mr . Russia / Stardusk Encounter / Nimrod — Cobra

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