FRIDAY 30 DECEMBER
Mr . Blotto — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Umphrey ’ s McGee — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; R-Gang — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Kashmir — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; Kimi Hayes — Bar Louie , Oak Brook Terrace ; John Primer Blues Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Chi-Town Soul / Retropolitan — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; DJ Night — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Perry Hutchins — Bourbon Street , Merrionette Park ; Johnny Automatic / The Mizzerables / Butchered / 80 Proof Preacher — Brauer House , Lombard ; Guy Dominik of Hi Infidelity — Broken Oar , Port Barrington ; Shawn Lacy — Bub City , Chicago ; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City , Rosemont ; Toronzo Cannon — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Lauren & Matt — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Poi Dog Pondering — City Winery , Chicago ; FiyaWrapper Superjam w / Robert Randolph / Joel Cummins / Garrett Sayers / Dave Watts / Big Sam / Maurice Brown / Nicholas Gerlach — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; Eye and I / Mikey to the P / The Flat Rats / Johnny Killroy — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Blu Wavs — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; GosT / Dance With The Dead / Sanford Parker / The Pirate Twins — Double Door , Chicago ; Lee DeWyze — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; High On Fire — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; American English / Cannonball — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; Don Felder — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; PS Dump Your Boyfriend ( Hard Rock ) — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; BBI — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; The Flipside Show w / Chris Foreman / Battle of The Saxes : Ed Petersen vs . Eric Schneider / After Hours Jam Session — Green Mill , Chicago ; Woodrock Ranger — Harp & Fiddle , Park Ridge ; American English / Keys of G — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; 7th Heaven — HOME , Arlington Heights ; Chrisette Michele / DJ Mindy & DeeJay O — House of Blues , Chicago ; Peter & The Versatiles — Jambalaya @ Pheasant Run , St . Charles ; Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Brother Trouble — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Whiskey & Harmony — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; Jason Sturmon — Kennedy Pointe , Bristol ; Larry McCray / Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; I Fight Dragons / Jennifer Hall / Boy Meets Robot — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Modiviccan / Whatismu / TBA — Live Wire , Chicago ; Steve Cerqua — Lone Buffalo , Ottawa ; Henhouse Prowlers — Martyrs , Chicago ; Project Atlantis — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Epic — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Boy Band Review — Rivers Casino , DesPlaines ; Patti Smith and Her Band Perform Horses — Riviera , Chicago ; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Diane Coffee / Modern Vices — Schubas ,
Chicago ; Lucinda Williams & Buick 6 — Space , Evanston ; Ronnie Baker Brooks — Tailgater ’ s , Chicago ; Houndmouth / Durand Jones — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Big Cat DJ / Karaoke — The Gambler , McHenry ; Steve Bug — The Mid , Chicago ; Chris Brown / Trey Songz / Young Thug & More — United Center , Chicago ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Tributosaurus Becomes ... The Bee Gees — Wire , Berwyn ; Sole City Juke Band — Zachary ’ s , Palos Heights .
SATURDAY 31 DECEMBER
Rollover — 210 Bar , Highwood ; Jeff Dunham — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Umphrey ’ s McGee — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Arcada ’ s Great Gatsby NYE Bash — Arcada Theater , St . Charles ; JBC NYE Party — Bada Brew , Crest Hill ; Ben Miller Band — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Pirate Radio / Bill Robinette ’ s Sound & Light — Beelow ’ s , Lake Zurich ; NYE Party w / John Primer Blues Band / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; That ’ s What She Said / Corporate Rock Band / UltraFab — Blue Chip - Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; The Naked Karate Girls — Blue Chip - Vegas Baby , Michigan City , IN ; Shawn Lacy — Bub City , Chicago ; New Year ’ s Eve Feat . Mike Wheeler w / NuBlu Band — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Chi-Town Soul — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Chi-Town Soul — Carlucci , Downers Grove ; Nephew Tommy & NYE Comedy Jam — Chicago Theater , Chicago ; Lalah Hathaway — City Winery , Chicago ; Mala Rodriguez / The Ponders / Future Rootz / Future Rock / Thibault ( Late ) — Concord Music Hall , Chicago ; New Year ’ s Eve w / The Hush Sound — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Stoned Bluez — Cuzin ’ s , Tinley Park ; Lucky Boys Confusion / Mark Rose / Nice Motor — Double Door , Chicago ; April ’ s Reign — Drunken Monkey , Grant Park ; NYE Party w / Wedding Banned — Durty Nellie ’ s , Palatine ; Courtney Davies & The Southern Charm Band — Dusty Boots Saloon , Rockford ; Stereo Heart / All About A Goodtime — Eaglewood Resort , Itasca ; Windy City Soul Club / High On Fire — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; NYE w / Expo ‘ 76 / The Total Pro Horns / Kelly Hogan & Guests — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Lepolian Effect ( Hard Rock ) — Four Winds Casino , New Buffalo , MI ; Semple ( Show Bar )/ American English ( Pavilion )/ DJ Sean & Rhinestone DJ D — Grand Victoria Casino , Elgin ; The Paper Machete / New Year ’ s Eve Party : Battle of The Saxes / After Hours Jazz Party w / Sabertooth — Green Mill , Chicago ; Hi Infidelity / Shout Section / Keys of G — Hollywood Casino , Aurora ; NYE w / Bella Cain & Modern Day Romeos — HOME , Arlington Heights ; Better Than Ezra / NYE w / Soul 2 The Bone Band — House of Blues , Chicago ; 7th Heaven / Fool House / DJ Spin — Hyatt Regency O ’ Hare , Rosemont ;
Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month , for example , February listings by January 15th . Mail to Illinois Entertainer , 4223 W . Lake , Suite 420 , Chicago , IL 60624 , fax ( 773 ) 717-5666 , or e-mail iecal @ illinoisentertainer . com . All dates subject to change ; please contact venues to verify .
Rockstar Rodeo — Jenny ’ s Southside Tap , Mokena ; Sixteen Candles — Joe ’ s Bar , Chicago ; Rod Tuffcurls & The Benchpress — Joe ’ s Live , Rosemont ; Stereo Types — JW Hollstein ’ s , Tinley Park ; Larry McCray / Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang / Joanna Connor — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; The Hood Internet / Air Credits / Celine Neon / DJ Manny Muscles — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Local H — Loaded Buffalo , Mundelein ; New Years Eve w / DJ — Lone Buffalo , Ottawa ; NYE w / Jameson Mystery Band — Mahoney ’ s Pub , Chicago ; Henhouse Prowlers / Babe-alon 5 — Martyrs , Chicago ; Rumor Hazit — MT Barrels , Schaumburg ; Dick Diamond & The Dusters — Nevin ’ s Brewing Co ., Plainfield ; Over The Rhine — Old Town School , Chicago ; Patti Smith and Her Band — Park West , Chicago ; Slim Jim Phantom from Stray Cats / Devil Elvis / The Krank Daddies ( Music Joint )/ The Suicide Machines / The Bollweevils / Green Room Rockers / Still Alive / All Eyes West ( Rock Club ) — Reggie ’ s , Chicago ; Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band NYE Celebration — Rosa ’ s , Chicago ; Diane Coffee / Yoko & The Oh Nos / The Voluptuals — Schubas , Chicago ; NYE 2016 Interstellar w / Garrett David / DJ Heather / Jeff Derringer / Justin Long / Olin / Sassmouth / Savile / Sevron / Sold / Installation by Nat Love / Hosted by Nico / Imp Queen — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Lucinda Williams & Buick 6 — Space , Evanston ; The O ’ Jays / Damon Williams / The Chi-Lites Feat . Marshall Thompson — Star Plaza Theater , Merrillville , IN ; Flynt Flossy & Turquoise Jeep — Subterranean , Chicago ; Salute to Vienna New Year ’ s Concert — Symphony Center , Chicago ; Houndmouth / The Kernal — Thalia Hall , Chicago ; Acoustiholics — The Cottage , Crystal Lake ; Ethan Bell Band — The Lodge on 64 , St . Charles ; NYE 2017 Live Entertainment — The Mid , Chicago ; Miguel Garza — Tilted Kilt , Bolingbrook ; DJ & Karaoke — Uptown Lounge , Chicago ; Tributosaurus Becomes ... The Bee Gees — Wire , Berwyn .
SUNDAY 1 JANUARY
Primer Baile Del Ano — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Smokin ’ Gunz / Spike & The Spitwads — Blue Chip-Rocks Lounge , Michigan City , IN ; Kimi Hayes — BubCity , Chicago ; Andrew Jess — BubCity , Rosemont ; Freddy Jones Band / Brian Collins — City Winery , Chicago ; Everyone ’ s Hungover Brunch w / Dad ’ s Basement / Indiana Waterfalls / DJ 420 Web MD — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Uptown Poetry Slam / Soul Jazz Night w / Joel Paterson Trio & Chris Foreman — Green Mill , Chicago ; Gospel Brunch / Dennis Leise — House of Blues , Chicago ; Brian BL Jones / Linsey Alexander — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Kid Capri — Promontory Theater , Chicago ; L . Mounts / Oldes / Bosley Mongo — Quenchers ,
Chicago ; Sunday Night Jazz : Jimmy Bennington Colour & Sound — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Matt Brown & Vidar Skrede — Schubas , Chicago ; Chez Damier / Michael Serafini / Garrett David — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Pete Berwick — The Lodge , Antioch .
MONDAY 2 JANUARY
Tenry Johns Band w / Claudette Miller — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Brother John Hosts The Jam — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Buzzed Spelling Bee — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Sarah Squirm / Venereal Crush / Slow Planes / DJ Adam Luksetich — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Angel Spiccia Quintet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Vino Louden / Jeff Jensen — House of Blues , Chicago ; Corey Dennison / JW Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Drowning / DJ Jimmy Doomed of Jungle Rot — Livewire , Chicago ; Pete Berwick — Potbelly , Vernon Hills ; Tiff Beatty / Rashida Phillips / J . P . Floyd — Promontory Theater , Chicago ; Rain Delay — Q-Bar , Darien ; Improv Night w / Sand and Spitballin ’/ Open Mic — Quenchers , Chicago ; Open Mic w / Bernie & The Wolf — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Robbie Fulks / Nick Tremulis — The Hideout , Chicago .
TUESDAY 3
Tuesday Night Trivia w / Marky Mark — Ballydoyle , Aurora ; Trivia Nite w / Timmy — Ballydoyle , Downers Grove ; BTS Express / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — BubCity , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — BubCity , Rosemont ; Darren Jay & The Delta Souls — Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , Chicago ; Chicago Jazz Orchestra Feat . Dee Alexander Salutes Count Basie — City Winery , Chicago ; Secrets , Lies & Alibis Comedy — Elbo Room , Chicago ; Wulfpac / The Wanabe ’ s — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; The Kinsey Report / Open Mic — FitzGerald ’ s , Berwyn ; The Fat Babies — Green Mill , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler / Comedy w / Schmitty Boudreau — House of Blues , Chicago ; Giles Corey / Mike Wheeler — Kingston Mines , Chicago ; Grace Beechy Music — Mackell ’ s Inn , Chicago ; Pete Berwick — Potbelly , Algonquin ; Grown & Sexy Karaoke — Promontory Theater , Chicago ; Wit Rabbit Reading Series / Bobco Open Mic Poetry — Quenchers , Chicago ; The Herbal Remedies / Charlie In The Moonlight — Red Line Tap , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends w / Dave Herrero — Rosa ’ s Lounge , Chicago ; Open Mic Hip Hop — Subterranean , Chicago ; TV Mike & The Scarecrowes / The Syrup Eddies / First Tuesdays wMick & Ben — The Hideout , Chicago .
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