Cookn/The Trap House/Jsquared/Axilon/Xonic/Servante/
Redux — Spring Awakening Festival, Chicago; Mutoid Man —
Subterranean, Chicago; The Flat Five/OHMME — Thalia Hall,
Chicago; Two Hand Jester Comedy — The Brick Lounge, Plano;
Islander/Bad Seed Rising/The Funeral Portrait — The Forge,
Joliet; Flipside Show: Chris Foreman /Oscar Wilson & Joel
Patterson/After Hours Quartet Jam — The Green Mill, Chicago;
Aycee Lovely/Morsha Danee — The Hideout, Chicago;
Marshmello — The Mid, Chicago; Sandi Grecco — Tilted Kilt,
Bolingbrook; Spirit Division/Pale Horseman/Sun God Ra/
Black Road — Township, Chicago; The Moods — Venuti’s,
Addison; Cryptopsy/Rivers of Nihil — Wire, Berwyn; Aleks and
Franks — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SATURDAY 10
Wedding Banned/Cat Fight/Shout Out/Ear Candy/The Right
Now/Chicago Spirit Brigade/Little Queens/Son Monarcas/
Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus/The Yacht Rockets/Al Rose/
Chicago Spirit Brigade/Layla Frankel/Wild Skies/Abba Salute
/Moose The DJ/Fiona Grey/Waco Brothers/Hugh Too/
Swedish Jamboree/May Pole/Lakeside Pride Band/Best of
MaryOke w/Kevin Florian — Andersonville Midsommarfest,
Chicago; Poison’d Crue — Anthony’s, Joliet; Regulo Caro/Banda
Jerez/Alta Consigna — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago; Denny Laine,
Fran Cosmo & Joey Molland — Arcada Theater, St. Charles;
Jimmy Johnson w/Rico McFarland — B.L.U.E.S, Chicago; 28
Days — Ballydoyle, Aurora; Curbside Island — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; The Fairlanes — Bannerman’s, Bartlett;
Bluegrass Brunch/The Wandering Boys/Tennger Calvary/Felix
Martin/Malphas — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Maggie Koerner/
Brooke & The Nice Things/Wall of Denial — Beer Garden @Navy
Pier, Chicago; Vince Amore — Bella Mia, Midlothian; Rumor
Hazit — Blarney Island, Antioch; Buck N’The System — Blarney
Stone Pub, Oak Forest; John Primer Blues Band w/Demetria
Taylor — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Rosie & The Rivets/The
Dancing Noodles/Fusion Band — Blue Chip Casino - Rocks
Lounge, Michigan City, IN; Gas Station Disco — Blue Chip Casino
- Vegas Baby, Michigan City, IN; Our Broken View/Consume The
Divide/Welp/Wicked Deception/A Silent Truth — Bottom
Lounge, Chicago; Hearse Show 2017 — BrauerHouse, Lombard;
Rick Foxx — Brazen Head, Crestwood; Hi Infidelity/American
English — Broken Oar, Port Barrington; Shawn Lacy — Bub City,
Chicago; Suburban Cowboys — Bub City, Rosemont; Blues Fest:
Lurrie Bell/Mike Wheeler/NuBlu Band w/Carlise Guy — Buddy
Guy’s Legends, Chicago; R-Gang — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch;
C-Factor — Carlucci, Downers Grove; Blooze Brothers/New Age
Americans — Celebration of Summer, Lake Villa; Southside
Tribute to Killer Ray Allison/Coco Montoya/Big Bill
Morganfield & Larry “Muddy Jr.” Williams/Lynne Jordan & The
Shivers/Chicago Wind w/Matthew Skolar & Deitra
Farr/William Bell/Theo Huff & The New Agenda/Nellie Tiger
Travis/Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith/Vick Allen/Bridges to The
Blues w/Donda’s House/Christone “Kingfish” Ingram/
Harmonica Hinds Quartet/Jimmy Johnson Band/Eddie Taylor
Jr. Tribute to Eddie Taylor Sr./Khalif Wallin Waltera — Chicago
Blues Festival, Chicago; Bombflower/Malafacha/Self-Medicated
/Los Meskales/Bad Timing/Audioteca — Cobra Lounge,
Chicago; GRiZ DJ Set — Concord, Chicago; Mariachi Nuevo
Tecalitian — Copernicus Center, Chicago; Tool, Deftones & Alice
In Chains Tributes — Cubby Bear, Chicago; Hi-Fi Sterotypes —
Cuzin’s Pub, Midlothian; The Billy King Band — Cuzin’s Pub,
Tinley Park; Big D & The Nomads — Draft Picks, Mt. Prospect;
Silent “Trap” Party — Durty Nellie’s, Palatine; Cover Story —
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Mr. Constant/Seamus Delaney —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Arts of Life Band/Heavy Dreams/Coffin
Screws/Windy City Soul Club — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Joe
Friday & The Dragnets/Fire The Canon — Evenflow, Geneva;
David’s Bazaar — Fatty Magoo’s, Bolingbrook; Kevin Presbrey
Band/The Jon Conover Band/Jake Mack/Noah Gabriel/Brent
Brown/The Reserves/Brian Allison/Chicago School of Rock
House Band/Nate Mitchell/Dennis Caravello/Cheryl Rodey/
Charlie Haley/Dennis O’Brien Band/Dina Bach/Matthew
Janacek — Festival on the Fox , St. Charles; What About Bob —
Fitz’s Spare Keys, Elmhurst; Nikki Hill/Nick Moss Band/The
Jimmys/Ralph Covert’s Acoustic Army — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Kashmir/DJ Mark Twice — Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI;
Cadillac Casanovas — Frankie’s Blue Room, Naperville; Max ZT
& House of Waters/Wendy Songs/Ed Trickett/Sharon McInnis
Broyles/Mike Anderson/Bill Robinson & Friends/The Lindseys
/Cynthia Shelhart/Alexus Maldonado & Jim Bond-Harris —
Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Traditional Music Festival, Morris;
Semple — Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; JD McPherson/Lucero/
July Talk/CAAMP/Two Cow Garage/Henry Jamison/Shannen
Moser/Jennifer Hall/ Bonelang/ESSO/Church Booty/Nashon
Halloway Band/Belonger/Nothing/The Appleseed Cast/Erika
Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastard/Nap Eyes/Forth Wanderers
— Green Music Festival, Chicago; Mike Geo — Harp & Fiddle, Park
Ridge; Tynan — Hollywood Casino, Aurora; Chi-Town Soul Band
Ltd. — Hollywood Casino, Joliet; Bass Kitchen/Excision/Sheryl
Youngblood/Mississippi Gabe Carter — House of Blues, Chicago;
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds — Huntington Bank Pavilion
@Northerly Island, Chicago; Fort Awesome Band — Jenny’s
Southside Tap, Mokena; Robbie Gold (Roof Top) — Joe’s Bar,
Chicago; One: Metallica Tribute/Industrial Drive — Joe’s Live,
Rosemont; Coverlicious — JW Hollstein’s Saloon, Tinley Park;
Craig Scott — Kerry Piper, Willowbrook; Thelma & The Sleaze/
Birdcloud/Ex-Girlfriend — Lincoln Hall, Chicago; Overclocked/
Jetdriver/Despotic Hall of Fame/Flatts & Sharpe (all ages) —
Martyrs’, Chicago; All Your Freaks Belong To Us — Metro,
Chicago; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Music in The Plaza, Tinley Park;
Back Country Roads — Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, Woodstock;
Zydeco VooDoo/Pritzker College Prep Jazz Band/Check With
Lucy/Mercedes Inez & Son Monarcas/Donna Herula & Tony
Nardiello/Juli Wood Trio/Alan Isaac Zreczny/Bluefront/Allie
Stephens — Old Town Art Fair, Chicago; Piano Men — Paramount
Theater, Aurora; AMB Fest w/Three Years Hollow/Cold
Kingdom/Artifas & more — Penny Road Pub, Barrington;
Sonorama/Ganser/Divino Nino/Sunjacket/606 Records DJs —
Pilsen Food Truck Social, Chicago; Moonshine Run/Cal Stage
Band — Poopy’s, Savanna; The Aftermath/Chode Gang —
Portage Theater, Chicago; TNT/Pandemonium — Q-Bar, Darien;
Big Bang Baby — Q-Bar, Glendale Heights; Fetch The Burn
Book/The Million Reasons/Muggsy/Ryan D. and The Village
Trustees — Quenchers, Chicago; 7th Heaven/Dirty Dan’s Cool
Rockin Daddies/The Dream Police/Vic Lombardi &The Chicago
Seven/Caliente — Railroad Days, Franklin Park; John Legend —
Ravinia Festival, Lake Forest; The Rockin’ Johnny Band/Rick
Kreher/Rip Lee Pryor/Kid Andersen/Quique Gomez — Reggies
Music Joint, Chicago; Face To Face/Counterpunch — Reggies
Rock Club, Chicago; Susto/Diane Coffee/The Whiskey Gentry/
The Saps/American Grizzly/Dream Vision/Wild Skies/The
Dirty Creeps — RibFest Chicago, Chicago; Billy Branch and The
Sons Of The Blues — Rosa’s, Chicago; Ellis Paul/Ari Hest/
Michael Logen — S.P.A.C.E., Evanston; Hunny/Old Joy —
Schubas, Chicago; The Wailers/Mungeon & The MyTys —
Sideouts, Island Lake; Derek Plaslaiko B2B Marc Schneider/
Sassmouth B2B Pat Bosman — Smart Bar, Chicago; Scott
Dubose — Southern Cut BBQ, Chicago; Diplo/Excision/Paul
VanDyk/Rufus Du Sol/Axwell Ingrosso/Paul Oakenfold/Lane
8/Yellow Claw/Krewella/Andrew Rayel/Moon Boots/Robin
Schulz/Malaa/Special Guest/Jody Wisternoff/Alan Walker/
Mija/Marlo/Yotto/ and more... — Spring Awakening Festival,
Chicago; Green Music Fest w/JD McPherson/Lucero/July Talk
— Subterranean, Chicago; Michael Che — Thalia Hall, Chicago;
Eclipse — The Brick Lounge, Plano; Mallory Lennon — The
Cottage, Crystal Lake; 10 Years/Black Map — The Forge, Joliet;
The Paper Machete/Oscar Willson & Joel Patterson/After
Hours with Sabertooth — The Green Mill, Chicago; Horse Lords/
Fire Toolz — The Hideout, Chicago; Ultimatum — The Horseshoe
Grill, Barrington; Diplo — The Mid, Chicago; Midwest Movement
— Tilted Kilt, Bolingbrook; Simmer Down Sound — Township,
Chicago; DJ Rock City/Phnm — Underground, Chicago; Crazy X
— Uptown Lounge, Chicago; 16 Candles/Boy Band Review/To
The 9’s/Jesse White Tumblers/The Remedy/Semple — Wells
Street Art Fair, Chicago; Tributosaurus becomes: The Kinks —
Wire, Berwyn; Yabba Griffiths/Traxx Reggae Band — Wise Owl,
Chicago; Good Fellas — Zachary’s, Palos Heights.
SUNDAY 11
16 Candles/The Hair Band Night/Libido Funk Circus/7th
Heaven/Maggie Speaks/Stache/Second City Outlaws/She’s
Crafty/The Shades/Chicago Spirit Brigade/Brooke & The Nice
Things/Gussied/Lakeside Pride Strayhorns Jazz Combo/
Chicago Jazz Orchestra/The Hat Guys/Laura Doherty & The
Heartbeats/BoiseNoise/Human Tim+Robot Tim/The Hits w/DJ
Jorge/Lynne Jordan & The Shivers/The New Invaders/ Hodie
Snitch/LiveWire/Peter Nordberg/DJ Moose/Drag Show w/DJ
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Laura B — Andersonville Midsommarfest, Chicago; Saliva —
Arcada Theater, St. Charles; Marty Sammon Blues Band —
B.L.U.E.S, Chicago; Pavement Records — Bada Brew, Crest Hill;
Nothing/RLYR/Luggage — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; Tangleweed/
Liz & The Lovelies — Beer Garden @Navy Pier, Chicago;
SharkDog — Blarney Island, Antioch; Nellie Tiger Travis — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones/The Original
Hazzard County Band — Blue Chip Casino - Rocks Lounge,
Michigan City, IN; Modern Day Romeos — Broken Oar, Port
Barrington; Makena Hartlin — Bub City, Chicago; Valentine —
Bub City, Rosemont; Blues Fest: John Primer/Guy King/Smiley
Tilmon/Kate Moss — Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago; Hooked on
Sonics — Captain’s Quarters, Antioch; Gary Clark Jr./Rhiannon
Giddens/Ronnie Baker Brooks/Melvia “Chick” Rogers/Rick
Estrin & The Nightcats/Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues
Band/The Blues Disciples/Tall Dragger & The Allstars/Wallace
Coleman/Chi-Town Harp Showcase/Mud Morganfield Band/
The Como Mamas/Eddie Taylor Jr. Jam/Denise LaSalle/Zakiya
Hooker/JJ James — Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago; Four
Voices: Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amy Ray & Emily
Saliers — Chicago Theater, Chicago; John Waite & The Axmen
w/Leslie Dinicola — City Winery, Chicago; Chon/Tera Melos/
Covet/Little Tybee — Cobra Lounge, Chicago; What So Not/Mr.
Carmack — Concord, Chicago; The Nick Moss Band/Dennis
Gruenling — Cuzin’s Pub, Tinley Park; Windy City Riot — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Flash Flash Comfort/Edgae Clinks/Creature
From Dell/Pond — Empty Bottle, Chicago; Jam Band — Festival
on the Fox, St. Charles; Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners —
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn; Mike Talbot — Four Winds Casino, New
Buffalo, MI; Bill Robinson & Friends/Ted Yoder/Sarah Morgan
/Max ZT & House of Waters/The Dona Benkert Duo/Butch
Ross/February Sky/Dian Ippel — Gebhard Woods Dulcimer &
Traditional Music Festival, Morris; JD McPherson/Lucero/July
Talk/CAAMP/Two Cow Garage/Henry Jamison/Shannen Moser
/Jennifer Hall/ Bonelang/ESSO/Church Booty/Nashon
Halloway Band/Belonger/Nothing/The Appleseed Cast/Erika
Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastard/Nap Eyes/Forth Wanderers
— Green Music Festival, Chicago; Rob Stone/Studebaker John/
Gospel Brunch — House of Blues, Chicago; Dave Matthews &
Tim Reynolds — Huntington Bank Pavilion @Northerly Island,
Chicago; Lindsey Alexander Blues Band/Claudette Miller Blues
Band/Kingston Mines Blues Jam with Lindsey Alexander —
Kingston Mines, Chicago; Yesterday’s Children — Niko’s Red Mill
Tavern, Woodstock; Jack Cassidy and Symbia Chicago Style
Jass-Funk/Radium Swing Band/Laura Joy Trio/Harris Family
Band/Chaz Hearne & Alex Gilewicz/Phillip-Michael Scales/
Windy City Winds/Check With Lucy — Old Town Art Fair, Chicago;
Youth Music Showcase — Old Town School, Chicago; Barbara &
Frank — Paramount Theater, Aurora; AMB Fest w/Blizzard of
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