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Thursday May 23
= Editor's Pick
Jennifer Fletcher
Abbey Pub: 10pm, $0 21+
Rob Blaine
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm 21+
Julian Bell, Wes Hollywood, 61 Inch, Living In Pretend (acoustic)
Double Door: 8pm 21+
Brett Newski & the Corruption, Elephant Gun, Broken Anchor
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $7 21+
Open Mic Blues Jam
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Taught Abroad, Software Giant, K. Serra
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
Pokey LaFarge, Al Scorch
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 13-$15 21+
Lying Delilah, Sugarman, The Slowbots
Martyrs': 8pm, $7 21+
Bike Cops, Le Tour, Todayshits
Quenchers Saloon: 8pm 21+
Pyro Fighter, Sunsquabi
Reggie's Music Joint: 7:30pm, $8 21+
Backbeat
Rodan: 10pm, $0 21+
James Wheeler, Ariyo, Harlan Terson, Tony Mangiullo
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Saturday Looks Good To Me, Like Pioneers, Mister Suit
Schubas: 9pm, 10-$12 21+
Mala
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$13 21+
Antiserum, Clicks & Whistles, Ant TC1
Smartbar: 9pm, 15-$20 21+
Mavado
The Shrine: 21+
Crimson Glow
The Whistler: 8pm, $0 21+
Friday May 24
= Editor's Pick
Project Pitchfork, Ayria, V1rtual D3scent
Abbey Pub: 8pm, 22-$26 21+
Sean Shiel
Abbey Pub: 9pm 21+
Fatbook, Cole Degenova & The People's Republic
Beat Kitchen: 9pm, $10 21+
Sugar Blue
Buddy Guy's Legends: 10:30pm 21+
Guilty Simpson, Rita J, Cysion, Impolite Society, Cutz on Cuts
Double Door: 9pm, $5 21+
the Neighborhoodlums, Kevin Leeds and Global Cooling
Elbo Room: 8pm 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Soft Speaker, Radar Eyes, Bitchin' Bajas
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 8-$10 21+
Bill MacKay
Hideout: 6pm 21+
Jimmy Whispers, Magic Milk, Names Divine, DJ Sets by Bobby Burg
Hideout: 10pm, $7 21+
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Tunde Olaniran
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, $15 21+
Secret Disco
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 9pm, $0 21+
Ghost Owl (with Toubab Krewe)
Martyrs': 9:30pm, $16 21+
The Fur Coats, Rad Payoff, Wide Angles, Costanza
Quenchers Saloon: 10pm 21+
The Stone Chromatics, Killing Gods, Sybarites
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $7 21+
Soul Glo
Rodan: 10pm, $0 21+
Chicago Blues All-Stars
Rosa's Lounge: 9pm 21+
Cassy, Derek Plaslaiko, Orchard Lounge
Smartbar: 8pm, 15-$20 21+
Brenda D., Brian Gardner
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$12 21+
Q Bert, Shortkut
The Mid: 21+
Kinto Sol
The Shrine: 21+
Cherries Records Presents
The Whistler: 9:30pm, $0 21+
Saturday May 25
= Editor's Pick
Devils In Angels, Fists Of Rage
Abbey Pub: 9pm 21+
Michael Wheeler
Buddy Guy's Legends: 11pm 21+
Die Kreuzen, We Are Hex, Canadian Rifle
Double Door: 9pm, $17 21+
Windy City Soul Club
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm 21+
Barrelhouse Chuck & The Blue Lights
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Bluesday Open Mic Blues Jam
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Brent Puls, Hello Death, Forgotten Species
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
The Malt Shop
Hideout: 11:59pm 21+
Senn Alan Band
Joe's Bar: 10pm, $0 21+
sonorama
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 9pm, $0 21+
The Dirty Blue, Coronado, Tomorrow the Moon
Martyrs': 9:30pm, $8 21+
The Paver, Nomads, Tower, Edgar Allan Ectoplasm
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm 21+
Provinces, New Missionaries
Reggie's Music Joint: 8:30pm, $7 21+
Lep Bogus Boys, Hell Rell, Chella H, Rig
Reggie's Rock Club: 11:30pm, $20 21+
The Messaround
Rodan: 10:30pm, $0 21+
Willie Buck
Rosa's Lounge: 10pm 21+
Teri Bristol, DJ Psycho-Bitch
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$12 21+
Nathan Scott, Bill Basil
The Mid: 21+
Impala Sound Champion DJs
The Whistler: 9pm, $0 21+
Sunday May 26
= Editor's Pick
Luminox Cutz on Cuts, Molly Bass, Vader
Abbey Pub: 9pm, 8-$12 21+
Extraordinary Popular, Delusions
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm 21+
Nellie "Tiger"Travis
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm 21+
Blah Blah Blah, The Bright White, Good Evening Chicago, Paper Thick Walls, God and The Architects
Double Door: 8pm 21+
Aaron Dore Band, Romantic Rebel, The Private Instigators
Elbo Room: 7pm 21+
The (Best) Prom You Never Had, Girl Group Chicago, Bobby Conn and the Pretty Flowers, Chances Dances DJs, Emcee Ruby Dee
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $12 21+
Randy Nieto
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 9pm, $0 21+
Kenny
Nikki: 9pm, $10 21+
61Inch, Opaque Stutters
Reggie's Music Joint: 8:30pm, $5 21+
The Ike Reilly Assassination, Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls
Schubas: 8pm, $10 21+
Frankie Knuckles, Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, Garrett David
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15 21+
The Pleasure Principle with DJ Gloria Vanderbilt and DJ Fred Wells
The Whistler: 9pm, $0 21+
Monday May 27
= Editor's Pick
Brother John Hosts The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm 21+
I AM FEST Battle of the Bands Preliminary Round
Elbo Room: 8pm 21+
Miracle Condition, Dark Fog, Mexican Knives
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $0 21+
Open Mic Blues Jam
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Robbie Fulks w/ Audrey Auld
Hideout: 7pm 21+
b--side
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 9pm, $0 21+
The Waffle Stompers
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $5 21+
Push Beats
Rodan: 10pm, $0 21+
Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Signa, Toupée, Laughing Eye Weeping Eye
Schubas: 8pm, $10 21+
Dystopia: Post Punk, Minimal Electronics, Shoegaze, Krautrock
The Whistler: $0 21+
Tuesday May 28
= Editor's Pick
Joanna Connor
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm 21+
I AM FEST Battle of the Bands Preliminary Round
Elbo Room: 8pm 21+
Broken Water, Running, Torture Love
Empty Bottle: 9pm, $8 21+
Bluesday Open Mic Blues Jam
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Chandeliers
Hideout: 9pm, $5 21+
Tony Morrison Quintet
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm 21+
Mr. Blotto, Dreaming Bull, Dexter
Reggie's Music Joint: 7:30pm, $5 21+
Johnny Fonseca
Rodan: 10pm, $0 21+
The Staves, Musikanto
Schubas: 8pm, $14 21+
Summer Family Love Triangle, The Red Threads, Cold Country
Subterranean: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Relax Attack Jazz Series
The Whistler: $0 21+
Wednesday May 29
= Editor's Pick
Rad Payoff, Guns and Ammunition, The Hamburglers, The Unknown Pleasures
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm, $8 21+
Anthony Moser, Sonic Soul
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9:30pm 21+
White Reaper, Flare Jeans, Coqui Igloo
Empty Bottle: 9pm 21+
The Green Pasture Happiness, Block/Genetti/Young
Hideout: 9:30pm 21+
DJ Spitfire
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 10pm, $0 21+
Ron Platzer
Reggie's Music Joint: 7pm 21+
Hozac
Rodan: 21+
Sugar Blue
Rosa's Lounge: 9pm 21+
David Ford, Matt Script
Schubas: 8pm, 12-$14 21+
Chris Gin, Andre Solaris, Nosmo
Subterranean: 10pm, $0 21+
G-B.A.L.L., GZus Piece, Franco, The Super Fresh Bros.
Subterranean: 10pm, $10 21+
Richie Spice
The Shrine: 21+
Hood Smoke, Peninsula
The Whistler: $0 21+
Thursday May 30
= Editor's Pick
One Of The Girls
Abbey Pub: 9pm 21+
The Great I Am
Abbey Pub: 9pm, 5-$8 21+
Bring Your Ray Gun, Spirit Animal, The Ivorys, The LAB
Beat Kitchen: 8:30pm 21+
GunPlay, Save Money, Tink G, Lil Herb & Lil Bibby
Double Door: 8pm, $3 21+
Jared Saltiel, Darrick Thompson, North of South, Mary
Elbo Room: 8pm 21+
Articular Facet featuring Screaming Planet, Handshake Error Ensemble
Empty Bottle: 6:30pm 21+
VLLLGE, The Sueves
Empty Bottle: 9pm 21+
Open Mic Blues Jam
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 8:30pm, $0 21+
Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps, Summer Girlfriends, Peekaboos
Hideout: 9pm, $8 21+
DJ Joe Bryl
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 10pm, $0 21+
Shannon McNally, Will Phalen And The Stereo Addicts
Martyrs': 8pm, $12 21+
Bobby, Holly and the Ricketts, Hawk and Dove, Big Dammit, Dylan Durham
Quenchers Saloon: 8pm, $5 21+
Dan Mihail
Rodan: 10pm, $0 21+
James Wheeler, Ariyo, Harlan Terson, Tony Mangiullo
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Drivin N Cryin, Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts
Schubas: 9pm, 15-$18 21+
One Six Zero, Sinistarr, Stunna, Mega Mike
Smartbar: 10pm 21+
Moonrise Nation, Kelly Steward, Kevin Flynn and the Avondale Ramblers, Angel Katz
Subterranean: 8pm, $8 21+
Eric Roberson
The Shrine: 21+
Dark Music with DJ Peroxide
The Whistler: $0 21+
Friday May 31
= Editor's Pick
Fruteland Jackson, Tommy McCraken
Buddy Guy's Legends: 9pm 21+
Detroit Cobras, Pangea, The Statutes of Liberty
Double Door: 9pm, $13 21+
Sidecar Static, We Killed the Lion, Dark Sarcazm
Elbo Room: 8pm 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Torche, KEN Mode, Tight Phantomz, Lo-Pan
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm 21+
Pistol Pete Band
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Crazy Water Crystals, Tangleweed
Hideout: 10pm, $8 21+
Reckless Kelly with The Dirty River Boys
Joe's Bar: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Sea Wolf, Savoir Adore
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $14 21+
Luis
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bars: 10pm, $0 21+
Toubab Krewe, Ghost Owl
Martyrs': 9:30pm, $16 21+
The Ross Originals, Hot Cops, The Loud Room Blues
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm 21+
The Big Ditties
Reggie's Music Joint: 5:30pm, $0 21+
Gushing Cloud, Goliathon, The Kings Rising
Reggie's Music Joint: 8:30pm, $5 21+
Contact High
Rodan: 10pm, $0 21+
Toronzo Cannon & The Cannonball Express
Rosa's Lounge: 9:30pm 21+
Eats Everything, Striz
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$15 21+
Glittermouse, Nice Bison, Dead Parade
Subterranean: 10:30pm, $8 21+
The Untouchables, Gene Hunt, Craig Alexander, DJ BOXX, CZBoogie, Zebo
The Mid: 10pm, $10 21+
TTTTotally Dudes
The Whistler: $0 21+
Saturday June 1
= Editor's Pick
Eddie Taylor Jr, Liz Mandeville, Dave Weld
Buddy Guy's Legends: 6pm 21+
Jesse Fuser Santoyo, The August, Daniel Robbins
Elbo Room: 9pm 21+
Ariel Pink, Purple Pilgrims, ET Habit
Empty Bottle: 10pm 21+
Joe Moss Blues Band
Harlem Avenue Lounge: 9:30pm, $6 21+
Endless Boogie, Chicago Stone Lightning Band
Hideout: 9pm, $10 21+
Chances Dances
Hideout: 11:59pm, $5 21+
Casey James, Aaron Watson
Joe's Bar: 8:30pm, $10 21+
Groundislava, oOoOO, Different Sleep, Abyss & Zainghis of Push Beats
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, $15 21+
Toubab Krewe, Ghost Owl
Martyrs': 9:30pm, $16 21+
Ancestors, Day Camp, Early Onset, Cowgirl, Those about to Rock
Quenchers Saloon: 9pm, $5 21+
The Whores, The Quick & Easy Boys, The Additives
Reggie's Music Joint: 9pm, $5 21+
Elbow Deep, Beyond De-Th
Reggie's Rock Club: 6pm, $0 21+
DJ Will Luck
Rodan: 8pm, $0 21+
Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues
Rosa's Lounge: 10pm 21+
Paper Route, Satellite, Flashing Blue Lights
Schubas: 9pm, $12 21+
Neel of Voices from the Lake (DJ Set)
Smartbar: 10pm, 10-$13 21+
Nathan Scott, Bill Basil
The Mid: 21+
Jesse Boykins III
The Shrine: 21+
Chuuuch w/ DJ Cool Hand Luke
The Whistler: $0 21+
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