Shows in bold are recommended shows, while shows in larger bold red are shows that I plan on going to and/or shows that I really, really think you should be going to.

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Monday, March 1
Beat Kitchen: Pat McCurdy
Empty Bottle: Tirra Lirra, Extra Life, Cool Memories [FREE]
Martyrs: The Rattlers
Schubas: Ike Reilly Assassination, special guests

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Tuesday, March 2
Auditorium Theatre: Furthur
Beat Kitchen: Chicago Underground Comedy
Double Door: Violet Winter [FREE]
Empty Bottle: Trevor Stone, Charlie Slick, Celsius Electronics
Hideout: Sanctified Grumblers
House of Blues: The English Beat, Fishbone
Lincoln Hall: Doug Hall, Illegal D [FREE]
Martyrs: Pecha Kucha
Reggie’s Rock Club (5pm): The Flatliners, Counterpunch,, She Liks Todd, Cut and Run, The Regulars
Schubas: New York Songwriters Circle

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Wednesday, March 3
Abbey Pub: Opposition Party, Magic Carpet
Beat Kitchen: Six Gallery, Breakers Broken, Bully in the Hallway, A(a)rdvark
Bottom Lounge: The Black Saints, Janetknows, Black Attic, Shades of a Lightyear
Darkroom: Tina M. Howell, Eve’s Mistake, Urbanized Music
Empty Bottle: The Streets on Fire, The Nothingheads, Yours Truly & The Heroes
Hideout: Immediate Sound Series ft. Nick Mazzarella Trio, Paul Giallorenzo’s GitGO
Lincoln Hall: Movie Night ft. Wet Hot American Summer, Meatballs
Martyrs (7pm and 10pm): Tributosaurus becomes… XTC (Vol. 2)
Reggie’s Rock Club (5pm): The Chariot, Greeley Estates, Inhale Exhale, Memphis May Fire, The Color Morale
Schubas: A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Acrylics, Light Pollution
Subterranean: Neak, Ang 13, ADD-2, Lungz, many more

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Thursday, March 4
Abbey Pub: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Yabba Griffiths, Akasha
Beat Kitchen: We Are The In Crowd, Places and Numbers, Swimming With Dolphins
Bottom Lounge: Honest Engines, Help Desk, Nick Miller + the Neighbors, Bat Masterson, Board of Governors
Darkroom: Brasstronaut, Belmondos, Ten-Speed
Double Door: Hot Heels Records, Ben Ripani Music Co., Analog Device, Up From Under The Wormwood
Empty Bottle: Dr. Manhattan, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Bald Eagle Refugees, Lord of the Yum-Yum
Hideout: Baby Teeth, Catbirds
House of Blues: An Evening with Stephen Stills
Lincoln Hall: Angelique Kiddo, DJ Warp
Martyrs: Big C Jamboree ft. The Uptown Savages
Park West: Jeff Garlin
Ronny’s: Cougars, Cinco de Gatos, Vicelords
Schubas: Dot Dot Dot, The Insecurities, Jupiter One
Subterranean: Totally Michael, Aspic Tines, Search Results
Vic: Gomez, One Eskimo

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Friday, March 5
Abbey Pub: Bulletboys, Rev Luc, Space Giant
Beat Kitchen: 100 Monkeys, The Tin Tin Can
Bottom Lounge: The J.Davis Trio, Blah Blah Blah
Double Door: The Reverend Horton Heat, Dex Romweber
Empty Bottle: Foreign Born, Free Energy, CLOVERS, DJ Hugsen Kissus
Hideout (6:30pm): The Interview Show w/ Toni Preckwinkle, Josh Karp; performances by The Changes, James Anthony Zoccoli
Hideout (10pm): Judson Claiborne, Sonoi, Eiren Cafall, DJ Jacob Ross
House of Blues: New Found Glory, Saves the Day, Helogoodbye, Fireworks
Lincoln Hall: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hacienda, DJRC [SOLD OUT]
Martyrs: Flying Machines, Emblems, Young Jesus
Metro: Earthen Grave, I Decline, Sacred Dawn, Kastasyde, Waste
Reggie’s Rock Club: DJM Trio, Papa Jupiter, Jack in Space, Inn Cinema
Ronny’s: The Bottle and Stone Battalion, Glass Bricks, Pork n’ Beans, The Night Brigade
Riviera: moe.
Schubas: Robyn Hitchcock [SOLD OUT]
Subterranean: Toki Wright, Longshot, Haziq Ali, Omaur Bliss
Vic: Citizen Cope

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Saturday, March 6
Abbey Pub: I.A.M.B., PowerJunkie, Catalano, Orion Nine, Punch Cabbie
Aragon: Canonazo Costeno, Acapulco Tropical
Beat Kitchen: The Commodes, The Polkaholics, The Locals, Deep End, The Tracks
Bottom Lounge: Gauge, Runner, American Heritage, Big Science
Double Door: The Reverend Horton Heat, True Historians
Empty Bottle: Windy City Story Slam (8pm); Windy City Soul Club (10pm)
Hideout: Petty Theft, Tight Phantomz, The Saps, B1g T1me, Pro Looks
House of Blues: Mathien, C.A.R.M.A., Sidewalk Chalk, Dear Electric Family
Lincoln Hall: Fruit Bats, Blue Giant (ex-Viva Voce), The Singleman Affair
Martyrs: Terrible Spaceship, Pimps of Joytime, Kinetic Stereokids
Metro: The Join, DJ Thibault
Reggie’s Rock Club (5pm): Your Best Friend, Farwell, Arcadia Hero, The Holocene
Reggie’s Rock Club (9:30pm): Jak Frost, Shawnna, Ben One, John Blu, Hot 2 Def, more
Ronny’s: Future Ghosts, Jonny Rumble, Only Thieves, Hello Victor
Riviera: moe.
Schubas (7:30pm): Jon Langford
Schubas (10pm): The Blacks, Son of Cops
Subterranean (6pm): State & Madison, Cavashawn, The Heyday, Highland Fall
Subterranean (11pm): Blu & Exile, Tanya Morgan, Eulorhythmics, Tomorrow Kings, more

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Sunday, March 7
Beat Kitchen: Little Miss Ann Band (12pm)
Bottom Lounge: Goatwhore, Enfold Darkness, The Muzzler, Hate (Chicago), Dark Spectrum
Congress Theater: Lucha Libre Mexicana
Darkroom: Christ Analogue, Cyanotic, The Gothsicles, Sheriff Scabs, Xuberx, Millipede
Double Door: Spits-A-Radio, Born to Love Volcanos, Diagon Alley, We Make Thunder
Empty Bottle: Modern Day Rippers, Retardos De La Mour, The Regals
Hideout: John Prine Tribute ft. Janet Bean, Mark Anderson, Charles Rumback, Bill MacKay, The Blue Line Riders
House of Blues: The Avett Brothers, The Low Anthem
Lincoln Hall: DJ Spooky
Reggie’s Rock Club: Friday Night Fever, Settle, Rosedale, 12 Track Radio, The Moves
Ronny’s: Color Card
Schubas: The Heligoats, Robert Sarazin Blake, Ami Saraiya