Local Live Music - 2016 - updated often

Live music - it's out there - and it's local.


As with any live event, check with band or venue before heading out.  This is live music, sometimes things change.


1/1 - Jake Blues Claybough - Anchor Inn, Hammond, IN
1/2 - Kashmir - The Tree of Joliet, Joliet, IL
1/3 - American English - Space, Evanston, IL
1/8 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
1/8 - Little Johnny Birthday Bash w/ Full Band - Bottom's Up, Lansing, IL
1/8 - Andrea Veltri, Redneck Remedy, Tim Mccormick, Westmore - Reilly's Roadhouse, Romeoville, IL
1/9 - Kashmir - Arcada Theater, St. Charles, IL
1/11 - Crucible FT. Dave Stephens, Andrew Glass, Lou Cotton of We Came As Romans and Nick Freddell of Taproot, Toothgrinder, Ghost Key, The Ardent, Face The Fire, Enemy, Altas Aria - Reilly's Roadhouse, Romeoville, IL
1/15 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
1/15 - Last Ones Standing, Flounder - Reilly's Roadhouse, Romeoville, IL
1/15 - No Shelter, Unqueit Eddy, Central Disorder -  Cheers Pub, South Bend, IN
1/16 - Andy & Sandy Hixson Benefit with Belladonna, Unknown Zodiac, Seneca Falls, Ditchwater, Divide, Morgan & Dave, Devil In The White City, Adnan Arif, Jeremy Maurizi - Steger VFW, Steger, IL
1/16 - Jim Peterik's World Stage - Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
1/16 - Epic - Ballydoyle Irish Pub, Aurora, IL
1/16 - JakTripper - Abbey Road Pub, Barrington, IL
1/16 - Kashmir - Austin's Fuel Room, Libertyville, IL
1/16 - Groove Candy - Poor Boy's Pub, Montgomery, IL
1/22 - Big Boppers w/ Richie Mahoney, Sir Brad, and Doug Caban - Smitty's Frankfort Bowl, Frankfort, IL
1/22 - Groove Candy - Quigley's North, Naperville, IL
1/22 - Something To Live By, Whatever Your Into, Belladonna, Post Script - Reilly's Roadhouse, Romeoville, IL
1/23 - Acoustiholics - World Of Beer, Naperville, IL 
1/23 - Kashmir - Park Theater, Holland, MI
1/29 - Epic - Bar 145, Mt. Prospect, IL
1/30 - Acoustiholics - CD and ME, Frankfort, IL
1/30 - Train Wreck - Hard Times, Manassas, VA
1/30 - Low Voltage - Mainstreet Bar, Hopkins, MN
1/30 - Groove Candy - Bailey's, Tinley Park, IL
2/5 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
2/5 - Groove Candy - Dao Restaurant & Bar, Orland Park, IL
2/6 - $2 Pistol - Sluggers, Momence, IL
2/6 - Soul Motion - Hackney's, Palos Park, IL
2/6 - Kashmir - Eagles Ballroom, Kenosha, WI
2/9 - Little Johnny & The House Rockers - Fifth Quarter, Homewood, IL
2/13 - Sniper, Maple Avenue Pub, Lisle, IL
2/13 - Kashmir - Q Sports Bar, Darien, IL
2/19 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
2/19 - Witchcross, Scars of Armageddon - Elbo Room, Chicago, IL
2/19 - Kashmir - Whiskey's Roadhouse, Rockford, IL
2/20 - "Beatlejuice" Reunion - Peggy Kinnane's Irish Pub, Arlington Heights, IL
2/27 - Kashmir - Buddy And Pals, Crown Point, IN
3/4 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
3/4 - Groove Candy - Dao Restaurant & Bar, Orland Park, IL
3/5 - Kashmir - Ballydoyle Irish Pub, Aurora, IL
3/12 - Big Boppers and Friends - The Slovic Club, Whiting, IN
3/12 - Groove Candy - Bottom's Up, Lansing, IL
3/18 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
3/19 - Shallow State, Bobaflex, Blackmarket Democracy, Designing The Flaw, Gatsby, 3 Days From Dying, Endgame - Reilly's Roadhouse, Romeoville, IL
3/19 - Cornerstones of Rock feat. Jim Peterik/Ides Of March - Arcada Theater, St. Charles, IL
3/26 - Kashmir - Beach Tiki Bar & Grill, Greensburg, IN
3/26 - Groove Candy - Quigley's North, Naperville, IL
4/2 - Groove Candy - Bailey's, Tinley Park, IL
4/10 - Big Boppers Acoustic Duo - Park Forest Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Freedom Hall, Park Forest, IL
5/1 - Cornerstones of Rock feat. Jim Peterik/Ides Of March - North Shore Center For Performing Arts, Skokie, IL
5/7 - Groove Candy - Joliet Moose Lodge, Joliet, IL
5/14 - Ides Of March feat. Jim Peterik - Metropolitan Performing Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL
6/11 - Time To Groove - Freedom Hall/Nathan Manilow Theater, Park Forest, IL
7/8 - Steger Days of Music Day One
7/9 - Steger Days of Music Day Two
7/10 - Steger Days of Music Day Three
7/23 - Little Johnny & The Houserockers - AshleyCan Pediatric Cancer Foundation Motorcycle Run, Location TBA