"Summer's Almost Gone" Updated Local Live Music Guide

As Jim Morrison once sang, "Summer's Almost Gone" - it's that time of the year for real.

So, in honor of Mr. Mojo Risin - this is the "Summer's Almost Gone" updated Live Local Music Guide :

(As always, check with the bands and/or the venues before making plans.  It's Rock & Roll, things happen.  We will update this the best we can.)


9/16 - Epic - Bar 145, Mount Prospect, IL
9/16 - Low Voltage - Mainstreet Bar & Grill, Hopkins, MN
9/16 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
9/16 - Twice Removed/Far From Broken/First Avenue/Leap First - Royal Skate, Lansing, IL
9/16 - Backdated - Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, IN
9/17 - Blues Kids/Breezy Radio & The Coolers, Muzicnet Jazz Band, Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen, The Big Boppers - Park Forest Art Fair, Park Forest, IL
9/17 - High Anxiety - Boondocks, Gilman, IL
9/17 - Epic - On The Rox, Kankakee, IL
9/17 - 95th Street Band - Calumet Yacht Club, Chicago, IL
9/17 - Kashmir - Tailgater's, Bolingbrook, IL
9/17 - Meet The Beetles - Pumpkin Fest, Morton, IL
9/18 - Johnny Burnett Band - Campanarri's Ice Cream, Mount Prospect, IL
9/22 - Acoustiholics - Nevin's Brewing Company, Plainfield, IL
9/22 - The Noizy Neighbors/Oliver's Army - Durty Nellie's, Palatine, IL
9/23 - Big Boppers w/ The Montecki's - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
9/23 - Acoustiholics - Weber Grill, Lombard, IL
9/23 - Low Voltage - Dugout Bar, Mahtomedi, MN
9/23 - Purp/Westmore/Thunder Sons/Hedlites - Star Bar, Chicago Ridge, IL
9/23 - Kashmir - Fall Fest, Elmwood Park, IL
9/24 - High Anxiety - South Shore Golf Course, Momence, IL
9/24 - Epic - JW Holstein's, Tinley Park, IL
9/24 - Big Boppers (opening or Tom Dreesen) - Freedom Hall, Park Forest, IL
9/24 - Low Voltage - Metal Shed VII, River Falls, WI
9/24 - Kashmir - Broken Oar, Port Barrington, IL
9/24 - Smash Potater - Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL
9/25 - Little Johnny & The HouseRockers - New Corner Bar, Lynwood, IL
9/25 - Meet The Beetles - CD & Me, Frankfort, IL
9/25 - Sgt. Sauerkraut's Polka Band - Mariano's, Westchester, IL
9/25 - Serendipity - Fall Fest, Huntley, IL
9/30 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
9/30 - Acoustiholics - Weber Grill, Lombard, IL
9/30 - Spring/Statford/Airplane Radio/Winded City - Royal Skate, Lansing, IL
10/1 - Train Wreck - Uncle Buck's, St. Luray, VA
10/1 - Epic - Fall Fest, Yorkville, IL
10/1 - Witchcross/Bloodthrone/Pyschomancer/Pitchfork/Grainshifter - Soprano's, Griffith, IN
10/1 - Kashmir - Empire Burgers & Brews, Naperville, IL
10/7 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
10/7 - Bad Jokes/Outredjas/Walk Among Us - Royal Skate, Lansing, IL
10/8 - Kashmir - Austin's Fuel Room, Libertyville, IL
10/14 - Community Drum Circle - Room To Move Dance Studio, Steger, IL
10/14 - Big Boppers and Guests- Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
10/15 - Kashmir - Durty Nellie's, Palatine, IL
10/21 - Within The Trenches/Belladonna/The Leafy Greens/Ehren Fear - Royal Skate Halloween Costume Party, Lansing, IL
10/21 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
10/22 - Mister Mustard/Wild Dogs - Red Fawn Banquet, Allen Park, MI
10/22 - Kashmir - Nightmare on Chicago Street Fest, Elgin, IL
10/28 - Big Boppers and Guests- Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
10/29 - Kashmir - Star Bar, Chicago Ridge, IL
11/4 - Big Boppers and Guests- Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
11/4 - Blue Felix/End Of Anarchy/The Archive/Virtual Anatomy/Oppressed Affliction/Time Is The Enemy - Star Bar, Chicago Ridge, IL
11/5 - Jak Tripper - Lee Street, Des Plaines, IL
11/5 - Kashmir - Q Bar, Glendale Heights, IL
11/11 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
11/18 - Low Voltage - Mainstreet Bar & Grill, Hopkins, MN 
11/18 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
11/18 - Kashmir - Ballydoyle's, Aurora, IL
11/19 - Kashmir - Buddy & Pal's, Crown Point, IN
11/25 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
12/2 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
12/3 - Kashmir - MT Barrels, Schaumburg, IL
12/3 - Meet The Beetles - Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, MI
12/9 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
12/10 - Kashmir - Austin's Fuel Room, Libertyville, IL
12/10 - Meet The Beetles - State Theater, Logansport, IN
12/16 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
12/23 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL
12/23 - Kashmir - Rivers Casino, Des Plaines, IL
12/30 - Big Boppers and Guests - Mama & Me's Pizza, Homewood, IL