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News Tue Feb 01 2011
Chicago Blizzard Concert Cancellations
Thanks to the snowpocalyptic conditions, a number of Chicago's music venues have announced cancellations for tonight and tomorrow. Here's a rundown of what we know:
- Andy's for Jazz is closed tonight.
- At the Auditorium, "Godmother: A Tribute" has been canceled.
- Buddy Guy's Legends will be closed Wednesday, but may reopen in the evening depending on the snow.
- Buckcherry's Jagermeister tour stop at the Congress Theater is postponed.
- The CSO's performance tonight has been postponed till next week, but Wednesday's performance by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
will go onis canceled. - Illusions of Fate at the Double Door is rescheduled for Feb. 16.
- Jazz Showcase has canceled Wednesday night's Billie Holiday tribute.
- Drama Junkies at Martyrs' is canceled tonight, Tributosaurus is still on for Wednesday night so far.
- Mister Blotto at Reggie's Rock Joint tonight is postponed indefinitely.
- The Hideout is closed tonight, and Soup and Bread there is canceled for tomorrow.
Meanwhile, some venues are proudly touting that they're staying open. The Empty Bottle will remain open for business, while Schubas is open tonight for Scott Lucas and the Married Men and is offering free soup to anyone who shows up for Wednesday's DICK WOLF! record release show. And B.L.U.E.S. boasts on Facebook, "15 years from today when your child asks you where were you during the BIG SNOW of "11"... you can say.... "we were listening to the B.L.U.E.S. until the music stopped then..."
