Competing Bands (performance order to be announced that night)
 

"Audiophilia" from Eau Claire, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, Waterford, and Williams Bay, WI
"Bad Idea" (facebook.com/Badideaalt) from Libertyville, IL and Kenosha, WI
"Elise and the Police" from Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, and Skokie, IL
"Exeter" from Highland Park, Highwood, and Chicago, IL
"No Results" from Highland Park, IL
"Stalemates" from Glenview and Northbrook, IL