By Sarah on June 9, 2011
Summer in Chicago means that weekend street festivals will be popping up all over the city. Some are more worth your time than others. Here are my highlights for this weekend. Chicago Blues Fest, Friday through Sunday Blues Fest is a free event in downtown’s Grant Park, featuring three days of blues and food. Highlights […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andersonville midsommarfest, bailiff, chicago blues fest, cloudbirds, jukebox the ghost, musikanto, my gold mask, nora o'connor, old town art fair, pinto and the bean, ribfest, robbie fulks, sanctified grumblers, shemekia copeland, tapes 'n tapes, the ettes, the legendary shack shakers
By Sarah on January 3, 2011
Looks like the music scene is still recovering from NYE celebrations, too.
I’ll be seeing Charlotte Martin on Sunday. I missed her the last time she was in town, so I’m glad to be able to finally see her live.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alex hall, amel larrieux, ashley martin, billy branch and the sons of blues, buddy guy, buddy guy's legends, charlotte martin, don stiernberg, double door, evanston space, guy king, hideout, jeffrey david, john primer, kc mcdonough, kelly hogan, kevin o'donnell, lubriphonic, martyrs', musikanto, nora o'connor, pieta brown, robbie fulks, schubas, scott ligon, sunfallen, tangle wood, the aragon, the flat five, the shrine, weezer
By Sarah on December 21, 2010
Local record label Grape Juice Records is spreading the holiday cheer with a free compilation, available for download now on their Bandcamp page.
Posted in Sharing | Tagged curtis evans & our friend electric, derek nelson & the musicians, grape juice records, jon drake & the shakes, julie meckler, musikanto, no ordinary oswald, rachele eve, rambos, the minneapolis henrys, the shams band, will phalen
By Sarah on June 21, 2010
Taste of Chicago kicks off this week. I forsee myself completely undoing my attempts to eat healthy. Thanks a lot, Chicago.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged amy cook, bare hand jug band, benyaro, canasta, caroline smith and the good night sleeps, cloud cult, colin gilmore, david bazan, derek nelson, ditchweed diesel, dosh, eric noden, evanston space, fang island, geoff muldaur, hayward, hideout, jace everett, jane baxter miller, jim kweskin, jon drake & the shakes, katie belle and the paramount boys, lincoln hall, maps and atlases, martyrs', mason jennings, max weinberg big band, millennium park, mucca pazza, musikanto, new ruins, old town school of folk music, paul cebar, paula cole, robbie fulks, sahara smith, sally seltmann, sarah and the tall boys, schubas, sonny landreth, southeast engine, susan voelz, the books, the daredevil christopher wright, the lawrence peters outfit, the lost cartographers, the shams band, tiffany streitelmeier, via tania, will phalen and the stereo addicts |
By Sarah on May 31, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 5/31 – 6/6
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged amanda palmer, antibalas, brighton ma, broken bells, c.a.r.m.a., carl hauck, chicago theatre, corey chisel and the wandering sons, d. rider, erykah badu, evanston space, evelyn evelyn, goose island wrigleyville, green sugar, house of blues, how far to austin, hum, iris dement, janelle monae, jason isbell and the 400 unit, jason webley, jewel, joe firstman, josh hoge, julia nunes, kip moore, lincoln hall, marianne keith, mathien, millennium park, musikanto, n.e.r.d., park west, quieting syrup, schubas, subterranean, sxip shirey, the good life, the morning benders, the very best, the vic, tortoise, tricia scully, venna, volcano!, zach pietrini and the broken bones
By Sarah on May 17, 2010
Why hello there, quiet week.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged 22-20s, alberta cross, alexisonfire, bear in heaven, blah blah blah, chicago clarinet conglomerate, congress theater, dan bern, dexateens, diane birch, evanston space, five for fighting, futurebirds, geese, heather lynne horton, helen money, hideout, hollows, imogen heap, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica lea mayfield, jim dewan, justin roth, lasers and fast and shit, lincoln hall, martyrs', mckensie toma, metric, metro, mike mangione and the union, mono, musikanto, park west, patrick watson, paul oakenfold, paul van dyk, peg simone, robbie fulks, schubas, sharon jones and the dap kings, susan voelz, suzy bogguss, the aragon, the heavy, the riviera, the twilight sad, the velvet lounge, the vic, them crooked vultures, todd kessler and the new folk, voxtrot, willy porter