Tom Irwin

As we enter into our last weekend of July, let’s set our sights on more fun in the sun (baby, it’s hot outside) while being cool about it. With the Illinois State Fair just two weeks away, you can just feel summer slip sliding away into the fall. In the meantime, let’s see what’s happening […]

Holy smokes, things are flying high as we stroll into the next to last weekend in July for 2025. Before you know it, we’ll be wondering how in the world summer’s end came so soon. But for right now let’s go find what we have to enjoy in the musical moment. Just to shake things […]

Bring it on, I say, as we power on through July with more music happening than you could shake several sticks at, if that was something you wanted to do. We’re right in the thick of it, so let’s go find something to keep us rocking and a-rolling along. First up, since it’s the second […]

With June done, we’re basically halfway through 2025, hitting our summertime stride with plenty of hot outdoor activities, but keeping it cool with indoor fun stuff as well. As our Independence Day falls on a Friday, it’s an extended weekend for many and that means more music made and more time to go experience said […]

As we settle into the last weekend of June 2025, the weather stays hot and the music keeps cool, while the summertime activities come on full speed ahead, no holds barred and without a doubt. Let’s see what there is for us to experience in our music scene. Our first news is sad, tragic and […]

We’re rolling along full speed into summertime action in the live music arena as the days fly by like barn swallows in the evening and the evenings fly by like flies in the kitchen during the daytime. All that mumbo-jumbo being said, let’s go see what all the ruckus is about. Thursdays are still coming […]

Look out, folks, June is coming in hot with all kinds of live music happening here, there and everywhere. Let’s get going and see what there is to entertain us right now. Thursdays are jumpin’ enough to keep you hoppin’ like a June bull frog and flyin’ like those June bugs that come out in […]

Howdy and hey to the first full weekend in June of 2025. Come along as we go searching for fun in the sun and check out the live music made in the shade for you and me. Thursday begins with the big show downtown at the second Levitt AMP concert for 2025 as our friends […]

What a ride we’ve had in the very merry month of May for music this year and as we finish out the weekend and roll into June, the run continues unabashedly unabated. Come with me and let’s go see what fun we can find for now. Dedicated readers know we like to start with the […]

Here we go blasting our way through a memorable (hopefully) Memorial Day weekend, full of all sorts of entertainment excitement guaranteed to blow your mind, if you know what I mean. Let’s see what we can find within the friendly confines of our music community schedule. Start your MDW on Thursday with a visit to […]

Somehow, someway we’ve already reached the middle of May for 2025 with a jam-packed schedule of live music coming your way. Fairs and fests, plus fun in the sun give us a weekend of entertainment enjoyment waiting for you to just show up. Let’s take a look-see. You know we’re going to start with Thursdays […]

Hop on in as we take a cruise through the second weekend in May, checking out all the sights and sounds along the way in our happening music scene. As you may already know, there’s a bunch of stuff going on so drop it into drive, put the pedal to the metal and let’s be […]