Music Features

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 2026-2027 season on Halloween eve (Friday, Oct. 30), with the appropriately titled “Tricks & Treats” concert, allowing the musicians of the orchestra a chance to sink their fangs into a variety of chilling, thrilling compositions perfect for the scariest season, including Grieg’s “Peer Gynt” and “The Sorcerer’s […]

The Get Free Music Series, presented by the Music Program of University of Illinois Springfield, continues its fall concerts of fully-improvised music this Friday at Dumb Records. The Oct. 16 performance will feature “two completely burning saxophone and drums duos,” as described by Richard Gilman-Opalsky, drummer and professor in the UIS School of Politics and […]

Cody Diekhoff – aka Chicago Farmer – is a central Illinois-based singer and songwriter. He and Micah Walk recently discussed his latest release, his upcoming performance in Springfield and more. Your latest album Homeaid was released in March of this year. The whole thing is great – not just the quality in the writing, which […]

The Springfield Choral Society will host a festival that honors a Springfield native, Julius Rosenwald, under the guidance of music director Jacobsen Woollen. Events will take place Oct. 17-18 with music, film, speakers and a walk to the original Rosenwald home across from Lincoln’s home. “Many in Springfield don’t seem to know about Rosenwald; yet, […]

Avery Kern is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter. Springfield-based musician Micah Walk sat down with the Pawnee native to discuss her newly released debut album, Scenic Route. I don’t want to make this the focus of this interview, but I have a unique interest in your career because you’re a former guitar student of mine. We worked […]

The public is invited to experience an evening of live ragtime music, food and drinks at Rhythm on Route 66, featuring acclaimed pianist and composer Royce Martin. The fundraising event, hosted by the Illinois State Museum Society, will take place from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, at the Illinois State Museum, 502 S. Spring […]

The Springfield Children’s Choir made its debut with an Oct. 1 ribbon cutting ceremony that featured city officials and the key members who developed the choir. The choir includes youth from second through fifth grade and provides an opportunity for children on the east side of Springfield to be trained on classical singing techniques and […]

The acclaimed, nationally-known punk band Radioactivity will perform at Dumb Records this Thursday, Oct 1. The veteran group, which has released three albums, boasts roots in both Denton, Texas, and Mito, Japan, and has been (radio) active since 2013. “Definitely a band I would recommend to anyone, all fans of music,” said Dumb Records proprietor […]

The Get Free Music Series, presented by the music program of University of Illinois Springfield, is the city’s only officially sanctioned platform for live, fully-improvised music. The fall 2026 series will kick off this Friday with a special concert featuring California-based cornet player and violinist Dan Clucas, “known for his avant-garde and free jazz explorations,” […]