Music Features

We have festivals and flings, gigs and gatherings, blues and more blues, along with a bunch of other exciting things going on this weekend in Springfield’s music entertainment scene. Come along with me to see what we can find to do with ourselves this lovely May weekend in 2022. Let’s kick it off with a […]

As we begin our romp through all the live, local music in the first full weekend of May, be prepared to make some tough decisions. Isn’t it just too bad there is so much to do and so many music events, that you, my friend, aren’t going to be able to experience them all? But […]

As we slip past the last weekend of April-ing and into the merry month of May-be, the live music just keeps coming on like the showers and flowers of spring. This week there are many of the usual suspects in the regular spots, a few new players at different places and a heartfelt loss of […]

When a 12-year-old Billy Gilman captured the hearts of Americans back in 2000 with hits like “One Voice” and “Oklahoma,” he was the youngest singer to ever have a platinum-selling record, among other first-time accomplishments. He never quite captured that huge success again, but he’s stayed busy in the business and is now back on […]

As we roll merrily along through April, the gigs keep coming and the listings are quite healthy looking with a variety of stuff going on in and around the capital city. Let’s see what mischief in music we can find to get into this week, just for the fun of it. For whatever reason, Friday […]

As we hit mid-April, the bands are busting out all over and the music blooms forth like a magnificent magnolia tree and those darling daffy daffodils. If you can’t find something to your liking this weekend, well I don’t know what to say, other than, wait until next week because there’s probably going to be […]

Here comes some April fun, with famous folks, new venues, regular places, familiar faces and lots more happening this week in the Springfield music scene. Sit back and read up on it, then be sure to get out and take it all in as the weather warms and the action grows. Here’s a heads up […]

Did I miss something, or did the month of March just fly by in a whirlwind of activity? I suppose the feeling is a combination of the approaching spring season, plus a reaction to the lessening of COVID restrictions and, more importantly, the number of COVID cases falling here in our area and around the […]

Come on in folks, and see what’s happening this week. We have a parade and a birthday party, with lots of live music covering Celtic, blues, rock, Latin and other goodies. Shall we? After our annual St. Patrick’s Day parade was postponed over the last two years due to pandemic issues, and again last week […]

Come one, come all, to enjoy the fine fixings we are about to show you in this second full weekend of March 2022. The weather is chilly now, but gets better soon, and with Daylight Savings Time springing forward on Sunday, hang in there, those delightful days of live music in our abundant outdoor music […]

Hello fellow travelers, and welcome to the month of March in 2022. Our first full weekend is chock-full of goodies as we continue to work our way back to our regularly scheduled programming after the nearly two-year pandemic interruption. I’m going to jump out of the daily order to start with Sunday and the Doug […]