Music Features

Here we go again with another week of local music news, happenings, and coming and goings, sometimes filled with sadness and other times bounding with joy. With a heavy heart we report the loss of another Springfield area musician as bassist Scott Leach of Rochester passed away at his home last week. Scott was in […]

Per usual, there are many happening things going on this weekend (and during the week for that matter), so get yourself together and get out to experience what you can while you can. In the plethora of activities occurring within our community over the next days, few can compare with the size and complexity of […]

Once the famed Fourth of July flies by and the corn is several feet past knee height, the summer season kicks into to overdrive, setting up a midsummer sensation of live music revelations. Thursdays are turning into a hotbed of music making “pert near smack dab” in the middle of the week, and this one […]

Here we go into the last weekend of June, soaking up fun in the sun, sliding into neon-lit nightclubs, and generally having a whale of a good time swimming in this sea of lively and lovely live music. Friday sets things off in a good direction when the Fabulous Hoedads show up at the VFW […]

Welcome to the Springfield music scene, all you friendly Illinois Times readers and supporters! This week is another adventure in the diverse and plentiful supply of live music performances in our local arena of bars, plazas, barns, gardens, fields, fairs, parks and other assorted venues. Start off your week with a Thursday visit to the […]

Here comes the ides of June on Friday along with Father’s Day on Sunday and a plain-old Saturday sandwiched in between, all filled with glorious and wonderful live music to share. Let’s go straight to Sunday when the Curve Inn hosts a tribute to Shane Shomidie on Father’s Day from 2 to 8 p.m. in […]

If May is merry, can June be jolly? I vote yes. And so it seems that the pleasant weather (so far) and plentiful events (keep ‘em coming) are conspiring to make it so – so let’s go! There’s a newly-minted happening occurring around Lake Springfield this summer called “Rumble around the Lake.” Created and hosted […]

The dominant music happening this weekend is, of course, the Legacy of Giving Festival surrounding the Old State Capitol area on Friday evening and continuing on Saturday from noon to midnight. Originally known as SOHO Fest, the new name just says what it is – a gathering of incredible diversity and inclusivity where musicians play […]

Believe it or not, here we are already at the Memorial Day weekend mark of 2018. Generally considered the “official” start of the summer season, the entertainment lineup is certainly geared for a fine kickoff of hot times in the city. On Thursday night The Curve Inn hosts an event called “The Upside Down” as […]

Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the rain; more likely it’s both or neither, but whatever is going on, the music always starts to bloom around this time of year. Then everything melds – and sometimes melts – perfectly into summer festivals, outdoor gigs, burgoos, bashes, homecomings, fairs, beer tents, winery patios, and all such […]