Music

Things are really heating up, literally and figuratively, as we roll through a month of June music. Now let’s see where the hot spots are and what they’re cooking up for us to enjoy during this abundance of Springfield live music performances. Just in case you haven’t noticed all the hoopla about our Levitt AMP […]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Springfield music as we see it through Now Playing eyes. This week is jam-packed with all kinds of things going on so let’s see what’s what and what’s where and when as well. Thursdays continue to be a hotbed of happenings with the Levitt AMP downtown music series leading […]

Following an exciting 2023-2024 season which doubled as a fierce, seven-month contest to hire a new music director/conductor, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra has announced the winner: Maestro Taichi Fukumura. The selection process took an unexpected turn in April, when Naomi Woo withdrew from the competition to become music director of the National Youth Orchestra of […]

As we drop into our first full weekend of June for 2024, the stage is set for a righteous run of wonderful live music experiences in the good old summertime. Let’s get right to it and take a gander at what’s in store for the next several days on the local scene. First, we’re jumping […]

Now that we’re officially past the Memorial Day weekend and we’ve had our first rainout night (last Friday) of regularly scheduled outdoor gigs, I believe we can safely welcome the summer season. From here until the cold days hit again, it’s fairs, festivals, homecomings, shindigs, burgoos, beer gardens, wineries, barbecues and more along with our […]

We are now into the last full weekend of May and that means it’s Memorial Day weekend, commonly known as the beginning of the summer season. Time is flying by, and I guess that means we’re having fun. Let’s see what fun we can get into during this holiday weekend. We’ve been pushing the Thursday […]

As we continue on this wild ride in our live music scene, hang on for dear life while the music-making hits its stride this weekend, as merrily we roll along through the merry month of May toward full-scale summer happenings. Walk this way and let’s see what’s out there. Thursdays keep coming on strong with […]

Here we go with another jam-packed weekend of good times ahead, especially loaded with locally-based, original music happenings to which I give a hearty hurrah! Let’s see what’s on the platter this week, shall we? Thursdays continue in earnest, and with this week containing the second one of the month that means it’s time for […]

Joel Styzens grew up in Springfield surrounded by music and started drum lessons at the age of nine. A part-time job in sales at the House of Music led to him teaching drums when he was 15. He went on to a professional career in music and has taught at the renowned Old Town School […]

Let’s give the merry month of May a happy hello and start enjoying a season of warm weather music. Dare I say, the really nice weather window doesn’t last long as the famed Illinois humidity takes over soon enough. But hey, we can certainly make the best of it knowing that there’s snow shoveling coming […]

This has been an incredible month of live music as the outdoor venues heat up with all kinds of activities. Next comes May and on into summertime, where we behold the onslaught of fairs, festivals, homecomings, burgoos, gatherings, celebrations, jamborees and other variously titled events featuring music-makers of all kinds. But first let’s see what […]

Ahoy, mateys, and welcome to our weekly roundup of local happenings in the Springfield music scene. This week is some of this and some of that, but that’s not all; as the warmer weather blows our way, the outdoors gigs increase and we get closer to full-swing summer mode. Our first mention is sad news […]