Music

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 […]

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 season came to a close on May 3 with an energetic and highly rhythmic performance, which in some ways may signify the end of an era. The University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center, where the ISO has performed in Springfield for many years, will be closed for 15 months […]

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 […]

Welcome to the merry month of May as we continue our raucous romp through the music scene of our fair city, to see what can be seen out there. And by the look of our listings, there’s plenty to partake in, so let’s get right on it, if we may. Thursday gives us a few […]

Maybe it was because of the late Easter date or the fluctuations in weather from below freezing to 80 degrees, along with windy, rainy, sunny, cloudy and a few other “y’s” days as well, but April sure seemed to come and go in a hurry. Regardless of how the time flies by, let’s see what’s […]

There’s something enticing about April, how the world refreshes and starts anew. Of course, T.S. Eliot famously called it the “cruellest month,” basically because of this enticement that T.S. felt only led to deeper disappointment. But let the poets take us where they dare, we’re talking about live music and the Springfield scene where April […]