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Here comes your band
The public is invited to enjoy an evening of live music by a traditional concert band during this week’s Springfield Municipal Band Concert at Douglas Park. The concerts, which occur at the band shell every Tuesday through August 4, have been a Springfield tradition since the band was founded via referendum in 1936. The band […]
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Sweetheart shows
MamaDear play Boondocks on Fri., Feb. 13 with DJ Hish and Chase Bryant. Looks like we’re blessed with a veritable cornucopia of holidays this week, starting with Abe’s birthday today. Next comes Friday the 13th, Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day, heading straight into Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras. I’m happy to report live music shows […]
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Architecture accentuates music
PHOTO BY KARI BEDFORD Local talent Ben Bedford, a singer, songwriter and storyteller lauded nationally for writing beautiful songs about historical events, will perform a special Valentine’s Day concert on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m., as part of the Made for Music Concert Series at the Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site. The venue, designed […]
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Through January
Chris Vallillo performs Friday, Jan. 30 at the Paris-Belle House Concerts in Williamsville. Here we are at the end of the first month of 2015. I don’t know whether to celebrate, contemplate, circumnavigate, perpetrate, deflate or inflate, so let’s just investigate further. Start your week off with a crash, boom and bang by visiting the […]
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Happy new music year
Popular comedian Kevin Meaney performs at the Mason City Limits Comedy Club, Jan. 2-3. Welcome one and all to the beginning of 2015 and our last big blast of 2014. New Year’s Eve has long been a night of celebration and one that nearly always includes live music. This year we have a weekend immediately […]
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Spectacular spookadelic
Live music lovers of all ages will not want to miss Springfield’s biggest Halloween party this Friday, Oct. 31, at Donnie’s Homespun. The five-and-a-half-hour festival kicks off at 7:30 p.m. with your host, one-man-band extraordinaire, Evan Mitchell’s Ukulele Party. Attendees will enjoy live music from local legends NIL8 plus punk rock outfits The Timmys, King […]
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Monumental mileage
Springfield Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K Lace up those sneakers and bust out those energy gels; it’s marathon time! The second annual Springfield Marathon returns on Oct. 19, though runners will need to register no later than Oct. 18 at 4:00 p.m. The picturesque, mostly flat 26.2-mile race begins Sunday at 7:30 a.m. Runners start west […]
