The Brat Pack plays for your listening and otherwise pleasure on Wed., Nov. 25 at Boondocks. As we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday and ensuing weekend, please remember to add music to your list of items to be thankful for this year and all the time. Take a moment to actually notice all the moments […]
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Reuniting with Ruth
Hurricane Ruth debuts Winds of Change, her latest recording, at Casey’s Pub, next Fri., Nov. 27 with the Big Bad Blues Machine. We finally got the “cold and gray November days,” as grandma always called them, but inside our cozy venues, the music keeps us warm and dry, hopping and hopeful. Our first order of […]
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Music matters most
Mary and the Immaculate Rejections play a CD release show at Black Sheep Cafe on Sat., Nov. 14. Ah, November comes and I feel the sadness and sorrow in my bones, even with these wonderful, extra sunny days. That normal slowing down of fall combined with the time change just knocked me for a loop. […]
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Sangamon Auditorium
The staff that makes the Sangamon Auditorium the Best of Springfield Large Venue winner by readers of Illinois Times for 2015. PHOTO BY CARYN MCDANIEL BROOMBY Along with our listings of usual and incredible music shows around town this week, we have an apology to make and an award to give. In last week’s Best […]
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Happy Halloweeners
The Screamin Vatos play their final gig with a reunion celebration at the Curve Inn on Friday, Oct. 30, 6 to 10 p.m. Always a big night for music, Halloween weekend 2015 seems extra special as All Hallow’s Eve lands on a Saturday. There will be plenty of parties, costumes, prizes, music and merrymaking in […]
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Octobering for music
Chris Miller, along with Joe Dawkins and Mike Burnett, plays Trail’s End Saloon in Curran on Fri, Oct. 23. I don’t know why, but this weekend shows up like a who’s who of what’s happening here, there and everywhere. Tough choices lie on the entertainment table. Let’s start when Chris Miller, the extraordinary guitarist, singer […]
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Mid-October music
Governor Street jams out at Brewhaus on Sat. Oct. 17, 10 p.m. PHOTO BY LAURA COFFEY Welcome all to the Ides of October and beyond. We have a few lingering festivals, plenty of diverse performers and a bushel basket full of local regulars playing the scene. By now the Cubs/Cards first-ever postseason series is over. […]
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Girls, gardens and grooves
The 6th Annual Girl-A-Thon, starts at 2 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 11, at Boondocks with Tina Thornhill, Janet Morris, Gwen Harris, Caprice Hardin, Patty Kniss and Kyla Kruse featured as the GAT house band. Things just keep rolling along with more excitement and entertainment than you can shake a stick at – if you were […]
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Blues, BBQ and other news
Blues Expressions plays the Old Capitol Blues & BBQ Festival in downtown Springfield on Sat., Oct. 3, 8:30 p.m. PHOTO BY PERFECT CONCEPT PHOTOGRAPHY Let’s enjoy our lovely October while we can, shall we? After last year’s blistering heat fest during the end of August, the Downtown Springfield, Inc. folks decided to bring the Old […]
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Starting fall music
Groove Daddies and special guests gather to celebrate 50 years of Gary Bloom singing, on Fri., Sept., 25, at the Curve Inn, 5 to 10 p.m. The sounds come gushing this weekend from all directions as we plunge into official autumn while finishing off September and the summer with a splash. From here, there and […]
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September music sizzles
Cannonball, a hard-driving, roots music, Americana band from Chicago featuring Springfield native, Andon Davis, Jr., plays the Curve Inn on Friday with Cats on Holiday. Our happening little scene in Springfield continues to burn up the music atmosphere at an incredible rate. Here we go on a trip through marvelous music-making mayhem. Congratulations to the […]
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Bustin’ out all over
Joe and Joey Tenuto play father and son blues all around town this weekend. Oh my goodness, where do we begin? TheSeptember run on getting all the happenings in before autumn falls upon us is in full swing. Look out! The Krannert Center at the University of Illinois Urbana hosts the Ellnora Guitar Festival this […]
