BANJO AFTER DARK A Weekly Performance & Jam held on Thursdays. 7PM Performance, 8PM Jam. Location: Borelli’s Pizza 2124 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625 Host: Jonas Friddle Features: American Roots Music – inclusive of blues, bluegrass, old-time, song circle jam Description: A performance set opens the evening from 7-8PM and then area pickers gather…
Fresh from the Pacific Northwest, Never Come Down has hit the road for their spring tour this past week. You won’t want to miss their powerful, dynamic, original acoustic sound, and good news – they are coming to perform live in Chicago! We got to catch up with mandolinist, Kaden Hurst, to hear more about…
LUCKY PICKERS JAM A Monthly Jam held on the first Sunday of the month from 3-6PM Location: Black Lung Brewing Round Lake Beach, 2217 N IL-83, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073 Host: Lucky Pickers (Caleb Peters & Despina Pafralides) Features: bluegrass, old-time, circle jam Description: Lucky Pickers bluegrass jam! Hosts Despina Pafralides and Caleb Peters perform…
Roots, folk, rock, and soul is the mighty winning combo that St. Louis band, The Mighty Pines brings to life! They have been hard at work playing live shows and preparing for two album releases in 2025. We got to catch up with Gerard Erker in the middle of their Spring tour as they make…
BLUEGRASS BREAKDOWN A Monthly Jam held on the first Sunday of the month from 4-6PM Location: Judson Moore Distillery, 3057 N Rockwell St Building 5, Chicago, IL 60618 Host: Aaron Smith Features: bluegrass, old-time, performance Description: Judson & Moore presents Chicago’s premiere bluegrass jam. Host Aaron Smith (Mulefoot, Paulina Hollers, Hackensaw Boys) gathers a top-notch…
Live music photography is seriously fun and serious art! We are thrilled to have Patrick Marsh, Photos by Swamp, share his captivating images with Bluegrass Chicago. As we turn the page on 2024, we wanted to give a proper home to the many vibrant images from Chicago area clubs and amazing Midwest festivals. No more…
Arrival is almost here! Wheels North has been hard at work playing live shows and preparing to release their first full-length studio album, Arrival. Their album release show is set for November 30th at Werk Force Brewing in Plainfield with special guest John Till. Details here! But before you go to the show, check out…
The Tray Wellington Band is back in the Midwest and bringing their innovative roots music to FitzGerald’s this week! Based in Johnson City, TN and Jefferson, NC, Tray has received a number of awards and accolades, including two awards from IBMA — 2019 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year and 2019 Momentum Band of the…
It’s bluegrass, outside the box! The energetic quintet The Box Band has been hard at work playing live shows and making waves in the studio, as they prepare to release their first full-length studio album “Don’t Buy It.” The singles are rolling out – check out Weepin’ Willow below – and the release show is…
The Henhouse Prowlers return home to Chicago for two nights with shows this Friday, April 12th & Saturday April 13th at Evanston Space (details here). They are in the middle of their ‘Rolling Wheels’ spring tour highlighting their most recent album Lead and Iron released on Dark Shadow records, produced and engineered by Stephen Mougin.…