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…
This event is postponed due the the Covid-19 pandemic per Illinois CDC guidance. We will advise on a rescheduled date as soon as we receive it. MARCH 27-28 Naperville Bluegrass Festival Chicago Marriott Naperville STARRING Bobby Osborne | The Special Consensus | The Farm Hands | The Baker Family | Circus No. 9 The Festival…
Yonder Mountain String Band will be at Bottom Lounge this Friday, March 6th, at 9pm! The band may hail from the foothills of Colorado, but two members of Yonder Mountain String Band are from much closer to home. Founding member and banjo player, Dave Johnston, is from Aurora, Illinois, and fiddle player, Allie Kral, grew…
Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt return to Chicago on their Duo tour this Saturday, February 29th, at City Winery. Drew Emmitt is an American mandolinist, guitarist, fiddle player, occasional flutist, and singer, and Vince Herman is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, both well known for being two of the founding members of Leftover Salmon. The Duo first…
This Friday at Brauer House is the last chance to catch Chicago’s own Henhouse Prowlers in Chicago for a long time! Not only does the band tour constantly, putting on shows in the U.S. and Europe with their own brand of “straight-laced, tight-knit, barn-burning bluegrass” (Sound Fuse), but they also travel the world as Bluegrass…
FEBRUARY 14-15 The University of Chicago Folklore Society formed in the early 1950s and put on its first Folk Festival in 1961. Featuring such greats as Ralph and Carter Stanley, The New Lost City Ramblers, Elizabeth Cotton, Roscoe Holcomb and Willie Dixon. The Festival was a huge success, and over the next decade, exposed many…
8:00PM | The Vic Theatre 7:00pm | 8:00pm show THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS Travis Book – bass; Andy Falco – guitar; Jeremy Garrett – fiddle; Andy Hall – dobro; Chris Pandolfi – banjo A band should never stop progressing. Forward motion belies creativity and evolution. A staunch and unwavering commitment to progression is how an unassuming…
8:00PM | Maurer Hall – Old Town School of Folk Music Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush doesn’t seem old enough to be a musical legend. And he’s not. But he is. Alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the…
Sundays, Jan 19-Mar 22 11am-1:30pm (ex. 2/2,2/16) Evanston, IL Evanston American Legion Post 42 Tuition: $200 Aaron Dorfman is a full-time freelance musician in Chicago, proud to make music education the primary focus of his career. Aaron played guitar for the well-known Chicago-based bluegrass band, Henhouse Prowlers for 3 years, touring the US, Europe, and with…
JANUARY 11 @ 7:30PM Dominican University, Lund Autitorium This Grammy Award-winning sextet has spent nearly two decades blending the bluegrass aesthetic with elements of pop, country, and folk rock to create something original. Since coming together in 2000, Steep Canyon Rangers have developed a remarkable catalog of original music that links them to the past…