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…
7:00PM | Molly Tuttle @ Maurer Hall – Old Town School of Folk Music Due to COVID-19 concerns and per State of Illinois Guidance – this event has been postponed. More details can be found here. An insightful, gifted songwriter who was crowned “Instrumentalist of the Year” at the 2018 Americana Music Awards on the…
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…
Sierra Hull returns to Chicago to play the Old Town School of Folk Music this Thursday night with special guest Jodee Lewis. After making her Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 10, the Tennessee-bred virtuoso mandolinist played Carnegie Hall at age 12, then landed a deal with Rounder Records just a year later.…
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…
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…
9PM DOORS | 9:30PM SHOW | 21+ The Wandering Boys and Lawrence Peters present two full sets of CCR! The Wandering Boys Since joining forces in 2014, the boys have refined a unique craft of rapid picking, clever arrangements and crisp four-part harmony. They’ve made a name for themselves with a weekly Thursday residency at…
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…