07/01-2 BeauSoleil FitzGerald's Amer. Music Fest/Berwyn
708/788-2118
07/01 King Sunny Ade Ravinia Fest/Highland Park
07/02-3 Marcia Ball FitzGerald's Amer. Music Fest./Berwyn
708/788-2118
07/02-3 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, FitzGerald's Amer. Music
Fest./Berwyn 708/788-2118
07/02 Oumou Sangare Millenium Park/Chicago
07/02 Pat McGee Beat Kitchen/Chicago
07/02 Scythian Abbey Pub & Restaurant/Chicago 773/478-4408
07/03 Pieta Brown FitzGerald's Amer. Music Fest./Berwyn
(w/Dream #9) 708/788-2118
07/03 Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet, Buddy Guy's
Legends/Chicago 312/427-0333
07/03 The Gourds FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
07/04 Booker T. Taste of Chicago/Chicago (w/Drive-By
Truckers, Buddy Guy)
07/04 Buddy Guy Taste of Chicago/Chicago (w/Booker T.)
07/04 Carrie Rodriguez FitzGerald's Amer. Music Fest./Berwyn
708/788-2118
07/04 Over the Rhine American Music Fest/Berwyn
07/04 The Gourds Naperville Ribfest/Naperville
07/06 Bill Frisell SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
07/08 Loudon Wainwright III, SPACE/Evanston
07/10-11 The Radiators FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
07/10 Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Summerdance/Chicago
07/11-12 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Bliss Fest/Harbor Spring
618/445-2402
07/11 Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Folk and Roots Fest/Chicago
07/11 Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Irish American Heritage
Center/Chicago
07/12 Dengue Fever Chicago Folk & Roots Fest/Chicago
07/12 Gaelic Storm Irish American Heritage Fest./Chicago
07/12 Watcha Clan Welles Park/Chicago
07/14 Jay Brannan Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
07/14 KaiserCartel SPACE/Evanston
07/15 Feufollet FitzGerald's/Berwyn (w/Henhouse Prowlers)
708/788-2118
07/16 Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara, Millenium Park/Chicago (w/Najat
Aatabou)
07/17 Gaelic Storm Clearwater Thtr/West Dundee
07/17 Grupo Fantasma Empty Bottle/Chicago
07/18 Ben Schmidt FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
07/18 Cyril Neville SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
07/18 Mitch Kashmar Country Club Hills Thtr/Country Club Hills
(w/War)
07/18 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Nothin But the Blues
Fest/Bloomington
07/19 Susan Cowsill FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
07/21 The Benjy Davis Project, Martyr's/Chicago (w/Tony Lucca)
07/22 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Nathan Manilow Thtr/Park
Forest 618/445-2402
07/22 Los Lobos DuPage Co. Fair/Wheaton
07/23 Michael Smith FitzGerald's/Berwyn (w/Small Potatoes)
708/788-2118
07/23 Small Potatoes FitzGerald's/Berwyn (w/Michael Smith)
708/788-2118
07/23 The Wailers DuPage County Fair/Wheaton
07/24 Elizabeth & the Catapult, Martyrs'/Chicago (w/Greg Laswell)
07/24 William Elliott Whitmore, Rock Island Brewing Company/Rock Island
07/25 The Wailers Center Stage at The Landing/Peoria
07/30 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Village Green Park/Hoffman
Estates 618/445-2402
07/30 Josh Ritter Metro/Chicago
07/31 David Lindley SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
07/31 John Sebastian Rockford Thtr/Rockford
07/31 Rebirth Brass Band, Martyrs/Chicago
08/02 Candye Kane Northalsted Market Days/Chicago
08/06 Salsa Celtica Chicago Summer Dance in Grant Park/Chicago
08/07 The Decemberists Lollapalooza/Chicago
08/08 Ben Harper & Relentless7, Lollapalooza/Chicago
08/09 Neko Case Lollapalooza/Chicago
08/12 The Electric Prunes, Double Door/Chicago (w/Love)
08/13 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Chicago Botanic
Garden/Glencoe 618/445-2402
08/13 Gaelic Storm Beverly Art Center/Chicago
08/13 Susan Werner Auditorium Thtr of Roosevelt Thtr/Chicago
08/14 Dennis Stroughmatt & l'Esprit Creole, Barrington Area
Library/Barrington 618/445-2402
08/15 Eric Hutchinson Illinois State Fair/Springfield (w/Kelly
Clarkson)
08/16 Dennis Stroughmatt & l'Esprit Creole, Byron Forest Farm
Museum/Byron 618/445-2402
08/16 Maia Sharp SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
08/21-22 Bonnie Raitt Ravinia Festival/Highland Park (w/Taj Mahal)
08/21-22 Taj Mahal Ravinia Festival/Highland Park (w/Bonnie
Raitt)
08/22 Ruthie Foster Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Stella and the Heat Birds) 773/728-6000
08/26 Jim Lauderdale Ravinia Festival/Highland Park
(w/Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes)
08/29 Hal Ketchum Rosebud Thtr/Effingham 217/540-2787
08/31 KaiserCartel Millennium Park Family Fun Fest/Chicago
09/04 Madeleine Peyroux Chicago Jazz Fest/Chicago
09/05 BeauSoleil Walker's Bluff Vineyard/Carterville
09/06-7 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Fox Valley Folk
Festival/Aurora 630/897-3655
09/06 BeauSoleil On The Waterfront Festival/Rockford
09/10 Frank Vignola Krannert Ctr Guitar Fest/Urbana
09/11 The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Marley's Pub/Springfield
09/12 Bill Frisell Univ. of Illinois - Krannert Ctr Guitar
Fest./Urbana
09/12 Junior Brown FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
09/13 Jim Lauderdale Schaumburg Prairie Ctr for Arts/Schaumburg
(w/Ralph Stanley)
09/13 Michelle Shocked SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
09/13 Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Prairie Center for
Arts/Schaumburg (w/Jim Lauderdale) 847/895-3600
09/18-19 Brave Combo Oktoberfest/Peoria
09/18-19 Cara Dillon Chicago World Music Fest./Chicago
09/20 Austin Lounge Lizards, North Shore Ctr for Perf. Arts Folk
Fest./Skokie
09/20 Fishtank Ensemble Chicago World Music Fest./Chicago
09/20 John McCutcheon WFMT Midnight Special Folk Fest./Skokie
412/323-2707
09/20 Luminescent Orchestrii, Chicago World Music Festival/Chicago
09/22 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Praire
Grapevine/Springfield 217/787-6833
09/25 Steeleye Span Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
09/26 Allen Toussaint Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
09/26 Dave Matthews Band, First Midwest Bank Amp./Tinley Park
(w/Willie Nelson & Family)
09/26 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Southern IL Arts & Wine
Fest/Rend Lake 618/445-2402
09/26 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Princeton Cfhs/Princeton
815/872-6501
09/30 Dorian Michael Fremont Library/Mundelein 847/566-8702
10/02 Great Big Sea Bloomington Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
10/02 Switchback James Lumber Ctr for Performing
Arts/Grayslake 847/543-2300
10/03 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, DuPage Children's
Museum/Naperville (10:30am) 618/445-2402
10/03 Great Big Sea McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
10/03 John Gorka Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/04 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/07 Atlas Soul Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/07 Ian Anderson Vic Thtr/Chicago
10/11 Carrie Newcomer Acoustic Renaissance Concerts/Hinsdale
708/802-0236
10/11 Fiddlers 4 College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
10/11 Tom Rush Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/17 Keller Williams Park West/Chicago
10/17 The Lee Boys Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/17 The Travelin' McCourys, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/18 Richie Havens Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/23 Bettye LaVette College of Lake County/Grayslake
(w/Marcia Ball, Maria Muldaur)
10/23 Marcia Ball College of Lake County/Grayslake
(w/Bettye LaVette, Maria Muldaur)
10/23 Maria Muldaur College of Lake County/Grayslake
(w/Bettye LaVette, Marcia Ball)
10/24 Bettye LaVette College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
(w/Marcia Ball, Maria Muldaur)
10/24 Hot Buttered Rum Fermilab Arts Series/Batavia
10/24 Josh White Jr. Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
10/24 Marcia Ball College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
(w/Bettye LaVette, Maria Muldaur)
10/24 Maria Muldaur College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
(w/Bettye LaVette, Marcia Ball)
10/30 Chris Smither Old Town School of Folk/Chicago 773/728-6000
10/31 Jack Williams Hogeye Folk Arts/Evanston 847/475-6165
10/31 Switchback Dia de Los Muertos/Oak Park
11/01 Los Lobos Symphony Center/Chicago
11/06 Nothin' Fancy Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass
Festival/Springfield
11/07 Carrie Newcomer Tri States Public Radio Music Perf.
Studio/Macomb
11/08 Jill Sobule Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
11/12 Jacqui Naylor Hettenhausen Ctr for Arts/Lebanon
11/13 John McCutcheon Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
11/14 Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Centre East Thtr/Skokie (solo
piano)
11/15 Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
(solo piano)
11/20 Hot Club of Cowtown, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Bad Livers) 773/728-6000
11/22 The Pine Leaf Boys, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
11/27-28 Sara Hickman McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
11/29 Los Lobos Van Duzer Thtr Humboldt State Univ./Arcata
12/05 Susan Werner SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
12/11 John Sebastian Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
12/19 The Klezmatics Centre East/Skokie 847/673-6300
2010/01/08-9 John Hammond College of DuPage - McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen
Ellyn
2010/01/16 Susan Werner Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington
2010/02/13 Vance Gilbert Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington
2010/02/14 Cherish the Ladies, Lincoln Way Northern H.S./Frankfort
2010/02/14 Vance Gilbert Unitar. Church of Hinsdale/Hinsdale
2010/02/20 John Hammond University of Illinois/Springfield
(w/Blind Boys of Alabama)
2010/02/20 The Blind Boys of Alabama, University of
Illinois/Springfield (w/John Hammond)
2010/03/06 Dervish Fermilab/Batavia
2010/03/06 Switchback Celebration Concert Series at WIUM/Macomb
800/895-2912
2010/03/06 Switchback WIUM/Macomb (2pm)
2010/03/13 Switchback Freedom Hall's Nathan Manilow Thtr/Park
Forest 708/747-0580
2010/03/21 John McCutcheon, Acoustic Renaissance Concerts/Hinsdale
708/802-0236
2010/03/26 Curtis & Loretta, Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
2010/03/26 John Gorka McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
2010/03/26 Susan Werner McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
2010/03/26 Susan Werner McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
2010/03/27 Curtis & Loretta, Princeton Coffee House/Princeton
612/781-9537
2010/03/27 John Gorka Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington
2010/03/30 Booker T. University of Illinois/Urbana (w/Mavis
Staples, JJ Grey)
2010/03/30 Mavis Staples University of Illinois/Urbana (w/Booker T.,
JJ Grey)
2010/04/09 Atwater-Donnelly, Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
2010/04/10 Atwater-Donnelly, Abraham Lincoln UU Church/Springfield
217/787-6833
2010/04/11 Atwater-Donnelly, St. Augustine's Church/Wilmette (2pm)
847/432-1701
2010/04/24 BeauSoleil Dominican University Perf. Arts Ctr/River
Forest
2010/04/24 Bettye LaVette Elgin Community College/Elgin
2010/05/14 Curtis & Loretta, Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale 612/781-9537
2010/06/18 BeauSoleil Univ. of IL - Sangamon Aud./Springfield
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