03/01 Eric Bibb Eastern Illinois/Charleston 217/581-3110
03/03 Mason Reed Elbo Room/Chicago
03/05 Mason Reed Underground Lounge/Chicago
03/06-7 Summertown Road Shorty's Strickly Bluegrass Festival/Peoria
03/06 Dervish Fermilab/Batavia
630/840-ART
03/06 Switchback Celebration Concert Series at WIUM/Macomb
800/895-2912
03/06 Switchback WIUM/Macomb (2pm) 800/895-2912
03/07 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Big Cities/Rockville
03/07 Dean Milano and Friends, Stage Left Cafe/Woodstock (w/Tricia
Alexander, Andrew Calhoun, Russ & Diane Ward) 815/479-9933
03/07 Switchback Historic Dixon Thtr/Dixon (4pm) 815/677-2584
03/07 The Avett Brothers, House of Blues/Chicago
03/07 The Chieftains Orchestra Hall/Chicago
03/12 Battlefield Band Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
03/12 Ben Sollee SPACE/Evanston (w/Daniel Martin Moore)
847/492-8860
03/12 David Mallett Charlotte's Web at Katie's Cup/Rockford
825/964-2238
03/12 Longital ??/Chicago
03/13 Ben Sollee Schuba's/Chicago (w/Daniel Martin Moore)
773/525-2508
03/13 David Mallett Lake Street Church/Evanston 847/475-6165
03/13 Flogging Molly Aragon Ballroom/Chicago (w/Frank Turner)
03/13 Frank Turner Aragon Ballroom/Chicago (w/Flogging Molly)
03/13 Joe Henry Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
03/13 Longital Klas/Cicero
03/13 Ray Davies Riviera Thtr/Chicago (w/The 88)
03/13 Switchback Freedom Hall's Nathan Manilow Thtr/Park
Forest 708/747-0580
03/14 Dervish Lincoln Hall/Chicago 773/535-2508
03/14 Pieta Brown Severson Dells Nature Center/Rockford
03/15 John Doe Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
03/15 Longital Quenchers/Chicago
03/19-20 Great Big Sea House of Blues/Chicago
03/19 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Two Way Street
Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
03/19 The Right Now Lincoln Hall/Chicago
03/20 Arturo Sandoval Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
03/20 Norah Jones Chicago Thtr/Chicago
03/21 John McCutcheon Acoustic Renaissance Concerts/Hinsdale
708/802-0236
03/21 John Oates SPACE/Evanston (w/Pete Huttlinger)
847/492-8860
03/21 Pete Huttlinger SPACE/Evanston (w/John Oates) 847/492-8860
03/26 Adrian Legg SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
03/26 Curtis & Loretta Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
03/26 John Gorka McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
03/26 Monroe Crossing Charlotte's Web for the Performing
Arts/Rockford
03/26 Nothin' Fancy Naperville Bluegrass Festival/Naperville
03/26 Susan Werner McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
03/26 The Four Bitchin' Babes, ??/Rockford
03/26 The Right Now This Must Be the Place/Lemont
03/27 Altan The Abbey/Chicago 866/468-3401
03/27 Curtis & Loretta Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
03/27 Habib Koite & Bamada, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
03/27 John Forster Lake Street Church/Evanston 847/475-6165
03/27 John Gorka Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington
03/27 Monroe Crossing Northern Illinois Bluegrass
Festival/Naperville
03/27 The Black Atlantic, The Empty Bottle/Chicago (w/The Cave e
Singers)
03/28 Harry Manx SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
03/30-31 George Winston Metropolis Perf. Arts Ctr/Arlington Heights
03/30 Booker T. University of Illinois/Urbana (w/Mavis
Staples, JJ Grey)
03/30 Mavis Staples University of Illinois/Urbana (w/Booker T.,
JJ Grey)
04/02 Arborea House Concert/Chicago
04/03 Arborea Uncommon Ground/Chicago
04/03 David Bazan House Cafe/DeKalb (w/Headlights)
04/03 Headlights House Cafe/DeKalb (w/David Bazan)
04/06 Benjy Davis Project, Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille/Palatine
(w/Matt Duke)
04/08 Trampled by Turtles, Double Door/Chicago
04/09-10 Celtic Woman Rosemont Thtr/Rosemont
04/09 Atwater-Donnelly Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove (Atwater
solo) 630/969-9720
04/09 The Drive-By Truckers, The Vic Thtr/Chicago (w/Langhorne Slim)
04/10 Atwater-Donnelly Abraham Lincoln UU Church/Springfield
(Atwater solo) 217/787-6833
04/10 Christabel & the Jons, Sleepy Creek Vineyards/Fairmount
04/10 Galactic Vic Thtr/Chicago
04/10 Jack Williams WFMT's Folkstage/Chicago 803/479-1322
04/10 Never Say Never House of Blues/Chicago
04/10 Owen Pallett Lincoln Hall/Chicago
04/10 Priscilla Herdman Lake Street Church/Evanston 847/475-6165
04/10 The Cantrells Forest Park Nature Center/Peoria 309/686-3360
04/11 Atwater-Donnelly St. Augustine's Church/Wilmette (2pm,
Atwater solo) 847/432-1701
04/11 Celtic Woman Peoria Civic Ctr/Peoria
04/11 Jack Williams Browndog House Concert/Warrenville (1pm)
630/393-1355
04/11 Jack Williams Friends of the Oak Park Library Concert/Oak
Park 708/445-6160
04/14 Never Say Never Pop's/Sauget
04/17 Archie Fisher Lake Street Church/Evanston
04/17 Loudon Wainwright III, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn (w/Richard
Thompson)
04/17 Richard Thompson College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn (w/Loudon
Wainwright III)
04/17 The Four Bitchin' Babes, ??/Batavia
04/18 Carrie Newcomer Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Eliza Gilkyson) 773/728-6000
04/18 Claudia Nygaard Stage Left Cafe/Woodstock 815/479-9933
04/18 Eliza Gilkyson Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Carrie Newcomer) 773/728-6000
04/18 Mathew Ryan Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
04/23 Mark Knopfler Chicago Thtr/Chicago (w/Pieta Brown)
04/23 Pieta Brown Chicago Thtr/Chicago (w/Mark Knopfler)
04/24 Allan Harris Harris Thtr/Chicago (charity event)
04/24 BeauSoleil Dominican University Perf. Arts Ctr/River
Forest
04/24 Bill Morrissey Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
04/24 Carrie Newcomer Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington 309/556-3815
04/28 Over the Rhine SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
04/30 Jann Klose Skokie Thtr/Chicago (w/Anne Harris)
04/30 The Right Now Marly's Pub/Springfield
05/01 Cristina Branco Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
05/01 Jim Craig & Friends, Lake Street Church/Evanston 847/475-6165
05/04 Shelby Lynne Martyrs/Chicago
05/07 Rick Summer Droit Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale
05/08-9 Vishten Chicago Celtic Festival/Chicago 312/744-3317
05/08 Chad & Jeremy SPACE/Evanston
05/09 Ray Wylie Hubbard Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
05/09 Switchback Hayner Public Library/Alton (2pm)
618/433-2857
05/09 The Holmes Brothers, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Harlan Tersen Trio) 773/728-6000
05/10 Ray Wylie Hubbard The Rose Bowl Tavern/Urbana
05/14 Carrie Rodriguez Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago (w/The
Pines) 773/728-6000
05/14 Curtis & Loretta Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale 612/781-9537
05/14 Laurence Juber SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
05/15 Jonathan Edwards WFMT Radio Studio/Chicago 773/279-2080
05/15 Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Vic Thtr/Chicago
05/16 Curtis & Loretta Espenschied Chapel/Mascoutah 612/781-9537
05/16 Jonathan Edwards SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
05/21 Karan Casey Band Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
05/22 Jack Hardy Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
05/28-30 Umphrey's McGee Summercamp/Chillicothe
05/28 Ivan Neville Dumpstaphunk, Summer Camp/Chilicothe
05/29 Scythian Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Festival/Burr Ridge
06/05 Peter Rowan Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
06/13 Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago Blues Festival/Chicago
(w/The Chicago Blues Reunion)
06/18 BeauSoleil Univ. of IL - Sangamon Aud./Springfield
06/18 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Blues On The Fox/Aurora
06/19 BeauSoleil Walker's Bluff Vineyard/Carterville
06/26 Brave Combo Our Lady Mother of the Church Block
Party/Chicago
07/10 Jeffery Broussard Chicago SummerDance/Chicago 312/742-4007
07/13 John Hammond National Guitar Workshop/Elgin
07/17 Bonnie Koloc Woodstock Opera House/Woodstock 815/338-5300
07/18 Bonnie Koloc Woodstock Folk Fest./Woodstock 815/479-9933
07/18 Ivan Neville Dumpstaphunk, Sheffield Garden Walk/Chicago
07/19 Konono No. 1 Millenium Park/Chicago
08/11 Toumani Diabate Grant Park Music Festival/Chicago
09/02 My Sweet Patootie Midlight Special Folkstage/Chicago
09/06 Juni Fisher Rockwell House Concert/Macomb
10/01 Alasdair Fraser Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center/Rockford
(w/Natalie Haas) 815/964-9713
10/09 Victor Wooten Elgin Community College/Elgin
10/22 Switchback Day of the Dead Celebration/Oak Park
10/30 Michael Miles Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
11/12 Nothin' Fancy Greater Downstate Bluegrass Fest./Springfield
11/19-20 Hot Club of Cowtown, McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
2011/01/21 Eric Bibb College of DuPage - McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen
Ellyn (w/Ruthie Foster)
2011/01/21 Ruthie Foster College of DuPage - McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen
Ellyn (w/Eric Bibb)
2011/01/22 Eric Bibb Bloomington Center for the Performing
Arts/Bloomington (w/Ruthie Foster)
2011/01/22 Ruthie Foster Bloomington Center for the Performing
Arts/Bloomington (w/Eric Bibb)
2011/02/25 Bob Franke Two Way Street Coffee House/Downers Grove
630/969-9720
2011/02/26 Bob Franke Folk Stage - WFMT/Chicago
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