02/04-7 Mose Allison Jazz Showcase/Chicago
02/05-6 C.J. Chenier FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
02/05-6 Donna Jean Godchaux Band, The Vic/Chicago (w/Dark Star
Orchestra) 773/472-0449
02/05 February Sky Gallery 28/Geneva 630/845-9673
02/06 Mavis Staples Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
02/09 Joe Firstman SPACE/Evanston (w/Ernie Halter)
02/10 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Grand Ballroom/Macomb
02/12 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, McAninch Arts Center/Glen Ellyn
02/13-14 Trevor Hall Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
02/13 Bill Staines Lake Street Church/Evanston
02/13 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
02/13 Vance Gilbert Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington
02/14-15 BeauSoleil FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
02/14 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Canopy Club/Urbana (w/Bela Fleck)
02/14 Bela Fleck & the Africa Project, Canopy Club/Urbana
02/14 Cherish the Ladies, Lincoln Way Northern H.S./Frankfort
02/14 Vance Gilbert Unitar. Church of Hinsdale/Hinsdale
02/16 Spook Handy Hayner Public Library/Alton 618/462-0677
02/18-21 Lionel Loueke Jazz Showcase/Chicago
02/19 Allen Toussaint SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
02/19 Buckwheat Zydeco Cubby Bear/Chicago
02/20 Booker T. Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Eric Bibb) 773/728-6000
02/20 Eric Bibb Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Booker T.) 773/728-6000
02/20 John Hammond University of Illinois/Springfield
(w/Blind Boys of Alabama)
02/20 The Blind Boys of Alabama, University of Illinois/Springfield
(w/John Hammond)
02/21 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Old Town School of Folk
Music/Chicago (w/Bela Fleck) 773/728-6000
02/21 Bela Fleck & the Africa Project, Old Town School of Folk
Music/Chicago 773/728-6000
02/27 Carolina Chocolate Drops, FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
02/27 Charlie Parr Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
02/27 James Keelaghan Lake Street Church/Evanston
02/27 Joe Pug Lincoln Hall/Chicago (w/Justin Townes Earle)
02/27 Justin Townes Earle, Lincoln Hall/Chicago (w/Joe Pug)
02/27 Red Stick Ramblers, SPACE/Evanston 847/492-8860
02/28 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
03/01 Eric Bibb Eastern Illinois/Charleston
03/06 Dervish Fermilab/Batavia
03/06 Switchback Celebration Concert Series at WIUM/Macomb
800/895-2912
03/06 Switchback WIUM/Macomb (2pm) 800/895-2912
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 David Mallett Charlotte's Web at Katie's Cup/Rockford
825/964-2238
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 Switchback Freedom Hall's Nathan Manilow Thtr/Park
Forest 708/747-0580
03/14 Pieta Brown Severson Dells Nature Center/Rockford
03/19 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Two Way Street
Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
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
03/26 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
03/27 Curtis & Loretta Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
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
03/28 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 Headlights House Cafe/DeKalb (w/David Bazan)
04/06 Benjy Davis Project, Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille/Palatine
(w/Matt Duke)
04/09-10 Celtic Woman Rosemont Thtr/Rosemont
04/09 Atwater-Donnelly Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove (Atwater
solo) 630/969-9720
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 Jack Williams WFMT's Folkstage/Chicago 803/479-1322
04/10 Never Say Never House of Blues/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 The Four Bitchin' Babes, ??/Batavia
04/18 Carrie Newcomer Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Eliza Gilkyson) 773/728-6000
04/18 Eliza Gilkyson Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
(w/Carrie Newcomer) 773/728-6000
04/23 Mark Knopfler Chicago Thtr/Chicago (w/Pieta Brown)
04/23 Pieta Brown Chicago Thtr/Chicago (w/Mark Knopfler)
04/24 BeauSoleil Dominican University Perf. Arts Ctr/River
Forest
04/24 Bettye LaVette Elgin Community College/Elgin
04/24 Bill Morrissey Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
04/24 Carrie Newcomer Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington 309/556-3815
04/30 Jann Klose Skokie Thtr/Chicago (w/Anne Harris)
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
05/09 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
05/14 Carrie Rodriguez Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago (w/The
Pines, Tim Easton) 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
05/16 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
05/29 Scythian Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Festival/Burr Ridge
06/05 Peter Rowan Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
06/18 BeauSoleil Univ. of IL - Sangamon Aud./Springfield
06/18 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Blues On The Fox/Aurora
08/11 Toumani Diabate Grant Park Music Festival/Chicago
09/06 Juni Fisher Rockwell House Concert/Macomb
10/30 Michael Miles Old Town School of Folk Music/Chicago
773/728-6000
11/12 Nothin' Fancy Greater Downstate Bluegrass Fest./Springfield
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)
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