
Concerts in ILLINOIS
From the October 2008 Dirty Linen listing of folk, world, and roots music artists.
See also:
Listing by States/Provinces,
Listing by Artist,
Events/Festivals Listing,
Dirty Linen main page,
and the Gig Guide FAQ.
*** Events in ILLINOIS ***
10/01 David Munnelly Band, Waubonsee College/Sugar Grove
10/01 Kirtan featuring Shantala, Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
10/02 Jason Ricci & New Blood, Big Cities/Rockford
10/03 B.B. King Rialto Square Thtr/Joliet
10/03 Chicago a cappella, Merit School of Music/Chicago 773/755-1628
10/03 Montana Skies Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
10/04 B.B. King SIU Arena/Carbondale
10/04 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, House Concert/Lake
Villa 630/584-1262
10/04 Roger McGuinn Prairie Ctr for Arts/Schaumburg
10/04 Ruthie Foster Old Town Schl/Chicago (w/Catie Curtis)
773/728-6000
10/04 The Churchmen ??/Bethalto
10/05 Chicago a cappella, Music Inst. of Chicago/Evanston (4pm)
773/755-1628
10/05 Kathleen Edwards Rialto Square Thtr/Joliet (w/Indigo Girls)
10/05 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Grove Folk
Fest./Glenview 630/584-1262
10/05 Solas Abbey Pub/Chicago
10/07 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Univ. of IL/Urbana (w/The Blind
Boys of Alabama)
10/07 The Blind Boys of Alabama, Univ. of IL/Urbana (w/the
Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
10/10-11 Donny McCaslin The Green Mill/Chicago
10/10-11 Taj Mahal Morse Thtr/Chicago
10/10-12 Frbruary Sky Folk Alliance Region Midwest/Northbrook
(w/Sass!) 773/973-3130
10/10 Boulder Acoustic Society, Hoogland Ctr for Arts/Springfield
10/10 Chris Knight Uptown Playlist Thtr/La Salle
10/10 Emily Hurd Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
10/10 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
(w/The Blind Boys of Alabama)
10/10 Richard Gilewitz Cousin Andy's/Carbondale
10/10 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Bloomington Ctr for Perf.
Arts/Bloomington 309/434-2787
10/10 The Blind Boys of Alabama, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
(w/the Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
10/11 Ben Weaver The Hideout/Chicago (w/Justin Townes Earle)
10/11 Bucky Halker Northern IL Univ./Naperville 815/753-6164
10/11 California Guitar Trio, Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
10/11 Carrie Newcomer Folk Stage - WFMT/Chicago (w/Wilderness Plots)
10/11 Chicago a cappella, Pilgrim Congr. Church/Oak Park 773/755-1628
10/11 Cosy Sheridan Hogeye Folk Arts/Chicago 847/475-6165
10/11 Justin Townes Earle, Chicago Country Music Fest./Chicago
10/11 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Peck Farm Twilight
Fair/Geneva 630/584-1262
10/12 Frbruary Sky Danada Festival/Wheaton 708/309-1020
10/12 Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Unitarian Church
of Hinsdale/Hinsdale 708/802-0236
10/14 Frigg ??/Chicago
10/15 The Aggrolites Subterranean/Chicago
10/16-17 George Winston Beverly Art Ctr/Chicago
10/16 Toubab Krewe House of Blues/Chicago
10/17 Chris O'Brien Uncommon Ground/Chicago (w/Jason Wilber)
773/929-3680
10/17 Milton Nascimento & the Jobim Trio, Symphony Ctr/Chicago
10/17 The Tommy Castro Band, Shaw's Oyster Fest./Chicago
10/17 Toubab Krewe House Cafe/DeKalb
10/17 Toubab Krewe Knox College/Galesburg
10/18 Bryan Bowers Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
10/18 David Wilcox Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
10/18 Global Drum Project, Joan W. & Irving B. Harris Thtr/Chicago
10/18 Matt the Electrician, Illinois Wesleyan Univ./Bloomington
309/556-3815
10/18 Old Crow Medicine Show, Riviera Thtr/Chicago
10/19 George Winston Fermilab/Batavia 630/840-2059
10/19 Grasstowne "Soup's On" Rotary Event/Naperville
10/21 Joan Osborne / Park West Thtr, Chicago
10/21 Matt Morris / Park West Thtr, Chicago
10/22 Wovenhand Bottom Lounge/Chicago
10/23 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Naper Blvd Public Library/Naperville
630/637-2231
10/24 Mavis Staples Eastern IL Univ./Charleston
10/25 Bill Morrissey Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
10/25 Los Lobos Bloomington Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
10/25 Muriel Anderson Charlotte's Web/Rockford (w/Kraig Kenning)
815/964-2238
10/25 Pieta Brown Old Town Schl/Chicago (w/Gary Louris)
773/728-6000
10/25 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Olympic Thtr/Cicero (w/Mexican
Folkloric Dance Co. of Chicago) 773/247-1522
10/25 Sons of the Never Wrong, Hogeye Folk Arts/Chicago 847/475-6165
10/27 Jolie Holland Lakeshore Thtr/Chicago
10/31 Ronnie Baker Brooks, Chubby Rain House of Tunes/Poplar Grove
10/31 The Lovell Sisters Band, Amer. Legion Music/Evanston
847/573-0443
11/01 Booker T. & the MG's, Harris Thtr/Chicago
11/01 Jim Post Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
11/01 Lou & Peter Berryman, Hogeye Folk Arts/Chicago 847/475-6165
11/01 Mavis Staples Harris Thtr/Chicago (w/Booker T & MG's)
11/02 Michael Miles Harris Thtr/Chicago
11/02 The Everyday Visuals, The Hideout/Chicago
11/06 Jonathan Byrd Trout Lily Cafe/Springfield
11/07 John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Greater Downstate Indoor B.G.
Fest./Springfield 217/243-3159
11/07 Nothin' Fancy Greater Downstate Indoor B.G.
Fest./Springfield 217/243-3159
11/07 Vance Gilbert Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
11/08 Carrie Rodriguez Morse Thtr/Chicago (w/Javier Mendoza)
11/08 Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Gorton Community Ctr/Gorton
847/234-6060
11/08 John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Old Town Schl/Chicago
773/728-6000
11/08 Richard Gilewitz Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
11/08 Switchback Ascension Church/Oak Park 800/600-7071
11/08 Switchback Rampant Lion Celtic Traders/Villa Park (2pm)
630/834-8108
11/09 Martin Simpson Old Town Schl/Chicago (w/Martin Taylor)
773/728-6000
11/09 Martin Taylor Old Town Schl/Chicago (w/Martin Simpson)
773/728-6000
11/12 Bucky Halker Olympia Fields Women's Club/Homewood
773/275-4959
11/14 Mustard's Retreat Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
11/14 Odetta Coronado Perf. Arts Ctr/Rockford 815/968-0595
11/14 Toumani Diabate Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
11/15 Bounding Main Skokie Thtr/?? 847/677-7761
11/15 Jamie Anderson Charlotte's Web/Rockford (w/Kara Barnard)
815/964-2238
11/15 Loudon Wainwright III, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn (w/Leo
Kottke)
11/16 Michael Miles Wheaton Public Library/Wheaton 630/868-7529
11/16 The Pine Leaf Boys, Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
11/18 Curtis & Loretta Hayner Public Library/Alton 612/781-9537
11/20 Coco Montoya House of Blues/Chicago
11/21-22 Hot Club of Cowtown, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
11/22 Larry Rand & Nicole Mendyk, Hogeye Folk Arts/Chicago
847/475-6165
11/22 Rose Cousins Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
11/22 The Klezmatics Fermilab/Batavia 630/840-2059
11/26 Ernie Hendrickson Charlotte's Web/Rockford (w/Miles Nielsen,
Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons) 815/964-2238
11/26 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Park West/Chicago (w/JJ Grey
& Mofro)
11/28 Asylum Street Spankers, Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
11/28 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Bean
Encounters/Mendota (w/Bittersweet Christmas Band) 630/584-1262
11/29 Brave Combo FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
11/29 Lee Murdock Maple St. Chapel/Lombard x2
630/627-0171
12/02 April Verch Krannert Ctr/Urbana 217/333-6280
12/05 Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Dominican Univ./River Forest
12/05 Tingstad & Rumbel Charlotte's Web/Rockford 815/964-2238
12/07 Kristin Hersh Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
12/07 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Public
Library/Algonquin (2pm) 630/584-1262
12/09 Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, College of Lake Co./Grayslake
12/09 Switchback Hayner Public Library/Alton 618/433-2857
12/10 Backyard Tire Fire, Ottos/Dekalb
12/11 Adrian Legg Heartland Cafe/Chicago
12/12 Cherish the Ladies, Freedom Hall/Park Forest
12/12 Marcia Ball Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
12/13 Cherish the Ladies, Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
12/13 John Jorgenson Quintet, Tri States Public Radio Studio/Macomb
12/13 Over the Rhine Double Door/Chicago
12/14 Karan Casey Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
12/14 Teada Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
12/16-17 George Winston Metropolis Perf. Arts Ctr/Arlington Heights
12/19 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Geneva UU
Church/Geneva 630/584-1262
2009 /01/10 Liz Carroll World Music Co./Chicago 773/779-7059
2009 /01/25 Alasdair Fraser, Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
2009 /02/21 Ruthie Foster College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
2009 /02/22 Ruthie Foster Lumber Ctr for Perf. Arts/Grayslake
2009/01/10 Susan Werner Blue Moon Cfhs/Bloomington
2009/01/16-17 John Hammond, Elgin Community College/Elgin
2009/01/16 Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale
618/457-2232
2009/01/16 Susan Werner Raue Ctr for Arts/Crystal Lake
2009/01/17 the subdudes Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
2009/01/19 Mavis Staples Northwestern Univ./Evanston
2009/01/24 Lee Murdock Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
2009/01/30 Laurie Lewis John A. Logan College/Carterville
618/985-2828
2009/01/31 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Old Town Schl/Chicago
773/728-6000
2009/01/31 Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Sangamon Aud./Springfield (w/10th
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Band) 217/206-6160
2009/02/14 Christine Balfa & Balfa Toujours, Old Town Schl/Chicago
773/728-6000
2009/02/14 Dirk Powell Band, Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
2009/02/14 Dixie Hummingbirds, Fermilab/Batavia
2009/02/19 Gaelic Storm Bloomington Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
2009/02/19 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rialto Square Thtr/Joliet
2009/02/21 Gaelic Storm Egyptian Thtr/Dekalb
2009/02/21 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ctr for Arts/Bloomington
2009/02/27 Dervish Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
2009/02/27 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Coronado Perf. Arts Ctr/Rockford
2009/02/27 Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Old Town Schl/Chicago
773/728-6000
2009/02/28 Martha Berner Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
2009/03/03 Liadan Waubonsee College/Sugar Grove
2009/03/06-7 David Munnelly Band, McAninch Arts Ctr/Glen Ellyn
2009/03/06 Susan Werner Sangamon Aud./Springfield
2009/03/13 Carrie Newcomer, The Next Picture Show/Dixon 815/285-4924
2009/03/14 Bucky Halker Skokie Thtr/Skokie 773/275-4959
2009/03/14 Carrie Newcomer, Folk Stage - WFMT/Chicago
2009/03/14 Solas Fermilab/Batavia
2009/03/15 Switchback Opera House/Sandwich
2009/03/16 Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Metropolis Perf. Arts
Ctr/Arlington Heights (w/Trinity Irish Dancers) 847/577-2121
2009/03/21 Roger McGuinn Hemmens Cultural Ctr/Elgin
2009/03/27 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ctr for Arts/Bloomington
2009/03/27 Curtis & Loretta, Thomas Ford Mem. Library/Western Springs
612/781-9537
2009/03/28 Ernie Hawkins Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
2009/03/28 The Tommy Castro Band, Prairie Ctr for Arts/Schaumburg
(w/Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue)
2009/04/03 Curtis & Loretta, Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale 612/781-9537
2009/04/04 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Hogeye Folk
Arts/Chicago 847/475-6165
2009/04/05 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Lake Co. Folk
Club/Mundelein 847/295-7228
2009/04/10 Bill Frisell Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
2009/04/18 Amy Speace WFMT Studio/Chicago
2009/04/19 Amy Speace Bill's Blues/Evanston
2009/04/25 Harry Manx ECC Blizzard Thtr/Elgin
2009/04/25 Idgy Vaughn Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
2009/04/25 Richie Havens ECC Blizzard Thtr/Elgin
2009/05/02 Bucky Halker Unitar. Univ. Church/DeKalb 773/275-4959
2009/05/09 Doc Watson Coronado/Rockford 815/968-2722
2009/05/09 John Gorka Unitar. Church/Hinsdale
2009/06/12 The Claire Lynch Band, Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
2009/09/26 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Princeton
Cfhs/Princeton 815/872-6501
2009/10/30 Idgy Vaughn Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale
2009/11/06 Doug & Telisha Williams, Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale
(Listing generated: Oct 1 2008)
See also:
Listing by States/Provinces,
Listing by Artist,
Events/Festivals Listing,
Dirty Linen main page,
and the Gig Guide FAQ.
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