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Sunday, June 03, 2007
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
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Fox Valley Citizens Fundraiser 6/24/07 JUNE 24 -- FOX VALLEY CITIZENS FIRST EVER FUNDRAISER!!! 3-6 pm Highland Ave Church of the Brethren. Great folk acts--Andrew Calhoun, Small Potatoes, Sons of the Never Wrong. $15 tickets, $10 senior and student, children under 12 free. Refreshments. Contact Betsy for more information.
bducote6802@wowway.com
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
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David Massengill on the Folk Show - Sunday April 29th Tune in on Sunday April 29th at 10am for our next show. Sue Kessell welcomes singer-songwriter David Massengill for some talk and music in our 11:00 hour. David will be the first musician performing on the Folk Show at the brand new WNUR studios in Louis Hall on Northwestern's Evanston campus.
David plays Saturday evening 4/28 at 7:30 in Lombard at the Maple Street Chapel Concert series and he plays locally at Bills Blues on Sunday evening 4/29 at 7pm
Here's David's current concert schedule
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Monday, February 12, 2007
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Sons of the Never Wrong Concert Appearance Our pals, the Sons of the Never Wrong will be playing in Evanston for the Hogeye Folk Art concert series on Saturday March 3rd at the Lake Street Church at 7:30pm
The Sons also have one more Friday appearance this week on February 16th at Davenports at 1383 N. Milwaukee Avenue.
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Phoneathon Thanks and Upcoming Guests Thanks to all of our listeners for your generous support during our annual Phoneathon fund raiser. We did great and we only have you, our listeners to thank.
Tune in on Sunday February 18th at 10am, when Sue Kessell hosts. She'll have two guests.
1. Jim Tullio, the producer of the two new Tom Dundee benefit CD's will be in-studio to premiere the CD. There is a CD release party on Thursday March 1st - details immediately below:
"What's Not To Love About Tom Dundee...": A Tribute From His Friends
(Old Town School Memorial Concert)
(2 CDs)
and
Fleeting Moment: Live Performances from 1973 - 2006
(2 CDs)
Thursday, March 1
7-11 PM
Byron Roche Gallery
750 N. Franklin Street
(312) 654-0144
(no cover)
The CDs will be available after March 1st at
www.cdbaby.com/all/tomdundee
2. Sue's second guest on Sunday is Mark Dvorak. Mark has several gigs coming up in the Chicago area, including this Sat evening at the Stained Glass Coffehouse in Deerfield. See Mark's website for more details.
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Friday, January 05, 2007
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Coming up on the January 7th Folk Show Ron Lewis has two guests coming in this Sunday. Austin-based singer-songwriter Danny Schmidt will be stopping by along with Chicago's own Rachel Ries.
Danny plays at Bills Blues on Sunday Night at 7pm and then both Danny and Rachel will be on the bill at Chicago's Uncommon Ground on Wednesday January 10th.
Tune in this Sunday starting at 10am at 89.3FM or streaming live at www.wnur.org
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Saturday, December 02, 2006
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Concert Calendar - December 2006 through early January 2007 Lilfest Brunch Concert Sunday December 3, 2006 12:30pm
Pat Wictor
Location: 711 Lake Street
Wilmette, IL
For info and reservations, call 312-371-2284 or email Nancy@lilfest.com
Sunday Evening Folk Concerts at Bill's Blues, 1029 Davis St., Evanston,
www.billsbluesbar.com; 847-424- 9800, all 7:00 PM
December 3 - Barb Silverman and Steve Rosen
December 10 - Lee Murdock Christmas Ship show
December 17 - Bonnie KOLOC (Reserve now www.etix.com)
January 7 - Danny Schmidt (Returning by popular demand!)
January 14 - Michi Regier CD Release Party
January 21 - Bill and Kate Isles (Returning by popular demand!)
Hogeye Folk Arts Concerts, Evanston
December 2 - Bittersweet Christmas Band: Cooper, Nelson & Early with Susan Urban, Lake St. Church
Charlie's Coffeehouse in Wilmette
www.javacharlie.com
Dec. 1, 2 & 3 - CORKY SIEGEL
Dec. 7- CHET NICHOLS
Dec. 8- BAL TINNE
Dec. 14- HELLER & BASIL
Dec. 15 & 16- JENNIFER ARMSTRONG
Dec. 20- HELLER & BASIL
Second Saturday Coffeehouse in Skokie
Info: Vicki Elberfeld at 847 825-8580 or velberf@juno.com
Dec. 9 - Tom Kastle
LilFest Open Mike
Sundays - 4:00 pm at Bill's Blues
1029 Davis St., Evanston, 847-424-9800
Bill's Blues December Calendar
BILL’S BLUES and More...
SHOW TIMES 8:30 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
1029 DAVIS
EVANSTON, IL 60201
DECEMBER 2006
1 FRI 6 pm: Sidemen Big Band
8:30 pm: Chuckleheads
2 SAT Ron Prince
3 SUN 7 pm: Barbara Silverman and Steve Rosen
10:00 p.m.- Conscripted
4 MON Pub Quiz & Open Mike Hosted by Fun House
5 TUE Blues Jam hosted by Two For The Blues
6 WED 6 pm: Karaoke and Steppin’ with John Nance
7 THU 7 pm: Dragonfly
10 pm: Fuse
8 FRI 6 pm: Jazz Explorers
8:30 pm: Eric Davis
9 SAT Quintus McCormick
10 SUN 7 pm: Lee Murdock’s Christmas Ship
11 MON Mike Finnerty Jazz Jam
12 TUE Blues Jam Hosted by Two For The Blues
13 WED 6 pm: Karaoke and Steppin’ with John Nance
14 THU 7 pm: Kent McDaniel Band
10 pm: Christmas Party
15 FRI 9:30 pm: Buzz Kilman
16 SAT lV Banks Blues Band & Two For The Blues
17 SUN 8 pm: Bonnie Koloc
18 MON Mike Finnerty Jazz Jam
19 TUE Blues Jam hosted by Two For The Blues
20 WED 6 pm: Karaoke and Steppin’ with John Nance
21 THU 7 PM: Bill Smith
10 pm: Christmas Party
22 FRI Phil Guy Blues Band
23 SAT 5:30 pm: Aron Burton Blues Band
10:00 pm: Il Spitterz Christmas Party
24 SUN CLOSED
25 MON 4 P.M.- Kira and Paul
26 TUE Blues Jam Hosted by Two For The Blues
27 WED 6 p.m. Karaoke and Steppin’ with John Nance
28 THU 10:00 p.m.- Natch’l
29 FRI Milton Houston and Mr. G
30 SAT Pistol Pete
31 SUN New Years Eve with Eddy Clearwater and Melvin Taylor, call for details
BILL’S BLUES IS TOTALLY SMOKE FREE
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Monday, October 02, 2006
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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Michael Smith - Thursday's in September at Davenports
Michael Smith "Blue Guitar" Cabaret Show.
"the best songwriter you've never heard of."
at Davenport's
Thursdays
September 7, 14, 21
8:00 pm
Davenport’s
Piano Bar Cabaret
1383 North Milwaukee, Chicago
PH: (773) 278-1830
www.davenportspianobar.com
8:15:19 AM
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Sunday, August 27, 2006
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LilFest Outdoor Music Festival - 2006 Nancy Emrich's Annual Lilfest Outdoor House Concert is being held on September 8-10 in Nancy's sideyard at 711 W. Lake Street in Wilmette. Spaces are still available for the open-mic segments - see details below
Here is the lineup as of August 26, 2006
Friday, Sept 8, 2006 -
6:30 PM to 10:30
MC Bill Isles
6:45 – Claire Skinner
7:00 – Norman Siegel
7:15 -- Michi Regier
7:30 – Bill Isles
8:10 – Bianca De Leon
8:45 – “Drive, ”
Winner Highland Park’s Battle of the Bands
9:30 – Conscripted
10:00 – The Clarence Band
Saturday, Sept 9, 2006 -
1:00 PM to 10:00
MC 1:00 to 4:00 PM - Kat Eggleston
1:00 – Porch Swing
1:15 – Altered Ego
1:30 – Kat Eggleston
2:00 – Dan Eli
2:15 – John Houghtlin
2:30 - Danny Schmidt
3:00 – Barbara Barrow
3:30 – Unstrung Heroes
MC – 4 to 7 PM - Sue Kessell
4:00 -- Chris Farrell
4:30 -- Beatles Ensemble
5:15 – Donna Adler
5:30 – Rick Drost
5:45 –Sherri Bondi
6:00 - Gabrielle, Jim and Nancy
6:30 – Sid Samburg
MC – 7:00 to 10:30 PM+ Kat Eggleston
7:15 – Norman Siegel
7:30 – Bianca De Leon
7:45 – Radoslav Lorkovic
8:15 – Bill Isles
8:45 -- Dave Moore
9:15 – Kat Eggleston
Saturday, Sept 9, 2006 - Stage Two, More Open Mike and Jamming in the LilFest House:
Norman Siegel, Host
Contact Nancy Emrich (nancy@lilfest.com) to perform.
3:00 – Sid Samburg
3:15 – Josh Cohen
2:30 – Jeff Duggan
2:45 – Sue Fink
Sue Fink, Host
3:00 – Noah Zacharin
3:15 – Boaz Modman, boogiballs, didgerie doo, throat singing from Australia
3:30- Merv Collins
3:45- Bruce Holmes
Rick Drost, Host
4:00 – Cat Catalani
4:15 –
4:30 –
4:45 -
5:00- SASS presents: (Contact Sandy Andina - SANDINA@AOL.COM)
5:00:
5:15:
5:30:
5:45:
6:15:
6:30:
6:45:
7:00:
Sunday, Sept 10, 2006
1:00 – 10:30
MC – Bob Ball
1:00 – Ted Geise
1:15 – Rick Drost
1:30 – Hazel: Liz Asher and Ingrid Oscarsson
1:45 - Susan Perkins
2:00 - Lynn Trautman
2:15 - Sid Samburg
2:30 -- Honky Tonk Angels
MC - Radoslav Lorkovic
3:00 – Women’s Ensemble
3:30 – Susan Perkins
3:45 – Chris Farrell
4:15 – Danny Schmidt
5:00 – Malcolm Holcombe
5:30 – Norman Siegel
5:45 -- The Spiegel Brothers
MC – Matt Spiegel
6:15 - Bill Isles
7:00 - Bianca De Leon
7:45 - Malcolm Holcombe
8:30 - Radoslav Lorkovic
9:15 – Dave Moore
Sunday, Sept 10, 2006 - Stage Two, More Open Mike and Jamming in the LilFest House:
Contact Nancy Emrich (nancy@lilfest.com) to perform.
Rick Drost, Host
3:00 – Sid Samburg
3:15 – Josh Cohen
3:30-
3:45- Tommi Zender
TBA, Host
4:00- Boaz Modman, Australia – boogiballs, didgerie doo doo, throat singing
4:15- Sid Samburg
4:30-
4:45-
Norman Siegel, Host
5:00- Shelley Miller
5:15-
5:30-
5:45- 6:00-
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Friday, July 14, 2006
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Concert Calendar July and August, 2006 This coming Sunday (July 16) Bill's Blues will be closed for a private party. Instead the scheduled performer, Buddy Mondlock, will perform in a LilFest House Concert. Email (info@lilfest.com) or call 312-371-2284 for reservations.
Next an extremely rare wonderful opportunity to hear James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf to present their extraordinary CD "All Wood and Stones" for a Sunday Brunch Concert on April 23. The suggested voluntary contribution is $12 Door's will open at Noon.
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Sunday Evening Folk Concerts at Bill's Blues, 1029 Davis St., Evanston, http://www.billsbluesbar.com 847-424- 9800, all 7:00 PM
July 16 - Buddy Mondlock, Chicago and Nashville - this one is now at 711 Lake Av., Wilmette at 7 PM July 23 - Peter Mulvey, Wisconsin with Drew Nelson, Falconridge Emerging Artist 2006 opening, July 30 - Andrea Bunch and Aerin Tedesco with Third Wheel Opening
August 6 - Mary Sue Twohy and Diana Jones: A Double Bill, August 13 - Cat Catalani, August 20 - David Olney, August 27 - Jim Craig
September 10 - Danny Schmidt, September 24 - Mark Dvorak
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Charlie's Coffeehouse, 1126 Central, Wilmette; www.javacharlie.com; 847-256-5612, all 7:30 PM
July 15 - Chet Nichols, July 22 - Chris Walz
August 5 - Patchouli, August 12 - Chip Covington Bluegrassers, September 8-9 - Ed Holstein.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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Fitzgerald's annual American Music Festival is this weekend Friday June 30th through Monday July 3rd. Full details are right here
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
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Monday, March 06, 2006
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Concert Calendar Update - March 2006-May 2006
Clark House Concert Series - Oak Park, IL .
For reservations email Nancy Clark at
nancylclark@yahoo.com
Saint Patrick's Day -- March 17
Haines & Leighton
Doors open 7:30 concert at 8pm
Friday, Mar 31
Ronny Cox
Doors open 7:30, music at 8pm
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Other concerts to know about:
March 17 - Lilfest House Concert Series
Garnet Rogers with Natalia Zucherman
http://www.lilfest.com/
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Maple Street Chapel (630-627-0171) www.tccafe.com/msc
Sat Mar 18 Garnet Rogers
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March 24 - Rainbows End: guitar and mandolin duo of Judy Handler and Mark Levesque.
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March 26 (Sunday) Jamie O'Reilly:Songs of the Kerry Mad Woman (a new song cycle for soprano and folk/chamber ensemble) at the Skokie Library, 3pm, FREE
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Friday, April 7- 8pm: Bonnie Koloc with Howard Levy at McAninch Arts Center at
the College of DuPage (425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn)- tickets are $26 see
www.cod.edu/ArtsCntr
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Sunday - April 9 - Jonathan Byrd at Lilfest House Concert Series
http://www.lilfest.com/
Sunday April 9 - Laura Fuentes and Pedro Villagra at Hot House - 5pm...Family Concert $10, 31 E. Balbo,Chicago 312.362.9707 http://www.hothouse.net/
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Saturday, April 29 Phil Ochs Song Night at the Old Town School http://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/event.lasso?id=P4082
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Bill's Blues (Sunday nights, starting 7pm, 1029 Davis, Evanston) PH (847)424-9800 http://www.billsbluesbar.com/folk.html
Mar. 12 - Chris Walz
Mar. 19 - Joe Hickerson
Mar. 26 - Kevin Danzig
Apr. 2 - Ariane Lydon
Apr. 16 - Rick Drost
Out west:
Maple Street Chapel http://www.tccafe.com/msc/msc-05-06.htm
Saturday, March 11, 2006, 7:30 PM: Curtis & Loretta
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 7:30 PM: Garnet Rogers
Saturday, March 25, 2006, 7:30 PM: Atwater-Donnelly
Saturday, April 1, 2006, 7:30 PM:Ronny Cox
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 7:30 PM: Jonathan Byrd
Saturday, April 22, 2006, 7:30 PM: Victory Parks
Saturday, April 29, 2006, 7:30 PM: The Cantrells
Acoustic Renaissance see http://www.acousticren.com/
Saturday Evening, March 11, 2006: Jeremy Kittel
Saturday Evening, April 8, 2006: Mad Agnes
Saturday Evening, May 13, 2006 - Cosy Sheridan and T. R. Ritchie
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Sunday, October 09, 2005
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Ray Bonneville at Bills Blues - October 16, 2005 BILL'S BLUES IN EVANSTON
Ray Bonneville performs Sunday, October 16, at 7:00 PM at Bill’s Blues, 1029 Davis St., Evanston. Ray Bonneville is a national figure in country blues – that includes New Orleans, gospel and country pop. A distinctive and excellent guitarist, Bonneville is known for his visceral and streetwise lyrics. Ray won the prestigious Juno award in Canada in 1999, the Canadian equivalent of the American Grammy, for his third album Gust of Wind. His fourth release, Rough Luck, was also nominated for the coveted award. Ray's newest recording, Roll it Down, is his fifth recording was made half in Nashville and half in Montreal.
BILL'S BLUES
1029 W. Davis St.
Evanston, IL
847-424-9800
www.billsbluesbar.com
METRA and CTA stops: Davis St.
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Sunday, September 04, 2005
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LilFest Outdoor Music Festival
LilFest* 2005
A Tiny-Spectacular and Benefit
A Music Festival with a stage in Nancy’s side yard
LilFest benefits Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, National Office in Chicago.
A Potluck, celebrating the End of Summer,
the Autumnal Equinox, the Beginning of School, and more
Two Days of Music
Saturday, September 10 Sunday, September 11
1:00 to 11:00 PM 1:00 to 10:00 PM
Email Nancy Emrich at njonese@ameritech.net or call 312-371-2284 for reservations
Saturday, Sept 10, 2005
SCHEDULE
1:00 PM to ?10:00++ - Alternating stages
Open Mike –15 minutes limit, including changing time
1:00 – Jim Skinner small
1:15 – Jeff Duggan small
1:30--Brendan and Steven small
2:00 Natalie Galey small
2:15 – Mike O’Connell small
2:30 Rick Drost small
2:45 – Cat Catalani small
3:00 – Karen Singer small
3:15 –Tom Dundee large
4:00 – 4:45 Dylan Basement Tapes large
4:45 – Gabrielle, Jim and Nancy large maybe small
5:15 – Lee Zimmerman small
5:45 – Mike Mann small
6:00 – Sid Samburg keyboard small
6:30 – Tommy Zender small
7:00 – 7:45 Beatles Ensemble (Favorites) large
7:45 – Radoslav Lorkovic keyboard small
8:15 – Bill Isles small
8:45 – Tom Dundee small
9:15 – Dave Moore small
Sunday, Sept 11, 2005
1:00 – 10:30 ++ Alternating stages
Open Mike –15 minute limit including changing time
1:00 – Paula McKernan, Jeff Duggan, Jim Skinner, in various combinations of Altered Ego, Porch Swing
1:30 – Rick Drost small
1:45 - Sandy Andina and Susan Urban small
2:00 - Unstrung Heroes large
2:30 – 3:00 Dave Moore small
3:00 Beatles Ensemble from the Old Town School of Folk Music the Backside of Abbey Road large
3:30 –Brad and Melanie small
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