05/01 Blue Mountain Hideout/Chicago
05/01 Steve Forbert FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
05/02 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
05/03 Bucky Halker Unitar. Univ. Church/DeKalb 773/275-4959
05/03 Heartsfield FitzGerald's/Berwyn (w/Yellowhammers)
708/788-2118
05/03 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Nat'l Museum of Mexican Art/Chicago
05/04 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Schuba's/Chicago (1pm) 773/525-2508
05/04 The Gordons Espenschied Chapel/Mascoutah 618/566-7425
05/06 Tina Dico Schuba's/Chicago 773/525-2508
05/09 Al Stewart Opera House/Woodstock
05/09 DeVotchKa Vic Thtr/Chicago
05/10-11 James McMurtry Martyrs/Chicago
05/10 Annia & Rod Capps Governors State Univ./University Park
708/235-2222
05/10 Hot Buttered Rum City Nights Thtr/Springfield
05/10 Ifficial Reggae Movement, FitzGerald's/Berwyn (w/Los
Borrachos, Just Infinite) 708/788-2118
05/10 Jan Krist ??/Chicago
05/10 Mustard's Retreat Governor's St. Univ./Chicago (w/Yellow
Room Gang, The Biddies) 708/235-2222
05/10 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Brown Dog House
Concerts/Warrenville 630/584-1262
05/10 Richie Havens Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
05/12 El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li, Anna Ternheim, Schuba's/Chicago
773/525-2508
05/13 Jon Dee Graham Schuba's/Chicago (w/Matthew Ryan)
773/525-2508
05/15 Arlo Guthrie Sangamon Aud./Springfield
05/15 Red Rose Ragtime Band, FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
05/16 Arlo Guthrie Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
05/16 Green Tea Peggy Kinnane's/Arlington Heights
847/577-7733
05/16 James McMurtry New Lafayette Club/Bloomington
05/16 KT Tunstall Vic Thtr/Chicago
05/16 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Steppenwolf Thtr/Chicago
05/17-18 Sones de Mexico Ensemble, The Biograph/Chicago
(w/Mexican Folkloric Dance Co. of Chicago)
05/17 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Clearwater Thtr/West Dundee
05/18 Steppin' in It FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
05/22-23 Tea Leaf Green Summercamp/Chillicothe
05/22-23 The Lee Boys Summer Camp/Chilicothe
05/23 Michael McDermott Gaelic Park Festival/Oak Forest
05/24 Edie Carey Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
05/24 Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest/Oak
Forest 708/687-9323
05/24 The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Summer Camp/Chilicothe
05/25-26 Black 47 Chicago Irish Fest/Chicago
05/25 Hot Buttered Rum Summer Camp/Chilicothe
05/28 Tricia Alexander FitzGerald's/Berwyn (w/Margaret Nelson,
Patti Echer, Jacquie Manning, more) 708/788-2118
05/30 Firewater Empty Bottle/Chicago
05/30 Kate Walsh Schubas/Chicago
05/30 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Bean Encounter
Cfhs/Mendota (w/February Sky) 630/584-1262
06/04 Tcheka Old Town Schl/Chicago 773/728-6000
06/05 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Chicago Blues Fest./Chicago
06/05 Louisiana Red Chicago Blues Fest./Chicago
06/05 The Duke Robillard Band, Chicago Blues Fest./Chicago
06/06 Dave Matthews Band, Toyota Park/Bridgeview (w/Sharon Jones &
the Dap-Kings)
06/06 Eve Goldberg Two Way St. Cfhs/Downers Grove 630/969-9720
06/06 Louisiana Red Buddy Guy's Legends/Chicago
06/07 Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, Old Town Schl/Chicago
773/728-6000
06/07 Buckwheat Zydeco Chicago Blues Fest./Chicago
06/07 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Highway 61 Blues Fest./Chicago
06/07 Eve Goldberg Folkstage Concert Series/Chicago
06/07 John Hammond Chicago Blues Fest./Chicago
06/08 Marie Knight Chicago Blues Fest./Chicago
06/13 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Bean
Encounters/Mendota 630/584-1262
06/14-15 Bryan Bowers Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Fest./Morris
06/14-15 Gordon Bok Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Fest./Morris
309/822-8775
06/14 Bettye LaVette Blues on the Fox/Aurora
06/14 Corey Harris Blues on the Fox/Aurora
06/14 Marcia Ball Blues on the Fox/Aurora
06/14 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Isle a la Cache
Rendezvous/Romeoville 630/584-1262
06/15 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Chicago Thtr/Chicago
06/17-18 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Chicago Thtr/Chicago
06/20 Henry Butler Buddy Guy's Legends/Chicago 312/427-0333
06/21 Grasstowne Woodland Park/Collinsville
06/21 Michael McDermott Bevery Arts Ctr/Chicago
06/21 Sara Hickman Heartland Cafe/Chicago
06/24 Dave Pegg & PJ Wright, Martyrs/Chicago 773/404-9494
06/27 The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ravinia Fest./Highland Park (w/Boz
Scaggs)
06/28 Orchestra Baobab Millenium Park/Chicago
07/03-4 Over the Rhine Cornerstone Fest./Chicago
07/03 The Lee Boys American Music Fest/Berwyn
07/04 The Holmes Brothers, FitzGerald's/Berwyn 708/788-2118
07/04 The Lee Boys Cornerstone Fest./Chicago
07/12 BanjerDan Jake's Place/Stanford
(w/J.B. Beverley & the Wayward Drifters)
07/13 Gaelic Storm Irish Amer. Heritage Fest./Chicago
07/18 Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kane Co. Fair/Kane Co.
07/19 The Holmes Brothers, Nothin but the Blues Fest/Bloomington
07/20 Bucky Halker Millennium Park/Chicago (4pm, w/Don
Stiernberg, Tom Piekarski) 773/275-4959
07/26 The Lee Boys Taste of Lincoln/Chicago
07/27 Carrie Newcomer Buffalo Creek Park/Long Grove (afternoon)
847/722-8989
08/09 Jon Shain House Concert/Chicago
08/17 April Verch Buffalo Creek Park/Long Grove 847/722-8989
08/23-24 Brave Combo Kirchenfest/Highland
08/23 Jan Krist WFMT Folk Stage/Chicago
08/23 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Farmers
Market/Downers Grove (9am) 630/584-1262
08/24 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, UU Service/Park
Forest 630/584-1262
08/27 Frenando Otero Millenium Park/Chicago (Bajofondo Tango Club)
08/29-31 The Bluegrass Patriots, Barnes Family B.G. Fest./Aledo
08/29 Bucky Halker Chautauqua/Jacksonville 773/275-4959
08/30-31 Switchback Haybarn Rendezvous/Amboy 815/677-2584
08/30 Bettye LaVette On the Waterfront Fest./Rockford
08/30 The Tommy Castro Band, Illinois Blues Fest./Peoria
08/31 Bryan Bowers Fox Valley Folk Fest./Aurora
08/31 The Tommy Castro Band, On the Waterfront Fest./Rockford
08/31 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, On the Waterfront
Fest./Rockford
09/01 Bryan Bowers Fox Valley Folk Fest./Aurora
09/07-8 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Fox Valley Folk
Fest./Geneva 630/584-1262
09/07 Bryan Bowers Nature Ctr/Ceeria
09/13-14 Beoga Celtic Fest Chicago/Chicago
09/13-14 Cara Celtic Fest Chicago/Chicago
09/13-14 Old Blind Dogs Celtic Fest Chicago/Chicago
09/19-21 Elise Witt Children's Music Network conf./Chicago
09/19 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Common Good
Cfhs/Chicago (benefit) 630/584-1262
09/20 Jan Krist Congr. Church/Deerfield
09/22 Elise Witt ??/Chicago
09/27 Sally Spring Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
09/28 Vance Gilbert North Shore Ctr for Perf. Arts/Skokie
10/04 Roger McGuinn Prairie Ctr for Arts/Schaumburg
10/04 Ruthie Foster Old Town Schl/Chicago (w/Catie Curtis)
773/728-6000
10/05 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Grove Folk
Fest./Glenview 630/584-1262
10/07 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Univ. of IL/Urbana
10/07 The Blind Boys of Alabama, Univ. of IL/Urbana
10/10 Richard Gilewitz Cousin Andy's/Carbondale
10/10 The Blind Boys of Alabama, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
10/11 David Bromberg Prairie Ctr for Arts/Schaumberg 847/895-3600
10/18 Bryan Bowers ??/Rockford
10/19 George Winston Fermilab/Batavia 630/840-2059
10/25 Atwater-Donnelly Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
11/01 Switchback Ascension Church/Oak Park
11/07 John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Greater Downstate Indoor B.G.
Fest./Springfield 217/243-3159
11/08 Richard Gilewitz Charlotte's Web/Rockford
11/15 Loudon Wainwright III, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
11/21-22 Hot Club of Cowtown, College of DuPage/Glen Ellyn
11/22 Rose Cousins Princeton Cfhs/Princeton 815/875-4555
11/22 The Klezmatics Fermilab/Batavia 630/840-2059
11/28 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Bean
Encounters/Mendota 630/584-1262
12/07 Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early, Public
Library/Algonquin (2pm) 630/584-1262
12/13 John Jorgenson Quintet, Tri States Public Radio Studio/Macomb
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
2009/01/16 Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Cousin Andy's Cfhs/Carbondale
618/457-2232
2009/01/17 the subdudes Ctr for Perf. Arts/Bloomington
2009/01/19 Mavis Staples Northwestern Univ./Evanston
2009/01/30 Laurie Lewis John A. Logan College/Carterville
618/985-2828
2009/01/31 Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Sangamon Aud./Springfield (w/Tenth
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Band) 217/206-6160
2009/02/14 Dixie Hummingbirds, Fermilab/Batavia
2009/02/21 Gaelic Storm Egyptian Thtr/Dekalb
2009/03/06 Susan Werner Sangamon Aud./Springfield
2009/03/14 Solas Fermilab/Batavia
2009/03/16 Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Metropolis Perf. Arts
Ctr/Arlington Heights (w/Trinity Irish Dancers) 847/577-2121
2009/03/28 The Tommy Castro Band, Schaumburg Prairie Ctr for
Arts/Schaumburg
2009/05/09 Doc Watson Coronado/Rockford 815/968-2722
2009/08/04 James "Sparky" Rucker & Rhonda Rucker, Hogeye Folk
Arts/Chicago 847/475-6165
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