Right here we come a-wassailing, among the many leaves so inexperienced – no, wait a second – it is a lot too early for that music. Let’s please get by means of Thanksgiving first, which is sort of as late as it may be with one other week remaining earlier than Turkey Day occurs. Then we are able to plunge into all of the hoopla surrounding the vacations. However first, let’s have a look at what’s shaking now.
Thursdays this season are settling all the way down to be open mic nights with acoustic hosts Casey Cantrall at The Wakery and Mike Metz at The Chicken Tavern, plus Kortney and Buddies full-band jamming at The Blue Grouch. Within the not-an-open-mic class, search for a “Present & Glow” evening at Crows Mill Pub that includes “reside, unique, native hip hop” with Kennon Penn and Jefe Dahooligan, one thing very apt to get the previous membership ground bouncing, for certain.
We are able to at all times depend on Fridays to be loaded with every kind of reside music from jazz, acoustic, retro-rock, pop covers, nation and about every little thing in between and out past, with this pre-Thanksgiving weekend being no totally different. Let’s begin the place we regularly do, at Boone’s for the weekly Friday Night time Jazz & Blues collection sponsored by our Springfield Space Arts Council that includes central Illinois teams.
This week is tremendous particular with the debut of “jazz piano phenom” Adrian Russo along with his dad, Craig Russo, taking up the percussion and drums whereas Max Beckman will get the bass barking. In one other generational present, how about stopping by the Route 66 Lodge on South Sixth Avenue to meet up with The Kitchens performing an evening of music by Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline – joined by the one and solely Allan Harris on guitar – for a ticketed present within the ballroom. Proud papa Al and daughter Kathy have many years of performances collectively and this tribute present, from what I hear, is one thing particular. I higher bounce on the bandwagon since I am enjoying bass with my son, guitarist Owen, as we again up Elvis Himselvis at Harvest Market together with Ryan Napier on keys and Andrew Stoutenborough on drums, with, in fact, Rick Dunham doing E.P. proud.
In non-family get-togethers from bands on Friday, Off the Wall (undoubtedly an unrelated household band, do not you suppose so, Kip?) bounces into Danenberger Household Vineyards for a three-hour continuous, rock-pop present, Chris Camp & His Blues Ambassadors line up for Lime Avenue (Saturday as properly), Grounded lifts off at Weebles, Wolf Crick Boys head up a hoedown at George Rank’s, Hipbone & the Joints get smokin’ at Pier 55 and Birds of a Feather fly the coop on the Curve Inn.
Transferring on to Saturday, we have collected an offbeat assortment of reside music spectacles together with nation music man Ryan Montgomery at Boondocks, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Jaik Willis with Jobe Shores at Broadgauge in Petersburg, Experience Pink hitting the hits at Motorheads, Michael Burnett & the Suns of Circumstance rising to the event at The Stadium, Blues Deacons touring from Champaign to do Harvest Market, Soul Expertise laying it down at Casey’s Pub for a giant pre-Thanksgiving celebration and Mississippi Leghound humping it up at Goodfellas.
Making the mad sprint to Sunday, a cheerful assortment of music awaits, particularly within the small cities round with Thornhill at Hill Prairie Vineyard close to Oakford, Robert Sampson at Trails Finish in Curran, Jaigh and Josie Lowder at Fortunate’s on the Sq. in Petersburg, Kilborn Alley at Pop’s Place in Decatur, Frank Powell and Rick Carson at South Fork Pub in Kincaid, Not Petty at Buckhart Tavern and John Drake at Slauterhouse Brewing in Auburn.
Please test our listings for extra goodies as we transfer onward to Thanksgiving week the place there’s a unprecedented quantity of reside music cooking within the oven.
