Right here we go full bore into our November transition stage, from the standard out of doors areas so standard in Springfield to indoor leisure areas of the cooler season. Let’s examine what’s up for this upcoming weekend within the right here and now of the who and the place.
Many due to all who attended the Better of Springfield Illinois Occasions social gathering on Oct. 30. Congratulations to all of the winners (and nominees), particularly these within the music classes, as a result of, effectively, it is a column about stay music, foolish. So, lengthy stay stay music.
Our Thursdays have now slowed to principally open mics, which supplies you the chance to get out and take part. John Drake hosts his month-to-month spot at Advert Astra with a particular invite to poets and spoken phrase artists in addition to musicians of all flavors to return savor the sounds. At The Blue Grouch, Kortney Leatherwood presides over his Better of Springfield-winning, long-time working open mic (we’re nodding on the late, nice Sam Draper right here, who co-hosted for a few years) with this one designed as a band setup with a backline the place musicians mingle to make magic occur.
Friday takes us to the standard spots with an assortment of space performers on name. Robert Sampson brings in a band to paved the way on the Curve Inn with blues and extra, whereas The Collective hits the spot at Motorheads with a choice of standard covers and the promise of recent tunes within the setlist, as Sarah Schnieder units up store together with her group at George Rank’s for a night of eclectic tunes.
In acoustic conditions, Silas Tockey sings up a storm upstairs at Harvest Market simply as Thomas J. Beverly hits the highway to dazzle at Decatur Brew Works and Not Petty travels to Shelbyville the place the duo does their particular Wildflowers Tom Petty tribute present on the Longbranch Grill.
Within the nation market, The Longmeyer Band presents its specific tackle covers plus some originals at DFV close to New Berlin, whereas White Lightnin’ strikes at VFW 755 with cool basic nation that includes actual pedal metal guitar and a fiddle. For a style of legendary nation, the Hank IV Duo (what number of Hanks are there now?) rolls into Jeb’s Backroom Lounge in Riverton for an evening marketed as having “metal guitar” within the combine.
Saturday comes on sturdy at midday with the month-to-month Springfield Uketopians gathering at Stella Espresso & Tea, the place newcomers are all the time welcome to hitch the uke troupe. Appears to be like like an evening of tributes lies simply forward with Keith Allyn representing Neil Diamond on the Hoogland Heart for the Arts, Annie Aiello doing Olivia Newton-John on the Decatur Civic Heart and Dancing Queen masking the ABBA phenom at Danenbergers.
I see some 2024 BoS winners on the market when Lick Creek (total and unique band) drives into Motorheads, Brandy Kristin (feminine vocalist) conveys her high-energy band to the Funky Monkey in Taylorville and three’s Firm stays over at The Blue Grouch that includes Steve Clark Jr. (male vocalist).
Funday Sunday lives up its title with excellent singer-songwriter (and former Rochester resident) Hope MacGregor at It is All About Wine and me with a full band at Brewhaus for a particular Raoul celebration and Tim Harte’s going-away social gathering for in-town stuff. Then an extended record of space entertainers performs small cities throughout us, together with Rod Grant at Locals in Pawnee, Manny Lee at Hill Prairie Vineyard close to Oakford, Billy Galt at Vixen Hill Vineyard by Palmyra and JackAsh at AJ’s Nook in Chatham.
Apart from that, there ain’t nothing to do apart from test the listings for all the opposite issues to do.
