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Jazz & Blues


Few things in life are as transportive as a great blues set or a jazz band that’s really locked in. It’s music that carries the weight of history without ever feeling like a museum piece. Here’s where the local music scene keeps that tradition alive and breathing.

 

May 28

  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Americana Happy Hour ft. Aaron Kelly, 106 N Race St, Urbana, 5-7 pm

May 29

  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Jay Ferguson Trio, 106 N Race St, Urbana, 5-7 pm
  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Brandon Santini, 106 N Race St, Urbana, 8-10:30 pm
  • Riggs Beer Company, Live Music: The Adventures, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, Illinois, Friday, May 29, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

May 30

  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Reverend Robert and the Rhumba Bums, 106 N Race St, Urbana, 3-5 pm
  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Ther’Up.Y Presents: A Tribute to James Brown & Diana Ross, 106 N Race St, Urbana, 7-11 pm
  • Riggs Beer Company, KASIA (Catherine Krol) Live Music, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, Illinois, Friday, May 29, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

May 31

  • Alto Vineyards, Sunday Wine Down w/The Casual Blend Band, 4210 N. Duncan Road, Champaign, 2-4 pm
  • • Hound’s Court / Dandy Hound Patio, LaQuisha Burries-Finn Live Music (Sound Bridge Original Songwriter Series), Downtown Champaign, Saturday, May 31, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Celebration for Jamie Hutchinson featuring music by Jeff Helgesen & Friends, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Sunday, May 31, 3:00–5:00 p.m.
  • Rose Bowl Tavern, Cerbo and the FEW, 106 N Race St, Urbana, 7-9 pm

June 1

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Jason Finkelman Presents: Improviser’s Exchange, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Monday, June 1, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

June 2

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Emma Taylor Trio (Jazz Happy Hour), 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Tuesday, June 2, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

June 3

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Larry Gray Guitar/Accordion Trio, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Wednesday, June 3, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Jazz Jam (weekly open jazz jam session), 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Wednesday, June 3, 10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.

June 4

June 5

• Allerton Park & Retreat Center, Beyond the Blonde: A Tribute to Pink, Gaga & Gwen Stefani with Sass, Gatehouse Lawn at 515 Old Timber Road, Monticello, Friday, June 5, 6-9 p.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Django Wrangle (Jordan Kaye’s Django Wrangle), 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Friday, June 5, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

June 6

• Gallery Art Bar, Afrobeats Night, 119 W Main St, Urbana, Illinois, Saturday, June 6, 9:00–11:55 p.m.

• Gallery Art Bar, Afrobeats Night, 119 W Main St, Urbana, Illinois, Saturday, June 6, 9:00–11:55 p.m.

June 7

• Riggs Beer Company, Live Music: Piano Man, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, Illinois, Sunday, June 7, 3:00–5:00 p.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, WEFTOPIA 2 (benefit concert for WEFT community radio), 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Sunday, June 7, 2:00–6:00 p.m.

June 8

June 9

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Ari Brown, Ben Schmidt & Nick Reeves with Jason Finkelman & Kavi Naidu, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Tuesday, June 9, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

June 10

• Rose Bowl Tavern, The Broadmoor Quartet, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Wednesday, June 10, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Jazz Jam (weekly open jazz session), 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Wednesday, June 10, 10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.

June 11

• Gallery Art Bar, Afrobeats with DJ IC Dre, 119 W Main St, Urbana, Illinois, Thursday, June 11, 9:00–11:55 p.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Americana Happy Hour featuring Jake & Mikayla, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Thursday, June 11, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Writers in the Round (hosted by Gloria Roubal), 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Thursday, June 11, 7:30–9:30 p.m.

June 12

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Erik Lund’s Jazz Friends, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Friday, June 12, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

June 13

• Market Street, Denim and Diamonds Night On Market St, Market Street, Champaign, Illinois, Saturday, June 13, 8:00 p.m.–Sunday, June 14, 12:00 a.m.

• Rose Bowl Tavern, Prairie Crossroads Blues Society Fundraiser, 106 N Race St, Urbana, Illinois, Saturday, June 13, 3:00–6:00 p.m.

June 14

• Needful Things (Corner of Chestnut & Main), Harlem Renaissance Fashion Show and Community Clothing Drive with live band and Exile on Main Dance Party, 100 N Chestnut St, Champaign, Illinois, Sunday, June 14, 3:00–5:00 p.m.

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