TONIGHT: CHICAGO BLUEGRASS & BLUES FESTIVAL 2014 Kicks Off 3 Weeks of ChiIL Live Shows

CBB Returns: 5th Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Fest to call Concord Music Hall & City Winery home over three weeks

Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival (CBB) is ready to celebrate its 5th birthday! The wintertime roots fest returns with 17 shows format spanning three weeks in January and February!

CBB V is anchored in eight shows over three weeks at the newly-minted Concord Music Hall, the West Loop’s City Winery, and Evanston’s SPACE.  Rusted Root and Justin Townes Earle make their first CBB appearance, while David Grisman returns for his 3rd, this time with two nights as the David Grisman JazzFolk Trio.  The fest kicks off January 10th with Leagues and The Autumn Defense (feat. John Stirratt & Pat Sanson of Chicago's own WILCO) at Concord Music Hall.  Jonathan Batiste brings a dose of New Orleans, Greensky brings the Bluegrass, and Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater channels 60 years of Chicago blues experience.  Local showcases at Tonic Room adorn nights throughout.  

Aiming to showcase the musical styles that have evolved from bluegrass and blues culture, CBB was born in 2008 of a collaboration between Mike Raspatello, React Presents, and Silver Wrapper.   Since then, the fest has hosted acts like The Avett Brothers, Bela Fleck, Grace Potter, Del McCoury, Edward Sharpe, David Grisman, Drive-By Truckers, Dr. Dog, Dawes, Honeyboy Edwards, Joe Pug, Joe Purdy, Corey Chisel, and The Skatalites, making stops at the Auditorium Theater, Lincoln Hall, House of Blues, Congress Theater, and Double Door.  
For complete details, please head to https://www.facebook.com/cbbfestival.

Check out the full lineup below:

Jan 10 - Leagues & The Autumn Defense w/ The Giving Tree Band and Dick Prall @ Concord Music Hall

Jan 10 – Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater @ SPACE (Evanston)

Jan 11 – Acoustics Anonymous w/ Clusterpluck @ Tonic Room

Jan 13 - Jonathan Batiste @ City Winery

Jan 14 - Tiny Miles & The Big Kids @Tonic Room

Jan 15 - David Grisman JazzFolk Trio @ City Winery 

Jan 15 - Great Divide w/ Nick And The Ovorols @ Tonic Room

Jan 16 - David Grisman JazzFolk Trio @ City Winery 

Jan 16 – Evergreen Grass Band w/ guests @ Tonic Room

Jan 17 - Justin Townes Earle & The Felice Brothers w/ guests @ Concord Music Hall 

Jan 17 – Shamekia Copeland @ SPACE (Evanston)

Jan 18 - Greensky Bluegrass w/ Escondido @ Concord Music Hall 

Jan 18 - Shamekia Copeland @ SPACE (Evanston)

Jan 18 – American Babies w/ guests @ Tonic Room

Jan 23 - Huckleberry Green @ Tonic Room

Jan 25 - Rusted Root w/ Donna The Buffalo @ Concord Music Hall

Feb 2 – Swear and Shake @ SPACE (Evanston) 

8th Annual Pitchfork Music Festival is Back #music fests #lineup

The 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival is coming to Chicago’s Union Park Friday, July 19 – Sunday, July 21! We have an incredible line-up this year, with R. Kelly, Björk, and Belle & Sebastian headlining. Three-day passes to this summer’s festival just sold out. Single day tickets are available for $50 each, but going fast! Got rock tots, punk kin, or indie babies?   Kids under 10 are FREE with a paying adult! PURCHASE PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL TICKETS HERE In its eighth year, the Pitchfork Music Festival has established a reputation for introducing audiences to emerging bands while also showcasing internationally renowned and widely beloved artists. This year is no exception! The 2013 line-up includes M.I.A, Solange, Joanna Newsom, Wire, The Breeders playing Last Splash, Yo La Tengo, Woods, Savages, Lil B, Swans, Killer Mike, Low, Metz, Julia Holter, Tree, and dozens more! This independently run, three-day event continues to be one of the most inviting, reasonably priced and exciting weekends of music around. In addition to its musical offerings, the Pitchfork Music Festival features a wide array of other activities. The fest not only supports local businesses and economy with its 50 individual vendors and specialty fairs, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole to its 50,000 attendees of all ages from all over the world.  In conjunction with an array of radio stations, publications, stores, websites, and blogs, we have lots of promotional activities planned between now and the festival.  Be sure to follow ChiIL Live Shows & ChiIL Mama on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news, announcements and exclusive content Here's the breakdown of artist by day. The full schedule, complete with time will be revealed in the coming weeks.

FRIDAY JULY 19, 2013 LINEUP - GATES OPEN AT 3PM Björk Joanna Newsom Wire Woods Mikal Cronin Angel Olsen Mac DeMarco Daughn Gibson Trash Talk Frankie Rose  Find Tickets Here!

SATURDAY JULY 20, 2013 LINEUP - GATES OPEN AT 12PM Belle & Sebastian Solange The Breeders play Last Splash  Savages Swans Rustie  Low ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Phosphorescent Andy Stott Pissed Jeans Ryan Hemsworth Julia Holter Parquet Courts Mechandise Metz Ken Mode White Lung  Find Tickets Here!

SUNDAY JULY 21,  2013 LINEUP - GATES OPEN AT 12PM R. Kelly M.I.A.  Yo La Tengo Lil B Toro Y Moi TNGHT El-P Killer Mike Chairlift Foxygen Sky Ferreira Glass Candy Autre Ne Veut Evian Christ Waxahatchee Blood Orange DJ Rashad Tree  Find Tickets Here!

For more information, please visit: www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com

Pitchfork Music Fest New Additions, Free Kids Under 10 and More

ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama has been rockin' Pitchfork bands all year.  We've been sharing their tours, forwarding their free downloads and posting their new videos all year long.   We've also been shooting their live shows in Chi-Town and shooting original band video interviews.   Now it's just about time again for summer festival season, so get your Pitchfork tickets and come get your groove on and rock Union Park.   

Last year, my son Du-Jay who was 10, had the opportunity to go behind the scenes and interview a number of the musicians at Pitchfork himself!   He came with a class full of kids from 826CHI, one of our fav non profits for free creative writing classes.  Pitchfork's known for hosting awesome info booths for most of our city favorites like Girls Rock Chicago, 826CHI, and roller derby!   They have an excellent, eclectic assortment of crafts, collectable posters, vinyl and more.   And the food booths are a multicultural bonanza of tasty treats.


**The best news for families is kids under 10 are FREE with a paying adult!!   Put those little tax deductions to work saving you even more green and come rock out with the punk kin.**

We've gone AND taken the kids just about every year and they have a blast!!


Here's what Pitchfork has to say:

In its seventh year, the Pitchfork Music Festival continues to be one of the most well regarded and exceptional festivals in the country.  Consistently praised for its discerning lineup, inviting and laid back environment, reasonable prices, wide array of activities, and much more, there is very good reason why people across the world return year after year! This year’s event, happening Friday, July 13 – Sunday, July 15 at Chicago’s Union Park, is now less than two months away. A limited number of single day tickets for each day of the fest are still available for $45 at www.ticketweb.com. As previously noted, prices have stayed the same this year!

We are thrilled to be adding two more bands to this year’s fest -- Japandroids will be playing Friday, and Chromatics will perform on Saturday! As previously announced, this year’s excellent lineup introduces a creative range of emerging bands while honoring already beloved and internationally renowned acts, including A$AP Rocky, The Atlas Moth, Beach House, Big K.R.I.T., Chavez,  Dirty Projectors, Feist, The Field, Flying Lotus, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, Iceage, Nicolas Jaar, Kendrick Lamar, Lotus Plaza, The Men, Olivia Tremor Control, Oneohtrix Point Never, Purity Ring, Ty Segall, Schoolboy Q, Sleigh Bells, Vampire Weekend, Wild Flag, and so many more. See the full lineup below.

In addition to its musical offerings, the fest also features a wide array of other activities, including 50 individual vendors, plus specialty fairs, for attendees to enjoy. News regarding these festival elements will be announced in the coming weeks.

This year, we are excited to introduce “The PMF Upgrade Challenge.”  For one hour, once a week, Chicago radio station and festival partner WXRT 93.1 will present “The PMF Upgrade Challenge” for festival ticketholders. 2012 attendees are invited to participate for a chance for them and a friend to be upgraded to VIP for the entire festival weekend. Even if you just have a single day pass, you and a friend will be upgraded for the entire weekend! To participate, keep an eye on WXRT and the Pitchfork Music Festival Facebook pages where contests will be presented in the forms of questions and other challenges.  Winners will be chosen based on their responses to these contests. This will be happening at one random hour each week, and each week, two pair of tickets will be upgraded to VIP for the entire weekend.

Visit www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com for more information on the 2012 festival, and to purchase tickets. Stay up on festival related news via the ChiIL Live Shows Facebook page and Twitter & Pitchfork Music Festival Facebook page and Twitter.
 
 
FRIDAY JULY 13, 2012 LINEUP - GATES OPEN AT 3PM
  

Feist
Dirty Projectors
Big K.R.I.T.
The Olivia Tremor Control
A$AP Rocky
Clams Casino
Tim Hecker
Purity Ring
Japandroids**
Lower Dens
Willis Earl Beal
Outer Minds

 
SATURDAY JULY 14, 2012 LINEUP - GATES OPEN AT 12PM


Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Hot Chip
Sleigh Bells
Wild Flag
Flying Lotus
Cults
Atlas Sound
Grimes
Nicolas Jaar
Chromatics**
Danny Brown
Youth Lagoon
Schoolboy Q
Liturgy
Cloud Nothings
Lotus Plaza
The Atlas Moth
The Psychic Paramount


SUNDAY JULY 15,  2012 LINEUP - GATES OPEN AT 12PM

Vampire Weekend
Beach House
Chavez
AraabMUZIK
King Krule
Real Estate
Ty Segall
Thee Oh Sees
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Kendrick Lamar
The Men
The Field
Iceage
Dirty Beaches
Milk Music
Oneohtronix Point Never
A Lull

 
 **Just Announced
 
 For more information, please visit: www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com