Brian Shamie
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Best bets: Charlie Berens, Kyiv City Ballet, Gordon Lightfoot & Arnez JSep 21, 2022 11:00 pm - An apple a day Tasty apple treats are the draw to Long Grove's 31st annual Apple Fest, but with food and drink specials, kids' activities, a carnival and music all weeke...
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Sound check: Soulful Joan Osborne; plus Allister's return; Keith Urban; Shinedown at WIIL Rock FestSep 21, 2022 6:00 am - Folk-rock with Dan Tedesco St. Charles native Dan Tedesco brings folk-rock to Arlington Heights as the now-Iowa-resident plays a homecoming show at Hey Nonny this weeken...
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Wheeling's Haley Reinhart looks forward to reconnecting at hometown show this weekendSep 15, 2022 6:00 am - America got its first taste of Wheeling singer Haley Reinhart's soulful tones just over a decade ago on Season 10 of “American Idol.” But now, 11 years more confident a...
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Sound check: Two nights with Shemekia Copeland; Riot Fest weekend; Splash Into Country with Brad PaisleySep 14, 2022 6:00 am - Riot Fest Hopefully distracting music fans from the fact that it's officially the last weekend of summer, Riot Fest packs Douglass Park with all the punk, industria...
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Best bets: The BoDeans, Monster Jam, The Killers, free days at the FieldSep 13, 2022 11:00 pm - Monster jam The Monster Jam rolls into Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont, this weekend in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Drivers will tear up the di...
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Round Lake rapper StankNasty keeps an eye toward the communities that helped him growSep 09, 2022 6:00 am - StankNasty the rapper exudes a bravado intrinsic to the art form and learned from musical icons such as Jay-Z and Eminem. But Frank Stankowicz the man understands t...
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Sound check: Daughtry, Post Malone, Birthdayy Partyy, USO benefit and moreSep 08, 2022 6:00 am - Stevie Nicks under the stars Travel the "Edge of Seventeen" with legendary songwriter Stevie Nicks as the former Fleetwood Mac artist spends two nights at Ravinia Festiv...
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Best bets: Stevie Nicks, Lyric Opera, Cheap Trick & Eric ClaptonSep 07, 2022 6:00 am - Stevie Nicks under the stars Travel the “Edge of Seventeen” with legendary songwriter Stevie Nicks as the former Fleetwood Mac artist spends two nights at Ravinia Festiv...
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Sound check: Daughtry, Post Malone, Birthdayy Partyy, USO benefit and moreSep 07, 2022 6:00 am - Bennett tribute "Where Are You, Jay Bennett?" - a documentary by Gorman Bechard and Fred Uhter released last year - examines the life and music of Jay Bennett, the Rolli...
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Bitter Jester wraps up its 16th season with tribute to Highland Park communitySep 06, 2022 11:00 pm - Sunday's Bitter Jester Music Festival grand finale was part concert, part contest and part reunion. Two months to the day after its postponement due to the tragic attac...