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CU Live This Week
Champaign–Urbana, IL  •  Oct 1–7
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 01   ☁️ 89°/69° · dew 61° comfortable · 39% rain
12:00 pm♪ SoundBites lunchtime live music series featuring CAM CAMRYN · 310 N Neil St, Champaign
Take a mid‑day break and enjoy SoundBites, our lunchtime live music series on the Downtown Plaza Stage!
5:00 pm♪ Americana Happy Hour with The Chickadee Sermon · Rose Bowl Tavern
The Chickadee Sermon sound emphasizes vocal harmony and delicate instrumentation with acoustic guitars, banjo, string bass and melodica.
5:30 pm♪ Krannert Center Uncorked: Olmeca · Stage 5
Olmeca Live Performance: Hip Hop As An "Act of Radical Love" A Hip Hop Cultural Expression of the Heart Olmeca's live performance is rooted in…
7:00 pm♪ JOHN SUMMIT - CTRL ESCAPE ARENA TOUR · State Farm Center
Dance music powerhouse and University of Illinois Alumni John Summit announces his North American CTRL ESCAPE arena tour.
7:30 pm♪ University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra · Foellinger Great Hall
Conductor: Matthew Sheppard Graduate Conductors: Simon Tiffin, Victor Yip Program Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide Clarence Cameron: Elegy, Op.
8:00 pm♪ Cumbia Y Mas with DJ Wesjile · Cowboy Monkey
8:00 pm♪ The Coalition FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Join the Coalition on a cool October evening and sacrifice your soul for rock n' roll...
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02   ☁️ 67°/51° · dew 52° dry · 44% rain
5:00 pm♪ Django Wrangle · Rose Bowl Tavern
Start the evening with great music, tasty drinks and good times in a cozy-no frills environment!
8:00 pm♪ Chachi & The Bandidos FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Honky-tonk & Soul & Rock n roll.
9:00 pm♪ Friday Night Late w/ DJ A-Ron · Cowboy Monkey
Chambana - You know what time of year it is.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03   ☁️ 69°/47° · dew 47° dry
2:00 pm♪ The Riders FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Never a cover, always a good time with great music and drinks.
7:00 pm♪ Parkland Voice and Choir Performance · The Harold and Jean Miner Theatre
Directed by Cheryl Forest Morganson
8:00 pm♪ Kilborn Alley Blues Band · Rose Bowl Tavern
Kilborn Alley Blues Band brings their world class groovy Blues and Soul music live to The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana.
9:00 pm♪ Too Hot For Leather WSG Kahza · Cowboy Monkey
Hailing from Nashville, THFL blends classic rock with modern influences, drawing inspiration ranging from bands like Paramore, Guns N' Roses…
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 04   ☁️ 73°/52° · dew 52° dry
3:00 pm♪ Ken Smith and Beto Rodrigues "Brazilian Tribute" FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Ken’s father played guitar on the radio in Chicago shortly before Ken was born.
3:00 pm♪ MARCH IT BACK: The Marching Illini LIVE in Concert · State Farm Center
Since 1868, the Marching Illini has entertained millions of fans with traditional and innovative performances that have made them “The Nation’s…
7:00 pm♪ Suko (Jazz) at The Organ FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Wielding a nuclear-powered Hammond XK5 and flanked by his comrades-in-arms, Suko wanders the Midwest performing social music.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 05
5:30 pm♪ Improviser's Exchange x JeJaWeDa · Rose Bowl Tavern
JeJaWeDa featuring Jeb Bishop, Jaap Blonk, Weasel Walter, Damon Smith
8:00 pm♪ The Urbana Hootenanny · Rose Bowl Tavern
It's not an "open mic" per se, more of a musician hang-out on stage.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 06
3:00 pm♪ Tavern Tuesday Happy Hour & Whiskey Specials · Rose Bowl Tavern
Tavern Tuesday's at The Rose Bowl Tavern 🍻 It is happy hour for folks that drink.
7:00 pm♪ Ian Shepherd Trio · Rose Bowl Tavern
Ian Shepherd Trio with Kurt Reeder & Mark White = "B3STIE BOYZ Organ Trio"
7:30 pm♪ University of Illinois Illini Strings and Philharmonia Orchestra · Foellinger Great Hall
MacLeod Graduate Conductors: Angie Howell, Victor Yip Guest Narrator: Dr.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 07
5:00 pm♪ America’s Banjo Legacy with Dom Flemons · Music & Performing Arts Library Reading Room (1st floor)
Dom Flemons, one of the country’s leading banjo scholars and performing artists, will provide a spell-binding performance discussion about America’s…
5:00 pm♪ The Reginald Lewis Quartet · Rose Bowl Tavern
Start the evening with great music, tasty drinks and good times in a cozy-no frills environment!
7:30 pm♪ Illinois Modern Ensemble: 30th Annual Martirano Award Contest · Foellinger Great Hall
30th Annual Martirano Concert Featuring the winning compositions of the 30th Annual Martirano Award: Deep Summer Folklore for string quartet…
7:30 pm♪ Trivia Night · Rose Bowl Tavern
Every Wednesday, Trivia night at The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana.
10:00 pm♪ Jazz Jam FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Bring your instrument and come play with the house band.
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