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The Week Ahead
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Oct 1–7
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| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 01 ☁️ 89°/69° · dew 61° comfortable · 39% rain | | Live Music | | 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... | | Everything Else | | all day | ● IHLS Library Crawl · The Urbana Free Library Visit the Library during October to receive your passport and start your crawl. | | all day | ● Make and Take Craft · The Urbana Free Library Do you like crafts and making things? | | 12:00 pm | ClarkLindsey Independent Living Group Tours · 101 W Windsor Rd | | 5:30 pm | Conversation Café @ Health and Wellness Center · Health and Wellness Center Language Exchange - Intercambio de Idiomas - Échange Linguistique | | 6:00 pm | ● SPEAK Café at Krannert Art Museum | October 2026 · Krannert Art Museum SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. | | 7:00 pm | Real Money Talk: Games, Trivia & Live Podcast · 1401 W Green St | | 8:00 pm | ● Comedy Open Mic with Kristen Unakis · The Space |
| | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02 ☁️ 67°/51° · dew 52° dry · 44% rain | | | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03 ☁️ 69°/47° · dew 47° dry | | | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 04 ☁️ 73°/52° · dew 52° dry | | | MONDAY, OCTOBER 05 | | | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 06 | | | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 07 | | Live Music | | 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. | | Everything Else | | 11:00 am | ● Career Help | Drop-in Hours · Main Library Library staff will be available to help with your job application, resume, or career questions. | | 12:00 pm | ● Beyond the Classroom: How Nonprofits Can Partner with UIUC Student Research · Champaign Public Library | | 6:30 pm | ● SPEED DATING: FEMALE SIGN UP · GALLERY ART BAR | | 7:00 pm | ● Future So Bright 5K · Main Quad Join Campus Recreation for the annual Future's So Bright 5K, a fun-filled evening race that lights up the U. of I. | | 7:00 pm | ● Story Elements: Setting · Main Library Learn about the role that setting plays in bringing your story to life. | | 7:30 pm | CLUE - LIVE ON STAGE · State Farm Center Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! | | 7:30 pm | Sasha Velour's TRAVESTY · Tryon Festival Theatre “Career defining,” “genre-defying,” “point blank one of the most outstanding performances presently on stage” (Broadway World)… |
| | ONGOING | | repeats | ● 2027 Medicare Educational Seminar & Mail Review Workshop · Champaign Public Library Thu 11:00 am, Sat 1:00 pm | | ongoing | 2027 Park Board Election: Packet Pickup · Bresnan Meeting Center through Fri, Nov 20 Two Champaign Park District Park Board of Commissioners seats on the ballot in 2027. | | ongoing | ● Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨 · 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana through Fri, Dec 11 Join the Asian American Cultural Center for an Artist Showcase featuring Kuhu Shukla and her exhibition, Not Mine Only Held. | | repeats | ● Cynthia Oliver Company Dance Theatre Presents: Turn. Turning. TURNT · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Fri, Sat at 7:30 pm Illinois Soul and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts are collaborating to bring you Turn. Turning. TURNT… | | ongoing | ● Last Week on View | "Rest Lab 10: Path" Exhibition · Krannert Art Museum through Fri, Oct 2 Don't miss the final week of Rest Lab 10: Path, curated by Kamila Glowacki and Ishita Dharap. | | ongoing | ● Library Friends Exhibit : Celebrating Pride: 50+ Years of LGBTQ+ History at Illinois · Display Cases near Main Stacks, Main Library through Fri, Oct 30 Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month by exploring 50+ years of LGBTQ+ student history at the University of Illinois! | | repeats | ● Lyric Under the Stars (Alice Campbell Center Courtyard) · Alice Campbell Center Courtyard Fri, Sat at 7:30 pm Lyric Theatre @ Illinois invites you to spend an evening Under the Stars in the courtyard of the Alice Campbell Alumni Center… | | ongoing | ● “I could people the hours with creations” — Celebrating Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein · Main Library Room 346 through Thu, May 13 This exhibition provides some context for the writing of Frankenstein and examines the significant cultural impact that it has had since its… |
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