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Country music star Dierks Bentley has been tapped as a headliner for the 2012 Taste of Chicago festival. Bentley, along with Lindi Ortega, are marked as headliners for the 3,000-seat pavilion at the Petrillo Music Shell, located within Grant Park. on Sunday, July 15, 2012. Entrance to the annual … [Read more...]
Summer is just around the corner and Country Music Chicago is gearing up to produce our much anticipated 2012 Summer Concert, Fair and Festival Guide. But we need your help! As fans of this blog, we're asking you to think differently in 2012. You see, we want to crowd fund this … [Read more...]
Rascal Flatts will premiere a special in-theater concert and all-access event at local movie screens on Thursday, April 5. The feature titled, CHANGED: One Night Exclusive Theater Event will play locally here in Chicago - at select theaters - starting at 7:00 p.m. central time. This in-theater … [Read more...]
Edens Edge is bringing their unique sound to Joe's Bar this Friday, February 17th! With one listen to the talented trio, it's obvious they have created a sound shaped by their individual influences. Following the success of their recent single "Amen" these three young musicians from Arkansas -- … [Read more...]
Chicago restaurant power brokers RJ and Jerrod Melman have partnered up with Joe’s Bar founders, Ed Warm and Tom DiSanto, to form a new country and western bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The new venue, planned to open this summer, will occupy the former Frankie Z’s location at 435 N. … [Read more...]
Ticket Alert: After dodging a bunch scrutiny by the surrounding neighborhood and special approval from Chicago’s City Hall, country music power trio Rascal Flatts made history as the first country artists to play Chicago’s very own Wrigley Field. A concert that went on to sell-out with a … [Read more...]
Little Big Town is one of those distinctive country bands that have the unique ability of being able to rile up the crowd with hand clapping hits such as Little White Church and Boondocks just as easily as they can tear their heart out in ballads like Kiss Goodbye and Shut Up Train. It just might be … [Read more...]
For country fans here in Chicago, there's one phone number we all pretty much knew by heart... 312-591-US99. How many of you had it programmed into your phone? I know I did! Well, as part of what looks like a studio move, the new US99.5 studios has a new caller contest line. So here it is, … [Read more...]
Our hometown boy is coming home…just in time for the holidays. One of country music’s fastest rising stars Brett Eldredge will appear at Joe’s Bar this Friday, and in an exclusive interview with Country Music Chicago, Eldredge says an appearance at the venue was high on his list of … [Read more...]
The Chicago Tribune reports that city officials are considering reducing the amount of days for the annual Taste of Chicago festival. The future of music acts the annual summer food festival is already on the chopping block and with the potential of less days, the opportunity for country music to … [Read more...]
