Joe's Bar

Located in Chicago Old Town neighborhood, Joe's Bar is Chicago's premier country music concert bar. Over the last several years, major touring acts such as Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, have played the intimate concert venue. Joe's is located at 940 W. Weed Street, Chicago.

Hubbard St. Honky Tonk?

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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...]

Some Big Stars set for a Little Bar

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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...]

New Year, (some) New Music

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Eileen’s Blog If you have been wondering where the reviews are, well, the country music industry slows down a bit after the major holiday shopping season. We just haven’t had a ton of new material to review! Now, looking forward, the music release calendar is still pretty scarce but a few … [Read more...]

Home court advantage for Eldredge

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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...]

Rae beams from Nashville

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Jessica Rae is no stranger to the music scene. She started playing violin at the age of four, but it wasn't until recently that Jessica decided to throw her voice out into the world letting everyone know her talent didn't stop at the violin strings. With her unique voice and infectious laugh, the … [Read more...]

Bentley to Roll for Miles & Music

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Dierks Bentley will be riding into town Sunday, October 9 for the “Miles and Music for Kids” Celebrity Motorcycle Ride and Concert. Since its start six years ago, the “Miles and Music for Kids” events have raised over $1.6 million for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. This is the … [Read more...]

Nail one down David!

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Concert Alert: For David Nail, his drive into country music fandom had been nothing but a caution light. Nail’s first formidable release into country radio hit back in May of 2009 with “Redlight”, off the album “I’m About To Come Alive”, which garnered the Missouri native a spot in … [Read more...]

Keep on lovin’ with Steel Magnolia

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Concert Alert: It's been awhile since Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Lindsey graced our television screens to compete in the CMT series, Can You Duet?. While here in Chicago, we've had a few opportunities to catch the duo, better known as Steel Magnolia, in the Windy City, a lot has happened … [Read more...]

Top 11 Summer Concerts

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For the months of June, July, August and September of 2011. With a little help from the mainstay country music touring acts, the summer 2011 country music concert season in Chicago is really starting to take shape.  As in years past, major acts such as Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum … [Read more...]

Katie Quick: “Valley Between Love”

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Katie Quick to debut new album May 10; celebrate its release at Joe’s Bar on May 14. This former Chicago Public Schools teacher turned Nashville recording artist, Katie Quick, is no stranger to Country Music Chicago. From her early days playing for Yard Fulla Cars here in Chicagoland, to her … [Read more...]