The Head and The Heart will return to Champaign-Urbana on Saturday, September 14th, State Farm Center announced this morning. The band has performed a few times in C-U in recent memory, though it has been …
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C-U Folk & Roots Festival’s 2019 initial lineup announced
The 11th annual C-U Folk & Roots Festival, which takes place in Urbana every fall, has announced their initial lineup featuring Dom Flemons, Lilli Lewis, Veretski Pass, and many more. Check out the list below, and …
The Overture: August 5-11
Here's what is happening this week in live music in and around C-U.
Memorial service for Yingying Zhang taking place Monday, August 5th in Savoy
Brendt Christensen was sentenced to life in prison a few weeks ago after being found guilty of murdering U of I student Yingying Zhang. Next week, there will be a memorial service held in honor …
Watch The Bashful Youngens cover Beastie Boys in new video
The Bashful Youngens have released a new video, recorded live at Wave Upon Wave by James Treicher (you can read about his studio here), wherein they cover the Beastie Boys classic “Fight For Your Right”. …
HUM to perform as part of second annual Dia De Los Deftones
The second annual Dia De Los Deftones in San Francisco has been announced, which features an outfit from our neck of the woods: HUM. They’ll perform on November 2nd alongside Deftones (of course), CHRVCHES, JPEGMAFIA, …
NCSA’s Donna Cox receiving lifetime achievement award, induction into ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
The prolific Donna Cox, Director of NCSA‘s Advanced Visualization Lab, will be honored at this week’s SIGGRAPH conference for her work throughout her career. Cox has been at the forefront of digital visualization, director of …
The Overture: July 29-August 4
Bunch of great live music options lined up this week in and around C-U.
Watch C-U ex-pat Jon Childers in Shovels & Rope’s trailer for their upcoming concert film
Jon Childers has several ties to Champaign-Urbana. A former student at the University of Illinois, and a contributor to Smile Politely at one point in time, Childers played in The Leadership while he spent time …
The Overture: July 22-28
Check out what's happening in the live music world locally this week.