Here’s your weekly look at all the upcoming shows coming up in C-U and the surrounding area. Notable adds since last week:
9/19 Molly Hatchet @ It’ll Do 2 Music Fest ’09
9/23 Buckcherry with Saving Abel, Red and The Last Vega @ Assembly Hall
10/28 O.A.R. with Elmwood @ Assembly Hall
11/6 Neko Case @ Canopy Club ($25 in advance, tickets on sale 8/29)
We’re adding links and additional info as time allows and details are available, but we’re not perfect, so leave a comment if we’re missing something and we’ll shape things up.
AUGUST
8/25 Andrew Dixon Jazz Combo @ The Iron Post
8/26 Justin Townes Earle @ Rose Bowl Tavern
8/27 Umphrey’s McGee @ Canopy Club
8/27 Throw Me The Statue, The Brunettes, Nurses + World’s First Flying Machine @ Courtyard Cafe
8/28 Hot Buttered Rum, Post Historic, High Cotton, Duke of Uke @ Research Park
8/28 Umphrey’s McGee @ Canopy Club
8/29 Vivian Girls, the Beets, and My Werewolf Diary @ Cowboy Monkey
8/29 SSLYBY, Those Darlins + Common Loon @ Courtyard Cafe
8/30 Schwinntonation @ The Bike Project (IMC basement)
SEPTEMBER
9/3 Nine Jewish Girls Gone Bad @ Canopy Club
9/3 Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears + On Again Off Again @ Courtyard Cafe
9/3 Allerton Music Barn Festival @ Allerton Music Barn, Monticello
9/4 Lucky Boys Confusion @ Canopy Club
9/4 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone + New Ruins @ Courtyard Cafe
9/4 MeTalkPretty et. al. @ Independent Media Center
9/4 Allerton Music Barn Festival @ Allerton Music Barn, Monticello
9/4 Illogic @ Highdive
9/5 Secrets Between Sailors + Robots Counterfeiting Money @ Courtyard Cafe
9/5 Allerton Music Barn Festival @ Allerton Music Barn, Monticello
9/6 Allerton Music Barn Festival @ Allerton Music Barn, Monticello
9/9 Wayne “the Train” Hancock @ Shady Nook Pub, Saybrook
9/10 Ellnora: Opening Night Party @ Krannert
9/10 Who’s Bad Michael Jackson Tribute @ Canopy Club
9/11 Ellnora: Dan Zanes & Friends @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: Brasil Guitar Duo @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: The Jerry Douglas Band @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: The Long Count – Kim & Kelley Deal w/ members of the National @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: A Story of Floating Weeds @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: Keb’ Mo’ Band @ Krannert
9/11 Ellnora: The Sisters Euclid @ Krannert
9/11 Ever So Klever @ Highdive
9/11 Achtung Baby (U2 Tribute) @ Canopy Club
9/11 Stoney Curtis Band @ Memphis on Main
9/11 Good Night & Good Morning + Sharon Van Etten + Speck Mountain @ Courtyard Cafe
9/12 Ellnora: Bachfest @ Foellinger Hall
9/12 Ellnora: Natalia Zukerman & Erin McKeown @ Krannert
9/12 Ellnora: Jake Hertzog Trio et. al. @ Krannert
9/12 Ellnora: Bill Frisell @ Colwell Playhouse
9/12 Ellnora: Brazilian Bash @ Foellinger Hall
9/12 Ellnora: Richard Julian @ Krannert
9/12 Ellnora: Ani DiFranco @ Colwell Playhouse
9/12 Ellnora: The Goddess @ Krannert
9/12 Ellnora: The National @ Tryon Festival Theatre
9/12 Ellnora: Laurie Morvan Band @ Krannert Lobby
9/12 Five Times August @ Canopy Club
9/12 Shadowside, Subtle Fall @ Independent Media Center
9/12 Brat Pack @ Cowboy Monkey (Block Party)
9/13 Matt & Kim @ Parkland College Inner Park
9/14 Hoots & Hellmouth @ Canopy Club
9/15 The Fray @ Assembly Hall
9/16 Pygmalion: Headlights, et. al. @ Canopy Club
9/17 Astral Project @ The Iron Post
9/17 Pygmalion: Lucero et. al. @ Canopy Club
9/17 Pygmalion: Early Day Miners et. al. @ Red Herring
9/17 Pygmalion: Skream et. al. @ Highdive
9/17 Pygmalion: Starfucker + Deelay Ceelay + Butterfly Assassins @ Courtyard Cafe
9/17 Pygmalion: My Brightest Diamond et. al. @ Krannert
9/17 Jeremy Camp @ Assembly Hall
9/18 Pygmalion: Wavves et. al. @ Canopy Club
9/18 Pygmalion: Cameron McGill, The 1900s, Mazes, Angie Heaton @ Cowboy Monkey
9/18 Pygmalion: So Many Dynamos et. al. @ Blues BBQ
9/18 Pygmalion: Kilroy et al et. al. @ Sandellas
9/18 Pygmalion: Low et. al. @ Channing-Murray
9/18 Pygmalion: Solid Gold + Oceans + Pet Lions @ Courtyard Cafe
9/18 Pygmalion: Golden Quality et.al. @ Bentley’s
9/18 Pygmalion: Neoga Blacksmith et. al. @ Mike ‘n Molly’s
9/18 The Blaggards @ Wings, etc., Bloomington
9/19 It’ll Do 2 Music Fest ’09: Molly Hatchet @ Country Fair Shopping Center
9/19 Pygmalion: Iron & Wine, The Books et. al. @ Krannert
9/19 Pygmalion: RJD2 et. al. @ Canopy Club
9/19 Pygmalion: New Ruins, Horse’s Ha, Gazelle, Lonely Trailer @ Cowboy Monkey
9/19 Pygmalion: Daredevil Christopher Wright, Brighton, MA + Lymbyc Systym @ Courtyard Cafe
9/19 Pygmalion: TBD @ Parasol
9/19 Pygmalion: TBD @ Exile on Main St.
9/19 Pygmalion: Now Now Every Children et. al. @ Red Herring
9/19 Pygmalion: Tyson & the Friction et. al. @ Mike ‘n Molly’s
9/19 Pygmalion: Marmoset et. al. @ Bentley’s
9/20 Badfish (Sublime Tribute) @ Canopy Club
9/21 Richard Buckner @ Canopy Club
9/23 Buckcherry with Saving Abel, Red and The Last Vega @ Assembly Hall
9/23 The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Canopy Club
9/23 The Insomniacs @ The Iron Post
9/24 Yourself & The Air + Jet W. Lee @ Courtyard Cafe
9/25 C-U Folk & Roots Festival @ Various Locations
9/25 Jason & the Punknecks @ Memphis on Main
9/25 Eclipse (Pink Floyd Tribute) @ Canopy Club
9/25 Mhondoro @ Cowboy Monkey
9/26 Sufjan Stevens @ Highdive – SOLD OUT
9/26 MOMO + Berimbau Bandit and the Caxixikid @ Courtyard Cafe
9/26 C-U Folk & Roots Festival @ Various Locations
9/26 Koffin Kats @ Cowboy Monkey
9/29 Oso Closo @ The Iron Post
9/30 RAIN (Beatles Tribute) @ Assembly Hall
9/30 Digital Primitives @ Independent Media Center
OCTOBER
10/1 Eric Person and Meta-Four @ The Iron Post
10/1 Eric Radoux @ Courtyard Cafe
10/1 Joan Red, Frequency 54 et. al. @ Independent Media Center
10/2 Vertebrats Reunion @ Cowboy Monkey
10/3 Vertebrats Reunion @ Cowboy Monkey
10/3 Hollywood Lies in Concert @ Independent Media Center
10/3 Lydia + TBA support @ Courtyard Cafe
10/4 Youth Group @ Canopy Club
10/8 ZOSO (Led Zeppelin Tribute) @ Canopy Club
10/8 Flotation Walls + World’s First Flying Machine @ Courtyard Cafe
10/8 Oh My God @ Cowboy Monkey
10/9 Light Pollution + I Need Sleep @ Courtyard Cafe
10/10 Action Design, Sick of Sarah + Donora @ Courtyard Cafe
10/11 Jennie and the Sure Shots @ Independent Media Center
10/13 Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers @ Highdive
10/16 Blitzen Trapper @ Canopy Club
10/16 Black Whales @ Cowboy Monkey
10/17 NIL8 @ Cowboy Monkey
10/17 Lookbook @ Courtyard Cafe
10/17 The Lifeline et. al. @ Independent Media Center
10/22 Avett Brothers @ Canopy Club
10/24 Great Lakes Swimmers + The Wooden Birds @ Courtyard Cafe
10/24 Hallelujah the Hills @ Cowboy Monkey
10/25 Yonder Mountain String Band @ Canopy Club
10/25 David Bazan @ Highdive
10/27 Mason Jennings @ Highdive
10/28 O.A.R. w/ Elmwood @ Assembly Hall
10/29 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ Canopy Club
10/30 Batrider + Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ Courtyard Cafe
NOVEMBER
11/5 Generationals, Spinto Band + Pepi Ginsberg @ Courtyard Cafe
11/6 Neko Case @ Canopy Club ($25 in advance, tickets on sale 8/29)
11/13 Ruby Rodeo Love @ Courtyard Cafe
11/14 Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer of JSBX) @ Cowboy Monkey
11/18 Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers @ Highdive
11/21 Hot Club of Cowtown @ Shady Nook Pub, Saybrook