WHAT: Ocean Glass, Hodera, The Phantom Broadcast, Nick Rainey
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Tuesday, August 11th, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
Indie rock bands from as far west as Colorado and east as New Jersey make a tour stop in C-U to play with Ocean Glass and Nick Rainey of Nick and The Nailed Its.
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WHAT: It’s Showtime with Katie Flynn
WHERE: Mike N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Thursday, August 13th, doors at 7 p.m.
Local jazz and cabaret singer Katie Flynn has been making the rounds around town this summer — catch her performing at Mike N Molly’s this Thursday.
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WHAT: Red Hot City Center
WHERE: The City Center (cover)
WHEN: Friday, August 14th – Saturday August 15th
T.R.U.T.H., 90s Daughter and more local personalities and performers will be at this two-day long event put on by Rod Sickler.
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WHAT: Airacobra, Resinater, Hermit Hill, Isle Nine Asylum
WHERE: Canopy Club ($5)
WHEN: Friday, August 14th, doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
A variety of heavy bands from the area come together at Canopy.
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WHAT: A Cool Hand, Again Is Already, Justin Rondon, NxT
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($7)
WHEN: Friday, August 14th, 9 p.m.
Local house party faves have a new EP entitled The Freaks, and are celebrating its release with other local bands and a party at Cowboy Monkey.
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WHAT: Terminus Victor, Vaudevileins, The ACME Principle
WHERE: Mike N Molly’s (free)
WHEN: Friday, August 14th, doors at 9 p.m.
There’s no such thing as free lunch, but there is such a thing as “Free Friday” at Mike N Molly’s. Spend that money on beer instead of paying cover to see these three hard rockin’ bands.
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WHAT: SvenStock – Benefitting Imerman Angels
WHERE: D’StillHer Farm, 280 County Road 300 E, Sadorus IL, 61872 ($10 suggested donation)
WHEN: Saturday, August 15th, 2:30 p.m.
This benefit barn show features Kenna Mae Reiss, Kroovy Rookas, Isaac Arms, Kayla Brown, Concerned Fathers, Mona’s Dogs, Finer Feelings, Waterfowl, and The Fights. Proceeds benefit Imerman Angels, an organization supporting cancer patients.
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EDITOR’S PICK: LAUGH-A-PALOOZA-CU
Mike N Molly’s ($25) — Saturday, August 15th, 7 p.m.
Urbana High School alumnus Mark Roberts went on to create television series Two and a Half Men, as well as Mike and Molly, so, appropriately, to Mike N Molly’s he returns — along with other comedians and musicians (and alums), for a comedy and music show. The show benefits the Greg Chew Theater Scholarship, as Roberts was a former student of Chew’s at UHS.
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WHAT: 80s DJ Donna Crossin
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey (no cover)
WHEN: Saturday, August 15th, 7 p.m.
80s retro jams to be spun on Saturday night.