July 2014 Concerts, Fairs, and Music Festivals 7-1-14 “American Idols Live” - 7pm - with C.J. Harris, Jena Irene, Caleb Johnson, Jessica Meuse, MK Nobilette, Alex Preston, Dexter Roberts, Majesty Rose, Malaya Watson, Sam Woolf – Ravinia Music Festival – Highland Park – www.ravinia.com 7-1-14 New Order – 7pm – Aragon Ballroom – Chicago – www.Aragon.com 7-2-14 Chicago Six – 8pm – Frontier Days – Recreation Park –Arlington Heights – www.FrontierDays.org 7-3-14 Tracy Lawrence, Levi Riggs – 6:30pm – Red, White & Blue Days – Morton Park – Charleston – www.CharlestonRedWhiteAndBlue.com 7-3-14 Sister Hazel – 8pm – Frontier Days – Recreation Park –Arlington Heights – www.FrontierDays.org 7-3-14 Earth, Wind, & Fire – 8pm – Ravinia Music Festival – Highland Park – www.ravinia.com 7-3-14 Three Dog Night - 7pm – Festival Park - Grand Victoria Casino – Elgin - www.grandvictoriacasino.com 7-3-14 Parmalee, Brushville – 7pm – Petunia Festival – Dixon – www.PetuniaFestival.org 7-3-14 BoDeans – Naperville’s Knoch Park Rib Festival – Naperville – www.ribfest.net 7-4-14 Love & Theft – Naperville’s Knoch Park Rib Festival – Naperville – www.ribfest.net 7-4-14 Maggie Speaks, Pat McKillen – 7pm – Hamilton Lakes Park Fireworks Festival – Itasca – www.itasca.com 7-4-14 American English – 5pm – All-American 4th of July Festival – Bolingbrook – www.Bolingbrook.com 7-4-14 Charlie Daniels Band, Brasher Bogue – 6:30pm – “Stars & Stripes Celebration” – World Shooting & Recreational Complex – Sparta – www.sparta175.com 7-4-14 Chicago Band 6, Dennis DeYoung (former Styx frontman), Creedence Clearwater Revisited - 7pm – Festival Park - Grand Victoria Casino – Elgin - www.grandvictoriacasino.com 7-4-14 Dave Matthews Band – 7pm - First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago www.livenation.com. 7-4-14 Gin Blossoms – 8pm – Frontier Days – Recreation Park –Arlington Heights – www.FrontierDays.org 7-5-14 Afrojack – 6pm – Navy Pier – Chicago – www.navypier.com 7-5-14 Smash Mouth – 8:30pm – North West Fourth Fest – Sears Centre Arena – Hoffman Estates – www.northwestfourthfest.com 7-5-14 The Bacon Brothers – 8pm – Frontier Days – Recreation Park –Arlington Heights – www.FrontierDays.org 7-5-14 Gin Blossoms – 8pm – Eyes To The Skies Balloon Festival – VanKampen Stage Lisle – www.EyesToTheSkies.org 7-5-14 Thomas Rhett, Grainger Smith – 7pm – Schuyler County Fair – Rushville www.schuylercountyfair.org 7-5-14 Sarah McLachlan – 7:30pm – Ravinia Music Festival – Highland Park – www.ravinia.com 7-5-14 Dave Matthews Band – 7pm - First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago www.livenation.com. 7-5-14 Eddie Money – 7pm – “Red, White, & Boom Festival” – Riverfront Festival Park - Peoria www.jaystv.com 7-5-14 Roger Hodgson (former lead singer of Supertramp) – Naperville’s Knoch Park Rib Festival – Naperville – www.ribfest.net 7-5-14 JT Hodges (4:15pm), Cowboy Mouth (8:30pm) – Windy City Ribfest – Chicago www.chicagoevents.com 7-5-14 10,000 Maniacs (9pm), Lee DeWyze “American Idol winner” (7pm) – River Edge Park – Aurora – www.riveredgeaurora.com 7-6-14 “Under The Sun Tour” with Blues Travelers (9pm), Uncle Kracker (8pm), Sugar Ray (7pm) – River Edge Park – Aurora – www.riveredgeaurora.com 7-6-14 Trippin’ Billies – 6:45pm – Windy City Ribfest – Chicago – www.chicagoevents.com 7-6-14 George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat – Naperville’s Knoch Park Rib Festival – Naperville – www.ribfest.net 7-6-14 American English – 7:30pm – Frontier Days – Recreation Park –Arlington Heights – www.FrontierDays.org 7-8-14 Jackson Browne – 7:30pm – Peoria Civic Center Arena – Peoria – www.peoriaciviccenter.com 7-9-14 Paul McCartney – 8pm – United Center – Chicago – www.unitedcenter.com 7-10-14 Michael Franti & Spearhead – 6:30pm - First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago - www.livenation.com. 7-11-14 Julianne & Derek Hough “Move-Live Tour” – Chicago Theatre – Chicago - www.thechicagotheatre.com 7-11-14 Clayton Anderson Band – Joe’s Bar – Chicago – www.joesbar.com 7-11-14 Terry Fator (America’s Got Talent ventriloquist/impressionist winner) – The Venue Horseshoe Hammond Chicago Casino - Hammond, IN – www.horseshoehammond.com 7-11-14 Rick Springfield, William Beckett – 6:45pm – Genesee Theatre – Waukegan – www.geneseetheatre.com 7-11-14 Josh Blue Comedy Show – Decatur Civic Center – Decatur – www.decaturciviccenter.org 7-11-14 Lady Gaga – 7:30pm – United Center – Chicago – www.unitedcenter.com 7-11-14 311 – 8pm - First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago – www.livenation.com. 7-11-14 Fall Out Boy, Paramore, New Politics – 7pm – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park – www.livenation.com 7-11-14 Lee Brice – 7:30pm –Morgan County Fair – Jacksonville – www.themorgancountyfair.com 7-11-14 Modern Day Romeos, Hans & The Hormones – 6pm – Fiesta Days – Peterson Park – McHenry – www.MchenryFiestaDays.com 7-11-14 Vanilla Ice (8:30pm), .38 Special (10pm) – Kankakee Valley Park District BBQ Festival Kankakee – www.kvpd.com 7-11-14 Brett Eldredge, Josh Thompson, Shawn Lacy – Windy City Smoke Out – Chicago www.windycitysmokeout.com 7-11-14 Little Texas (10pm), The Dirt Road Rockers (8pm) – Slip ‘N’ Slide Music Festival – Milan – www.slipnslidemusicfest.com 7-12-14 The Giving Tree Band (10pm), Rosco Bandana (7pm), Orangadang (4pm), Coyote Riot (12pm) – Slip ‘N’ Slide Music Festival – Milan – www.slipnslidemusicfest.com 7-12-14 Randy Rogers Band, Josh Abbott Band, Kevin Fowler, Clayton Anderson – Windy City Smoke Out – Chicago www.windycitysmokeout.com 7-12-14 Jerrod Niemann, Chris Cavanaugh – 7:45pm – Stephenson County Fair – Freeport – www.StephensonCountyFair.org 7-12-14 Dustin Lynch (10pm), Joe Diffie (8:15pm), Jon Pardi (6:45pm) – Kankakee Valley Park District BBQ Festival – Kankakee – www.kvpd.com 7-12-14 Night Ranger, Tom Kiefer (Cinderella), Friction – 4:45pm – Fiesta Days – Peterson Park – McHenry – www.MchenryFiestaDays.com 7-12-14 Lorrie Morgan – 7pm – Moultrie Douglas County Fair – Arthur – www.moultriedouglascountyfair.com 7-12-14 Josh Turner - 7pm – Festival Park - Grand Victoria Casino – Elgin - www.grandvictoriacasino.com 7-12-14 George Thorogood & The Destroyers – 8pm – Blue Chip Casino – Michigan City, IN www.BlueChipCasino.com 7-12-14 .38 Special – 7:30pm – Morgan County Fair – Jacksonville – www.themorgancountyfair.com 7-12-14 The Ides of March with Jim Peterik – Itasca Festival – Washington Park – Itasca – www.itasca.com 7-12-14 Willie Nelson, Alison Krause & Union Station, Jason Isbell - 6:30pm – Ravinia Music Festival – Highland Park – www.ravinia.com 7-12-14 Earth, Wind, & Fire – 8pm – Peoria Civic Center Arena – Peoria – www.peoriaciviccenter.com 7-12-14 Journey, Stevie Miller Band, Tower of Power – 6:45pm – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park – www.livenation.com 7-12-14 American English – 8:30pm – Taste of Westmont – Westmont – www.westmontevents.com 7-13-14 Eli Young Band, Chase Rice, Blackjack Billy, Elizabeth Lyons – Windy City Smoke Out – Chicago www.windycitysmokeout.com 7-13-14 American English, Heartache Tonight – 1pm – Fiesta Days – Peterson Park – McHenry – www.MchenryFiestaDays.com 7-13-14 The Ides of March with Jim Peterik –6pm – Taste of Westmont – Westmont – www.westmontevents.com 7-13-14 Drew Baldridge, Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett, Brushville – “Concerts For A Cause” IL. Valley Regional Airport – Peru – www.LousLagrotto.com 7-13-14 “38th Annual Rockford Pro Am Jam” with Steve Azar, Josh Kelley, Edwin McCain, Javier Colon, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker – 7:30pm – BMO Harris Bank Center – Rockford - www.centreevents.com 7-13-14 Toby Keith, Colt Ford, & Krystal Keith – 7pm – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park – www.livenation.com 7-14-14 Counting Crows – 6:30pm – Ravinia Music Festival – Highland Park – www.ravinia.com 7-14-14 American English – Itasca Festival – Washington Park – Itasca – www.itasca.com 7-15-14 3 Doors Down – 7pm – House of Blues – Chicago – www.HOB.com 7-16-14 Lauryn Hill – 7:30pm – House of Blues – Chicago – www.HOB.com 7-16-14 “The Voice” tour with Josh Kaufman, Kristen Merlin, Jake Worthington, Christina Grimmie, Tessanee Chin, Jacquie Lee, Will Champlin, Dia Framptin, Jake Barker – 7:30pm - Chicago Theatre – Chicago - www.thechicagotheatre.com 7-17-14 Chris August – 8 pm- Mattoon BagelFest-Main Stage-Mattoon www.MattoonBagelFest.com 7-18-14 Chris Cagle – 8pm – Menard County Fair – Petersburg – www.menardcountyfair.com 7-18-14 Leah Turner, Adam Craig Band – 8:30pm – Joe’s Bar – Chicago – www.joesbar.com 7-18-14 Megadeth – 8pm – The Venue – Horseshoe Hammond Chicago Casino Hammond, IN www.horseshoehammond.com 7-18-14 Ted Nugent – 8pm – Star Plaza Theatre – Merrillville, IN – www.starplazatheatre.com 7-18-14 The Swon Brothers – 8 pm- Mattoon BagelFest-Main Stage-Mattoon www.MattoonBagelFest.com 7-18-14 Phish – 7pm - First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago – www.livenation.com 7-18-14 Ron White – 7:30pm – I Wireless Center – Moline – www.iwirelesscenter.com 7-18-14 Caifanes (Spanish rock group) – 9pm – Rosemont Theatre – Rosemont – www.rosemonttheatre.com 7-18-14 Clayton Anderson Band, Cedar Ridge Band, Twisted Road – 7pm – Fayette County Fair Grounds – Brownstown – www.fayettecofair.org 7-18-14 “Country Life Music Festival” - Ravina On The Lake – Peoria - www.countrylifemusicfestival.com Chris Weaver Band – 3pm Josh Thompson – 4:30pm Kellie Pickler – 6pm Montgomery Gentry – 7:30pm Hank Williams Jr – 9:30pm 7-19-14 “Country Life Music Festival” - Ravina On The Lake – Peoria - www.countrylifemusicfestival.com Blackhawk – 2pm Outlaws