Mar 30 Saturday
The Steam Quartet is a powerful combo of the leading exponents of traditional Irish music from the international acoustic scene. Chicago artists John Williams, Katie Grennan, Steve Morrow and Jeff Lindblade have thrilled audiences from Shanghai to Chicago and from Paris to Pittsburgh. Concertina, fiddle, bodhran and guitar ignite to raise the rafters and warm the heart. Appearances on BBC, PBS, Dreamworks, Riverdance and with the Chieftains round out their various backgrounds and their versatility embraces dance, wit, and road-tested musical integrity.
Apr 02 Tuesday
Enjoy lunchtime performances from local musicians every first Tuesday at our DeKalb studios. Refreshments will be provided. Our April guest is the Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra. The 8-piece ensemble has members from all across northern Illinois and they show us that the ukulele isn't just a "strum and sing" instrument, but something that can be played as a virtuoso instrument as well. We can't wait to see you there!
Ready, Set, Sing!What? FREE Singing LessonsWho? All men and women who love to sing!When? Five Tuesday evenings for an hourStarting March 5th, 2024Where? Christ Methodist Church 4509 Highcrest Rd, Rockford, IL7:00 – 8:00 Singing Lesson8:00 – 8:15 RefreshmentsSponsored by The 2nd City ChorusBarbershop Harmony SocietyFor more information email:info@2ndcitychorus.comor call Dave M at 815-262-2831
Apr 09 Tuesday
Apr 11 Thursday
Ultimate Divas of Stage, Screen and Popular music, Barbra, Bette and Bernadette have made their mark from the Baths to Broadway and beyond! With their fifth collaboration, Girls Like Us (Cabaret favorites Laura Freeman, Beckie Menzie and Marianne Murphy Orland), bring you the music and lives of Streisand, Midler and Peters with humor, history and song.
Apr 12 Friday
April is National Poetry Month! Rockford, IL poet Christopher D. Sims is helping Rockford, IL and the surrounding area celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening event at Inscape Collective - formerly JustGoods.
This event will kick off with an Open Mic and then have featured performers on stage, including Aubrey Barnes, Georgia Dryer, Penelope Monay and Christopher D. Sims. All area poets are welcome to come share during the Open Mic! Featured performers begin shortly after!
This Twin City-based guitar duo, Ryan Picone and Ben Abrahamson, brings together the virtuosic playing styles of legendary guitarists Django Reinhardt and Paco de Lucia. The fusion of these musical genres known internationally as Jazz Manouche and Flamenco has begun to merge into yet more creative artistic expressions.
Apr 13 Saturday
Triflemore is a transatlantic folk duo bringing the sounds of American and Scotland to Inscape Collective. Their songs are meditative and progressive, whilst reflecting traditional British Isles folk baroque stylings.
Stateline celebrity Denny ("Diamond") Svehla returns with to grace our stage with his new "Elvis and Tom" program, celebrating the Las Vegas years of Elvis Presley and Tom Jones. Learn more about Denny's music at https://dennydiamond.com/.
The matinee will run from 3pm until about 5pm. Doors open at 2pm. We will not be offering pizza, although other packaged snacks and bottled soft drinks will be available before the concert and during the intermission.
There is no admission charge, but goodwill donations from the audience pay the musicians and help to defray the church's event hosting costs. Attendance is limited to 150, and we expect a full house. Those who wish guaranteed seating regardless of what time they arrive may make an early donation in the form of a $5 ticket at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/f2702247-9b52-4199-97cb-4a4d7d9275c0 . Those who are unable to buy online may email cotc4500@gmail.com or phone 815.979.1949 for special arrangements. The recommended donation for non-reserved walk-in guests is $10, but any amount is appreciated.
Light refreshments will be available. We offer free off-street parking for 95 vehicles and our all-on-one-floor listening area is easily accessible; acoustics are excellent. Deepest thanks to our sponsors Downtown Discount Pharmacy and Obrien & Dobbins Pharmacy for their generous support of great live music in our community. Learn more at downtowndiscountdrug.com and obrienspharmacy.net.
Join us in the library’s main lobby for an after-hours concert performed by the Northern Illinois University’s renowned Steelband. The concert will be an eclectic program of musical styles highlighting the versatility and profundity the steelpan.
The NIU Steelband is dedicated to demonstrating the versatility and profundity of the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.
Created in 1973 by G. Allan O'Connor, the NIU Steelband is the first active steelband formed at an American university. NIU is also one of the few institutions in the world at which students may pursue undergraduate and graduate music degrees with the steelpan as the major instrument of choice.
The ensemble has performed throughout the United States and across the globe. Some of the band’s most notable appearances include a performance for 18,000 soccer fans at Yankee Stadium, tours of Taiwan in 1992 and 1998, concerts with symphony orchestras (including the St. Louis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta), and several performances at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). In 2000, the NIU Steelband had the distinction of placing 2nd at the World Steelband Festival in Trinidad, and represented the USA at the 2002 Seoul Drum Festival in South Korea.
The NIU Steelband regularly appears in concert at public schools, universities, conventions and arts series, and has many recordings to its credit, including Dangerous, which features an eclectic blend of musical styles.
After many years under the leadership of G. Allan O’Connor and steelband legend Clifford Alexis, the ensemble is now directed by Head of Steelpan Studies and Professor of Music, Liam Teague and Music Instrument Technician, Yuko Asada.
This concert is free and open to all. No registration is required. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and music will begin at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Samantha at samanthah@dkpl.org or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.