Coming up at FitzGerald's

FitzGerald's 28th Annual American Music Festival, July 2, 3, 4, 5!

 Tickets are available at the door for $25 Wed-Fri, and $30 on Saturday. 

 Save $5 with our ‘Early Bird’ discount, during the first hour after opening each day.

 Children under 12 are only $5 and are welcome until 10pm.

 Four-day passes are available for $80.

Festival Schedule     Press Release     Festival Band Descriptions     Festival Main Page

Wed, July 2 – American Music Festival, 4:30pm to 1am, $25
Bryan Lee and the Blues Power Band, Guy Forsyth, Henhouse Prowlers, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, Pat McLaughlin, Cornmeal, Chuck Prophet.

Thurs, July 3 – American Music Festival, 4:30pm to 2am, $25
Bunkertown, Cannonball, Susan Cowsill, Terry Evans, Paul Sanchez, John Boutte, The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, Lee Boys, Tributosaurus becomes "The Allman Brothers," Marcia Ball Band.

Fri, July 4 – American Music Festival, 1pm to 3am, $25
John Burnett Orchestra, Janiva Magnes, Nicholas Tremulis, Paul Thorn, Victory Travelers & The Annointed Vessels Gospel Choir, Kevin Gordon, Holmes Brothers, Jon Dee Graham & the Fighting Cocks, Bonerama, Ian McLagan & the Bump Band, Marcia Ball Band, Waco Brothers.

Sat, July 5 – American Music Festival, 1pm to 3am, $30
Salty Dogs Jazz Band, Switchback, Johnny Burns, BS Brass Band, Big Smith, Jeff & Vida, The Yellowhammers, Paul Cebar, The Famous Potatoes, Rosie Flores, Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Joe Ely and Joel Guzman, The Hacienda Brothers, Jon Dee Graham & the Fighting Cocks, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, Robbie Fulks.

Sun, July 6 – Closed.

Mon, July 7 – Closed.

Tues, July 8 – Open Mike in the CLUB, 8pm signup, 9pm showtime, 21+, no cover.

Wed, July 9 (ECLECTIC) Chicago Singer Spotlight, 8pm, $8
Amy Mowery, Gina Rosanova, Lara Jenkins, Marie Alexandre, and host Becca Kaufman.
singerspotlight.com

Thurs, July 10 – Stay tuned!

Fri, July 11 (BLUES) Jeremy Spencer, 9pm, $20 (TM/Club)
Legendary Fleetwood Mac guitarist and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame member Jeremy Spencer to tour the USA!
Jeremy Spencer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his role as a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, will perform in the United States for the first time since the early 1970's.  Spencer, accompanied by his Norwegian band, will make appearances in St. Louis, Berwyn, and a festival near Madison, Wisconsin.
jeremyspencer.com

Sat, July 12 (COUNTRY) Tift Merritt, Cameron McGill, 9pm, $15 (TM/Club)
After a Grammy™ nomination, and top 10 albums in The New Yorker and Time Magazine, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her best and most personal songs to date. Her new album Another Country has gotten tremendous reviews. "I first heard Tift Merritt some years ago during a writer's night at a small club. She stood out like a diamond in a coal patch, and everyone there knew she carried a promise of great things to come. She has more than fulfilled that promise, especially here on her lovely new album Another Country." – Emmylou Harris
tiftmerritt.com (instant audio...)

Cameron McGill, a Chicago folk musician, will open the show.
myspace.com/cameronmcgill (instant audio...)

Sun, July 13 (JAZZ) Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners Big Band, 6pm, $10, 17 & under $5
A house band at FitzGerald’s since 1991, the Chicago Skyliners Big Band is one of the top big bands in Chicagoland. Besides original material by contemporary big band arrangers, the band also features the music of Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. Blue Birdland recording artists, the band has recorded 7 CDs. Big band is alive and well – celebrate this great art form most every Sunday at FitzGerald’s. On your way there, check out Bill’s big band radio show Sundays at 5pm on 90.9 FM WDCB!
ChicagoSkylinersBigBand.com

FitzGerald’s “WDCB Sunday Big Band Jazz Party” is generously sponsored by 90.9FM WDCB – Public Radio from College of DuPage.

Mon, July 14 – Closed

Tues, July 15 (ECLECTIC) Open Mike in the SideBar, 8pm signup, 9pm showtime, 21+, no cover.

Wed, July 16 – Stay Tuned!

Thurs, July 17 (FOLK) Michael Smith and Anne Hills, 8pm, $15
Michael Smith's songs have been recorded by dozens of artists in the folk, country, and pop music genres. Sing Out! Magazine calls Michael “one of the few undisputed geniuses among singer-songwriters today.” He has been writing for over three decades, and songs such as “The Dutchman,” “Spoon River,” “Dead Egyptian Blues,” “Last Days of Pompeii,” and “I Brought My Father With Me” are just some of his better-known songs. Anne Hills, Tom Rush, Steve Goodman, Jimmy Buffet and others first introduced many to Michael's music through their recordings of his songs. He has been featured on All Things Considered, Good Evening, and other National Public Radio programs, and on CBC Radio in Canada.
michaelsmithmusic.com

“Anne Hills is such an exquisite singer that it’s understandable that people might be swept up in the pure beauty of her voice and thereby overlook her writing. That would be a mistake. For me, Anne’s writing, in songs like ‘Follow That Road’ and many others, is as direct, melodic and deep as any work being done today. She is quite simply one of my absolute favorite songwriters.” — Tom Paxton
annehills.com

***Also on Thurs, July 17 (BLUES/ROCK/FOLK) Tarbox Ramblers, 8:30pm in the SideBar, $10
Playing with the ease and familiarity of musicians who understand each other's deepest impulses, these gifted interpreters of traditional music also continue to write a growing number of startlingly good original songs. With this band, all that means that a lot can happen quickly: at any given Tarbox show you’re likely to hear thickets of gorgeous backwater guitar, followed by fierce waves of percussion in call-and response drum-and-vocal songs, followed in turn by timeless lightning-in-a-bottle laments.
tarboxramblers.com

Fri, July 18 – Patrick Sweany Band, plus Special Guests TBA, Stay tuned for more info!

Sat, July 19 (ZYDECO/ROOTS) Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, 9:30pm, $15 (TM/Club)
Terrance Simien is blessed with an extraordinary talent that expresses the deepest human emotions through the original instrument: The Voice. His eclectic fusion of Zydeco takes you on a multicultural musical tour of the world. Incorporating diverse music styles he creates a hypnotic blend of Zydeco-roots- New Orleans funk-reggae flavored- Afro-Caribbean-world music that will force you out of your seat and onto the dance floor. He has found a way to express himself as a relevant and evolving artist who remains reverent to his roots and musical legacy. His live performances have garnered him a level of international success and his fully engaged audiences around the globe have become more Zydeco Experienced than ever before!
terrancesimien.com

Sun, July 20 (JAZZ) Mulligan Mosaics Big Band, 6pm, $10, 17 & under $5
The Mulligan Mosaics Big Band is a 13-piece jazz orchestra, founded and lead by Ted Hogarth, with the mission of preserving and performing the music of Gerry Mulligan, and those composers and arrangers whom he influenced.
mulliganmosaics.com

FitzGerald’s “WDCB Sunday Big Band Jazz Party” is generously sponsored by 90.9FM WDCB – Public Radio from College of DuPage.

Mon, July 21 – Closed

Tues, July 22 (ECLECTIC) Open Mike in the SideBar, 8pm signup, 9pm showtime, 21+, no cover.

Wed, July 23 – Stay tuned!

Thurs, July 24 (ROCK) Spade Kitty Presents: The Miracle Whale, Righteous Roadrunners and the Broken-Winged Angels Choir, Roxy Swain, The Venom Lords, 8:30pm, $5
The Miracle Whale – R. Lyle Schipits anchors this singer-songwriter acoustic foray rife with unforgettable melodies and distinctive storytelling. • The Righteous Roadrunners and the Broken-Winged Angels Choir – Local gunslinger Jack Swain's brand spankin’ new honkeytonk outfit is a wonderful showcase for his notoriously infectious songwriting. • Roxy Swain – The newest Spade Kitty act makes their formal debut with their permanent 5-piece lineup drawing from the ranks of Trakan, the three Fifths and Loomis. • The Venom Lords – Loud distorted guitars and songs about zombies, need we say more?
spadekitty.com

Fri, July 25 – Stay tuned!

 Sat, July 26 – Power Play Dance Party Stay tuned for more info!

Sun, July 27 (JAZZ) Chicago Grandstand Big Band, 6pm, $10, 17 & under $5
The Chicago Grandstand Big Band has been an integral part of Chicago's entertainment community for over 25 years. This band has an extensive selection of arrangements that encompass everything from the Swing Era (Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, etc) to Big Band Jazz (Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman etc.
chicagograndstandbigband.com

FitzGerald’s “WDCB Sunday Big Band Jazz Party” is generously sponsored by 90.9FM WDCB – Public Radio from College of DuPage.

Mon, July 28 – Closed

Tues, July 29 (ECLECTIC) Open Mike in the SideBar, 8pm signup, 9pm showtime, 21+, no cover.

Wed, July 30 (FOLK) Andrew Calhoun and Campground CD Release: Bound to Go, 8pm, $10
Join us for Andrew Calhoun and Campground’s official CD Release concert for Bound to Go, a collection of 35 African American spirituals and secular folksongs.
myspace.com/andrewcalhoun (instant audio...)

Thurs, July 31 (COUNTRY) Country Night in Berwyn, Stay tuned for more info...