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Poplar Creek Music Theater was a concert venue in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The amphitheatre opened in 1980 and closed in 1994. It hosted a variety of popular musical acts during its 15-season existence. It consisted of a covered pavilion and grass seating area and had a capacity of 25,202 people: 7,202 reserved seats and 18,000 lawn seats.
The Mississippi River Festival (MRF) was a summer outdoor concert series held during the years 1969-1980 on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois. The Festival was notable due to its central midwestern location, the natural ambience of its outdoor venue, and the consistently high quality of performers.
Soundstage is an American live concert television series produced by WTTW Chicago and HD Ready. The original series aired for 13 seasons between 1974 and 1985; a new series of seasons began in 2003, with the latest (Season 11) starting in April 2018, each presented in high-definition with surround sound.
Robert "Bob" Milne is an American ragtime musician and concert pianist. Considered as a "very good specialist of ragtime boogie", [ 1 ] he was referred to as a "national treasure" after he was interviewed and documented for future generations by the U.S. Library of Congress in 2004.
Text logo. Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of former All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen in Washington, D.C.. The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left South by Southwest frustrated that they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise.
March 16, 2001: Country music legend Willie Nelson sips a cup of coffee in his tour bus after playing a show at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth. Aug. 18, 2001: Ringo Starr dazzled fans at Billy Bob ...
Bob Geldof had one warning for the producers of the forthcoming stage adaptation of 1985’s Live Aid concert: “It better not be s***.”. Geldof and Scottish musician Midge Ure co-organised the ...
The Old Town School of Folk Music is a Chicago teaching and performing institution that launched the careers of many notable folk music artists. Founded by Folk musicians Frank Hamilton and Win Stracke , and Dawn Greening, the School opened in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago in 1957 [ 1 ] (the original location at 333 west North Avenue has ...