Weekly Blues Lesson and Dance
On Monday evenings we gather for a lesson and dance at Guido’s Bar & Grill. The lesson and the dance are both FREE.
Beginner-Friendly Lesson: 6-7pm. Our friendly and experienced instructors Jennifer, Sierra, and Dave share the teaching role.
Blues Social Dance: 7-9pm
Open to all ages. No cover. Drinks and food available from our host venue, Guido’s Bar & Grill.
Beginners welcome. No partner required. Come dance with us!
SLOW JAM, first and third Mondays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm in the Lincoln Square hallway behind Common Ground Food Coop. Traditional, folk, country songs in a beginner-friendly setting. For all acoustic stringed instruments and/or voices. Singalong, play-along format.
Meets most Tuesdays, an informal gathering of musicians playing bluegrass style. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, dulcimer, mandolin, uke, and come share a tune, or learn a new one.
Located in the Lincoln Square Mall in the southwest corridor, near the former location of Art Mart. Lincoln Square Mall is located in downtown Urbana, IL between Race and Vine on Broadway.
Traditional Irish dance music played by a group of local musicians. If you like playing Irish music you’re invited to join in.
All are welcome!
Informal gathering of musicians playing old-time stringband style. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, dulcimer, mandolin, uke, and come share a tune, or learn a new one.
Located in the Lincoln Square Mall behind the Common Ground Food Co-op. Lincoln Square Mall is located in downtown Urbana, IL between Race and Vine on Broadway.
Weekly Blues Lesson and Dance
On Monday evenings we gather for a lesson and dance at Guido’s Bar & Grill. The lesson and the dance are both FREE.
Beginner-Friendly Lesson: 6-7pm. Our friendly and experienced instructors Jennifer, Sierra, and Dave share the teaching role.
Blues Social Dance: 7-9pm
Open to all ages. No cover. Drinks and food available from our host venue, Guido’s Bar & Grill.
Beginners welcome. No partner required. Come dance with us!
Meets most Tuesdays, an informal gathering of musicians playing bluegrass style. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, dulcimer, mandolin, uke, and come share a tune, or learn a new one.
Located in the Lincoln Square Mall in the southwest corridor, near the former location of Art Mart. Lincoln Square Mall is located in downtown Urbana, IL between Race and Vine on Broadway.
Location
HOUSE CONCERT near downtown Champaign, IL
Ticket Prices
$20 Adult
$10 Student & Senior
HOUSE CONCERT and Potluck Dinner
Sophie Lavoie is a fiddler, pianist, singer and composer from Lac-St-Jean in Québec. She has played in various Quebecois bands including L’attisée and Tu m’en diras tant. Since 2008, she has been touring with Irish piper Fiachra O’Regan. The duo Sophie & Fiachra has recorded three albums: Sophie & Fiachra (2010), Rewind (2014) and Un Canadien errant (2016), the latter was nominated for Best album of the year at both ADISQ and Canadian Folk Music Award in 2016. “One of the rising stars of Québécois music” (Roots Magazine), Sophie has recently been awarded a scholarship for a Masters in ethnomusicology at University of Montreal. Her research involves the fiddle style and repertoire of her native region, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.
Fiachra O‘Regan, from Connemara, on the West Coast of Ireland, plays Irish music on the Uilleann Pipes and Whistle, He is a senior All Ireland Champion on both these instruments. Fiachra has performed throughout the world, touring in his own group as well as with many other artists and groups. He is also sought after as a teacher in private lessons and at festivals. In 2008, Fiachra recorded Aisling Gheal, his first solo album, and has since recorded three albums with quebecois fiddler Sophie Lavoie, as well as appearing as a guest on many other albums.
Traditional Irish dance music played by a group of local musicians. If you like playing Irish music you’re invited to join in.
Informal gathering of musicians playing old-time stringband style. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, dulcimer, mandolin, uke, and come share a tune, or learn a new one.
Located in the Lincoln Square Mall behind the Common Ground Food Co-op. Lincoln Square Mall is located in downtown Urbana, IL between Race and Vine on Broadway.
- The Firetones
- Bones Jugs
- The Young and the Fretless
- Strings Attached
- Grass Roots Revival
- Rebekah Songer
- Doug Schroer and Matt Stewart
- Tom Turino – Cajun Accordion, Fiddle
- Matt Turino – Fiddle, Frottoir
- Shannon Arnold – Guitar, Vocals
- Kristi Emilsson – ‘Tit-fer
- JB Faires – Bass
- Sam Payne – Guitar
Regent EPOCA
1406 Regency Dr West, Savoy, IL 61874
217-359-5333
9:30 pm – 1:00 am
$10 admission (students $8)
DJ
Live music with Bandoneon Massacre!
Cash bar til 11 pm; $10 corking fee for BYOB
Suspended (floating) oakwood dance floor
Air conditioned
Dress to impress
Preceded by West Coast Swing dance (7:00 pm) — {WCS, Salsa, 2 Step, Bachata and more} $10 for the whole evening.
Weekly Blues Lesson and Dance
On Monday evenings we gather for a lesson and dance at Guido’s Bar & Grill. The lesson and the dance are both FREE.
Beginner-Friendly Lesson: 6-7pm. Our friendly and experienced instructors Jennifer, Sierra, and Dave share the teaching role.
Blues Social Dance: 7-9pm
Open to all ages. No cover. Drinks and food available from our host venue, Guido’s Bar & Grill.
Beginners welcome. No partner required. Come dance with us!
SLOW JAM, first and third Mondays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm in the Lincoln Square hallway behind Common Ground Food Coop. Traditional, folk, country songs in a beginner-friendly setting. For all acoustic stringed instruments and/or voices. Singalong, play-along format.
Meets most Tuesdays, an informal gathering of musicians playing bluegrass style. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, dulcimer, mandolin, uke, and come share a tune, or learn a new one.
Located in the Lincoln Square Mall in the southwest corridor, near the former location of Art Mart. Lincoln Square Mall is located in downtown Urbana, IL between Race and Vine on Broadway.
Traditional Irish dance music played by a group of local musicians. If you like playing Irish music you’re invited to join in.