By: Nick Draper | Photos: Ben BowenFestival arrival, even the "night before", can be a bit of a trial -- arriving early, waiting in line for hours, sitting around in the shockingly chilly weather while waiting to pass through security.But once you're in the Summer Camp venue on Thursday, though, the first shows you...

It seems like we can always look forward to a fewChicago visits per year by Del McCoury. City Winery is quickly establishing itself as "home turf" for the bluegrasslegends.They've been keeping themselves busy -- and taking a pagefrom the Billy Bragg and Wilco playbook in the process -- by putting the finishing touches on...

By: Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn) | Photos: Ab PhotographieNew Years Eve is a special night for most live music fans. If we aren't traveling the country to join our favorite band on the road, we hunker down and enjoy the acts that come to us. Either way, we suit up, pop some bottles, and try to keep...

 It took a little while for Lettuce to start to hit the Chicago market hard, but once they did, they've really gone right after the city's funk and jam lovers.With recent appearances at clubs (Concord) and festivals (Taste Of Randolph, North Coast) and even members playing the "Super Jam" circuit, they are ready...

We had a ball at last year's Whippersnap Festival, a fine mid-summer destination which married great regional talent with an emphasis on improv with some top notch national headliners. The festival is back in 2013, though moving closer to Chicago, at HideAway Lakes campground in Yorkville, IL. The lineup was released over the weekend on their...

If you missed the awesome Kevin Shapiro Phish From The Archives show broadcast on Sirius/XM this year prior to the SPAC simulcast, a kind soul has added it to the Drop Canvas file sharing site (part one, part two). Unlike a lot of the other great downloads that we host on tomorrowsverse.com it...

We've creeped past the solstice marker and are entering the heart of festival season in the Midwest. The oddest trend for 2012 seems to be festivals moving locations, which no less than five of the fests that we are tracking declaring a new home this year. Here's our roundup of the most intriguing camping and / or...

North Coast Music Festival, the Labor Day weekend event entering its third year in Chicago's Union Park has staked its reputation on eclectic lineups and an outside-the-mainstream sensibility. But while the inaugural festival in 2010 seemed to carve out a spot for edgier and crossover jambands, last year's lineup seemed heavily tilted towards EDM. It seemed...