Fitzgerald’s 30th Annual American Music Festival July 1-4, 2010 and MORE!
FitzGerald’s 30th Annual American Music Festival is around the corner!
July 1-4, 2010
Purchase your 4 – day pass to the festival through TicketWeb.com
Click on pix for more!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Shemekia Copeland + Rick Simcox & The ToneQuesters
9:00 pm $15 TW/advance / tickets, $20 at the door.
Shemekia Copeland 
At a young age, Shemekia Copeland is already a force to be reckoned with in the blues. While still in her 20s, she’s opened for the Rolling Stones, headlined at the Chicago Blues Festival and numerous festivals around the world, scored critics choice awards on both sides of the Atlantic (The New York Times and The Times of London) and shared the stage with such luminaries as Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Taj Mahal and JohnMayer. Heir to the rich tradition of soul-drenched divas like Ruth Brown, Etta James and Koko Taylor, Copeland’s shot at the eventual title of "Queen of the Blues" is pretty clear. By some standards, she may already be there.
Rick Simcox & The ToneQuesters 
a Detroit native, moved to Chicago in 1997, whereupon the Blues immersion would slowly begin to take its hold. In 2005, Simcox formed the basic ToneQuesters unit with Ryan Suzuka [harmonica] and "Willie J" Rauch [bass]. The band is currently playing promotional shows throughout the Chicagoland area and is, of course, backed by many exceptional musicians. Rick Simcox & The
ToneQuesters deliver a straight shot and are not to be missed!
Saturday, June 19 , 2010
The Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. They played twice in Brooklyn as The Suckers before performing as The Fiery Furnaces (with an unchanged line-up). The band’s primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The brother and sister are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Sue Foley & Peter Karp He Said – She Said Tour!
9:00 pm
SideBar Music Room – $15 TW
"He Said – She Said" is my new project developed with Canadian songwriter/guitarist Sue Foley. The original songs are adapted
from letters and e-mails between us over a 2-year period. They tell the story of two artists in development, in a meeting of hearts and minds. What started as a casual exchange became a revealing account of the personal struggles and dramatic changes that were happening in our lives. Our shared thoughts became intimate. Then, we turned those letters into songs and made a CD together. It’s by far the best thing either of us have created simply because it comes from the honesty of real life. And
it’s a very engaging live show moving between nylon acoustic guitar, dobro, grand piano and electric guitars." – Peter Karp
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Rob Parton Big Band
5:00 pm doors, 6:00pm showtime!
$10 tix. 17 and under $5.
Tonight with the Rich South High School Jazz Band. The Rob Parton Big Band features a group of the finest musicians in Chicago. Musically, the band mirrors that of the European Radio Orchestras, where new music is the focus. The music features the sounds of the electric guitar, electric bass, percussion and musical styles outside of the traditional swing setting, hitting upon funk grooves, hip hop grooves, Latin grooves and of course the essence of it all, swing. In some ways it might be very similar to Gordon Goodwin’s Big PHAT Band intersecting with Maria Schneider’s Jazz Orchestra.
FitzGerald’s "WDCB Sunday Big Band Jazz Party" is generously sponsored by 90.9FM WDCB Public Radio from College of DuPage.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 – Open Mike in the CLUB , signup at 8:00 pm, starts at 9:00 pm, free.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Michael Smith + Small Potatoes, 8pm, $15 TW/advance tix. Quiz Night at FitzGerald’s Night Club!
Thursday, June 24, 2010 WXRT Show! – Sonny Landreth plus Whisker Music, 8 pm, $25 TW. Country Night in Berwyn, 8pm in the SideBar Party Room, pass the hat! Euchre, 7:30pm in the SideBar, free.
Friday, June 25, 2010 Cliff Johnson Band + Kraig Kenning, 8:30pm, $12TW. Cannonball, 8:30pm in the SideBar, pass the hat
Friday, July 9 , 2010 
James McMurtry / 9:00 pm. $20 TW / advance tickets.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 
Laurie Morvan Band / 8:00 pm – 2 sets/ $10 TW.
FitzGerald’s Nightclub / 6615 W. Roosevelt Road / Berwyn, IL
To purchase call 866-468-3401. Tickets are available at the club Tuesday – Sunday evenings, or online: TicketWeb .
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