C-U Folk & Roots Festival is back for an in-person festival October 21-23, and they’ve released their initial lineup this morning. Dom Flemons is once again headlining after doing so in 2019 (and in 2020 …
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Sustainable Student Farm to set up on the Quad on Thursdays this summer
Even though students are away from Champaign-Urbana for the most part this summer, that doesn’t mean the Sustainable Student Farm doesn’t have work to do. The U of I’s Instagram account posted this piece of …
Krannert Center returning to in-person performances this fall
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has announced they will return to in-person performances this fall, after recieving approval from leadership at the Univeristy of Illinois to do so. This is a boon to the …
Sakura Japanese Cuisine coming soon to Downtown Urbana
There’s a new Japanese restaurant opening in Downtown Urbana at some point in the future: Sakura Japanese Cuisine. The restaurant exists in the 136 W. Main Street building next to Weaver & Kearns Law Office …
Spindependence is happening July 2nd at Bentley’s
Spindependence, the (normally) annual DJ marathon that previously look place in Downtown Urbana is moving back to Champaign. Of course, it didn’t happen last year. On July 2nd, Bentley’s will host dozens of DJs to …
Wilco to perform in Bloomington as part of Black Dirt Music Festival
The Castle Theatre in Bloomington has announced Wilco will be performing outside of their venue on Saturday, September 11th to celebrate the Castle’s 10 year anniversary. The band will perform alongside Backyard Tire Fire, Chciago …
Listen to Maps of the Midwest’s new single “Streelights”
The duo of Taylor Loveall and Sarah Cramer, performing under the moniker Maps of the Midwest, has released a new single “Streetlights”, which is available for streaming now. The song was recorded and engineered by Mark …
Lanterna releasing new album Hidden Drives on June 4th
Henry Frayne’s seventh album for alternative-shoegaze project Lanterna, Hidden Drives, is slated for release next week. The new album comes out on June 4th on Badman Recording Co., the band’s follow up to 2015’s Backyards. You can preorder …
Check out C-U ex-pat Alleya Weibel’s new music video
Though violinist Alleya Weibel isn’t based here anymore, she hasn’t stopped playing and performing music as we knew her to do when she was based in C-U. She’s taken her talents across the pond to London …
Illinois Baseball combines for a no-hitter, the program’s first no-no since 1985
Why not start out the week with a bit of baseball news, shall we? Here’s a cool thing that happened: Riley Gowens, Ryan O’Hara, and Cole Kirschsieper combined for Illinois Baseball’s first no-hitter since 1985 …