Music

After several years in Bloomington and Clinton, Iowa, the June 18-20 festival at the McLean County Fairgrounds is currently the only one on Tailgate N' Tallboys' 2026 calendar.

If you enjoy humor found in unusual places ... if you enjoy sorting through public documents ... if you enjoy bluegrass music, then this show might just be for you. It's called "FOIA Love."

The Van Leer Memorial Bell Tower will now play music twice daily as it did last century.

Hotter Than June frontman Josh Humphries will perform the band's songs live for the last time in a solo acoustic set in Bloomington. But it's not the end of the band or Humphries' musical ambitions.

Waiting Room Records is hosting its 4th annual free music fest, 'We’re Just Trying to Do Something Nice, Okay?' at the Connie Link Amphitheater at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. The show will raise donations to support Clover’s Cat Club, an animal rescue service in Normal.

The band's first full-length album of all-original songs isn't afraid to veer slightly from the rules, but they're a rockabilly band "through and through."

The band previews songs from the new album this weekend at the Tailgate N' Tallboys festival in Bloomington.

IATSE previously accused the organizer of violating its contract with the union and refusing to hire local stagehands, which the union argued created additional safety hazards.

WGLT's summer music guide highlights various places to catch free (and nearly free) live music around Bloomington-Normal.

"The Satyr's Last Lament" is not a feel-good musical, but more of a cautionary tale. And there are kazoos.