On Sunday, January 16th, the "Sunday Getaway Concert Series" began with the bluegrass band Still Shine in Bishop Hill. There will be concerts just about every Sunday up until the start of the Levitt AMP Concert Series and then resume again from the end of the Levitt concerts until Thanksgiving. There will be some concerts on other days of the week as well, but you can count on Sundays being a regular thing. 

Also, we officially announced the launch of our new nonprofit, Crossroads Cultural Connections, which is dedicated to furthering efforts to bring live music to this area in hopes of building something that will outlast all of us. Learn more about the organization at xroadscc.org.

Below is the list of upcoming concerts through May:

Sun Jan 16 Still Shine
Sun Jan 23 Evan Bartels & Angela Meyer // $20-30 suggested donation
Sat Jan 29 Jason Ringenberg
Sun Jan 30 Brother Moses
Sun Feb 6 Killinger, Dahms, & Mikles
Fri Feb 11 The 4onthefloor
Sun Feb 13 Miles Over Mountains
Sat Feb 19 Cary Morin
Sun Feb 20 Blame Not the Bard & Dylan Doyle // $20-30 suggested donation
Fri Feb 25 Marielle Kraft & Skout
Sun Feb 27 Logan Springer & the Wonderfully Wild
Wed Mar 2 Sam Weber & Matthew Fowler
Sun Mar 6 Pete Jive & The Memphis Dives
Sat Mar 12 Angela Meyer (Quad Cities Honor Flight Benefit) ***
Sun Mar 13 Harmonious Wail
Sat Mar 19 Surf Zombies ***
Sun Mar 20 Rye Davis
Sun Mar 27 David Singley w/Crys Matthews & Heather Mae // $20-30 suggested donation
Sun Apr 3 Claude Bourbon
Sun Apr 10 Kray Van Kirk
Sun Apr 17 NO CONCERT (EASTER)
Sat Apr 23 Halley Neal
Sun Apr 24 Rags and Riches
Sun May 1 Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal
Sun May 8 NO CONCERT (Mother's Day)
Sun May 15 Dickie *
Sun May 22 Avey Grouws Band *
Sun May 29 Levitt AMP Galva Music Series kicks off! ** // FREE, 6PM start

* At Ca d'Zan House Concerts (Cambridge, IL)
** At Wiley Park (Galva, IL)
*** At Kewanee Elks Lodge (115 N. Tremont St, Kewanee, IL)

Unless noted, all above concerts are at Bishop Hill Creative Commons and are in the following format:
6pm potluck
7pm music
$10-20 suggested donation
All ages, family-friendly

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Help us continue to enrich our area through live music by becoming a Heartland Connections member or gifting a membership to a loved one:

Become a Sustaining Member - https://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94fb4a98f3c39c4bf51573c5&id=7101fc4885&e=369dd78a6c


A special thank you goes out to our sponsors! They keep us going with encouragement and help us keep the lights on.

Roni and David Benson
Bishop Hill Bakery & Eatery
Crescent City Tap
WQUD 107.7 Vintage Radio
Loncka Graphics
Trademark Vacations
Lucky Franc
The Colony Inn

For more information on ways you can support live music and art in the area please visit heartlandconnections.com and xroadscc.org.