Every group of enthusiasts has their sacred days.  Baseball fans have the World Series, movie fans have the Academy Awards, and comic book lovers have ComiCon.  For devotees of Umphrey’s McGee, UmBowl has become a sacred day.  This year marked the third installment of their now ...view article

Just over 48 hours away from the first night of the 11th annual Umphrey’s McGee New Years Eve celebration. Facebook statuses and fan forums dedicated to the band begin to flood with requests for tickets after the release of an official notice that long awaited event at Chicago’s Riviera ...view article

The Dead have announced that they will indeed tour in the spring of 2009.  Here is a snippet from dead.net and tour dates:

Happy New Year, everybody!! Hope and change are in the air! So what better way to kick off 2009 than to confirm what’s ...view article

Boone, North Carolina (May 4, 2012) - Music On the Mountaintop has confirmed the first round of artists slated for the fifth annual music festival outside of Boone, North Carolina this August 24-26, 2012. The festival, which returns as Railroad Earth's ...view article

Dayton, OH – Ohio’s up-and-coming jamband powerhouse, The Werks are thrilled to announce their second annual Werk Out Festival, held Thursday through Sunday  September 8–11 at Zane Shawnee Caverns in Bellefontaine.

Building off the success of last year’s inaugural ...view article

The Everyone Orchestra is thrilled to announce a return to the Northeast, April 18th through April 20th, 2013 in Quincy, Mass., Philadelphia and New York. The Northeast run will feature Al Schnier (moe.) on guitar, Vinnie Amico (moe.) on drums, Kalmia Traver (Rubblebucket) on vocals, Alex Toth (Rubblebucket) ...view article

Two of Chicago’s favorite homegrown bands perform in their hometown this first weekend of April. Performing at the Double Door in Chicago tonight, Friday, April 1, Lubriphonic fuses the roots of rock and blues soul with explosive in-your-face delivery and sensuous upbeat funk ...view article

30db, the unassuming collaboration between guitarist Brendan Bayliss of the improvisational Chicago band Umphrey’s McGee and mandolinist Jeff Austin of Boulder’s top-flight Americana unit Yonder Mountain String Band, is creating buzz among critics and fans alike. ...view article

Umphrey’s McGee New Year’s Eve concerts have been a Chicago tradition for the past ten years.  Every year they try to outdo themselves, playing at bigger and bigger venues with more pomp and circumstance each time.  Their journey has taken them from playing the Cubby Bear in 2000, to three ...view article