One of Chicago’s proudest jamband exports and festival staples will get a makeover by the time next festival season rolls around.  Cornmeal announced via their website that Kris and JP Novak will be leaving the band after the run of shows currently booked through the middle of this fall.  Currently, there are seven gigs on [...]

And you can see them both!  Barn favorites Mr. Blotto turn in a free show at La Grange Park’s Memorial Park tonight, August 3rd.  Show should begin at around 7:30 and go until 9:00.  Fun for the entire family and likely a little something to get you through The Days Between. Still hungry for more [...]

Who says a jazz band can’t play rock music?  Certainly not Paul Abella, who brings his Trio (which of course has four members), to Brookfield’s Salt Creek Wine Bar tonight (Friday, July 8th). It looks like a jazz band…  It sounds like a jazz band…  Abella’s polyrhythmic Latin-infused percussion, the fat hollowbody sound of Mitch [...]

Nickson’s in La Grange is a place for some truly legit food.  If you haven’t experienced the Elk Burger, you are missing out on one of the most uniquely delicious burgers in Chicagoland. But this week, brothers and co-founders Nick and Rich Baca will be adding a New England flair to the menu as they [...]

You want options?  We’ve got options, even in the ‘burbs.  While the Melvin / Terrapin Flyer combo represents a perfect hybrid of local and national flavors for next weekend.  The Barn is spotlighting two shows this Saturday, 6/11, that will provide some variety as to how you whet your live music appetite. If you’re looking [...]

The Barn is spotlighting two great shows along Ogden on Friday night. Our friends in Paradise Waits will bring some Dead inspired jams to Brixie’s.

We’re always happy to give a shout to a band that brings the funk as long and as hard as these guys.  This Must Be the Band returns to Brixie’s  in Brookfield for another Barn Spotlight show this Friday, May 6th. To celebrate, let’s revisit the five posts that made up our popular Talking Heads [...]

The Barn is pleased to announce our next HUGE live music event, and we’re just bursting with pride at the talent that we are bringing to the Western ‘burbs. For 15 years, Melvin Seals traded licks with Jerry Garcia in the Jerry Garcia Band, contributing to some of the most moving, inspirational and soulful output [...]

We’ve played it pretty close home with our Spotlight Shows until now, generally identifying an artist or venue that we’ve had some affiliation with to showcase.  Starting now we’re going to try something new; we’ll be featuring a few upcoming suburban shows that we feel great about giving an extra push even though we have [...]

The Barn is happy to announce it’s latest spotlight show, not only because it features a band we’ve been following closely for quite some time, but also because the band is turning this particular gig into a very special event. Paradise Waits is earning a reputation as the most consistent Grateful Dead inspired band in [...]