I wanted to take time out to recognize a milestone: it’s been three years since my first ever post at thebarnpresents.com. A HUGE thank you to all of the readers, followers, contributors, partners, artists, archivists and anybody else who has engaged with us over the three years.  You have made this all a wonderful trip [...]

Although it has been live as a part of a “soft launch” / Beta release for a few months now,  I think we’ve reached a critical mass and are ready for a formal introduction to our readers.  Please welcome to the site: The Barn’s Live Music Calendar. As we try to steer coverage to include [...]

Coming up on our two year anniversary, The Barn is back with a whole new look and yet another slightly tweaked focus. What started in 2009 as a way to see if we could bring great live music to our suburban hometown, has expanded over the last year into a full service music blog exploring [...]

Sometimes we even surprise ourselves.  On the heels of three great shows at the Mambo Room, The Barn is preparing to bring the party to a new venue this spring. Starting in May, we cross the border into Brookfield and plan two shows at the legendary Brixie’s.  Quite simply, this venue is an institution.  For [...]

Lots of new stuff from The Barn these days… We are happy to introduce some changes to our website to keep you informed, up-to-date and engaged with The Barn and its community.  By combining aspects of our blog with the information from our main site, we hope to offer a dynamic, multimedia web experience that [...]

Check out the scoop in this week’s edition of the La Grange Doings.  Under the auspicious headline of ‘Locals want to make La Grange a music destination‘, The Barn is featured in the Entertainment section. The article effectively serves as a show preview and provides some insight into our operations and future plans.   Glad they [...]

At The Barn, we know how good it feels to hold that ticket to an upcoming concert.  At various times, we’ve camped out for tickets (remember those days?), frantically dialed through endless busy-signals, meticulously followed  complicated mail-order instructions (and decorated those envelopes just-in-case), and navigated multiple broswer windows and “virtual waiting rooms” on onsale day, [...]

It occurs to me that you’ve got to really love concerts to attempt to put one on.  Most people are pretty much content just going to see shows, and aren’t compelled to start booking bands and putting up posters around town. Admittedly, we at The Barn love concerts.  That may be putting it mildly.  We’ve got live [...]