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Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Parker Barrow – Southern Rock
Parker Barrow, the blues-infused Southern rock band led by husband and wife duo Megan Kane (vocals) and Dylan Turner (drums), supported by the formidable Alex Bender (guitar), and band Will Tipton (Guitar), Bo Howard (Bass), & Eric Safka (Keys), is a powerhouse group, taking the stage by storm as anything from a 6-piece to a 10-piece band – boasting a distinctive musical style. Forged from an immediate connection, the band finds inspiration in the infamous duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Kane and Turner aim to infuse their music with the iconic energy of a dynamic duo, portraying a narrative where, instead of evading the law, they are a dynamic pair in pursuit of their rock ‘n’ roll dreams.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Parker Barrow takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

After nearly a year of planning, we’re excited to announce something brand new coming to Waterloo — created for our community and built to draw in neighbors from Southern Illinois through the Greater St. Louis region —

This two-day, high-energy, family-focused celebration is designed to become a lasting tradition. It features live music, fireworks both nights, local vendors, food trucks, fun zones, and an atmosphere that brings together people from across the region.

But what makes this event even more powerful is its purpose.

We’re Giving Back to Two Incredible Causes:

• Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois – Serving survivors in Monroe, St. Clair, and Randolph counties with shelter, advocacy, trauma support, and a growing presence in our Monroe County courthouse every day now.
  
• JB Patriot Pantry – Providing food and essentials for veterans and active military from both Missouri and Illinois, with a community-wide food drive to come.

Celebrate the 4th of July with the rock'n'roll legends Faster Pussycat, Super Suckers, and The Rolling Sixes. Food and drink specials.

Under 21 admitted with parent or legal guardian.

Join us for our summer discussion series, "Who's on First?": What's Up with the First Amendment? Each week we'll focus on one of the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution. We'll talk about various Supreme Court decisions and the different ways these rights have been interpreted, in the past and in the present. We'll hash them out for ourselves, and decide what the Supreme Court got right and what they got wrong. Level up your citizenship game with us at Lincoln Library.
*The August event will be on the third Tuesday of the month, August 19th.*

Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Cedric Burnside - Blues
The official credit tells it like it is. “Recorded in an old building in Ripley, Mississippi” – that’s all the info we get, and all that we need. When Cedric Burnside prepared to record Hill Country Love, the follow-up to his 2021 Grammy-winning album I Be Trying, he set up shop in a former legal office located in a row of structures in the seat of Tippah County, a town with 5,000 residents that’s known as the birthplace of the Hill Country Blues style. Burnside is a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship, the country’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts and was recently recognized with the 2024 Mississippi Governor’s Art Award for Excellence in Music. He has performed and recorded with such diverse musicians as Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Rush, and Widespread Panic.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Cedric Burnside takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Lee Fields – R&B Soul
There aren't too many artists making soul music today who had a release in 1969, back when R&B was first beginning to give the drummer some. Lee Fields, however, is one such artist--or maybe he's better labeled a phenomenon. Since the late sixties, the North Carolina native has amassed a prolific catalog of albums and has toured and played with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal. With a career spanning 43 years, releases on twelve different record labels, and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet-tender voice, it's mind-blowing that the music he's making today with Brooklyn's own Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Lee Fields takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Adaptivo 16 - Latin
Adaptivo 16 will bring its Latin sound to Springfield from Chicago as part of this week’s Levitt Amp Concert Series.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Adaptivo 16 takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

Join us for our final, free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion of the Levitt AMP Springfield 2025 Music Series! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Jim Lauderdale - Americana
Multiple Grammy and Americana Music award-winning performer as well as a highly acclaimed songwriter, Jim Lauderdale has released a staggering 37 albums on his own and contributed to dozens more artist projects throughout his storied career. Concurrently he co-hosts the Buddy & Jim show on Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country while touring the globe with his band The Game Changers, featuring fellow artist and collaborator Lillie Mae.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Jim Lauderdale takes the stage

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Join us for our summer discussion series, "Who's on First?": What's Up with the First Amendment? Each week we'll focus on one of the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution. We'll talk about various Supreme Court decisions and the different ways these rights have been interpreted, in the past and in the present. We'll hash them out for ourselves, and decide what the Supreme Court got right and what they got wrong. Level up your citizenship game with us at Lincoln Library.
*The August event will be on the third Tuesday of the month, August 19th.*

It’s a long way until the summer, but the Illinois State Fair has already announced its first grandstand act of 2025.

Rock band Def Leppard will perform Saturday Aug. 16.

The band formed in England in 1976 and became a major headliner in the 1980s with the help of MTV and big selling albums like Pyromania and Hysteria.

Def Leppard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.