Busy weekend planned at Bishop Hill
This next weekend will be another busy one for the Bishop Hill Creative Commons, 309 N. Bishop Hill St., in Bishop Hill.
There will be concerts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – each with a potluck, starting at 6 p.m., before each concert, with music beginning at 7 p.m. All concerts are family-friendly and open to guests of all ages.
Friday, April 5th – Mason Jennings
Mason Jennings is an American singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. He has toured the world for over 25 years, played on talk shows, been written about in magazines and newspapers, and on blogs. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records, was born in Hawaii, and now lives in Minnesota with his wife Josie. Suggested donation is $25-35.
Saturday, April 6th – Arcomusical
Arcomusical is a musical group with a mission to spread the joy of the Afro-Brazilian musical bow known as the berimbau through the development of innovative and excellent musical repertoire.
Although well-known in Brazil and found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, most Americans are not familiar with the musical bow’s elegant simplicity. Today, Arcomusical honors both the tradition and the innovation of the berimbau’s past in every activity that supports the mission to spread the instrument’s message of joy and hope well into the future. Suggested donation is $15-25.
Sunday, April 7th – Francisco Fernandez of The Ferocious Few and Tyler Weaver
Americana rockers, The Ferocious Few, continue to prove that blue collar music with an honest message will always have a home in the middle class. “I make music that’s true to me, I sing a message that is pure to myself, we perform a real show,” says Francisco Fernandez, the group’s frontman.
The band blends high paced rock ‘n roll, folk lyrics, a punk edge and a rockabilly sensibility. They pull decades of the human experience directly into their sound and show. Suggested donation is $15-25.
The venue and art cooperative also contains and has for sale the works of local and regional artists, who work in a variety of mediums. It is open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
For more information, visit event organizer Crossroads Cultural Connections HERE.
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