KINDIE LAND: Beat Kitchen's THREE Concerts for Kids Saturday AND Sunday This Weekend

It's a MEGA WEEKEND IN CHICAGO LAND FOR KINDIE BANDS Over at Beat Kitchen, ChiIL Mama's Sponsoring a 3-show weekend to get you pumped up for Spring and St. Patrick's Day, with a Saturday show and TWO Sunday performances! Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm Jeanie B.! and the Jellybeans! A little bit country and a little bit rock-n-roll, Jeanie B. is sure to please all ages! Get tickets! Sunday, March 9, 12:00 pm The Wanna Bees! Builder Brad and Doctor Dan put together a show that'll really get your heart pumping! Get tickets! Sunday, March 9, 3:00 pm Jimmy & Seamus Boyle A father and son duo bringing a little of the Emerald Isle to the Beat Kitchen for St. Patrick's Day. Get tickets! Doors open at 11:00, and Unicoi Art Studio will be painting faces for $1 on Sunday!   BRING XTRA CASH FOR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES SUNDAY ChiIL Mama's daughter, Sage, will have a cash & carry booth set up with boxes for $4 in the top 5 flavors: *Thin Mints *Samoas *Tagalongs *Trefoils *Do-Si-Dos

KINDIE LAND: Band Together CD Release Party at Lincoln Hall

Last fall, Little Miss Ann, award winning Chicago children's musician asked ChiIL Mama to be on a panel and help choose the musicians for a compilation project.  We were more than happy to help.  Now we're super stoked to see this collaboration come to fruition with a release show at Lincoln Hall!  Be there.

The show benefits our friends over at Intonation Music Workshop and the awesome work they do with Chicago's kids!!

Band Together: A Chicago Kindie Sampler

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Brand new songs on a digital album

AVAILABLE NOW FOR $8.00

http://chicagokindiesampler.bandcamp.com

Band Together with us tomorrow, Sat March 8th, 3pm at Lincoln Hall where we'll perform all of the songs live for the first time ever!  Don't miss it!

KINDIE LAND: Ticket Winners Announced-Dan Z. & Erin J.

Big congrats to our two kindie ticket winners for this weekend:

Dan Z --

4 Tickets To Little Miss Ann at Township

 

Erin J.--4 free tickets to 

Jeanie B! and The Jellybeans THIS Sunday 11/18 at NOON--Beat Kitchen's November Concerts

Winners, check your e-mails for confirmation.


Click here for full details on both shows.

KINDIE LAND: Win Free Tickets to Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids November

Win 4 free tickets to see Mary Macaroni (above) 11/11 at noon.

ChiIL Mama's stoked to be back again this season as one of two media sponsors for the series.   This prolific weekly Kindie (Kids' Indie) Music series will have your progeny pogoing!   Shows are every Sunday at noon and cost just $6.   Kids under 2 are free.   Concerts are a variety of genres and are aimed at ages birth through 10 with parents.

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Enter here to win 4 free tickets to any/all of the shows.  New winners announced every Friday.   Enter through midnight each Thursday.

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Mary Macaroni Tickets 11/11/12 at noon
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Jeanie B! and The Jellybeans 11/18/12 at noon

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Kindie Land-Chi, IL Millennium Park Free Family Fun Schedule

Millennium Park Family Fun Performance Stage

**Millennium Park is rocking your summer with free daily kindie shows.

Many of ChiIL Mama's favs are represented.   We've marked our highly recommended shows with asterisks.   


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July

July 25: Future Hits
July 26: Bulbul Arabic Ensemble
July 27: Lawrence Peters Outfit
July 28: Las Guitarras de Espana
July 29: MADD Rhythms

July 30: Kalyan Pathak and the Jazz Mata Trio
**July 31: Intonation Music Workshop (these guys are a great, local non profit. We've given away tixs to their shows and highly recommend checkin' out these talented kids)

August

**August 1: Intonation Music Workshop
**August 2: Farmer Jason 

**August 3: Farmer Jason 

(AKA:   Jason Ringenberg of Jason and the Scorchers.)   


Don't miss this chance to see him live!  Farmer Jason recently released "Nature Jams" on the new Universal Music children's label, myKaZoo.  Check out his videos on their new music video channel for kids, and he's touring all over the nation and in the UK this summer.

*Jason grew up on a farm in Southern Illinois (just down the road from one of his guest artists, Suzy Bogguss).

Nature Jams features an amazing lineup of guest artists (Mike Mills from REM, Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick, Tommy Ramone, Brandi Carlille, Iris Dement, Victor Wooten, Todd Snider, and more). It's won a couple of awards already and has been getting some sweet reviews   


**ChiIL Mama will be reviewing and giving away some of his new CDs in the very near future.**

August 4: Fatum Brothers Jazz Quintet

**August 5: Jeanie B! And the Jellybeans (She's a frequent fav at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids.   ChiIL Mama will again sponsor the weekly kindie series that runs every Sunday from fall through spring.  We'll be giving away a free family 4 pack of tickets weekly to every show.)

August 6: Midway Ramblers 

**August 7: Miss Lori (She's a personal friend of ours with a lovely voice, 3 great kids, and a booming TV career.   Miss Lori is a force....   Come see her live.   You'll be glad you did!)

August 8: Brasil, Brazil
August 9: Midway Ramblers 
August 10: Bulbul Arabic Ensemble
August 11: Lawrence Peters Outfit
August 12: Halau i Ka Pono 

**August 13: Chic A Go Go (ChiIL Mama adores Chic A Go Go!!   Highly recommended for all ages.   Don't just watch TV this summer...BE on TV with this wacky, wonderful, long running cable show.   Miss Mia and Ratso rock hard!!)

August 14: Miss Lori 
August 15: Future Hits
August 16: Dog Patch Ramblers
August 17: Gypsy Klezmer Project
August 18: Golden Horse Ranch Band

August 19: Tsukasa Taiko 
August 20: Hip Hop Yoga
August 21: Miss Lori 
August 22: Chicago Human Rhythm Project
August 23: Fatum Brothers Jazz Quintet 
August 24: Gypsy Klezmer Project
August 25: Isla Pacifika
August 26: Las Guitarras de Espana
August 27: Fatum Brothers Jazz Quintet
August 28: Kaiju Daiko

August 29: Jeanie B! And the Jellybeans 
August 30: Dog Patch Ramblers 

August 31: Ryhthm Revolution Drum Circle facilitated by John Yost (we've got a video interview slated with John for next Sunday.   He'll be rockin' Kidzapalooza with daily drum circles the first weekend in August.   We even saw him at the drum circle opening for Keller Williams' kids' show last year at Park West.   He's quite a character and a fixture in the Chi-town rhythm community.   Check it out.)

September

September 1: Isla Pacifika
September 2: Chic A Go Go

Join the fun all summer long with activities and musical games for kids of all ages at Millennium Park's Family Fun Festival, presented by Target.   Check the link for show times and details.