KINDIE LAND: Win a FREE Family 4 Pack of Tickets to 3 Family Friendly Shows at Schubas & Lincoln Hall #giveaway

INCOMING:  ChiIL Live Shows on our Radar.

ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama for your chance to WIN a FREE Family 4 Pack of Tickets to Any/All Of The Following:

Disclaimer:   Thanks to Schubas & Lincoln Hall for providing tickets for our giveaways.   All opinions are our own.



Pictured:   PigPen LIVE at Schubas 

We're giving away 4 tickets to 3 kids shows AND an xtra bonus Parents' Night out show too!

Our sister site, ChiIL Live Shows has 2 pairs of 21+ tickets to PigPen's Monday night residency shows.   Details below!

Photo Credit: Jim Newberry

10/26 Future Hits @ Schubas
**FLASH GIVEAWAY.**  1st to leave their full name for the guest list on this post WINS!! ($40 value)

• Schubas' Family Series & Whole Foods present:
  2nd Annual Halloween Spectacular!
• FUTURE HITS
• Kite Collective's Benefits of Looking Up Series: A Tactile Trip
• plus MC Moira Funbuttons

• SATURDAY 10/26/2013 3:00 PM | ALL AGES | $10.00 FREE AGES 2 & UNDER 

Photo Credit:  Chris Bradley

Chicago's creative forces for families unite for Future Hits' 2nd Annual Halloween Spectacular! In addition to a full-on rock show by Future Hits, this event offers a chance for families to take a tactile trip and work with their hands on a fun craft before the concert with Kite Collective. 

Moira Funbuttons, the host of Chicago's excellent new television show for families Adventure Sandwich, will be the MC and guide us all through a costume contest, dance-off and more. Whole Foods is sponsoring the event and will provide wholesome Halloween treats for all, so don't miss it!

Matt Baron teamed up with Emma Hospelhorn (Hollows, New Millennium Orchestra) and Ben Sutherland (assistant professor of audio arts at Columbia College) to form Future Hits. The band exists as a natural extension of the music Matt started writing for teaching with at Chicago Public Schools. Future Hits recorded their debut album, "Songs for Learning," with Mark Greenberg (Coctails, Wilco, Andrew Bird).

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11/9 Mister G @ Schubas
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Winner announced via e-mail & on this blog next Friday.  ($36 value)  

Click here for details on the Mister G - ABC Fiesta concert tour show at Schuba's on November 9  

11am 
Kids $8/Adults $10
all ages (kids under 1 year are free)

Mister G's got a rockin' new album out, ABC Fiesta!  He has a fun new video too.   Check it out here then chiIL out and hear him live!  For rockin, multicultural fun, it's hard to beat Mister G!   Click here for his main site.

Mister Chubby Pants is an oldie but goodie off his first album, and one of our eco friendly favs.  Watch out!   This one might be stuck in your head all day... Oh Mister Chubby Mister Chubby paaaaaants.

"Kid-friendly bilingual rock star.”
— The Washington Post

“¿Quieres bailando? ABC Fiesta is bilingual with a multitude of world rhythms, the songs celebrating both music and reading.”
-- The Boston Globe

¡Hola amigos! Join us for popular, international kids rockstar Mister G's Chicago CD release concert for his new bilingual album, ABC Fiesta. Inspired by his concert tours throughout Latin America and around the US, the collection of original songs brings together several of Mister G's lifelong loves: music, reading and Spanish.

Named on of the "Best Live Bands for Kids and Families," Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) is a former indie rocker who toured internationally prior to becoming a full-time family musician and teaching artist.

Mister G’s 2012 bilingual CD, Chocolalala, won a Parents’ Choice Gold Award, and his albums have been selected as top children's releases by People magazine, The Washington Post, and Parents magazine.

ABC Fiesta is a one-of-a-kind Latin dance party you won't forget!

listening page: http://www.mistergsongs.com/audio/abc-fiesta/

11/23 Baby Loves Disco @ Lincoln Hall
Click here to enter to win-$50 value  
Winner announced via e-mail & on this blog the Friday before the show.

Come join hundreds of thousands of kids aged six months to six years, dancing their little booties off (to real disco music!) at some of the coolest clubs in the world while their parents sip cocktails, munch on organic snacks and dance along with their kids.  Baby Loves Disco is an afternoon dance party featuring real music spun and mixed by real DJs blending classic disco tunes from the 70s & 80s guaranteed to get those little booties moving and grooving. The fun spills out from all corners of the club: bubble machines, egg shakers, a chill-out room (with tents, books and puzzles), diaper changing stations, a full spread of healthy snacks and dancing…LOTS of dancing. 


Tickets are available at www.LincolnHallChicago.com and are $15 for one, $50 for a four-ticket family pack, FREE for non-walkers. If purchasing the four ticket family pack, please note that one ticket will cover entry for four people. 

Tickets: $15 for one (1), $55 for four (4) ticket family pack, FREE for non-walkers. If purchasing the four (4) ticket family pack, please note that one (1) ticket will cover entry for four (4) people.

Baby Loves Disco transforms the world’s coolest nightclubs into child-proof discos.

Make no mistake, this is not the Mickey Mouse Club, and Barney is banned. Baby Loves Disco is an afternoon dance party featuring real music spun and mixed by real DJs blending classic disco tunes from the 70s & 80s guaranteed to get those little booties moving and grooving.

The fun spills out from all corners of the club: bubble machines, egg shakers, a chill-out room (with tents, books and puzzles), diaper changing stations, a full spread of healthy snacks and dancing…LOTS of dancing.

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Parents' Night Out:

21+ PigPen at Schubas
Click here for our original photo filled feature, more info, & to enter to WIN.  Winners announced via e-mail & on this blog the Friday before each show.

Winners announced the Friday before each show. Award winning folk/alt country band from NYC currently performing their full length show Old Man and The Old Moon at Writers Theatre. Hear their music at Schubas during their every other Monday night residency!

These guys also do some killer shadow puppet work in their theatre piece and rock the recycled object puppets like nobody's business.   Highly recommended!   

PLEASE NOTE:  Their Monday night Schubas Shows are 21+, but Old Man and The Old Moon is aimed at adults but great for all ages.

Check out their excellent brand new EP, The Way I'm Running

Disclaimer:   Thanks to Schubas & Lincoln Hall for providing tickets for our giveaways.   All opinions are our own.

Kindie Land: Mister G Releases a new Bilingual Collection of Songs in Time for Hispanic Heritage Month: Chocolalala

Mister G Releases a new Bilingual Collection of Songs in Time for Hispanic Heritage Month: Chocolalala Tell your friends ~ download a free song now!   "Laid back Latin grooves reminiscent of Manu Chao, but with lyrics kids can identify with. This charming bilingual album has something for everyone in the family."   ~  Sandra Velasquez, Moona Luna and Pistolera “Mister G's colorful, bi-lingual, new album is a fiesta for your ears!  Our favorite around the house is 'Bailamos,' because who doesn't like to dance?!"  ~ Lucky and Alisha, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band Mister G, a Parents’ Choice Award winning artist whose last CD BUGS was called “irresistible” by People magazine, will present a new collection of original bilingual tunes, just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15). Chocolalala is his most multi-layered release yet, offering kids 11 new songs that are easy to sing along with in Spanish and English.Chocolalala will be available on September 15. Inspired by Mister G’s concert tours throughout Latin America, the new album spans a wide range of musical styles from bossa nova to ska, funk to folk, rap to pop. With captivating Latin rhythms and melodies, the music appeals as much to parents as to children.  Catchy and educational, the songs teach about counting, colors and nature, and celebrate the joys of eating chocolate, dancing and riding on the school bus with friends. Guest artists include Rani Arbo, Mike Visceglia (Suzanne Vega’s bassist), Steve Gaboury (Cyndi Lauper’s keyboardist), and 11-year old trumpeter Trixie Willems (daughter of best-selling author Mo Willems). Chocolalala was produced, engineered and mixed by Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer). The album features world-class musicians, the voices of bilingual families, and performances by Mister G's former elementary school students. In addition to writing and singing the songs, Mister G played acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, tres and percussion. Early in 2012, Mister G toured for the second time in Mexico performing in schools and at public concerts. In February, Mister G was the only children's musician featured at the National Association of Bilingual Educators Conference in Dallas, TX. Mister G is Ben Gundersheimer, a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer with 10 ASCAP awards to his name, who spent 20 years as a rock frontman and solo artist before transitioning to making family music. The first student to garner a songwriting scholarship to Berklee College of Music, Ben toured internationally before going back to school to earn a masters degree in elementary education. As a teaching artist, Mister G brings his innovative educational programs to schools, museums, theaters and performing arts centers. Mister G has appeared with Dan Zanes and other kindie stars including Lunch Money, Dog on Fleas, Brady Rymer and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Mister G's 2011 release, BUGS, included two bilingual songs, "Cocodrilo" and "Vamos a la Playa." The video for "Vamos a la Playa" aired on national television during Hispanic Heritage Month. BUGS was featured in People magazine and Parents magazines as one of the best children's CD's of 2011. The recording also won a Parents' Choice Award, as well as the NAPPA Rising Star Award, and was lauded bySchool Library Journal. For updates on Mister G’s fall concerts, visit www.mistergsongs.com. Upcoming Mister G Concerts September 8, 10:30 AM – Barefoot Books (mini concert preview), Concord, MA September 8, 3:30 PM – Town of Coventry 300th Anniversary, Coventry, CT September 16, 11 AM– National Zoo, Fiesta Musical, Washington, DC September 28 – New England Reading Association Conference, Nashua, NH October 6, 2:30 PM – Norwood Theatre, Norwood, MA October 13, 1:00 PM – Clarketoberfest, Northampton, MA October 20, 10:30 AM – Coolidge Corner Theatre, Boston, MA October 28, 11 AM, The Academy of Music, Northampton, MA November 15 to 29 - Mexico Tour December 9, 11:00 AM – 92Y Tribeca, New York City