ChiIL Live Shows Best Of The Fest--North Coast 2012 #NCMF @northcoastfest

It's here!!   And so it begins.   North Coast Music Festival 2012.   For the next 3 days, we'll be sending summer off in style and rockin' Union Park.   

*Remember, this year kids under 10 are free with a paying adult (down from 12 and under last year-boo!)    Still, they've got Riot Fest beat.   They're only admitting punk kin under 5 for free.   Boo and hiss.   So get your little hippies & house freaks outta the house and introduce them to some of your favorites before they're a bar-worthy 18+ or 21+ and would rather die than go to a music fest with their PARENTS!   

3 day passes (except VIP) and Sunday single day passes are SOLD OUT. 

There are so many sweet choices.    We'll be shooting all 3 days, catching a bunch of sets and even more crowd shots.  Unfortunately--Murphy's Concert Law applies and multiple bands I want to see equally badly are up against each other.   We'll see how things play out or catch some half sets. I'm a bit old school in that it's more fun to shoot a band than a DJ--How many floating head/macbook shots can you really see before it gets boring.    I dig bands with instruments.    That said, we do plan to catch Girl Talk for sure.   We have some jam friends from back in the Grateful Dead and Phish Phreak days who are now completely obsessed with Pretty Lights.    So we may check them out live, too.    We ditched em at Summer Camp Music Festival for burlesque and Jane's Addiction, so since that's not an option here....maybe this time.   We've seen and shot both Girl Talk, Umphrey's McGee and Van Ghost (numerous times) at Summer Camp Music Festival and elsewhere and recommend catching them all this weekend.   We're especially stoked to finally catch Mathien live.   We were in the middle of a video interview with ALO and missed 'em at Summer Camp.   Mathien plays the Dos Equis Stage at 2:30 PM Sunday.   Check 'em out.


  

**Click the daily schedule links here to hear a sample of each band, read band profiles, set up your own schedule, sync with your friends, and more.**

Here are the Major players

NCMF 2012 PRETTY LIGHTS · GIRL TALK · STS9 · UMPHREY'S MCGEE AXWELL · STEVE ANGELLO · KNIFE PARTY · ATMOSPHERE STEVE AOKI · EXCISION · ALESSO · PAUL OAKENFOLD BIG BOI · THE RAPTURE · EOTO DIGITALISM · CHUCKIE · TOMMY TRASH · YELAWOLF MODESTEP · FELIX DA HOUSECAT · FUTURE ROCK · MORD FUSTANG ·  BEATS ANTIQUE · YACHT · DAN DEACON · GRAMATIK · REBIRTH BRASS BAND BOOMBOX · DIGITAL TAPE MACHINE · MAYA JANE COLES · MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACY KING KHAN & THE SHRINES · THUNDERCAT · PAPADOSIO · NiT GriT · TWO FRESH SAVOY · MINNESOTA · VAN GHOST · COM TRUISE · PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS · ZION I Mr. MFN EXQUIRE · AUTO BODY · THIBAULT · WYLLYS & THE NY HUSTLERS ENSEMBLE · ZEBO ABDECAF · FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY · TEAM BAYSIDE HIGH · STRANGE ARRANGEMENT STRATUS · LOBOUNCE · GENTLEMEN HALL · NORDJS · PAUL UNIVERSE · MARIO FLOREK KID COLOR · DJ SOLO · PROBCAUSE · ORVILLE KLEIN · BUHAY · MATHIEN · JAMIE LONO ARTS of LIFE BAND and many, many more including the best in local djs in the Groupon Silent Disco!

Here's the daily line ups break down with who we're stoked to see featured in red.    We'll be adding loads more as we go and running photo filled band features. Today we've got kids in school & team gymnastics so we can't make it till the headliners.   But Saturday and Sunday are a whole different matter!   Tonight we're all about STS9.

Friday August 31st - NCMF 2012 DAY 1 STS9 Axwell Knife Party Paul Oakenfold EOTO Yelawolf Mord Fustang Midnight Conspiracy King Khan & The Shrines Papadosio Two Fresh Minnesota Auto Body Abdecaf Team Bayside High Gentlemen Hall ...and many more!

Saturday September 1st - NCMF 2012 DAY 2 Girl Talk Umphrey's McGee Atmosphere Excision Alesso The Rapture Tommy Trash Felix Da Housecat Future Rock Beats Antique YACHT Dan Deacon Gramatik NiT GriT People Under The Stairs Mr. MFN Exquire Thibault Zebo Family Groove Company Strange Arrangement LoBounce NORdjs ProbCause ...and many more!

Sunday September 2nd - NCMF 2012 DAY 3 Pretty Lights Steve Angello Steve Aoki Big Boi Digitalism Chuckie Modestep Rebirth Brass Band BoomBox Digital Tape Machine Maya Jane Coles Thundercat Savoy Van Ghost Com Truise Zion I Wyllys & The NY Hustler Ensemble Stratus Mario Florek DJ SOLO

Mathien

IndigoSun

...and many more!

North Coast Music Festival Tickets On Sale Now

ChiIL Mama could only make it to the first day of the fest last year, but we can tell you it rocked!   This year we've saved the dates and we'll be back for the whole weekend.   We have a giant, photo filled North Coast feature coming up in the very near future on ChiIL Mama and ChiIL Out, so check in early and often.

Second Wave of North Coast Music Festival Artists Hits; Bassnectar, Fatboy Slim, Of Montreal, Major Lazer, ATB, and Zabiela and more than 20 of Chicago's best Local Acts!

Any doubts about North Coast's stronger lineup in year two will certainly be laid to rest with today's announcement of nine additional main stage acts, and a couple dozen big-name Chicago artists.  Low-end monger Bassnectar joins big beat icon Fatboy Slim and Elephant 6 standouts Of Montreal atop the second wave of North Coast acts announced for the fest's second incarnation.  Also included in today's additions is Diplo-collab Major Lazer, trance legend ATB, soul-revivalists The Budos Band, James Zabiela, Austin-based live electro duo Auto Body, and local roots rockers Great Divide.

Representing the city the festival calls home is a host of talent has headlined dates themselves at home and around the country.  California Wives, ascending every hype chart the Internet has to offer, joins Team Bayside High, hosts of “America's Best Party,” Midnight Conspiracy, Loyal Divide, BBU (Bin Laden Blowin' Up), Zebo, The Coop, Prob Cause, and Wyllys at the top of North Coast's local offerings.  With Van Ghost already on the bill, an even bigger Chicago artist still to be announced, and roughly 20 more Chicago names added today, the Windy City is undoubtedly better represented at NCMF than any of it's fellow summer festivals.

Plus, North Coast Festival has brought some of the city's foremost charities to the festival stage.  The Arts of Life Band, an edgy collaboration of disabled and non-disabled members of Chicago's charitable Arts of Life community, and a band representing the Intonation Music Workshop, a Chicago Public Schools after-school program that empowers kids to become rock stars, both have been added to the NCMF bill.

Festival organizers will follow this announcement with two more rounds of artists in the coming weeks.  Full-priced tickets will also be available at www.clubtix.com/northcoastfest

Lineup

David Guetta * Bassnectar * Wiz Khalifa * Thievery Corporation
Fatboy Slim * Common * Gogol Bordello * Of Montreal * Major Lazer
Lotus * ATB * Wolfgang Gartner * Little Dragon * Neon Indian
The Budos Band * Van Ghost * James Zabiela * Auto Body * Rubblebucket
Great Divide * California Wives * Midnight Conspiracy * Team Bayside High
Loyal Divide * BBU (Bin Laden Blowin' Up) * Zebo * The Coop * ProbCause
Wyllys * DJ Thibault * Perfect Kiss * Mario Florek * Pyro Fighter * Nameloc
Ghosthouse * Bandiit (Wolf Pack) * The Werks * The Ill & the Restless
Orville Kline * Midwest Hype * NORdjs * Ralph Digital * Fifth World
The Arts of Life Band * Intonation Music Workshop
More than 20 Artists still to be announced……

Initial Presale Pricing

Single-Day Passes – $40 (on-sale in June)

Three-Day Passes – $95 

Tickets available at www.clubtix.com/northcoastfest

Look for ChiIL Mama this weekend: At North Coast Fest, Billy Elliot, Redmoon's J.O.E., and Mammoths & Mastodons

It's going to be a beautiful Labor Day weekend!  We'll help you take the labor out of figuring out the weekend highlights...

Rock out Friday through Sunday at North Coast Music Fest--This is going to be a good one!   Hopefully North Coast will become an annual tradition as summer's last stand.   We love these guys.   They just raised the age of free children from under 10 to 12 and under, because they know families rock!


**All children 12 years and under will be admitted to the festival free of charge. Because North Coast is generous, and kids deserve good live music too.

Billy Elliot--Broadway in Chicago is celebrating it's 10 year anniversary, and ChiIL Mama will have the full scoop for you after tonight.   This award winning musical has been spawning rave reviews.   We can't wait to check it out.

Billy Elliot the Musical

Theatre : Ford Center/Oriental Theatre, Chicago Illinois
Dates : March 18, 2010 - January 15, 2011
Running time: Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including intermission.
Other information: Recommended for ages 8+ and includes some strong language.

Redmoon always pulls off amazing theatrical productions.   Don't miss J.O.E.--their joyous outdoor event.   Check their website for details.
Festival 2010: J.O.E. A Joyous Outdoor Event

A Spectacle Festival of Performance, Live Music, and Art
CELEBRATING ORDINARY JOES AND AVERAGE JANES OF ALL AGES

In the spirit of Labor Day’s celebration of workers and their families, Redmoon launches its FIRST FESTIVAL of quality family entertainment, public art installation, quirky small scale performances and live music acts all culminating in a REDMOON SPECTACLE PRODUCTION. During the daytime you can: Journey through the world renowned LUMINARIUM PRESENTED BY THE UK’S ARCHITECTS OF AIR; Enjoy children’s entertainment including world-class storytelling and music; experience UNIQUE SIDE SHOW ACTS such as Ricky (the world famous lounge performer); encounter roaming GUERILLA PERFORMERS AND BUSKERS; relax in the ‘living room’ and picnic in the lakeshore location. Stay for the evening and add the following to the above: revel in a live musical act each night presented by our festival partners THE METRO; the thrilling 2 dimensional – LAST OF MY SPECIES II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad (an exciting sequel to last year’s massive hit)!

For more programming information, and a list of participating artists please visit:

http://www.joyousoutdoorevent.org/

Thursday-Monday September 2nd-6th

At South Belmont Harbor (Belmont at Lake Shore Drive)
      Thursday & Friday 6PM-10PM: $25
      Saturday & Sunday 1PM-10PM: $15-$25
      Monday 1PM-6PM: $15
      KIDS UNDER 10 For $10, KIDS UNDER 3 For FREE!


Also, get your tickets now for Spectale 2010

Thursdays, Fridays, & Sundays September 9th – 26th
At the Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza
      7:30PM THUR: $15
      7:30PM FRI & SUN: $20
KIDS UNDER 10 For $10, KIDS UNDER 3 For FREE

Mammoths & Mastodons exhibit at The Field Museum is going the way of the dinosaurs and will be extinct after September 6th.   

The exhibition, developed by The Field Museum, marks the first display of the baby mammoth in the United States and includes not only Lyuba's preserved body, but also scientific evidence shedding new light on mammoth biology. You'll discover how Lyuba enhances our understanding of the evolution of mammoths and their relatives: modern-day elephants, which are facing their own struggle for survival today.

Also highly recommended:

Lookingglass Alice has been extended again, but must close September 12th.   Don't be like the white rabbit....late for this very important date.   Get your tickets today.

Chicago Jazz Festival   We've been going to Jazz Fest every year for decades and are sad to miss it this time around.   We highly recommend this excellent music fest and can't believe how luck we are that it's still free.   Come on down to Grant Park Thursday through Sunday and ChiIL Out to world class jazz musicians.

Bristol Renaissance Faire  It's the last weekend for Ren Fair 2010.   Click here for Sagezilla and Du-Jay's fabulous adventures in merry olde England, earlier this summer.

Our Classic is back! 
Closing Weekend Special$15.00 Adult Tickets and
Free Child Tickets!Offer valid Saturday, Sunday, and Labor Day Monday
~ No coupon necessary ~
The $15 ticket is available at the Faire's box office only.

North Coast Music Fest Is This Weekend, And The Grand Prize Winner Is...

Lisa L., with a time stamp of 14:50:53 on August 26th.   Winners are chosen by random number generator.   Congratulations Lisa!   We will contact you by e-mail on how to pick up your two 3 day passes.   Thanks to all who entered.


Three day passes are sold out, but single day $40 tickets remain.   Kids under 10 are free with a paying adult.   Click on the North Coast website for complete details.