KINDIE LAND: LAST CALL 2 Ticket Giveaways Ending at Midnight 1/24

 
Low Entries!!  Family 4 Pack of Little Miss Ann Band at Hideout Tickets Saturday, 1/26 3:30pm

Click below to enter for Little Miss Ann:
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Coach House Sounds presents

Future Hits

Little Miss Ann

Sat 1/26

Doors: 2:00 pm / Show: 3:00 pm (event ends at 4:00 pm)

Click here for show details & to purchase tickets

Click below to enter for Winter Fest at Beat Kitchen Sunday 1/27 11am-3pm:

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Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   We have lots of weekly family 4 pack ticket giveaways to great kindie shows all over Chicagoland.

KINDIE LAND: Free Tickets Ending at Midnight Tonight #giveaway

Click the links below to enter through midnight 1/17:




Enter HERE for tickets to Human Tim + Robot Tim & full show details.

Enter here for tickets to The Ice Cream Vendors and full show details.

Ice Cream Vendors

by Walt Howard

Born out of a modest home recording studio buried deep within the Chicago suburbs, it’s hard to believe the unique musical institution known as The Ice Cream Vendors was originally conceived over twenty years ago. What was founded in friendship has over time produced several cassette tapes and a CD, live performances with a full band and horn section, and a road-less-traveled approach to songwriting that has become the pride of Westmont, IL. 

The Ice Cream Vendors (ICV), made up of longtime pals Jon Kostal and Greg Barnett, is not just a musical duo but a mysterious life force. Those familiar with Jon and Greg know that boy meets girl lyrics and verse/verse/chorus clichés are simply not in their genetic makeup. Defying classification, ICV examines its subjects through a sometimes-surreal lens, but always with fondness and curiosity. Topics include absurd musings about high school janitors, edible birds, deep-sea divers without limbs, and a boy with a plant growing out of his head. More stream of consciousness than satire, ICV is interested in taking the stranger-than-fiction world we inhabit and turning it on its head; that the lyrics tend to reflect ordinary, everyday occurrences only points out the Neo-Dada genius of two guys who never indulged the self-loathing irony so often found in modern pop. Perhaps ICV trombonist Mike Kinnavy put it best: “When you hear ICV singing about riding to a jazz band meeting in the rain, that’s exactly what was happening.” 

After recording some demos and cutting their teeth on the high school talent show circuit, ICV first peaked around the time late 80’s hair bands had officially succumbed to thrift store flannel and the emerging coffee shop culture of Seattle. In fact, it was just as the guitar-driven angst of Kurt Cobain had become fully absorbed by the mainstream that Jon and Greg released On Ice, ICV’s first full-length CD. Railing against trend, ICV delivered a diverse musical hybrid that drew from numerous offbeat sources: Polka beats collided with rap. Synthetic clarinets happily replaced electric guitars. Devoesque electronica was unabashedly front and center at a time when most people were reluctant to admit any past association with eye makeup, Energy Domes, and other Post-punk oddities. With aggressive word of mouth and a DIY marketing campaign, On Ice quickly became a cult favorite amongst hip suburbanites, college students, and anyone brave enough to unleash their inner geek and try something new. It helped that the tunes were, well . . . catchy. Ask any band nerd who attended EIU in 1994 if they remember singing along with that “underwear song” from some darkly nebulous, student apartment moment in time. If they say no they are lying. In fact, it’s probably in their head already: “Ai yi yi yi!”

Like many bands, ICV had a great first run, but eventually sought hiatus due to the pressure of college pursuits, jobs, relationships, and the practical challenge of long distance. Though the group never officially disbanded, songwriting endeavors were put on long-term hold as Jon and Greg got older and gradually settled into domestic bliss. For nearly 15 years ICV sat dormant, much like a paralyzed scuba diver figurine slowly collecting algae at the bottom of a lonely tank. Oftentimes, it seemed like nostalgic quips from the “where are they now?” file might be all that remained of Westmont’s original merging of music and dairy-infused performance art. However, like so many shelved creative endeavors that are pure of heart, the ICV philosophy could not be ignored forever. The cocooning algae that began as feculent aquatic straight jacket eventually began to thrive of its own volition, spreading like a leafy green signal, nagging, nay begging to be put under a microscope and reexamined, the constant reminder of a need to liberate the auto-tuned twenty-first century of homogenized downloadable drivel. In early 2010, when the prospect of an ICV reunion performance came knocking, Jon and Greg realized it was at long last time to consider bringing their wet-suited muse to surface. With the encouragement of friends and former band mates, plus newfound confidence instilled by live dates at an outdoor music festival and Christmas parade, ICV began diligently working on songs for a new CD. At present we are just months away from ICV’s first studio release in over a decade, one that promises to be darker, funkier, and more abstract than Jackson Pollock getting over with a gallon of rocky road. Featuring a brave new arsenal of digital gadgetry and over 20 combined years of life experience culled from the most remote fringes of the Information Superhighway, ICV tackles the modern age with poise and finesse. More stories. More Westmont. More Atari. More Speak & Spell. More Dog Barks. More bizarre. More better than ever.   From http://icecreamvendors.net/

Enter through next Thursday midnight:

Jan 27: Winter Fest: Mary Macaroni, Sarah Jayne Lane, 

AndyRoo & the AndyRooniverse, Deep Fried Pickle 

Project regular tickets $8

(**ChiIL Mama will be there in person with our instrument petting zoo and rock tots photo ops!**)





Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   Coming soon:   Baby Loves Disco 4 Pack Ticket Giveaways to all Chicago dates in their new digs at Lincoln Hall!   We're also giving away tickets to Intonation Music's Rock N Pop Circus!

LAST CALL: Disney on Ice & Bud Not Buddy Ticket Giveaways End At Midnight TONIGHT #giveaways

ChiIL Mama's Free Family 4 Packs of Tickets to Disney On Ice presents Rockin’ Ever After and Chicago Children's Theatre's Bud Not Buddy are ending at midnight tonight 1/14/13.   

Winners will be announced tomorrow.

You still have hours left till the stroke of midnight, so spread the word and enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often!

Click here to enter both.


Nationwide Giveaways still going:

Click here to enter to win American Girl Doll Saige (doll & book) Giveaway 

•  Enter to win the American Girl 2013 Doll of the Year through midnight 1/31 (open to anyone 18+ living in the USA).

KINDIE LAND: 

Chicago Ticket Giveaways still going:

Click here to enter to win 4 Free Tickets to Any/All Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids January #giveaway   New winners chosen weekly.

• Ice Cream Vendors Ticket Giveaway ends this Thursday 1/17 at midnight

• Beat Kitchen's Winter Fest Ticket Giveaway end next Thursday 1/24 at midnight 

Click here to enter to Win a Family 4 Packs of Tickets To Any/All Wilmette Theatre Kids' Shows HERE

• Human Tim + Robot Tim ends this Thursday 1/17 at midnight

Click here to enter to Win Brunch for 4 at Schubas AND a Family 4 Pack of Tickets to See Gustafer Yellowgold 

•  Enter for Gustafer Yellowgold tickets through midnight 2/19

Last Call- 4 Packs of Free Tickets Ending Tonight: Chicago Sketch Comedy Fest Teens & Leave it to Ludwig #giveaway

2 ii's....one L....Chi, IL fun

Tomorrow is another of ChiIL Mama's Winning Wednesdays

Two of our Chicago 4 pack ticket giveaways end at midnight tonight 1/8 and our winners will be announced tomorrow.

Last Call:

ChiIL Mama will be there...will YOU?!

• Click here for your chance to win 4 tickets to the all ages, family friendly teen performers at 2pm on Sunday, 1-13.

• Click here for your chance to win 4 tickets to Leave it to Ludwig--the all ages, family friendly collaboration between CCM & CST.

New Kindie Land Giveaways:

Tomorrow we'll have 2 new 4 pack concert ticket giveaways for one of Chi-town's favorite, award winning kindie artists, Little Miss Ann!!

We're also adding a brand new, FREE CD to our family 4 pack ticket giveaway for Istvan's CD release party at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids this Sunday at noon!   This one's hot off the presses.   

We'll be there to interview the band and shoot the show on Sunday, so come ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama and check back with us for loads of original content, photo & video filled features, great giveaways, places to be & things to do.

Enter here for ALL our free January Beat Kitchen Kids Shows Tickets.   New 4 pack ticket winners weekly!