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!!
ChiIL Mama's Kids at ages 3 & 5 at Kidzapalooza 2006!!
ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama and come play at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids tomorrow at noon. Mama can relax with one of the best bloody marys in town while Mr. Dave rocks everyone's socks off. You can even enjoy brunch out right at Beat Kitchen before or after the show. When nobody's crying and everyone's dancing, Mama's happy. BK Kids Concerts are geared toward birth through 8 year olds with their parents and babies under 1 are always free! Tickets are a reasonable $6 and concerts happen just about every Sunday at noon fall through spring & even some Saturdays too. ChiIL Mama is proud to be back again as press sponsor for 2012-13.
**FLASH TICKET GIVEAWAY for MR. DAVE!!!! FIRST RESPONDER IN THE COMMENTS SECTION ON ChiIL Mama's facebook page gets 'em.** Tell us one of your favorite things about being a mom. We run lots of giveaways that are open to entries for a week, a month for biggies, or even more. We had 7,700+ entries to win Saige--The American Girl Doll of The Year 2013! Sometimes we hear back from loyal readers who enter multiple giveaways all the time and never get picked. So, we're mixing in more quick, painless flash giveaways too, just for YOU. Sooooo check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. We give away a free family 4 pack to every kids show every week! And we also have great eco-friendly, educational, fun giveaways and loads of tickets to Chi-town theatre and concerts too. Good luck and happy mothers day all!! From one Mama to another, have a ChiIL weekend and cherish those rock tots, banger babies, little folk and punk kin. They grow up faster than you'd ever imagine! Catch 'em while you can. Our concert season is winding down and we'll be taking a summer break.
Come for our SPECTACULAR 2012-2013 season finale with Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies. We will miss you this summer.
In the meantime, don't despair. Concerts for Kids has scheduled kids' music stages at Green Music Fest, June 22-23 and Wicker Park Fest, July 27-28. We'll send you an email with the full schedules shortly. (And Mr. Singer is a part of it.)
Our 2013-2014 line up of wonderful children's musicians will begin again in October. Buy tickets here. Beat Kitchen is located at 2100 W. Belmont.
Chicago peeps with kids birth through 10... Did you enter early and often?! Click here for your shot at 4 free tickets to see Chi-Town fav, Mr. Dave. Kids under 1 are always free with a paying adult. a Rafflecopter giveaway
It's the end of the world as we know it...and I feel fine. If the end of the Mayan calendar on winter solstice, December 21, doesn't signify the end of the known universe...this Sunday 12/9 is still the end of Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids until next year. Click here for our recent past coverage
Barring a cataclysmic catastrophe, we'll be back with bells on for 2013. Save the dates. We'll have 4 free tickets to every Beat Kitchen Kids' Show, every Sunday at noon, even the big, rockin' kindie Winter Fest! Enter right here weekly for your chance to win. New winners announced every Friday. Click this rockin' logo in our right sidebar for a quick link to all of our monthly Beat Kitchen ticket giveaways. and check back frequently for loads of our original content including photo and video filled features, band video interviews, live show footage, great giveaways, reviews, freebies and the heads up on the kindie music scene.
Save the dates:
Come spend your Sundays at noon with us!
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont, $6/person *kids under 1 are free
Boogers-I Just Wanna Play *Wait
for Rafflecopter to load up right here (if you've gone through RSS feed
or are scrolling down the blog and don't see it, click on the actual
page title or "a Rafflecopter giveaway link" and it should pop right
up). Win 4 Boogers Tickets here--Enter through midnight Thursday 11/29--winner announced Friday. Show is THIS Sunday 12/2 at noon at Beat Kitchen. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Hey Chi-town. Come ChiIL Out with ChiIL Mama. We're stoked to be back again as press sponsor for Beat Kitchen's Rockin' Concerts for Kids every Sunday at noon.
ChiIL Mama will be at Beat Kitchen this Sunday shooting Chicago's favorite punk parents--The Boogers--at their hotly anticipated Extractum Victoris CD RELEASE PARTY! Come pogo with your punk kin and check out their Ramones style rock. Our friends at Psychobaby will be there with limited edition kids' tee shirts!!
ChiIL Mama willalso be shooting a video interview with the band and we'll be reviewing the new album and giving away THREE copies to our lucky readers as well.
Enter here to win 4 free tickets to any or all of the December concerts & mark your calendars. 2012-2013 is a great kindie (kids' indie) line up in a wide variety of genres. Enter through midnight each Thursday. We announce our lucky winners every Friday.
Shows are generally aimed at birth through 8 year olds and their parents. Kids under 1 are free.*Note: Boogers (playing this Sat 12/2) are LOUD punk and their new album is heavier than ever and recommended
for 2nd graders and up. So, bring ear protection for your littles and
consider leaving the bitty babies at home for this one!
Check out ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often for the scoop on upcoming events, urban parenting and loads of original content like HD video show footage, video band interviews, reviews, show stills, ticket and CD give aways and more!
Extractum Victoris CD
Our heaviest album yet, Extractum Victoris, will be released on December 4th!! (CD release show in Chicago on December 2nd!). *Best suited for 2nd graders and up. Amazing artwork by Shawn Dickinson! Click here to order on amazon.com
Advanced tickets are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for The Boogers CD Release Show. This one will very likely sell out! Of course you can also win 4 free tickets here.
We have loads of original content on the kindie music scene including video band interviews, live footage on ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel, free tickets, and tons of great CD giveaways!! Make it a kindie holiday this year and check out ChiILMama.com like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often. Our giveaways are open nationwide. Tickets are Chicago based. Looking for a particular favorite kids' band or our past Beat Kitchen features. Use the handy search bar in the right hand column to search ChiIL Mama's archives.
Good luck and we'll see you out there! Win 4 Little Miss Ann Tickets here. Show is Sunday 12/9 at noon.
Remember to check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often. We have great original content, photo & video filled features, and sweet give aways (nationwide goodies & Chicago show tickets).
Click the links above to enter any or all of our giveaways. Entry is easy. Winning rocks! We never spam or share your info.
****Big congrats to Sherry C., our 4 ticket winner for Adventure Stage Theatre's brand new show, Six Stories Tall, opening THIS Saturday (ages 8+).
Come explore what it means to be a hero. Do you dig mermaids, monsters, music and spray paint?! You've gotta see this show. Adventure Stage is one of our favs here at ChiIL Mama!
****Big congrats to Meg M, our 4 ticket winner for ChiTAG (Chicago Toy and Game Fair) this week. We're still giving away one more set of tickets the 14th. So enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often! Check out our past photo & video filled ChiTAG coverage here.
We'll be featuring original hot toy reviews, inventor features, and more all season as we count down to the holidays. Get a great start with ChiTAG
on November 17th & 18th. Enter here for your chance to win.
Entries from prior weeks do carry over.
*Wait for Rafflecopter to load up right here (if you've gone through RSS feed or are scrolling down the blog and don't see it, click on the actual page title or "a Rafflecopter giveaway link" and it should pop right up). Enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often. a Rafflecopter giveaway Thanks to ChiTAG for once again providing us with 6 sets of 4 tickets for our give aways. **Click here for a $2 off coupon per ticket and more ChiTAG info.**
Check out our original interview with Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies-playing Beat Kitchen this Sunday
8 is great and we can't wait to give away free 4 packs of tickets to EIGHT awesome Kindie rock concerts going down in Chi-Town in February.
Click each green link below to enter and WIN. **ones with the asterisks are ending soon! You've gotta be in it to win it! Come back and re-tweet, FB and spread the word for more chances to win. Enter ChiIL Mama's Kindie Land Ticket Give Aways like we vote in Chi,IL...early and often. Click on the EZ links in the side bar.
Here are the kindie land tickets ChiIL Mama's giving away in February:
Check out ChiIL Mama's Sponsored, hot and happening Concerts for Kids! lineup
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont
shows at noon on Sunday (plus one Saturday, Feb. 18)
$6/person
Feb. 12: Mr. Singer & the Sharp Cookies
Saturday, Feb. 18: Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights (Laura Doherty, Andy Wilkins & Michael Riendeau)
Feb 19: Mr. Dave
Feb 26: Jonas Friddle: Apple, Peaches, Lemonade
SAVE THE DATES:
March 4: Jeanie B! and The Jelly Beans
March 11: Super Stolie & The Rockstars
Keep up to date with Concerts for Adults! Like and/or follow us at ChiIL Live Shows Facebook Page for loads of free downloads, worldwide tour dates, new releases, give aways, and original band video interviews & pit photos.
ChiIL Out with ChiIL Mama-2 ii's...one L...all fun! Enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.
