GIVEAWAY: WIN 4 Tickets To See Little Miss Ann & Red Yarn at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music & CDs ($78 Value)

Chi IL Live Shows On Our Radar:

Little Miss Ann and Red Yarn Double Header Kids' Concert 11am Sunday, April 15th

We love it when our friends & favorites play well together, and when they introduce us to new friends too. Here at ChiIL Mama, we've interviewed Little Miss Ann, recorded her live, and partnered up on giveaways and concert features for years. We've also covered Old Town School ribbon cuttings, concerts, festivals and more. Red Yarn from Portland is new to us, and we're excited to check them out. They performed together last year at SXSW and now they're going to rock Chicago!

Chicago's Little Miss Ann, is the reigning "Queen of the Kindie Scene" in Chicago. She's a Chi, IL mom, an award winning kids musician, former public school teacher, and a veteran instructor at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. We're jazzed she's hosting Portland folk musician "Red Yarn" for an all-ages hootenanny this Sunday. Get your tickets and bring your Little Folk, Rock Tots, and puppet lovin' progeny to Old Town School at 11am Sunday. Don't miss this!

Little Miss Ann has released five albums including her recent Parents' Choice award winning album "Keep On." Red Yarn blends puppetry and engaging folk music to engage the whole family in singing, playing and dancing along. He is celebrating the release of a new album, "Red Yarn's Old Barn."

Click here for more info and to book your tickets. Catch both in a double header family concert at Old Town School this Sunday, April 15. Chicago's Little Miss Ann and her band, with special guest Red Yarn (a popular touring folk artist from Portland, OR). 

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a family 4 pack of tickets & CDs by both artists 

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Open through midnight 4/12/18. Winner will be e-mailed and announced here and on ChiIL Mama's social media outlets.

Disclosure: Thanks to the bands and Old Town School of Folk Music for providing tickets and CDs for our giveaway. We've partnered up with both OTSFM and Little Miss Ann many times over the years. As always all opinions are our own.

Hello Ella Jenkins-See The First Lady of Children's Folk Music This Sunday at OTSFM

Youth Musicians Open for Veteran Children’s Music Performer

The Young Stracke All-Stars, ages 8-13,  are thrilled to perform on bill with Ella Jenkins whose musical legacy spans 50 years.   ChiIL Mama has known 3 of The Young Stracke All-Stars since their pre-school days--about as long as our own kids have adored Ella Jenkins.   When Sagie was a toddler, she insisted her name was "hello Jenkins" instead of Ella, and was thrilled to hold her hand at Kidzapalooza 2006.   We can't wait to see everyone playing together on Sunday!

Some of the newest musicians on the folk music scene in Chicago will have the opportunity of a lifetime when they open for “The First Lady of Children’s Folk Music,”  Ella Jenkins, on February 6th at 11:00 a.m. at the Old Town School of Folk Music (OTSFM) 

The Young Stracke All-Stars are a band of young people ages 8-13 who are students at the Old Town School of Folk Music and who have shown a dedication to the ideals of the Old Town School community; they are dedicated, curious, passionate and enthusiastic about community music.  The band is named after OTSFM founder Win Stracke, and though they have played at various festivals and venues around town, this gig is very important to them.  

“I’m very excited that we get to open up for one of my favorite artists,” says band member Zelda Zerkel-Morris, age 8.  Jason McInnes is a teacher at OTSFM and convenes the band.  “This is such a great opportunity for the band to learn from being on the same stage with such an amazing performer who has contributed so much to the history of the music they are playing,” says McInnes.

Ella Jenkins, winner of the 2004 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, has been recording and playing Children’s and Folk music around the world since the 1950’s.  Generations of children in the Chicago area have grown up on the music of Ms. Jenkins, a long-time Chicago resident who performs regularly around the area.

Tickets to the show are available by calling the OTSFM box office at 773.728.6000.  $15 General Public/$13 Old Town School Members/$15 Seniors & Children.

Who:    The Young Stracke All-Stars/ Ella Jenkins

What:    Folk/ Community Music

When:    February 6, 11:00 a.m.

Where:    The Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.