A Taste of Free Music...

It's all good! John Hiatt is cool!

Friday, June 24
Petrillo Music Shell
5:30 p.m.
City of Chicago, WGCI-FM & V-103 Present
LL Cool J

Saturday, June 25
Chicago Country Music Festival
Petrillo Music Shell
3 p.m.
LeAnn Rimes
Aaron Tippin

Sunday, June 26
Chicago Country Music Festival
Petrillo Music Shell
3 p.m.
Clint Black
Julie Roberts

Monday, June 27
Petrillo Music Shell
6:00 p.m.
Broadway in Chicago

Tuesday, June 28
Petrillo Music Shell
5:30 p.m.
City of Chicago Presents
Donna Summer

Wednesday, June 29
Petrillo Music Shell
5:30 p.m.
City of Chicago, WGCI-FM & V-103 Present
The Gap Band
Morris Day & the Time

Thursday, June 30
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 p.m.
City of Chicago Presents
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Creedence, Clearwater Revisted

Friday, July 1
Petrillo Music Shell
5:30 p.m.
City of Chicago & The Drive Present
Steve Winwood
Dr. John

Saturday, July 2
Petrillo Music Shell
4:30 p.m.
City of Chicago & "Bud Light True Music" Present
Santana
Los Lonely Boys
Salvador Santana Band

Sunday, July 3
Petrillo Music Shell
The Independence Eve Concert and Fireworks Spectacular
7:30 p.m.

Monday, July 4
Petrillo Music Shell
3 p.m.
City of Chicago & 93XRT Present
John Hiatt And North Mississippi All-Stars
Moby

Can Cubbies reverse the curse... Maybe Red Sox want it back?

Black Cats & Revenge from the Billygoat Tavern...

Is it real?

Cats
Curses

If you are a fan of the Chicago Cubs, than you have absolutely heard of the "Cubs Curse". The Chicago Cubs haven't been to the World Series in over 60 years. Many people think the legendary goat has something to do about this. According to a Chicago legend, a Chicago bar-keeper and die-hard Chicago Cub fan placed a curse on the team after his goat was not allowed into the stadium (Wrigley Field) for game 4 of the 1945 World Series. The goat had a ticket and everything, but the ushers at Wrigley
field blocked it's entry. So both the owner and the goat left the stadium dissapointed. Then came the curse. On the way out of Wrigley, the goat's owner yelled that a World Series would never again be played in Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs lost that game and the Detroit Tigers won the series. Well, sadly enough the Cubs have not played in a World Series since that time, and have not won one since 1908.

Many Chicago Cub fans feel that the Cubs Curse can be broken. They even allowed a goat into the park on opening day in 1984. The Cubs won the division that year, but lost to the San Diego Padres before getting to the World Series. The goat showed up again in 1994 because the Cubs lost their first 12 home games. The team won that next game, but then the season was ended early due to the strike. The goat appeared to break the curse again in 1998. The Cubs made the playoffs, but the Cubs Curse lived on as they lost to the Braves in the playoffs. Fans even went as far as to try and pass the Cubs Curse onto other teams in 2003. We all know what happened this year. Steve Bartman kept the curse alive by grabbing the fly ball from Moises Alou and leading the Cubs to a loss.

The Cubs Curse is obviously still alive. What will be the next sign of the dreaded Chicago Cubs Curse?

Proof the Chicago Cubs Curse exists
The Cubs Curse exists because, the Chicago Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908.
The Cubs Curse exists because, Steve Bartman grabbed that fly ball in the left field bleachers.
The Cubs Curse exists because, the "Goat" says so.

And on the 6th Day God Created The Beer Tent ...

My friend in Chicago still refers to this as the Corn Festval from Doc Hollywood!

But it still is a fun time for small town Americana...

The annual Curwood Festival is held the first full weekend in June in honor of James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927), who wrote 33 popular adventure novels and who built Curwood Castle in his hometown, Owosso, as a writing studio.

Many of his stories became motion pictures, including 'The Bear', which had its U.S. Premier in Owosso.