Starting in 1981, FitzGerald’s American Music Festival has grown from a three-band barbeque night to one of the most critically acclaimed summer festivals in the Midwest.\u00a0\u00a0The festival’s main focus is roots\/Americana music — everything from straight-ahead rock to soul, rockabilly, country, blues, jazz and bluegrass.\u00a0 We welcome bands from all over the country and right here at home, with a special place in our hearts for New Orleans and Texas.<\/p>\n
Here is the lineup for the festival – full schedule and showtimes coming soon. Keep checking in, there are bound to be some additions!<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday, June 30:<\/strong>\u00a0Doors Open At 4:30 — Southern Culture on the Skids, Robbie Fulks & Redd Volkaert, Western Centuries, David Luning, Terry Hanck Band, The Waco Brothers, The Zimmermen, The Shams Band, Charlie Parr, Northside Barbershop Quartet, Jenny Bieneman, Expo \u201876<\/p>\n Saturday, July 1<\/strong>: Doors Open At 1:00 –Los Straitjackets with Marshall Crenshaw, Shinyribs, Shemekia Copeland, Terrance Simien & Zydeco Experience, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Charlie Parr, The Pines, The Tillers, Kim Kaler, Curtis McMurtry, Blue Eyed Betty, Babe-alon 5<\/p>\n Sunday, July 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Doors Open At 1:00 –Shinyribs, Ike Reilly, Rev. Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band, Wesley Bright & the Honeytones, Jon Dee Graham, Tributosaurus becomes The Monkees, Funkadesi, Deslondes, British Buddy Alumni Big Band, Ryan Joseph Anderson, Brett Newski, Jack Klatt, Liv Mueller, Wild Earp, The Federers<\/p>\n Monday, July 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Doors Open At 4:00 — Dave Alvin, Marcia Ball Band, Eric Lindell, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts, The Commonheart, The Red Elvises, The Blisters, Ray Bonneville, Lonesome Still, Bunkertown, Cannonball, Wes Chichosz<\/p>\n For more on this festival including tickets, click here<\/a><\/p>\n