FRESH OFF ANOTHER FIRST PLACE FINISH AT THE CHICAGO MUSIC AWARDS, ELBO ROOM TO HOST OFFICIAL CHICAGO BLUEGRASS & BLUES FESTIVAL AFTER-PARTY
Chicago, IL – October 10, 2008. Seven nights a week, for longer than most of us have been alive,
the Elbo Room has been offering up two floors of laid-back drinking and delightfully schizophrenic live music. With numerous “Most Popular Rock Club” titles under its belt at the annual Chicago Music Awards, the most recent coming this year, it was a natural choice for the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival’s official after-party revelry.
So after a day full of raucous rockabilly, roots, bluegrass, blues, and foot-stompin’ indie music over at the Congress Theater on November 22nd, the festival crowd will descend upon the Elbo Room as night turns into early morning.
From Midnight to 3am, the Elbo Room stage will host an assortment of Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival performers to remain nameless until the day of the show. So call your friends who were at the show to find out what you’re in for, or show up to the Elbo Room with a few drinks under your belt and an open mind.
While festivalgoers will be able to use their ticket for free after-party entry, all music and drinking lovers are encouraged to attend and pay the standard Elbo Room cover charge.
About the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival:
On November 22nd, 2008, the Congress Theater will host the inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival (www.cbbfestival.com), featuring the David Grisman Quintet, The Avett Brothers, and 14 other leading Chicago and national acts. While rooted in the foot-stomping influences of bluegrass and blues, the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival will transport the concertgoer through the genre-defying evolution of music today. The one-day event, with music from noon ‘til midnight, will serve as a tribute to two schools of music that continue to shape and inspire contemporary rock, jam band, funk, folk, roots, Americana, and indie cultures, while allowing festival goers to save a heart. A portion of each $31 ticket will be donated to the Saving Tiny Hearts Society (www.savingtinyhearts.org), an non-profit organization that raises money for America’s #1 birth defect, congenital heart defects
