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Upcoming Shows

Sat. July 12 5th Annual Barrington Brew Fest 235 E. Main Street
(Next to the METRA Station) Barrington, IL 60010
Advance tickets available at TicketLeap.com
$30/advance; $35 at the door
Admission includes music, all-you-can-drink microbrews, tasting glass, and a free t-shirt (to the first 500 in attendance)
21+
3:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sat. July 19 The Onion Pub & Brewery
(Acoustic Show)
22221 Pepper Road
Lake Barrington, IL 60010
Free
8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Fri. July 25 Ed & Joe's
(Jay Stanek solo)
17332 S. Oak Park Ave.
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Free
8:00 p.m. - Midnight
All-Ages
Sat. July 26
(Jay Stanek Band)
The Spot 4437 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL
$7
8:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.
21+
The Jay Stanek Band features
Jay Stanek (guitar; Big Sky Stringband),
Matthew Mallory (guitar; formerly of Big Sky),
Jason Taylor (bass; The Otis Problem/Furious Frank),
Adrian Garza (jazz drummer),
and Mark Lawrence (classically trained pianist).
Sun. July 27 Taste of Lincoln Avenue

North Lincoln Ave., between Fullerton & Wrightwood
Chicago, IL
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
with Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, Trombone Shorty,
The Radiators, The Hue, Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel,
Mike & Joe, and many more
Fri., August 1 Cosmic Railroad Family Gathering

Camp Rotamer
5245 East Rotamer Rd.
Janesville, Wisconsin 53546
6-7:30 p.m.
Big Sky will play from 6-7:30 at the Cosmic
Railroad Family Gathering. The line-up for
the entire weekend includes American Folk,
SLM, Family Groove Company, Sara
Vonderhaar, B Funk Family, The Hill Climbers,
and of course, Cosmic Railroad
and Big Sky Stringband.

Big Sky Stringband Official Taping and Trading Policy

We encourage audience taping at our concerts. Soundboard patching is typically NOT allowed, and at no time will audience taping be allowed to interfere with the enjoyment of other concertgoers, or the regulations of the venue. If Big Sky Stringband is playing in an event, which features multiple bands, the taping policy of the headlining band and/or the festival event will dictate the taping policy for that concert.

Please be prepared with battery power and all adaptors or cabling required to record. Power or other auxiliary equipment will not be supplied. Please arrive early and always respect the wishes of the venue, band and sound crew.

All taping must be for personal and non-commercial use only. No profit is ever to be made from patrons recording our live shows. Fans are permitted to post our shows on the Internet, or trade shows with other fans for an equal amount of media, and no money may exchange hands except for postage required to send the media if applicable. Big Sky Stringband reserves the right to seek legal remedies against anyone that is in violation of this policy and to alter this policy at its discretion.

Venues & Events Played Include:

The Hideout - Chicago WXRT Local Anesthestic Live Show
39th Annual Sheffield Garden Walk -
Chicago
Art in the Barn - Barrington, IL
Martyrs' - Chicago Cubby Bear - Chicago
Horseshoe - Chicago Lyon's Den - Chicago
Onion Pub & Brewery -
Lake Barrington, IL
Chicago TwangOff
Gunther Murphy's - Chicago Barrington Brew Fest
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
WXRT's Play the Field
at the Field Museum
The Kinetic Playground -
Chicago
The Galway Tribes -
Frankfort, IL
Music in the Plaza -
Tinley Park, IL
Crystal Lake Concert in the Park Philfest - Northwestern Univ.
Cowboy Monkey -
Champaign, IL
Cosmic Railroad Family Gathering -
Pleasant Prairie, WI
Early Summer Jamboree -
Kalkaska, MI
The Charleston - Chicago
Wise Fools Pub - Chicago Groundsphere - Allegan, MI

Big Sky Stringband has shared the stage with:

Sam Bush Cosmic Railroad
Tangleweed Backyard Tire Fire
Leadfoot String Band Woodbox Gang
Devil in a Woodpile The Station
Two Cow Garage Indigenous
Catfish Haven The Otis Problem
Blind Corn Liquor Pickers Cowboy Mouth
Bill Smith Super American Happy Fun
Good-Time Jamband
Katie Todd Hack 'N' Weeze
Michael Glabicki
(of Rusted Root)
Trampled by Turtles
Covert Operations Bill Malonee
Greensky Bluegrass Ruby Harris