April 20, 2006. Special Guest Appearance. Twang Off Finals. Martyrs' 3855 N. Lincoln Chicago http://www.twangoff.com
Saturday July 15/2006 9th ANNUAL LINCOLN SQUARE SIDEWALK SALE. Giddings Plaza 4731 N. Lincoln, Chicago
Sunday Feb.13/2005 Schubas, (3159 North Southport, Chicago) North by Southport Series - "Twisted Love Songs" Theme 8:00 until 10:00 PM!
Sunday Feb.13/2005 Schubas, (3159 North Southport, Chicago) North by Southport Series - "Twisted Love Songs" Theme 8:00 until 10:00 PM!
Saturday 7/17/2004 Giddings Plaza - Lincoln Square, (4731 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago) w/ the Gypsy Garage Combo -- FREE CONCERT! 5:00 until 8:00 PM!
Friday 6/6/03 Fitzgeralds,
Berwyn w/Junior Brown
Friday 6/13/03 Wise
Fools Pub, Chicago
Sat. 6/14/03 5PM Artists
of the Wall Festival, Rogers Park, Chicago
Sat. 6/21/03
Mother Fools, Madison, WI
Sat. 6/28/03 Noon Warren Township Park 17801
W. Washington Street, Gurnee, IL
Sat. 7/26/03 Uncommon
Ground, Chicago w/Laura Freeman
Friday 9/5 at Handlebar
(2311 W. North Ave.) 10PM with Leon
Chance and the Long Shots 773.384.9546
Sat. 9/6 at the Hideout
Annual Block Party (1354 W. Wabansia) Kid's stage. 3 PM. 773.227.4433
Friday 9/19 Greetin' in the street at the Intuit
Outsider Art Annual Art Auction
Friday Sept. 27 8:30 AM Guest appearance
on WORT-FM Madison
Friday Sept 27 9:00 PM Studio
Hall in Oshkosh (after the poetry slam)
Sat. Sept 28 9:30
AM 30th on the Square, Farmers Market Madison
Sat. Sept 28 1-4
PM Street
Stomp, Stoughton, WI
Sat. Sept 28
8 PM Mother
Fools in Madison w/ Jonathan Zarov
Friday Oct. 3 7:00
PM Sobs Gallery East Pilsen, Chicago
33rd Annual Artists' Open House.
Wed. 3/26/03 9PM at The Handlebar, Chicago
2311 W. NORTH, 773-384-9546 w/John Greenfield
Sat. 4/12/03 9PM at Studio
Hall in Oshkosh, WI
Sun. 4/13/03 7PM @ New Moon in Oshkosh,
WI w/ Ticklepenny Corner, Labor of Love Benefit
Thurs. 4/24/03 8PM @ Rochambo
Coffee & Tea in Milwaukee,WI w/Ticklepenny Corner
Friday 5/2/03 9PM Uncommon
Ground, Chicago w/Example None
Friday 5/30/03 Linclon
Lodge, Chicago
Dec. 31, Tuesday First Night Evanston
www.firstnightevanston.org
Jan. 17, Friday The Lincoln Lodge Variety Show
www.thelincolnlodge.com
Jan. 24, Friday Uncommon
Ground Chicago w/Example
None
Jan. 30, Thursday Martyrs' Chicago Al
Rose CD Release Party w/ Katie
Todd
Feb. 6-9 Nashville, Tenn. Folk
Alliance
New Years Eve First
Night Evanston
Join Twang Bang welcoming in 2003 and feel the
warmth of a decade of cool entertainment at First Night Evanston's New
Year's Eve extravaganza!
Illinois' Largest New Year's Eve Festival of
the Arts celebrates 10 years of excitement with the coolest line-up of
performers.
Fifteen warm Downtown Evanston indoor stages
come alive with delightful diversions, all within walking distance. The
outdoor
fantasies of fireworks and ice sculpture along
with the Midnight Celebration stage promise a magical combination of fire
and ice!
Comedy, Music, Variety Friday, Jan. 17
"The
Lincoln Lodge" is an eclectic weekly show featuring the finest in stand-up
comedy, variety and music. Each installment features a host from The Lincoln
Lodge repertory, several of the city's top stand-up comics and solo performers
and a few of the funkiest variety and music acts we're able to round up.
Set inside the showroom of an historic North Side diner, a night at "The
Lodge" is a classic Chicago experience for anyone seeking the offbeat and
unexpected. Looking for a great joint to eat, drink and watch a great show
on a Friday night? Look no further than "The Lodge!"
Intimate Coffee Friends and Food Fri. Jan. 24
at Uncommon Ground
Join us and our friends Example
None for an evening of playfullity at the best restaurant/coffeehouse
in town.
Al Rose
and the Trancendos release their new CD "Gravity of Crow" Thurs. Jan.
30 at Martyrs' Chicago
Joining Al and Twang Bang with be the lovely
Katie Todd.
Sat. Nov. 16
Hideout, Chicago
Sat. Nov. 23 (2 different
locations)
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
and
W/Daniel Johnston at the Intuit
Gallery
Wed. Nov. 27
Backyard Circus at the Hothouse
Chicago
Details:
When: Saturday, November 16th
Tom Jackson's (WLUW DJ extraordinare)
50th Birthday Party
What time: The music starts at about 8:00
pm
Where: THE HIDEOUT
What's their website: www.hideoutchicago.com
What's the address: 1354 W. Wabansia
What city: Chicago, IL USA
How do I find the place: check the bottom
of this message
Who's playing: 4 great bands
What order are they playing in:
1st...Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel (www.triggergospel.com)
#2....Kelly Hogan & Andy Hopkins (www.kellyhogan.com)
3rd...Twang Bang (www.twangbang.com)
Clean Up Hitter...Professor John & His Band
(www.professorjohn.com)
How much is admission: $10
What charity gets the money: Lawrence Hall
Youth Services
What's their website: www.lawrencehall.org
THE MAGNIFICENT MILE LIGHTS FESTIVAL
SAT.NOVEMBER 23, 2002
Join Twang Bang out in the streets ushering in
Mickey and friends.
See us at about 5 PM on Michigan Ave. between
Delaware and Chesnut
Join The Greater North Michigan Avenue Association
as Chicago’s Magnificent Mile is transformed into a winter wonderland for
the 11thAnnual Ma>
Saturday, November 23, 7 & 10 PM:
Daniel Johnston has spent the last two decades
exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and
existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience. Throughout
his career, Daniel's songs and drawings have been informed to some degree
by his ongoing struggle with manic depression, lending an added poignancy
to his soul-searching. Local rockabilly duo Twang Bang opens. Admission:
$16, $14 Intuit members. All events take place at Intuit, 756 N. Milwaukee
Ave., in Chicago For more information, please contact Intuit at 312.243.9088
or intuit@art.org.
Wednesday, November 27
8pm/ $10/ $5 students (click
here to purchase tickets online)
Backyard Variety Show (All Ages Show) HotHouse
is located at
31 E. Balbo, between State & Wabash
Chicago, IL 60605
Voted "Best of Chicago" by Chicago Magazine,
BVS is breathing new life into vaudeville. The show, organized and hosted
by the delightful clown and performance artist Douglas Grew, features diverse
live art presented in cabaret form, in the spirit of American Vaudeville.
This month's show will feature: Twang Bang (Chicago's premiere bowery meets
tin pan alley meets ragtime band), Dave Buchen (puppeteer and member of
Theatre Oobleck) and the return of George Fuller (clown and slack rope
walker).
FRIDAY SEPT 13, 2002, 9 PM
Join Twang Bang, John Hasbrouck and from San
Diego
the delicious Prince Myshkins
Uncommon Ground
1214 W. Grace
Chicago
773-929-3680
Twang Bang STEPS ON WOLVES
Steppenwolf's First Annual Street Fest!
Sunday, September 8, 2002
11:00 – 5:00
In Steppenwolf's open air parking lot, Steppenwolf's
Auxiliary Council invites you to groove to live music
from Jesse De La Pena, Twang Bang, Applecake,
Box-o-Car, The Pages, and Willy Porter, enjoy
spectacle entertainment by Midnight Circus, and
nosh on edibles from Napa Valley Grill, Vinci, and
Adobo Grill. This is the can't miss event of the
summer!
Chicago Blues Festival. Fri. Sat. Sun.
May 31, June 1,2
we've got our performance licenses and we're
ready to play...Just
so long as the guys with the gas powered electric
generator dont drown us out.
Look for us around the Rose Garden north of Buckingham
Fountain...
Break the Gridlock Benefit Show
Thursday, June 6th at 8:00 PM
The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia
$10 Suggested Donation
Break the Gridlock is a grassroots movement promoting
alternative forms of transportation.
www.breakthegridlock.org
Featuring:
The Inepti
Vernon Tonges sifts through the detritus of overlooked
20th Century musical forms, to jerry-rig
a fresh new style, inspired by delta blues, jug
bands, string band music, post-war jump and rockabilly.
The Amoreys
The Chicago based Amoreys are all about undulating
Peace and Love. Rock, Blues, Country, Funk
get tastefully added to the simmering bouillabaisse
that fills their songbook.
Twang Bang
A weird original blend of various American pop
music, old and new. Poppy, punky, rockabillyish,
jazzy, country, funky, funny, odd...
MOTHER FOOL'S COFFEEHOUSE Madison, WI.
Friday June 7th, 8 PM Located at 1101 Williamson St. in Madison,
Wisconsin. Call 608-259-1301 for more information. With the incomparable
VERNON TONGES
MARQUEE THEATRE
in jacksonville, florida.
Expect the unexpected when NRBQ
and TWANG BANG collide in a flying
saucer presents extravaganza this friday, may
17 at the
The folk alliance conference in jacksonville
was the site of a twang
bang appearance back in february; and, a recent
poll of the attendees
found that over 100 percent of those that saw
twang bang preferred them
over going to the dentist. no, but, really
folks, twang bang is a
visual and audio spectacle that is unmatched
- and these boys have good
hygiene too.
NRBQ and TWANG BANG - this friday, may 17, doors:
7:30, show 8:30
tickets are $17 and they will be available
at the door.
TROPICAL HEATWAVE
Saturday, May 18th 6pm
Ybor City
Tampa, Florida
$27 advance, $32 door
www.tropicalheatwave.org
An extravaganza of eclectic and exotic music: Tampa Bay's best party and a first rate musical showcase. The lineup this year includes the legendary LINK WRAY, the Michelle Shocked Band, Sonny Landreth, The Tim O'Brien Band, James Mathus and the Knockdown Society, The Hackensaw Boys, Inner Visions, The Ghok-Bi System (and Tony Vacca), Gumbi Ortiz and and the Latin Projekt, The Red Stick Ramblers, The B-Side Players, The Tarbox Ramblers, Rico Bell and the Snakehandlers, Twang Bang, The Dempseys, Ethan Daniel Davidson, Buffalo Strange, Ghetto Love Sugar, Beth Hirsch, Midnight Bowling League, Harvey Sid Fisher (backed by the Thrusters); Jennifer and the Venturas, Misfortune 500, The Cocktail Honeys, and many more. Six stages, 32 bands!
Happy Birthday Redd Show ! We'll be the special guests of the great Singer/Songwriter Katie Todd www.katietoddmusic.comTues. May 21. Uncommon Ground Coffee House 1214 W. Grace, Chicago 773 969 3680
CBF’s Bike Town Bash
is the single most swanky celebration of Chicago’s cycling culture.
The date is set: CBF’s semi-formal event will
be on March 9, 2002
at A. Finkl & Sons Co.
A Style Show brings you velo-inspired haute
couture as natty servers weave among you
offering desperately delicious delicacies
from Coup de Gras. Plus live music by Twang
Bang,
an auction, games...Beautiful, baby!
Ph: 312/427-3325 for details.
204 S. 6th Street call 217/523-3262
Sat. Feb. 16. Andiamo
Coffee House in Springfield, Il. proudly presents Twang
Bang
for one night only. 9PM show time.
14th Annual International Folk Alliance Conference
"Southern Exposure"
Jacksonville, FL
February 21-24, 2002
North Michigan Ave. Festival of Christmas
Lights. Sat. Nov. 17, 2001
Intuit's Outsider Art Gallery's big 10th anniversary
benefit on Friday, September 21, 2001
Twang Bang, Sunday July 1st, 12 Noon. Free,
all ages set at 1072 N. Milwaukee Ave., above Corosh
Restaurant in conjunctions with an Arts and Crafts
fair, just south of Division in Chicago. Special 2 PM
reunion appearance by "New Wave" musical craftsman,
The Pulsations, classic fixtures in the early 80's Chicago music
scene.
"Blue Monday / Black Celebration", a tribute to
New Order and Depeche Mode
Saturday, July 14, 2001 at the Empty Bottle.
We play "Blue Monday" and "Enjoy the Silence" www.emptybottle.com
Sunday June 17, 7 AM. 35 miles up Lake Shore
Drive and thru Chicago's beautiful
Boulevards on John Edel's Super Customized 6
Thigh Powered bicycle trailer
with more that 5,000 other cyclists. Register
online at http://www.chibikefed.org/blt/
Around and About, Blues Fest Chicago. Takin
it to the streets in Grant Park June 7-10. Near the Rose Garden north
of
Buckingham Fountain. Our first and favorite
street performing location. Remember, we're licensed, dont try this
at home kids.
Movies- Much of the soundtrack for Donut Hole
the Movie. See clips at www.donutholethemovie.com
Chicago Premier, "Donut Hole the Movie"
Wed. June 13, Hideout 1354 Wabansia, Chicago. Movie and live music
by
Devil in a Woodpile, Waco's Brothers, Twang Bang
www.hideoutinn.com
Hideout Inn 1354 W. Wabansia Chicago
773-227-4433
Opening for The Asylum Street Spankers
from Austin, TX. Showtime 10 PM.
Both bands will present an ALL ACOUSTIC
show. And we mean NO MICROPHONES,
AMPS, DIRECT BOXES, ETC. WHATSOEVER!
Live- Friday May 18th Record Round Up Chicago,
2 shows and great 16mm movies 773-271-5330
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Live- Friday May 18th Record Round Up Chicago, 2 shows and great 16mm movies 773-271-5330 |
Live Friday 4/27/01 at Charybdis www.charybdisarts.com 4423 N. Milwaukee
773-427-9970 |
Live in da streets 4/28/01 in and around Champaign, IL and at the Ebert
Fest Movie
Festival www.ebertfest.com |
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| Wild Chicago, Channel 11 WTTW Public Television, Chicago. Air Dates. 4/18/01 @ 8pm and 4/22/01 @10:30pm | Thursday April 12, 2001 at Double Door with The Polkaholics | Twang Bang and the mind boggling Billy Jonas www.billyjonas.com at the Uncommon Ground coffee house. Clark and Grace in Chicago Friday April 6 | 4/1 Sun. WNUR-FM 89.3. The Folk Show w/Sue McClelland 10 AM ish | ||
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Twang Bang in Austin, Texas! in the streets at the South By Southwest music festival 3/15-3/18, 2001 |
Itzi and his wife Mitzi (AKA Robin & Jenny Bienemann) will be featured
this week
as part of Al Day's weekly song circle Sunday, March 5 the No Exit Cafe |
Tower Records. In store Clark Street performance Sat. Mar. 3 at 2PM. Stop by and say howdy whilst your buying those new N'Synch and Slipknot 45 rpm's | Twang Bang appears at Heather McAdams "Country Calendar" musical pot pour ee. Friday March 2 at the Lyons Den on Irving Park Road 12 acts including Jonboy Langford and Vernon Tonges paying homage to various famous and obscure country stars. We're doing a tear jerkin Dolly and Porter duet. | ||
| 3/1 Thurs. Tasty Dog Day Afternoon 5-8 PM Oak Park, Lake St. and Oak Park Ave | |||||
| The Neofuturists, 30 Bands in 60 minutes.
Thursday, February 22, 2001. It's from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Metro (3730 N. Clark St. in Chicago). |
Bike Winter Benefit, set for
Saturday, January 20, 2001 at the Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont |
Not-for-profit vocational rehabilitation center that services mentally
retarded and mentally ill persons in Elgin annual Xmas party for these people on Fri Dec15th, 2000 |
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| Saturday August 26,2000 | Pot Lucky #8 8 pm - 2am At our favoritist gighut, The Hideout 1354 W. Wabansia |
Miss Mia hosts. KIM plays ( check out their website), World BoomBox, Blamaday, Darryl and others do stuff too. Its a cornucopius thang. |
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| Sunday August 20 | Green Mill Poetry Slam | we play 8ish for about 20 minutes, poetry starts at 7.
4802 N. Broadway 773-878-5552 |
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| Saturday August 19 | Garfield Park | just us, and a big park.....well, and a big park fest too... | |||
| Friday August 11 | Wild Chicago 12th Anniversary Party | CHANGE OF VENUE !!! : At WTTW
Wild Chicago, WTTW's journey into the undiscovered countryside of Chicago and surrounds celebrates its 12th !!! We'll be a part of the festivities.... |
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| Saturday July 22, 200 | Cafe Lula 9 PM | Logan Square -- an intimate cafe in the Logan Auditorium Building,
2537 N. Kedzie |
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| Saturday July 15 | Laurie's Planet of Sound 3 PM | Lincoln Square -- browse for new sounds while being serenaded by ....us | |||
| Saturday July 8 | Uncommon Ground Coffeehouse 9 PM | 1214 W Grace, at Clark St., Chicago
773- 929-3680 |
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| Saturday July 1 | Summer of Love, Peace and Music Fest, Kane Co. Event Center Noon | This a weekend campground festival in Kane County, at the Kane County
Event Center. Lots of DJs and bands. Go here for more info on the event
and how to get there:
http://summeroflovemusicfest.com/ |
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| Saturday June 24 | Taste of Randolph Street 3 PM | Our official performance got rained out, but we found a tent and
played the way we're used to...
Randolph St. from Halsted to Carpenter (in theWestLoop)
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| Saturday June 10
Sunday June 11 |
somewhere around Blues Fest after about 1pm, weather permitting... | we've got our performance licenses and we're ready to play...Just
so long as the guys with the gas powered electric generator dont drown
us out.
Look for us around the Rose Garden north of Buckingham Fountain... |
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| 6/4/00 Sunday | Apparel Mart 8 am | entertainment for patrons | |||
| 6/3/00 Saturday | Hideout 9 PM Chicago 227-4433 | CD release party !!!!
Official release of the long awaited "Kicking the Toybox" with our very special guests, Sons of the Never Wrong |
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| 6/3 Saturday | Reckless Records Broadway Store 3157 N. Broadway, Chicago 2 PM |
In Store Show!!!! Get a taste of Twang Bang while you shop for new and used gems If you're still undecided about coming out to the CD release party...here's a chance to see what you'll miss if you don't |
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| 6/3 Saturday | WLUW 88.7FM 11am |
Our radio appearance on Loyola Radio Listen to us getting nervous about our big show --- LIVE with Tom Jackson on the "Somebody Else's Troubles" show |
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| 6/2 Friday | River North Art District around
7-9pm |
We'll be playing on the street somewhere around Superior and Franklin. Come see us in our element |
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| 5/21 Sunday | WNUR Radio 89.3 FM 11 AM |
Hear Twang Bang play in your own home or office through the magic of radio with Sue McClelland on the "Folk Show" |
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| 3/15 - 3/19/00 | SxSW
Austin, Texas here we come! well, we weren't OFFICIALLY invited to play |
BUT
we thought we'd go and get us some of that southern hospitality... we'll be playin' the streets just like we do when the weather's nice in Chicago. If you're down there, look for us and say "Hi!" okey? |
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| 3/10-11/00 weekend | Neofuturarium Ashland & Foster, Chicago 11:30 PM
773-878-4557 for details |
Back in the TMLMTBGB anteroom, preparing guests for
"too much light makes the baby go blind" |
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| .12/31/99 Fri | Neofuturarium Ashland & Foster, Chicago 9:30 PM
773-878-4557 for details and reservations |
Special New Year's Eve
"too much light makes the baby go blind" |
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| 11/26/99 Fri | Lions Den 1934 W. Irving near Damen Chicago 773-871-3757 | w/Famous Brothers
featuring Wild Chicago's Will Klinger |
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| 11/18/99 Thurs | Metro, Chicago Neofuturist's 11th Anniversary Party | 30 Bands in 60 min.-30 Plays in 60 min. | |||
| 11/4/99 Thurs. | The Hideout 1354 Wabansia, Chicago 227-4433 | Honkey Tonk Living Room w/Sugar Foot from Milwaukee | |||
| 10/24/99 Sunday WXRT Richard Milne's "Local Anesthetic" | Radio Show Featuring Chicago's Best Up and Coming Acts | 7:30 PM SHARP | |||
| Surprise Appearances
Fri. Sat. nights Unannounced in the waiting room before the show |
Neofuturists Theatre Weelky Everchanging Production
of
"Too much Light Makes the Baby go Blind" 30 Plays in 60 Minutes |
10 PM Corner of Foster and Ashland Ave. in Chicago | |||
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