Calling all young local musical talent! We're having a special youth open mic at Venue 720!! - Performers 20 & under welcome - Adult accompanists welcome - Microphone and instrument pickup/speaker provided Prepare 2-3 songs, and make a plan to stick around to support & enjoy all the other performers! Signup for 10-15 min time slots by contacting Bill Passalacqua (emcee) or please contact Poss Music Works via Facebook.

5 great bands for just $10! Camping at the Lake Sara Campground. Concert at The Stage @ Lake Sara. After the show: camping, bonfire, all night pickin', that kind of deal. Ya dig?

6:30pm - Lone Howl (rockin' jams from Carbondale, IL)

4:30pm - Garrett Burris w/ Time To Kill playing the new record "Standards and Expectations" from front to back

3:00pm - The Bashful Youngens (beautiful soaring Americana from Champaign, IL)

2:00pm - Jeremy Todd (indie folk balladry from the heart -- out of Benton, IL)

Your hosts for the day: The High Test String Band (hardly strictly bluegrass from Effingham, IL

Poss Music Works presents Chain Station in the Loft at Village Wine!.

Chain Station is rip-roaring, high-energy bluegrass and mountain music. Bluegrass, Newgrass, whatever you call it, we love it!

Show starts at 7:00pm.

Opener TBD

Tickets on sale $12 in advance or $15 at the door.

This is a homegrown festival, and it's small and incredibly convenient to attend. No long lines, no long haul from the parking lot to the stage. Food and beverages sold on site. Kids activities. Camping is next door to the festival venue, as well as cabins for rent. There is a beach and golf course within walking distance. Boats, canoes and kayaks for rent. Effingham is only 5 miles away, and has thousands of hotel rooms available, as well as a plethora of restaurants catering to almost any taste. Weekend passes available now. Day passes will be on sale closer to the festival - stay tuned for announcements.

Details coming soon...

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Summer Sundown Music Festival 2022 is set to present 3 days of local rock, soul, country, folk, and Americana on the banks of beautiful Lake Sara, just outside of Effingham, IL - Fri., Sep. 9 to Sun., Sep. 11, 2022. Don't miss the FREE Thursday night pre-party on Sep. 8th. Celebrate the waning days of summer with the musicians and music lovers of the Central/Southern Illinois music scene. We have curated a festival that brings together the hard-working men and women who make music throughout these cornfields...and beyond. On top of that, we will present some pretty dang amazing artists from across North America to play alongside our local talent.

The Little Grassy Get Down at SIU Touch of Nature Environmental Center in Makanda, IL is a family=-friendly music festival featuring mostly original acoustic Americana music from around the Midwest. The event takes place from October 7-9, 2022, and will feature The Wood Box Gang, Chicago Farmer and the Fieldnotes, the Burney Sisters, One Way Traffic, Miles Over Mountains, Miss Jenny and the Howdy Boys, The People V Hugh DeNeal, Taylor Steele and the Love Preachers, Carter and Connelly, Wil and Robert and much more.