CHAMPAIGN – A nearly forgotten piece of local history will be returning to Champaign's West Side Park later this year. The old band shell, torn down many decades ago, will be replicated on about the ...

CHAMPAIGN — Champaign Central High School's jazz band will once again head to New York in May to compete in the 22nd annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. This is ...

Mar. 18—Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer were neighbors — living across the hall from each other at the Illinois Street Residence Hall dormitory. They soon realized both were into music, and a jam ...

While Champaign-Urbana is most famously known for the Pygmalion Music Festival and Ellnora, there are plenty of opportunities to explore venues and see local artistson a daily basis. The Canopy Club ...

CHAMPAIGN, III (WAND) - Champaign Central High School's Jazz Band is among the top 15 Jazz bands in the country, now, they are heading to the nationally ranked Essentially Ellington Festival. The ...

New music venue and restaurant The Space hosted indie pop artist OTNES with opener Emily the Band on Sunday night in downtown Champaign. The Space, which originally began as a hot sauce company, ...

DECATUR — It may not quite be the same size as the Pygmalion Music Festival earlier in the fall, but in its fourth year, Champaign-Urbana’s “C-U Folk and Roots Festival” is no small fry. Featuring ...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Marching bands from across the area showed off their skills Monday evening for the third-annual Champaign-Urbana Marching Showcase. Four different schools took part in the event, ...

CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign Park District announces the deadline to register to compete in the Illinois Park & Recreation Association Battle of the Bands competition has been extended. Bands would be ...