Well, looks like it's time for me to stop lurking...

Here's some info for the Chicago show. This info is off of the WXRT website
at http://www.wxrt.com/aroundtown/events/98july_events.html, under XRT
Events, not concerts, of the Around Town area. Note that it's the Old St.
Pat's Block Party, NOT the Rock Around the Block party (which is a week
earlier and in a different part of the city). Since WXRT sponsors both
parties, I know I got confused, and I live here!

It should be a great weekend (although kinda expensive if you want to go to
both nights. Welcome to Chicago.), with Big Head Todd on Friday, and the
Connells on Saturday. The Freddy Jones Band is big here, since they're from
the Windy City, so it might get crowded. If anyone needs more Chicago
information or wants to meet up, you can e-mail me off this list.

Oh, and I apologize for the magnitude of this message.

- Weirup
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14th Annual OLD ST. PAT'S BLOCK PARTY
                             Friday, July 17 & Saturday, July 18 5PM -
10:30PM
                             Old St. Patrick's Church, Des Plaines Street
from Madison to Adams in the West Loop
                             area of downtown Chicago

                             Join 93XRT for some of the best outdoor music
of the summer. Bring your friends and
                             do some dancing in the streets.
                             Friday, XRT's Frank E. Lee and Doug Levy will
be there for the party. Saturday,
                             Johnny Mars and Ken Sumka will help welcome
the bands.

                             Friday, July 17
                             ROCK STAGE
                             5:15 Hello Dave
                             7:00 Robert Cornelius 7
                             9:00 Big Head Todd & The Monsters

                             SWING STAGE
                             5:00 World Class Noise
                             8:00 The Big Swing

                             Saturday, July 18
                             ROCK STAGE
                             5:30 to be announced
                             7:00 The Connells
                             9:00 Freddy Jones Band

                             SWING STAGE
                             5:00 Chicago Jump Company
                             8:00 to be determined

                             Tickets are $25 in advance for each night, $30
 at the gate if tickets are still available.
                             To purchase tickets, call the Block Party
Hotline at (312) 648 - 1590 Monday thru
                             Friday 9AM-8PM and weekends from 10AM-4PM. You
 can also buy tickets at the
                             Old St. Pat's Church offices (711 W. Monroe)
on weekdays or after masses on Sunday
                             at the church itself (700 W. Adams). Tickets
include beverage coupons good for your
                             choice of beer, wine or soft drinks.
                             The Old St. Pat's Block Party is a major
fundraising event for Old St. Patrick's Church,
                             Chicago's oldest public building. Founded in
1847, Old St. Pat's is an historic landmark
                             and one of the few buildings to survive the
Great Chicago Fire of 1871.