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Music Spring fulfilment by Peoria Lunaire, Bradley University Ensemble for New Music, 7:30 p.m. April 16, Dingeldine Music Center, 1417 W. Barker Ave. Free.
Hickory Ridge Concert Series featuring Acoustic Groove Duo, 7:30 p.m. April 18, Dickson Mounds Museum. Doors unfurl at 6:30 p.m. Coffee, drinks and desserts at intermission.
Admission: $5/adults, $3/children under 12. Call (309)547-3721. River City Blues Society Wednesday Blues Series, Dragon's Dome, 3401 Griffin Ave., Pekin. All shows backing at 7 p.m. April 22 - Damon Fowler Group. April 29 - Bob Dorr & The Blue Band. May 6 - Shannon Curfman. May 13 - Scott Ellison. May 20 - Deak Harp. May 27 - The Insomniacs.
June 3 - Rob Williams' Soggy Bottom Blues Band. June 10 - The Plateros. June 17 - Joanne Shaw Taylor. June 24 - Gina Sicilia.
July 22 - Joanna Conner and opener Donna Herula. Aug. 12 - Laurie Morvan Band. Admission is $3 for Blues Society members, $4 for the public. Idgy Vaughn, 7:30 p.m. April 25, Princeton Coffeehouse, Princeton. Call (815) 875-4706.
Lincoln Bicentennial Extravaganza, features Metamora Wind Ensemble, the Anita and Curt Rowden duo and MTHS Men's Choir, 7 p.m. April 18, Metamora High School Auditorium, Metamora. Tickets: $10. Call 367-4470.
Central Illinois Jazz Society presents Peoria Jazz AllStars and CIJS House Band, 6-9 p.m. April 19, Mozart Room, Radisson Hotel, 117 N. Western Ave. Admission: $5/CIJS members; $7/nonmembers; free/children 14 and younger with an adult.
Eureka College Chorale and Chamber Singers, 4 p.m. April 19, Becker Auditorium, Cerf College Center, Eureka. Free. St. Martin Chamber Players, 3 p.m. April 19, First English Lutheran Church, 725 E. Forrest Hill Ave. Call 243-1967.
Dazzling Divas!, featuring Michelle Vought and Carolyn Brady, 1:30 p.m. April 19, Universalist Unitarian Church, 3000 W. Richwoods Blvd. Free-will offering. Lincoln Trio, 7 p.m. April 24, David Davis Mansion State Historic Site, Bloomington.
Admission: $35/general public; $10/students. Call 828-1084. Orpheus Club Spring Concert, 3 p.m. April 26, Richwoods High School, 6301 N. University. Tickets: $5.
Village-Aires Spring Concert: "Let's All Go To The Movies," 7 p.m. May 2 and 3 p.m. May 3, Fieldcrest High School Gym, Minonk. $5 in lend from members, $6 at the door.
Central Illinois Jazz Society concert featuring Carl Anderson and his New Orleans Jazz Band, 6 and 8:30 p.m. May 17 (house band) at 7:15 p.m., Mozart Room, Radisson Hotel, 117 N. Western Avenue. Cost: $5/members; $7/non-members. Free/children under 14.
Other shows: June 21 - Dave Parkinson and the Burning Sensations, 6-9:30 p.m. July 19 - Kevin Hart and the Vibe Tribe, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Call 692-5330 or 691-3259.
