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Heart of Illinois Fair events

 

The Grandstand (later the Richwoods High School Stadium):

09-09-1951 – Hank Williams (Sr.), Minnie Pearl, Rochester, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Jack Dempsey, Candy Candido, The

                      Drifting Cowboys, Ann Maucelle, Los Gates Brothers, Lee Marx, Emile Parra, Marie Germaine LeBlanc, Big Big Lister,

                      Ted Evans (The English Giant), Sharkey and his Kings of Dixieland, Dorothy Dorben Adorables, Tony Martins Band,

                      others - Hadacol Caravan Show (moved to the Armory due to rain)

Opera House Some of these shows may have been in the Youth Building:

XX-XX-196X Iron Butterfly

08-23-1967 The Grass Roots, Suburban 9 to 5

09-30-1967 The Cryan' Shames, Suburban 9 to 5

10-11-1967 The Mauds, Suburban 9 to 5

XX-XX-197X Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes Peoria Area Teens concert

05-17-1969 – The Foundations, The Allicance

02-22-1973 – Cheech and Chong (possibly with R.E.O. Speedwagon)

04-22-1975 – Philharmonic Chorale

01-10-1991 – Mike Bishop's Country Time Jamboree

05-10-1997 – Inhale, others

11-23-2002 – Jackyl, others

08-09-2003 – Anthrax, Lamb Of God, E-Town Concrete, Slitheryn, Foil, others

02-24-2004 – Umphrey's McGee

04-14-2004 Trapt (may have been in the Youth Building)

04-28-2004 Justify The Means, 40 Below Summer

01-22-2005 – Lightning Joe Asselin, Blueskillet, Barbara Hamilton, Joe Beck, The Robin Crowe Band, Fishbone Willie and Friends,

                      The River Rats, Kilborn Alley Blues Band – Winter Blues Festival

05-21-2005 – Justify The Means – Metal Mayhem II

03-03-2007 – Guitar Shorty, Dave Chastain, Robin Crowe, Matthew Curry,  The Nickalogic Groove Band, Dorann and The Soul

                      Mystics, South Side Cindy & The Slip-Tones, Steve "The Harp" with Rob Williams and The Soggy Bottom Blues Band –

                      Winter Blues Festival

03-24-2007 – Eli-Stone, Counterstrike, Mutiny, Far From Free, The System After – Carnage At The Opera

04-29-2007 – Flaw, Left 4 Dead, Justify The Means, 3AM Project, Fear Of Clowns, The System After

05-11-2007 – The Pimps, Justify The Means, Trip-Rod, others

09-13-2008 – John Sebastian, Ralph's World, Peoria Acoustic All Stars, Lollester Rocket – Dan Fogelberg Tribute – Fall Music Festival

                      (moved from Glen Oak Ampitheater)

02-04-2012 – The Car Thief, DJ Solo, Positive Vibr8ions, Trinketz, Kaboom Fantastik, D1rty No1ze – Chalice Dubs Masquerade
03-21-2012 – DJ Solo, Positive Vibr8ions, White Rabbit, Trinketz, Danny Grooves, Kaboom Fantastik – Chalice Dubs Masquerade
05-13-2012 – Hellyeah

11-30-2013 – Confederate Railroad, David Allen Coe, The Wolf & Gypsy Band, Iron Cowgirl Mizzy, ZZ Trip

07-17-2014 – Skid Row

12-04-2015 – Houndmouth, The Revivalists, Steady Flow

 

Youth Building Some of these shows may have been in the Opera House:

06-20-1965 The Kinks, Paul Petersen, Bobby & The Argyles (The Hollywood Argyles), The Rivieras, Dave and the Detomics, local 

                       acts (may have been Suburban 9 to 5 and The Shags) (2 shows)

12-28-1966 The Yardbirds (with Jimmy Page), The Coachmen, The Furniture (2 shows)

03-10-1968 – The Who, Suburban 9 to 5, The Coachmen - YouTube (Video contains error that the show was in the Opera House.)

XX-XX-197X R.E.O. Speedwagon, others Peoria Area Teens concert

11-10-1970 – B. B. King, ILMO Smokehouse, One Eyed Jacks, Burton and Applegate – Peoria Area Teens concert

08-10-1971 – Black Sabbath, R.E.O. Speedwagon

12-XX-1971 Jesus Christ Superstar touring company that played on risers in the middle of the building

02-13-1973 – Edgar Winter Group

03-07-1973 Black Oak Arkansas

04-27-1973 The Jets, Earle Mathis

03-11-1978 – The Kansas Mennonite Men's Chorus

05-05-1984 – Harmonie Singers, Drummers, Alpine Brass Band
05-04-1985 – Gesangverin Harmonie, Harmonie Singers and the Damenchor, Alpine Brass Band

10-09-1995 – Fugazi, Makeup

03-01-2003 Ceilidh Celtic Cross Pipes and Drums

06-28-2003 – Bizzy Bone, Mopreme Shakur, Evan Hand, Joe Shadid, Alvin Butler and friends, Pharmacee, D-Mineli, Coo Coo Cal

12-12-2003 – Doubledrive

11-10-2004 – 3 Days Of Grace

04-18-2005 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd

08-13-2005 – Mindset Evolution, 3AM Project, Sprung, Angerwound

03-11-2006 – Ronnie Baker Brooks, Eden Brent Trio, Silver Dollar Saloon House Band, The Edge, Russell Miller, 6V6, Lizzi Neal Band,

                      The Mercury Brothers – Winter Blues Festival

05-06-2006 – Soil

09-30-2006 – Thousand Foot Krutch, Sanctus Real, Kids In The Way, Last Tuesday, others – RockStock 2006 (cancelled)

12-08-2006 – Soil, Kittie, Left 4 Dead, Justify The Means

02-11-2007 – Sevendust, Bloodsimple, Diecast

03-03-2007 – Guitar Shorty, The Dave Chastain Band, The Robin Crowe Band, others – Winter Blues Festival

06-02-2007 – Rich Boy, Soundmaster T, Jah-Rista, Dude & Nem, others – Summer Slam

06-22-2007 – 3AM Project, Trip Rod, Mindset Evolution, Asleep On The Couch, Chicken Lab, others – Aspen Reign Battle of the

                      Bands

07-27-2007 – Rooster Alley, Trip Rod, Honest Pod, Sand Dragons – Ham 'N Jam Music Festival (held in the parking lot)

07-28-2007 – Great White, B-Driven, Jim Davis Band, Stages, Skin Deep, Exit – Ham 'N Jam Music Festival (held in the parking lot)

04-04-2008 – Fear Of Clowns, Bloodroot, The City Rise, Biobhythm, Us Against Them, Foil, Genovese Effect, Far From Free, The

                      System After, Mindset Evolution, Stepdown – Aspen Reign Battle of the Bands

07-25-2008 – 2 Mass Denial, United Groove Theory, Armed and Hammered – Ham 'N Jam

07-26-2008 – Foghat, Mr. Sister, Out Of Order, Section 8, Comic Book Hereos – Ham 'N Jam

12-05-2008 – Tantric, Waterstreet, Mindset Evolution, Trip-Rod

07-24-2009 – Southern Blue, Nick Boettcher, Nick Moss and the Flip Tops – Ham 'N Jam
07-25-2009 – .38 Special, Last N Line, 8 MM Amateurs, Mr. Sister, The D.B. Bryant Band – Ham 'N Jam

10-28-2009 – Silversun Pickups, Cage the Elephant, An Horse
11-08-2009 – Saving Abel, Red, Pop Evil, Taddy Porter
12-04-2009 – Five Finger Death Punch, Janus, Mindset Evolution

06-18-2010 – Sevendust, Sherman's Harvest, Mindset Evolution

07-23-2010 – Blackberry Smoke, Wolf and Gypsy Band, Second Nature – Ham 'N' Jam
07-24-2010 – Jackyl, Bent Fender, Phat Kitti, Motorbiscuit, Waterstreet – Ham 'N' Jam

12-10-2010 – Sick Puppies, 10 Years, Smile Empty Soul, Taddy Porter, Mindset Evolution

06-20-2011 – Hinder, Seether, Sick Puppies, Bad City, Mindset Evolution (may have been in the parking lot)

07-22-2011 – Lita Ford, Bent Fender, Wolf and Gypsy Band, Roxxity Krush – Ham 'N' Jam

11-19-2011 – Cosmic Crisis, Robin Crowe Band, Flying D'Rito Brothers, Dave Chastain, Bill Porter, Jim Davis Band
12-09-2011 – Puddle Of Mud, Pop Evil, Eguyp Central
08-31-2012 – Canned Heat, Walter Trout, Curis Salgado, Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials, Dave Chastain, others – Budweiser Illinois

                      Blues Festival, thru 09-01-2012 (moved from the riverfront)

09-02-2012 – moe (moved from the riverfront)

03-30-2013 – Kingpin, Boomstick, Sofa Shark, Bill Porter, DC3, Robin and Tony Crowe, Megasonics, Brainchild

12-19-2014 – Chevelle, Nothing More, Raw Fabrics, Crobot

11-28-2015 – David Allen Coe, The Wolf & Gypsy Band

06-10-2016 – Montana Of 300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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