2017 Peoria WingFest

Advanced Media Partners and The Peoria Park District present: Peoria WingFest, an event for anyone who loves wings, beer, and music! Sponsored by Lexus of Peoria & Peoria Toyota!

We're back and you can join us Sunday, May 7th at the Peoria Riverfront from 1-5 pm. Eat wings from local resturants such as Whitey’s BBQ, Peacock's Pub, Country Club BBQ, Castaways, Coopers, The Fieldhouse, Old Chicago, Nelson's Catering,Cheese Nuts Brickoven Pizzeria, Big JJ Fish & Chicken, Nick-N-Willy's, and McMahon's Pints & Plates! You'll also enjoy live music from Peoria's own 3 and a Half Men! A portion of the proceeds helps raise money for the Peoria Friendship House.

Tickets last year were SOLD OUT so don't wait to get yours!

General Admission tickets: Access to the event, live entertainment, 3 wings from each participating restaurant
VIP tickets: Live entertainment, 3 wings from each participating restaurant, Peoria Wingfest tshirt, 2 complimentary drinks, a vote in each category, 30 minute early admission to the event
For more info: http://peoriawingfest.com

These cruises are an hour and a quarter-long and run 2 to 5 times a week. They begin and end at the riverfront dock in downtown Peoria, with the Spirit cruising up and down the Illinois River. 

Kids and adults alike will be fascinated by the boat’s tall fluted stacks and gigantic candy-apple red paddlewheel churning through the water. It’s great entertainment for all ages. Trip includes Captain’s Commentary. Gift shop and concessions are available.

www.spiritofpeoria.com

Peoria Chiefs vs West Michigan

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Peoria Chiefs vs West Michigan 

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Peoria Chiefs vs West Michigan

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Painting the Natural History of the Field Museum. The Fine Arts Society presents Peggy Macnamara, artist-in-residence at Chicago’s Field Museum, who will share her experiences as a natural history artist and explore the relationship between art and science. Social time at 9:30am; lecture begins at 10am. Location: Peoria Riverfront Museum. Admission: $12 for adults, $5 for students. For more information, visit www.FineArtsSociety.net.

May 11, 9:30AM - 11:00AM

Peoria Chiefs vs South Bend

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Enjoy live music from local and regional bands every Friday at the Contemporary Art Center.  Tonight features John Miller & the Romaniacs. For a complete schedule, visit www.peoriacac.org

Admission is $8 for members ($12 for nonmembers), $7 for student & senior members ($11 for student & senior nonmembers).  Students with valid school ID & seniors age 65 & older.

Live at the Five Spot followed by Salsa lessons and dancing on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month ~  8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.  Visit www.peoriacac.org for more details.

Peoria Chiefs vs South Bend

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Tonight Features: Three and a Half Men

Enjoy live music every weekend!  For a complete listing, visit, www.rhythmkitchenmusiccafe.biz

Enjoy Peoria’s evening skyline by the light of the moon. Live entertainment is included with your ticket for this 2 hour cruise. A cash bar is available. Dinner is not served, but concessions are available. Ask about private deck rental at reduced rates—perfect for rehearsal dinners or class reunions! 

Tickets available at the dock. No reservations required.

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EMI Nashville recording artist Eric Church will bring the “Holdin’ My Own Tour” to Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL on May 12, 2017.  Tickets go on-sale Friday, Sept 23 at 10AM at www.ticketmaster.com or via phone/TM Mobile App. 

 

For the first time ever, there will be no support act on this tour. Eric Church and the ECB will play two full sets with an intermission in between. In an effort to ensure his core fans get great tickets at face value, Church is revamping the pre-sale and on-sale process to eliminate scalpers from the equation. 
 
“In this era where growing inequality seems to be the norm, we wanted to do everything within our power to put the advantage back in the hands of true fans rather than those that take advantage of the system, and by extension our people,” said John Peets, Church’s manager. “It was important to us to invest time into evaluating and redesigning the ticket buying process and build the technology to level the playing field.”
  
Church has secured a larger allotment of fan club tickets than in the past so Church Choir members will have much better success buying tickets in the pre-sale.  The Church Choir pre-sale will be the ONLY pre-sale. There will be no venue, credit card or radio pre-sales. Church and his team developed a new fan club pre-sale system that allows them to remove scalpers from the pre-sale process before it even happens. Scalpers that are found to be gaming the system and posing as real fans won’t receive the buy link at all. 
 
As on past tours, Church will continue to cancel any and all orders found to be made by scalpers.  New for the Holdin’ My Own Tour, Church commissioned a proprietary technology that scrubs ticket purchases using up to 10 different data points and automatically flags orders made by scalpers.  Orders may be cancelled at any time and without warning.  Church cautions fans to stay away from the secondary market because it’s likely that tickets found there will be invalid by the time the show happens.
 
Finally, delivery of all ticket orders will be delayed until the days leading up to each show.  Church hopes that this will make it impossible for scalpers to complete their transactions. 
 
By doing this – investing time and energy to create a more efficient and balanced model – the Church team is not only communicating directly to the fans the best source for face value tickets, but also building a model that protects fans and can be adopted by the industry as a whole.
 
“The way this album came together mandated we release it as a surprise, straight to our fans, as it was important for me to deliver the music the same way the creativity hit me—directly and swiftly. What I didn’t anticipate is that it left me scratching my head a little as this year was supposed to be spent writing.”  Church continues, “What this year’s open schedule did afford us was time to think through the way the fans experience our music live, and it was important to us that we find a way to stick to these same principles when it came to approaching our shows, down to the way they go on sale.”
  
Church’s 2014-2015’s The Outsiders World Tour topped Billboard's Hot Tours consistently after Church set new attendance records in five markets including Chicago's Allstate Arena on March 20 with 18,626 present. Church also shattered Nashville's Bridgestone Arena attendance on January 10 with an unprecedented 18,411 fans assembled, surpassing The Blue Collar Comedy Tour’s record set on Feb. 2006. On April 7, 2015 he also broke the attendance record at Grand Forks, N.D.’s Ralph Engelstad Arena, which was previously set by Sir Elton John's 2012 show. The Outsiders World Tour saw Church performing to over 800,000 fans in more than 65 cities with nearly 20 stops from September 2014 through September of ‘15 and was named one ofRolling Stone Magazine’s Must-See Tours.
 
For further details on the ticketing system plus tour information, "These Boots by Lucchese" and Church's custom-designed Gibson Hummingbird Dark on tour, go to www.ericchurch.com.

 

Tonight Features: Roy & Jake from Brainchild Play

Roy Ponce and Jake Schultz from Brainchild play the first installment of the Kenny's Westside Pub Front Room Concert Series. This series will bring you stripped down intimate shows from some amazing artist collaborations. Make sure you swing down and enjoy some great live music in a very intimate setting.

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These cruises are an hour and a quarter-long and run 2 to 5 times a week. They begin and end at the riverfront dock in downtown Peoria, with the Spirit cruising up and down the Illinois River. 

Kids and adults alike will be fascinated by the boat’s tall fluted stacks and gigantic candy-apple red paddlewheel churning through the water. It’s great entertainment for all ages. Trip includes Captain’s Commentary. Gift shop and concessions are available.

www.spiritofpeoria.com

Enjoy Peoria is transforming Water Street into New Orleans’s French Quarter for the 2nd annual Mardi Gras in May Street Party. Come enjoy quality entertainment, food, and art up and down Peoria's Water Street!

Street Performers will dazzle you with their colorful acts and out of this world talent. To further the French Quarter experience, tarot card readers, caricature artists and storytellers will delight you with their talents! Local restaurants will offer authentic Cajun dishes and drinks and artists will be selling their wares as well as offering demonstrations and lessons throughout the Festival.

This year, don't miss the authentic Mardi Gras Krewe, Mardi Gras King and Queen, and Mardi Gras Band traveling all the way from New Orleans!

You won't want to miss this FREE one of a kind event!  More info...

Peoria Chiefs vs South Bend

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Tonight Features: Derel Monteith

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Tonight Features: Grateful Dead Experience: Schwag

Ages : 21+ 
Showtime : 10 p.m.

The Schwag is a band of musicians dedicated to carrying on the vibe and music of the legendary Grateful Dead. Founded in 1991, The Schwag has performed over 3,000 concerts all over the United States.

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