17th Annual CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights @ Plumbers Hall, 1340 W Washington Blvd, 8:00am – 6:00pm, All ages
WHAT: Chirp Record Fair’s 17th year of vinyl love!
SO WHAT: Spring is here, so that means the CHIRP Record Fair is here! Join CHIRP at Plumbers Hall to dig over 100 tables full of crates of vinyl records, DVDs, CDs, posters, and more. It’s a music collector’s paradise! This year you’ll get to enjoy live sets from OVEF OW, The Jellies, Baby Money & the Down Payments (solo), DPCD, Charming Hokum (Bob Gerics & Megan Donahue) and other local acts; DJ sets from Van Paugam, Miss Alex White of White Mystery, DJ Chuck Wren, and Joe Shanahan of Metro Chicago; and comedy from Groovebox On The Beat Tho! There will also be plenty of food and drinks to reenergize you between crates! Check out the event page for more info!
NOW WHAT: You can get your advance tickets here! $8 for general admission (10:00am) or $25 for early admission (8:00am). Go and shop to your retro desires!

“How do you feel?” said Kinks guitarist Dave Davies as he took the stage Easter Sunday in Chicago. “I said, ‘Do you feel good?’” he asked again, rhetorically, before answering the question himself with the opening line of the 1965 Kinks single “Till the End of the Day.” Click here to read the whole article on Forbes’s website.

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