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The first weekend features several family fun activities in the Rockford area. Here are 15 things to do.

From Broadway to bowling: Things to do this weekend in the Rockford area

Friends and family gathered for a light-hearted affair on Wednesday for the NIU Percussion Ensemble Winter Concert in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the Music Building.  According to Ben Wahlund, instructor of percussion and co-director of the percussion ensemble, the winter concert started as an informal concert put together by the percussion students to...

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The NIU Jazz Orchestra held its second concert this semester on Thursday in preparation for the Jack Rudin Jazz Championship that the group was invited to participate in. The Rudin Championship is an invitational competition that Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts. Every year, ten college bands across America are selected to perform in the championship...

The NIU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra held their first concert of the fall semester on Thursday.  Led by professor Rodrigo Villanueva Conroy and graduate teaching assistant Austyn Menk, the Jazz Ensemble started the concert with “Hay Burner,” a chart by Sammy Nestico. “I missed the music,” said Tim Schultz, a DeKalb resident. Schultz came...

Join us for a collection of your favorite jazz standards, arrangements of popular songs, as well as original compositions by Evon.

The Rockford Casino, A Hard Rock Opening Act is adding two weekly live music events you definitely won't want to miss.

The Rockford Casino, A Hard Rock Opening Act is adding two weekly live music events you definitely won't want to miss.