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More Raucous Foot-tappers and Critically Acclaimed Ballads To Be expected from Billy Childers, one of country's fastest risting talents
Chicago, IL – November 3, 2008. When the inaugural installation of the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues festival touches down at the historic Congress Theater later this month, the city's surprisingly-vast mainstream country music fan base won't go unfulfilled.
That's because the Midwest's latest country music sensation will be there to greet fans from the festival's main stage, showcasing a range of styles that has perked the ears of mainstream and alt country fans alike.
After upwards of 400 fans filled the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Chicago last June to help Billy Childers land a spot in Kenny Chesney's "Poets and Pirates" shows at Soldier Field, Billy's career ascension was unstoppable. First up: Sharing the stage with an all-star lineup comprised of Chesney, Luke Bryan, Gary Allan, LeAnn Rimes, and Keith Urban at the Midwest's biggest venue. Next came premiere spots in front of the region's biggest country music gatherings, including Country Thunder and the Chicago Country Music Festival, and the growing legion of fans that inevitably followed.
Fresh off a set of Vegas dates, Childers is ready to take his modern honky-tonk stylings to one of Chicago's most historic stages, alongside a roster of Roots and Americana powerhouses that includes David Grisman, The Avett Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka, Lil 'Ed, Giving Tree Band, and Waco Brothers offshoot Dollar Store.
Learn more about Billy's November 22 date at ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Chicago's only winter music festival at www.cbgbfestival.com Learn more about Billy at www.billychilders.com
About the Festival:
On November 22nd, 2008, the Congress Theater will host the inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival (cbgbfestival.com). While rooted in the foot-stomping influences of bluegrass and blues, the festival will transport the concertgoer through the genre-defying evolution of music today. The one-day event will serve as a tribute to two schools of music that continue to shape and inspire contemporary rock, jamband, funk, folk, roots, Americana, and indie cultures, while allowing festivalgoers to save a heart. A portion of each $31 ticket will be donated to the Saving tiny Hearts Society (www.savingtinyhearts.org), an non-profit organization that raises money for America's 1 birth defect, congenital heart defects (CHD).