►"Guinness Oyster Fest" to Rock Chicago on Sept 16-17

Sept. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- CHICAGO—Although autumn doesn't officially start until September 23, the change of seasons will most definitely get an early welcome at this year's Guinness Oyster Fest on Friday and Saturday, September 16-17.

Location is 2000 W. Roscoe (at Damen) in Roscoe Village. Hours are 6:00-10:00 p.m. on Friday, and 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. on Saturday.

NEW at this popular post-Labor Day happening:  It has been expanded to Friday evening and Saturday (vs. Saturday's only in years past). AND it has added a second stage on Saturday featuring an eclectic mix of Irish music and dance acts.  

Raw and cooked oysters will be sold by the Village Tap Bar & Grill, 2055 W. Roscoe.

In addition to Guinness brew (and other Diageo beer brands), the  lineup on the main music stage is heavy on popular  '80s and  '90s acts including iconic British electro-popsters The Human League; California alt-rockers Alien Ant Farm; and Canadian synthpop/New Wavers Men Without Hats. Also performing are lauded local indie popsters Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.

IN ADDITION, a second stage (coordinated through Chicago's Irish-American Heritage Center) on Saturday will showcase Irish entertainment. Among the lineup: dancers The Cunningham's & Friends; the traditional Irish music of Chicago Reel; Irish-American rockers The Chancey Brothers; and (while he's visiting the U.S.) acclaimed Dublin  folk singer George Murphy.

Gate donation of  $7 benefits the Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce. The stage lineup is:

FRIDAY, September 16

6:00 p.m.   Super Happy Fun Club
7:30 p.m.   Abused Romance
8:30 p.m.   Alien Ant Farm

SATURDAY, September 17

>Main Stage @ Leavitt
Noon    Dot Dot Dot
1:30 p.m.   Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
3:00 p.m.    Breakfast Club
5:00 p.m.   The Spazmatics
7:15 p.m.   Men Without Hats
8:30 p.m.   The Human League

>Irish Stage @ Damen  
11:00 a.m.    Irish Music School of Chicago
Noon   The Dooley Brothers with Jimmy Moore
2:00 p.m.   Trinity Irish Dancers
3:00 p.m.   The Chancey Brothers
5:30 p.m.   Chicago Reel
7:00 p.m.   The Cunningham's & Friends
8:30 p.m.   George Murphy

For more information visit www.chicagoevents.com or call 773.868.3010.

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