Potluck starts at 6PM Music at 7PMAll ages, family friendlyTickets $10-----------
Curtis Hawkins Triohttps://www.youtube.com/user/CurtisHawkinsBand
Not a life long musician, but Curtis Hawkins has certainly dedicated his life to music since beginning his musicial journey at age 20. Starting on guitar and quickly found out that maybe bass would suit him better. "Guitar was just so complicated and involved that I hated it... A friend then told me most guitar players could play bass... so I made the switch and fell in love."
Spending his first few years under the watchful eye of the musicial machine Charlie Hayes, Curtis found a great love of the blues. Also at this time Curtis met fellow young musician Tom Lytle. Acoustic duo Lytle & Hawkins was born. "Tom and I clicked right away and made a lot of great music together and created something really special for the listener." Learning the ropes and the buisness side of the scene under Charlie it was time to move along. "After awhile you just find yourself needing a change so I decided to put my own band together after hearing a few local players that knocked me out." Chuck Jones and Ian Johnson were the new line-up. "Playing with Chuck and Ian was fun, because the music was all fairly new to each of us." Jones, Johnson & Hawkins was rooted in the Blues, but often found themselves in a jam. J,J&H; had the pleasure to open for national touring act Kelley Richey Band in 2008. About the time Curtis was playing with Chuck and Ian he found himself joining up with Mike Baum and his newly reformed band Coriander. "Coriander was a completely different thing from what I had been doing, as it was more of a vocally driven band with amazing 3 part harmonies." In late 2008/early 2009 Curtis joined up with his old Charlie Hayes Band drummer Justin Mooney and J,J&H; guitarist Ian Johnson and met vocalist/keyboardist Manuel Lopez III. "I'll never forget one of the first gigs I did with the Moondog Collective, Manny turns to me a calls off this obscure Prince tune and I asked how it went and he replied with "it's just like a B.B. King blues..." it was anything but a B.B. King blues.." But a musicial connection was created with Manny that night. The Moondog Collective was short lived, but Curtis began playing in a trio with Ian and Manuel (on drums and vocals). About that same time, Curtis was introduced to long time Manuel3 drummer Jamie Hopkins. "Jamie just has this super smooth groove and was so easy to play with." The Curtis Hawkins Band was born. "We played for several months, maybe even a year without a set name."
Chicago Farmerhttps://www.chicagofarmer.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLVR4WCROaQ
The son of a small town farming community, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name Chicago Farmer before settling in the city in 2003. Profoundly inspired by fellow midwesterner John Prine, he’s a working-class folk musician to his core. His small town roots, tilled with city streets mentality, are turning heads North and South of I-80.
“I love the energy, music, and creativity of Chicago, but at the same time, the roots and hard work of my small town,” he shares. Growing up in Delavan, Illinois, with a population less than 2,000, Diekhoff’s grandparents were farmers, and their values have always provided the baseline of his songs. 
He writes music for “the kind of people that come to my shows. Whether in Chicago or Delavan, everyone has a story, and everyone puts in a long day and works hard the same way,” he says. “My generation may have been labeled as slackers, but I don’t know anyone who doesn’t work hard - many people I know put in 50-60 hours a week and 12 hour days. That’s what keeps me playing. I don’t like anyone to be left out; my music is for everyone in big and very small towns.”
He listened to punk rock and grunge as a kid before discovering a friend’s dad playing Hank Williams, and it was a revelation. Prine and Guthrie quickly followed. The name Chicago Farmer was originally for a band, but the utilitarian life of driving alone from bar to bar, city to city - to make a direct connection to his audience and listener, took a deeper hold.