General Events

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Grupo Illini/Aylin Salgado

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Friday Funnies featuring Phoenix Improv/Spicy Clamato

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Katie Flynn with opening act Aylin Salgado

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Chip McNeill

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Jasmine Field Orchestra

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Friday Funnies featuring Spicy Clamato/Odd Request

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Angie Escarcida/Shrenik Balaji

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Video Game Music Club/Luke Davis

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Celebrate Bulgarian- An Evening of Music and Dance

  Time

  7:00 pm   10:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

  Live Performance by the Bulgarica Dance Ensemble of Chicago with artistic director Petur Iliev. Light Refreshments will be served.

  • Performance

  

• Friday Funnies featuring Mark Toland with opening act Odd Request

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Chip McNeill

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Lucas Ciocan

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: That’s What She Said

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Friday Funnies featuring Hive Society/Phoenix Improv

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Native Chicago Jam

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Jasmine Field Orchestra

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Friday Funnies featuring David Hall with opening act Phoenix Improv

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Shuai Yuan

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Evan Williams

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• SPEAK Café at Krannert Art Museum | November 2026

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

  SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.

  • Performance

  

• RSO Spotlight: Video Game Music Club

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Player Piano Demonstration

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Player Piano room on the 2nd floor of the Music & Performing Arts Library (1300 Music Building, 1114 W Nevada St)

  Enjoy a free concert featuring the Music & Performing Arts Library’s Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano! See the piano in action and learn more about the instrument and roll collection. This is an informal even and all are welcome!

  • Performance

  

• Friday Funnies featuring Odd Request/Hive Society

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Chip McNeill

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Illini Chamber Strings

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring A Noontime Performer Concert

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Off the Record/Luke Davis

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Friday Funnies featuring Spicy Clamato/Odd Request

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, December 7, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Uni High Madrigals

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Dial-A-Carol Sing-A-Long

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Sunday, January 31, 2027

• Landscapes in Sound & Ink

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall

  • Performance

  

Thursday, February 11, 2027

• SPEAK Café at Krannert Art Museum | February 2027

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

  SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.

  • Performance

  

Thursday, March 4, 2027

• SPEAK Café at Krannert Art Museum | March 2027

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

  SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.

  • Performance

  

Thursday, April 1, 2027

• SPEAK Café at Krannert Art Museum | April 2027

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

  SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.

  • Performance