'Ladies and gentlemen: The Weekend!' 5 things to do while out and about in Springfield
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Billy Gilman burst onto the scene and into the record books in 2000 with the song "One Voice."
Gilman arrives at The Legacy Theatre Saturday.
If classic rock – the emphasis on classic – is more your style, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Jeans 'n Classics take on the hits of Queen and Journey at UIS Saturday.
As always, check with venues regarding any COVID-19 protocols or restrictions and for any last-minute postponements or cancellations.
Billy Gilman at The Legacy
Billy Gilman was just 11 when his debut album "One Voice" went to No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Album charts in 2000, making him the youngest singer to do so.
The Rhode Island native comes to The Legacy Theatre for an 8 p.m. show on Saturday.
Gilman was re-introduced to the world in 2016 when he made it to the finals of "The Voice" with coach Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
Broadway World noted that while "enormous concert halls are lucrative and big enough to contain his freakish voice, the intimate setting provided by smaller clubs is a warm and welcome place for a man of Gilman's pleasing performance style."
Tickets are $35-$50 and available at The Legacy Theatre website.
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Classic Queen and Journey
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with Jeans 'n Classics, will take the audience on a rock 'n' roll adventure celebrating the best of the bands Queen and Journey at the University of Illinois Springfield's Performing Arts Center Saturday.
The hits are all here. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)," "Who's Cryin' Now," "Wheel In the Sky" and "Don't Stop Believing" from Journey to "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions," "I Want It All," "Somebody to Love" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" from Queen.
Canadian Ian Jutsun, a singer/songwriter, actor and comedian, is the lead vocalist.
Tickets are $22-$66 and available at the PAC website.
Comedy on tap
"Drinking at the Kids Table" is the name of Cincinnati native Billy DeVore's new album.
DeVore brings his over-the-top energy to Mason City Limits Friday and Saturday.
DeVore is the co-host of the Cincinnati Reds focused podcast, The New Nasty Boys.
Tickets are on sale on the club's website.
Meanwhile, Donnie B’s Traveling Comedy Show features veteran comedian Andy Beningo at Casey's Pub, also Friday and Saturday.
Beningo frequently tours with Frank Caliendo. His second comedy album, "Quarantine Comedy Mix Tape," is a collection of radio call ins and bombing stories from the road.
Tickets are available at Donnie B's website.
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Color Me Holi 5K
It may be the happiest walk/run, and certainly the most brightly colored, when the Asian Indian Women's Organization hosts its "Color Me Holi 5K" at Washington Park on Saturday.
The day includes a celebration of the festival of colors in India, celebrating spring, love and the blossoming of new life; Bollywood beats in a 30-minute session led by Zumba instructor Evgenia Samala and delicious Indian treats.
The 5K benefits Girls on the Run, a nonprofit organization that makes a meaningful impact in the community by unleashing the limitless potential of 8- to 13-year-old girls, while creatively integrating running into their experience-based curriculum.
The AIWO is a nonprofit organization of dedicated women volunteers. Through the 5K and its "India Night" fundraiser, it has supported causes such as Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois, HSHS St. John’s Imagine Tomorrow Campaign for the renovation of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Mercy Communities, Inc. and The Outlet.
Last fall, the group was named the Humanitarian of the Year by the Greater Springfield Interfaith Association. GSIA will officially present the award at 11:15 a.m.
The run/walk is at 10 a.m. Cost is $30. Visit the AIWO website for more information.
Grant at 200
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum will mark President Ulysses S. Grant's 200th birthday with a special program led by Lincoln Historian Christian McWhirter at the library's multi-purpose room at noon Wednesday.
The program will look at some rarely seen items from the library's collection illuminating Grant's life, from his "Hardscrabble" years through his leadership in the Civil War to his presidency to the authorship of his famous memoirs.
Springfield has a special place in the Grant pantheon. According to SangamonLink, Grant was put in charge of mustering new Illinois volunteers here early on in the Civil War. Ultimately, Gov. Richard Yates named Grant colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry, a Mattoon regiment which trained at the old state fairgrounds, Camp Yates, in what is now the historic west side of Springfield.
The program also will be livestreamed on the ALPLM Facebook page.
Things to Do publishes each Wednesday at sj-r.com and on Thursday in The State Journal-Register print edition. Email your upcoming events to reporter Steven Spearie at sspearie@sj-r.com. Contributions must be received no later than 5 p.m. Sunday for consideration.
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This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Things to do Springfield IL: Billy Gilman, Illinois Symphony Orchestra
