Rockford City Market Announces Four Fridays of Entertainment

The entertainment line-up for the first four weeks of Rockford City Market have been announced! Musicians will perform at the Friday market from 4:30 - 7 p.m., with a brief intermission.

Scheduled Performers:

June 11 – Frank and Mike

Frank Calvagna and Mike Youngblood play a mix of classic and Latin jazz standards, along with their own interpretations of contemporary songs. They perform extensively throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, including the Madison and Milwaukee areas. Calvagna is a well-known jazz guitarist and has won RAMI and Best of Rockford awards both as an individual performer and for his work with the band Opan Jii. Youngblood is also a Best of Rockford winner, and has performed with the bands Grooveasuarus and Mr. Big Stuff.

June 18 – Dan Voll

A four-time RAMI winner, Dan Voll is considered one of the Midwest’s most versatile guitarists performing blues, jazz, Latin jazz, world music and acoustic. He has performed throughout the Midwest, with numerous gigs in Chicago and several in Los Angeles.

June 25 – Ken Curtis

Ken Curtis has been on the Rockford music scene since 1996. He’s a two time RAMI award winner in the folk/solo pop category. His album of original songs entitled “Hours and Ours” was recorded with a host of Rockford’s best musicians and was honored as 2003’s RAMI Album of the Year.

July 2 – Emily Hurd

Singer/songwriter Emily Hurd recently released her 6th record of original music, “Daytime Fireflies.” Originally from Rockford, Hurd toured the Midwest and both coasts performing her soulful, bluesy music. Her song "The Likes Of You" won the 2009 International Songwriting Competition and the 2008 Unisong International Songwriting Contest.


Additional performers and vendors will be announced in the coming weeks. Anyone wishing to become a vendor or performer must submit a completed application to the market manager and go through the approval process in order to ensure a wide variety of goods and performance types at the market. Applications can be found at http://rockfordcitymarket.com or by contacting the market manager at 815.964.4388 or info@rockfordcitymarket.com.

Rockford City Market will take place from 3 – 7 p.m. on Fridays from June 11 – October 22 along Water Street in downtown Rockford, between State and Jefferson Streets.