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Jamie O’Reilly Summer’s End Concert Sept 12 – Rogers Park

September 12, 2021

Chicago, IL

Singer Jamie O'Reilly presents an outdoor concert as part of the Roots in the Garden Series. Pianist John Erickson accompanies.

Gig Details

Time
4:00 pm
Tickets
20
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Venue Details

Address
Rogers Park (private yard) 2208 W Pratt BlvdChicago, IL 60645

Jamie O’Reilly’s Roots in the Garden Series

IMPORTANT NOTE!  The concert is at capacity.  No more spaces will be pre-sold as of 9/9/21.  If you pre-reserved with the hosts, you may purchase tickets via Paypal or Zelle, (below), or pay with the honor system at the sign-in table day-of.
Thank you for your support.  

About the concert.
Vocalist Jamie O’Reilly brings her Roots in the Garden Series to the formidable backyard of the Rattenbury/Grove family in historic West Rogers Park.  Old-style ballads, Irish and folk music, and Jamie’s signature songs, sung over her forty-year career as “A Voice for the Soul of the City,” will be performed.  She is accompanied by pianist John Erickson.

 

Selections from In Old Chicago, Jamie’s celebrated program about Chicago’s rich history of people and neighborhoods will include stories of Jamie’s ancestors: feisty activists, writers, artists and newspaperman in turn-of-the 20th c Chicago.
Dan Tucker (pictured here), was uncle to the concert host Jeanne Rattenbury.  He was the son of Jamie’s great aunt Nell O’Reilly Tucker.

 

Listen here:
Blue River

https://www.jamieoreilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/03-Track-03.m4a

Love’s Sweet Song

https://www.jamieoreilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Loves-Sweet-Song.mp3

Details
This concert is sold-out.   If you already made reservations with The Hosts, as of 9/9, you may still purchase below.  Covid vaccination required of adult attendees.  Parking on the street.

Buy here via Paypal:

OR using your Zelle app, (please send Jamie your email address as well), and send $20 per person to:
jamie.joanjor@gmail.com

In the event of extreme weather, a raindate of Oct 3 was  chosen. 

 

This concert is part of the yearlong Roots in Ireland 2022 Project.
Read more here:
https://www.jamieoreilly.com/roots-in-ireland-project-donor-page/

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