Friday Night Live

EVERY FRIDAY | MAY 30 – AUGUST 22, 2025 | 6-9PM | DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN

Downtown Champaign will serve as the backdrop for Friday Night Live, a free street-side performance series featuring multiple bands every week. Friday Night Live will be held every Friday from 6-9pm starting May 30th through August 22nd. Performances will be held at the intersections of Main & Fremont, Neil & Park, One Main Plaza, and Market & Taylor in Downtown Champaign. Friday Night Live will include an eclectic mix of music including rock, folk, bluegrass, jazz, R&B, funk, hip-hop, country, indie, and blues, along with a free kids’ activity such as bubbles, balloons, face painting, caricatures, hula-hooping, and glitter tattoos.

FRIDAY, June 27th

Market & Taylor:

6pm: The Unknown Pleasures – the music of Joy Division

7:30pm: Rory Book and the Volumes – starkly unique Americana

Neil & Park:

6pm: Mid-October – alternative/indie

7:30pm: The Wiseguys – rock/soul/R&B

Downtown Plaza:

6pm: Bandoneon Massacre – Argentine Tango orchestra

7:30pm: Front Street Collective – hip-hop rock-fusion

Fremont & Main (next to The Space):

6pm: Benji Stark feat. Ryan Groff – rock/electronica

7:30pm: Kittens Incorporated – breezy pop

Also featuring our special weekly kids’ activity: Flow Arts with C-U Circus Collective and caricatures by Dan Wild, Illustrator, Designer and Caricaturist!

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EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to our title sponsor: Pour Bros. Taproom! We also want to thank Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Champaign Center Partnership, and the City of Champaign – Municipal Government – without their support, Friday Night Live would not be possible!

If you are a musician or band interested in performing at Friday Night Live, please reach out to Kelly at kwhite@40north.org