Jimmy Buffett’s Year Of Still Here Tour rolls into southern Chicago this week for two shows at Toyota Park (Thursday and Saturday). The Southtown Star has an article on the upcoming shows:

The soccer stadium and concert venue will open its parking lot at 9 a.m. Thursday and Saturday so fans can tailgate before the 8 p.m. concerts.

Tickets still are available for Thursday’s concert, but Saturday’s concert is sold out, said Dan Garnett, the stadium’s general manager.

About 150 fans with mobile homes and recreational vehicles – 50 on Thursday and 100 on Saturday – will have the flexibility to spend the night in the parking lot if they want, Garnett said.

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For the first time, tailgaters will be able to buy ice before the concerts and concessions at stands set up in the parking lot, Garnett said.

“We are trying to make people be self-sufficient, but we want to have necessities like ice,” Garnett said.

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For safety reasons, no charcoal grills are allowed, he said. Only propane grills will be allowed.

“If people are drinking, the last thing we want is for them to bump into a grill full of hot coals,” he said.

Read the entire article here.

Jimmy Buffett’s 2008 Year Of Still Here Tour resumes this week after a month-long hiatus.

The July leg kicks off on Thursday at the Riverbend Amphitheater in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then, Buffett takes his show to the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday. Other shows on this leg: Pittsburgh, Chicago, Indianapolis, and the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.

See the entire tour schedule here, and be sure to get your tickets to see Buffett live!

You can win a pair of tickets to one of the Jimmy Buffett shows in Chicago by competing in the 2008 Chicago Pub Challenge!

Teams of two enter the pub-crawl race. Teams will follow the route where at each spot a puzzle will need to be completed before moving on to the next bar. $25 per person (or $50 per
team) gets you a T-shirt and entry in to the Chicago Pub Challenge. The Chicago Pub Challenge includes beer at each of the 8 bars and a 2hr Landshark Lager hosted bar afterparty.

All proceeds from this event will be donated to The Make A Wish Foundation. This is the world’s most well-known charities which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength & joy.

Prizes include: 2 Jimmy Buffet concert tickets & a surf board autographed by Jimmy Buffett for the winning team, and 2 concert tickets for the best dressed team!

SIGN UP TODAY!
Request a registration form by emailing:
chicagopubchallenge@gmail.com

The race will start at Cubby Bear at 4:00pm on June 7th. Must be 21+ to play.