Name: Special Consensus
Start: 2025-04-25T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-25T22:00:00-05:00
Location: THE VENUE

Special Consensus

The Venue is a live music performance space located west of Chicago in downtown Aurora, Illinois. Featuring local, national, and touring acts, The Venue showcases all genres of music on its intimate stage. The Venue offers a bar specializing in local craft beers and comfortably seats nearly 200 with no obstructed views.The Venue is operated by the Fox Valley Music Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to music education, promotion, and preservation.Easily accessible by Metra with free parking across the street, The Venue is a convenient destination. Entrance is located on Water Street Mall.Click here to subscribe to our text messages.

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The Venue presents Special Consensus on April 25th.

THE VENUE

The Venue is proud to present Special Consensus on Friday, April 25th. DOORS = 7pm | SHOW = 8pm~ Advance Admission ~ Premium Reserved Seating = $25 General Admission = $20~ Day of Show ~ Additional Door Charge = $5 ~~~~~~~~~~⭐ SPECIAL CONSENSUS ⭐ Celebrating their 50th Anniversary in 2025, the Special Consensus is a bluegrass band that has achieved a contemporary sound over decades of performing. Band leader and founder Greg Cahill is a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and was inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) Hall of Greats. Special Consensus has received seven awards from IBMA and two Grammy nominations. These musicians - Greg Cahill (banjo), Greg Blake (guitar and 2023 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year), Dan Eubanks (bass) and Brian McCarty (mandolin) maintain their bluegrass center. Rivers and Roads was nominated for a 2018 Grammy and was awarded 2018 IBMA Album of the Year. “Squirrel Hunters” from that recording received the Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year award. The band records for Compass Records and proudly celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2020 with the release of Chicago Barn Dance. The title song “Chicago Barn Dance” received the 2020 IBMA Song of the Year Award. Great Blue North, the 21st Special C recording, was released in May of 2023. The Gordon Lightfoot song “Alberta Bound” received the 2023 IBMA Collaborative Recording of the Year award and the 2024 Music Video of the Year. ~~~~~~~~~~The Venue is brought to you by Fox Valley Music Foundation, dedicated to local music awareness, education and preservation. Find out more at <a href="https://themusicvenue.org/" title="https://themusicvenue.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">themusicvenue.org</a> ~ TICKETS: We strongly recommend that you avoid buying tickets for our shows from any third parties. We will be unable to honor tickets purchased anywhere other than our website through Eventbrite or at our Box Office. ~~~~~~~~~~

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