Join Great Moments in Vinyl when we pay tribute to the remarkable Dolly Parton…with a concert that celebrates the highlights of a career that is still ongoing…accompanied by stories about the music and the colorful characters who helped create it.

From the surging momentum of “I Will Follow” to the cascading harmonies at the end of “Gloria” to the slow burn of “With or Without You” to the cathartic release of “”Pride (In the Name of Love)”, we’ll bring you the hits and highlights of one of the most inspiring bands in music.

This Irish quartet has proven themselves to be one of the most remarkable rock bands in history.

Few artists have presented themselves so fully formed as this multi-talented musician from Minneapolis. Prince clearly knew what he had to offer, and he had his eye on where he wanted to go.

Before 1964, you’d be hard put to name an artist from the U. K.  But after the British Invasion, there were often a dozen or more British bands in the Top 40 at the same time.

Join Great Moments in Vinyl when we pay tribute to The Police with a concert of hits and highlights:  from “Roxanne” to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Join us when we make our return to Martyrs’ in Chicago to bring you the hits and highlights of the first twenty years of The Rolling Stones.

By the time he was a teenager, Tom had started runnin’ down the dream.  He listened to his heart.  He was learning to fly.  He wouldn’t back down.

And if those artists weren’t keeping you happy enough with their 8-track tapes, you could turn on your car radio and rock out with everyone from Aerosmith to ZZ Top.

It started with a guy standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.  But in just four-and-a-half years, the action had moved to “Life in the Fast Lane.” 

As a duo they’ve been able to draw an audience of close to half a million people, they became the first artists of the rock and roll generation to win a significant Grammy Award, and they went on to earn their place among the best-selling artists of all time.

Great Moments in Vinyl paid tribute to Tina this past May just days before she passed away. We’re so pleased to be able to bring back this show to mark our return to the Beverly Arts Center.

Great Moments in Vinyl pays tribute to the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential musicians in the history of the blues as well as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

We’ll treat you to a free concert featuring hits and highlights from the first twenty years of The Rolling Stones!

Join us in a FREE concert as we pay tribute to Bob Seger at the Cornerstone Church Summer Bash on July 25th.

Join GMiV for the musical hits and highlights of 50 years ago when we pay tribute to the best music of 1973.

James Brown may have been “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.”  But there’s plenty of proof that Tina Turner has been “The Hardest Working Person in Show Business.  Period.”

Relive the remarkable music of Billy Joel with us when we bring the GMiV tribute experience to a new venue:  Cornerstone Church in Elgin.

The man’s been making music for six decades. We plan to bring you the hits and the highlights of his long tenure in rock when we pay tribute to Bob Seger’s music at the Joliet Area Historical Museum on Friday, April 7th. It’ll be a night of “Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

Playing hits and highlights from the long and varied career of Fleetwood Mac for a new set of fans at Klein Creek Golf Club in Winfield, IL.

We’ve got a new date that will work for everyone! So let’s play this music already! Thanks for your patience. We hope to see you Friday, February 17th at the Joliet Area Historical Museum for The Joshua Tree and more of the charismatic music of U2!

Billy Joel got his career off to a decent enough start with the hit single “Piano Man,” but it was his 1977 release, The Stranger, that catapulted him to stardom with four hit singles.  And from that success onward, his career has never faltered.

We’ve got two sets of music planned showcasing the highlights from his heyday, from “Your Song” to “Sad Songs”.

Singer. Songwriter. Musician. Actor. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. And now an inductee to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There’s no one like Dolly Parton. With our twenty memorable songs from throughout her career we’ll take you from her first hits for country radio to the music that brought her fans across all boundaries.

Why not cut loose with us at a rooftop dance party tribute to ABBA? Friday, August 26th at the Joliet Area Historical Museum.

From Richie Havens to Jimi Hendrix, we’ll play the highlights from those three days of peace and music that changed the world.

The people Tom Petty sings about are fighters. People who wrestle with the challenges that confront them and take them to the mat. Maybe it was because Tom Petty knew a thing or two about fighting back himself.

Right after the passing of drummer Neil Peart at the beginning of 2020, Great Moments in Vinyl decided to turn the spotlight on the remarkable trio he was part of and helped make famous, Rush.

Then the coronavirus got in our way.

From the moment Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band, Fleetwood Mac would never be the same. Join us as we pay tribute to the legendary album that made them superstars.

In an era when Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were rock guitar gods, this trio picked up their acoustic instruments and made history with their debut album!