Today, Dark Star Orchestra announces the first round of artists to perform at The Dark Star Jubilee – a multi-day, multi-stage music festival happening August 31 – September 2 at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio.

This year’s Magnolia Festival was characterized by the usual wonderful blend of bluegrass, reggae and families and by unusually cold night- time temperatures.  Hovering above freezing at night, the mountain music sounded just right in the cool mountain air of the Florida “hills”.  As I sit in tank top and shorts in eighty degrees of Florida sunshine to write this, frozen fingers, frozen breath, the warmth of the fire and being bundled up from head to toe here last weekend seems surreal.  Though it was “crisp” t

KGNU & Z2 Entertainment are proud to present Cornmeal at the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 18th.  Tickets go on sale Friday, September 16th for $15.00 in advance and $15.00 day of show.

Following last year's wildly successful festival event, the folks at DeKalb, Illinois' Middlewest Fest have announced the lineup for their 2011 edition, taking place on September 9th and 10th at multiple venues throughout the city of DeKalb.

This year's list of performers includes Canadian indie-rock band Tokyo Police Club, Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death, Gene Ween (founding member of experimental alternative rock group Ween), American actor, musician and comedian Brian Posehn, Philadelphia pop-punk band The Wonder Years, Chicago bluegrass band Cornmeal, up and coming indie and punk rock bands La Dispute, The Tossers, and Flatfoot 56, and many more.

Middlewest Fest is Northern Illinois' annual celebration of the live music and arts, taking place throughout the weekend of September 9th and 10th in DeKalb, IL. All Middlewest events will be hosted at The Egyptian Theatre, Ottos Nightclub, Ottos Underground, The House Cafe, The Van Buer Plaza, O’Leary’s Irish Pub, Tapa La Luna, SMLTWN Skateshop, Hometown Bar & Grill as well as various art spaces, halls and local business in the lovely and historic downtown DeKalb, just a stone's throw away from Northern Illinois University.

In addition to a weekend full of live-music, Middlewest features a full-fledged independent film festival and an arts and crafts market. The film festival, 'Against The Wall', held this past year at Debutantes School Of Cosmetology, featured 12 Midwestern and NIU Student Film Makers screening comedy, drama, experimental and documentary min-features. Additionally, the folks at the city of DeKalb will be organizing a sidewalk sale, throughout downtown, in conjunction with the fest! In short, there will be no shortage of activity in downtown DeKalb!

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Middlewest Fest 2011 Lineup:

Tokyo Police Club Cornmeal
Murder By Death
Gene Ween
The Wonder Years
Future Rock
Maps & Atlases
mc chris
Brian Posehn
Company Of Thieves
La Dispute
The Tossers
Flatfoot 56
The Giving Tree Band
AM Taxi
This Must Be The Band
Native
Pianos Become The Teeth
The Felix Culpa
Empires
Former Thieves
Xerxes
Kid, You'll Move Mountains
Inspector Owl Loose Lips Sink Ships

Along with hitting the festival circuit extensively this summer (including Summer Camp, Wakarusa, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and many more), Cornmeal has announced a run of summer shows hitting the Midwest and west coast and every point in between.  Cornmeal recently took a break in their hometown of Chicago to visit the set of Chicago Live!, you can check out the podcast here.

For a full list of Cornmeal's upcoming shows & news, check out www.cornmealinthekitchen.com

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Just announced shows include:

June 23^rd

Arrowhead Campground

Grassy, MO

July 1^st

Nelson Ledges

Garrettsville, OH

July 16^th

Nutty’s North

Sioux Falls, SD

July 17^th

The Aquarium

Fargo, ND

July 22^nd

Wild Buffalo House of Music

Bellingham, WA

July 24^th

A Club

Spokane, WA

July 26^th

Liquid Lounge

Boise, ID

July 27^th

Mangy Moose

Teton Village, WY

July 28^th

The State Room

Salt Lake City, UT

w/ Elephant Revival

July 29^th

Hard Rock Café on the Strip

Las Vegas, NV

July 30^th

Café Du Nord

San Francisco, CA

August 2^nd

The Casbah

San Diego, CA

August 3^rd

The Compound Grill

Phoenix, AZ

August 4^th

The Mint

Los Angeles, CA

August 5^th

Crystal Bay Club Casino

Crystal Bay, NV

August 10^th

Club Congress

Tucson, AZ

August 11^th

Flagstaff Brewing Company

Flagstaff, AZ

August 12^th

Santa Fe Brewing Company

Santa Fe, NM

August 13^th

State Bridge

Bond, CO