Blog Entries - March 2009

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and DOPE Confirmed for CHICAGO POWERFEST 2009

nick@nicknlisa.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

CRJ Productions would like to welcome BLACK LABEL SOCIETY as Headliner and DOPE as their direct support for the Friday, May 8th, night of the next CHICAGO POWERFEST, set to take place on May 7-9 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, Illinois. Tickets for this May 8th, date of the fest will go on sale this Saturday, April 4th, at 11am CT via all Ticketmaster locations.

Festival organizers also commented, "In keeping with the Powerfest tradition of spanning a wide variety of hard rock and [...]

GWYNBLEIDD and SACRED DAWN Acoustic Sets at CHICAGO POWERFEST 2009

nick@nicknlisa.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

CRJ Productions would like to welcome New York's GWYNBLEIDD and Chicago's own SACRED DAWN as part of the next CHICAGO POWERFEST, set to take place on May 7-9 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, Illinois. Both bands will be performing acoustic sets in the special fan lounge which will be open to all fest attendees.

In an effort to continue moving forward in creating the complete festival experience, this year's CHICAGO POWERFEST will also feature acoustic performances tak [...]

ELUVEITIE Pulls Out Of 'Paganfest America: Part II' Tour

nick@nicknlisa.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Swiss folk band ELUVEITIE has been forced to pull out of the "PaganFest America: Part II" tour, which is scheduled to kick off in late April in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commented the tour organizers: "We've decided that it would be wiser to wait for the band to return in the fall since they've already played during Paganfest America 2008's touring cycle. On the bright side, ELUVEITIE will return on a new tour we are currently working on (yes...we're working on somethin [...]

NOVEMBERS DOOM Acoustic Set Added

nick@nicknlisa.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

NOVEMBERS DOOM have just confirmed that they will be adding a very special acoustic set on the same night, May 9th, of their main stage performance at this year's CHICAGO POWERFEST. This will be their first ever acoustic set on American soil, and will be held in the Pearl Room's connected lounge (Capone's) prior to their main set.

For this year's POWERFEST, festival organizer's CRJ Productions have made arrangements to have the adjacent lounge opened up to fest attendees a [...]

Line-Up Shift, Ticket Sale Date & Luna Mortis added

nick@nicknlisa.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Headliners DEVILDRIVER, along with support bands SOIL and NOVEMBERS DOOM, will now be playing the Saturday, May 9th, date of this year's CHICAGO POWERFEST instead of the previously reported Friday May 8th date. Festival organizers, CRJ Productions, also commented: "Sorry for any inconvenience, but due to reasons beyond our control stemming from scheduling conflicts, this shift has become necessary."

Also, individual night tickets for Thursday, May 7th, & Saturday, May [...]