Americana Happy Hour ft. Brian Wilkie & Dana Maragos live at the Rose Bowl Tavern

Name: Americana Happy Hour ft. Brian Wilkie & Dana Maragos live at the Rose Bowl Tavern
Start: 2025-03-20T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-20T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Rose Bowl Tavern

Schedule

Thu Mar 20 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Rose Bowl Tavern | Urbana, IL

Dana Maragos, singer-songwriter from Chicago, teams up with pedal steel master and Champaign native, Brian Wilkie at the Rose Bowl Tavern for the “Americana Happy Hour” on Thursday, March 20th from 5 – 7pm.
Americana Happy Hour Specials:
$2 Hamms and PBR
$5 American Buffalo*(Hamms & a shot of trace)*
$4 Drafts
ABOUT BRIAN WILKIE
In Champaign, Illinois where Brian grew up, he never had to strain too hard to hear REAL COUNTRY music. As Brian says, 'It was just part of the soundtrack of your youth." Brian got his start in the University of Illinois music program and in the Midwest music scene. Skills refined there would allow him to take his talents to Nashville and work as a session player and tour with Allison Krauss, Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan and others. In addition, Brian has appeared on "Nashville Now" and led that band on a national television telethon in L.A.
A member of the Hoyle Brothers Band for over 20 years and an in-demand musician for shows and studio projects, including Iron & Wine, Beast Epic (2017), On Big Shoulders – A City’s Musical Portrait (2018), a tribute to Chicago’s musical history.
Brian is a producer, arranger, and highly sought-after pedal steel master, multi-instrumentalist and studio musician.
ABOUT DANA MARAGOS
LATEST RELEASE - “Unimaginable Things”, (Sept 2024),
Unimaginable Things on Bandcamp and streaming on all platforms.
The album features contributions from producer and arranger, Brian Wilkie, on pedal steel, electric, acoustic guitar, electric bass a backing vocal.
Inspired by conversations, stories and reflections of troubles and triumphs, songs that draw you into a conversation, or tell you a story you won’t forget. With an acoustic guitar foundation and textures of pedal steel guitar, mandolin, Dobro and traces of rock with electric guitar, “Dana Maragos is pure Americana” –Alex Fitter, Americana UK.
Chicago native and University of Illinois graduate, and WPGU-FM alum, Dana got her first guitar when she was 6 years old. She learned protest songs, folk songs, harmonizing with her sister and dancing to Beatle records with neighborhood teenage girls. She wrote her first song when she was 13.
She took a long, professional journey, living in the south, northeast and west until returning to back in Chicago to work and raise a family. While on a walk to her commuter train, she wrote a song and decided to start playing open mics. She found inspiration and support in a friendly and generous musical community. Dana is a south Chicago native, currently lives on the city’s north side.

· No Cover
- BYOFood, The Rose Bowl Tavern has the beverages covered.
- Tips for the band not required but always appreciated
$$$Cash tips in bucket, or ask your bartender to put entertainment tip on your bar tab$$$
$$$ Venmo: @RoseBowlTavern
$$$ Paypal: [email protected]