The High 48s
Schedule
Sat Apr 26 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
200 South Main Street, Lombard, IL, United States, Illinois 60148 | Lombard, IL
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— THE HIGH 48s — • Saturday, April 26, 2025 • 7:00PM • $20 • Doors open at 6:30PM
Classic Bluegrass quintet with a modern attitude and fantastic showmanship
Chicagoland debut! Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, THE HIGH 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude. With one foot in tradition and the other in the world of today’s music, they are one of the few very few bands who can find overlooked bluegrass gems in songs by artists like M. Ward or the Clash, then throw down hard on a standard by Bill Monroe. The High 48s are also a band of songwriters. Here, too, they take a modern approach, heeding the well-worn advice to writers: write what you know. Their songs ring true to their lives as northern city folk rather than an imagined “sweet, sunny south” of coal mines and dark hollers.
The band takes its name from railroad slang for the boxcars originally used in WWI to transport troops, which could carry 40 soldiers or 8 horses. These boxcars were later repurposed in the US on fast-moving “hot shot” freight trains by train hoppers looking for work during the Great Depression. >https://thehigh48s.com/
“Y'all have truly made an imprint in the world of bluegrass music so please keep on keepin' on.” —Greg Cahill, Special Consensus
Advance tickets are $21.25 online (with processing fee) and pre-sales end at noon on the day of show. Door sales are cash or check only, pending availability. ALL SALES ARE FINAL—NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.
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Where is it happening?
200 South Main Street, Lombard, IL, United States, Illinois 60148Event Location & Nearby Stays:
