Red Lion Inn 50th Anniversary Reunion

Red Lion Inn 50th Anniversary Reunion Red Lion Inn 50th Anniversary Reunion We'll see you at The City Center, 505 S Chestnut St, Champaign, IL for two days of nostalgic music and familiar friends.

October 7 & 8 will be an excellent time to see some of your favorite bands that played at the Red Lion Inn, see old friends, and have a blast! Tickets available at The City Center; $20 for one day and $30 for both days (your best value). A $40 per night VIP ticket includes upped deck preferred seating, exclusive bar, restrooms and food options. Proceeds will benefit The Alice Campbell Alumni Center's planned exhibit on U of I student life throughout the decades, and in this case, more specifically, Night Life with our efforts focused on The Red Lion Inn. TENTATIVE Band List With More to Come (subject to change)

*Friday Night - October 7*

5:00 - 5:45 The Villagers
6:15 - 7:00 The Lugnutz
7:30 - 8:15 Rocky
8:45 - 9:30 Freewheelin’
10:00 - 10:45 Herbie & The Wolf (from The Rave)
11:15 - 12:00 M & R Rush
12:30 - 1:15 The "Tons O' Fun Band" and Guests

*Saturday Night - October 8*

5:00 - 5:45 The Bill Porter Project (formerly
of Tamarak)
6:15 - 7:00 Appaloosa
7:30 - 8:15 Ginger
8:45 - 9:30 Skater
10:00 - 10:45 Finchley Boys
11:15 - 12:00 Slink Rand
12:30 - 1:15 George Faber’s All Star Jam

09/19/2026

Tonight September 20th at 7pm CST it's Home Grown KIO Episode #267 hosted by David Leake & LA Fredrickson with another ever popular Mix Tape show!. Included on the playlist are the following: Slink Rand Band, Vertebrats, Bluesweed, Wiley Fox, Animator, Short Bus, Blackouts, REO Classics Band, Joe Asselin, Flathead 6, Coal Kitchen, Kings Highway, Absinthe Blind, and if time allows, Heavy Duty & Area! Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

09/17/2026

This coming Sunday night September 20th at 7pm CST it's Home Grown KIO Episode #267 hosted by David Leake & LA Fredrickson with another ever popular Mix Tape show!. Included on the playlist are the following: Slink Rand Band, Vertebrats, Bluesweed, Wiley Fox, Animator, Short Bus, Blackouts, REO Classics Band, Joe Asselin, Flathead 6, Coal Kitchen, Kings Highway, Absinthe Blind, and if time allows, Heavy Duty & Area! Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

09/02/2026

This coming Sunday night September 6th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #265 hosted by David Leake and LA Fredrickson with another ever popular Mix Tape show!. Included on the playlist are the following: Onoleigh, My Brother's Keeper, Bluetone Drivers, ESP, Combo Audio, Keith Harden Band, Plush, Shotgun Wedding, The Impalas, Doc Shredd, Adrian Belew, Freddie and the Freeloaders, , and if time allows, Beezus and The All Star Frogs! Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

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08/26/2026

Tonight August 30th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #264 hosted by David Leake and LA Fredrickson with another ever popular Mix Tape show!. Included on the playlist are the following: Matt North (newly released), Jack Daniel (newly released), My Brothers Keeper, The Handcuffs, Skater, Pete Lippencott, Alliance, Titanic Love Affair, The One-Eyed Jacks, Elsinore, Michael Garcia, The Ship, Quarternotes, and if time allows, Steve Scorfina and Wolfie! Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

07/23/2026

Tonight July 26th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #259 hosted by David Leake flying solo with another ever popular mix tape show. Included on the playlist are the following: Still Frenzy, Third Stone, Vestiges, Slink Rand Band, Rathskeller, Muddy Loin Cloth, One Eyed Jacks, Head East, Scurvy Dogs, Tractor Dogs, Owen Knapp, Animator, Somebody Groovy, and if time allows, Rocking Clones & Traveling Radio Show. Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

07/15/2026

Tonight July 19th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #258 hosted by Dave Leake flying solo with a Mabel's Calendar Show from July 1984. Thank you Dave Roesch! Included on the playlist are: Outnumbered, Weird Summer, Maxx, Toyzz, Turning Curious, Combo Audio, Appaloosa, Nix 86, Don't Talk Back, Nines, and if time allows, Last Gentlemen & Invisible Parrots. Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

07/08/2026

Tonight July 12th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #257 hosted by David Leake flying solo. Included on this Mix Tape playlist show are: Late Movies, Andy Baylor, Suede Chain, Modern Drugs, Kings Highway, Jeff Waddell, The Staleys, Mason Profitt, George Faber, Steve Scorfina, Lexi Tieffel, Project M, Mad Science Fair, and if time allows, Outnumbered & Jack Daniel. Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

06/30/2026

Tonight July 5th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #256 hosted by David Leake flying solo with a special America at 250 Patriotic Show!! Happy Birthday America! And for those of you with long memories, it is also the birthday of Home Grown
KIO as our show was originally conceived as a fundraiser for the Champaign County Freedom Celebration! Please continue to support their efforts so that we can all enjoy our local celebrations! Included on the playlist are the following; Pork & The Havana Ducks with Pork's fine rendition of the National Anthem, The Esquires, Alison Krauss, The Black Eyed Lillies, Jesse Ross Band, Andrew Duncanson, Dan Fogelberg, Spoils of War, The Ship, Difficult Listening, The Boat Drunks, REO Speedwagon (live) , Michael & Wendy, and if time allows, Menthol and Illinois,Band! Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video .....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com)

06/24/2026

Tonight June 28th at 7pm, it's Home Grown KIO episode #255 hosted by David Leake flying solo. Included on the playlist are: Electric Sky, Alliance, Pauli Carman, Otis & The Elevators, Mudhens, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Quarternotes, Clockwork Orange, Lifting Line Theory, Funky Butt Drum Club, Big Daddy Sun & The Outer Planets, Robert Fleishman, Headlights, Rocking Clones, and if time allows, 3 Gun Whiskey. Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

06/17/2026

Tonight, June 21st at 7pm CST, it's Home Grown KIO episode #254 hosted by David Leake flying solo. Included on the playlist are: Soulstice, Short Bus, Rathskeller, Caleb Cook Band, 13th Precinct, My Brother's Keeper, Screams, Catfish & The Sharks, Eleni Moraites, Missing The Point, Flathead 6, Spectrum, Ancient Ways and if time allows, Black eyes Lillies and Contraband. Home Grown KIO is proudly sponsored by Glenn Poor's Audio Video.....Where They Tell The Truth, and by our friends at CU Bands and Fans! We invite you to listen in again to the amazing sounds and songs from our talented locally originating musicians at 7pm Sunday night on air at 105.5FM, ask "Alexa...enable WKIO" or online at WKIOFM .com (note: there is no space between FM and dot com

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