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 Cente

r'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

07/23/2026

This coming Sunday night 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

06/11/2026

Tonight, June 14th at 7pm CST, it's Home Grown KIO episode #253 hosted by David Leake flying solo. We continue to receive brand new songs from our East Central Illinois roots solo artists and bands, so this episode will showcase never before aired material. Included on the playlist are: Decadents, Matt North, Wiley Foxx, Thom Bishop, Drew Cagle, Head East, Doug Gherna, former Illinois Basketball star Meyers Leonard, Joe Asselin, Sass, Lou DiBello, No Secret and if time allows, the Students & Unpossible. 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

06/01/2026

Tonight, June 7th at 7pm CST, it's Home Grown KIO episode #252 hosted by David Leake and LA Fredrickson with a specially Themed Show promoting the fantastic Dan Fogelberg Exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum! This special Home Grown KIO show will feature TWO five minute edited clips from our full length interviews with Eric Mills, the President of the Fogelberg Foundation and with drummer extraordinaire Joe Vitale who was in Dan's touring band and who played at a special concert performance with other members of Dan's touring band. Included on the playlist are: an opening Dan Fogelberg song, the edited Eric Mills interview, 3 more Fogelberg songs, the edited Joe Vitale interview, 2 more Fogelberg songs, a Coachmen song (Dan's 1st band), 4 more Fogelberg songs and if time allows, an additional 2 more Fogelberg songs. Don't miss this special show!! Home Grown KIO is 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

05/28/2026

Tonight, May 31st at 7pm CST, it's Home Grown KIO episode #251 hosted by David Leake and LA Fredrickson and to CELEBRATE this momentous occasion, we are actually going to go with the NEXT theme of the week with some of our oldest tracks. This week's show will feature locally originating music tracks from some of our earliest recordings on Home Grown KIO! Featured artists include: One Eyed Jacks, The Finchley Boys, The Esquires, Backstreet Majority, Shades of Blue, Uncle Meat, Feather Train, The Regiment, The Guild, REO Speedwagon, The Ship, Hound Dog Moses, Buffum Tool Company, and if time allows, The Rogues & Al Ierardi! Home Grown KIO is 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

05/20/2026

Tomorrow night, May 24th at 7pm CST, it's Home Grown KIO episode #250 hosted by David Leake and LA Fredrickson and to CELEBRATE this momentous occasion, we are actually going to go with TWO themes for this week and next. This week's show will feature ALL NEW locally originating music tracks recorded by local artists, many of them very young (as in just out of high school)! Featured artists include: Andy Baylor, Jeff Waddell, Logan Duane, Doug Gherna, Still Frenzy, Lexi Tieffel, Gina Miles, Logan Allen, Castle Finn, Jill Greenlee, Gloria Roubal, Owen Knapp, Andrew Duncanson, and if time allows, Jonesful & Rick Lewis! Home Grown KIO is 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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