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Allerton Barn Festival a buffet of music, dance, nature and food

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Tickets are still available for the University of Illinois School of Music‘s third annual Allerton Music Barn Festival Sept. 3 through 7.

The festival, a veritable sampler featuring genres ranging from jazz and opera to American brass-band and Czech chamber music, takes place in a restored 19th-century Dutch hay barn on the southeast edge of the university’s Allerton Park and Retreat Center near Monticello, Ill.

Eight concerts and several pre- and post-concert activities – including tango demonstrations, lectures and nature and star walks – will take place during the five-day festival.

Light gourmet fare and beverages will be available for purchases an hour before each concert and during intermission at the barn’s first-floor bistro. Tickets may be purchased through the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts ticket office, 217-333-6280, or the festival Web site.

Detailed information about the festival also is available on the festival Web site.

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