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.