Heads up on BBQ dates! PRFBBQ 2026: July 9-12. Band submission and venue info TBA soon.

News you can use: PRFBBQ 2026 is July 9-12 . Band submission info coming soon!

Also, I’m proud to share that PRFBBQ 2025 raised $5,461 for Letters Charity. Bands, fans, raffle prize donors, beverage sponsors, volunteers: You helped make that happen. Thank you!

If you’re looking to make your own ...

Hey guys. Thanks for checking in about PRFBBQ 2026. I plan to share the dates very soon—probably next week—along with our charity $$ total from PRFBBQ 2025. We are still well ahead of our usual "save the date" announcement for the BBQ, which has tended to be four months before the BBQ.

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jfv wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:07 pm All weekend pass purchased! (though I may have to miss part of it)

See you all there!

That's what I'm talking about. Thanks for grabbing a ticket! See you soon.

Our Bandcamp sampler + Spotify playlist of 2025 BBQ bands are live! Still waiting on a few bands to send me files, but this covers 20+ bands.

Also, today is a beautiful day to buy tickets if you haven't already. Weekend passes cover Thursday-Sunday! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prfbbq-2025 ...

Hell yea, Chris and Nick! Thanks for grabbing tickets.

Our PRFBBQ 2025 lineup is live! There's a few notable changes this year:

• We are hosted by two venues across Thursday-Sunday: IBW and Kitchen 17. Way easier than splitting it across three venues.
• It's all-ages, all weekend! We've made arrangements with IBW to accommodate that, and Kitchen ...

Submissions for PRFBBQ 2025 close in three days (April 10, 11:59 pm). Email us and we’ll send you the Google Form to submit your band. Chicago [at] PRFBBQ [dot] com

Dates written down.

Supposed to be in Korea during the week of July 14th, which means I might have to leave on Saturday or Sunday. My attendance may be limited to one or both of the days at IBW. Frick.


We'll take as much of you as we can get. Happy trails to Korea!


Ugh, family vacation runs ...

Speaking of the youth... my children (16 and 14) are coming to Chicago with me this weekend. Does anyone know whether IBW will allow them to attend those shows?


I'm working on that with IBW. it's very likely those shows (Thurs/Fri) will be all-ages, with some caveats like "no kids sitting ...