Maple Street Concerts

Co-bill Gia Dagenhart and Heather Styka

Tickets $20

Lombard's own Gia Dagenhart is a budding singer-songwriter whose songs showcase poetic snapshots, dynamic vocals, and sophisticated themes. On stage, her natural confidence, warmth, and wit engage audiences and leave them buzzing.   Lilli Kuzma, host of "Folk Festival" on WDCB Public Radio, chose Gia to be her Folk Alliance Region Midwest DJ Showcase Artist in 2025. This opportunity sparked Dagenhart to record a seven-song debut EP, Artifact, which has received airplay on national college and folk radio stations. Artifact reflects the spirit of her live performances.      Growing up, Gia regularly attended intimate folk concerts. Inspired by artists Harpeth Rising, Emily White, Sons of the Never Wrong, Heather Styka, and Hadestown creator, Anaïs Mitchell, Dagenhart has been writing and performing since her teens. In 2026, she earned a B.A. in Music at Lawrence University (Appleton, WI).   In 2025, Gia lit up a packed room at the Two Way Street Coffee House in Downers Grove, IL—the same venue where her late father, Bryan Dagenhart, still holds the record for most performances—forty-five. Incidentally, he’s the founder of the Maple Street Concert Series. Gia returns to our stage having opened for Edie Carey in 2024. This will be her hometown EP release show. https://giadagenhart.com/

HEATHER STYKA- A Kerrville New Folk Finalist and award-winning songwriter with a #3 album on the FOLK-DJ charts, Chicago artist Heather Styka writes lyrics-forward songs that “make you feel as if you are peeking into her diary” (No Depression) with a “talent for telling stories and connecting emotionally” (Glide Magazine). Styka spent a decade touring coast-to-coast and has performed at Chicago rooms such as the Old Town School of Folk Music and City Winery, yet her performances remain as intimate and candid as a late-night conversation, peppered with humor, confession, and a disarming honesty. Armed with a guileless, unvarnished delivery, she’s equal parts wordsmith and entertainer.

Styka’s most recent release has expanded her sound as the creative force behind SELKEN, her bummer pop/indie rock project. Teaming up with producer and multi-instrumentalist JG Shadid, she crafted SELKEN's The Winds, an album that pairs Styka’s two decades of song craft with shimmering synths, ambient textures, and a groove-forward pulse. Rooted in vintage pop and alt-country, SELKEN marks a bold evolution—holding onto the emotional core of Styka’s songwriting while embracing a sound that’s expansive, cathartic, and alive with change.

House of Hamill Tickets $25 at the door(if available) cash or check only

House of Hamill, a returning fan favorite, consists of Rose Baldino, Brian Buchanan and Caroline Browning. This Pennsylvania-based trio is a fixture on festival stages across the US, and they have shared their music and stories on the country’s premier folk stages. Their original song “Balls of the Brandywine” was a Grand prize winner in the 2024 John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

The band’s newest release, “Wildfire,” marks House of Hamill’s most compelling work to date. Featuring their strongest and most exciting songwriting, “Wildfire” is filled with lyrical depth, sophisticated vocal and instrumental arrangements, and hooks that are simply irresistible. This album captures the vibrant energy and creativity that have become the hallmarks of a House of Hamill live show.

Whether they’re ripping through a set of original jigs and reels, adding lush three-part harmonies into traditional folk ballads, or cracking up an audience with stories from the road. House of Hamill puts on a show that captivates audiences from the very first note.

Lee Murdock is celebrating his 35th year in the place where it all began!

Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. Taking snapshots from history, his songs summon the listener to take a front-row seat, to look through the eyes and into the hearts of individuals who have shaped our heritage on and around the Great Lakes. His concerts invoke a sense of place, but it is a universal place, and a timeless repertoire that celebrates the North American people, their triumphs and tragedies, work songs and pastimes. Noted as a fluent instrumentalist on six and twelve string guitars, Murdock combines ragtime, Irish, blues and folk styles with this flair for storytelling in songs. His musical influences span fifteen generations, and combine original compositions with traditional music. There is an amazing timelessness in this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard word, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in. The music is grounded in the work song tradition, from the rugged days of lumberjacks and wooden sailing schooners. Murdock comes alongside with ballads of contemporary commerce and revelry in the grand folk style. Lee’s fans have discovered a sweetwater treasure in his songs about the Great Lakes, finding drama and inspiration in the lives of sailors and fishermen, lighthouse keepers, ghosts, shipwrecks, outlaws and everyday heroes.

Jingle Bell Jubilee's annual Sing along in the historic Maple Street Chapel featuring Jennifer Ashley and Joel Simpson as our song leaders.

Ring in the NEW YEAR with The Special Consensus, a Grammy nominated bluegrass band that has achieved a contemporary sound with traditional roots in five decades of performing. Band leader and founder Greg Cahill is a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and was inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) Hall of Greats. Special Consensus has released 21 band recordings and received seven awards from the IBMA and two Grammy nominations.

Special Consensus’ sound is grounded in a deep appreciation and understanding of bluegrass music, incorporating both the drive and harmonies of the traditional sound with the more contemporary sounds and repertoire of today. With the foundation of Greg’s unique banjo playing style and the vocal prowess of the 2023 AND 2025 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Greg Blake (guitar), newest member Nico Humby (bass) and Brian McCarty (mandolin), these musicians effortlessly support each other and consistently maintain their bluegrass center whether they’re playing a jazz-tinged instrumental or a song from any of their award-winning recordings. These four talented vocalists and instrumentalists follow their creative desires without straying too far from their roots. Rivers and Roads, the band’s 19th recording, was nominated for a 2018 Grammy and was awarded 2018 IBMA Album of the Year. The tune “Squirrel Hunters” from that recording received the Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year award. International tours have brought the band to Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The band has also appeared on National Public Radio, The Nashville Network, the Grand Ole Opry at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, and in concert with symphony orchestras nationwide. Dedicated to preserving their craft as well as keeping it fresh, in 1984 Special Consensus initiated the Traditional American Music (TAM) Program to introduce bluegrass music to students in schools across the country and in several foreign lands. The band records for Compass Records and proudly celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2020 with the release of Chicago Barn Dance. This recording also celebrates the long- standing connection of country and bluegrass music with Chicago from the time of the WLS “National Barn Dance” that was a precursor to the Grand Ole Opry. The songs on this recording either relate to Chicago and/or are written by artists who once lived in Chicago. The title song “Chicago Barn Dance” received the 2020 IBMA Song of the Year Award. Compass Records released Great Blue North, the 21st Special C recording, in May of 2023. The band has been touring in Canada for nearly four decades and this recording was made as a tip of the hat to all the friends and fans made throughout the country over so many years. All songs featured on the recording were written by Canadian writers and numerous Canadian musician friends of the band made guest appearances. The Gordon Lightfoot song “Alberta Bound” received the 2023 IBMA Collaborative Recording of the Year award and the video received the first-ever 2024 IBMA Video of the Year award (tied with Authentic Unlimited).