Name: Live on the Lawn Featuring Fernando Jones & Knott Us Band
Start: 2025-09-14T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-14T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Epiphany Center for the Arts

Come jam with us at 4PM!
About this Event

Live on the Lawn Featuring Fernando Jones & Knott Us Band

Date: Sunday, September 14th, 2025

Doors: 3:30PM

Showtime: 4:00PM

Tickets: Free admission! RSVP BELOW

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About Fernando Jones:

If one word could describe this Chicago Blues Hall of Famer and Keeping the Blues Alive Award winning "creative" named Fernando Jones it would be rare. This multi-instrumentalist started off by playing the Blues on the guitar when he was just four years old. Today, he's still going strong as a bandleader. This world-class, internationally known American Bluesman, educator and songwriter was born to loving Mississippi parents on the Southside of Chicago. Jones is one of a few living African American Bluesmen to have a tribute album of his compositions done by a band on a different continent; Jona's Blues Band of Rome, Italy is the group.

Jones has performed his compositions from basement parties to the University of Hawaii to The Smithsonian Institute to the Conservatory of Music in Pescara, Italy to nightclubs in Havana, Cuba. Here is a sample of his scholarly writing in the Journal of Popular Music Studies and awards. In January 2020, the National Association of Music Merchants invited him to host a lecture on the impact of Blues Pedagogy. As a lecturer Fernando Jones has established Blues Camps for youths on the continents of Asia, Europe, North America and the Caribbean island of Cuba. Here's an interview on him done by The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

As evident of his work(s) demonstrate; here’s why Fernando Jones, a Keeping the Blues Alive Award recipient and Chicago Blues Hall of Fame member is worth investing in as a performer, lecturer and/or an artist-in-residence. Fernando Jones is original in his approach to music with a focus on the Blues and the performing arts.

About Knott Us Band:

The Band "Knott Us" was birthed from Knotty Luxe Arts Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization that provides free performing arts education and training for youths ages 12-18. This dynamic performance band is comprised of multicultural pre-teens and teens who have wowed audiences all over our great state of Illinois. Their setlist consists of classics originally performed by Aretha Franklin, Santana, Chuck Berry, BB King, Queen and Al Green just to name a few. So, if you're looking to take a toe tapping, finger snapping sing-a-long musical journey down memory lane, then Knott Us is your band of choice. This band has been dubbed "The Young Band with An Old Soul!"

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