BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet will anchor an outdoor New Orleans-style party at 8 p.m. Friday at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Blending elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more, BeauSoleil have performed at the Grand Ole Opry and the Newport Folk Festival.
The show includes dancing, dessert and an announcement of the 2010-11 season at Sangamon Auditorium. There’s also a pre-show Creole dinner, but that’s already sold out.
The concert will be in Parking Lot E on the University of Illinois Springfield campus. It’s just outside Sangamon Auditorium, where the event will move in case of inclement weather.
Tickets cost $22 and are available at the Sangamon Auditorium ticket office, by calling 206-6160 or visiting www.sangamonauditorium.org.
The event was featured in a June 17, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
