The Commons in Bishop Hill will be the scene this week for three concerts featuring a variety of musical styles.

BISHOP HILL, Ill.—A weekend of live music, art, and fellowship awaits at Bishop Hill Creative Commons.

Friday, April 5 – Mason Jennings

Mason Jennings is an American singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. He has toured the world for over 25 years, played on talk shows, been written about in magazines and newspapers, and on blogs. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records, was born in Hawaii, and now lives in Minnesota with his wife Josie. Suggested donation is $25-35.

Saturday, April 6 – Arcomusical

Arcomusical is a musical group with a mission to spread the joy of the Afro-Brazilian musical bow known as the berimbau through the development of innovative and excellent musical repertoire.

Although well-known in Brazil and found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, most Americans are not familiar with the musical bow’s elegant simplicity. Today, Arcomusical honors both the tradition and the innovation of the berimbau’s past in every activity that supports the mission to spread the instrument’s message of joy and hope well into the future. Suggested donation is $15-25.

Sunday, April 7 – Francisco Fernandez of The Ferocious Few and Tyler Weaver

Americana rockers, The Ferocious Few, continue to prove that blue collar music with an honest message will always have a home in the middle class. “I make music that’s true to me, I sing a message that is pure to myself, we perform a real show.”, says Francisco Fernandez, the group’s frontman. 

The band blends high paced rock ‘n roll, folk lyrics, a punk edge and a rockabilly sensibility. They pull decades of the human experience directly into their sound and show.  Suggested donation is $15-25.

A potluck, starting at 6 p.m., precedes each concert, with music beginning at 7. All concerts are family-friendly and open to guests of all ages.

The venue and art cooperative, located at 309 N. Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill, also contains and has for sale the works of local and regional artists, who work in a variety of mediums. It is open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

For more information please visit xroadscc.org.