Celebrate the 4th with Mike & Joe!
We’re playing a special Independence Day show on Friday, July 4th, 2025 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM!
Friday, July 4, 2025
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Mike & Joe live on stage
Deerfield! We’re back!
Deerfield, IL Thursday, July 3rd Live music with Mike & Joe
Time: 8:00 PM – 11:00PM Location: 250 Bridge Street, Wilmington, IL 60481 Live Music by Mike & Joe
Food Trucks
Beer Garden
Face Painting & Kids' Activities Fireworks Show to cap off the night!
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and your crew — but leave the off-premise booze at home and don’t forget the bug spray!
Guster fans! Here's one we really loved to play - recorded live at the Bluebird circa 1999 at IU!! https://youtu.be/wBSa1D6lBmU https://soundcloud.com/mjmusic-3/barrel-of-a-gun-guster https://mikeandjoerock.bandcamp.com/track/barrel-of-a-gun-gusterhttps://youtu.be/wBSa1D6lBmU
A bit about the song . . .https://youtu.be/1ibsPhZ7vpIWATCH Back to Home HERE!!!LISTEN to Back to Home on SoundCloud HERE!!or HERE on Bandcamp
Mike & Joe is a modern rock cover band widely regarded by its peers and the industry as one of the very best sounding cover bands in the nation. The bulk of the setlist includes popular rock from the 90’s through today, but occasionally they’ll throw in some tunes from the 70’s and 80’s as well. Bring your shoes, bring your glasses.
Some of the artists Mike & Joe cover are: Blink 182, Maroon 5, U2, Fallout Boy, Fleetwood Mac, Justin Timberlake, Third Eye Blind, Mumford and Sons, Sublime, Dave Matthews Band, Weezer, Train, Keith Urban, Ed Sheeran, The Eagles, Jimmy Eat World, Goo Goo Dolls, Foo Fighters, Florida Georgia Line, OAR, The Cure, Pearl Jam and many more!
Name: Mike
Plays: Guitar and Lead Vocals
Lives: Chicago Northwest Suburbs
From: Mt. Prospect
Football: Bears
Baseball: Cubs
Hockey: Blackhawks
Favorite Song To Play: Dare You To Move
Favorite Local Band: Bottle of Just Us
Music I Listen to: Acoustic Folk or Jazz (Cool, Bebop)
Other Interests: Wine, Traveling (usually West), building stuff for my house (not real good at it yet)
Name: Joe
Plays: Lead Guitar and Vocals
Lives: Indianapolis
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Football: Pittsburgh Steelers
Baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates
Hockey: Pittsburgh Penguins
Favorite Song To Play: Currently, “Ain’t No Man” by the Avett Brothers, or “Dare You To Move” - Switchfoot
Favorite Local Band: Mr Blotto
Music I Listen to: I listen to folk, bluegrass, some jazz and blues
Other Interests: My hobbies include collecting, talking about, and drinking wine, going to small venue concerts-mostly folk and singer songwriters, playing my guitar in my living room, buying and managing real estate, watching and going to Pirates and Penguins games, theme travel, going for drives in my convertibles, making cool stuff out of old windows and shutters, growing my herb garden, and hanging out with my mom.
Name: Aaron Streich
Plays: Drums and Vocals
Lives: Chicago, IL.
From: Tacoma, Washington
Football: Bears
Baseball: Cubs
Hockey: Blackhawks
Favorite Song To Play: Anything new
Favorite Local Band: Low Spark, Kick The Cat, The Gold Web
Music I Listen to: Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Funk, Reggae, Rock, Metal, 311
Other Interests: Hanging out with family and friends, boating, riding my bike, traveling this beautiful planet, Beautiful islands and beaches, Recycling!
Name: Cory Flynn
Plays: Bass and Vocals
Lives: Recently moved from an apartment in Wicker Park Chicago to a house in Munster, IN
From: Frankfort, IL
Football: Bears
Baseball: White Sox
Hockey: Blackhawks
Favorite Song To Play: Killin' In The Name Of - Rage Against The Machine
Favorite Local Band: Salt Sweat Sugar
Music I Listen to: Deftones, Radiohead, Mastodon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tame Impala, Soundgarden, 311 and a lot more.
Other Interests: Huge NBA fan. Playing basketball and working out. Recently got into collecting guitar pedals. Writing and recording music ideas and then forgetting about them. Teaching my wife to play bass. Biographies of musicians. Plan to try gardening soon now that I have a backyard.
