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Tribute & Cover Bands in Illinois

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Booking bands in Illinois

Looking to book a tribute or cover band in Illinois? The acts on this page are vetted by MZ's California booking team — published profiles, real media, and live availability ranges that buyers can act on. Production scales cleanly across venue types: wedding ballrooms, corporate dinners, casino lounges, festival stages, and private events. Every act ships with insurance, a clean advance packet, and the kind of paperwork your venue's risk team will recognize on the first read. MZ is the booking agency on the back end. One team handles the hold, the offer, the contract, the advance, and the day-of contact in Illinois — transparent pricing and a fast quote turnaround. Send us the date, the venue, and a target budget and we will come back with two or three acts that fit the brief.

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Boy Band Review

Tribute to Boy Bands

5.0(1)Published Apr 2019
Chicago, IL
2000's and newer90's
Boy Band Review! A Tribute to The 90's Era Boy Bands

Boy Band Review - Is the best Boy Band Tribute Show in the country! Bringing full production lights, video, choreography, harmonies and energy, Boy Band Review has captured the hearts of fans with their #boyband shows that transport audience members back in time to the days of frosted tips and hunky frontmen professing their undying love.Bringing some sweet hip thrusts and air grabs performed perfectly “N SYNC”, Boy Band Review, shows are an incredible throwback experience where fans relive the best years! They are playing to capacity crowds throughout the Midwest and spreading nationwide. They have played numerous high profile events, private engagements, a Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood Casino and countless venues across the country to capacity crowds. Boy Band Review is everyone's favorite show since the 1990s!

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Fool House

Cover Band

New profilePublished May 2024
Chicago, IL
1990's1990's Pop & Dance
THE ULTIMATE 90's DANCE PARTY!

Fool House is THE ULTIMATE 90's DANCE PARTY! A LIVE musical event paying homage to the golden era of boy bands, pop stars, hip hop, and pop punk. With a larger than life production, this show recreates the sights, sounds, and energy of the biggest stars of the 90's.​Nonstop sing alongs, party throwbacks and choreographed dance moves is what this show is all about! Come prepared to sing your heart out and dance all night long!

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Hollywood Swinging

Tribute to Kool & The Gang

New profilePublished Sep 2023
Chicago, IL
2000's and newer70's

Hollywood Swinging, the ultimate tribute to the super group Kool & The Gang. Hollywood Swinging brings the nonstop hits of Kool & the Gang from the early 1970’s thru the mid 1980’s. Hollywood Swinging will combine the excitement of a live show with a super charged dance party to remember! When you hear the music of Kool & the Gang performed by Hollywood Swinging you have to get outta your seat and move your feet guaranteed!!

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Smells Like Nirvana

Tribute to Nirvana

New profilePublished May 2019
Chicago, IL
80's90's

Celebrate the legendary sounds of Nirvana & Kurt Cobain with national traveling Nirvana tribute 'Smells Like Nirvana’ as they perform songs from Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach, and more!

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Think Floyd USA

Tribute to Pink Floyd

New profilePublished May 2019
Chicago, IL
60's70's

Think Floyd USA celebrates the music of Pink Floyd with a full-production tribute performance that showcases an energetic and phenomenally gifted cast alongside mesmerizing lights and video. Featuring nine passionate musicians and vocalists, Think Floyd USA includes several dedicated founding members who began the journey together in 2004.

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Too Hype Crew

Cover Band

New profilePublished Sep 2023
Chicago, IL
1980's1990's
Tribute to 80s to early 2000s Hip Hop

Chicago's Too Hype Crew is a unique, multi-cultural party band covering a genre of music that is popular with the widest range of ages and backgrounds – classic hip hop and R&B from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. And with the growing need for diverse festival and corporate entertainment, THC checks all the boxes!

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Wonderlove

Tribute to Stevie Wonder

New profilePublished Sep 2023
Chicago, IL
2000's and newer60's

Wonderlove embodies the heart and soul of Stevie Wonder. Known as the 8th wonder of the world, Stevie's musical legacy is great feeling music! When you attend a Wonderlove “The Stevie Wonder Experience” concert, you will be inundated with many emotions: an abundance of love, love of Life, love of friends here and gone, far and near. Special memories of times in your life if you heard Stevie Wonder in the 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s 1990’s or 2000’s. Yes, Stevie Wonder has had #1 hits in every one of those decades, his musical career is unlike no other. 50 years of writing, producing, playing and singing some of the greatest hit songs on the radio waves! From his first #1 hit Fingertips Pt2 for the great Motown label when he was a mere 12 years old. Whether you are listening for his top chart hitting songs or you’re old school and remember your favorite songs from his great albums (that’s how you used to enjoy listening to amazing music from the full vinyl albums) …Your soul will be touched from song to song. This is why we call this show an experience, not only is it a visual tribute to the Stevie Wonder live show, but you will experience a multitude of emotions as we said from Love, Tranquility, Happiness, Memories, Tears of joy and inspiration and defiantly last but not least the PARTAY!!!!!!

Illinois buyer FAQ

What does a band in Illinois typically cost?
Budgets vary by act profile, production scale, and travel inside Illinois. Strong regional cover bands start in the low four figures for short corporate sets; headliner-quality tributes for festivals and casinos scale up from there. Send the date, the venue, and a target budget and we will come back with two or three Illinois-based acts that fit.
How far ahead should I book?
Peak Saturday wedding dates (May–October) fill 9–14 months out. Corporate dates inside 90 days are workable on most weeknights. Festival mainstage holds typically lock 6–12 months ahead. If your date is tight, call us — we keep working calendars on every active band and can usually surface an option same-day.
Will the band travel within Illinois?
Most Illinois-based bands cover their home metro in a day-of drive. Cross-state runs may carry a travel fee; we will line-item it on the quote so there are no surprises in the contract.
What's included in the booking?
Standard bookings include the performance, sound and lights appropriate to the venue, costumes / staging for tribute acts, a clean advance packet, an insurance certificate naming your venue, and a single day-of contact. Backline rental, ground transport for fly-in players, and ceremony musicians for weddings are itemized separately so you can see exactly what you are paying for.

Need help narrowing the shortlist? Tell us the date, the venue, and a target budget — our booking team will source the match in Illinois and quote it fast.