Sustain Concert Series - Thursday August 13th 2026!
Come experience great music at Bier Brewery’s Biergarten! Largest Biergarten in the State!
Sustain Festivals is a 501c3 organization that hosts the Sustain Concert Series. Our series provides opportunities for bands to showcase their music in traditional venues like bars, nightclubs and theaters as well as unique, non-traditional venues like houses, churches and ballrooms, as they tour through the mid-west. By purchasing tickets and attending our shows, not only will you enjoy fantastic live music, you are also contributing to the growth and sustainability of the bands, facilities and support staff that make live music amazing.
Come for the Cause...Stay for the Music...Return for the Friends!
The Sullivan Sisters:
The Sullivan Sisters have dazzled audiences since childhood with their unique blend of fast bluegrass picking and captivating sibling harmonies, with music ranging from lyrical originals to timeless folk classics to blazing instrumentals.
Inspired by the bluegrass community in North Carolina where they were born and raised, Soraya and Luciya began taking guitar and banjo lessons at ages 8 and 6. Their music drew influence from the bluegrass community surrounding them, and they carried their love of the genre with them when they relocated to Chicago.
Over the past ten years, The Sullivan Sisters have toured the country as featured performers at Merlefest, the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum’s Romptober Festival, IBMA’s Bluegrass Live Festival, the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, and the Evanston Folk Festival. Their instrumental talents have garnered them national distinction, including First Prize in Banjo and Third Prize in Guitar at Rockygrass 2023, First Prize in Fiddle, Second Prize in Guitar, and Third Prize in Mandolin at RockyGrass 2025, and Second Prize in the 2024 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention Bluegrass Banjo contest. Additionally, The Sullivan Sisters won Third Prize at the 2025 RockyGrass Band Competition.
The sisters have recently formed a five-piece band by joining forces with three phenomenal teen pickers and longtime friends: Finn McGuinness on fiddle, Gabe Zinser on mandolin, and Sammy Mougin on bass. The new band launched its debut to a sold-out, standing room audience in Chicago in January 2025, and has multiple tours planned for 2025 and beyond. In September 2025, The Sullivan Sisters signed to Dark Shadow Recording in Nashville, TN. Keep an eye out for new music coming soon!