Live-music venues worth the trip in Champaign, Illinois

The University of Illinois arena, which its own page ranks the third largest Illinois arena outside of the United Center and Allstate Arena, with nearly 15,500 permanent seats and up to 16,500 in the round depending on the stage, opened in March 1963 beneath a 400-foot Max Abramovitz dome.

A downtown Champaign bar whose own site bills it a live music venue and the home of the Monkey Margaritas, with named bands listed on its homepage and dated on each event page.