the trippin billies

For those of you who missed our big show a few weeks ago, here are a few highlights!

Winter 2022/2023

Thank you to the thousands of you that packed, tried to get in and or simply messaged your support for our show at the Chicago House of Blues Theater this past Saturday, January 7, 2023. The photo above speaks volumes.

See you soon on the road,

The Trippin Billies

The Nations Longest Touring Most Renowned Dave Matthews Tribute Band

2023 Not only starts with our favorite show of the year but with the newest and next evolution of the nation’s longest-touring Dave Matthews tribute band. Our dear friend Grant is moving on to pursue other interests, and we wish him all the best.

So, without further ado, we’d like to introduce everyone to Pat McKillen. He is an accomplished musician hailing from Nashville, TN, and to say he is a DMB fanatic is an understatement.

We are so excited to for our show coming up on January 7, 2023, at the House of Blues Theater. Tickets are flying out the door so grab yours so we can all usher in the New Year together!

www.hob.com

We can't wait to announce our winter, spring, and summer concert dates!

Happy Holidays!

Summer 2022!!!!

Thank you so much everyone for coming out to our shows this spring during our evolution back to normality! We are so excited to announce we have more than FORTY SHOWS this summer! Please become friends with us on Facebook to get weekly updates about shows, showtimes and ticket information.

Thank you for the support and we can't wait to dance the summer away with everyone!

Winter 2022 Update:

Some other shows we are really excited about is our show on February 11th at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnisota. Please visit our tour dates page for more information. That same weekend we'll be in La Crosse, Wisconsin on Saturday the 12th. Hope to see you on the road and please check out our tour schedule for ticket information.

We can't wait to announce all the dates 2022 has coming!

Thank you for your support for more than twenty years, letting us perform and coming out to the thousands of shows!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Chicago, we are so lucky to call you our home. Because of you we are able to put yet another sold out House of Blues Theater concert in the books. We are really excited for what is shaping up to be a great spring/summer with already close to thirty-five dates booked already! Thanks for your support and as usual, we'll see you on the road!

The TB's

Summer 2018

Wow! That was a long winter! The good news is that summer is finally here. The better news is that DMB is back on tour and the even better news is that if you can't catch the real thing, the TB's have close to 30 shows, (and counting) coming up hopefully in a city near you. Let the summer begin!

Thanks to Eric Justen of the TB's for the great crowd shot at our show at Chicago's Belmont/Sheffield this past Saturday!

Winter 2018

What an amazing way to finish off 2017! If a picture says a thousand words then this one should say at least a few thousand! Thank you to everyone who attended our shows this past year and those who packed into our sold out House of Blues Theater show in our home town of Chicago this past weekend. We can't wait to see what 2018 has in store but we already like how it's taking shape. All the best and thank you again.

The TB's Spring 2017

Hi everybody! Just a quick note to let you all know that this summer is shaping up to be one of our biggest yet. With over twenty five shows on the books already, we can't wait to get started.
We hope to see you at the shows! For the most up to date show information be sure to follow us on Facebook.
Thank you for your support!
TB's

Winter 2017
We want to thank everyone for a great 2016 as we narrow in on the the last two days leading up to what's sure to be another sold out Home Town Holiday Show at the House of Blues Theater here in Chicago this Saturday night. We wish everyone the best in 2017 and want to thank you all again for coming out again and again to all the shows.
All the best,
The TB's

Fall 2016
Hi all! Just a heads up. We're working on new video and audio for the site so in the meantime just come see us live ;- )!

Summer 2016
Festival season is officially underway! It's time to come out into the sun and dance in the streets! Hope to see you at the shows!
TB's

January 2016
Thank you so much to everyone who came out this past Saturday to our show at the Chicago House of Blues Theater. It was so much fun playing before a sold out crowd in our hometown. An absolutely fantastic way to start out 2016!

December 2015
Our favorite show of the year, our annual holiday show at the Chicago House of Blues Theater on January 3rd is upon us.
There's already a lot of buzz and tickets are going fast so get yours today at www.hob.com.We hope to see everyone at the show!
As always, thanks again for all your support!
TB's

April 2015
People get ready!
We are really excited for what's shaping up to be one of our best summers to date. We're heading back to some of our favorite parts of the country including Colorado as well as headlining some of the largest festivals in the Midwest. Be sure to check out our tour dates page for an update of shows and our FB page for weekly updates of what's going on. We hope to see everyone at the shows! As always, thanks again for all our support!
TB's

December 2014
It's almost here!
That's right everybody, with the holiday comes our favorite show of the year, our annual Chicago House of Blues Theater Annual Holiday Concert! Be sure to check out our tour dates page for ticket information. We promise this one will be one for the ages. Come one come all and happy holidays!!!
TB's

September 2014
DMB music loving people! Thank you for our best summer yet. We can't thank you enough for all your support! We've got some new concert video from the shows we'll sort through and post as soon as we get some down time. Be sure to check the site often as we'll be filling in tour dates every week. All the best and thanks again for coming out to the shows!
TB's

April 2014
Hello fellow DMB fans! The TB’s are really looking forward to this summer. We have a great line-up in store for you all as we’re fortunate to be headlining some of Chicago’s biggest festivals including Belmont Sheffield Music Festival, Wells Street Art Fair, Sheffield Garden Walk, Taste of Lincoln Avenue and Retro On Roscoe to name just a few. Let’s pray for great weather as we certainly deserve it. We hope to see everyone at the shows and again, thanks for your support.
TB’s

December 2013
Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone for another great fall and remind everyone about our favorite show of the year. Just a little under a month till our annaul Home Town Holiday Concert at the House Of Blues Theather in Chicago. Ticket information is on our tour page. We hope to see everyone there and that everyone has a great holiday season!
Thanks again!
TB's

July 2013:
We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's come out to the shows making this our best summer yet. There have been some nights where we've been actually stunned looking out past the lights to see ten thousand plus jamming along. We were bummed that some shows got rained out, (Peoria, IL) and hope to make it back soon. We've got some of our biggest festivals to come so summer is definitely not over. We hope to see you at the upcoming shows & be sure to check out tour dates as this fall has us traveling more so we may be coming to a town near you!
Thanks again!
TB's

May 2013:
Well it's offical, summer is almost over in the Midwest. Yep, just one more snow storm, say a foot or so and then we should be set. !%#*&!!  We agree, summer can't get here soon enough. To think, just three weeks and we'll be kicking off the summer festival season in Kalamazoo, MI at the District Entertainment Center! We just want to say thank you to everyone for your support and that we hope to see you at one of the many summer shows coming up.
Thanks again!
TB's

September 2012: 

Hey everyone! We just wanted to say thanks for one of our best summers to date. We enjoyed the warmest weather, most festivals and largest attendance to date & for that we say thank you. Fall is off to a great start with some great shows including NIU this past weekend. As you may have noticed we keep adding fall dates every week so check back often. We’ll be announcing our House of Blues shows soon as well and when tickets go on sale. Thanks so much for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the shows and on FB.

Thanks,

TB’s

May 2012:
Well we finally made it! Albeit a mild winter it was still winter which is not half as much fun for musicians as summer. This weekend kicks off not only the unofficial start of summer but the official start of Trippin Billies Festival season. Already a great year marked by such notable events as back to back sold out hometown shows totaling close to 3,000 DMB/TB goers, we see more great things for this summer. We're excited for some new venues but also excited to be headlining some of the Midwest's biggest festivals once again. So come on out this weekend to the 28th Annual Belmont Sheffield Music Festival to kick off what's sure to be a great summer!
Thanks for the support- TB's

Date: Friday February 17, 2012.
Venue: The Cubby Bear Lounge 1059 W. Addison Chicago, IL
Showtime: 10:30
Tickets: ONLY $10.00.....THIS SHOW WAS SOLD OUT
Info: www.cubbybear.com
Considering we crammed well over a thousand of you in the House of Blues we recommend getting to the Cubby Bear early!
Last Saturday Night's Show....

January 2012

Thanks you, thank you, thank you!!! Last Saturday's sold out show at the House of Blues Theater in Chicago was nothing less then insoane! Take a look on our image page to see shots from the show. (thanks Corey) We'll be posting a ton more dates as they are solidified and as you'll notice summer dates are starting to be announced which means it's only fitting for an official halfway to Alpine show so.....

December 2011

Hello everybody! We hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far. We wanted to give a quick update regarding our upcoming holiday shows and give a quick shout of thanks to the thousand or so TB fans who came out to the Cleveland, Ohio House of Blues last week. Hope you can make it.

Date : Saturday December 31, 2011
Venue : Tiffany's @ 2051 Ford Parkway St. Paul, MN
Doors : 7:00 p.m.
Tickets : $75.00 (open bar, check with venue for details)
Info : 651-690-4747
Tix: http://order.ticketalternative.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3ATAUSA%3ATA11%3ATRI1231%3A&linkID=tausa&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode

Date : Saturday Junuary 7, 2012
Venue : CHICAGO HOUSE OF BLUES THEATER @ 329 N. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL
Doors: 7:30 p.m.
Tix: $18.50 Advance $20.00 Day of
Info: www.hob.com to purchase tickets etc.
Age: 17 +

Thanks again for all your support. Hope to see you at the shows and please spread the word on FB!
TB's

May 2011
JUST ANNOUNCE CHICAGO SPRING SHOW
Trippin Billies
Friday, May 6
Riviera Theater
4746 North Racine Chicago, IL
(773) 275-6800
Tickets only $20.00 (no service fees if purchased in person at Vic Theater box office located at Belmont and Sheffield)
Doors 7:00 p.m.
For tickets go to www.etix.com and click Riviera
This Chicago Landmark is one of the most renowned 3,000 seat venues in the country.
Special guests include Bono Brothers Blues Band (Driven by Freddy Jones Band members Jim & Rob Bonaccorsi) & Lucky Jackson
It will be a great night!

February 1, 2011
Just a quick note to thank the city of Bloomington, IL for their warm reception upon our return last weekend. Nothing says welcome back more then a sold out Castle Theater before nine p.m.. Thanks to all of those who were in attendance and we look forward to performing for you again and our apologies to those who could not get tickets.
Thanks,
Trippin Billies

January 27, 2011
We just wanted to drop a quick note here on the site to thank everyone for making all these winter shows such a success. We're doing updates and Q&A more and more on FB these days as it seems that's what people prefer so be sure to join us there. Thanks for your support and believe it or not we've already started booking summer and it's looking to be a great one! Think warm thoughts.

October 26, 2010
JUST ANNOUNCED: Our January Chicago and Cleveland House of Blues shows go on sale this Saturday! Get your tickets at www.houseofblues.com !!!

June 23, 2010
In an effort to to bring DMB to Wrigley Field this fall we're going to do our part by performing the national anthem on Tuesday September 7 @ Wrigley Field @ 7:05 when the Cubs take on the Astros. Come on out and share in what is sure to be a great night of baseball with a dash of DMB.

March 8, 2010
JUST ANNOUNCED: Chicago House of Blues Saturday March 27, 2010. Get your Tickets this Saturday at www.houseofblues.com !!!

February 25, 2010
It's finally here! We decided it was time to update a few things. After having the same site for almost fifteen years, it's time to
get with the times. It is a bit of a work in progress but we hope it will be more entertaining and easier to navigate.

January 3, 2010
Thank you, thank you, thank you! To the roughly 1,300 TB fans who came out to the House Of Blues last night in Chicago. Happy New Year! PLEASE BE AWARE… THE TB’S ARE NOT PLAYING IN CHICAGO JANUARY 30! During the past twelve years while we’ve been touring nationally, we’ve seen DMB tribute bands come and go, and almost all have tried to cause confusion by eluding that the TB’s will be playing at venues that we aren’t interested in working with. We recently became aware that this is happening again. If you see any advertising for a DMB tribute, even one using our picture, promoting shows in Chicago on January 30, it’s not us. It’s unfortunate that there are venues and acts that would stoop to that level but it is what it is. The TB’s will continue to work with reputable venues and will stay true to the DMB lineup and sound.

December 28, 2009:

House Of Blues Tickets Moving Fast!Happy holidays!Believe it or not, it's already here! We're already less then one week away from our favorite show of the year. Having toured nationally for over a dozen years, we love playing a good festival in Rochester, New York or the Fox Theater in Boulder, or a packed House of Blues in Cleveland, but our favorite room is still The House of Blues in our hometown of Chicago. Last year, we had over 1,100 DMB fans in attendance and tickets are moving faster this year so we urge you to get your tickets as soon as you can @ www.houseofblues.com before they sell out! The show is 17 & over by the way. Thank you so much for your continued support and happy New Year.Sincerely:All the TB's

November 4, 2009:
In cooperation with the House of Blues Cleveland, we are happy to announce a promotion for our upcoming show taking place next Friday November 13, 2009. For one day only, tomorrow November 5, tickets will be HALF PRICE for the 11/13/09 show! This offer expires at midnight tomorrow so hurry & take advantage while this offer lasts. Thanks so much and see you @ the shows. Trippin Billies

June 2, 2009:
Summer is officially here! That’s right! We’re so happy to finally be playing outdoor concerts. If the thousands of DMB fans who came out this past weekend our any indication of what’s to come then this is going to be a crazy summer. We wanted to let you know there will be more festivals posting in addition to those already on the site including this Saturday’s RAVEN festival. This is going to be great night with a longer set and bigger light show. It’s in a great park on the north side of Chicago in the Ravenswood/Uptown area @ Clark and Foster. (www.starevents.com or www.chaseparkplayground.org/raven) Check out the dates page for more information on this festival and those to come! See you this weekend.
Thanks so much-
Trippin Billies

November 4, 2009:
In cooperation with the House of Blues Cleveland, we are happy to announce a promotion for our upcoming show taking place next Friday November 13, 2009. For one day only, tomorrow November 5, tickets will be HALF PRICE for the 11/13/09 show! This offer expires at midnight tomorrow so hurry & take advantage while this offer lasts. Thanks so much and see you @ the shows. Trippin Billies

January 2009:

A big thank you!
We just wanted to say thanks to the more than 1,100 of you that came out to our House of Blues show two weeks ago in Chicago and again a week later at the House of Blues in Cleveland. After taking some time off for a small winter break it’s great to be back and to see our spring start to take shape and believe it or not start planning for SUMMER! That’s right, as cold as it is we’ve got to keep our eye on the prize! (summer!!!)

December 27, 2008:

Only a few days left to one of our favorite shows of the year!

That’s right! Our fifth annual kick of the New Year with the TB’s show in our hometown of Chicago at the House of Blues is quickly approaching come January 10! This show brings out a great crowd every time. This coupled with the best sound and light system in Chicago make for a great concert! Grab your tickets now by followingwww.hob.com. And while we’re on the topic we’ll be at the Cleveland HOB on January 24! Look for more HOB shows to come! Hope everyone had a great holiday and thanks so much for your support.
All the best-
Trippin Billies

August 20, 2008:

A sad day for DMB fans:
http://www.davematthewsband.com

March 8, 2008:

By looking out our windows here in Chicago you'd never know that spring is just a few short weeks away but with the setting of the clocks tonight and the St. Patrick's Day festivities beginning bright and early tomorrow rest assured its coming. Here in TB camp however, we've got our sites set on summer as we've already started compiling a healthy tour of summer festivals that we'll be posting over the next month. But before we get too focused on summer we have some promises to fulfill this spring. We promised after the incredible success we had with our January Chicago House of Blues show that we'd add another this spring. We are happy to announce that and more.

Chicago House of Blues
Friday April 18 2008

And after being inundated with emails from Ohio we're more then happy to announce our return to Cleveland.

Cleveland House of Blues
Saturday March 29 2008

More information on each show can be found both on our dates page and extensively at www.hob.com. We plan on tying the Chicago concert in with the Green Apple Festival More information to follow.

We want to make a quick apology for the not so up to date web site as of late. We've been experiencing some technical growing pains that should be ironed out over the next few weeks.

Trippin Billies

January 7, 2007:

Just a quick note to say thanks so much to all the Chicago DMB/TB fans for making one of our favorite shows of the year such a success. Close to one thousand two hundred of you crammed into the House of Blues Theater last Friday night, rebounding like champs only three days after NYE. We'll keep you posted on our next Chicago concert which should be in the spring. Thanks again and we look forward to seeing everyone when we begin our winter tour in a few weeks. All the best, many thanks and much love.
Trippin Billies

December 15, 2007:

Happy Holidays! Seasons greetings from all the Trippin Billies! We are starting to post the winter tour dates and are really excited to be heading back to all of our favorite cites and venues after a much needed vacation. Quick reminder that tickets are not only on sale for our home town show at the House of Blues www.hob.com but are selling faster then ever so be sure to join us for what is traditionally one of our favorite shows of the year! And they make a great gift too! (I couldn't resist) Happy New Year and thanks for another great year.

Trippin Billies

August 16, 2007

Hey everyone-

We just wanted to stop by and say thanks to everyone for making this summer so much fun. We always have a great time playing the festival circuit every year, and this one was no exception. We're taking our little vacation (lighter touring then normal) into September so check back often as we're starting to add more dates for the fall.

Thanks so much-

Trippin Billies

January 8, 2007

We just wanted to stop by and say thanks to the almost one thousand three hundred TB fans and friends who joined us for our Chicago House of Blues show this past Saturday. What is typically the hardest night of the year to get people out to a show, (being so close to NY) ended up being one of the most fun shows we've done in sometime. Our thanks to everyone at the House of Blues, our crew and of course all of you for coming out. What a great way to start the year!

Trippin Billies

November 11, 2006:

Make your plans to ring in 2007 with Trippin Billies in Minneapolis!!
The CITIES 97 NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY is the Twin Cities' longest running downtown Minneapolis New Year's Eve event! Ringing in the New Year with more than 2,500 revelers each year, this party is famous for good music, great people and tons of fun. The Minneapolis Hyatt Regency will once again host the party. Two big concert rooms will allow party goers to roam from room to room at their leisure or as their band preference dictates.

Here are all of the details:

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Sunday, December 31st
Doors @ 8:00 PM
21 & over welcome

Arrive early; limited seating available

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: $27.50 (plus applicable fees)
DAY OF SHOW TICKETS: $40.00 (plus applicable fees)
Tickets & Hotel packages available at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, charge by phone at 800.233.1234, or online at Minneapolis.Hyatt.com.
Tickets also available at all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone at 651.989.5151, or online atTicketmaster.com.

August 31, 2006:

The September/October issue of Relix Magazine features an article about the country's top tribute bands. Featured among such great groups as Dark Star Orchestra, Badfish and Lez Zeppelin, Trippin Billies maintain their position as one of the nation's top tribute bands. Pick up a copy today!

August 30, 2006:

Don't forget This Friday we're heading east to one of our favorite rooms. This show has come within an inch of selling out just about every time so don't wait. There are only 1200 tickets: $10.00 in advance-$15.00 day of. Click on the following link to order tickets!

How do you know when summer is nearing an end? It's when we announce our New Years Eve Show! We're announcing it because we've received so many emails from the Twin Cities since our last show wanting us to come back.

We'll be headlining the Cities 97 FM New Years Eve Concert with Tim Mahoney this year at the Hyatt. We'll let you know when tickets are available so you can join in on the official count down with us in person; not at home watching it in New York on TV. There are only 3,000 tickets available and they are reasonably priced at $30.00 so we'll let you know via emailer when they go on sale before it sells out.

What? No Trippin Billies on New Year's Eve in their hometown of Chicago? We know but not to worry. It's officially a tradition. We'll be back at our favorite local stomping ground The House of Blues Theater in Chicago Saturday January 6. Obviously we'll be around town before then but we just didn't want people to think we would leave them out in the cold, you know, four months from now when it's really cold.

August 14, 2006:

Trippin Billies is making a triumphant return to the House of Blues Cleveland. September 1st 2006, join us in rocking the socks off of the town that plays home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Click the following link or visit HOB.com for more details!

In other news, we know you are getting ready to go back to school for the fall semester. Check for Trippin Billies at a University near you!

We would also like our loyal fans to know that the server that hosts our website crashed and we in camp TB are working to rebuild some of the webpages.

Thanks for visting

~TB

JUNE 06

Quick Important Note to Promoters/ Club Owners and Fans! After years of touring I'd thought I'd seen it all but this one takes the cake! Another DMB tribute band has sprouted up to take the place of yet another obsolete one. While over the years this has happened enough for us to set our watches by, this time the group is causing more confusion then normal by calling themselves "Tripping Billies". This week two clubs in Georgia actually advertised this other band by posting our photo and links to our website. One of the clubs actually contacted us about the production for a show in Atlanta that was booked by this other band, which was not our show using our photo and everything.

SO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BAND CALLING THEMSELVES "TRIPPING BILLIES" PERFORMING IN GEORGIA THIS WEEKEND IS NOT US AND IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH US!

Rest assured we're working on resolving the matter as soon as possible. When in doubt.....just check the website and feel free to email us from there with any questions regarding shows. We apologize to the countless Dave Matthews fans and the promoters who have become great friends over the years for any confusion.

On a positive note a special thanks to the 2,000 TB friends and fans who attended our two (that's right two) Chicago HOB shows in as many months. We'll see you this summer!

Sincerely,

Trippin Billies.....the nations most successful Dave Matthews tribute band.....

the nation's most renowned dave matthews tribute band
touring the U.S. for close to twenty-five years.

"This is not just another Dave Matthews cover band. This is THE tribute band. If you enjoy Dave Matthews, this is the band for you.
As close as you can get to the real thing" NWI 2010

Winter 2021

POSTPONED TO TBD DATE

It's official Chicago! Tickets for our Annual Holiday Hometown Show at the House of Blues Theater are on sale now! This show has been selling out every year so be sure to get your tickets for this DMB musical blow out taking place on Friday, January 7, 2022! Tickets can be purchased at https://concerts.livenation.com. We hope to see everyone there!

Winter 2020

What a crazy year! We hope this finds everyone happy and healthy and safe. As you may have heard, in lieu of our Annual Holiday Hometown Concert at the House Of Blues Theater in Chicago, we are doing a virtual show for everyone to enjoy from the comfort and safety of their home. We hope you can join us this Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CST. Any tips or donations would be greatly appreciated. The video should start streaming automatically below.

We hope you enjoy the enjoy and can't thank you enough for your continued support. We hope to see you in person in 2021!

The TB's

Winer 2019

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