Arts & Entertainment

The Forge Books Several More Awesome Shows

Downtown Joliet's most popular night time venue is on pace for more than 200 concerts in 2018.

JOLIET, IL - Downtown Joliet's hottest night time entertainment has lined up dozens more live concerts during the rest of the year. Last weekend, Jackyl visited The Forge. In the coming weeks, a number of popular bands will take the stage to play at The Forge. We're talking about Machine Head, Ministry, L.A. Guns and Hoobastank and more. To purchase your tickets and to check out the entire roster of upcoming shows, you can visit the website for The Forge.

Here's a sampling of some of the main acts that will be visiting The Forge in the near future. At the bottom of this story, we've posted a few YouTube videos to showcase some of the popular artists coming to The Forge.

Smile Empty Soul: 6:30 p.m. October 1, all ages show, Smile Empty Soul has 105,059 Likes on Facebook

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Hoobastank: 7 p.m. Sunday, November 4, all ages show, Hoobastank has 1,948,728 Likes on Facebook

Machine Head: 7 p.m. October 20, all ages show, Machine Head has 1,318,800 Likes on Facebook.

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Image via The Forge

Ministry: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29, all ages show, Ministry has 429,872 Likes on Facebook.

L.A. Guns: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 11, all ages show, L.A. Guns has 17,949 Facebook Likes

Royal Bliss: October 12, 6:30 p.m., all ages show. Royal Bliss has 59,034 Likes on Facebook.

Halloween Bash With Doyle: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31, all ages show, Doyle has 146,842 Facebook Likes.

Images via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor, main image via YouTube

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