Yes, we previewed the bounty of summer music attractions right here in Pantagraphland several weeks ago. But there was so much stuff going on within a mere 50-mile radius of Bloomington-Normal that we didn't have the breathing room to take any musical day trips.

This week, we're remedying that omission with our annual salute to the shed-heads among us - that fair-weather species of concertgoer most commonly found huddling in either open-air pavilions or stretching out on the lawns and hills adjoining them.

"Shed," by the way, is the preferred industry term for these open-air pavilions and their surrounding turf.

For Central Illinois shed-heads, the four manageable options lie roughly 2½ hours to the north, south and east, near Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

Following are the most up-to-date schedules for these venues, which typically schedule concerts through mid-to-late September and add more as the season progresses:

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Chicago area

• First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, located in Tinley Park in south suburban Chicago. Call any Ticketmaster location for ticket information or go to www.livenation.com.

Scheduled concerts:

June: Nothing thus far.

July: Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker, 7:30 p.m. July 5; 311, Snoop Dogg and Fiction Plane, 6:30 p.m. July 8; 3 Doors Down, Staind and Hinder, 6:30 p.m. July 13; Crue Fest with Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and Trapt, 5 p.m. July 16; Rock the Bells Tour with A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Nas, Method Man and Redman and others, noon July 19; Cinderella, Warrant, Lynch Mob and Lynam, 6:30 p.m. July 20.

August: Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Carter's Chord, Mica Roberts and Trailer Choir, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1; Vans Warped Tour '08, noon Aug. 2; Poison, Dokken and Sebastian Bach, 7 p.m. Aug. 3; Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift, 8 p.m. Aug. 9; Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival with Slipknot, Disturbed and others, 2 p.m. Aug. 10; Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam presented by T-Mobile Sidekick, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13; Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead and Testament, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 19; Counting Crows, Maroon 5 and Sara Bareilles, 7 p.m. Aug. 22; Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23; Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, 7 p.m. Aug. 24; Martina McBride, Jack Ingram and Chris Young, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30.

September: Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, 7 p.m. Sept. 12; Brooks & Dunn, ZZ Top and Rodney Atkins, 7 p.m. Sept. 13.

• Ravinia Festival, located in Highland Park in north suburban Chicago. Call (847) 266-5100 for tickets or go to www.ravinia.org.

Following is a sampling of the festival's major pop, jazz, R&B and rock attractions:

June: Isaac Hayes and Roberta Flack, 8 p.m. Friday; Los Tigros del Norte, 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Kenny Loggins, 7 p.m. Sunday; Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and T-Bone Burnett , 8 p.m. Wednesday; Gilberto Gil, 8 p.m. June 19; Willie Nelson & Family, 8 p.m. June 20; Dave Brubeck Quartet and Ramsey Lewis Trio, 7:30 p.m. June 21; Betty Buckley, 4 p.m. June 22 and 8 p.m. June 23; Dianne Reeves and The Manhattan Transfer, 7 p.m. June 22; Denyce Graves and Brian Zeger, 8 p.m. June 25; Matisyahu and The Wailers, 8 p.m. June 26; Boz Scaggs, 8 p.m. June 27; The Temptations and The Four Tops, 7:30 p.m. June 28; Poi Dog Pondering, 7 p.m. June 29.

July: "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor, 4:45 p.m. July 5; Harvard Glee Club, 8 p.m. July 5; Feist, 8 p.m. July 11; Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, 7:30 p.m. July 12; The Beach Boys, 7:30 p.m. July 14; John Hiatt and The Ageless Beauties, 8 p.m. July 18; The Punch Brothers and Chris Thiele of Nickel Creek, 8 p.m. July 21; Hootie & The Blowfish, 8 p.m. July 25; The Canadian Brass, 8 p.m. July 28.

August: The Gipsy Kings, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2; Los Lonely Boys and Los Lobos, 8 p.m. Aug. 8; The BoDeans, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9; Sheryl Crow, 7 p.m. Aug. 10; Michael Feinstein and Jane Monheit, 8 p.m. Aug. 17; UB40, 8 p.m. Aug. 20; Tony Bennett, 8 p.m. Aug. 22 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23; The Backstreet Boys, 8 p.m. Aug. 24; Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang, 8 p.m. Aug. 28; Dave Stewart, 8 p.m. Aug. 29; Donna Summer, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30; Squeeze and Aimee Mann, 7 p.m. Aug. 31.

September: Carol Lawrence, 8 p.m. Sept. 4; American English, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6; Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kurt Elling, Ernie Watts and Laurence Hobgood Trio, 8 p.m. Sept. 12.

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St. Louis area

• Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, located in Maryland Heights, Mo., in northwest suburban St. Louis. Call (314) 298-9944 for tickets or go to www.livenation.com.

Scheduled concerts:

June: Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift, 8 p.m. Friday; Hot 104.1 Super Jam with T.I., Keyshia Cole, Webbie, One Chance, Gorilla Zo and others, 3 p.m. June 21; Chicago, The Doobie Brothers and Nicola Congiu, 7 p.m. June 22; Brooks & Dunn, Heidi Newfield and Blake Shelton, 7 p.m. June 26; Rush, 8 p.m. June 28.

July: Vans Warped Tour '08, noon July 1; John Mayer, Colbie Caillat and Brett Dennen, 7 p.m. July 3; Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean and Halfway to Hazard, 8 p.m. July 4; Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker, 7 p.m. July 6; 3 Doors Down, Staind and Hinder, 6:30 p.m. July 9; 311, Snoop Dogg and Fiction Plane, 7 p.m. July 12; Crue Fest with Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and Trapt, 5 p.m. July 20; Avril Lavigne, Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, 7 p.m. July 22; Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival with Slipknot, Disturbed and others, 2 p.m. July 23; Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Carter's Chord, Mica Roberts and Trailer Choir, 7:30 p.m. July 31.

August: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Steve Winwood, 7 p.m. Aug. 7; Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam presented by T-Mobile Sidekick, 5 p.m. Aug. 14; Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15; Poison, Dokken and Sebastian Bach, 7 p.m. Aug. 17; Projekt Revolution Tour with Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery and Ashes Divide and others, 2 p.m. Aug. 21; Martina McBride, Jack Ingram and Chris Young, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29.

September: Kenny Chesney and LeAnn Rimes, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11; Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, Sept. 13 (time TBA); Maroon 5, Counting Crows and Augustana, Sept. 27 (time TBA).

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Indianapolis area

w Verizon Wireless Music Center, located in Noblesville, Ind., northeast of Indianapolis. Call (317) 776-8181 or go to www.verizonwirelessmusiccenter.com.

Scheduled concerts:

June: Jack Johnson, Mason Jennings and Money Mark, 7 p.m. Friday; Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift, 8 p.m. Saturday; Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough, 7:30 p.m. June 26; Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker, 8 p.m. June 28.

July: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Steve Winwood, 7:30 p.m. July 3; John Mayer, Colbie Caillat and Brett Dennen, 7:30 p.m. July 5; Crue Fest with Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and Trapt, 5 p.m. July 18; Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins and James Otto, July 20 (time TBA); Avril Lavigne, Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, 7 p.m. July 23; Rush, 7:30 p.m. July 24; Dave Matthews Band and Ingrid Michaelson, 8 p.m. July 25-26; Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band, 8 p.m. July 29; Vans Warped Tour '08 with Angels and Airwaves, Relient K, The Academy Is …, Every Time I Die and others, 11 a.m. July 31.

August: Toby Keith and Montgomery Gentry, 7 p.m. Aug. 2; Radiohead and Grizzly Bear, 7 p.m. Aug. 3; Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival with Slipknot, Disturbed and others, 2 p.m. Aug. 13; Poison, Dokken and Sebastian Bach, 8 p.m. Aug. 15; Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, 7 p.m. Aug. 16; Projekt Revolution Tour with Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery and Ashes Divide and others, 2 p.m. Aug. 17; Third Day, Switchfoot, Jars of Clay and Robert Randolph & The Family Band, 6 p.m. Aug. 22; Counting Crows, Maroon 5 and Augustana, 7 p.m. Aug. 28

September: Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10.