Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Reschedules 2024 Hall of Fame Inductions

Another show is being rescheduled due to the asbestos situation at the Rialto.

The 4th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet will be rescheduled. All this as the Rialto continues to work with EPA following three bags of asbestos that were left untied in the basement of the Rialto during removal by a third party contractor.

The show is expected to be rescheduled for the spring of 2025. Tickets purchased for the original October 20th date will be honored for new performance date.

Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet press release below:

Due  to unforeseen circumstances, the 4th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet will be rescheduled. 

“We are in the process of working out a new date for Spring 2025,” said Ron Romero, the  museum’s CEO and Founder. “We hope to announce that date in the forthcoming week. Tickets  purchased for the original October 20th date will be honored for new performance date. We  appreciate your patience.” 

While the date of the event will change, the event will again be held at the historic Rialto Square  Theatre in downtown Joliet, and the star-studded lineup of Illinois-based musicians, songwriters  and other inductees scheduled to appear will remain the same. 

Inductions to the Artist/Performer category include Richard Marx, The Smashing Pumpkins,  Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and Bo Diddley. Vee-Jay Records will join the Hall of Fame in the  Record Label category as well as Steve Goodman and Willie Dixon as Songwriters. Bob  Stroud, a hometown Classic Rock favorite, will be inducted for his decades of on air work as  a Radio Personality, and the legendary Big 10 WCFL enters the Hall of Fame in the Radio  Station category. Marshall Thompson and The Original Chi-Lites will receive the Lifetime  Achievement Award.This year’s Founder’s Choice Award recipient is Country artist Suzy Bogguss and Joe Shannahan and his Metro Chicago will be inducted in the Venue category. 

WGN Radio’s Bob Sirott will return as Master of Ceremonies. Additional Hall of Fame events  and live appearances from Illinois artists, broadcasters and journalists are being finalized and  will be announced soon.  

Ticket prices are $65.00, $55.00 and $45.00 each and are available now on the museum’s  website at www.RoadToRock.org as well as www.RialtoSquare.com and at TicketMaster. 

The Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. EIN 82- 2293229. Contributions are tax-deductible for income, gift, and estate taxes.