We have a special stop tonight because this is our first bar that has an outside roof lounge and we’re also going to be featuring a show from “The Listening Room” ongoing open mic series hosted by Sarah Marie Dillard.
Okay, it’s off to The Fitz we go!
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Bar Number 210: The Fitz, Wednesday, September 9, 2026
To get to The Fitz, you enter through this back door and get on the elevator and take that to the third floor and then…
Baboom, here you are at The Fitz bar. Let’s go in and see what’s happening in there.
They have a nice bar in there and the friendly bartender, Nick, serves me up a bottle of Busch Light. Nick looked familiar and we think we met before at Ardor Breads and Provisions in downtown Peoria. Ardor owns The Fitz bar.
This is a well-stocked bar and they have nine beers on tap.
Opposite the bar are tables, chairs and a nice lounge area.
But for once, we’re not going to be spending all our time at the bar tonight, The Fitz has a rooftop lounge right over here, so let’s go check that out!
Wow, it’s really nice out here! There’s lots of space and there’s tables, chairs and comfortable lounge areas.
There’s the stage area for live music and speaking of live music, there’s Sarah Marie Dillard, the founder, host and organizer of “The Listening Room” open mic series that’s happening here tonight!
There’s Sarah with Billy, who’s the manager of The Fitz and he said things have been going great here, glad to hear that!
Seated over here at this table are my friends, Steve, Kathy and Taisy May. Kathy and Taisy May will be performing tonight and you’ll see pictures of their performances real soon!
Speaking of performances, the stage is all set and it’s just about showtime!
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“The Listening Room” Open Mic Show At The Fitz Rooftop Lounge
Sarah opened the show and sounded fantastic, as always!
Social Links: Facecrack, Sarah and The Underground, YouTube.
Kathy Folkulele took the stage next and performed a fabulous set.
Taisy May sang some wonderful original songs.
Eli Rae Gaddie was next onstage and he played some cool tunes in a delta blues/country style.
Social Link: Facecrack.
Okay, time for a beer break! I went back to the bar and Tanner served me up another Busch Light while flashing a beautiful smile!
Okay, back to the music!
Ol’ Ray sang some wonderful songs and sounded great!
Social Link: Facecrack.
James Herr Acoustic was up next and James always plays a fantastic set. He was joined by Sarah on a couple of tunes and they sounded fabulous!
Social Link: Facecrack.
B-Don was up next and he played a marvelous set of tunes.
Social Link: Facecrack.
Memorial For A Dove performed a lively and fabulous set of original tunes next.
Social Link: Facecrack.
Sarah came back and played another set of her fabulous original tunes.
This was going to be the final set of the evening, but then…
Vanity Sleeps showed up at the last minute and Sarah graciously let him perform the finale for evening. His songs and performance was fantastic!
Sarah came out and said goodnight to everyone and thanked the crowd for coming.
“The Listening Room” will be happening here at The Fitz every other Wednesday evening and the next show is September 23rd!
Follow “The Listening Room” on facecrack by clicking here.
Sarah is also hosting shows at the Blue Ridge Community Farm and the first show is happening on September 20th, the complete schedule is posted above.
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The Drinks
I had three bottles of Busch Light and enjoyed them while listening to the fabulous music out on the rooftop lounge at The Fitz bar!
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4500 N. Prospect - The Third Floor
Peoria Heights
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