Featuring Meg’s Daily Grind & Live Music Daily
Specialty Coffee Drinks | Pastries | Assorted Sandwiches
Our Fireside Music Series is the ultimate winter hideaway where guests gather with friends, relax by the fire, and savor the warmth of live music performed by local and Rockford Symphony Orchestra Musicians.
Meg’s Daily Grind offers light lunches, coffees, teas, and irresistible pastries for purchase daily. There is no cost of entry.
Open for Eight Weeks Beginning January 14, 2026
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
11:00 am to 3:00 pm | January 14 – March 14
Impress Clients & Friends
Light lunch options, Make Your Next Coffee Meeting during the Fireside Music Series
Stunning Garden Views Always Included
Even in the middle of winter, Anderson Japanese Gardens continues to provide a place of warmth and community.
2026 Musical Performance Schedule
Enjoy live music beginning at 11:30 AM, with musicians performing in intervals and taking breaks throughout the afternoon.
| Jan 14 | Nanette Felix RSO Principal Harp |
| Jan 15 | Joel Ross, RSO Principal Keyboard |
| Jan 16 | Rachel Handlin RSO Assistant Concert Master, Aria Beert Violinist/Vocals & Mike Beert RSO Principal Cello |
| Jan 17 | The UltraSounds College of Medicine Choir |
| Jan 21 | RSO Presents: Momo Seko French Horn & Alvin Santner Guitar |
| Jan 22 | Denise Connolly & Patrick Connolly RSO Violin Duo |
| Jan 23 | RSO Presents: Jodi Beach & Jim McDowell Swing/Jazz/Pop |
| Jan 24 | Joel Ross RSO Principal Keyboard Doug Bistrow RSO Bass & Tom Marken Drums |
| Jan 28 | RSO Presents: Becca Dora Oboe Heidy Rodriguez Clarinet & Randal Dennler Bassoon |
| Jan 29 | Kathryn Siegel & Marty Hackl Violin Duo |
| Jan 30 | Joel Ross RSO Principal Keyboard |
| Jan 31 | Eli Parker Acoustic Soloist |
| Feb 4 | RSO Presents: Momo Seko French Horn & Alvin Santner Guitar |
| Feb 5 | Nanette Felix RSO Principal Harp |
| Feb 6 | RSO Presents: Becca Dora Oboe Heidy Rodriguez Clarinet & Randal Dennler Bassoon |
| Feb 7 | Michael Zielinski RSO Principal Bass Trombone w/ Serdar Cizmeci, Colin Marusek & Thomas Stark Trombones |
| Feb 11 | Rachel Handlin RSO Assistant Concertmaster Mike Beert RSO Principal Cello Scott Metlicka RSO Principal Flute |
| Feb 12 | Kathryn Siegel & Marty Hackl RSO Violin Duo Coffee With the Maestro |
| Feb 13 | RSO Presents: Jodi Beach & Jim McDowell Swing/Jazz/Pop |
| Feb 14 | Nielsen Chorale Ancora Ensemble Rockford’s Premier Choral Ensemble |
| Feb 18 | Scott Metlicka RSO Principal Flute Colleen Griggs Clarinet & Josh Fleming Bassoon |
| Feb 19 | Kathryn Siegel & Marty Hackl RSO Violin Duo |
| Feb 20 | Nanette Felix RSO Principal Harp |
| Feb 21 | Anthony Jay Sanders Dueling Pianos |
| Feb 25 | Scott Metlicka RSO Principal Flute Justina Chu & Dominic Dagostino Flutes |
| Feb 26 | Joel Ross RSO Principal Keyboard |
| Feb 27 | RSO Presents: Jodi Beach & Jim McDowell Swing/Jazz/Pop |
| Feb 28 | Groove Hotel Jazz |
| Mar 4 | Rachel Handlin RSO Assistant Concertmaster Mike Beert RSO Principal Cello Scott Metlicka RSO Principal Flute |
| Mar 5 | RSO Presents: Jacques Saint-Cyr & Valerie Blair Flute & Piano |
| Mar 6 | Nanette Felix RSO Principal Harp |
| Mar 7 | Joel Ross RSO Principal Keyboard Ken Stein Saxophone Ed Bogdona Drums |
| Mar 11 | Rachel Handlin RSO Assistant Concertmaster Mike Beert RSO Principal Cello |
| Mar 12 | Kathryn Siegel & Marty Hackl RSO Violin Duo |
| Mar 13 | RSO Presents: Jodi Beach & Jim McDowell Swing/Jazz/Pop |
| Mar 14 | RSO Presents: Kantorei Youth Choir and Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra |
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