Chicago Cabaret Week 2024

Thank you for your interest in the third annual Chicago Cabaret Week, May 10-19, 2024.

If you arrived here to participate as venue or artist, submissions are closed for 2024.
To update your Show Details for 2024 show date/time/tickets, use this form HERE.
To update general Venue information, please use this form HERE.

To everyone promoting and publicizing Chicago Cabaret Week:
Scroll below for Guide to CCW 2024, Press Releases, Images, Text & Language, Links & Hashtags.
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The calendar of 2024 featured performances:

  • May 10—The Beaus at Davenport’s Cabaret
  • May 11—Lou Ella Rose at Fulton Street Collective
  • May 11—Robin Watson at Fulton Street Collective
  • May 11—Cynthia Clarey at Second Church of Christ, Scientist
  • May 11—Muse: Thorne, Whimsy Stiff and Boobs Radley at Newport Theater
  • May 12—Swingin’ Sisters at Le Piano
  • May 12—Miz Cracker at Venus Cabaret Theater
  • May 13—CCP Musical Mondays (Studs’ Place, One More Time) at Rhapsody Theater
  • May 14—Lynne Jordan at The Cliff Dwellers
  • May 14—Café Carly at Hey Nonny
  • May 15—Bob Solone and guest singers at Monsignor Murphy
  • May 16—Claudia Hommel at Rockwell on the River
  • May 17—Girls Like Us at The Promontory
  • May 18—Lexa Maxa/Gary Thomas at Borelli’s
  • May 19—Hilary Ann Feldman at Epiphany Center for the Arts
  • May 19—The Cellar Boys at The Tonk
  • May 19—Sam Fazio at Vincent

Chicago Cabaret Week is coordinated by :

  • Anne Burnell, Managing Director 
  • Claudia Hommel, Working in Concert
  • Hilary Feldman, Acts Of Kindness Cabaret 
  • Marty Balogh, Chicago Cabaret Professionals
  • Kyle Hustedt, The Cabaret Project
  • With PR assistance by Charles Kouri and administrative assistance by Katie Rub

TEXT AND LANGUAGE

Unique in the US, Chicago Cabaret Week is a 10-day festival that features a variety of blues, burlesque, jazz, American songbook, world music, pop, and Broadway by some of Chicago’s finest artists. Sample for $30 or less Chicago’s vibrant cabaret scene; explore places where performer and audience come face-to-face.

Cabaret has been at the heartbeat of Chicago’s nightclub scene for more than a century.

Supported in part by a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Choose Chicago, and the Illinois Arts Council PLUS individual donors like you!

Chicago Cabaret Week’s media sponsor is WDCB 90.9 FM radio

LINKS AND HASHTAGS

Join the conversation on social media: @ChicagoCabaretWeek
#ChicagoCabaret
#CabaretWeek2024
#CabaretEveryDay
#ChicagoDCASE
#ChooseChicago

Full Schedule and ticket information at: chicagocabaretweek.org

A gallery of images for 2024

The 2023 PARTICIPATING VENUES

  • Black Ensemble Theater (Uptown)
  • Borelli’s (Lincoln Square)
  • Cliff Dwellers Club (Loop)
  • Congregation Bene Shalom (Skokie)
  • Davenport’s (Wicker Park)
  • Drew’s on Halsted (Northalsted)
  • Epiphany Center for the Arts (West Loop)
  • Fulton Street Collective (West Loop)
  • Hey Nonny (Arlington Heights)
  • Le Piano (Rogers Park)
  • The Promontory (Hyde Park)
  • The Quarry (South Shore)
  • Vincent (Andersonville)

The 2023 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

  • Acts Of Kindness Cabaret with Hilary Feldman, Cindy Firing, Marianne Murphy Orland
  • Anne & Mark Burnell
  • Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael
  • From the Black Voices in Cabaret roster: Arlene Armstrong, Ava Logan, David Stephens, Evelyn Danner, Gabriel Valentino, LaShera Moore Ellis, Lynne Jordan, Joyce Denise Thomas, T. Patrick Davis
  • Carla Gordon & David Meulemans
  • Claudia Hommel
  • Dee Alexander & John McLean
  • Elizabeth Doyle & David Edelfelt
  • Emily Cox
  • Feathered Beaus
  • Greta Pope
  • Kevin Wood
  • Lexa Maxa
  • Madeline Morgan
  • Philip Seward
  • Sam Fazio
  • SamaSama Project & Lou Ella Rose
  • Swingin’ Sisters (Barbara Smith, Carolyn Broquet, Tirzah Joy)
  • Wydetta Carter

IN THE NEWS 2023 !

CHICAGO NBC NEWS

Chicago NBC News features LeeAnn Trotter’s interview with Anne and Mark Burnell and LaShera Moore at the Epiphany Center for the Arts.

https://bit.ly/CabaretWeek

WDCB ArtsSection

Gary Zidek interviews Hilary Feldman and Claudia Hommel at 90.9 FM radio.

https://theartssection.org/home/2023/5/10/chicago-cabaret-week-ready-for-year-2

5 Things to Do This Weekend: Chicago Cabaret Week, Spring Street Festivals

https://news.wttw.com/2023/05/11/5-things-do-weekend-chicago-cabaret-week-spring-street-festivals