Cabaret Week

  • May 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm – An idyllic view overlooking the Chicago River sets the scene as chanteuse Claudia Hommel transports you to Paris and the river Seine. Come to Rockwell on the River for the songs and stories; stay for the dinner, drinks, and moment to dance with your own…

  • May 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The waters in our country have been muddied with hate, fear, and division. What are we going to do about it? Join Cynthia, along with Beckie Menzie and Irwin Berkowitz, as she traces where we’ve been and how we got here, finding truth, compassion, and…

  • Chicago Cabaret Week 2024

    May 10, 2024 – May 19, 2024 @ All Day – Chicago Cabaret Week returns for its third year! Unique in the U.S., the festival features a variety of blues, Broadway, R&B, jazz, American songbook, French chanson, world music, and pop, by some of Chicago’s finest artists. Sample Chicago’s growing cabaret scene and explore places…

  • Opening Night! Chicago Cabaret Week 2023

    May 12, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Kick off Chicago Cabaret Week in style with Anne and Mark Burnell, Evelyn Danner, Hilary Ann Feldman, Cindy Firing, Jeanne Franks, Sean Harris, Claudia Hommel, Lynne Jordan, Ava Logan, Marianne Murphey Orland, Phillip Seward, and Barbara Smith. Join us Friday May 12, 8:00 PM at…

  • The Stars Come Out at Night

    Oct 17, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A letter from Anne Burnell: Dear Friends,  Our first live Gala since 2019 is next month.  The 2022 Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gala will include performances by 25 singers, and an awards ceremony celebrating artistic achievements and community leadership.  Invite your friends and family to join us at Epiphany Center for the…

  • May 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – A grand finale for both Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion and Chicago Cabaret Week 2022. In Person – In French & English. Ten performers from Paris and Chicago pay tribute to an extraordinary woman and artist! Featuring Michèle Barbier, who served as Josephine’s personal assistant. With…

  • Showcase concert

    May 14, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Reserve your place here! 2019 post-conference concert Cabaret Connexion participants are showcasing the work of our fourth international exchange of French and US performers. Be regaled with songs from American songbook, French chanson, jazz, blues, comedy and more. The show at the DePaul Recital Hall…

  • May 10, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – With this duo, the interdisciplinary French artist Clotilde and the acclaimed American pianist and keyboardist Chris McCarthy deepen their collaboration. Opening with manouche-gypsy jazz by Christy Bennett’s Fumée Duo. Inspired by the Beat Generation poets Chris and Clotilde create a repertoire of rageous yet ecstatic…

  • May 8, 2022 – May 16, 2022 @ 12:00 am – La conférence de la Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion est une occasion unique de faire progresser l’art du cabaret, pour les artistes de créer une connexion intime avec le public, et de rencontrer de nouvelles personnes dans une atmosphère internationale accueillante et stimulante. Du 8…

  • May 8, 2022 – May 16, 2022 @ 12:00 am – The conference of Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion is a unique opportunity to advance the art of cabaret, for artists to create an intimate connection with the public, and to meet new people in a welcoming and stimulating international atmosphere. From May 8-16, 2022 REGISTRATION…

  • May 6, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Where: Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 S. Ashland Ave in West Loop, Chicago. Street parking available.   Doors: 5PM for Golden Hour  Showtime: 7:30PM  Tickets: $30 – General Admission THIS TICKET IS NOT INCLUDED in the registration packet for the Connexion’s week-long conference. About: Chicago Cabaret…

  • Apr 10, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Making Jazz, Arthur Briggs and Josephine Baker French: Join an international conversation about the history of African-American artists living in France, the cross-cultural stories of their fight for recognition, race relations, and the embrace of solidarity through music. Travis Atria (author of Better Days Will…