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, thank you for your submission.
Submissions are closed for 2024.
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The 2024 featured performances are:
- 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—Open mic with Bob Solone 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, 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
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 & Emily Cox
- Madeline Morgan
- Philip Seward
- Sam Fazio
- Sama Sama Project & Lou Ella Rose
- Swingin’ Sisters (Barbara Smith, Carolyn Broquet, Tirzah Joy)
- Wydetta Carter
LINKS AND HASHTAGS
Join the conversation on social media: @ChicagoCabaretWeek
#ChicagoCabaret
#CabaretWeek2024
#CabaretEveryDayFull Schedule and ticket information at: chicagocabaretweek.org
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.
READY FOR YEAR 2
Gary Zidek interviews Hilary Feldman and Claudia Hommel for the WDCB ArtsSection. 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