Events for April 16, 2016
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Chicago Jazz Orchestra
The Chicago Jazz Orchestra is excited to invite you for an evening of live recording at Evanston SPACE. Join us for this incredible experience and be a part of this historic night as we capture the sights and sounds of the CJO. Thanks to 90.9 fm WDCB “Chicago’s Home for Jazz” for being our media partner. The CJO is Chicago’s oldest professional jazz orchestra in continuous operation...
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Spice Up Your Life with our new weekly installment of #GIRLPOWERMondays at The Elbo Room Live DJ spinning your FAVORITE GIRL BAND MUSIC VIDEOS from the 90's FREE BEER 8-9p DANCE PARTY 9p-12A $5 Cover / 21+ Dance to the female stylings of: The Spice Girls Destiny's Child TLC Salt N Pepa Britney Spears Christina Aguilera En Vogue Mandy Moore Aqua Jennifer Lopez Gwen Stefani Mya B*Witched...
Find out more »OPEN MIC (Every Wednesday)
Our open mic nights are generally designed for guitar/keyboard players. We do not allow, nor have the capability, to plug in cell phones, flash drives or cds for an open mic performance. Purchase tickets here
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Come and join us for FREE BEER between 8-9p.m and an 80s music video dance party! #TOTALLY80s Dance to all your favorite 80's artists! Purchase tickets here
Find out more »The Mountain Digby
he Mountain Digby is a new musical written by Cassie Ahiers and Anthony Lombard. Part morbid fable, part doomed love story, the one-act musical follows the Digby brothers as they attempt to uphold their family's honor by turning a hill into a mountain- no matter the cost. It's the kind of story the Grimm brothers thought was too fucked up to include in their collection. The...
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7:30 am
Contempo – Jazz Double Bill
From leading studios in California and Kraków, Jaroslaw Kapuscinski and Marek Choloniewski present the latest in multimedia content during performance. This up-to-the-minute trend in music intertwines works for piano and interactive audio-visual projection. Bringing a stunning voice and “no boundaries” style to the Chicago jazz scene, vocalist Grazyna Auguscik, virtuoso accordionist Jarek Bester, and their talented collaborators will perform an exhilarating set reflecting European roots...
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CIMMcon
CIMMcon is the Midwest’s premier FILM, MUSIC & TECH CONFERENCE CIMMcon runs concurrently with CIMMfest / The Chicago International Movies & Music Festival. Join us for an extraordinary two day program of PANELS, WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING and DISCUSSIONS led by some of the best and brightest minds in ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA ARTS and TECHNOLOGY. Co-produced by: 2112 and Stage 18 Highlights Include: Over 50 exciting industry panels spanning two days Located...
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PURCHASE TICKETS Jenne Lennon “Songs and Stillness”
Award-winning and critically acclaimed composer and singer Jenne Lennon will perform an evening of music from her new solo album Songs and Stillness, recently released through Healing Sun Productions. Winner of the Best Music Moment in Film in 2014 by Film Misery, her music has been described as "devastatingly harmonized", London Film Festival, "Creative Dew Drops", The Celtic Music Fan, and "A Haunted Beauty", Chicago Tribune. Jenne's music has been featured on albums worldwide and...
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Keith Harkin
A Very Special Night with Keith Harkin! Keith Harkin is an Irish singer songwriter and guitar playing minstrel who has been singing his way into the hearts of music lovers since the wee age of four. His musical talents have brought him across the world from the UK to Canada to Australia to America and back, over and over again in his past eight years touring....
Find out more »SIGNATURE THE BAND | THE BRAIDED JANES | BLUE STREAK MAMAS | THE QUILZ | MAMMABEAR
Signature The Band Signature is forging new territory with a diverse catalog of all-original music that draws upon deep roots in rock, blues, and pop to blend a variety of influences into some of the best modern music around. Signature's songs are distinctive for their captivating melodies, expert musicianship, and timeless feel to songwriting that keeps listeners on their toes and entertained. The Braided Janes...
Find out more »10:00 pm
NIGHT MOVES
Formed in 2009 in the Twin Cities, Night Moves is composed at its core of Pelant and his 28-year-old partner in crime, Micky Alfano. Friends since high school, their bond was solidified when Alfano lent Pelant his copy of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, a luminous classic of turn-the-page melancholy that echoes through Pennied Days. (Record geeks will recognize those glistening George Harrison guitar...
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