Events for April 17, 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...
Find out more »#GIRLPOWERMONDAYS
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
Find out more »#TOTALLY80S
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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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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ACOUSTIC BRUNCH FEATURING… VIOLETS FOR IRIS
Friends of Chicago's famed Old Town School of Folk Music, Violets for Iris began their collaboration in the late summer of 2013. Hailing from Nashville and Chicago, with classical music backgrounds, their arrangements reflect a mutual interest in folk, blues, classic country and beyond. They enjoy solid harmonies and soulful singing. Purchase tickets here
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ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
On July 3, 1973, David Bowie closed a year of nearly nonstop touring with a show in London. But it wasn't just the tour Bowie ended that night at the Hammersmith Odeon, known to only a few of his closest associates, he planned to retire his extraterrestrial glam-rock alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. Thanks to a fortuitous invitation from Bowie's label, premier music documentarian D. A....
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THE LIVING STATUES
making whimsical surftinged pop may seem like a daunting task when you live states away from the nearest beach, but guitarist and vocalist jared corder was determined to make the music reminiscent of his california birthplace. Purchase tickets here
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