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Chicago Cabaret Week 2024

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, jazz, American songbook, world music, pop, […]
Romance Language:  French songs for lovers

Romance Language: French songs for lovers

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 […]
An operatic double-header

An operatic double-header

Jul 20, 2024 – Jul 21, 2024    
12:00 am
Speed Dating Tonight!, libretto and music by Michael Ching paired with excerpts from the new opera Outside the Ring by librettist Christine Steyer and composer […]
20 Jul

Operatic double-header

Jul 20, 2024 – Jul 21, 2024    
12:00 am
Save the date for “Speed Dating” and get ready for “Outside the Ring” as Bellissima Opera brings us a double bill of the often poignant, […]
Spoon River House Festival

Spoon River House Festival

Come to the Hyde Park house where Edgar Lee Masters wrote the classic Spoon River Anthology. Three shows take place in a weekend festival celebrating […]
Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion 2024

Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion 2024

Save the date for the 2024 exchange of the Connexion in Chicago. More details coming soon.

Other events in the works


Sunday, March 10—Launching a training program for diverse artists bringing thought-provoking cabaret to high schools
May 6 —The 2023 Cabaret Connexion reunion concert
Spring 2024 — SongShop Live presents
Summer 2024—a College/post-college weekend intensive for Versatile Voices
July and August—Garden concerts
September 14-15—A Spoon River Anthology festival at Edgar Lee Masters’ home in Hyde Park (staged reading, classical and cabaret interpretations)