Performance spaces include both formal and informal venues for live performance.
Chicago, IL
The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a landmark building operated by Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). The center is home to two magnificent stained-glass domes, as well as free music, dance and theater events, films, lectures, art exhibitions and family events. Event spaces include the 300-seat Claudia Cassidy Theater, the 700-capacity Preston Bradley Hall, the 550-capacity GAR Hall & Rotunda, and 800-capacity Sidney R. Yates Gallery. ...
Chicago, IL
Epiphany Center for the Arts is Chicago’s most extraordinary multidisciplinary venue, and unique destination for art, entertainment, and events. The center hosts jazz, blues, and other local musicians for its weekly concert series. Epiphany has eight dedicated art galleries, and a collection of event spaces, and three distinct venues for live music and performances: Epiphany Hall with its amazing acoustics and state-of-the-art sound and lighting system, The Sanctuary, a former church, and The Catacombs. ...
Chicago, IL
Park West is a multipurpose facility: a multimedia special events and meetings space and concert venue, in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. There are five tiered levels, a balcony, seven bars, concert-quality sound and theatrical lighting. The historic building first opened as the Lane Court vaudeville and movie theater in 1916. ...
Chicago, IL
Thalia Hall is a landmarked historic building in Chicago, IL, originally built in 1892 as a Czech meeting hall. As of 2013, it has reopened and been re-imagined as a modern day town hall; a central meeting place with a tavern Dusek’s Board & Beer, two bars Punch House and Tack Room, and a world-class performance space Thalia Hall. ...
Bars and Event Venues
Chicago, IL
The Hideout is a small prohibition-era bar and intimate performance space in Chicago, IL, that hosts all kinds of live independent music and dancing. Legal since 1934, The Hideout is music, art, performance, plays, poetry, rock and rebellion. ...
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