Past events featuring BVIC artists

2024

Reimagining Cabaret—Jazz, Rhythm and Blues

Reimagining Cabaret—Jazz, Rhythm and Blues

Presented by Black Voices in Cabaret as we continue exploring the many genres of cabaret. BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE Featuring vocalists:Evelyn Danner, Sean Harris, Randy […]
Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion 2024

Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion 2024

Visit the RSVP page for concert details and tickets Visit our homepage for links to register and select your master class and workshop sessions
Reimagining Cabaret: Journey through the Genres

Reimagining Cabaret: Journey through the Genres

From swing to soul, from Broadway to the opera house, from jazz to blues, we’re taking a Southside trip through the wide world of cabaret. […]
Bridge Over Muddied Waters with Cynthia Clarey

Bridge Over Muddied Waters with Cynthia Clarey

The waters in our country have been muddied with hate, fear, and division. What are we going to do about it? Join Cynthia, along with […]
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, Broadway, R&B, jazz, American songbook, French […]
Celebrate the Cabaret Connexion in Old Town

Celebrate the Cabaret Connexion in Old Town

Join us for a Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion reunion concert at Steppenwolf theater and the launching of the Old Town-Montmartre neighborhood twinning project. Hosted by […]
Sean Harris sings Henry Mancini

Sean Harris sings Henry Mancini

This program celebrates the 100th anniversary of Mancini’s birth on April 16, 1924 and will include some of his most famous and memorable motion picture […]

2023

Cabaret Connexion 2023 conference and festival in Paris

Cabaret Connexion 2023 conference and festival in Paris

TRAVEL with us to FRANCE in 2023 The fifth Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion exchange takes place in Paris from August 28 to September 4, 2023. […]
Opening Night! Chicago Cabaret Week 2023

Opening Night! Chicago Cabaret Week 2023

Kick off Chicago Cabaret Week in style with Anne and Mark Burnell, Evelyn Danner, Hilary Ann Feldman, Cindy Firing, Jeanne Franks, Sean Harris, Claudia Hommel, […]
Black Voices In Cabaret - Musicality of Poetry

Black Voices In Cabaret – Musicality of Poetry

Feb 28, 2023    
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Guild Complex presents the Song and Verse as part of the Guild’s Musicality of Poetry series. The program will include performances from Black Voices […]

2022

Women in Music, Song, and Verse

Women in Music, Song, and Verse

Black Voices In Cabaret partners with the Guild Literary Complex for The Musicality of Poetry series featuring singer-storyteller Lynne Jordan and vocalist Arlene Armstrong, and […]
Black Voices in Cabaret presents: "Celebrating Sisterhood"

Black Voices in Cabaret presents: "Celebrating Sisterhood"

Black Voices in Cabaret: “Celebrating Sisterhood” The Cliff Dwellers Club invites you to an exclusive dinner and show. Celebrating Women’s History Month, we feature these […]
Bastille Day, July 14th - dinner & show!

Bastille Day, July 14th – dinner & show!

An evening of French cabaret music at Norman’s Bistro Come kick up your heels with Claudia Hommel and accordionist Patricia Spaeth as we bring you […]
Josephine Baker and the legacy of fervor

Josephine Baker and the legacy of fervor

A grand finale for both Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion and Chicago Cabaret Week 2022. In Person – In French & English. Ten performers from Paris […]
"Making jazz, Arthur Briggs, and Josephine Baker French" - an online international round table

"Making jazz, Arthur Briggs, and Josephine Baker French" – an online international round table

Making Jazz, Arthur Briggs and Josephine Baker French: Join an international conversation about the history of African-American artists living in France, the cross-cultural stories of […]

2021

Celebrating 100 Years of Chicago Cabaret: Black Voices in Cabaret & The French Connection

Celebrating 100 Years of Chicago Cabaret: Black Voices in Cabaret & The French Connection

Oct 3, 2021 @ 3:00pm Directors: Daniel Johnson, David Stephens Music Director: Elizabeth Doyle Where it all began…in Paris and Chicago. Spotlighting the exchange off […]
Celebrating 100 Years of Chicago Cabaret: Cabaret Burlesque & Great American Songbook

Celebrating 100 Years of Chicago Cabaret: Cabaret Burlesque & Great American Songbook

Sept 19, 2021 @ 3:00pm Directors: Anne Burnell, Kyle Hustedt Music Director: Mark Burnell A celebration of LGBTQIA artists featuring drag, burlesque, and dancers interwoven […]
Healing through Song Part 3 - Dream On

Healing through Song Part 3 – Dream On

Mar 28, 2021    
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  Healing through Song Part 3 – Dream On (Sunday, March 28th) Room opens at 2:30 p.m. to meet and greet the artists and each […]
Healing through Song Part 2 - I'm Here: See Me As I Am

Healing through Song Part 2 – I'm Here: See Me As I Am

Mar 21, 2021    
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  Healing through Song Part 2 – I’m Here: See Me As I Am (Sunday, March 21st) Room opens at 2:30 to meet and greet […]
Healing through Song Part 1 - I Know Where I've Been

Healing through Song Part 1 – I Know Where I've Been

Mar 14, 2021    
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  Healing through Song Part 1 – I Know Where I’ve Been (Sunday, March 14th) Rooms open at 2:30 to meet and greet the artists […]
Black Voices in Conversation—A History of Cabaret

Black Voices in Conversation—A History of Cabaret

Mar 7, 2021    
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Black Voices in Conversation—A History of Cabaret (Sunday, March 7th) Moderated by Mark Ruffin Panel begins at 3:00 PM Central Time. Room opens at 2:30 […]