Rad is a classically trained blues and folk performer from Chicago who was born in Croatia. He is a master on the piano and accordion, whose music draws from the blues, jazz, country and soul. He wowed an Our House crowd on his last visit, so don’t miss him this time around.

Indonesian pianist Janice Carissa returns to dazzle SPS with a program of Rachmaninoff, Tanzil, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Schumann. With “the multicolored highlights of a mature pianist“ (Philadelphia Inquirer), Indonesian pianist JaniceCarissa “conveys a vivid story rather than a mere showpiece” (Chicago Classical Review).

The 2025 Midwinter Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest is a celebration of the music of Django Reinhardt. This 21st annual event, hosted by Harmonious Wail, welcomes Ferench Gypsy Jazz Guitarist, Stephane Wrembel from New York. Stephane Wrembel is quite simply one of the finest guitar players in the world. This prolific musician, composer, educator, and musical […]

When a stage four lymphoma diagnosis forced him off the road and into the hospital, Chuck Prophet didn’t know if he’d live long enough to see the end of the year, let alone get back on tour. “I was going through a tunnel,” he recalls. “It was dark. But I had music: music to play, […]

Charlie Parr is an incorruptible outsider who writes novelistic, multi-layered stories that shine a kaleidoscopic light on defiant, unseen characters thriving in the shadows all around us. Parr has a new record with only his name on it, and it isn’t shiny and perfect and commercial and catchy. It’s him. It’s pure Charlie Parr and […]

We’re excited to announce the RETURN of the $10 Buck Show on Saturday, February 8th at 8:00PM! Come see local bands, beloved and emerging, in the lower level of the Pabst Theater. Headlining the return is Collections of Colonies of Bees, opened by Alicia Rytlewski, who will be performing her debut album release show, and […]

David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who has become known as “one of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers” (Toronto Star). Born in Ayrshire, Scotland to parents who were factory workers, he moved to Canada when he was twelve. For decades, he worked across Canada in rail yards, construction sites, and in the […]