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Live Performances

Be entertained on Chicago’s North Shore with live music covering Classic Rock to Blues, Pop to Classical, theater that makes you laugh and cry, comedy shows that have you roaring with laughter, and everything in between. See the season’s line up below.

Looking for a full list of just theater performances? Check out our guide to upcoming fall theater on Chicago's North Shore.

 

 

21
Sep

Eurydice

 September 21, 2023 - October 22, 2023
Writers Theatre introduces you to the newlywed and newly dead Eurydice as she arrives... MORE
29
Sep

Joan Osborne

 September 29, 2023
Joan Osborne is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having reco... MORE
29
Sep

Linda Eder

 September 29, 2023
Back by popular demand, we are excited to welcome Linda Eder back to the Center as sh... MORE
30
Sep

Bill & Jilian Nershi featuring Jason Hann

 September 30, 2023
Guitarist and co-founder of The String Cheese Incident, Bill Nershi, and wife Jilian ... MORE
1
Oct

Coco Montoya

October 1, 2023
Coco Montoya releases his double CD set on RUF Records, Songs From The Road, the next... MORE
1
Oct

Nino Katamadze & Insight

 October 1, 2023
World-renowned jazz sensation Nino Katamadze and Insight Band have announced their hi... MORE
6
Oct

Dave Hays & The Mermaid w/Tim Hause

 October 6, 2023
Tim Hause is a singer/songwriter from Philadelphia. Since 2014 Tim has carved out a n... MORE
6
Oct

Sergio Mendes Bossa Nova Samba Celebration

 October 6, 2023
One common thread weaves throughout the staggeringly diverse tapestry of music that S... MORE
7
Oct

Animaniacs in Concert

 October 7, 2023
Animaniacs in Concert stars the show’s original Emmy-Winning composer, Randy Ro... MORE
4
Oct

Otto Frank

 October 4, 2023 - October 7, 2023
Obie Award-winning collaborators Roger Guenveur Smith and Marc Anthony Thompson have ... MORE
8
Oct

Matt Wertz w/ Nathan Colberg

October 8, 2023
MATT WERTZ is excused. Yes, it has been three years since his last full-length releas... MORE
8
Sep

A Chorus Line

 September 8, 2023 - October 8, 2023
Skokie Theater invites you to the beloved crowd pleaser A CHORUS LINE. It revolutioni... MORE
7
Sep

Baked! The Musical

September 7, 2023 - October 8, 2023
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre presents Baked! The Musical is an all-new, all-Asian musi... MORE
7
Sep

Birthday Candles

 September 7, 2023 - October 8, 2023
Northlight Theater invites you to spend Ernestine Ashworth's 17th birthday with h... MORE
14
Oct

Dale Watson

 October 14, 2023
Los Angeles, CA - In the late 19th century, a budding young musician by the name of H... MORE
13
Oct

Oszusci – TEATR OCH

 October 13, 2023 - October 14, 2023
Three relationships: two married couples and young lovers facing a decision – m... MORE
15
Oct

Tommi Zender and Matt Tiegler

October 15, 2023
Chicago songwriter, actor and playwright Matt Tiegler returns after a 20 year recordi... MORE
15
Oct

Music of the Baroque: Viva Vivaldi!

 October 15, 2023
Viva Vivaldi! Baroque favorite Antonio Vivaldi takes center stage in a celebration of... MORE
20
Oct

Leann Rimes

 October 20, 2023
Two words: LeAnn Rimes. The international, multi-platinum selling, acclaimed singer-s... MORE
21
Oct

May Erlewine w/Packy Lundholm

October 21, 2023
May Erlewine is a musician from Big Rapids, Michigan. She sings and plays the guitar,... MORE
22
Oct

Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Two Generations I

 October 22, 2023
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Two Generations I,  Robert Chen, violin and Beatr... MORE
22
Oct

John Strohm with special guest Freda Love Smith

October 22, 2023
John Strohm is an entertainment lawyer and former professional musician based in Nash... MORE
27
Oct

Donna the Buffalo

 October 27, 2023
Donna the Buffalo is a band from Trumansburg, New York. It plays both original songs ... MORE
27
Oct

VSQ - Vitamin String Quartet - Music from Bridgerton

 October 27, 2023
Enjoy an evening with Vitamin String Quartet as they perform hits from Netflix’... MORE
28
Oct

Vince Herman Band of Leftover Salmon

 October 28, 2023
Vince Herman is a guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for being one of the fou... MORE
28
Oct

The Wailin' Jennys

 October 28, 2023
The Wailin' Jennys are a Canadian music group. A 2011 review says they "sing... MORE
28
Oct

Isaac Mizrahi

October 28, 2023
Isaac Mizrahi makes his North Shore Center debut with his band performing a range of ... MORE
26
Oct

Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer

 October 26, 2023 - October 28, 2023
We all present different faces to the world, but some are more different than most. I... MORE
29
Oct

Songs of Elton John

 October 29, 2023
Join Alton Smith and Friends for a retrospective of Elton John's early career thr... MORE
29
Oct

Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Two Generations II

 October 29, 2023
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra presents:  Two Generations II, featuring Ilya Kale... MORE
29
Oct

A Tribute to Jewish Women - From the Bible to the Boardroom

October 29, 2023
Presenting selections from the musical Stars of David by Daryl Roth. Featuring: In co... MORE
21
Sep

Ripcord

 September 21, 2023 - October 29, 2023
Oil Lamp Theater presents Ripcord, an uproarious comedy about two women who are force... MORE
2
Nov

Craig Ferguson The Fancy Rascal Tour

 November 2, 2023
Craig Ferguson is a multiple Grammy nominated, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning comedia... MORE
3
Nov

HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis

 November 3, 2023
HYPROV (pronounced hip-rawv) is coming to you straight from a 70-show run Off-Broadwa... MORE
4
Nov

Louis Cato Live

 November 4, 2023
GRAMMY-nominated Louis Cato, an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, prod... MORE
5
Nov

Resilience Entertainment presents Dmitry Gordon

 November 5, 2023
Dmitry Ilyich Gordon is a Ukrainian journalist, interviewer, politician and singer. H... MORE
20
Oct

Imagine U: Frida Libre

 October 20, 2023 - November 5, 2023
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts brings to to life Imagine U: Frida Libre, inspir... MORE
11
Nov

José González Tiger in Paradise

November 11, 2023
José González is in a class by himself. Hailed by Rolling Stone as &ldq... MORE
12
Nov

Sparta Astana's American Comedy Tour

 November 12, 2023
They are the champions of uproarious laughter, hailing from their homeland in Central... MORE
20
Oct

Music Theater Works presents Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon

 October 20, 2023 - November 12, 2023
Music Theater Works takes you into the magical Brigadoon, the enchanted town in the m... MORE
17
Nov

The Moth Main Stage

November 17, 2023
WBEZ is honored to host the Moth Mainstage for live storytelling featuring talent fro... MORE
17
Nov

Jake Xerxes Fussell

November 17, 2023
Jake Xerxes Fussell is a singer and guitarist based in Durham, NC. He is, according t... MORE
17
Nov

Atlanta Rhythm Section

 November 17, 2023
Atlanta Rhythm Section came together in 1970 as a part of the vibrant Southern Rock s... MORE
18
Nov

Holly Bowling

November 18, 2023
Cast aside any and all expectations.Whether behind the piano on a windswept mountaino... MORE
18
Nov

Snow White – The State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine - 2 Shows!

 November 18, 2023
There are fairy tales that inspire creators to create performances in different genre... MORE
18
Nov

Paul Mecurio's Permission to Speak - 2 Shows!

November 18, 2023
Paul is an Emmy & Peabody Award winning comedian for his work on “The Daily... MORE
19
Nov

Benny Green presented by WDCB

 November 19, 2023
The art of constructing a solo recording is the ultimate challenge for most musicians... MORE
19
Nov

Music of the Baroque: Windy City

 November 19, 2023
Politics may have prompted Chicago’s nickname, but wind and water are at the he... MORE
17
Nov

Heroes of the Fourth Turning

 November 17, 2023 - November 19, 2023
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts presents Heroes of the Fourth Turning. A story w... MORE
10
Nov

The Prom

 November 10, 2023 - November 19, 2023
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts invites you to The Prom. A play that  tells... MORE
25
Nov

Susan Werner 2 Shows

November 25, 2023
Dubbed by NPR as the “Empress of the Unexpected,” singer/songwriter Susan... MORE
25
Nov

John Splithoff

November 25, 2023
John Splithoff’s been letting music take him places for most of his life now. B... MORE
26
Nov

Haley Reinhart

 November 26, 2023
Wheeling’s own Haley Reinhart has one of those timeless voices that outlasts er... MORE
28
Nov

Crash Test Dummies

 November 28, 2023
In 2018, 25 years a/er the release of their mul8-Grammy nominated hit album “Go... MORE
1
Dec

Nora O'Connor w/Sara Jean Stevens

December 1, 2023
Nora O’Connor is a Chicago-based musician whose vocal talents are the secret we... MORE
3
Dec

Leo Kottke

December 3, 2023
Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year... MORE
3
Dec

Brendan James

 December 3, 2023
Brendan James is an American Singer-Songwriter in the pop/folk genre, akin to  D... MORE
7
Dec

NRBQ

 December 7, 2023
NRBQ is Terry Adams, Scott Ligon, Casey McDonough, and John Perrin. “NRBQ&rdquo... MORE
8
Dec

Stephen Kellogg presents the Sit Down & Stand-Up Tour

 December 8, 2023
A Stephen Kellogg performance is like watching Ted Lasso live. Whether you have heard... MORE
8
Dec

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Creole Christmas

December 8, 2023
Preservation Hall Jazz Band takes its name from New Orleans’ Preservation Hall,... MORE
9
Dec

Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four in Joy to the World

 December 9, 2023
Celebrate Christmas with Grammy nominated violinist Jenny Oaks Baker and her accompli... MORE
8
Dec

In the Beginning there was a House

 December 8, 2023 - December 9, 2023
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts proudly presents Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sa... MORE
10
Dec

Mike Zito

 December 10, 2023
“The Road Never Ends,” the second track of Mike Zito’s new June 11 ... MORE
14
Dec

Ruen Brothers

 December 14, 2023
The Ruen Brothers are Scunthorpe siblings Henry and Rupert Stansall. Emerging in 2013... MORE
16
Dec

Vienna Teng

 December 16, 2023
“I was in a long-distance relationship with music for many years,” jokes ... MORE
16
Dec

Music of the Baroque: Holiday Brass and Choral

 December 16, 2023
Inspiring music in some of Chicago’s most beautiful spaces. The Music of the Ba... MORE
17
Dec

Music of the Baroque: Holiday Brass and Choral

 December 17, 2023
Inspiring music in some of Chicago’s most beautiful spaces. The Music of the Ba... MORE
27
Oct

Assassins

 October 27, 2023 - December 17, 2023
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre is proud to bring you a multiple Tony Award-winning theat... MORE
16
Nov

Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol

November 16, 2023 - December 24, 2023
Writers Theatre brings to life Aunt Trudy, an avowed holiday skeptic who has been rec... MORE
16
Nov

Gift of the Magi

November 16, 2023 - December 30, 2023
Oil Lamp Theater presents The Gift of the Magi, a lovely adaptation of the short stor... MORE
21
Dec

Music Theater Works presents Shrek: The Musical

 December 21, 2023 - December 31, 2023
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts is happy to bring you SHREK:THE MUSICAL br... MORE
30
Nov

Dial M for Murder

 November 30, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Northlight Theatre introduces you to Tony Wendice, who married his wife Margot for mo... MORE
14
Jan

Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Winter Concert - Timothy Chooi

January 14, 2024
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Winter Concert, Timothy Chooi on violin. Thomas Nickel... MORE
20
Jan

Brian Kilmeade Live

 January 20, 2024
Fox & Friends co-host, leading nationally syndicated radio host, and New York Tim... MORE
28
Jan

Music of the Baroque: Mullova Plays Bach

 January 28, 2024
Baroque riches abound as internationally acclaimed violinist Viktoria Mullova joins f... MORE
2
Feb

Working - A Musical localized

 February 2, 2024 - February 11, 2024
Working: A Musical – Localized Version is a documentary multimedia mu... MORE
25
Jan

Selling Kabul

January 25, 2024 - February 25, 2024
Taroon once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Now that t... MORE
23
Feb

Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasty, Really

 February 23, 2024 - March 3, 2024
In this thrilling new adaptation that bounces between horror and humor, pla... MORE
10
Mar

Music of the Baroque: The St. John Passion

 March 10, 2024
An intimate and deeply human account of Christ’s betrayal, suffering, and death... MORE
8
Mar

Danceworks 2024

 March 8, 2024 - March 10, 2024
Join in for Northwestern’s annual dance showcase featuring new works by acclaim... MORE
17
Mar

Semyon Slepakov North American Tour 2024

 March 17, 2024
It’s time to buckle up, folks! The one and only Semyon Slepakov is about to tak... MORE
8
Feb

The Band's Visit

 February 8, 2024 - March 17, 2024
In a small Israeli desert town where every day feels the same, a lost bus arrives car... MORE
24
Mar

Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Virtuoso Violins

 March 24, 2024
The Northbrook Symphony presents Virtuoso Violins, with Vadim Gluzman, Victoria Morei... MORE
14
Apr

Music of the Baroque: Birds, Frogs, Crickets & Dogs

 April 14, 2024
The animal kingdom comes alive through charming works for orchestra under the directi... MORE
19
Apr

How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Map

 April 19, 2024 - April 28, 2024
A theatrical ritual of communal healing, this multi-disciplinary piece is inspired by... MORE
8
Mar

Sondheim Tribute Revue

 March 8, 2024 - April 28, 2024
Stephen Sondheim is widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential, and... MORE
3
May

The Great Sea Serpent

 May 3, 2024 - May 5, 2024
The Great Sea Serpent portrays the laying of the first trans-Atlantic telegraph ... MORE
26
Apr

The 93rd Annual The Waa-Mu Show

 April 26, 2024 - May 5, 2024
Now in its 93rd year, the Waa-Mu Show, Northwestern’s oldest theatrical traditi... MORE
12
May

Music of the Baroque: Heaven & Earth

 May 12, 2024
Patrick Dupre Quigley, director of the Miami-based ensemble Seraphic Fire, returns to... MORE
11
Apr

Brooklyn Laundry

 April 11, 2024 - May 12, 2024
Fran is chronically single, has piles of bills, and finds Owen obnoxious. Owen has a ... MORE
10
Apr

Monsieur Chopin A Play with Music

April 10, 2024 - May 12, 2024
Days after the February 1848 revolution, Fryderyk Chopin is teaching a piano lesson i... MORE
17
May

The Tempest

 May 17, 2024 - May 26, 2024
Trickery and magic, romance, and revenge set the stage for one of Shakespeare’s... MORE
9
June

Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: Fiesta Mexicana

 June 9, 2024
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra presents Fiesta Mexicana. Sones de Mexico Ensemble, El ... MORE
26
Jan

Actions For the Earth Art, Care & Ecology

 January 26, 2024 - July 7, 2024
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that co... MORE
24
May

A Little Night Music

 May 24, 2024 - July 14, 2024
Adapted from the celebrated Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Ni... MORE
19
June

The Hot Wing King

June 19, 2024 - July 21, 2024
When it comes to wings, Cordell is king! Supported by his beau Dwayne and the best fr... MORE
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