LIVE CHATROOM too!   Meet with other Blues fans in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs once a month for blues, jazz, and other soulful music. This MeetUp is geared toward providing a touch point for Chicago area music lovers. If you are a musician trying to meet others to jam and/or gig with; or just want be informed about Performances & Events around town, you more than likely have a passion for the Blues, Jazz, and other soulful music. By creating events and supporting local artists' …

    Soul music includes all musical genres and means a little something different to every music lover. This group will focus on Soulful sounds of R&B, Jazz, Funk, Neo-Soul, Dance, old school and Blues in and around Chicago!    If you GOT SOUL (or want some...or even need some), Join us and...share with a friend who likes it "SOULISTIC"...     Autumn

Do you like the idea of 19th century performances in a house? Are you someone that after an entire week of hard work, you want to sit back and relax, enjoying listening to live music or playing music? Do you love piano? Then this group is for you. This is also your opportunity to meet other people to discuss the piano and other music, and techniques. We play on a brand new Boston designed by Steinway 7'1" grand piano. All genres including classical, jazz, acoustic, rock, hip-hop are accepted …

We want to look at and explore the effects of Gangsters, G-men and Gun Molls during the 1920's and 1930's. These two decades took decadence to a new level. It was a perfect storm of demon alcohol being banned, corrupt government officials, and a public that was thirsty to first have fun in the 20's Jazz age and then escape the misery of the Great Depression. These two decades changed everything about Chicago and the US. Anybody who has an interest in the era, or a relative who stirred bathtub gi …

… Since it will be good weather we will post some events like free concerts outside at Millenium Park A wine tasting at Quartinos or at Rhapsody 80's/90's DJ'd Music set A Swing Jazz Night. Sat Night at The Vertigo Sky Lounge. A Summer Kick Off Party in the west loop. A Art Walk in Lincoln Park or the West Loop A night of foreign wines in the Gold Coast A after work party at The W Lakeshore a Imerman Angels cancer charity event somewhere in the downtown area...in July Hopefully you like the combo …

… Share YOUR knowledge...think friendly, no frills, laid back, performers with no (or reasonable) cover charge… places having charm or are at least distinct, preferably offering live entertainment (blues, soul, rock, jazz, folk, rockabilly, old country, latin jazz, lounge singer) and/or a dance floor, rec room and killer jukebox. The success of this group will be driven by YOUR great suggestions. **EMAIL THE ORGANIZER DIRECTLY WITH YOUR MEETUP IDEAS.** Your membership signifies your agreement wi …

… I love rock except for the extremely heavy stuff, jazz, blues, soul, the funky stuff, R & B, some traditional country and also just pure pop. For more info about me, and some of my musical influences/tastes, you can check out my add in the chicago reader for free under 'limitless35' in the just friends section. There is more of my personality there, more to see. My vision for these meet-ups is a relatively simple one:learn some songs, play those songs, enjoy the creative process, have fun. I'll …

… Join us if you perform Pop, Jazz, Blues, Rock, HipHop, Classical, R & B or any other style.   Join us if you act, model, comedy, host or perform any other theaterical skills.   Join us if you dance, paint, juggle or any other type of motion artistry.   If you look at any of the major entertaiment tours and events you will see all of the above artists, plus many of more. So with that said, we welcome all performing artists. Let start our own world tour face to face at Performing Artists Mee …

… We also play all styles of music: folk, rock, jazz, blues, latin, pop, country, etc...   GIG DESCRIPTION & RULES: 1.)    The gigs are very fun, rewarding, an opportunity to meet new friends and, most importantly, a way for us to create some joy for our audience. 2.)    We like to have a minimum of 3 players at each gig, and a max of 6. 3.)    The goal is to have everyone sing together. From time to time only one player may know the song, in which case he or she will sing ‘lead’ on it. However, w …

… Latin, World, Rock, R&B, Ecstatic, Classical, Modern, Jazz or Blues Dancers! Expand your world to Paint Dancing! We will schedule our first Paint Dancing event once we have enough people in the membership to create a fun party and have found a location! PaintDancing.com supports the efforts of MashedPotatoes.org to end the threat of hunger around the world. Exuberantly, Matt Jones ___________________ PaintDancing.com is a grassroots organization founded by Matt Jones of Gasworks G …

Join this group if: You live in Chicago You are musician: singer, play an instrument, beat-maker, lyricist, band-member or are apart of the business of music in some capacity. You want to be able to specify who you are interested in collaborating with instead of having to sift through different kinds of performers.   This group is meant to be a hub for musicians in Chicago to post their projects and set-up meet-ups for those projects. I started this group because I have often found that when I …

… For viewing, we'll see ballet, community dancers, renaissance, jazz, Irish heritage dancers, broom dancers, and other ethnic dance/parades... Anyway, the important part is that you get out and have some fun and meet some nice folk along the way!   We'll have some dining out and other listings that coincide with our dance outings posted as well. Look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event in the near future!   Let me conclude by saying, WE ARE SOME OF THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE WHO ATTEND MEETUP …

… efront trail for outdoor activities, The tasting room for wine tasting events, Joie de Vine events, Illinois Equality, Howard Brown, Garden of Eve, Design for a cure, cooking for soup kitchens, NOH8 Campaign for charity, Margaret Cho, Live blues and jazz, Lipstick Thursdays, Chicago Film makers screenings, LGBT film festival and much more... We keep an active calendar that includes popular events in the LGBT community. This group is not a swinger's club, a hook-up site, or a dating service. Nor …

Everybody has music within, let's come together and discover fun ways of bringing it out. Learn how to loosen up, have fun, and enjoy the musical energy using your own voice and various instruments.

Our neighborhood is fresh and diverse and fun! Let's get to know our neighbors. We can go to trivia nights at the bars, take a tour of the Buddhist center, listen to local jazz, enjoy brunch at many of the great local spots, catch a performance at Columbia College, watch a game at the local watering holes, see great comedy at the Arie Crown Theater, plan a hiking trip, enjoy the museums, etc. If you are open minded, social, 30-40s and live in South Loop and want to meet your neighbors - this is …

From the same people who bring you the already successful "Chicago Piano Meetup Group", we are excited to launch this new group!   This Workshop Series will bring together like-minded piano enthusiasts who are interested in the deeper "study" of performance - where we can challenge each other to learn and perform new pieces and then act as a [friendly] group of teachers to each other to share ideas and help us all improve as pianists!   The format can be summarized as: Quarterly “workshops”, ea …