The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

High-Hat Club is very excited to have Diana and the Dishes the first Wednesday of the month!   You can always count on Chicago band DIANA & THE DISHES to deliver an eclectic, clever, and infectiously tuneful musical package. What’s more, they wrap it in such a sonic power punch that you’ll never know what hit you. Since forming in late 2008 around pianist/singer/songwriter, Diana Lawrence, the band has played a slew of Chicago hot spots, including Martyrs’, Subterranean, the…

Petra’s Recession Seven is a seven piece jazz band formed by vocalist Petra van Nuis during the Great Recession of 2008. When the recession hit and venues began downsizing to smaller groups, slashing pay, and/or cutting live music altogether, things looked grim. Somehow, despite the financial situation, Petra decided to think big. She assembled the fantastic all-star line-up of internationally known Chicago veterans and the band was born with a debut performance at Chicago’s legendary Green Mill. The traditional/swing music they specialize in seemed…

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

Sadsacks and Wisecracks is a dynamic and hilarious weekly showcase featuring the best artists from every genre of Chicago comedy. Hosted by the daffy and diabolical Natalie Jose. Check up on the Sadsacks’ Facebook page to see who’s playing this week! Show starts at 8pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

Chicago-based jazz vocalist Paul Marinaro, dubbed as having “one of the most plush baritones in Chicago – or just about anywhere else” by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune, is a modern classic. While his vocal style is peppered with traces of his influences, he has successfully forged his own sound and personality; his performances all possess a fresh, playful, and inventive sense of rhythm and melody, and an expansive repertoire. Show at 8:30pm.  $10 cover.  No reservations.

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

There’s a source in rock n’ roll music, a well from which most of the great musicians and songwriters have drank deeply. Born in the Mississippi delta and raised on the streets of Chicago’s south side, the Blues is often recognized as the source. The Black Oil Brothers draw from the same well their heroes have, but what comes out is invariably their own. Utilizing everything they can beg borrow or steal – acoustic, electric and resonator steel guitars, banjos, harmonicas, mandolins, drums,…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Lawrence Peters Outfit, one of the High-Hat’s newest resident groups, is a scrappy honky tonk band from Chicago, boasting a mutt pedigree as long as any you’ll find in the city’s country music scene.  The group’s sound is deep-rooted in generations of country music tradition, with debts owed to Webb Pierce, Jimmy Martin, Hank Williams Sr., Harlan Howard, Dwight Yoakam and Ola Belle Reed.  Lawrence Peters sings and plays snare drum, leading the band through his finely crafted originals,…

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

High-Hat Club is very excited to have Diana and the Dishes the first Wednesday of the month!   You can always count on Chicago band DIANA & THE DISHES to deliver an eclectic, clever, and infectiously tuneful musical package. What’s more, they wrap it in such a sonic power punch that you’ll never know what hit you. Since forming in late 2008 around pianist/singer/songwriter, Diana Lawrence, the band has played a slew of Chicago hot spots, including Martyrs’, Subterranean, the…

Petra’s Recession Seven is a seven piece jazz band formed by vocalist Petra van Nuis during the Great Recession of 2008. When the recession hit and venues began downsizing to smaller groups, slashing pay, and/or cutting live music altogether, things looked grim. Somehow, despite the financial situation, Petra decided to think big. She assembled the fantastic all-star line-up of internationally known Chicago veterans and the band was born with a debut performance at Chicago’s legendary Green Mill. The traditional/swing music they specialize in seemed…

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

One of Chicago’s most respected cabaret artists, Whistling J. Walter will be playing his trademark set of stripped-down, old-time jazz, blues, and country western. An expert in obscure but sparkling B-Sides from the American songbook, this piano man and guitarist unearths classics you’ll likely be hearing for the first time. Whisteling J. Walter will perform at the High-Hat every First Sunday; his show is always free. Show starts at 3:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

Chicago-based jazz vocalist Paul Marinaro, dubbed as having “one of the most plush baritones in Chicago – or just about anywhere else” by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune, is a modern classic. While his vocal style is peppered with traces of his influences, he has successfully forged his own sound and personality; his performances all possess a fresh, playful, and inventive sense of rhythm and melody, and an expansive repertoire. Show at 8:30pm.  $10 cover.  No reservations.

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

There’s a source in rock n’ roll music, a well from which most of the great musicians and songwriters have drank deeply. Born in the Mississippi delta and raised on the streets of Chicago’s south side, the Blues is often recognized as the source. The Black Oil Brothers draw from the same well their heroes have, but what comes out is invariably their own. Utilizing everything they can beg borrow or steal – acoustic, electric and resonator steel guitars, banjos, harmonicas, mandolins, drums,…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Lawrence Peters Outfit, one of the High-Hat’s newest resident groups, is a scrappy honky tonk band from Chicago, boasting a mutt pedigree as long as any you’ll find in the city’s country music scene.  The group’s sound is deep-rooted in generations of country music tradition, with debts owed to Webb Pierce, Jimmy Martin, Hank Williams Sr., Harlan Howard, Dwight Yoakam and Ola Belle Reed.  Lawrence Peters sings and plays snare drum, leading the band through his finely crafted originals,…

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

High-Hat Club is very excited to have Diana and the Dishes the first Wednesday of the month!   You can always count on Chicago band DIANA & THE DISHES to deliver an eclectic, clever, and infectiously tuneful musical package. What’s more, they wrap it in such a sonic power punch that you’ll never know what hit you. Since forming in late 2008 around pianist/singer/songwriter, Diana Lawrence, the band has played a slew of Chicago hot spots, including Martyrs’, Subterranean, the…

Petra’s Recession Seven is a seven piece jazz band formed by vocalist Petra van Nuis during the Great Recession of 2008. When the recession hit and venues began downsizing to smaller groups, slashing pay, and/or cutting live music altogether, things looked grim. Somehow, despite the financial situation, Petra decided to think big. She assembled the fantastic all-star line-up of internationally known Chicago veterans and the band was born with a debut performance at Chicago’s legendary Green Mill. The traditional/swing music they specialize in seemed…

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

As a performer, Mike Maimone leaves it all on the stage. Sean Moeller of Daytrotter said he “goes from a tame resting heart rate, living beneath a harvest moon, to pure adrenaline — instantaneously. He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most.” Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007 as a solo artist, with his band Mutts, and as keyboardist for other acts.  COLLAB/CORRUPT is a free live music throwdown between songwriting travelers, thieves…

There’s a source in rock n’ roll music, a well from which most of the great musicians and songwriters have drank deeply. Born in the Mississippi delta and raised on the streets of Chicago’s south side, the Blues is often recognized as the source. The Black Oil Brothers draw from the same well their heroes have, but what comes out is invariably their own. Utilizing everything they can beg borrow or steal – acoustic, electric and resonator steel guitars, banjos, harmonicas, mandolins, drums,…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Lawrence Peters Outfit, one of the High-Hat’s newest resident groups, is a scrappy honky tonk band from Chicago, boasting a mutt pedigree as long as any you’ll find in the city’s country music scene.  The group’s sound is deep-rooted in generations of country music tradition, with debts owed to Webb Pierce, Jimmy Martin, Hank Williams Sr., Harlan Howard, Dwight Yoakam and Ola Belle Reed.  Lawrence Peters sings and plays snare drum, leading the band through his finely crafted originals,…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

High-Hat Club is very excited to have Diana and the Dishes the first Wednesday of the month!   You can always count on Chicago band DIANA & THE DISHES to deliver an eclectic, clever, and infectiously tuneful musical package. What’s more, they wrap it in such a sonic power punch that you’ll never know what hit you. Since forming in late 2008 around pianist/singer/songwriter, Diana Lawrence, the band has played a slew of Chicago hot spots, including Martyrs’, Subterranean, the…

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.

Every Wednesday join us for our free cocktail hour set with renowned Chicago pianist Paul Asaro and vocalist Beulah Lee as they start the night off with some ragtime jazz. 6-8pm. No Cover. No Reservations. 21+

The Blackout Diaries is a comedy show were standup comedians, plus ‘regular’ people (cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.) tell true drinking stories.  Then you, the audience, can ask questions.  The show was created by its host, Sean Flannery. The show has been a critics’ pick by most major Chicago papers and has been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more.  Sean was even named the best drunk in Chicago by The Chicago Reader, though we are trying still trying to figure out…

The High-Hat’s new open mic series for stand up comedians hosted by J.W. Basilo.  Come out and test some new material. Starts at 10pm.  No cover.  No reservations.

The High-Hat Second Line is the Club’s very own house brass band, bringing you the music of New Orleans every Tuesday night. The Second Line is: Joe Goltz: Trombone Ben Bell-Bern: Trumpet Amir Gray: Tuba Pete Nocito: Drums Show starts at 8:30.  No cover.  No reservations.