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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

 

 

 

 

January
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 1st

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

Don Roth’s Blackhawk
61 N Milwaukee Ave
Wheeling, IL

Farewell party for all employees past and present
of
Don Roth’s Blackhawk

Private Event
In 1926, the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks was the first band to play at the Blackhawk.  In 2010, the West End Jazz Band will be the last band to play at the Blackhawk.  It is fitting and an honor.  Lots of
Coon-Sanders music will be played.

Saturday 2nd

 

Recording Session

 

West End Jazz Band Vol. 9

Sunday 3rd

 

Recording Session

 

West End Jazz Band Vol. 9

Sunday 24th

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lincoln Inn
1345 S. Batavia Ave (Route 31)
Batavia, Illinois 60510

Happy 90th Birthday Party for Louise

Private Event
during the regular brunch
(
630) 879-7147

Friday 29th

8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Hackney’s Restaurant 123rd and LaGrange Road Palos Heights, Illinois

Reservations Requested

(708) 448-8300
Hackney's Web site

Saturday 30th

 

Recording Session

 

West End Jazz Band Vol. 9

Sunday 31st

 

Recording Session

 

West End Jazz Band Vol. 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 7th

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Forest View Education Center
2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights, IL

Concert with organist Dennis Scott and Silent Movie Short

Arlington Heights Community Concert Association

Saturday 13th

5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

St. Odilo’s
School Basement
2301 Clarence St. Berwyn, IL 60402

Mardi Gras Celebration
Free Admission! Food & Drinks
for Purchase

Public Welcome
St. Odilo’s Telephone
(708) 484-2161

Friday 19th

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Salt Creek Wine Bar
8900 Fairview Avenue
Brookfield, Illinois

Lite menu available

(708) 387-2432
Salt Creek Wine Bar Web Site

Saturday 20th 

 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Long Grove Village Tavern
135 Old McHenry Road Long Grove, Illinois 

Reservations Requested 

(847) 634-3117 
Village Tavern Web Site

Wednesday 24th 

7:30 PM

FitzGerald’s
6615 Roosevelt Road
Berwyn, Illinois

Concert in the Main Room

FitzGerald's
Web Site

Saturday 27th 

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Urban Ecology Center

1500 East Park
Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Lindy Hop Summit

Brew City Hops Dance Party

Semi-formal

For more info contact

Adam Baus

(414) 698-4142

brewcityhops@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 5th

7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Joplin’s Java and Ragtime Café
114 S. Genesee St. Suite 402
Waukegan IL 60085

Performance

847-775-1988 or 847-336-7624
Joplin’s Web Site

Sunday 7th

Approx.
1:00 p.m.

4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641
(North of Irving Park Road )

The Portage Theater
An afternoon of silent comedies
Pre-Film Festivities with Dennis Scott at the organ

The Portage Theater Web Site
(773) 736-4050
The Silent Film Society of Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 4th

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Milk Pail
1/2 mile North of I-90 on Route 25
East Dundee, Illinois
(Near Elgin)

Special Easter Sunday Brunch

Reservations
(847) 742-3379

Sunday 11th

Pre-Show

Music 1:30

Movie 2:15

Music Box Theater 3733 N. Southport Ave.  Chicago, IL 60613

773-871-6604

1920s music and then the silent film “Chicago” Accompanied by Dennis Scott

1928 silent feature is

the Roxie Hart Story

Wednesday 14th

Seating at 7:00 p.m.

Music starts at 7:30 p.m.

Back in the Day Café 8801 Ogden Ave Brookfield, Illinois

www.bitdc.com

An evening of hot jazz and great food

Tickets $25, includes music, salad, choice of entrée, dessert and beverage

Contact Ian at (708) 268-7873 for reservations

Saturday 24th

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

College of Du Page WDCB Radio Studio

Those Were the Days

40th Anniversary Radio Show

90.0 FM

Live performance throughout

Steve Darnall’s old time radio program

Saturday 24th

Evening

Chicago, Illinois

Wedding

Private Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 2nd

8:45 a.m. departure
7:15 p.m. return

Blue Lantern Dance Hall in Hudson Lake, Indiana

9th Annual Train Excursion
with buffet/band
dancing/movie
Dennis Scott at the organ

Map
CONTACT
Mike Bezin
e-mail

Sunday 9th

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Milk Pail
1/2 mile North of I-90 on Route 25
East Dundee, Illinois
(Near Elgin)

Special
Mother’s Day Sunday Brunch

Reservations
(847) 742-3379

Thursday 13th
Friday 14th
Saturday 15th

Various set times 

Ramada Inn
3094 16th Street Road I-64
Huntington, WV 25701

 

Coon-Sanders Reunion and Festival

For info call:
(304) 525-2137
or e-mail 

Sunday 16th

TBA

Lynchburg, VA

Wedding Reception

Private Event

Saturday 22nd

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Egyptian Theater DeKalb, Illinois

Wedding

Private Event

Sunday 30th

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

Concert at Central Pavilion 

More info

Monday 31st

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois

Memorial Day Concert at Central Pavilion 

More info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 6th

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Downtown

Sharon, Wisconsin

Model A Day Main Street Festival

Village of Sharon

Web Site

262-736-6246

Friday 18th

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Al Capone’s Hideaway
35W337 Riverside Dr
St. Charles, Illinois 60174

SPECIAL GUEST

Drummer Extraordinaire

Hal Smith from California

Private Event
Call toll-free 1-888-SCARFACE for directions

Saturday 19th

  Evening

Hillsdale, Michigan 

Kiwanis Club Fundraiser Dinner/Dance

SPECIAL GUEST

Drummer Extraordinaire

Hal Smith from California

 CONTACT
Alan Dimmers
(517) 437-7425

Sunday 20th 

 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Long Grove Village Tavern
135 Old McHenry Road Long Grove, Illinois 

Father’s Day

SPECIAL GUEST

Drummer Extraordinaire

Hal Smith from California

Reservations Requested 

(847) 634-3117 
Village Tavern Web Site

Friday 25th
Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th

Various Set Times 

Olympia, Washington 

20th Annual America’s Dixieland Jazz Festival

e-mail for info
Web Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 3rd

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

Concert at Central Pavilion 

More info

Sunday 4th

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

Trolley Pageant
Band Plays at the Central Pavilion

More info

Sunday 11th

2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Sawa’s Old Warsaw Restaurant

9200 Cermak Road

Broadview, Illinois 60155

Sunday Brunch Concert

(708) 343-9040

Web Site

 

Saturday 17th

4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Fairfield Orpheum Theater
Chicago  

Mortgage Burning Party

Private Event

Friday 23rd

7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641
(North of Irving Park Road )

The Portage Theater
Opening Night
Silent Film Festival
Pre-Film Festivities

The Portage Theater Web Site
(773) 736-4050
The Silent Film Society of Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 1st 

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Antique Transportation Day
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois

Concert at Central Pavilion. 
Every kind of vintage transportation mode imaginable on display!

More Info

Sunday 15th 

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

St. John Cantius
Church
825 N. Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60642

Parishioners’
Church Picnic
on the grounds 

 Free Will Offering
St. John's Web Site

Saturday 21st

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Lake Zurich
Country Club

Annual Lobster Boil for
Pepper Construction

Private Event

Friday 27th

7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641
(North of Irving Park Road )

The Portage Theater
Closing Night
Silent Film Festival
Pre-Film Festivities with Dennis Scott at the organ

The Portage Theater Web Site
(773) 736-4050
The Silent Film Society of Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 4th

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Chicago Jazz Festival

The Jazz & Heritage Stage

ChicagoFestivals

Monday 6th
Labor Day

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois

Concert at Central Pavilion

More info

Sunday 12th 

 3:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. EST

Oak Ridge Country Club
513 Pontaluna Rd. Muskegon, Michigan 49444
(231) 798-3660 

Concert
West Shore Jazz Society

CONTACT
Bill Blakeman

(231) 759-0071

Saturday 18th

12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.

709 Meadow Park Drive

Clinton, WI 53525

 

Alden Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

Contact

Lora Friedrichs

(608) 676-2202

Web Site

 

Saturday 18th

4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

Concert at Central Pavilion 

Members Day
(Public Welcome)
More info

Friday 24th

8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

International Association of Jazz Record Collectors Convention
 Crowne Plaza Hotel

2875 N. Milwaukee Ave. Northbrook, IL 60062

Concert focusing on Hot Dance arrangements of obscure 1920s and 1930s tunes

Public Welcome
$10 cover charge for
non-conventioneers
IAJRC web site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 2nd

4:00 p.m. to

7:00 p.m.

Downtown

Long Grove, Illinois

Apple Festival

Web Site

Friday, 15th

7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Joplin’s Java and Ragtime Café
114 S. Genesee St. Suite 402
Waukegan IL 60085

Performance

847-775-1988 or 847-336-7624
Joplin’s Web Site

Sunday 17th

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Garfield Park Conservatory Chicago

Wedding

Private Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 7th

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (doors open at noon)

Coliseum Bar

232 East Olin Ave.

Madison, Wisconsin

Concert

Madison Jazz Society

$20 for MJS members;

$25 for

non-members

Contact

Linda Marty Schmitz

(608) 850-5400

Society Web Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 3rd

5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Sharon Community Center

Victorian Christmas Celebration

Village of Sharon

Web Site

262-736-6246

Saturday 4th

Evening

Long Grove Village Tavern
135 Old McHenry Road Long Grove, Illinois 

Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition Party

Reservations Requested 

(847) 634-3117 
Village Tavern Web Site

Saturday 11th

4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Fairfield Orpheum Theater
Chicago  

Hot Dance
Christmas Party 

Private Event

Sunday, 12th

11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The Westin

70 Yorktown Center Lombard Illinois 60148

Pepper Construction Christmas Party Brunch

Private Event

Thursday 16th

7:30 p.m.

Irish Times Pub

8869 Burlington

Brookfield IL

Brookfield Jazz Society

Christmas Party

Members Only – Private Event

Sunday 25th

All Day

Merry Christmas!

Silent Night
Holy Night

“God rest ye merry gentlemen”

 Tuesday 31st

7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Chestnut Square on the Glen
2601 Chestnut Ave
Glenview, Illinois

New Year’s Eve Party  

 Private Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January
2011

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April

2011

time

place

info

more

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 1st,  Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd

Various  

Port Angeles,
Washington
 

Jazz in the Olympics Festival  

CONTACT
gstradjazz@gmail.com

Jazz in the Olympics Web Site

 

 

 

 

 

May
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 1st

8:40 a.m. departure
7:15 p.m. return

Blue Lantern Dance Hall in Hudson Lake, Indiana

10th Annual Train Excursion
with buffet/band
dancing/movie
Dennis Scott at the organ

Map
CONTACT
Mike Bezin
e-mail

Ticket Order Form and Flyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

2011

time

place

info

more

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 5th

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Downtown

Sharon, Wisconsin

Model A Day Main Street Festival

Village of Sharon

Web Site

262-736-6246

Friday 24th
Saturday 25th
Sunday 26th

Various Set Times 

Olympia, Washington 

20th Annual America’s Dixieland Jazz Festival

e-mail for info
Web Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 22nd

Saturday 23rd

Sunday 24th

TBA

Davenport, Iowa

Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival

Web Site