Whether you’ve lived your life with this music as the soundtrack or are a modern concert enthusiast, ‘Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam’ is bound to leave you much more fulfilled, delighted, and buoyant— and that much closer to the brilliance of the music of Dave Mason. To see this extraordinary guitar player, a soulful singer LIVE...
We open at 5PM for dinner. Live entertainment begins about 8:30. An entertainment fee of $10 will be added to your bill once live music begins.
Rick Lindy has a voice as big as Texas… Greg Nash plays tasty, prolific guitar licks, Bob Graf has the ‘magic touch’ on the Hofner bass, Al Wagner never misses a beat on the drums, and Gary “Sonic” Bloom tickles the ivories on the Piano in a style that Jerry Lee Lewis would approve of! This line up offers high energy that captivates audiences of all ages.
The entertainment fee is $10. Reservations strongly encouraged.
The Last Waltz (A Tribute to The Band) Tickets are now on sale for SoundTracks of a Generations homage to the Iconic Rock group THE BAND takes a slight turn from when we performed at the Arcada in January of 2020 The Premise of the show has always and will always be built around the...
JOIN US EVERY SUNDAY FOR OUR SINATRA MUSIC SUNDAYS! RON’S FAMOUS ITALIAN FEAST AND THE SONGS OF SINATRA! This week’s singer is Jack D'Amico! MENU Italian Salad, Homemade Cheese Ravioli or Penne Pasta with “Sunday” Meat Gravy (meatless also available), Ron’s Meatballs, Taylor Street Sausage and Peppers, Garlic Bread and a Cannoli to finish! Only...
This guy is AMAZING! His show is an historic throwback to the origin of Rock and Roll with EVERY song being a classic!! Then, the place goes up for grabs when he performs one of the most iconic songs AND dances in history! 2020 marked the 60th Anniversary of the release of "The Twist" Chubby will amaze you with his music & his moves while you follow along as the DANCE FLOOR WILL BE OPEN! A Rock and Roll piece of history!
Good Clean Fun delivers an exciting, engaging show featuring a playlist of party hits that spans over 7 decades! Featuring former and current members of national touring acts like 'Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone,' Good Clean Fun is no stranger to entertaining. Good Clean Fun has shared the bill with top acts like Jay and The Americans and Chubby Checker, and have opened for Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers and Tommy James & The Shondells! Performing everyone's favorite dance hits from every decade, it's easy to understand why Good Clean Fun has quickly become one of the most requested party bands!
Announcing Wednesdays and Thursdays LIVE at Bourbon 'N Brass in Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy, located on the 2nd floor of the Des Plaines Theatre. Local musicians will be invited to perform in the intimate Speakeasy, allowing them to showcase their talent in this brand-new Speakeasy. These events are FREE with food and hand-crafted cocktails available...
The BanGos are an all-female tribute band to the Bangles and the GoGo’s. The band is comprised of five seasoned musicians who have come together to pay tribute to these two iconic bands from the 1980’s. Lead singer Rita Posillico is a multi-talented musician and vocalist who delivers an unbelievable live performance with her explosive energy and...
Announcing Wednesdays and Thursdays LIVE at Bourbon 'N Brass in Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy, located on the 2nd floor of the Des Plaines Theatre. Local musicians will be invited to perform in the intimate Speakeasy, allowing them to showcase their talent in this brand-new Speakeasy. These events are FREE with food and hand-crafted cocktails available...
Club Arcada will be open from 5PM to Midnight. Our dinner menu is available until about 10:30pm. We offer a lite bites menu from 10:30pm to close. If you chose to stay for the live entertainment beginning at 8:30pm, the entertainment fee is $10. Reservations strongly encouraged!
The BanGos are an all-female tribute band to the Bangles and the GoGo’s. The band is comprised of five seasoned musicians who have come together to pay tribute to these two iconic bands from the 1980’s. Lead singer Rita Posillico is a multi-talented musician and vocalist who delivers an unbelievable live performance with her explosive energy and...
Kip Winger and the boys are “Rockin’ Regulars” at The Arcada! The show is just so good! The band’s top singles including “Seventeen”, “Headed For A Heartbreak” and “Miles Away” are just three of the Metal rock tunes that make it a night when everybody stands the entire show! In 2023, Winger celebrated their 35th Anniversary – come celebrate 35 of Winger with us!!! Midwest rockers, HOODLUM JOHNNY, will be opening for Winger!
Since the early eighties, “1964” – Tribute to The Beatles has been thrilling audiences around the globe by taking them on journey through a quintessential moment in music history that will live forever. Over twenty years of researching and performing have made “1964” masters of their craft. They are hailed by critics and fans alike...
Big Suit is a collective of nine musicians drawn to the cerebral adventures, infectious rhythms, and pioneering music known to the world as the Talking Heads. This funk–rock ensemble of stellar musicians offers up a truly inspirational, once-in-a-lifetime connection. If you wish to experience the Talking Heads, this is a must; An all-hits show including “Burning Down The House,” “Take Me To The River,” “And She Was,” and many more.
Charlie Otto was the founder of the cult darlings This Must be the Band. He's had the honor of playing alongside many amazingly talented people including some of his musical idols, such as Umphrey's McGee, members of King Crimson, and Smashing Pumpkins. "Charlie Otto + His Gear" is his first solo project, running on the cutting edge of both music and video performance. The songs are not experimental, they are fully developed songs. The lyrics and chords are gushing with feeling, the drums are throbbing, the synths are huge, and it's very electronic while still achieving rock and roll status.
Club Arcada will be open from 5PM to Midnight. Our dinner menu is available until about 10:30pm. We offer a lite bites menu from 10:30pm to close. If you chose to stay for the live entertainment beginning at 8:30pm, the entertainment fee is $10. Reservations strongly encouraged!
Jimmy Nick is an old-fashioned, guitar slinging blues prodigy who spent his teenage years being schooled by legendary bluesmen in the famous Chicago clubs of Kingston Mines, Rosa’s Lounge, and B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted. Jimmy has opened for the legendary Eddie Shaw, Bobby Rush, Toronzo Canon, Dick Dale, The Mike Wheeler Band, John Mayall, Ted Nugent, Samantha Fish, Pat Travers, Savoy Brown, Los Lonely Boys, Gov’t Mule, Kenny Wayne Shepard and more. Jimmy’s mission is to expose the next generation to the blues.
JOIN US EVERY SUNDAY FOR OUR SINATRA MUSIC SUNDAYS! RON’S FAMOUS ITALIAN FEAST AND THE SONGS OF SINATRA! Tony Ocean & Lee Stevens - Together on Stage Celebrating Lee's 80th Birthday!
MENU
Italian Salad, Homemade Cheese Ravioli or Penne Pasta with “Sunday” Meat Gravy (meatless also available), Ron’s Meatballs, Taylor Street Sausage and Peppers, Garlic Bread and a Cannoli to finish!
Only $24.95 per person! Kids 12 and under are only $12.95!
Entertainment from 3:30PM to 7:00PM
"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with Percival "Sailor" Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a U.S. Navt recruiting office, and, the next thing they know, both are in the Navy and aboard an overseas transport ship. Madelyn Phillips is on board and Scruggs is the...
Announcing Wednesdays and Thursdays LIVE at Bourbon 'N Brass in Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy, located on the 2nd floor of the Des Plaines Theatre. Local musicians will be invited to perform in the intimate Speakeasy, allowing them to showcase their talent in this brand-new Speakeasy. These events are FREE with food and hand-crafted cocktails available...
Celebrate the Delta Blues with an all-star musical lineup including Downtown Charie Brown Band, Donna Herula, and John Primer. Delta Blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues., originating in the Mississippi Delta. Guitar and harmonica are its dominant instruments; slide guitar is a hallmark of the style. Although Delta Blues existed in some...
Within the walls of HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS, you will find a true Bob Seger experience. With a rock-solid history of giving it their all at every performance and unwavering dedication to the do-it-yourself work ethic, the band has helped define the landscape of today’s top tribute acts. Bob Seger’s music put rock & roll back in...
Announcing Wednesdays and Thursdays LIVE at Bourbon 'N Brass in Bourbon 'N Brass Speakeasy, located on the 2nd floor of the Des Plaines Theatre. Local musicians will be invited to perform in the intimate Speakeasy, allowing them to showcase their talent in this brand-new Speakeasy. These events are FREE with food and hand-crafted cocktails available...
This event has been postponed. A rescheduled date will be announced shortly.
THE GREAT PRETENDERS – All-Star Tribute to THE PRETENDERS features SUZANNE CROSS, singer extraordinaire from the legendary Chicago group Deacon Blues. When you experience Suzanne performing Pretenders material, she becomes Chrissie Hynde. Their voices are one in the same – identical. You’ll get “goosebumps on your goosebumps” hearing THE GREAT PRETENDERS live! The Great Pretenders Group is made up of award-winning, truly All-star musicians. So Stop Your Sobbing and get Back On The Chain Gang because you’ll be the Talk Of The Town as you Show Me your Brass In Pocket. The Message of Love is I’ll Stand By You! Enjoy SUZANNE CROSS & THE GREAT PRETENDERS – and their astonishing take on this timeless music.
Club Arcada will be open from 5PM to Midnight. Our dinner menu is available until about 10:30pm. We offer a lite bites menu from 10:30pm to close. If you chose to stay for the live entertainment beginning at 8:30pm, the entertainment fee is $10. Reservations strongly encouraged.
Chicago’s Own Piano Man BAND is a 5-piece, high-energy, over-the-top Billy Joel and Elton John Tribute band! They will rock the house and throw in some extra songs to bring it home! This is a show you do not want to miss! Be a Big Shot or a Rocketman and bring the Uptown Girls for a great night of music!
EVIL WOMAN is widely recognized as America’s Premier Tribute to The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) due to their brilliant arrangements, flawless musicianship & superlative vocals. ELO’s fusion of Beatlesque-pop with classical arrangements rocketed the group to massive commercial success in the 1970s and 80s, generating numerous instantly-recognizable chart-topping hits and album sales in excess of...
Sole surviving member Carl Palmer, in association with the Estates of his bandmates Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, has announced the much anticipated WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS- THE RETURN OF EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Tour. The tour will actually reunite ELP LIVE ON STAGE through modern technology. After exploring the idea of a Hologram tour in detail, Palmer (with the Estates of Emerson and Lake) opted for what they felt was a more honest approach using live footage of Keith and Greg on massive video walls alongside Carl (and his band) playing LIVE on stage. The voice and instrumentation of Greg Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Keith Emerson will be mixed with Palmer’s onstage live drumming to magically reunite ELP once again. Paul McCartney’s duet with John Lennon at the end of his recent Got Back tour is a good idea of what ELP fans can expect from this show.
Club Arcada will be open from 5PM to Midnight. Our dinner menu is available until about 10:30pm. We offer a lite bites menu from 10:30pm to close. If you chose to stay for the live entertainment beginning at 8:30pm, the entertainment fee is $10. Reservations strongly encouraged! Velvet Rose Band is an extremely versatile group...
Don’t miss an evening of yacht rock classics as Sail On docks at the Des Plaines Theatre! It’ll be hit-after-hit-after-hit as Orleans, Walter Egan, and Peter Beckett the Voice of Player share the stage for one unforgettable evening. Enjoy hits from Fleetwood Mac, Christopher Cross, The Doobie Brothers, Eagles, and so many more!
ORLEANS is best known as the Pop/Rock band that brought you the classic 70s hits "Still The One", "Dance With Me",and "Love Takes Time". Co-founders Lance Hoppen and John Hall, along with long-standing member Lane Hoppen and relative newcomers Brady Spencer and Tom Lane deliver Orleans’ music with power, class, and integrity to appreciative audiences everywhere.
WALTER EGAN is a musician, singer, composer, writer, artist, sculptor, and general Renaissance man who is most widely known for his 1978 million-selling single record, Magnet and Steel, featured on his album “Not Shy.”
PETER BECKETT is perhaps best known as the singer and guitarist of the soft rock band PLAYER. The revival of “Yacht Rock” featuring the smooth rock of the ‘70s and ‘80s has been steadily growing and Baby Come Back is listed as one of the top ten “Yacht Rock” songs of all time.
EVIL WOMAN is widely recognized as America’s Premier Tribute to The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) due to their brilliant arrangements, flawless musicianship & superlative vocals. ELO’s fusion of Beatlesque-pop with classical arrangements rocketed the group to massive commercial success in the 1970s and 80s, generating numerous instantly-recognizable chart-topping hits and album sales in excess of 50,000,000. “Evil Woman”, “Turn To Stone”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”, and MORE
SoundTracks Of A Generation and Onesti Entertainment present THE tribute to The Summer Jam Watkins Glen concert of 1973! Featuring Rosehill Revival, Mr. Blotto & The Last Waltz Band. The Band, Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers Band fans are invited to help us commemorate the music that broke the attendance record of Woodstock with over 600,000. The Bill Graham FM production provided lights, staging and a 5000 watt sound system at the original Summer Jam held on the grounds of the infamous Watkins Glen Racetrack. No worries of mud because this show is happening inside the Arcada Theatre so this event will go on RAIN OR SHINE!
JOIN US EVERY SUNDAY FOR OUR SINATRA MUSIC SUNDAYS! RON’S FAMOUS ITALIAN FEAST AND THE SONGS OF SINATRA! This week’s singer is Tony Ocean!
MENU
Italian Salad, Homemade Cheese Ravioli or Penne Pasta with “Sunday” Meat Gravy (meatless also available), Ron’s Meatballs, Taylor Street Sausage and Peppers, Garlic Bread and a Cannoli to finish!
Only $24.95 per person! Kids 12 and under are only $12.95!
Entertainment from 3:30PM to 7:00PM
2024 is the Year Of The Dragon…Asia 2024 is Geoffrey Downes, Virgil Donati, John Mitchell and Harry Whitley.
In the Summer of 2023, Geoff Downes spear-headed a memorial concert to remember and celebrate the life of his late, much-loved friend and Asia co-founder member, the great John Wetton. At the concert, he invited rock n roll veteran John Mitchell – who had played with both Wetton and Downes in Icon and in Wetton’s own band – to join him on stage, taking on lead guitar duties. The duo were joined by new-comer Harry Whitley, who Downes had discovered and whose vocal talents so closely resembled that of Wetton’s it was nothing short of spine-tingling. Together they played a number of Asia’s chart-topping hits. The reception was uproarious and It became clear that something magical was happening. Perhaps, thought Downes, it was time to bring the songs of Asia to a whole new audience? The dragon began to stir once more.