An undisputed expert in the fine art of making hit music, Jim Messina’s legacy of musical genius spans five decades, three super groups, a vibrant solo career and scores of...
More hits than anyone can count. Record sales well into the multi-millions. And a roller coaster ride of electric instrumentation, timeless balladry, unpredictable jamming. It’s the ultimate sing-a-long experience. Guess...
Peter Noone was a part of the original “British Invasion” as lead singer of the legendary Sixties pop band Herman’s Hermits. He returns to The Arcada stage with his annual...
Prepare to embark on a mesmerizing journey through the golden era of psychedelic blues and the seeds of the ‘jam band’ scene as Live Dead and Brothers takes the stage....
Honeymoon Suite is a Candian Rock band formed in 1981. It’s current members consist of Johnnie Dee, Derry Grehan, Peter Nunn, Gary Lalonde, and Dave Betts. Honeymoon Suite is named...
In 1977, Debby Boone earned instant fame when “You Light Up My Life” became one of the biggest songs in history, charting #1 on Billboard for ten straight weeks and...
Nazareth rose from playing the pubs, clubs and dance halls of their native Scotland to become one of the most successful rock bands in the world. They were the pioneers...
No one can argue BS&T invented a new style of music. Blood, Sweat & Tears is not the first band to ever use a horn section, but they are the...
Black Sabbath/Dio drummer Vinny Appice is now touring with his ultimate Black Sabbath /Dio show, called Sabbath Knights. They will be performing classic hits From Black Sabbath & Dio, along...
THIS IS AN ADD-ON TO A TICKET. YOU MUST HAVE A TICKET TO ATTEND! PACKAGE INCLUDES: Photo opportunity with each band – please bring your camera phone Exclusive laminate 1...
Now in their fourth decade of making music, continuing the tradition that they helped create, Saxon are still a tour de force in heavy metal music. The Band is comprised...
The Ultimate Eric Church Tribute Band is a high-energy group that has taken the country music scene by storm. With a frontman who looks and sounds like Eric Church himself,...
The Parental Advisory Tour will feature Josey Scott’s Saliva, Trapt, Adema, Tantric & special guest One Day Alive. Josey Scott is best known as the former lead vocalist of the...
Individually, they’re Devon Allman and Duane Betts, two solo artists and modern-day guitar heroes who’ve both spent years creating their own version of American roots music. Together, they’re the leaders of...
Jack Russell is one of the founding members, primary songwriter, and the original vocalist for Great White. Jack is an entertaining front man with his sharp-witted sense of humor. He...
ProgJect is the ultimate Prog Rock experience, performing the Classics & Epics of Genesis, YES, King Crimson, ELP, Pink Floyd, Rush, and more! The band consists of Mike Keneally (guitar/vocals), Ryo...
Lita Ford is an English-born American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, before embarking on a...
A special Father’s Day celebration! “Uncle Louie” and “Pasqualino” have taken the internet community by storm with their characterizations about growing up Italian! Millions of views and many live shows...
Family has always been at the center of things for Los Lonely Boys. Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza have been playing and touring together since they were teenagers. After a...
The 5-piece, All-Star ensemble, quickly gained a reputation for flipping the ‘Tribute Band’ script on its head, with exploratory performances of iconic and deep cut Pink Floyd classics, David Gilmour-centric...
Jenene Caramielo delivers a stunning tribute show to the legendary Celine Dion, accompanied by a live band. Her breathtaking vocals deliver goosebumps and leave audiences awestruck worldwide. She brings to life the iconic songs of one of the greatest vocalists of our time. She commands the stage and bares her soul for all to see as she belts out new and classic hits like “I Drove all Night,” “Power of Love” and “Courage” to name a few. This is a must-see show for any fan of Celine Dion or anyone who appreciates exceptional live music.
This is Elton! Crash land into your seat with The Rocket Man Show, starring Scotsman Rus Anderson – Elton John’s official 70’s body double as featured in the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ world tour promo videos and photos. Chosen by the man himself, Rus’ performance pilots a night of Elton’s greatest hits, gorgeous costumes and fierce piano playing. Currently featured on E!’s ‘Clash of the Cover Bands’, Rus’ portrayal of Elton has been described as “Amazing” by Jimmy Fallon and “Phenomenal” by Queen’s Adam Lambert.
Creedence Revived has rapidly become one of the most highly sought-after tribute bands in the world. The group is made up of four of Chicago’s & LA’s most talented and eclectic musicians – consisting of an award winning vocalist nicknamed “the chameleon” in the industry for his unique ability to shift his vocal to match the style of any vocalist, a world-renowned blues guitarist who attracts blues fans from around the world, a studio bassist who has a appeared on many top charting albums, and a drummer who sells out theaters on his own based solely on his unique playing style. …Rich Perez has the swagger and voice needed to portray the music the way it should be. It’s more than a sound, it’s heart and soul, and they have it. They do the music with respect and energy and the feel is spot on. I worked my butt off to get the sound and feel of the music and Rich, next to me, is the man. I’m telling you this because I have the best insight into CCR than anyone outside of the original band members and Creedence Revived has my approval and endless support.” -John “Bulldog” Tristao , Lead Singer for 21 years of Creedence Clearwater Revisited
Meet Traci! A long time Swiftie and our leading lady. Traci does her best to recreate a fun, family friendly experience that Swifties of all ages can enjoy. Her favorite...
A lighthouse keeper finds a little girl who is washed ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and tries...
Tommy Katona and Texas Flood have become one of the premier blues bands in all of North Texas. Evolving from the original tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood pays tribute to the legends as well as the future of…
When you wake up and want to put a smile on your face, you think of the songs that always manage to reach down and touch your soul the moment...
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,...
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!
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...
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!
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.
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...
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.
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...
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!
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.
Among the most inventive and influential bands in the history of popular music, 10cc are one of the very few acts to have achieved commercial, critical and creative success in...
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...
After four decades, dozens of classic songs, and hundreds of shows, multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist ALDO NOVA can finally be seen live and kicking with...
With over fifty years in show business, Ricky Skaggs is a true Bluegrass and Country music legend. The fifteen-time Grammy Award winner, Country Music Hall of Famer (among many other Hall of Fame inductions) and the “Master Fidler” brings his fabulous and inspirational Bluegrass, Country and Gospel show to The Arcada stage after a sold-out show. Notable hits include “Country Boy,” ” Highway 40 Blues,” ” Honey (Open That Door),” “Heartbroke,”, and so many more!
We open at 5PM for dinner. Live entertainment begins about 8:30. An entertainment fee of $15 will be added to your bill once live music begins.
The dance floor will be rocking for an Old School Dance Party and Special Salute to Tina Turner with Brandye Phillips. It’s our time to celebrate “The Queen of Rock ‘N Roll”!
Reservations strongly encouraged!
Prepare for an unparalleled musical experience as “OUR HOUSE: The Music of CSNY” assembles to perform the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young repertoire with an extraordinary ensemble of FAMILY & FRIENDS. What sets this apart is the stellar, historic lineup, featuring: James Raymond (son of David Crosby) Astrid Young (sister of Neil Young) Steve Postell (guitarist & musical director with David Crosby & The Immediate Family) Chris Pierce (handpicked by Neil Young to support his 2023 tour) Jeff Pevar (lead guitar David Crosby, Graham Nash, CSN, Phil Lesh) Steve DiStanislao (drums David Crosby, David Gilmour) Michelle Wills (keyboards David Crosby) Elijah Thomson (bass Father John Misty) And featuring legendary CSNY photographer Henry Diltz with CSNY recording engineer Stephen Barncard spinning ‘Tall Tales’ that can be heard nowhere else except on this tour. Audiences can anticipate a journey through classic hits such as “Déjà vu,” “Wooden Ships,” “Helpless,” and “Carry On,” delivered with the finesse that only OUR HOUSE, The Music of CSNY performed by FAMILY & FRIENDS can provide.
A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge? Live accompaniment provided by Chicagoland’s premiere organist Jay Warren!
FESTIVAL IS HELD ON TAYLOR STREET BETWEEN ASHLAND AND THROOP.
Taylor Street is one of the most historic neighborhoods in Chicago. From the late 1800s to about the 1950s, this area was a hub for Italian immigrants to settle and establish their families. It soon became Chicago’s “Official” Little Italy. Chicago’s Little Italy Festa-Taylor Street celebrates the great history of the neighborhood and the rich culture of the generations of Italians who settled there decades ago. Fabulous food from award-winning area restaurants, several stages of continuous family entertainment, quality merchandise from Italy, and colorful cultural attractions make this event one of the most popular of the summer. Sponsored by Little Italy Chicago Neighborhood Association and Produced by Ron Onesti (who was born on Taylor Street) of Onesti Entertainment, Owner of The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Operator of the Des Plaines Theatre.
Festival Hours are Thursday 8/8 and Friday 8/9: 5PM – 10PM, Saturday 8/10: 12noon to 10PM, Sunday 8/11: 11am – 10PM
Black Flag – Performing TWO sets including The First Four Years in its Entirety!! Plus “The Best of The Best “!! Black Flag is an American punk rock band formed...
Son of the legendary American salsa and Latin jazz musician Tito Puente, Tito Puente, Jr. has big shoes to fill. And boy does he! Always honoring his father’s legacy, Tito...
A spirited blend of originality and the pursuit of excellence have taken Hotel California “A Salute to the Eagles” to a level of recognition normally reserved for Gold and Platinum...
As the founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the metal rock band RATT, Stephen Pearcy has captured critical acclaim for his performances, style, and uniquely salacious vocals. RATT climbed up...
Buckethead wears a “Jason” mask, a KFC bucket on his head, and is one of the most mesmerizing, super-fast guitar shredders ever! He has received critical acclaim for his innovative...