• Black Label Movement

    Baird Center North - Baird Ballroom E - 4th floor
    Dance

    Black Label Movement invites you into an evening of uncompromising physicality and vivid storytelling.This showcase features a stirring excerpt from Rules of Life, a boundary-blurring world premiere coming January 2026 where choreography collides with glioblastoma cancer research—crafting a visceral exploration of biology, human connection, and the very rules that govern life itself. Paired with Carl […]

  • Chicago Tap Theatre “Unleash the Beats”

    Baird Center North - Baird Ballroom E - 4th floor
    Dance

    Chicago Tap Theatre performs exclusively with live music provided by some of Chicago’s finest musicians playing everything from Duke Ellington to David Bowie, and many artists in between. Chicago Tap Theatre is a vibrant dance company with a unique mission to preserve the quintessentially American dance form of tap and to take tap to the […]

  • Will Holiday’s The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show

    Baird Center North - Baird Ballroom C - 4th floor
    Dance

    Don’t settle for mediocre Holiday entertainment, set your dial to 1225 AM for the “progressively nostalgic” programming of The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show! The last great musical variety retro radio show, broadcasting live from the N-O-E-L Radio Studios. This original show is packed with the spirit of Christmas’ past, present, and future and will knock […]

  • DC & The Love

    Baird Center North - Baird Ballroom C - 4th floor
    Dance

    A Chicago-based band led by songwriter and legendary bass player Dennis Carroll, DC & The Love brings together a group of premier musicians celebrated for their superb musicianship and originality. Featuring Dennis Carroll’s genre-defying music, ear-catching melodies and poignant lyrics, DC & The Love has evolved into one of the most exciting and cutting-edge bands […]