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Alley entrance. Neo was a nightclub located at 2350 N. Clark St. in the Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park.Established on July 25, 1979 [1] Neo was the oldest [2] or one of the oldest [3] running nightclubs in Chicago and was a hangout and venue for a variety of musicians and artists, including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and U2.
The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968, as the Electric Theater [1] by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence).
Sue Miller of Lounge Ax was the club's booking agent and helped develop the early independent music scene in Chicago by her support of local and touring punk and indie bands of the day. She booked many unknown bands at West End that later became highly influential in the punk , alternative , and indie scenes.
O'Banion's was a nightclub located at 661 N. Clark St. in Chicago's River North neighborhood. Named for Chicago Irish gangster Dion O'Banion, it was established in June 1978, inside what had formerly been McGovern’s Saloon (itself an infamous Chicago gangster bar where a young O'Banion had performed as a singing waiter) as well as a series of strip clubs and gay bars.
Located at 206 South Jefferson Street in Chicago, [3] the club was made out of a three-story former factory. The Warehouse drew in around five hundred patrons from midnight Saturday to midday Sunday. The Warehouse was patronized primarily by gay black and Latino men, [4] who came to dance to disco music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie ...
The Cellar became a popular venue, providing teenagers from the region with a place to congregate, listen to British-tinged Chicago blues rock, and to dance. [3] It also hosted talented psychedelic rock regional house bands, such as the Shadows of Knight (who recorded their Raw 'n' Alive at the Cellar, Chicago 1966! album there), [4] The Ides of March, The Buckinghams, The Mauds, H.P ...
The Antioch resident will join more than 50,000 runners expected to make the 26.2-mile trek through the city on Sunday for the city’s 46th marathon, now called the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
The club was the epitome of the golden age of entertainment, and it hosted a wide variety of performers, from singers to comedians to vaudeville acts. [1] A "new" Chez Paree opened briefly in the mid-1960s on 400 N. Wabash Avenue and was seen in the film Mickey One with Warren Beatty .