VENUES: Chicago
select list compiled by
Christopher Popa
The Savoy Ballroom,
4733 S. Parkway Blvd.
Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W. Lawrence Ave.

Blackhawk Restaurant

Blue Note, 3 N. Clark St.
  Madison at Dearborn

Chicago Theatre

Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr.

Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan Ave.

Edgewater Beach Hotel, 5300 Sheridan Rd.

Granada Cafe, 6800 S. Cottage Grove Ave.

Grand Terrace, 3955 S. Parkway Blvd. [ ca. Dec. 1928 ];
  317 E. 35th St. [ ca. June 1937 ]

Hi-Note, 450 N. Clark St.

Holiday Ballroom, W. Lawrence Ave. and N. Milwaukee Ave.

Hudson-Ross [ store ], 8 E. Randolph St.

Lyon & Healy [ music store ], Wabash Ave. at Jackson Blvd.

Medinah Temple, 600 N. Wabash

Melody Mill Ballroom, 2401 S. Des Plaines, Riverside

Midway Garden Ballroom, S. Cottage Grove Ave. [ between E. 55th St. and
  E. 63rd St. ]

Oriental Theater, 24 W. Randolph St.

Palmer House, 17 E. Monroe

Preview Lounge, 7 W. Randolph St.

Regal Theater, 4719 S. Parkway Blvd.

Savoy Ballroom, 4733 S. Parkway Blvd.

Sherman Hotel

State-Lake Theater, 190 N. State St.

Temple Shalom, 3480 Lake Shore Dr.

Three Deuces, 222 N. State St.

Trianon Ballroom, 6201 S. Cottage Grove Ave.

White City Ballroom, E. 63rd St. and S. Parkway Blvd.

Willowbrook Ballroom, 8900 Archer Ave., Willow Springs

miscellaneous

see also  "Artie Shaw in Chicago: From Bronzeville to the Blue Note"



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