TWO VERY DIFFERENT SHOWS to send our Chicago singers Off to Paris:French flair with Barbara Smith and Friends and Chicago Sounds' 20 singers led by Anne & Mark Burnell

ANNE & MARK BURNELL

Be transported to Paris with a delightful show by Chicago cabaret performers Barbara Smith and Friends. Their concert "Off to Paris!” promises to deliver the charm of Parisian cabaret right here in beautiful Chicago. 

Featuring a wonderful lineup of talent, Barbara Smith presents Carolyn Broquet, Julia Hawkins, David Hoffman, Claudia Hommel, Tirzah Joy, Sonia Oyola, Lou Ella Rose, and Musical Directors Daniel Stetzel and Howie Pfeifer.

Step into the Gateway Lounge for a show brimming with French flair. Let's send off our Chicago artists on their French tour to participate in the Chicago Paris CabaretConnexion, a global singer exchange!

Tickets are $30, and proceeds will be donated to the Cabaret Connexion Scholarship Fund

4:00 pm Sunday, September 28 2025,

Gateway Lounge at Copernicus Center

5216 W Lawrence Ave, free parking lot

Event cost: $30 Ticket link: tinyurl.com/Barb2Paris

YOU and the Parisians are in for a panoply of musical genres that make Chicago sing! Blues, jazz, R&B, classical, musical theatre and burlesque.

On October 12, be immersed in “Chicago Sounds – Off to Paris”, the second of Cabaret Connexion previews as Chicago singers head to Paris for an international exchange. 

CPCx2025 performers include Carolyn Broquet, Anne Burnell, Valerie Chestnut, Deborah Good, Kathryn Hahn, Claudia Hommel, Elisabeth Howard, Tirzah Joy, Lauren Lassen, Ava Logan, Patricia Mosley, I’m M$ B’Havin, Sonia Oyola, Barbara Smith, The Swingin’ Sisters, Suzie Telep, Darryl Thomas, Beverly Tyree, Patricia Tyson, Robin Watson. 

Directed by Anne Burnell, and Howie Pfeifer and Mark Burnell at the piano. 

4:00 pm Sunday, October 12, 2025,

Gateway Lounge at Copernicus Center

5216 W Lawrence Ave, free parking lot

$30 and $40 VIP seating: Ticket link:

www.etix.com/ticket/p/61609283/chicago-sounds-off-to-paris-chicago-gateway-lounge