5 Of Our Favorite Events In Chicago This Holiday Weekend
By Michelle Meywes Kopeny in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 23, 2016 4:20PM
Things slow down a bit as Christmas and Hanukkah fall together this weekend, but there are still some fun things to get out and do!
FRIDAY DECEMBER 23
TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: If you missed last week’s high-drama Christmas concert from Mannheim Steamroller, you’re in luck. The other epically intense holiday band, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, comes through town this Friday for a show at Allstate Arena. Progressive metal, laser lights, this show is like Christmas on steroids. Two shows at 3:30 and 8 p.m. Tickets start at $46.50.
SIMMER BROWN COMEDY: Celebrate the birth of a “Savior” with the Simmer Brown Comedy Collective this Friday at 8 p.m. Sam Norton (FOX's Laughs) and Sherman Edwards (FOX’s Empire) join founding producer, Prateek Srivastava for an evening of diverse laughs at the Bughouse Theater. Tickets are $10 in advance ($15 door).
SATURDAY DECEMBER 24
COMEDY FOR JEWS: Yeah, yeah, it’s Christmas Eve, but it’s also the first night of Hanukkah, and City Winery has a stand-up comedy show at 8 p.m. Chicago native Joel Chasnoff brings the show back home after three seasons in New York. He’ll regale the audience with tales of his service in the Israeli Army from his comic memoir The 188th Crybaby Brigade. John Roy and Second City-alum Aaron Freeman join him on the bill. Tickets are $20.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 25: CHRISTMAS
Image courtesy of Slippery Slope.
MISFITS CHRISTMAS: If you’re away from family and friends this Christmas, head to Slippery Slope at 7 p.m. for an Orphan Christmas. The Logan Square bar will have a Chinese takeout buffet, festive decor and plenty of company for Christmas misfits. (psst...they also have skeeball.) No cover.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF SING-A-LONG: Join others celebrating Hanukkah in a special sing-a-long showing of Fiddler on the Roof at The Music Box Theatre at 6 p.m. The Academy Award winning musical follows a Jewish family and their community struggling against growing anti-Semitism in 1905 Russia and features well-known songs like “If I Were A Rich Man” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.” Tickets are $12.