Long known as one of the best live acts in the business, The BoDeans continue to tour year round and continue to deliver amazing, high-energy performances.

Chart topping songs like “Fadeaway”, “Only Love”, and “Dreams” won them Rolling Stone‘s readers poll for Best New American Band in 1987, and they were part of a small contingent of bands that inspired a new radio format known as Adult Alternative Album Rock. Their reputation for delivering a dynamic live show garnered support slots with U2/”Joshua Tree” Tour, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, George Thorogood, The Pretenders, David Bowie, and appearances at Farm Aid, Summerfest, and ACL, among others. They’ve been featured on SNL, Letterman, Today, Imus, CNN, ESPN, and many more.

In the nearly 30 years that followed, the band released several albums which embody multiple more songs played heavily at radio, in TV shows, and movies, and defined a sound that a generation embraced–songs like “Good Things”, “You Don’t Get Much”, “Idaho”, “If It Makes You”, “Closer to Free”, “Stay”, “American”, and “All the World”, which was recently featured on CMT.

AFTER A SOLD-OUT SHOW LAST YEAR…THEY’RE BACK!!!  “Uncle Louie” and “Pasqualino” have taken the internet community by storm with their characterizations about growing up Italian!  Millions of views and many live shows all over the country, including The Arcada Theatre, have been met with loving audiences and standing ovations!  It is a GREAT show for the entire family, especially if you understand what it was like, growing up Italian!

He was a part of the original “British Invasion” as lead singer of the legendary Sixties pop band Herman’s Hermits. After a sold-out show in 2022, he is returning to the Des Plaines Theatre stage with his fun, comedic show and classic hits including: “I’m Into Something Good” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”, “I’m Henry VIII, I Am”, “There’s A Kind of Hush” and so many others.  The theatre will be FILLED with “NOONATICS!” 

Known as the best oldies/classic rock band in the Chicago area, Bagshot Row delivers a performance to remember. Performing the best music from the 50′s and 60′s, The Bagshots put their own identity on the best music of all time.
Bring your dancing shoes, sing, party along, and bring back some great memories with their irresistible music.

ROCKIN’ THE HOUSE FOR ST. JUDE!
A Little Bit Country & A Little Bit Rock ‘n Roll!
Join us at The Des Plaines Theatre for our annual St. Jude Fundraiser where we will be ROCKIN’ THE HOUSE FOR ST. JUDE!
Each year my husband Nick Psyhogios and I, along with Onesti Entertainment, produce a benefit concert for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and they include the top local entertainers! This year, their friends Josie Passantino-Boone and Tinamarie Passantino of the The Josie Music Awards based in Nashville will join us as co-hosts. The JMA’s are the largest independent award show internationally, and held at The Grand Ole Opry. They will be bringing some great Nashville stars to the Des Plaines Theatre for this show!

We will not only be ROCKIN’ THE HOUSE FOR ST. JUDE…but it will be “A Little Bit Country and A Little Bit Rock ‘n Roll” as THE CHICAGO HITMEN will also take the stage! Nick Psyhogios leads this group of a dozen musicians playing all your rock and roll hits!”
GET READY FOR SOME FUN on Sunday, April 23, 2023 Y’all!!”

Our Murder Mystery Events ALWAYS sell out! Bring your Valentine and Come play a role in solving a murder mystery in the theatre.  

DINNER: $ 65 Ticket includes Garden Salad, Homemade Cheese Ravioli with Sunday Sauce (meatless also available), Ron’s Famous Meatballs, Bread, Cookies, and Cannoli AND show!!  Gratuity is also included in the ticket price. Cash bar will be available.

PLOT:  The year is 1929 and Prohibition is at its height. Crime is a business and there are two top men. Phil Landers and Robin Banks. Phil Lander and six of his gang were surprised to see two police officers enter their warehouse at 10:30am on Valentine’s Day morning. Phil and his gang obliged the police officers, and lined up against the wall – surely they were used to the treatment, but when Robin Banks walked in after with two machine guns, one can only imagine what went through Phil Lander’s head. All seven men were killed where they stood by Robin Banks and the dirty cops. To celebrate, Banks is throwing a celebration!

The greatest rock opera ever created, The Lamb lies down on Broadway, the last collaborative effort between legendary Peter Gabriel and Genesis, is to be revived one last time… The end of an era.

The Musical Box, the only group in the world granted a licence from Peter Gabriel and Genesis, will recreate in its entirety the original 1974-75 performance in painstaking details, right down to the original slide show. One final chance to witness this unique live experience.

The show begins with the early years of Ed Sullivan and includes classic Beatles favorites such as She Loves You, Twist and Shout, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and many others. American English captures the very essence of John, Paul, George and Ringo!

Next, you’ll take a trip with American English as they recreate the psychedelic era of The Beatles. Every musical and visual detail is magically shaped in a colorful journey back in time. You’ll witness incredible versions of selections from Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. All the songs are performed completely live without any tapes or backing tracks.

And in the end, you’ll be transformed to a spectacular musical excursion of the final years of The Beatles partnership. Relive the years of The White Album, Let It Be, and Abbey Road. Moving renditions of songs such as Hey Jude, Something, and Let It Be, are sure to complete the tribute to The Beatles!

Back by popular demand…THUNDERSTRUCK:  America’s AC/DC tribute brings their decades of combined musicianship to every stage they play, expertly recreating the AC/DC live concert experience, just the way fans remember it! Singing all of your AC/DC favorites including “Highway To Hell”, “Hells Bells”, “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Back In Black”. 

Dedication to excellence is what separates U.S. metal heroes THE FOUR HORSEMEN from the ocean of ‘tribute’ bands. The only album-quality Metallica tribute band on the planet, they deliver the unforgettable, note-for-note perfect experience that is guaranteed to surpass even the wildest dreams of Metallica aficionados. The speed, the precision, the signature riffs, and the look – THE FOUR HORSEMEN are the real deal!

Leonid & Friends…all the way FROM RUSSIA!!!  If the hits of CHICAGO, one of the most popular bands in history, aren’t enough, add to it a bunch of additional songs you wouldn’t normally hear at a tribute show…PLUS an energy very few bands have!  These guys are incredible!  A sell out every time!

A tribute to Trans Siberian Orchestra and Classic Rock Holiday Experience. A visual and audio experience second to none. A 10 piece orchestra with a choir to back that up. Lights, Lasers, Snow, and much more. A show for the entire family, which has turned into a holiday tradition for all.

SCOTT STAPP is a Grammy award-winning songwriter, solo artist, and lead vocalist of the rock band Creed. Stapp has sold over 53 million records, been streamed over 1 billion times, and has eleven #1 singles. He’s currently in the studio recording the follow-up album to The Space Between The Shadows (2019), which debuted at the top of Rock and Album charts in the US and UK.

Robby Krieger, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and member of The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, is best known as the guitarist of The Doors.  Krieger co-wrote many of the Doors’ songs, including the hits “Light My Fire”, “Love Me Two Times”, Touch Me”, and “Love Her Madly” After The Doors dis-banded, Krieger continued his performing and recording career with other musicians including former Doors bandmates John Densmore and Ray Manzarek.  He was listed by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time