Windy City Hot Dog Fest 2025May 30, 2025Our first gig of summer will be at the Windy City Hot Dog Fest. We’re looking forward to seeing you all again! Sunday, June 1, 2:30pm We’ll be on the Community Stage on Milwaukee Ave near the intersection of Cicero and Irving Park. Details here: https://chicagoevents.com/event/windy-city-hot-dog-fest/… Read More ChickenFat, live at Manny’s DeliNovember 7, 2024We’re excited to be playing at historic Manny’s Deli on November 16. Come for a great meal and delightful music. ChickenFat Klezmer Orchestra November 16, 2024 6-8pm Manny’s Delicatessen 1141 S Jefferson St, Chicago, IL… Read More Make Music Chicago 2024June 21, 2024We had so much fun playing at Make Music Chicago last year that we’re excited to be doing it again! June 21Willye B White Park1610 W Howard7-8pm Full lineup here: https://makemusicday.org/chicago/listings/venues/8b98fac6-e65b-408a-9943-d5fc8657a75d… Read More ChickenFat at the Moods + Foods Performance Series 2023July 19, 2023We have a really wonderful time playing at the Moods + Foods Performance Series last year, and we’re excited to share we’ll be back this year! We’ll go on at 6pm, followed by our good friends Rent Party at 7pm. It outdoors, free, and kid-friendly. Hope to see you there! Moods & Foods Performance… Read More ChickenFat at Make Music Chicago 2023June 18, 2023Chicago shows its support for local music annually on June 21 with the event Make Music Chicago. Locations all over town will have free shows with great lineups. ChickenFat will be part of the festivities this year. It also happens to be the solstice, so come enjoy the longest day of the year with some… Read More
ChickenFat 10th Anniversary Show! Join us for a celebration of 10 years of ChickenFat! Our band started in 2008 as a class at the Old Town School of Folk Music. At the encouragement of our teachers, we started playing live shows that year. In 2009 we officially became the ChickenFat Klezmer Orchestra. Since then, we’ve played stages big and… Read More
A Delightful Time Was Had By All Thanks to everyone that came out for our show with The Polkaholics! So. much. fun. We hope to do it again. More photos from the show are here. Our next show is at the end of July: Sunday, July 26, 2015 The Atlantic Bar and Grill 5062 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL(map) 4-6pm… Read More