Event Details
Date: June 20, 2026
Start time: 08:00 p.m. CDT
Venue: The CheckOut
Summer Solstice Celebration with The Nest
$24.11
Sat Jun 20, 2026 08:00 p.m. CST
Doors open at 07:00 pm CST
The CheckOut
4116 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60613, United States
About
Join Stacy Rene and Emmy Bean to celebrate the coming of summer with a evening of singing and improvised music. This concert will benefit The Nest, a voice studio and a liberatory home for singers that we are building in community with our friends, collaborators, and neighbors. Featuring improvised vocal music from Tender (Jake Rosner, Yvette Mushimiyamana, Stacy Rene, Emmy Bean), a solo set from Emmy, and Stacy’s band From Here to There. Come for the singing, stay for the love, the community, and the treats!
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