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UPCOMING EVENTS

We are working with a third party for online reservations. Links for each show will be added as they become available. 

Please note, parties may be joined at larger tables.

FOR RESERVATIONS,
CALL 309-786-7733 ext. 2

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Manny Lopez Big Band

 

Manny Lopez and his big band are back! They'll be performing all your favorites from such legendary artists as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, and Stan Kenton, just to name a few!

Show is open to music fans of all ages.

Aug. 4,  Oct. 6, Nov. 3

Doors 1 pm, Show 2 pm,

Tickets $15 in advance, $18 day of show

Viva La Divas

 

Viva La Divas has become the premiere drag show in the area showcasing the best performers from across the Midwest! As always, the show cast includes the beautiful and talented Dementia Jaide and Milange Cavalli, Justine Thyme. Special guest performers also make monthly appearances!

 

We're also happy to welcome local comedian, Pubali Kundu, as our new show emcee! Pubali is a hilarious comedian who's performed stand up across the Quad Cities! She will keep the show going and you laughing!

 

Must be 18 or older to attend.

 

Aug. 9, Sept. 6, Oct. 11

Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm,

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 day of show

Windy City Dueling Pianos

 

Windy City Dueling Pianos, from Chicago, combines high-energy live music played on two pianos by highly skilled players!  The performers, hailing from Chicago and from across the Midwest, have decades of dueling piano experience performing in nationally renowned clubs across the Midwest.  They play off each other in the traditional "Classic" dueling pianos style that has made these shows so popular. You the audience control the show and decide what songs the entertainers play! This is truly dueling pianos entertainment at its best!

 

Must be 18 or older to attend.

Aug. 17

Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

Tickets $13 in advance, $15 day of show

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LAUGH HARD COMEDY SHOW

 

Comedy returns to the Circa '21 Speakeasy! This is a great open mic stand up comedy show featuring many hilarious comedians from across the area! Get out of the house have some adult beverages and laugh!

Are you a comedian looking for an open mic? Come join us! Sign up when you arrive.

 

Must be 18 or older to attend.

 

Aug. 16

Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

Tickets $3

Nightcaps presents
Shots & Giggles


Improv comedy and drinking crash together into one hilarious evening! From made-up alcohol shots to toasts with the audience, this is one drinking party you can’t miss! 

Must be 21 or older to attend.

 

Sept. 21

Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 day of show

The Nightcaps Present:

Summer Improv Blowout

 

The Nightcaps present OUR BIGGEST SHOW YET!!!

EIGHT of the BEST improvisers the Quad Cities has to offer will take the stage at the Circa 21 Speakeasy in a JAM-PACKED night of improv comedy! But WAIT… There’s more!

Each improviser will host an improv game of their choosing AND pick which performers will play their game!

But that’s not ALL! Once we’ve played all eight games, we will end the show with our FAN FAVORITE all-play joke round!!

Must be 21 or older to attend.

 

July 27
Doors 7:00 pm, Show 8 p.m.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 day of show

The Nightcaps Present:

Roll 4 Improv

 

In the ultimate test of “Yes, and”, our improvisers will accept any challenge decided by the roll of our 20-sided die. What games are we playing? What crazy voices will our improvisers have to use? Where will the scenes take place? The die decides all that and more! It’s a little bit of D&D, and a whole lot of improv in this new show brought to you by The Nightcaps Improv Comedy!

Must be 21 or older to attend.

 

Aug. 10, Nov. 16
Doors 7:00 pm, Show 8 p.m.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 day of show

Comics:
Wanna be included in the competition? Cost is only $10 to compete. Please

CLICK HERE to sign up.  We are only accepting 30 comics this year (15 for each prelim round) so don’t delay! The top five comics from each prelim will move on to the finals.

 

Laugh Hard
Comedy Competition:

We are pleased, once again, to be hosting the Speakeasy Laugh Stand Up Comedy Competition this year.  Join us for 3 fantastic shows in September as some of the best comedians from across the Midwest and across the nation battle it out for $1,000 and the title of Laugh Hard Champion!
 

​Through the years we’ve had nearly 100 comics from as far away as St Louis, Denver, Omaha, Chicago compete to win a $1000 and title of Laugh Hard Champion!  The real winner is you, the audience, who get to see some of the best stand up comics from across the Midwest and beyond in one show! 

​All shows are judged by a panel of selected judges, and audience reaction is one of the categories. If you know a comedian participating, your attendance could make all the difference!

Must be 18 or older to attend.
 

Preliminary rounds: Sept. 7 & 14
Tickets $10 in advance/$12 the day of show
Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

Finals: Sept. 28
Tickets $12 in advance/$15 the day of show
Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

The Nightcaps Present:

Improvmania

 

Four talented improvisers take to the stage to battle it out for chance to become the Nightcaps Improv Champion! 

Must be 21 or older to attend.

 

Sept. 13
Doors 7:00 pm, Show 8 p.m.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 day of show

Rocky Horror Show

 

On the way to visit an old college professor, two clean cut kids, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss, get caught in a storm and end up at the home of mad transvestite scientist, Dr Frank'n'furter, who is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments! 

 

WARNING: The Rocky Horror Show is not recommended for the easily offended. This show deals with MATURE subject matters in an IMMATURE way!  If sex, drugs, rock & roll, adultery, cross-dressing, aliens, homosexuality and above all, SHOW TUNES are not your cup of tea, this may not be the show for you! If you are still reading at this point we promise you are going to LOVE IT!

Oct. 18, 19, 25 & 26
Fri. & Sat Early Show (18+) Door 6 p.m. Show 7 p.m.
Fri. & Sat. Late Show (21+) Doors 10 p.m., Show 11 p.m. 

Oct. 20 & 27

Sunday (18+) Door 5 p.m. Show 6 p.m. 

All shows: Tickets $25 in advance, $30 day of show

Prop Bags for sale at the door
**No outside props can be brought in**

We are working with a third party for online reservations. Links for each show will be added as they become available. 

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