Chicago Made Music Showcase Finale
Saturday, October 19, 7pm (doors open at 6pm) • Free Admission
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor North
78 E. Washington St.
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Presented by DCASE in collaboration with Next Showcase, USA.
Chicago Made Music Showcase Finale Winners!
Chicago Made Music Showcase Finale Winners!
The Chicago Made Music Showcase Finale on Saturday, October 19th was a crowd-pleaser to say the least! A big thanks to Next Showcase for partnering with DCASE to make this happen.
Congratulations to M.E.H. on winning the $10,000 grand prize as well as the winners listed below!
2025 Chicago Made Lollapalooza Showcase Performance – Clarice and Mike Lawry Baby
2025 Taste of Chicago Performance Opportunity – Da Legend, King Limitless, Songbird, Zia Jenaye, Soh Darling
J. Ivy Collaboration – Mike Lawry Baby
Two Beats Produced by Toxic – Mike Lawry Baby
One-on-One Career Consultation with Daryl Jones – Zion Ali
The annual Chicago Made Music Showcase invites all Chicagoland musicians to audition for a chance to perform before a panel of industry experts to win networking opportunities, performing opportunities, or even the $10,000 grand prize.
This year, more than 150 musicians from across Chicagoland auditioned for the 2024 Chicago Made Music Showcase, and from those auditions 20 Semi-Finalists were selected to perform at the House of Blues on September 30th. From that evening, a panel of industry professionals selected the 15 Finalists who will perform in the Finale on October 19th at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Below is a list of the finalists.
Visit us:
Admission is FREE
Open Daily, 10am–5pm
Exhibitions close 15 minutes before the building closes
(Closed Holidays)
Find us:
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Take CTA to Chicago Cultural Center
- From the elevated lines: exit at Washington/Wabash and walk east.
- From the subway: exit at Lake (Red Line) or Washington (Blue Line) and walk east.
- Served by Michigan Avenue buses 3, 4, 19, 20, 26, 60, 66, 124, 143, 147, 151, 157 and Washington St. buses 4, J14, 20, 56, 66, 147
Chicago Made supports local creatives, entrepreneurs and artisans who make our city the artistic and economic hub that it is. Chicago’s TV and Film, music and other creative industries jump-start neighborhood growth, drive cultural identities and lead ingenuity felt worldwide. We’re here to support Chicago’s makers and dreamers by connecting them to the resources they need to get started and keep going. A DCASE-operated program, Chicago Made aims to support Chicago’s creative community and directly connect emerging artists to the City of Chicago’s most visible festivals, events and cultural programming.