Valparaiso, IN Variety Lineup
Art Barn Art Blitz
Art Barn School of Art - 695 N. 400 EastSat 09/21/19 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Part of the entertainment lineup for their annual outdoor art festival that runs 11:00-4:00 Saturday and Sunday.
Elgin, IL Concert
Save The Orcs Benefit Concert
Elgin Fringe Festival – Blue Box Cafe - 176 E Chicago St. - FREE with Fringe Button (donations encouraged)Fri 09/13/19 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Media Coverage
Thu 08/29/19 Elgin Courier-News “Elgin Fringe Festival is all about seeing, hearing something new”
Tue 09/03/19 Daily Herald “More than 100 performances set for ‘innovative, uncurated’ Elgin Fringe Festival”
Tue 09/03/19 Elgin Courier-News “Fringe Festival returns to Elgin this weekend with new venues and new events”
Celebrities have a strong irresponsibility to misinform the public about unimportant issues, and I take that irresponsibility quite unseriously! All donations will be gleefully embezzled by me. Help stop the ongoing orcish genocide!
Every Kind Of Talent Show
A truly epic evening with Janet Beutner, Jonathan Root, Merle and Suzanne Miller, Mitch Gregory, The Nest/Dancing Feet Yoga Rhythm Collective, Mike O, Joel Brussell, and Laura Scruggs! (Also Gollum, Sam, and Frodo.)
Chicago, IL Variety Lineup
Cabaret On The Lake
Berger Park Coach House - 6205 N Sheridan Road - FREEFri 08/09/19 7:30 PM
A free, monthly variety show giving singers, storytellers, comedians, performance artists, musicians, dancers, poets, and solo artists of every type a place to develop their work.
Indianapolis, IN Concert
Gen Con!
Gen Con - 100 South Capitol AvenueSat 08/03/19 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Roving halls
Sat 08/03/19 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL STAGE
Sat 08/03/19 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CROSSROADS STAGE
Sat 08/03/19 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Roving halls
Sun 08/04/19 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Roving halls
Sun 08/04/19 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL STAGE
Sun 08/04/19 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Roving halls
Hey, if you’re a Con-goer who likes my sense of humor, check out the tournament by the National Society of Crazed Gamers aka
I played at their awards ceremony again.
New Song Lyrics: No One Believes Me – Stranger Things Parody (Gen Con 2019)08/03/19 - I'm not binge watching when I should be working, it's *research*!
New Song Lyrics: CGI Eagles – Lord Of The Rings Parody (Gen Con 2019)08/03/19 - I'll just say that sometimes inspirational memes can have unintended consequences.
Valparaiso, IN Variety Lineup
Front Porch Music Festival VII
Central Park Plaza - 63 Lafayette Street - $15 adults / $5 kidsSun 07/28/19 3:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Media Coverage
Sat 07/27/19 Northwest Indiana Times “Front Porch Music staff rallies to rock in the park”
A beautiful summer day with the many talented students, teachers, and friends of Front Porch Music!
Whiting, IN Concert
Pierogi Fest®!
Pierogi Fest® (Main Stage) - 119th St and Sheridan Ave - FREESat 07/27/19 6:00 PM
Shook up the Main Stage with an hour of Nerd Rock!
Michigan City, IN Open Mic Feature
Captain Ambivalent’s Every Kind Of Talent Show
The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You WillSat 07/20/19 7:00 PM
A hot summer night with Mike O, Joel Brussell, and the story of my glacial rise from obscurity to international obscurity.
Michigan City, IN Open Mic Feature
Captain Ambivalent’s Every Kind Of Talent Show
The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You WillSat 06/15/19 7:00 PM
A great evening with a full house welcoming back Merle Miller (and Suzanne), Joel Brussell, Mike O, and new performer Bonni Schaaf!
Waukegan, IL One-Man Show
Fear The Accordion
Three Brothers Theatre - 115 N. Genesee St. - $20, $15 student/senior/militarySat 06/01/19 8:00 PM
Greetings, loyal citizens of Waukegan Sector! In these dark times when our underground complex is increasingly infiltrated by secret mutants from the deadly wasteland outside our armor-plated walls, no weapon is more fearsome than the accordion. And no one wields an accordion more fearsomely than Captain Ambivalent.
In his Computer-mandated effort to explain how we got to this point, he looks to film classics like Metropolis, Star Wars, and Robocop, 1980s fear culture, and a role playing game called “Paranoia,” and discovers he may have had a little hand in The Complex himself.
Report to your re-education pods for sidesplitting musical madness!
Michigan City, IN Open Mic Feature
Captain Ambivalent’s Every Kind Of Talent Show
The Nest - 803 Franklin St - Pay What You WillSat 05/18/19 7:00 PM
Janet Beutner and Mike O returned for an intimate over-the-top evening.