Planning an Event
Whether you are hosting a corporate cocktail reception throughout the entire museum, a holiday dinner in our Rotunda space, a wedding reception in the Lagoon area, a summer picnic on the front lawn, our on-site event planners will work with you on every detail.
Bronzeville Blues Club
No music has had a more profound impact on our culture than the Blues and no city is more inextricably associated with modern Blues than Chicago. Located in our neighborhood on the streets of Chicago's South side, the birthplace of the Blues, this is the "Bronzeville Blues Club."
Guests will enter the Museum's magnificent rotunda through an arched entrance with custom lettering reading "Bronzeville Blues Club". Cabaret tables will be drenched in black and metallic cobalt blue linens. The rotunda will be awash with blue lighting and shimmering candles. Servers will pass Creole inspired hors d'oeuvres and Blue Note martinis as your guests listen to an authentic Blues Trio. The mood will be smooth and subtle as you rediscover Chicago's musical roots.
Following cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, enjoy Blues inspired Strolling Dinner Buffets. The menu will range from barbecue to seafood and satisfy all appetites. Ample service staff will attend to the buffets and dining tables.
Following dinner, your guests will mingle back into your customized club and dance the night away to a live band playing legendary Blues and Rock tunes. Club servers will offer black fedora hats, blue feather boas and classic Blues Brothers sun glasses to add to the fun. We invite you to experience the grand atmosphere of the infamous clubs that set the music scene ablaze!
Hey Bartender
Hosted bar featuring tray passed Blue Note martinis
Soul Fixins
Club servers offering Creole inspired hors d'oeuvres on real LP serving trays.
Steamy Delta Roots
- Chefs to Sauté Crawfish and Andouille Sausage With Tomatoes, Green Onion and Etouffee Sauce
- Fluffy Creole Rice
- Petite Corn Muffins
Sweet Home Chicago
Carved Crystal Clear Ice Depicting a Chicago Skyline with Musical Notes
- Flanked by Wide Mouthed Ice Saxophones
- Overflowing with Jumbo Shrimp and Surrounded by Crab Claws
- Lemon Wedges, Creole Cocktail Sauce and Assorted Hot Sauces
- House Smoked Salmon With Black Bread and Mustard Dill Sauce
- Sieved Hard-Cooked Egg, Capers and Red Onions
- Oyster and Pepper Vodka Shooters
Bronzeville
- Chef carved Select Prime Rib of Beef
- Served with Horseradish Mayonnaise, Bad Mood Barbecue Sauce, Grainy Mustard And Petite Rolls
- Spicy Grilled Hot Chicken Wings
- Baby Spinach Salad
- Florida Orange Segments, Grape Tomatoes, Red Onion and Jicama
- Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
- Sweet Potatoes
- Whisky Maple Sauce and Toasted Pecans
Let the Good Times Roll
- Warm Peach Cobbler With Rum Spiked Custard Sauce
- "Heaven and Hell" Chocolate Torte With Whiskey Sauce and Chocolate Cigarette
Low Down Dirty Shame
- Signature Chocolate Fondue
- A Decadent Semi Sweet Chocolate Fountain Adorned with a Sumptuous Display of Fresh Stemmed Berries, Rich Pound Cake, Coconut Macaroons and Sun-dried Apricots
- Silver Samovar Coffee Service featuring Starbucks Coffee
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- Friday – Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Sunday: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Open every day except Christmas Day
- holiday hours (through Nov. 29)
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