Round Room Live and Moonbug Entertainment today announced that their brand new show, CoComelon: Sing-A-Long LIVE, will start its North American tour this Spring, with a stop in Joliet on May 4th.This all new production, featuring the much loved characters of global phenomenon “CoComelon,” brings JJ, Cody, Nina and their friends from the beloved sensation to life in a never-before-seen show that will have families of all ages moving and grooving to the beat!

Tickets for CoComelon: Sing-A-Long LIVE will go on-sale Friday, February 21st, with pre-sales beginning today, Tuesday, February 18th. For tickets and additional information, visit Rialtosquare.com.
CoComelon’s favorite teacher Ms. Appleberry welcomes JJ, his friends and YOU to come along on a Melon Patch Musical field trip! In CoComelon: Sing-A-Long LIVE, dance and sing along with JJ, Nina, Cody, Cece and all of their friends to some of your favorite bops, including “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” “Wheels on the Bus,” “Animal Dance,” “Head Shoulders Knees

and Toes,” “Freeze Dance,” and many more! Jam with the fam and dance every chance you get in this new musical journey, coming to a city near you!

“We are thrilled to embark on the North American tour of CoComelon: Sing-A-Long LIVE, bringing this beloved brand to audiences across the U.S. and Canada,” said Stephen Shaw, Founder and Co-President of Round Room Live. “This tour continues our valued partnership with Moonbug Entertainment and will delight families worldwide by bringing Moonbug’s engaging content to life. As the leading producer of family entertainment, we are proud to create interactive and memorable experiences that families can cherish forever.”

“Singing and dancing along to CoComelon tunes is a huge part of why families love to watch CoComelon together,” said Susan Vargo, Head of Experiences, Moonbug Entertainment. “It’s exciting to bring this experience to life in a joyful event families won’t want to miss. After its success around the world, we’re delighted to share this experience with families in the U.S. and Canada.”

CoComelon: Sing-A-Long LIVE premiered in South Africa in November 2024, with stops in Capetown, Johannesburg, Durban and Dubai throughout November and December 2024. In addition to the US and Canada, the tour will visit many more new countries in 2025.

CoComelon follows JJ, his siblings, and friends on adventures that teach life skills through music. Created with child development experts, CoComelon is a global kids’ entertainment phenomenon, captivating audiences in over 80 countries with more than 4 billion monthly views on platforms like Netflix and YouTube. Available in more than 20 languages, it features hit spin-offs like CoComelon Classroom, Cody Time, JJ’s Animal Time, and Netflix’s CoComelon Lane. Since joining Moonbug Entertainment in 2020, the franchise has expanded into consumer products, streaming music, games, and live entertainment—bringing joy to families everywhere!

Fans can visit cocomelonontour.com now for tour dates and ticket information, and follow CoComelon on Tour social media for exclusive tour content.

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This stunning concert is the only authentic reimagining of the legendary Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman songbook performed brilliantly by world-class alumni of Meat Loaf’s official band- the same musicians who brought his musical visions to life both in the studio and on stages around the world. Caleb Johnson returns with the band, having established his legitimacy as the premier lead vocalist for this timeless music through his powerful interpretations and furiously electrifying stage presence.

Led by Meat Loaf’s longtime record producer/ music director/ guitarist Paul Crook alongside fellow alumni John Miceli (drums), Randy Flowers (guitar), Lyssa Lynne (female lead/ backing vocals), Danny Miranda (bass) and including Andy Ascolese (piano), Mark Kelt (piano) and Kiley Baxter (featured vocals), the band and Caleb perform a thoughtfully curated set list of Meat Loaf’s best loved classics such as “Bat Out of Hell”, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” and “I Would Do Anything For Love”.

Created & produced by Paul Crook, this is the only band that was officially endorsed by Meat Loaf.

“Do not miss this! This is the closest you could possibly get… This is NOT a tribute band but Meat’s incredible, actual band. Singer, Caleb, has all the power and glory of Meat in his glory days and this band ROCKS!! – Brian May of Queen

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At age 87, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 8 GRAMMY Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 38 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

In 2019, Buddy Guy won his 8th and most recent GRAMMY Award for his 18th solo LP, “The Blues Is Alive And Well”.

In July of 2021, in honor of Buddy Guy’s 85th birthday, PBS American Masters released “Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away”, a new documentary following his rise from a childhood spent picking cotton in Louisiana to becoming one of the most influential guitar players of all time. The documentary features new interviews with Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr, and more. Watch the full documentary at PBS Online here.

Though Buddy Guy will forever be associated with Chicago, his story actually begins in Louisiana. One of five children, he was born in 1936 to a sharecropper’s family and raised on a plantation near the small town of Lettsworth, located some 140 miles northwest of New Orleans. Buddy was just seven years old when he fashioned his first makeshift “guitar”—a two-string contraption attached to a piece of wood and secured with his mother’s hairpins.

In 1957, he took his guitar to Chicago, where he would permanently alter the direction of the instrument, first on numerous sessions for Chess Records playing alongside Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and the rest of the label’s legendary roster, and then on recordings of his own. His incendiary style left its mark on guitarists from Jimmy Page to John Mayer. “He was for me what Elvis was probably like for other people,” said Eric Clapton at Guy’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2005. “My course was set, and he was my pilot.”

Seven years later, July 2012 proved to be one of Buddy Guy’s most remarkable years ever. He was awarded the 2012 Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contribution to American culture; earlier in the year, at a performance at the White House, he even persuaded President Obama to join him on a chorus of “Sweet Home Chicago.” Also in 2012, he published his long-awaited memoir, When I Left Home.

These many years later, Buddy Guy remains a genuine American treasure and one of the final surviving connections to an historic era in the country’s musical evolution.

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This year’s Shamrockin’ event will celebrate Irish culture from across the pond, our neighbor Chicago, right here in Joliet! It will include live artists performing traditional and contemporary Irish music, Irish dancers, bagpipers, and many others.

New to the lineup, and headlining, will be Finbar MacCarthy. An authentic Irish balladeer with a focus on pub songs and humor, MacCarthy describes his musical talent as being a jack of all instruments, master of none. Featured performers include former “All-Ireland Singing Champion” Gavin Coyle, former “Lord of The Dance” fiddler Anne Hatfield, the amazing Max Dunne, and favorites John Condron & Friends who will be welcoming all with a traditional Irish Session in the Rotunda. There will be Pipe & Drums marching us in and Irish dancers to get our toes tapping.

In addition to music, there will be an Irish Costume Contest, with winners selected for adults and children, raffles and 50/50, a selfie station, and much more!

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under. They are available online or at the Rialto Box Office. Doors open at 6:00 PM, and the performance starts promptly at 7:00 PM.

Come join us! All proceeds benefit the Rialto Square Theatre Foundation.

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The award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer who served up countless hits to fans throughout the years has a whole new outlook on life; and she is ready to share her inspiring story with the world through new music and live stage performances.

In 2022, Moore made a triumphant return to the stage at the Soul Train Awards, performing a medley of her most beloved hits including “Love’s Taken Over,” “It’s Alright,” and “Chante’s Got A Man.”

Known for capturing the highs and lows of love through her songs, Moore continues to create music that speaks to the soul and her gifts extend far beyond the recording studio. “The music I write and perform are chronicles of my life. When I’m happy, I write about it. When I’m sad, I write about it. It really is a map of my life’s journey” she said.

Her latest music and stage performances are sure to strike a chord with loyal adoring fans and garner a brand new following; demonstrating she is one of the few artists whose infectious appeal is as timeless as her talent. “I think it’s about staying authentic and not being afraid to take risks. Knowing who I am and sharing that knowledge is really important to me right now.”

In 1992, Moore exploded onto the R&B music scene with her certified gold debut album, “Precious”. Since then, she released more than 20 chart-topping singles, and 7 full-length albums and collaborated with some of the most prolific artists who ever lived, including Prince, Babyface, and The Isley Brothers…to name a few.

Recognized as a Grammy-nominated singer, Chante received countless awards and accolades throughout her career and contributed to the soundtrack of so many people’s lives and a few blockbuster films to boot. Her autobiographical, self-help book “Will I Marry Me?” released in 2014 explores some of her life’s challenges yet leaves the reader inspired.

Her seventh full-length album “Rise of the Phoenix” dropped in 2017 and includes the hit single “Real One”. That same year, Chante released her holiday album “Christmas Back To You”. The collection contains classic Christmas standards like “Please Come
Home For Christmas” as well as several brand-new offerings including “Every Day’s Like Christmas”.

“When you see me perform, you will always hear love songs. You will always get lush, beautiful, and intricate harmonies. You can rely on the music being positive even if it’s about heartbreak” Chante says. “To sum it all up, no matter what, you can always count on getting the best of me.

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Rialto Square Theatre is excited to announce our year-round movie series called “Reels at the Rialto.” This movie series is a nod to our Vaudeville movie palace past. “It’s important for us to offer a wide variety of entertainment options for the residents of Joliet and surrounding areas,” says Wade Welsh, Rialto Square Theatre Executive Director. “We are thrilled to partner with incredible sponsors to make these movies affordable for everyone.” The sponsors of the Reels at the Rialto movie series are Old National Bank, D’Arcy Buick GMC, Rendel’s, Rod Baker Ford, and Castle Law.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Will County will be hosting a fundraising event at the Rialto Square Theatre on Thursday, January 30th before the Reel: 9 to 5. All proceeds from the event will support the Imagination Library of Will County. Doors open and a reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. on January 30th with the movie starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for this Reel are $20. All proceeds from the event will support bringing the Imagination Library to Will County, which mails free, age-appropriate books to children from ages 0 through 5. For more information, visit: willcountyillinois.org/imagination-celebration.

Tickets for all other reels are $5 each and will be available in advance or on the day of the reel at the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office. Tickets are unavailable online and are now on sale at the box office. Doors will open 30 minutes before showtime (doors open at 5:30 PM on January 30th); a free organ concert will begin when doors open (6:30 PM on Jan 30th), and all movies start at 7 PM*. All seating will be general admission—first come, first served. Bar and concessions (including freshly popped popcorn) will be available for purchase.

The 2025 Reels at the Rialto Movies Series at the Rialto Square Theatre will include the following mix of popular movies, old favorites, and some family-friendly titles.

9 to 5
Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 7 PM
**Tickets for this reel are $20 each, all proceeds benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Will County**
*Doors for this reel open at 5:30 PM for reception and the organ concert will start at 6:30 PM*
PG | 1 hour and 50 minutes
Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves.

Hidden Figures
Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 2 hours and 7 minutes
Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn’s launch into orbit. Meanwhile, they also have to deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.

The Quiet Man
(Sponsored by: State Farm Insurance, Agent John Wright)
Thursday, March 20, 2024 | 7 PM
Not Rated | 2 hours and 9 minutes
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

Napoleon Dynamite
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 1 hour and 36 minutes
A listless and alienated teenager helps his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while dealing with his bizarre family life back home.

The Sound of Music
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | 7 PM
G | 2 hours 52 minutes
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Breaking Away
Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 1 hour and 41 minutes
A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.

The Greatest Showman
Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 1 hour and 45 minutes
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Young Frankenstein
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 7 PM
PG| 1 hour 46 minutes
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

Movies for December will be announced as part of Home for the Holidays 2025.

All seats are $5, and seating is general admission. For more information, please visit www.RialtoSquare.com/movies, or call the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office at 815.726.6600. The box office is located at 102 N. Chicago Street in downtown Joliet.