65th Annual ATOS Convention Stars, Stripes & Pipes at the Rialto Square Theatre

Mar 10, 2023 | Just Added, Rialto News

The 65th Annual ATOS Convention, CATOE presents Star, Stripes & Pipes, will bring organists Dave Wickerham and Simon Gledhill to Rialto Square Theatre. Dave Wickerham will perform on Monday, July 3 at 8 PM and Simon Gledhill will perform on Thursday, July 6 at 8 PM. Tickets are available for purchase now.

Dave Wickerham is a native of California and started playing the electronic organ at age 4. Moving to Arizona in 1976, he became the associate organist at the three locations of Organ Stop Pizza restaurants there, while continuing his classical organ studies at the University of Arizona. With his family, Dave moved to the Chicago area, then to Wisconsin and a brief stint in Las Vegas, where he fulfilled jobs as both a theatre organist and a church musician. His fourth CD, “Sounds of Music,” recorded on the Sanfilippo organ, sold out. Dave has also toured in Australia and New Zealand, and currently lives in Michigan, from where he concertizes extensively in the United States.

After starting his musical education on classical piano and organ, Simon Gledhill fell in love with theatre organ after hearing the famous Wurlitzer at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool. He was the ATOS Organist of the year in 1997, inducted into the Society’s Hall of Fame in 2015, and has also toured worldwide.

Simon, who is from the United Kingdom, premiered the newly revised Barton Grand here at the Rialto 30 years ago which was the last time ATOS held its annual convention here in Chicagoland. We are thrilled to have Simon back to perform on the Barton Grande for us. His concert will be the closing event to a week long celebration by theatre organ fans from all over the world.

Learn More About Dave Wickerham (July 3) | Learn More About Simon Gledhill (July 6)
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Kevin James adds second show at Rialto Square Theatre

Mar 3, 2023 | Just Added, Rialto News

Kevin James adds second show at Rialto Square Theatre

Due to overwhelming demand, Comedian Kevin James added a second show at Rialto Square Theatre on Tuesday, September 26 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now

Kevin James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, he signed a network development deal to create his own sitcom.

The King of Queens, which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The show concluded its run in 2007 but continues to air daily in syndication across the country and around the world. James also starred in, and executive produced The Crew, a sitcom set in the world of NASCAR and is currently developing a single camera comedy (both for Netflix).

James brought his stand-up act to TV with Sweat the Small Stuff, a one-hour special for Comedy Central. Kevin James and Ray Romano executive produced and starred in the HBO Sports Special Making the Cut: The Road to Pebble Beach; a documentary about the Pebble Beach Pro Am Golf Tournament that was nominated for a Sports Emmy. His second comedy special Never Don’t Give Up premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim.

James was the producer, co-writer, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2, Zookeeper, and Here Comes The Boom. James made his feature film debut in Columbia Pictures’ Hitch starring opposite Will Smith, and starred alongside Adam Sandler in Pixels, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Hubie Halloween. He starred in the feature True Memoirs of an International Assassin for Netflix, the independent action thriller Becky, and starred in and produced Home Team for Netflix.

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Just Announced: Skid Row and Buckcherry’s The Gang’s All Here Tour Coming to Rialto Square Theatre

Feb 28, 2023 | Just Added, Rialto News

Skid Row and Buckcherry will be at Rialto Square Theatre

Hot on the heels of their Spring co-headline tour, Skid Row and Buckcherry are thrilled to announce a second leg of dates consisting of 14 additional shows for “The Gang’s All Here Tour! They will be making a stop at Rialto Square Theatre on September 20.

Skid Row and Buckcherry special advance artist pre-sale will be available starting Wednesday, March 1st at 10AM to all subscribers of their email newsletter. Exclusive VIP packages will be available for purchase for both bands.

Skid Row recently released their 6th studio album, The Gang’s All Here, in October of 2022. Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz, the album reached Top 20 chart positions in nine countries worldwide. The band also completed a tour of the U.K. and Europe this fall, as well as a Las Vegas residency with rock icons, the Scorpions this past spring.
This past December, Buckcherry completed a 238-show tour in support of their album Hellbound, released in June of 2021. The band also just finished recording their 10th studio album in Nashville with producer Marti Frederiksen. The album is scheduled for a June 2023 release.

“Thank you to everyone for making this last year so incredible! Due to the amazing response from all of you, we are proud to announce the 2nd leg of The Gang’s All Here Tour with our good friends, Buckcherry! You don’t wanna miss this!!”
– Snake Sabo (Skid Row)

“We are thrilled that the public demand for our March shows has been so great, that we are able today to announce leg two of The Gang’s All Here Tour with our good friends in Skid Row. See you all at the rock show!”
– Josh Todd (Buckcherry

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Dave Mason W/ Special Guests The Outlaws will be at Rialto Square Theatre

Feb 28, 2023 | Just Added, Rialto News

Dave Mason W/ Special Guests The Outlaws will be at Rialto Square Theatre

One Eleven Productions and Danny Zelisko Presents Dave Mason with special guests The Outlaws on May 24 at Rialto Square Theatre. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 6th at 10 AM at Ticketmaster.com or the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office.

Dave Mason left Traffic in 1969 to pursue a solo career in the U.S. Dave has penned over 100 songs, has 3 gold albums: Alone Together, Dave Mason, Mariposa De Oro, and platinum album Let It Flow, which contained the top-ten single “We Just Disagree”.

In addition to cranking out hits, Dave has performed on, or contributed to, a number of famous albums, including: The Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet, George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, Paul McCartney and Wings’ Venus and Mars, and Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland. Mason is featured playing acoustic guitar in “All Along the Watchtower” on Electric Ladyland, a favorite in Dave’s live shows!

Dave, a prolific artist in his own right, has collaborated with an enviable list of the who’s who in the music industry … Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Rita Coolidge, Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, Ron Wood, Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, and Jim Capaldi, just to name a few.

For The Outlaws, it’s always been about the music. For more than 40 years, the Southern Rock legends celebrated triumphs and endured tragedies to remain one of the most influential and best-loved bands of the genre. Today, The Outlaws have returned with new music, new focus, and an uncompromising new mission: It’s about a band of brothers bound together by history, harmony, and the road. It’s about a group that respects its own legacy while refusing to be defined by it’s past. But most of all, it’s about pride.

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Kevin James returns to Rialto Square Theatre

Feb 27, 2023 | Just Added, Rialto News

Kevin James returns to Rialto Square Theatre

Comedian Kevin James will return to the Rialto Square Theatre stage on Thursday, September 21 at 7:30 PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3 at 10 AM.

Kevin James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, he signed a network development deal to create his own sitcom.

The King of Queens, which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The show concluded its run in 2007 but continues to air daily in syndication across the country and around the world. James also starred in, and executive produced The Crew, a sitcom set in the world of NASCAR and is currently developing a single camera comedy (both for Netflix).

James brought his stand-up act to TV with Sweat the Small Stuff, a one-hour special for Comedy Central. Kevin James and Ray Romano executive produced and starred in the HBO Sports Special Making the Cut: The Road to Pebble Beach; a documentary about the Pebble Beach Pro Am Golf Tournament that was nominated for a Sports Emmy. His second comedy special Never Don’t Give Up premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim.

James was the producer, co-writer, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2, Zookeeper, and Here Comes The Boom. James made his feature film debut in Columbia Pictures’ Hitch starring opposite Will Smith, and starred alongside Adam Sandler in Pixels, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Hubie Halloween. He starred in the feature True Memoirs of an International Assassin for Netflix, the independent action thriller Becky, and starred in and produced Home Team for Netflix.

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Eddie Griffin will be at Rialto Square Theatre

Feb 17, 2023 | Just Added, Rialto News

Comedian Eddie Griffin is coming to Rialto Square Theatre

It was just announced that comedian Eddie Griffin will take the Rialto Square Theatre stage on Friday, June 30. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 24 at 10 AM.

Eddie Griffin has built an ever-growing fan base since jumping onto the comedy scene in 1990 and hasn’t looked back since. His Stand-Up Comedy Specials have received rave reviews including Def Comedy Jam (1992), the Cable Ace Award-nominated HBO special One Night stand (1992), the HBO special Voodoo Child (1997), Dysfunktional Family (2003), Comedy Central’s You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It (2011), and the Showtime Special Undeniable (2018). Comedy Central has honored Eddie as one of the Top 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of all time.

As an actor, Eddie Griffin has appeared in over 50 films such films as The Last Boy Scout (1991), Coneheads (1993), Armageddon (1998), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Norbit (2007), American Hero (2015) Mucho Dinero (2016), and A Star is Born (2018). His most notable film role was Anton Jackson in Undercover Brother (2002). Eddie was nominated (1996) and won (2000) the NAACP Image Award for Best Actor in his own hit comedy series Malcolm and Eddie (1996-2000). In 2019 Eddie began shooting the feature film The Comeback Trail alongside actors Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones. Eddie Griffin is back for his third SHOWTIME comedy special, Eddie Griffin: E-NIGGMA, premiering on Friday, December 6, 2019. Currently, Eddie can be found performing his weekly Las Vegas Residency, The Eddie Griffin Experience at the Sahara Hotel and Casino.

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