Since 1968 Mothers has been a Chicago favorite. Live Music, dancing, singing karaoke til your throat hurts, Mother's has got what you need.

From its earliest days hosting bands such as Chicago, Cream, The Mekons, and The Velvet Underground to nursing House Music out of its diapers, Mothers firmly established itself as The Home of Performance in the Gold Coast, many up and coming performers have sharpened their chops on Mothers stage. They continues that tradition today with events such as ElvisFest, Indie Incubator Film Fest, and select Live Music nights.

Featured in many movies but immortalized in the 1986 classic About Last Night (Rob Lowe, Demi Moore) Mother's continues today as a place you can chill while sharing a spirit or a game of pool with the stars.

Mother's features a huge dance floor, a killer sound system, and private party space for gatherings of 25-600 partiers, and Party Packages that'll make your wallet happy!

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Third Thursday Live Music Schedule

August 19th - Kashmir
September 16th - FNR

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Perhaps one of Chicago' lesser known history lessons is that right in the heart of Division Street, what we traditionally think of as a dancing and night club scene, there was a big rock venue. The Original Mothers has come a long way since bands like Cream (yes with Clapton), The Velvet Underground, and Shaka Kahn played there.Today she is getting back to her roots. Recently we've had some big name acts to try to set the bar such as Ivan Neville of the Neville Brothers. A series of shows called All Axxess Wednesdays hosted Nick Olivari (of Queens of the Stone Age fame), Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Catfight, Libido Funk Circus, Elevation (famous U2 tribute act) and many local performers. Bringing rock-n-roll back to the strip has never sounded so good.

CONTACT & HOURS:

26 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL
Email: Mothers
Phone: (312) 642-7251

Private Party Packages available for gatherings large or small. Click here for more details on planning your next party.

Hours:
Open at 8pm.
Sun-Fri until 4am.
Saturday until 5am.