"A multi-cultural center with bookings as bold and brash as its architecture." — Chicago Tribune
"...the cultural center for greater DuPage County." — Daily Herald
See Touring Performance Calendar below
In the season prior to our 1986 opening, 11,000 patrons attended arts events at College of DuPage. Today, more than 80,000 patrons attend performances annually and attendance exceeds 100,000 when community rental events are taken in account.
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
• three theaters with no seat farther than 75 feet from the stage
• home to resident professional theater, opera, symphony,
jazz and chorus
• more than 280 performances annually
• drawing audiences from more than 239 Illinois towns and 24 states
• designated by the Illinois Arts Council as one of 40 Partner in Excellence Arts Institutions
• presenting more than 40 artists year round, including:American Ballet Theatre
Bill Cosby
Chick Corea
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Victor Borge
Wynton Marsalis
Four Bitchin’ Babes
Christopher Parkening
Penn & Teller
The Parsons Dance Company
Joan Baez
Barrage
Flying Karamozov Brothers
Chanticleer
Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Judy Collins
Ballet Nacional du Senegal
David Grisman
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Pat Metheny
Steven Wright
Marvin Hamlisch
Weird Al and more …For more information on the MAC Touring program, contact:
Roland Raffel, Director of Marketing
630-942-2263
2009-2010 Touring Event Listing
Genre Listing
Dance | Jazz | Eclectic | World | Family | Theater | Music | Comedy | Lectures
Oct. 1, Paul Taylor Dance Company
Nov. 8, Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble
Dec. 18, 19, 20, The Nutcracker
Jan. 10, Moscow Festival Ballet
Feb. 21, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
March 19, Thodos Dance Chicago
April 10, 11, Community Event: Salt Creek Ballet
Jan. 15, Winter Jazz Fest: Orbert Davis/Ari Brown
Jan. 15, Winter Jazz Fest: Mambo Zombies
Jan. 16, Winter Jazz Fest: Kidjazz!
Jan. 16, Winter Jazz Fest: Kurt Elling
Jan. 16, Winter Jazz Fest: Steve Ramsdell and Zvonimir Tot
March 12, WDCB Jazz at the MAC: Kenny Barron
April 3, WDCB Jazz at the MAC: David Gonzalez
Oct. 16, 17, Club MAC: Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven
Oct. 23, Guthrie Family Rides Again
Oct. 24, Sisters in Soul
Nov. 6, Joan Osborne, The Holmes Bros., Paul Thorn
Nov. 20, American Revival
Nov. 27, 28, Club MAC: Sara Hickman
Dec. 5, Riders in the Sky
Dec. 11, The Lettermen Christmas
Dec. 12, Community Event: Gavin Coyle
Dec. 18, 19, Club MAC: Turtle Island Quartet
Jan. 8, 9, Club MAC: John Hammond
Jan. 23, Jim Peterik and World Stage
Feb. 13, Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies
March 5, 6, Club MAC: White Ghost Shivers
March 26, Susan Werner/John Gorka
Feb. 12, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dec. 13, New Classic Singers: Family Christmas Album
Feb. 25 to 28, Community Event: Beauty and the Beast
Oct. 9 and 10, New Philharmonic: Slavic Strings
Nov. 13, 14, New Philharmonic: Spanish Strings
March 5, 6, New Philharmonic: Celestial Harp Strings
April 23, 24 New Philharmonic: Passionate Piano Strings
Comedy
Oct. 30 Flying Karamazov Brothers
Oct. 16, Kind of Blue at 50
Nov. 7, Dee Dee Bridgewater
Sept. 12, The Fab Four
Oct. 2, Jim Brickman
Oct. 3, Great Big Sea
Oct. 11, Fiddlers 4
Nov. 15, Bruce Hornsby
Feb. 5, Kronos Quartet
May 9, Kathy Mattea
Oct. 4, Sones de Mexico
Nov. 1, Jigu!
March 14, Danú
Nov. 28, Sara Hickman
Dec. 26, Ralph’s World
Feb. 6, Justin Roberts
April 18, Patchwork
Feb. 6, Paula Poundstone
