This second annual cabaret showcase hosted by the New York-based Mabel Mercer Foundation kicks off Friday, February 14, with a sold-out black-tie gala at the Palmer House Hiltons’s Empire Room and continues with four concerts at the Park West through Monday, February 17. This schedule includes auxiliary programs at Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret and Maxim’s and free programs at the Chicago Cultural Center and Chicago Water Works Visitor Center.

Friday, February 14

Noon Michelle Lee Bradley

Chicago Water Works Visitor Center

163 E. Pearson, 877-244-2246

12:15 pm Noble Fool Cabaret

Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington, 312-744-6630

pm Julie Wilson, KT Sullivan, David Staller, Craig Rubano, Anika Noni Rose, Sylvia McNair, Shelley MacArthur, Cory Jamison, Jeff Harnar, Rita Gardner, Barbara Carroll, Alexandra Billings

Empire Room, Palmer House Hilton

17 E. Monroe, 312-726-7500

pm Andrea Marcovicci performs So In Love: The Love Songs of Cole Porter

Park West

322 W. Armitage, 773-929-5959 or 312-559-1212

Saturday, February 15

12:15 pm Georga Osborne

Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington, 312-744-6630

5 pm Colleen McHugh

Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret

1383 N. Milwaukee, 773-278-1830

pm Joyce Breach, Jennifer Chada, Mark Coffin, BJ Crosby, Joan Curto, Natalie Douglas, Colleen mchugh, Beckie Menzie, Tom Michael, Patty Morabito, Georga Osborne, Johnny Rodgers, Spider Saloff, Daryl Sherman

Park West

322 W. Armitage, 773-929-5959 or 312-559-1212

pm Audrey Morris with Justin Hayford, Yoko Noge & Clark Dean, and Joe Vito

Maxim’s

24 E. Goethe, 312-742-1748

11 pm Craig Rubano

Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret

1383 N. Milwaukee, 773-278-1830

Sunday, February 16

12:15 pm Daryl Sherman

Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington, 312-744-6630

5 pm Julie Wilson

Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret

1383 N. Milwaukee, 773-278-1830

pm Lisa Asher, Judy Barnett, Anna Bergman, Dina Joy Byrd, Brian Delorenzo, Nan Mason, Audrey Morris, Denise Perrier, Julie Reyburn, Jeanne Scherkenbach, Bobbi Wilsyn

Park West

322 W. Armitage, 773-929-5959 or 312-559-1212

Monday, February 17

pm Eric Comstock, Mary Foster Conklin, Pamela Sue Fox, Justin Hayford, Lynn Loosier, Sidney Myer, Phillip Officer, Avery Sommers, Lucia Spina, Kat Taylor, Lumiri Tubo, Paula West, Bobbi Wilson

Park West

322 W. Armitage, 773-929-5959 or 312-559-1212