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Lesley ByersJazz and Dance Venues

The following is a partial list of jazz clubs and dance venues we've been grateful to work with. Are you looking for the list of corporate clients or the list of non-corporate clients we've performed for?

Anthony's Jazz Club, Elgin, IL
Astor's Beechwood Mansion, Newport, RI
Bohemian Hall, Cleveland, OH
Bungalow Lounge, Chicago
Cafe Brauer, Chicago
Casa Loma Ballroom, St. Louis, MO
Chevy Chase Ballroom, Washington, DC
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago
Club Cache, NY, NY
Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI
Daley Plaza, Chicago
Dubuque SwingFest, Dubuque, IA
Edgewood Club, Pittsburgh, PA
Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester, NY
Grant Park, Chicago
Green Dolphin Street, Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Irving Plaza, NY, NY
Ithaca Festival, Ithaca, NY
Jazz at Five, Madison, WI
John Hancock Building, Chicago
Kemper Auditorium, Kenosha, WI
Logan Square/Boulevard Swing Club, Chicago
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Michael's Jazz Bistro, Glen Ellyn, IL
Navy Pier, Chicago
Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL
Pops for Champagne, Chicago
Pops Highwood, Highwood, IL
Port Jazz, Long Island, NY
Swing City, Boston, MA
Tapestry Club, Minneapolis, MN
The Bar, Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI
The Derby, Los Angeles, CA
The Pump Room, Chicago
The Velvet Lounge, Chicago
The Barn, Smithtown Long Island, NY
The River Club, Columbus, OH
Tokio Ballroom, Philadelphia, PA
United Center, Chicago
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Ohio, Columbus, OH
Willie McBride's. Hoboken, NJ

  

Performance Highlights

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Touring in October 2002

First...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Newport, Rhode Island
Rochester, New York

Then...
Madison, Wisconsin
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Then...
St. Louis, Missouri
and
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Just after we'd gotten in from our summer tour, we found ourselves out on the road again. FYI—Newport, RI is further east than NYC and even Boston!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
We're on about 3 hours of sleep!

Newport, Rhode Island
The all-important road trip stop...mmm.

Out for a needed stretch
We played three gigs in three days and traveled 2,500 miles! Ugh.