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Check out one of our family friendly or adult oriented shows! Information on our shows and tickets are below.
'Chilly' Jilly's Spectacular FAMILY SIDESHOW!
Voted in the top three BEST VENUES TO WATCH MAGIC in the current Chicago Reader Best of Chicago Poll, we offer a great show for everyone! It's great for kids but even better for adults!
SEE The Golden Boy of the American Sideshow SANJULA VAMANA do amazing feats of stupidity! Will he break cinder blocks on his chest while lying on a bed of nails? Will he put a pound a nail into his head with a pie plate? Will he bown a strike using nothing but a bowling ball and his earlobes?
SEE the adorable CASSIDY ROSE! Watch as she swallows a sword! Be astounded by her tripping deadly animal traps unscathed! Watch her escape from a straitjacket while standing on a bed of broken glass!
SEE , all the way from Italy, the astonishing magician ANDREA as he makes water dissappear ABOVE YOUR HEAD! Probes the depths of your brain to READ YOUR THOUGHT! And makes the unbelievable happen right before your eyes!
TIPPING OUR PERFORMERS IS ENCOURAGED TO HELP KEEP OUR ADMISSION PRICE LOW. You can do this with Jilly Bucks purchased at the venue or included with various experience packages.
Though there is no admission price for our show. You can PAY WHAT YOU THINK THE SHOW IS WORTH to make a reservation and guarantee a seat. You may also come in and get a seat on a first come/first serve basis and, should you choose, pay what you feel the show is worth at the door.
EVEN BETTER
Get one of our gelato packages! Each package has a set donation, a discounted gelato or food and beverage package and more!
The SIDESHOW FUN package gives us a $10 donation, a regular gelato with up to two flavors (you save $2.50) and $5 in Jilly Bucks to tip your performers!
The SIDESHOW MIDWAY SPECIAL includes an ALL BEEF or VEGAN Hot Dog, Large Popcorn, Drink of Your Choice, Small Gelato, $5 in Jilly Bucks and a $10 Donation. A savings of $5!
RECOMENDED AGE FOR SHOW IS 6 AND UP
CAFE CABARET
Cafe Cabaret is one of Chicago's finest variety entertainment! With a rotating cast of all sorts different talent! Dancing! Comedy! Story telling! Stunts! and more! Join the fun of Cafe Cabaret!
TIPPING OUR PERFORMERS IS ENCOURAGED TO HELP KEEP OUR ADMISSION PRICE LOW. You can do this with Jilly Bucks purchased at the venue or included with various experience packages.
Though there is no admission price for our show. You can PAY WHAT YOU THINK THE SHOW IS WORTH to make a reservation and guarantee a seat. You may also come in and get a seat on a first come/first serve basis and, should you choose, pay what you feel the show is worth at the door.
Remember, there are a lot of great performers here! We need to show them we appreciate them! Please be generous with your donation!
SUPER - HORROR - RAMA
Watch the original theatrical trailer for THE MAD MAGICIAN (1954), an underseen and magnificent Vincent Price vehicle showing next Wednesday, September 4 as a part of PRESTO—YOU'RE DEAD!, a weekly horror gathering and screening series at Sideshow Gelato in Lincoln Square! 
This screening includes LIVE MAGIC performed by John Sturk, the 2023-2024 National President of the Society of American Magicians!
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This September, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! returns to Sideshow Gelato in Lincoln Square for horror gatherings with LIVE MAGIC and four screenings about sinister magicians! Bring your friends and make new ones as we chat about all things horror, feast on sideshow-inspired gelato (10% discount for attendees), and enjoy spectacular fright flicks about deadly illusions!
PRESTO—YOU'RE DEAD!
9/4 - THE MAD MAGICIAN (1954)
9/11 - THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
9/18 - MAGIC (1978)
9/25 - LORD OF ILLUSIONS (1995)
SIDESHOW GELATO AFTER HOURS!
A sideshow catered towards the adults! Sword swallowing! Human Blockhead! Dirty magic! and of course BURLESQUE! Sideshow with some skin! What more could you want? Well the answer to that is We're also BYOB with a $5 corkage fee!
Burlesque by Dionysia!!! (she/her & they/them) is a burlesque performer and coach, figure model, and show producer from Wisconsin. Dionysia is known for her mesmerizing and exploratory style of burlesque combining improvisation, audience interactions, and expressive storytelling. She’s been featured across many burlesque communities including Full Moon Crucible in Madison, WI, Hue Revue in Milwaukee, WI, The Newport Theater in Chicago, WI, and was a 2023 Silver Tusk Awards Finalist for the Now Arriving award. Dionysia is a proud non-binary Latina and spreads the gay agenda by normalizing female body hair on and off the stage. For more, check out her website dionysiaburlesque.com”
and of course our Chilly Jilly's Sideshow group! Cassidy Rose! The danger doll of your dreams! She swallows swords! Stabs needles through her skin, and more! Sanjula Vamana! For adult shows only he uses his you know what to all sorts of things you know you shouldn't! We also have Andrea doing dirty comedy magic! Come on in and enjoy a hot show with some cold gelato!
Get the SIDESHOW PARTY PACKAGE!
Includes $15 donation, $5 in Jilly Bucks and a regular gelato! (You save $5!)