The Chicago Talent Center focuses on connecting clients with performers for live appearances.  While we do partner with other vendors to handle event management on a regular basis, and will do the same for you if you like, we're perfectly happy to stay in the background, too.  We started out as booking agents, and it's still our core business.  If the only thing you're missing is the entertainment, drop us a line.

We've developed decades' worth of connections in the entertainment business.  Whether you're looking for torch singer or a comedian, a magician or a folksinger, chances are we know someone who will be just right.

Acts come with a wide range of prices.  For example, a smooth and seasoned comedian who can do a clean -- but very funny -- show is going to cost quite a bit more than an ordinary nightclub act.  The old pros learned their chops in the nightclubs; and now, with experience, they've learned to handle more sophisticated venues.  They don't need potty humor or sexual innuendo to get big laughs.

But what if you're just planning a comedy night in a local bar?  Chances are your audience will be just as tolerant as a comedy nightclub crowd, and there's no reason not to hire a nightclub comedian.  Why spring for the more polished and more expensive act when your audience would be equally delighted with a show that's a little bit naughty?  P

On the other end, if you were planning a corporate Christmas party, we'd turn around and advise you not to lowball it.  The audience at a company party has rather more tender sensibilities than a bar crowd does, and a raunchy nightclub act wouldn't be the way to go.

And that's the name of the game.  Tell us what your needs are, what the situation will be, who will be in the audience and what your budget is.  We'll come back to you with a proposal, and we'll get it right.  We've been doing this a long time.