HotHouse (jazz club)

The HotHouse is a cultural center last located in the South Loop, Chicago, United States, and known for its program of jazz and world music concerts and as a central meeting place for a variety of community groups.

The club on Balbo Avenue closed in July 2007 and the current board organizes programming around the region while building a new permanent site for operations.

The Center for International Performance and Exhibition (colloquially called HotHouse), was founded by Marguerite Horberg in 1987 at 1565 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago.

[3] Performers at the Hothouse included Roscoe Mitchell, Gil Scott-Heron, Maria Rita, Henry Threadgill, Susie Ibarra, Savina Yannatou, Dewey Redman and Olu Dara.

Since 2007, HotHouse has organized over 100 programs as itinerant presenters and has produced a number of year- long thematic and multi-disciplinary events such as the WPA 2.0, A Brand New Deal, The African Jubilee and Old and New Dreams.