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Acoustic Renaissance Concerts
11 West Maple Street
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
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Schedule - 2025/2026 Season

All in person shows begin at 7pm.
Call 630/941-7797 for all tickets or see notes at "Tickets" tab.
Streaming tickets are also available.

   
Saturday, May 2, 2026 — Susan Werner .

Tickets: $30

The portion of this show from 8pm to 9pm will be broadcast live by our friends at WFMT 98.7, or listen worldwide on http://www.WFMT.com


THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT for in person tickets. But no limit on watching on our high-def, 3 camera livestream with stereo sound. So call 630/941-7797 to get your livestream ticket. IF you live near Hinsdale and want to just drive to the venue for the show, it is possible a few seats will be available the day of the show, so take your chances and show up around 6:50pm if you'd like.


Over the course of her twenty five year career, Susan Werner has earned a reputation as "one of the most innovative songwriters working today" (Chicago Tribune). With formidable chops on guitar (she began playing at age 5) and piano (she was a guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz), along with a graduate degree in voice performance, her shows are a one-woman master class in musicianship. Although best known as an acoustic songwriter that came up through coffeehouses and folk festivals, the Chicago-based artist has written songs in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter (I Can't Be New, 2004), gospel music (The Gospel Truth, 2007), traditional Cuban "son" (An American In Havana, 2016), and New Orleans junk piano (NOLA, 2019). In 2014 she composed the music and lyrics to the musical theater score Bull Durham, The Musical (MGM). Her songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, Michael Feinstein, and Shemekia Copeland, and her latest recording of originals, The Birds of Florida, took flight in 2022.

"(Werner is) a songwriter and musician who is in such complete command of her gifts that it's almost scary." - All Music Guide


2025 2026 Season at a Glance: (Most shows $20 per ticket)

September 20 2025: Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner
Jenny and Robin Bienemann co-bill

October 4 2025: Sons of the Never Wrong

November 1 2025: C Daniel Boling/Ben Bedford co-bill

January 31 2026: Ellis Paul ($22)

February 21 2026: Hope Dunbar, Katie Dahl, RJ Cowdery triple-bill

March 7 2026: James Keelaghan

April 18 2026: Emma's Revolution

May 2 2026: Susan Werner ($30)

Season tickets available $160 for all the shows!




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