Since 1987 HotHouse has organized more than 7,000 public events. We have paid more than 1M to artists since we started organizing events and have attracted more than 2 million patrons and viewers through our live and virtual programming.
Critically acclaimed for initiating remarkable festivals and international cultural exchanges; examples of the more intricate endeavors HotHouse successfully realized would include:
- The Women of the New Jazz Festival (1991, 2001, and 2004),
- The FMP Festival –Blowin’ In From Chicago (1995)
- Chicago World Music Festival -1999
- The Chicago-South Africa Initiative (2000)
- Viva Flamenco ( 2002)
- The Jazz en Clavé Festivals (2004-2006)
- Patchwerx Festival of Directors of Color ( 2005-2006 )
- From the Lion’s Point of View, The African Jubillee ( 2010)
- WPA 2.0, a Brand New Deal (2011-2013)
- This Land is Our Land – a centennial celebration of Woody Guthrie (2012)
- Jazz on a Summers Day ( 2009-2016)
- The Son Jarocho International Exchange Project (2013)
- Old and New Dreams Festivals (2015, 2016)
- Cuba and The Chicago-Guantanamo Blues Exchange ( 2016 and ongoing)
- Global Voices at the Alhambra Palace ( 2017 and 2018 )
- Jazz on a Summer’s Day at Blueberry Fields ( 2018)
- Tricontinental ’66 and Other Acts of Liberation ( 2018)
- On Whose Shoulders ( 2019)
- Concert for Cuba ( 2020)
- HotHouse Meets Havana ( 2021)
- ¡Activista! International Women’s Day Concert ( 2021)
- Break the Siege Concert for Gaza ( 2021)
- The Paulo Freire Centennial Series ( 2022)
