For Halloween weekend, Green Mill offers a concise route through three working forms of Chicago jazz: the open-ended late jam, a Friday night holiday bill with The Model Citizens, and a Saturday program led by the Chicago Cellar Boys. The sequence falls within the Thursday, October 29, through Sunday, November 1 concert window, yet its center of gravity is Friday and Saturday in Uptown. Each booking keeps the focus on a club tradition: music made for a room, played across a full evening, with the floor and the late hour shaping the experience.[1][2][3][5]

The weekend opens after midnight

The thread begins at 1 a.m. Friday, October 30, with the Green Mill Jam Session featuring Marquis Hill. The official listing places the session in the club’s after-hours slot and sets a five-dollar cover. Green Mill says its current incarnation opened on June 19, 1986, and that it has revived late-night Friday and Saturday music as part of its 40th-anniversary programming. That context makes the Hill session a useful entry point: a late-room gathering before the weekend’s scheduled Halloween sets take over.[3][5]

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Two Halloween nights, one dance-floor impulse

At 8 p.m. Friday, October 30, The Model Citizens take the Green Mill stage for the Halloween Eve program, scheduled through midnight. Saturday, October 31, repeats that eight-to-midnight frame with the Chicago Cellar Boys, and the venue explicitly says the dance floor will be open. The paired bills give the weekend a practical shape for listeners who want a full club set instead of a quick seasonal cameo: arrive for the early evening, stay with the room, and let the Friday and Saturday programs function as companion nights.[1][2]

The Cellar Boys carry the historical line

Saturday’s Chicago Cellar Boys set supplies the clearest stylistic anchor. The group describes its work as interpretations of 1920s and 1930s jazz and hot dance styles, and it has an ongoing Green Mill connection through a weekly Tuesday engagement. For Halloween Night, the listed personnel includes Andy Schumm on cornet, clarinet, and saxophone; John Otto and Natalie Scharf on reeds; Adler Scheidt on banjo and guitar; Paul Asaro on piano and vocals; and Dan Anderson on tuba and bass. Those instruments put rhythm, reeds, and dancing at the center of the final night.[2][4]

Plan the Green Mill run

Start with Marquis Hill at 1 a.m. Friday, October 30; return at 8 p.m. that evening for The Model Citizens; then close the route with the Chicago Cellar Boys at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 31. All three shows are at Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway Ave. Recheck the venue’s official event pages for door details, cover charges, and any schedule changes before heading out.[1][2][3]

These concerts happened on 30–31 October 2026

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Sources

  1. Halloween Eve with The Model Citizens — Green Mill Jazz Club
  2. Halloween Night with The Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill Jazz Club
  3. Green Mill Jam Session with Marquis Hill — Green Mill Jazz Club
  4. About the Chicago Cellar Boys — Chicago Cellar Boys
  5. Green Mill — Green Mill Jazz Club