CCA Cabaret Café

04/10/2022

TODAY!

🚨TOMORROW NIGHT🚨 Join stand-up comic, Jeff May live in the Cabaret Cafe here at the CCA! Tickets available at chelmsfordarts.org!

11/25/2021

From all of us the Chelmsford Center for the Arts to all of you, we wish you a very happy & healthy Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for your continued support of the arts.

09/25/2021

The CCA is back! We are cautiously opening with performances on our main stage. Acts we would have booked in the Cabaret Café are in the larger room for now until COVID cases come down. Our COVID Policy requires proof of vaccination for all patrons 12 years of age and older. Proof is a vaccine card, photo of card, and ID OR VaxYes proof of vaccination. (Go to www.gogetvax.com for your FREE digital vaccine certificate! Fast line for those with this digital pass.). All tickets must be purchased on-line.

The easiest way to get a covid-19 vaccine passport verified, and add to your digital wallet on your phone.

09/06/2021

We're back & we can't wait to see you at the CCA! Tickets are on sale now for all of the shows listed below. Visit chelmsfordarts.org for tickets & details! We need your support now more than ever 🎭 🎻🎨🎟

04/09/2021

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!
Come party with us (Virtually) and welcome back our annual CCA in Bloom art and flowers gala! See art interpreted in floral arrangements.

Here’s How to Party with Flower Power:

1. Order tasty party food from one of our local wonderful Chelmsford restaurants to have at home by 7:00 pm.
2. Have the ingredients for a Twinkle or Twinklette* (our signature spring cocktail and mocktail) on hand.
3. Dress in your party outfit
4. Click HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGFRC7yqZrQ at 7:00 pm and
5. Post a photo on our Team CCA page and your Instagram page. Don’t forget the hashtag:

*Ingredients for our signature spring cocktail and mocktail

TWINKLE – Sofia Blanc de blancs (or other sparkling wine), St. Germain Liqueur or other Elderflower liqueur, vodka, 1 lemon, cocktail shaker, ice, cocktail glass

TWINKLETTE – Gosling’s Ginger Beer (this is non-alcoholic), Belvoir Organic Elderflower Lemonade, ice, glass

08/12/2020

In the last month we have been able to raise nearly $8,000 through new donations. That is amazing and we cannot thank the community enough, but we still have miles to go.

The CCA is an organization run entirely by volunteers. Over the years we have been able to put on thousands of shows, support countless artists, and be a staple in the community through the tireless full time work of unpaid staff. In the next year we would like to bring on some paid staff members and expand our offerings to the community by adding more types of shows and experimenting with new programming.

None of that will be possible, however, if we can’t keep the lights on through Covid. This is truly a make or break moment for the CCA.

If you have not yet donated and care about keeping arts programming in our town please consider helping. Just $10 per household makes a huge difference.

Donate here: https://chelmsfordarts.org/donate/

If you have already donated thank you! Please consider sharing this post or sending the information to a friend who believes in the transformative power of art.

08/06/2020

There are great things happening at the CCA! We are still bringing you amazing shows even during Covid, and there are hundreds of reasons to donate and save the CCA!

Donate today to save the CCA so we can bring you great events now, and even more in the future: https://chelmsfordarts.org/donate/

Join us this weekend for the second CCA PARKING LOT CONCERT featuring Artie Bakopolus and the AB4 with John Arcaro on piano, Tony Sumbury, bass, George Farrell, drums, and Artie on sax.

August 9 at 5:00 entrance, 5:30 start

Tickets $10 each, Table for 4 $40

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artie-bakopolus-quartet-cca-parking-lot-concert-tickets-115452037151

We have worked with the Board of Health to create a setting that complies with Covid-19 regulations. This means some changes. ALL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED ON-LINE. There will be no tickets sold at the concert. (Welcome to the new normal.) Our tables will seat parties of 1-4 and you must purchase all the tickets for your party together.

ALL PATRONS MUST WEAR MASKS WHEN NOT EATING OR DRINKING.

Park at 9 North Road or in Public Parking elsewhere as no cars will be allowed in our lot.

The tables will be under canopies for social distancing between parties. Yoon Tong II is right next door. Call them at 978-244-2442, place your order for pick up at 5 and then check in to be seated. Trailside Ice Cream Parlor will also be open, so if you want to eat dessert first, visit them before or after the show!

For safety, this event is limited to seating for 36. There will be no intermission, entry allowed once.

07/23/2020

Help the CCA survive the pandemic! Any amount will help! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=9DbhIHiPaITinzbtcACs2x3PhT4KfPWRUVeJUzS_QMt23Jq6_3bemSiFB-6EGpPQHfiAU0&country.x=US&locale.x=US

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04/20/2020

We are starting something new and that is showing that Arts Matter! You can join in by telling us why the arts matter to you.

We are starting something new and that is showing that Arts Matter! You can join in by telling us why the arts matter to you.

03/17/2020

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Stay tuned for some virtual performances...

03/15/2020

6:54 pm: Governor Baker has just instituted banning of gatherings of 25+ beginning March 17 through April 17. Therefore our closure plan is updated. We will still follow the 4 weeks of no new COVID-19 cases in MA plan before we reopen. We thank Gov. Baker for his leadership on this serious issue.

03/15/2020

UPDATE: 6:54 pm: Governor Baker has just instituted banning of gatherings of 25+ beginning March 17 through April 27. Therefore our closure plan is updated. We will still follow the 4 weeks of no new COVID-19 cases in MA plan before we reopen. We thank Gov. Baker for his leadership on this serious issue.

UPDATE To CCA Closure Plan, March 14, 2020

We know there is much uncertainty regarding COVID-19 and how everyone should respond to our national emergency. This is not easy for anyone. We are seeing a rise in new cases in Massachusetts and much of New England and we have not seen the peak yet. Much will depend on the response to the call for people to stay home and out of the public to stem the spread of the virus.

We want our audience and staff to be as safe as possible. With that in mind we have an updated plan. We have canceled all events for 4 weeks, which is through April 11, 2020. The cancellations going forward beyond that date will depend on whether there are any reported new cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts. If in a given week there is a reported new case, we will continue to cancel events 4 weeks in advance. This is the best thing we can do to protect you, your family, and the rest of the community.

Nothing in life is 100% without risk. While we do not have a date certain for reopening, we do know that once there are no new COVID-19 cases reported for several weeks, the risk to the public attending our performances will be minimal. We will still ask that people who are ill remain home, for everyone to wash their hands, not touch their faces, and to cough into their arm. These may be the best things we have learned for the general public health. Should there be any change in the situation, we will reevaluate.

Special thanks to Town Manager Paul Cohen and State Representative Tami Gouveia for their support and advice.

I will update our closure date each Saturday on our Chelmsford Center for the Arts page and on our website www.chelmsfordarts.org.

Stay safe and healthy,

Susan Julian Gates
Executive Director

03/07/2020

2Slick SOLD OUT!

12/08/2019

NOW until 7 pm, Holiday Jazz Jam! Come play, sing, listen and celebrate 12 months of our jam. $5 at the door, wine/beer/seasonal martinis available.

12/04/2019

Anyone interested in a show tunes cabaret?

"Don't give up on these people."

08/15/2019

Season 10 begins! We can’t believe how fast a decade has gone. We look forward to seeing our old friends and making lots of new ones...

07/08/2019

2nd Sunday Jazz Jammers, we are taking a vacay in July. Our next jam will be on August 11 with host Joan Watson-Jones and her band. Please spread the word and ask your friends to join us from 4-7 pm. $5 to sing/play/listen with a wonderful group of musicians and jazz aficionados.

06/19/2019

06/01/2019

Open Mic NOW!

04/06/2019

What’s up Misfits!? Don’t forget, on April 19th, it’s the second installment of my Open Mic, This Is My Indoor Voice, at the Cafe, in Chelmsford!! Please come and sing, tell a story or some jokes - whatever you want! It’s a supportive artistic environment and I am so glad to be creating art in the Merrimack Valley.

03/11/2019

Last night after the Nick Goumas Quartet performed, we had a patron from Bedford, NH write: "CCA's Cabaret Café has jazz musicians you can find in Boston, but with an intimate listening room and easy parking. The best place to listen to jazz outside of New York and North of Boston!" - Paula K.

03/10/2019

Russell Watts at our 2nd Sunday Jazz Jam!