The Upstairs Gallery Ditches Its Physical Space

• John Matteson
• Walt Delaney, Alex Honnet, and Caitlin Stephan, the founders of the Upstairs Gallery

When the Upstairs Gallery was voted Best Underground Art Space in this year’s Best of Chicago readers’ poll, the folks who run the space at 5219 N. Clark took that as a sign to go out on top. At the end of the month the performance collective’s physical space will close down.

The space is going out with a bang with performances at 8 and 10:30 PM every night of the week until the end of August, and a packed schedule from 6 PM until well past 1 AM during the weekend of August 21-23 for the second annual Jangleheart Circus.