Hey Nonny Celebrates Its Official Grand Opening Weekend In Arlington Heights With Eric Lindell Concert

Chicagoland's newest music venue and gastropub, Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights, has officially opened to the public. Kicking off its grand opening celebration on Friday, October 26, Hey Nonny will present two shows by well-known Chicago singer-songwriter Andrew Belle, the 2009 MTV Chicago Breakout Artist of the Year. Belle's first show is sold out, but some tickets are still available for the 9:30 p.m. show. World-famous Louisiana zydeco ace C.J. Chenier, son of the late Clifton Chenier, will continue the grand opening on Saturday, October 27. In its intimate listening room, Hey Nonny presents the best Chicago and touring musicians playing jazz, rock, blues, country, reggae, classical, and folk in ticketed concerts six nights a week. Farm-to-table cuisine is featured in the Hey Nonny gastropub.

"Our music venue is an absolute jewel," enthused Hey Nonny Co-Founder Chip Brooks. "The room is gorgeous, the sound is insanely good, the lighting is amazing, and best of all, the touring musicians playing here have said it was a great experience in every way. That means we'll be getting more great performers here." "We built this because we love to hear great live music in a cool venue and were tired of driving 45 minutes each way to Chicago or Evanston," said Co-Founder Chris Dungan. "Hey Nonny is now simply the best small music venue in the Chicago area. It cements downtown Arlington Heights, with its collection of great theatre, dining and entertainment, as the cultural center of the Northwest suburbs."

"'Hey Nonny Nonny' means 'carefree bliss' in old English songs and in one of our favorite Violent Femmes recordings, added Dungan. 'Hey Nonny' expresses the lighthearted fun we want people to have in our music venue and gastropub."

Focused on creating an intimate music experience, Hey Nonny's intimate venue holds up to 150 guests in flexible seating or standing formats. The venue features high-end sound and lighting systems, ideal acoustics, an 18-foot wide stage, and a Yamaha grand piano. Separating the music venue from the Gastropub, a 24-foot-wide retractable acoustic wall allows for the listening room and Gastropub to be separated or combined into one large space.

Created by the "Tattooed Chef" Jay Ruff, Hey Nonny's farm-to-table menu offers boards, shareables, jars, and entrees with ingredients sourced from local farms. Signature dishes include unique snack options like charcuterie boards and a duck confit jar, along with entrees such as a bone-in wild boar chop, crispy trout, and lamb shank. The full menu is available in the gastropub and at 16 Premier Seats in the listening room. Guests may also enjoy signature cocktails such as a Purple Hayes, Vail Vixon, Harmony Park, and Broken Halo, as well as craft beers from Chicago's best breweries, spirits from the Midwest's most distinctive distilleries, and wines that would be local if you lived in Sonoma or Bordeaux.

Hey Nonny currently is open Tuesdays through Thursdays 4 p.m. - midnight, and Fridays and Saturdays 4 p.m. - 1 a.m. Hours and days will expand over the next two months as Hey Nonny adds a weekend brunch schedule and Sunday afternoon Chamber music.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.HeyNonny.com or call 224-202-0750. Follow @HeyNonnyAH on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for behind the scenes content and updates.

Founded by Chip Brooks and Chris Dungan, Hey Nonny is Chicagoland's best intimate listening room for great live music and a lively farm-to-table Gastropub. Located in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights, just steps from the Arlington Heights Metra station, Hey Nonny consists of two unique spaces: a music venue accommodating up to 150 audience members and a 66-seat Gastropub. The Hey Nonny music venue includes an 18-foot wide elevated stage, high-end lighting and sound equipment, and a Yamaha grand piano. An acoustic retractable wall joins the music venue and Gastropub to create a larger room when necessary. A venue like no other, Hey Nonny showcases performers from a variety of genres including rock, pop, reggae, country, blues, jazz, cabaret, classical, folk and more, and allows guests to enjoy a localized, seasonal, and unique farm-to-table menu and a variety of specialty cocktails.

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