Quintessential Barrington Features Owner Chris Bauman

Friends,

Be sure to check out our owner Chris Bauman’s latest feature by Quintessential Barrington Magazine! The full-length article can be viewed here: https://www.quintessentialbarrington.com/wp-content/uploads/mj21-guest-essay.pdf

We are so excited for this new season of memory making at Shirley’s Piano Bar!

Chris Bauman and his family live in Lake Barrington. He is a recognized music promoter, venue owner, and entertainment entrepreneur. With over 15 years industry experience, he began his career booking local bands, hip hop groups, and DJs in his native Chicago. Bauman has worked with some of the most popular musical talent in the world and now leads nine separate, yet complementary entertainment companies and music venues as part of his Zenith Music Group. ZMG companies and venues include Patio Theater, a historic 1,500 capacity venue located in Chicago; Avondale Music Hall, a trendy new 750 capacity music club; Chordcraft Studios, a music production and publishing house; Genesis Presents, a boutique concert promotion company which produces multi-genre shows across the United States and Canada. He is a partner in SPKRBX Presents, a hip-hop specific promo-tion company and partner in the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival. Bauman also owns Shirley’s Piano Bar, a popular piano bar located in downtown Barrington and he is developing a 275-acre festival and nature grounds named Plum Tree located in Harvard, Illinois. Chris Bauman may be reached at chris@zenithmusicgorup.com. On Instagram, follow @chrisjbauman.