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Rock the badges held an benefit here this weekend outside of the theater for our officers who work so hard to keep our city safe. The music was awesome, the food was great and the ppl were fantastic!!! THANK YOU CITY OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS, STAY SAFE AND GOD BLESS!!

Ron is the finest MOFO Ihave ever seen

I performed here. Very cold in the winter. Why? Because the heat wasnt turned on. The crew is nice..or they were doing their job. Its spacious. I havent been here for anything else. Overall..it was cool.

Needs to be updated. Gets real cold in the winter.

Great venue. But their security may need to develop a bit more people skills. Theyre quite unapproachable when theres an issue at hand, without them assuming you had something to do with said issue.Opinion isnt based on 1st person experience, but I have had others accompany me for an event and had the issue.

Have enjoyed Great Old school concerts there!

The shows are great. The noise and the environment are pretty cool. They should take care of the heater during the winter and the AV during the summer. It needs better and bigger bathrooms.

Awesome theatre good bands

The sound is pretty good there. I think they should turn it into a full blown concert venue. Staff was pretty friendly too, no complaints.

Not sure bout theater anymore but the area is decent

I was 11 months ago I seen the return to roots concert. It was very negative nice and cool to see a concert just a block away from where I work. I was able to get all the way up front for the concert to.

I think this is a good venue for music and events. Atmosphere very reminiscent of the old Aragon Ballroom and Riviera, cozy and rough around the edges. Wear warm clothes in the winter.

Groupo Niche was AWESOME! But unfortunately the location didn’t have No air conditioning anything that involves movement should at least keep the place cool.

This theater has super potential to me one of the best Chicago venues. The sound quality is decent, could be better, but it might just be outdated sound system. The place does need a little spit shine. The space is huuuuuge! I look forward to see where they go with the theater.

Horrible venue! It was HOT as hell! No AC. Great concert though! FIX THE AC HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE 2013! Charge us more if needed!

Ok venue only went because one of our favorite artists performed there!

Nice venue. Security is hit or miss.. either just walk in or full body pat down. They felt me up, opened my wallet, took my shoes off, and touched my feet once, kinda weird . But w/e

Acoustics are great. Good sound and lighting system. Venue is solid for high energy hip hop shows.

Decent place; got a tad bit old-feeling to it. Suicide Silence was amazing here

Cool little venue. Little dive venue, which was perfect for the show I was at. If you want bass, this is your place... Place fricken rattles!

Beautiful theater. Got to see my idols perform The Great Milenko there!

Was a good time.

Terrible at handling large crowds. The security pushes you. Extremely cold inside. Its really only good for the size. Ive been here twice.

Staff was fantastic! Security called outside for VIPs to head the line, were very friendly in getting people scanned in (if you forget your paper ticket, bring up the pdf on your smartphone, and that works well), and our bartender was very sweet and fast (though drinks were expensive! $8 for a 6oz rum and coke!).However, the place has a ton of downsides. It feels cobbled together, especially between the lobby, bathrooms, and seating. There was no assigned seating, and surprisingly, no heat in the building. Theater fog was thick when we entered (doors at 7pm), and the concert didnt start until 8:30!!Once the main act was preparing for the stage, most people stood, and moved up to the edge of the stage (there was more than enough seating for all attending). Why is standing at a seated concert a thing, anyway?Restroom facilities were lacking, with the exception of the toilet paper. The stalls were extra small, and haphazardly placed. Sink water was freezing cold. Plenty of paper towels, but with no heat, tough to get warm again.Unless the act is phenomenal, I will not be returning. Of course, they may be renovating, so if they update the venue, it may be a nice place! Subway is nearby, walking distance from Mayfair station or Irving Park station, and other awesome food options between train and theater.Hope the description helps!

Just went to see Doug Stanhope. There was absolutely no heat in this place. Everybody continued to wear their jackets, hats, scarves, etc. Its November in chicago....heat is a good thing.The bathrooms made the lack of heat a minor inconvenience. Ive seen gas station bathrooms a thousand times more sanitary then these. DISGUSTING!Never again.

Huge venue. no ac or heat so dress appropriately

I always enjoy the show but the food iis cold and not my selection of drinks and the prices on the beer is ridiculous

Vintage theater!! Always fun to go to when in the city..

The place its ok. I like the architecture.I was there watching a concert.The acoustic of the place is not good.It was dirty too

Freezing theatre that looks like a squat. Avoid the rest room unless you like tetnus. Only come if you really love the preformer.

Wonderfully restored classic theater in Chicago, renowned for showing silent films with live musical accompaniment, just as they did before the Talkies! It is also common to see themed film festivals, such as a monster film fest before Halloween, and even the occasional concert. I still remember the comfortable, relaxed atmosphere of the Jane Birkin show I caught here a couple of years ago. An indoor farmers market is also held here once a month during winter.

Holes in front of us drunk and smoking. Hard to enjoy the show with such holes. Security does not seem to care. I wont be back.

The place is really old and definitely need a lot of renovations, had a show there and whole place was cold so much so that visitors left the show early. The bathrooms were small, the so called dressing rooms were small and not appealing.

Customer service could be better

Great show sucky parking but nice place!

I had a ladies night out with my friends for my birthday and I must say this was the worst night ever. The Portage Theater was hotter then hot no air conditioning just fans with the doors opened, it was nasty and the bathroom was discussing, everything about this place was unprofessional and the show was awful. We left after45 minutes into the show. They really need to put some work into this place and until they do, this theater Needs to be shut down!!!!

The gorgeous old Portage Theater was almost a memory, it had faded into creepiness a decade ago, but its struggled back to be a vital and fantastic part of the movie-lovers landscape in the region. Silent films, sci-fi, horror marathons, film buff heaven in beautiful Portage Park.

Do I even have to give it one star? Because this place deserves zero. Went there for concert...freezing cold in there-heat was not even on! It felt warmer outside. Couldnt even really enjoy concert....chills the whole time. Second-doors were suppose to open at 7,didnt open till 7:45. Third-too many opening lical acts, there were about 8 acts, then about 30 minutes of hype men. Fourth-how you going to not have hennessy? And then run out of other liquor. Fifth-exe money for front row is a joke. You can pay less and be steps away. We would never go here again.

Can definitely see the age of this place. Went to a concert here, great sound and nice employees but the place was old and I cant say it was well kept as the restrooms were ridiculous. In any event, my main issue was the lack of attention paid to wheelchair patrons. We were ushered to general admission where ppl were falling all over my brother and just in his way. Imo, there needs to be more effort and thought into wheelchair patrons. There should be a section or area where they too can enjoy a show they paid for without fighting off fellow concert goers from falling in their laps, on their legs, or damn near knocking them out of their chair. Theyd like to enjoy their concert in peace as everyone else and also be able to see it in a safe environment and have fun. We could have purchased a table at the front but luckily we didnt as they didnt look too great (kind of old). We have been to places in general admission areas (ex. HOB) where the experience was of no comparison. Even if there was an upcharge to be in some area for wheelchairs, we would have paid it not to be dead in the middle of a crowd of ppl who were enjoying themselves (as they should) but also falling all over my brother. We ended up in the very back of the theater against a wall, not in the very front seeing the artist close up as expected in general admission. All in all, we ended up enjoying the concert but extremely disappointed in the overall experience and have no intention of returning. I do urge you to look into better accommodations for wheelchair patrons.

Cool place we come to see Yngwie Malmsteed live

I love this because Ju-ve--nile was here 7-3-2017 tonight

Could have been more organized and cleaner :/

Doors didnt open until almost 20 min after they were supposed to. It still took about 30 minutes to get inside because of a disorganized system. It was as cold inside as outside. The bathroom was not well kept and it took forever to use it. It is now 9:30 pm and I am still waiting to see the featured act Ashanti. Terrible experience. I am never coming back!!!

Was an awesome place I had an amazing time at krewella

Came to a Comedy play Today July 23rd. Hijas de su Madre. The play was good, great time but on a day with 90 degrees the theater had no AC. Everyone was hot sweating and fanning themselves with fliers. There were two open doors with fans blowing in. Maybe they could charge $5 more to turn the AC on.

No air conditioner, the place does not smell clean at all and it is hot as hell. I came to see grupo niche and they have a vip (cost 250 + Ticket 35) are which includes a bottle of whiskey and 2 fan to cool down the area and not dance area. Soooo you pay to see and dance too no only to watch the artist singing. For the regular ($35) is ok you can not ask to much because the price, but how is possible that they only had 1 fan for the entire area which is almost yhe entire theater. Please production companies at least for summer Events be considered and fix the air conditioner or buy more fans. The event was promoted/organized by Jo productions , Arvez production and Gmw entertainment.

This place can hold a ton of people. You can sit, stand or even mingle. Theres even a dance floor where you can shake your groove thing. Parking is kind of hard to find.

Entry and exit is quick and easy but no air conditioning

It was Freezing. But its a big place. I enjoyed Seeing CamRon. KILLAH CAM

Come on guys, get it together. This place could be awesome, but as it is, it leaves a lot to be desired.

I can say some of the music was good. But I paid to see a disco jam show not to hear house music or freestyle music. Show was suppose to start at 9 its almost midnight and no disco singers yet. The DJS are ghetto. And Sundance what a disappointment all she did was talk about her ghetto low life life. You suck Sundance stay your ass on the West Side. Two thumbs down for this show. Not happy at all.

Horrible sounding room for a concert. Left my favorite band it was so bad. SO BAD. Never again.

I love this place.. the best events

Stan hope show was mind blowing.

Old school theater is an intimate setting for a concert.

Saw WWE NXT here in mid January. Building had no heat, and it must have been around freezing in the theater. No ticket takers to be found, and no ushers, so despite them selling different seats for different prices, everyone was just walking right in and sitting wherever they felt like. Theater staff didnt seem interested in helping anyone with ticket/seat disputes. On top of that, the theater was greatly oversold, leaving dozens of people who paid for seats stuck standing around the walls for the whole show.

Couldve been better. Security was a lil extra

Ok venue for shows but its a hit or miss, half the shows ive been to here had really bad sound setups. Only good one was tipper

Was hot as hell at the juelZ concert

I like going to the portage theater for the music. Unfortunitly the police hassasses people if you hang out in the parking lot. so just dont hang out and youll be ok. Other then that the music is good.

I worked there in 1944 as an usher, wonderful place

Seen concert there. Really old building.

Its ok its just a theater that holds small concerts ... Drinks are super small for $9 and bathrooms are small as well.

It has been a week and 2 days that I have been trying to call this unresponsive establishment in order to find out how to get a refund for the DMX concert that they hosted. DMX was the main act and didnt take stage until 1:45 am?!?! I have called various times all during business hours to reach someone and no one has picked up. 2 thumbs way down for customer service.

The venue was nice Jerry Rivera did an awesome job but it seemed like they didnt pay for the A/C because it was extremely warm inside made it very unpleasant.

Enjoyed my experience there

Nice open venue with seating.

Venue was subpar and lacked proper heating. I wont ever return. The seats werent stationary and the people around me needed to buy 2 seats. Very unpleasant comedy show and it hasnt even started yet.

Took 40 minutes to seat. It took 4 hours for the group we paid to see to perform. Their idea of snacks was cheap chips which they make sure to charge 5 dollars for. Overall not a good experience due to cost of everything and conditions

It was very Hot in this place and the Bathroom needs a attendant so they can keep it clean

Classic venue with excellent sound.

Not a long walk to find parking, a sense of personal space in the crowd

Nice venue for a concert not to large

Staff and security were nice

Great spot to see bands

Its was fun

Concert was nice

Theater OK

Rad venue for ya bassheads

Really old place

I love this place

Kodak was amazing

Its was cold

Great venue

Good

Camron was #Lit

Great concerts

Vintage venue that needs some TLC.

This place is a freezing cold dump.

Cold inside. Bring a jacket

It was very cold

Its a garbage dump that doesnt turn their heat on for a comedy show and charges River North prices for drinks.

It was freezing the entire time, felt like I was outside

Nice place

Unorganized and staff and security blew

Freezing apocalyptic tenement ramshackle of a building. It should be condemned. Dont ever pay for a ticket there. There is no heat.

Great venue.

No heat