The owners of Hey Nonny have announced that they are selling both the music venue and the real estate it occupies in downtown Arlington Heights.
After eight years at the helm, Chip Brooks and Chris Dungan are looking to find a new owner “who shares their passion for live music and wants to carry the venue’s legacy into its next chapter,” according to Friday’s announcement.
The venue is not closing in the meantime and has dates booked through the spring of next year.
Named after an Old English musical verse that indicates letting go of worries, Hey Nonny has a bistro room and an intimate “listening room” featuring jazz, rock, reggae, folk, country and classical performers.
The news follows previous ownership changes at local music venues including The Hideout in Chicago, a beloved location which has survived efforts to gentrify the surrounding neighborhood, changed hands in March from Tim and Katie Tuten to Teri O’Brien, “a former Hideout employee who splits her time between Chicago and Nashville, where she launched a music career, performing as Americana artist Bronte Falls,” as reported by the Tribune.
And in 2020, founders Bill and Kate FitzGerald, founders of the popular Berwyn-based venue FitzGerald’s, sold the business to Will Duncan and his wife Jessica King, who have continued its operations.
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