Aragon Ballroom

The Aragon Ballroom is a dance hall and music venue in Uptown, Chicago, constructed in Moorish Revival style from brick and terracotta. The space accommodates nearly 5000 guests and displays detailed arches, columns, and decorative elements throughout the building.

The venue opened in 1926 as a dance hall and served in the following decades as a roller skating rink, boxing arena, and discotheque. By the late 1980s the building fully transformed into a concert house for national and international artists.

The hall takes its name from a Spanish region and displays Moorish ornaments across its walls and ceiling that visitors notice immediately upon entering. The space now serves as a concert venue for all music genres and draws audiences from across the city.

The entrance sits on Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood, and a parking lot across the street accepts only cash payments. The box office opens at midday on event days and offers tickets for that evening.

Two architecture firms worked together on the interior and created a continuous decor of terracotta elements and plasterwork throughout. The ceiling was designed to appear like a night sky with clouds under certain lighting conditions.

Location: Chicago

Inception: 1926

Architects: Huszagh & Hill, John Eberson

Architectural style: Moorish Revival architecture

Made from material: brick, terracotta

GPS coordinates: 41.96950,-87.65810

Latest update: December 14, 2025 21:22