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The Baton Show Lounge celebrated 53 years this past March 2022. After 50 years in the River North Area of Chicago we are now located at our new location in Uptown, 4713 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640. The Baton is the longest running most prestigious show of its kind in the country and across the globe. The club’s owner, Mr. Jim Flint a native of Peoria, Illinois and a long time resident of Chicago opened the club using beer crates with plywood as a stage, and allowing his creative imagination to take over from there . . . his clubs and entertainers have been pleasing audiences from around the world ever since. Through the years the Baton has become famous across the globe for presenting the best of the best in the art of female impersonation with its long running review and a cast that carries on the tradition of being ‘The Top of The Nation Revue”.The Baton Show Lounge celebrated 53 years this past March 2022. After 50 years in the River North Area of Chicago we are now located at our new location in Uptown, 4713 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640. The Baton is the longest running most prestigious show of its kind in the country and across the globe. The club’s owner, Mr. Jim Flint a native of Peoria, Illinois and a long time resident of Chicago opened the club using beer crates with plywood as a stage, and allowing his creative imagination to take over from there . . . his clubs and entertainers have been pleasing audiences from around the world ever since. Through the years the Baton has become famous across the globe for presenting the best of the best in the art of female impersonation with its long running review and a cast that carries on the tradition of being ‘The Top of The Nation Revue”.