Join us at the Saturday, November 15, 2025 Outpost After Dark Salon Series featuring the incredible musical stylings of The Nikki O'Neill Band & Opener: Naomi Ashley

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm at Art Makers Outpost!

Doors open: 6:45

Tickets $25 online each (anyone who is no longer sitting on a lap needs a ticket)

(*Tickets are $30 if purchased at the door)

Open Seating / Some standing room - first come first serve

Complimentary beer by Sketchbook and appetizers by La Principal while supplies last at every concert!

SPONSORED BY: Evanston Family Chiropractic, Sketchbook, La Principal, Art Makers Outpost & Our Evanston

Opener: Naomi Ashley

Singer-songwriter Naomi Ashley’s songs are intimate, plain-spoken and gorgeously sung, surging with all the contradictory impulses of real, imperfect life. Her 2024 album, “Love Bug” greedily grabs from every corner of Americana – grounding the charm of Naomi’s versatile lyrical style in country, blues, folk and rock. She is joined by multi-instrumentalist Jon Williams (The Mountainaires, Peter Joly Group). Together they produced "Love Bug" and in September of 2025 released a series of singles with their band (Naomi's Other Band) recorded live at Reliable Recorders in Chicago. 

Headliner: The Nikki O’Neill Band

An Americana artist in Chicago deeply in love with classic soul, Nikki O’Neill has been described by music journalists as a singer who can “shout like a 60s soul diva and purr a blues with spine-tingling subtlety” and “craft resonant tunes that sparkle with a hopeful outlook.”Her critically acclaimed third album, Stories I Only Tell My Friends (Blackbird Record Label) features her 5-piece band, and readers of Americana Highways voted it as one of their Top 10 favorite albums in March of 2025. It's also supported by the Illinois Arts Council, who chose Nikki as one of their 2025 grant recipients.Nikki performs with her band and also does more intimate duo shows. She plays lead as well as rhythm guitar.

Official website: https://www.nikkioneill.com