Music
De La Soul brought their signature energy, Chicago’s Kara Jackson brought the prose and more reviews from Union Park.
Some residents and business owners are happy to see the traffic and noise leave and for the community to regain access to green space. Others are sorry to lose the excitement and crowds.
The festival will be exiting Douglass Park after a 10-year run that has been plagued by controversy in recent years.
The festival’s co-founder, Mike Petryshyn, shared the announcement in a video posted to social media and on the festival’s website Tuesday evening. The new venue will be announced Wednesday morning with this year’s lineup.
On Thursday, the orchestra will perform a final work from Montgomery — the grace note on her wildly prolific three-year run as the city’s adopted new-music superstar.
These shows are the antithesis of sweaty festivals. They’re more intimate and feature performers at the top of their craft.
The blues legend is cruising into retirement with a headlining set at Chicago Blues Fest this weekend. But his influence on the city, and the genre, is undeniable.
Noise rock pioneer Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth will play a show this weekend at Bohemian National Cemetery. It’s not as unusual as you might think.
“We essentially only got a day and a quarter of what we paid for.”
Jeff Tweedy produced the duo’s new album, Not God, which delivers a wildly inventive soundscape reflective of the city’s music scene past and present.
Chicago DJ Miriam Paz went from being the only woman DJ at Sueños three years ago to throwing a giant “girls only” party at this year’s festival.