Music and Concerts – Page 11

My Sacrifice, a south suburban-based Creed cover band, plays in 2025 at The Forge in Joliet. (My Sacrifice)

Popular Joliet concert venue The Forge to close after 9.5 years

By Elena Tittel

October 27, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Joliet concert venue The Forge will close this weekend after a decade of promoting local...

FILE – Jay-Z gestures from the sidelines prior to the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Jay-Z picks himself to headline the Super Bowl halftime show

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.

October 27, 2026 at 8:41 a.m.

The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the...

An Aztec dance group will be among the highlights of the Dia de los Muertos Festival on Nov. 1 in Oak Park. “I think the community is ready to celebrate again," said organizer Alma Martinez. "The community is asking to get together to honor our ancestors.” (Daveed Holmes, Aperture Photography)

Oak Park Dia de los Muertos Festival returns a year after being canceled by immigration enforcement fears

By Myrna Petlicki

October 26, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

Public ofrendas are returning to Oak Park for a Dia de los Muertos Festival that...

Duane Davis stands during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.

August 31, 2026 at 7:35 p.m.

A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap...

A portrait of the late Dolly Parton surrounded by flowers and cards in a memorial sits outside her home Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Dolly Parton estate announces 2-day festival ‘Dollyfest’ to celebrate her legacy

By Maria Sherman

August 31, 2026 at 2:29 p.m.

Dolly Parton is not done yet. The estate behind the icon, who died of cancer...

Garth Brooks performs at the Allstate Arena on Sept. 4, 2014, in Rosemont. The performance marked the end of Brooks' 13-year tour hiatus. (Armando L. Sanchez / baiduhai)

Live music for fall 2026: Garth Brooks, Noname and women running the show

By Bob Gendron

August 31, 2026 at 2:13 p.m.

Fall means live music. Whether due to hotter summers, festival non-compete clauses, routing coincidences or...

FILE – Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England on June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Olivia Rodrigo’s festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being

By James Pollard

August 30, 2026 at 2:44 p.m.

Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her ’90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20...

Members of the West Side Theater Guild Repertoire Dance Company perform Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at the Greater Gary Community Festival. They had just two days to rehearse a new routine after the city changed the focus of what was originally a Jackson block party. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

‘Such a magical place’: Post-storm Gary fest still draws Jackson fans

By Doug Ross

August 30, 2026 at 8:56 a.m.

In the aftermath of the Aug. 11 derecho, what began as a Jackson block party...

Dolly Parton streams skyrocket after her death, making her the most streamed artist globally

By Maria Sherman

August 28, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Streams of Dolly Parton's music have skyrocketed since the country legend died on Tuesday.

A plane flies over Nashville, Tenn., towing a banner reading “change.org/DollyPartonAirport” as part of an effort to rename the airport after Dolly Parton, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Nashville’s airport would be renamed for Dolly Parton under Tennessee governor’s proposal

By Associated Press

August 28, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

The airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal announced...

BTS fans gather outside Soldier Field in Chicago before a concert on Aug. 27, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: The perpetual joy machine BTS lands on Soldier Field

By Christopher Borrelli

August 28, 2026 at 12:10 p.m.

As amazing as BTS's Chicago concert was, half of the bliss and spectacle was provided...

DJ Heather performs during the 2017 Panorama Music Festival at Randall's Island on July 29, 2017, in New York City. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Growing ARC Music Festival carries on Chicago’s legacy of house music

By Jessi Roti

August 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

ARC Music Festival, now in its sixth year, expands to four days in Union Park....

A person reaches down to place flowers on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star of late US singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 2026. Dolly Parton, the American country music singer who rose from poverty in Tennessee to become a US cultural giant with hits like "Jolene" and "9 to 5," has died at 80, her family said on Aug. 25. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Dolly Parton narrated our lives and unlocked our humanity. We were lucky to live in her world.

By Heidi Stevens

August 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Dolly Parton dared us to imagine. She dared us to care. She led us by...