Music and Concerts – Page 16

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...

Fans scream and dance as Turnstile performs at the Bud Light stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Photos: What we saw at Lollapalooza Day 4

By Eileen T. Meslar

August 3, 2026 at 7:13 a.m.

Day 4 photos from Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2026.

Olivia Dean, T-Mobile stage headliner, performs at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on August 1, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Dean at Lollapalooza, singing in the key of the divine

By Jessi Roti

August 2, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

The British songstress and Saturday night headliner brought a horn section, a duet with Sam...

Mara Dennis, 6, cheers as she sits on the shoulders of her father, Damien Dennis, as Turnstile performs at the Bud Light stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2026: Vibes and mud for the closing Day 4

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

August 3, 2026 at 6:58 a.m.

Lollapalooza hit its Day 4 homestretch on Sunday in Grant Park, with the gates opening...

Festivalgoers race for space at the front of the general admissions section, battling for traction amid mud and standing water at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on August 1, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Photos: What we saw at Lollapalooza Day 3

By Arthur Maiorella

August 1, 2026 at 8:22 p.m.

Day 3 photos from Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2026.

John Summit, of Naperville, performs during the first day of Lollapalooza in Grant Park Thursday July 30, 2026 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

A sidestage no more: DJs and dance music have reached the Lollapalooza mainstream

By Finnegan Belleau

August 1, 2026 at 1:01 p.m.

With popular, high-energy sets by John Summit and HorsegiirL, EDM has become a mainstage part...

Billy Corgan, left, and the Smashing Pumpkins perform at Lollapalooza on July 31, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Review: Smashing Pumpkins at Lollapalooza proved they were nobody’s nostalgia act

By Jessi Roti

August 3, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

On Day 2 in Grant Park, it was very clear who was waiting for headliners...

A festivalgoer slips in the mud at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2026: Flooding delays the start of a scrambled Day 3

By Finnegan Belleau

August 2, 2026 at 9:01 a.m.

The music finally gets going in Grant Park after weather delays, with sets by Wolf...

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra rehearses in their 8th-floor space at the Fine Arts Building on Oct. 1, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

A mosh pit for Beethoven? Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras excited to return to Lollapalooza

By Kate Perez

August 3, 2026 at 10:37 a.m.

More than a hundred young musicians will perform a set of orchestral favorites as the...

Today in History: MTV begins its American broadcast

By Associated Press

August 1, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on...

Swedish singer-songwriter Zara Larsson performs at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on July 31, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Photos: What we saw at Lollapalooza Day 2

By Arthur Maiorella

August 1, 2026 at 7:54 a.m.

Day 2 photos from Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 31, 2026.