Music and Concerts – Page 20

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...

Ravinia Festival chief conductor Marin Alsop at the renovated pavilion stage on July 7, 2026, in Highland Park. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

The barrier-breaking Marin Alsop takes a bow, departing as Ravinia chief conductor

By Hannah Edgar

July 15, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

After helming the CSO’s summer residency for six formative seasons, Alsop departs Ravinia this year....

R. Kelly appears before Judge Lawrence Flood at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

R. Kelly asks President Donald Trump to commute 30-year sentence for sex abuse of minors

By Jason Meisner

July 15, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

Imprisoned Chicago R&B superstar R. Kelly has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his...

Billy Idol performs at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on July 12, 2026. (Talia Sprague/for the baiduhai)

Review: Billy Idol is back, still with all that ’80s sneer

By Bob Gendron

July 13, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

For his concert at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, he delivered hit songs and...

Lizzo plays the flute to Briccialdi’s “Carnival of Venice” with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on July 11, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

Review: Ravinia unveils $70 million Pavilion with Lizzo and CSO — how does it sound?

By Hannah Edgar

July 12, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

Lizzo, pianist Yunchan Lim and the CSO officially opened what is now the Hunter Pavilion...

Mick Jagger, of The Rolling Stones, performs during a concert on June 27, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Today in History: Rolling Stones played their 1st show in London

By Associated Press

July 12, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On July 12, 1979, as an angry reaction to the popularity of disco music, the...

ATLC Experience(cq), left, 57, and Denise, 63, of Atlanta, dance during DJ Sluggo’s set at the Chosen Few Festival at Jackson Park in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Thousands show up for ‘Chosen Few’ house music festival in Jackson Park: ‘It connects us’

By Allison Kiehl

July 11, 2026 at 6:11 p.m.

Thousands gathered at Jackson Park Saturday for a day dedicated to dance and house music...

D Jean Baptiste, left, and Jason Ashworth dance to the music of Jai Paul during Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park on July 19, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Pitchfork Festivals sues co-founder, alleges $564k in festival funds misappropriated

By Tess Kenny

July 11, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

Pitchfork Festivals LLC is suing the co-founder of its namesake festival, alleging he misappropriated and...

Beth Conley, from left, Brianne Bibbs and Cindy Woods talk while listening to Noeline Hofmann perform at Windy City Smokeout outside the United Center on July 9, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Review: Windy City Smokeout is influencers, brands, Texas barbecue and, oh right, country music

By Christopher Borrelli

July 11, 2026 at 10:32 p.m.

Chicago has long had real country music fans, but the music here is more pop...

FILE – Singer Bonnie Tyler performs her song “Believe in Me” during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden on May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75

By Mark Kennedy

July 9, 2026 at 7:44 a.m.

Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping...

Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart of the band Rush performs at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago on Dec. 14, 1978. (Paul Natkin/Getty)

50 years of Rush in Chicago: A local history of the band in 10 concerts

By Bob Gendron

July 9, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Rush arrives soon for a series of concerts at the United Center. The veteran prog-rockers...