Music and Concerts – Page 23

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...

People walk and bike by Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026. After weeks of speculation over Taylor SwiftÕs and Travis KelceÕs wedding plans, a permit has been filed for an event at Madison Square Garden over the July 4, 2026, weekend. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

New York prepares for an event at Madison Square Garden. Clues point to you know who.

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

June 24, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

New York Prepares for an Event at Madison Square Garden. Clues Point to You Know...

Autumn Hernandez, from left, and John, Tom II, Tom and Shannon McAuliffe will bring a Country Fest event to Tinley Park from July 3 to 5 at the 80th Avenue Metra Station. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

McAuliffe family to offer Tinley Park Country Fest to mark America’s 250th

By Jeff Vorva

June 25, 2026 at 9:48 a.m.

When Tinley Park canceled Ribfest, the Tom McAuliffe clan saw an opportunity and organized the...

Oprah Winfrey (main) speaks during the opening show of Oprah 'In Conversation' Australia 2025 tour at ICC Sydney Theatre on Dec. 4, 2025. Inset is Whitney Houston in 2009. (Getty Images)

Oprah Winfrey: Whitney Houston once fell off talk show stage amid relapse

By Jami Ganz

June 23, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

Oprah Winfrey said she successfully “begged” her talk show audience not to share photos of...

Mello Buckzz performs with Latto at the Sahara Tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2023, in Indio, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella)

Rapper Mello Buckzz faces gun charge almost a year after a deadly mass shooting at her album release party

By Sam Charles

June 22, 2026 at 2:59 p.m.

One year after a mass shooting at her album release party in River North in...

FILE – Clive Davis, chief creative officer of Sony Music, appears during press day in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 23, 2014, prior to Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP, File

Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

By Maria Sherman

June 22, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

Davis launched or resurrected the careers of countless superstars.

Rosalía performs on her "Lux" tour in Chicago at a sold-out United Center. (Bob Gendron / for the Tribune)

Review: With her ‘Lux’ tour, Rosalía reinvents what an arena concert can be

By Bob Gendron

June 21, 2026 at 11:56 a.m.

If a more innovative and risk-taking singer-songwriter than Rosalía exists on the contemporary pop scene,...

A security guard stands watch at Taylor Swift’s “Holiday House,” Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Westerly, R.I. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

In Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island beach town, every clue becomes a wedding rumor

By Leah Willingham

June 21, 2026 at 9:28 a.m.

When a large tent appeared next door to Taylor Swift’s Watch Hill estate this week,...

People watch the fireworks display during Oak Brook's annual Taste of Oak Brook Friday, July 3, 2015 in Oak Brook. This year's event is also planned for July 3. (Steve Johnston/Pioneer Press)

Taste of Oak Brook to open an hour earlier this year

By Chuck Fieldman

June 23, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

Oak Brook’s biggest annual event, the Taste of Oak Brook, returns July 3, with an...

Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College has created its first original laser light and music show in over 30 years. The new show is based on the music of Chappell Roan. (Cernan Earth and Space Center)

Cernan’s first original laser show in 30 years offers celestial version of Chappell Roan songs

By Myrna Petlicki

June 19, 2026 at 2:24 p.m.

Cernan Earth and Space Center's first original laser light and music show in over 30...

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein shakes hands with actor Harry Lennix after performing "Lincoln Portrait" with members the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center on June 18, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Review: What works best for the CSO’s America250 season finale? Variety

By Hannah Edgar

June 19, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

There were highlights, to be sure, but the bombastic “Lincoln Portrait” was not one of...