Music and Concerts – Page 3

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...

Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Troy, Ohio. (AP Photo, Pool)

Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn is sentenced to life in prison for wife’s murder

By Julie Carr Smyth

October 5, 2026 at 5:32 p.m.

A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on “American Idol” was sentenced to...

Lalah Hathaway's latest album is "Made in Chicago," released on Oct. 1, on what would have been her father Donny Hathaway's birthday. (Lyndon French)

Singer Lalah Hathaway combines melancholy and nostalgia in ‘Made in Chicago’

By Britt Julious

October 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Her latest album, released on her late father Donny Hathaway's birthday, is not just about...

Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire of the Chicks perform at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on Oct. 3, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: The Chicks tour shows why ‘Taking the Long Way’ is a path still worth taking

By Britt Julious

October 4, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

In the moments before their comeback anthem "Not Ready to Make Nice," lead singer Natalie...

Blues/rock singer Janis Joplin performs at the Newport Folk Festival with her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, July 29, 1968. (AP Photo)

Today in History: Janis Joplin dies

By Associated Press

October 4, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 4, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room...

The Freedom Riders opened the Chicago Symphony Presents Jazz season on Oct. 2, 2026, at Chicago Symphony Center’s
Orchestra Hall. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: At Chicago Symphony jazz series, the Freedom Riders honor their namesake

By Hannah Edgar

October 3, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

You could say the latter-day Freedom Riders, a band formed at this year’s NYC Winter...

The Northwestern marching band performs before a game against Michigan at Wrigley Field on Nov. 15, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Northwestern marching band doesn’t play pregame show at inaugural Ryan Field game, drawing concern

By Kate Perez

October 2, 2026 at 5:05 p.m.

The Northwestern University Marching Band will not play a pregame show before the inaugural football...

Chip Brooks, co-owner of Hey Nonny, in the music venue and restaurant in downtown Arlington Heights on March 31, 2023. (Trent Sprague / baiduhai)

Arlington Heights music venue Hey Nonny is for sale

By Nina Metz

October 2, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

This follows recent ownership changes for other live music venues including The Hideout and Fitzgerald's.

Klaus Mäkelä and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra acknowledge applause following a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 at Chicago Symphony Center on Oct. 1, 2026. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: In fall CSO residency, Mäkelä returns to some favorite symphonists

By Hannah Edgar

October 2, 2026 at 12:40 p.m.

Pairing Sibelius’s elliptical Symphony No. 7 and Shostakovich’s epic Symphony No. 4 was an inspired...

Tim Corpus, center, a composer, gathers with others at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2026, to protest the spread of music generated by artificial intelligence and call for protections for artists. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago artists call for action in rally against AI-generated music: ‘We don’t need it’

By Shun Graves

October 2, 2026 at 11:41 a.m.

Over a dozen Chicago musicians demanded legal safeguards against AI-generated music at a Thursday afternoon...

FILE – Rick Ross performs during the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Rapper Rick Ross accused of striking girlfriend and busting her lip in domestic fight

By Rafael Olmeda

October 1, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

Rapper Rick Ross was arrested early Thursday in Miami Beach after he was accused of...