Music and Concerts – Page 4

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...

Laurie Anderson performs with jazz band Sexmob at the Riviera Theatre on Sept. 29, 2026, in Chicago. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

Review: Laurie Anderson, at 79, is still alien, still Midwestern

By Christopher Borrelli

September 30, 2026 at 10:53 a.m.

It's a shame that Laurie Anderson is so associated with New York and the avant-garde....

Artist and musician Jon Langford stands with the mural of John Prine on Sept. 25, 2026, on the wall of Lincoln Square’s Old Town School of Folk Music. Langford, a celebrated folk musician, painted a scale canvas before muralist Darius Dennis re-created the design at size. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Column: Back home in Chicago, singer John Prine gets the celebration we’ve been waiting for

By Rick Kogan

September 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

As understandably restrained and quiet was the 2020 funeral of John Prine, the upcoming celebrations...

Mariachi Herencia de México performs the national anthem before the Chicago Bears play the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field on Sept. 28, 2026. The band consists of young musicians from across the U.S. and Mexico. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago-based mariachi band makes history at Bears game while performance sparks online commentary

By Tess Kenny

September 29, 2026 at 7:35 p.m.

Mariachi Herencia de México made history Monday night as the first mariachi band to perform...

Michael Shannon performs the R.E.M. 1985 album “Fables of the Reconstruction” at the Metro in Chicago on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Talia Sprague/for the baiduhai)

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy announce 2027 tour for R.E.M.’s ‘Document’

By Doug George

September 29, 2026 at 1:34 p.m.

The new tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s album "Document" comes to the Salt...

Joshua Redman plays a solo performance at Rockefeller Chapel during the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Sept. 26, 2026, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Review: At 20, Hyde Park Jazz Festival is as essential as ever

By Hannah Edgar

September 28, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

“You know you’re getting old,” saxophonist Joshua Redman told a Rockefeller Chapel crowd on Saturday,...

Dakota Johnson, right, with Taylor Swift, the recipient of the MTV VMA Artist Director Honors during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Taylor Swift becomes most-awarded artist in MTV VMAs history, dedicates top prize to Dolly Parton

By Associated Press

September 28, 2026 at 7:53 a.m.

Taylor Swift broke records at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, as she is known...

FILE – A statue of the MTV Moon Man appears on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

The MTV VMAs are here with Taylor Swift making history and Madonna leading the nods: How to watch

By Maria Sherman

September 27, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards are here and Taylor Swift will receive the inaugural...

Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer's trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow.

Today in History: R. Kelly convicted in a sex trafficking trial

By Associated Press

September 27, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Sept. 27, 2021, R&B singer R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in...

Homewood resident Jaxson DeBoer, center, stands with his parents, Patti and Jason DeBoer, during a celebration of his graduation from middle school. Jaxson was diagnosed with pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a year ago. His family is planning a benefit Oct. 4 for the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation at Thornton Distilling. (DeBoer family)

Community rallies after Homewood teen’s heart diagnosis with music, storytelling benefit

By Melinda Moore

September 26, 2026 at 9:54 a.m.

The arts community in Homewood is coming together to support the DeBoer family after their...

Dolly Parton poses for a photo at her office in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/John Russell, File)

It’s officially Dolly Parton Day, with parades, pink lights and book drives

By Kimberlee Kruesi

September 25, 2026 at 8:41 a.m.

Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.