Music and Concerts – Page 7

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...

Violinist Hilary Hahn performs as Petr Popelka guest conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on opening night of the 136th season at Symphony Center, Sept. 17, 2026. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

Review: With Hilary Hahn, the former prodigy violinist who only gets better, the CSO season is off and running

By Hannah Edgar

September 18, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

The opening night concert marked Hahn’s first appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2023....

Renderings of the proposed Music Hall live music venue to be built next to the United Center as part of the 1901 Project. (BrickVisual / RIOS / United Center)

Renderings show the Music Hall planned alongside the United Center

By Doug George

September 18, 2026 at 10:40 a.m.

The United Center on Friday released architectural renderings of the proposed live music venue to...

Patrons enter the Martin Theater at Ravinia, a 122-year-old building that has seen several major renovations over its lifetime. The music venue was once used as office space and storage after going dark in 1915. (Kyle Dunleavy, Ravinia Festival)

Ravinia announces major renovation of historic Martin Theatre; ‘Such a treasure’

By Joseph States

September 16, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

Work is expected to be completed by July of 2028.

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs during Ed Sheeran's Play: Live from New York presented by TikTok at Domino Square in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 13, 2025. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

What to know about Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore was cut and artists dropped out

By Associated Press

September 16, 2026 at 11:06 a.m.

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this...

Mick Jagger, center, and the Rolling Stones perform at the Aragon Ballroom on Sept. 16, 2002, the last concert of their Chicago residency. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: The Rolling Stones rock the Aragon Ballroom

By Kori Rumore

September 16, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 16, according...

-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs during “Ed Sheeran’s Play: Live from New York” presented by TikTok at Domino Square in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 13, 2025. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

By Mark Kennedy

September 15, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four...

Actress and singer Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky attend the red carpet of the movie ‘Joker : Folie a deux’ presented in competition during the 81st International Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Lady Gaga’s baby news reignites talk about her secret Bay Area home

By Martha Ross

September 15, 2026 at 8:19 a.m.

Lady Gaga has long felt such an affinity to the Bay Area that she and...

The Brudi Brothers perform at Evanston Folk Festival's Main Stage, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, at Dawes Park. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Evanston Folk Fest crowds grow in Year 3; artists cite joy of live music in digital listening era

By Claire Murphy

September 14, 2026 at 4:37 p.m.

The Evanston Folk Fest welcomed over 12,000 to the lakefront Sept. 12-13, with headliners Indigo...

Macklemore performs at Rod Laver Arena on May 15, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. (Morgan Hancock/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/TNS)

Ed Sheeran drops Macklemore from tour after ‘free Palestine’ remark

By Kai Uyehara

September 14, 2026 at 2:03 p.m.

Macklemore has been dropped from the rest of Ed Sheeran’s tour after several venues said...

Rapper Lil Durk, with his trophy for “All My Life,” at the 2024 Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)

Chicago rapper Lil Durk acquitted in one case but still faces RICO charges stemming from Chicago slaying

By Jason Meisner

September 14, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

Two days after his stunning acquittal on murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles, Chicago-born rapper Lil...