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Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend of The Who perform at TQL Stadium on May 15, 2022, in Cincinnati. (Amy Harris/Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

The Who announces farewell tour including a Chicago concert

May 9, 2025 at 9:56 a.m.

The British rock band The Who has announced a farewell tour that will bring them to the United Center in Chicago for a concert on Sept. 7. Tickets will be...

Concertgoers watch the Billy Harper Quintet perform during the Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park on Aug. 30, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Jazz Fest headliners announced for summer 2025

May 7, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

Day-closing performers on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion will include Esperanza Spalding, Monty Alexander, Kermit Ruffins and Eliades Ochoa.

People move around the grounds at Miche Fest at Oakwood Beach in Chicago on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Miche Fest is canceled for 2025

May 6, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Michelada Fest, a two-day festival of Latin music planned for July 19-20 at Oakwood Beach in Chicago, has announced that the festival has been cancelled for 2025. A statement from...

Harry Lennix, Alana Arenas, Glenn Davis, Tamara Tunie, Ayanna Bria Bakari and Jon Michael Hill in "Purpose" at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Steppenwolf Theatre play ‘Purpose’ wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama

May 6, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' work was commissioned by Steppenwolf, debuted in Chicago and is now on Broadway.

Dancers Paolo Randon and Victoria Jaiani of the Joffrey Ballet. (Todd Rosenberg)

Dance for Life announces lineup for 2025, its biggest in decades

May 2, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.

The fundraiser has announced the Chicago-area dance companies participating in this year's event at the Auditorium Theatre.

Owner Mike Reed at his club Constellation on May 4, 2020, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Constellation announces new Sound & Gravity festival of jazz and avant-garde

April 30, 2025 at 6:20 p.m.

Created by Mike Reed, the lineup includes Bill Callahan, Mdou Moctar, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Tarbaby and Third Coast Percussion.

Matt Skiba leads Alkaline Trio at Riot Fest in Chicago's Douglass Park in 2022. The band is slated to play its album "Maybe I’ll Catch Fire" at the 2025 festival. (Chris Sweda / baiduhai)

Riot Fest announces 20 bands will play full album sets for 2025

April 24, 2025 at 10:47 a.m.

Twenty bands will play full album sets for Riot Fest's 20th anniversary this summer, the music festival announced Thursday. The full list includes: Weezer: “The Blue Album” Sex Pistols: “Never Mind The...

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Riot Fest 2025: Green Day, Blink-182 and Weird Al Yankovic, plus a new deal to stay in Douglass Park

April 23, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

Riot Fest headliners for 2025 will be Blink-182 on Friday, Weezer and Jack White on Saturday and Green Day on Sunday, along with sets by the Sex Pistols and The...

Mavis Staples performs during her 85th Hometown Birthday Celebration at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on Dec. 6, 2024. (Troy Stolt / for the baiduhai)

Mavis Staples will headline Chicago Blues Fest 2025

April 16, 2025 at 12:08 p.m.

The Grammy-winning singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples will headline the final night of this summer's Blues Fest, according to an announcement Wednesday by the Chicago Department of Cultural...

Charli XCX se presenta durante Lollapalooza en Grant Park en 2017 (de izquierda a derecha), Angus Young lidera a AC/DC en Wrigley Field en 2015 y Lil Baby se presenta en Lollapalooza en 2022. (Alexandra Wimley, Chris Sweda y Terrence Antonio James / baiduhai)

100 conciertos para el verano de Chicago 2025

April 15, 2025 at 11:00 p.m.

El panorama de la música en vivo ya está más o menos definido para el verano de 2025. ¿Qué se viene?

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