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Headliner Willie Nelson performs with sons Lukas and Micah and his band as part of the Outlaw Music Festival at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island on Aug. 25, 2026. (Kevin McKeough / for the Tribune)

Review: Willie Nelson headlines Outlaw Music Festival, a day heavy with memories of Dolly Parton

August 26, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

With his sons Lukas and Micah seated on either side of him onstage, Willie Nelson leaned to his microphone and murmured, “I’m the last leaf on the tree. The autumn...

Buddy Guy performs at the Chicago Theatre on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Happy 90th birthday, Buddy Guy — you still set the standard for getting the blues

July 26, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

As members of his family and the capacity crowd at the Chicago Theatre serenaded Buddy Guy with Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” on Saturday night, Guy began a wrenching guitar solo...

Maáti Baker, visiting from San Diego, dances to the music of the Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite Duo at Pritzker Pavilion during the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park on June 5, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago Blues Festival: Living legends, longtime fans and a shout-out to Alligator Records

June 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Musicians and standard-bearers Ronnie Baker Brooks and C.J. Chenier, plus a tribute to Billy Branch, were highlights on Friday in Millennium Park.

Blues Fest rocked in its new home

June 29, 2019 at 5:58 a.m.

Gary Clark Jr. is a cool customer. During his nearly two-hour set Sunday at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the finale of this year's Chicago Blues Festival, Clark and...

Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy perform at Madison Square Garden on March 4, 2016, in New York City.

The Fall Out Boy machine goes for a romp through United Center

June 9, 2018 at 12:28 a.m.

Standing at the tip of a V-shaped catwalk poking out into the floor of the United Center, Patrick Stump led the crowd at Fall Out Boy's concert Saturday night in...

Fans cheer from the front row while Mumford & Sons perform at Montrose Beach on Chicago's North Side on June 19, 2015.

Review: Mumford & Sons at Montrose Beach, at last

November 15, 2019 at 4:49 a.m.

Streaks of pink still lingered in the darkening sky as the lights of downtown skyscrapers gleamed in the distance and a sweet fiddle solo wafted through the air.It was a...

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of the band Death Cab for Cutie plays at the Chicago Theatre Thursday.

Review: Death Cab for Cutie at Chicago Theatre

June 16, 2018 at 5:48 p.m.

Death Cab For Cutie is a band divided more than ever between want and fulfillment, past and present, body and mind. During the Seattle band's concert at the Chicago Theatre...

Father John Misty performs at The Vic Theatre on April 3, 2015 in Chicago.

Review: Father John Misty preaches folk-pop at the Vic

June 15, 2018 at 8:50 p.m.

It was Good Friday, and Father John Misty stood in front of his congregation, arms raised to the iconic image hanging from the ceiling – a neon light tracing the...

Maceo Parker, performing at The Promontory, at 5311 S. Lake Park Ave., in Chicago, on Saturday, September 13, 201.

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Promontory turns the music on in Hyde Park

June 18, 2018 at 8:18 a.m.

A crowd sat at candlelit tables on which brightly colored drinks rested. Chandeliers glowed softly overhead, and plush red curtains covered the windows. In the back, customers ringed three sides...

At Hideout Block Party, a little twang, and little funk

June 17, 2018 at 9:28 a.m.

Jangling guitars intertwined, dreamy keyboards washed over them, and a chugging bass line pushed along an insistent beat. The song was "Lost In the Dream," the finale of The War...

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