Music and Concerts –

A quartet of new music festivals take root in Chicago this month

October 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Summer is over, but music festival season very much isn’t. Cue the Red Line Jazz...

October 6, 2026 at 1:51 p.m.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ’80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For...

October 5, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Oak Park's City Voices will perform a program of choral pieces inspired by the poems...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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