Music and Concerts – Page 14

Mario Abney, co-founder and CEO, right, dances as Kevin Nabors and other members of the Windy City Ramblers perform at the 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line CTA station in Roseland on Oct. 1, 2026, at the culmination of the Red Line Jazz Festival. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

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

By Hannah Edgar

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

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

FILE – Freddie Jackson attends a special screening of “The Magnificent Seven” in New York on Sept. 19, 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for ’80s hits like ‘You Are My Lady,’ dies at 70

By Maria Sherman

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...

City Voices, under director William Chin, will perform “A Song of Joys,” a program of choral pieces inspired by the poetry of Sara Teasdale and Walt Whitman, in Oak Park on Oct. 17 and 18. (City Voices)

City Voices to put poetry of Walt Whitman and Sara Teasdale to song in Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

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

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

Workers pack up Lollapalooza stages and tents in muddy Hutchinson Field area at the south end of Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2026 wrapped with some arrests and hospital trips while Chicago faces Grant Park cleanup

By Evgenia Anastasakos

August 3, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

The festival left the city with a familiar tally: 10 arrests, zero tickets issued and...

Katie Gavin, of MUNA, performs on the T-Mobile stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2026: What we saw — and heard — at the 4-day music festival at Grant Park

By baiduhai

August 3, 2026 at 11:22 a.m.

Lollapalooza 2026 is now over at Grant Park. Here's a summary of what we saw...

FILE – Ariana Grande arrives at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Ariana Grande withdraws from London musical and will take a break from the public eye

By Associated Press

August 3, 2026 at 6:22 a.m.

Ariana Grande has pulled out of an upcoming stage musical in London, producers said, and...

Fans scream and dance as Turnstile performs at the Bud Light stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Photos: What we saw at Lollapalooza Day 4

By Eileen T. Meslar

August 3, 2026 at 7:13 a.m.

Day 4 photos from Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2026.

Olivia Dean, T-Mobile stage headliner, performs at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on August 1, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Dean at Lollapalooza, singing in the key of the divine

By Jessi Roti

August 2, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

The British songstress and Saturday night headliner brought a horn section, a duet with Sam...

Mara Dennis, 6, cheers as she sits on the shoulders of her father, Damien Dennis, as Turnstile performs at the Bud Light stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2026: Vibes and mud for the closing Day 4

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

August 3, 2026 at 6:58 a.m.

Lollapalooza hit its Day 4 homestretch on Sunday in Grant Park, with the gates opening...

Festivalgoers race for space at the front of the general admissions section, battling for traction amid mud and standing water at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on August 1, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Photos: What we saw at Lollapalooza Day 3

By Arthur Maiorella

August 1, 2026 at 8:22 p.m.

Day 3 photos from Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2026.

John Summit, of Naperville, performs during the first day of Lollapalooza in Grant Park Thursday July 30, 2026 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

A sidestage no more: DJs and dance music have reached the Lollapalooza mainstream

By Finnegan Belleau

August 1, 2026 at 1:01 p.m.

With popular, high-energy sets by John Summit and HorsegiirL, EDM has become a mainstage part...

Billy Corgan, left, and the Smashing Pumpkins perform at Lollapalooza on July 31, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Review: Smashing Pumpkins at Lollapalooza proved they were nobody’s nostalgia act

By Jessi Roti

August 3, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

On Day 2 in Grant Park, it was very clear who was waiting for headliners...

A festivalgoer slips in the mud at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2026: Flooding delays the start of a scrambled Day 3

By Finnegan Belleau

August 2, 2026 at 9:01 a.m.

The music finally gets going in Grant Park after weather delays, with sets by Wolf...