Music and Concerts – Page 54

Olivia Rodrigo performs at the United Center on Oct. 11, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Rodrigo, in a sea of flowers, kicking her way towards what’s next

By Christopher Borrelli

October 12, 2026 at 10:38 a.m.

In Chicago at the United Center on her "Unraveled Tour," Olivia Rodrigo leans into the...

Baritone Thomas Hampson in a performance of William Walton’s "Belshazzar's Feast" with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Klaus Mäkelä. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: Mäkelä and CSO bring back a delicious ‘Feast’

By Hannah Edgar

October 9, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

Fifty years have passed since the Chicago Symphony last played “Belshazzar’s Feast” by English composer...

All the artists stand together on stage after singing “Paradise” at the Chicago Theatre for Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine tribute show, Oct. 8, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

Review: A heartfelt tribute to John Prine let his music and legacy shine through

By Bob Gendron

October 9, 2026 at 1:07 p.m.

Musicians from Margo Price to Jeff Tweedy covered the late singer-songwriter's songs and channeled his...

Fred Armisen in the green room before his show at Space in Evanston, Oct. 14, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Fred Armisen has got an ear for noise. Cue his new album, ‘100 Sound Effects’

By Christopher Borrelli

October 30, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

There are moments when no other city sounds like Chicago, he says. Like when an...

David Byrne performs at one of his four sold out shows at the Auditorium Theatre, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Review: David Byrne has always made the totally original look head-slappingly obvious

By Christopher Borrelli

October 29, 2025 at 10:25 a.m.

His “Who Is the Sky Tour” is at the Auditorium in Chicago through the weekend....

The Grant Park Orchestra and pianist Andrew Litton perform George Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue" during the opening concert of the Grant Park Music Festival at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on June 11, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Grant Park Music Festival president Paul Winberg steps down

By Doug George

October 29, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The festival, which puts on Chicago's free outdoor classical music series every summer in Millennium...

Long time Michael Jackson impersonator, Enrico "Rico" Hampton signs autographs on stage after his performance during a pre-Halloween festival at the Foss Park District’s Community Recreation Center in North Chicago on Oct. 24, 2025. (Michael Schmidt/for the baiduhai)

Longtime South Side Michael Jackson impersonator has made the King of Pop his career

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 29, 2025 at 9:14 a.m.

Enrico "Rico" Hampton has been impersonating the King of Pop for nearly 40 years. Now...

The Leighton Criminal Court Building, April 3, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

THF Bayzoo, associate of Lil Durk, killed in Little Village shooting

By Sam Charles

October 27, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.

Eight years after he was acquitted of a murder charge, South Side drill rapper “THF...

Hannah De Priest as Dafne in Haymarket Opera and Newberry Consort's "Euridice" in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute. (Elliot Mandel)

Review: Haymarket Opera and Newberry Consort link up for a rare ‘Euridice’

By Hannah Edgar

October 27, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice,” composed for a Medici court wedding in 1600, holds the title of...

Kenia Os and Peso Luma arrive at the Latin Billboard Awards Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Bad Bunny didn’t miss the Billboard Latin Music Awards, he was the top winner

By Associated Press

October 24, 2025 at 6:13 p.m.

His presence had remained a mystery, but Bad Bunny was there in person Thursday night...

FILE – A Broadway street sign appears in Times Square, in New York on Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Broadway musicians reach tentative labor deal, averting a strike

By Mark Kennedy

October 23, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers on Thursday,...

FILE – Members of Bon Jovi front row from left, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, back row from left, Phil X, and Hugh McDonald pose for a portrait in New York on Oct. 19, 2016. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP, File)

Bon Jovi is hitting the road. Band announces first tour since Jon Bon Jovi’s vocal cord surgery.

By Maria Sherman

October 22, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

Next summer Bon Jovi will embark on their first tour in four years.

Visitors walk through the Lincoln Park Conservatory's Fern Room on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Do ferns make sounds? A new installation at the Lincoln Park Conservatory ponders ‘what if?’

By Nina Metz

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

“Florasonic: Semblance of Fern” is the newest installation at Lincoln Park Conservatory's Fern Room.