THE BIG WEEKEND ANNOUNCES  HEADCOUNT + PROPELLER FLY AWAY CONTEST + MEET AND GREET WITH UMPHREY’S MCGEE INAUGURAL FESTIVAL TAKES OVER CHICAGO OCT 4-6 FIVE VENUES, THREE NIGHTS – ONE BIG WEEKEND  THE BIG WEEKEND will take place over three nights across five music venues in Chicago from Oct 4 – 6. Following the model of a city takeover, the inaugural festival will feature performances […]

MSI After Hours: Get Animated a 21+ event The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) is hosting an animation-themed party on Friday, September 21. MSI After Hours: Get Animated celebrates the intersection of art and science, giving guests access to MSI’s latest exhibit, The Science Behind Pixar. Guests can also attend an exclusive conversation […]

PETIT BISCUIT ADDS NEW DATES TO NORTH AMERICAN FALL HEADLINE TOUR Photo by Jonathan Bertin Fresh from sets at Lollapalooza and HARD Summer, Petit Biscuit adds new dates to his largest North American tour yet today, including Chicago’s The Vic and San Diego’s Observatory North Park, plus two nights each at Santa Ana’s Observatory and Los Angeles’ Fonda Theater. Tickets are on sale to the general public Friday, August […]

Summer is slowly showing its face, and I. COULD. NOT. BE. MORE. READY.   Photo courtesy via Do Division Facebook   Do Division Street Fest is returning to West Town in June and has released its FULL lineup! The annual event takes place on Division Street between Damen and Leavitt in West Town Chicago and […]

    Ruido Fest returns to Chicago’s Addams- Meddill Park for its fourth consecutive year! This 3 day celebration of Latin music and culture will take place in downtown Chicago on June 22nd, 23rd and 24th   The three day festival, known for blurring international borders and reaching US Latino + Latin American and music […]

  For the record, I went into 2017 with an intention to try something different and step out of my comfort zone to attend events outside of Chicago.  Not that I never traveled, but it was normally meant as a work thing or a family thing.  It was absolutely never a thing where I sacrificed […]

Now that we are finally trudging through the last of our gift shopping…next on the agenda is your NYE plans!  Yes, its probably a tough but sobering thought that 2017 is finally coming to an end despite much that has gone on in the world.  It is no wonder that Chicago has been really upping […]

Consider Riot Fest as the punk/goth/overall culturally different cousin that may or may not be adopted to the family of festivals that exists on the concert family tree.  It’s been quite a few years since I last attended a Riot Fest on home turf, but it felt overdue from chaos of southern festivals.  Douglas Park […]