by Maya Surrenti | September 3, 2026Experiencing Arc Chicago-Style A one-stop guide to all the Chicago legends and up-and-comers performing at this year's Arc Music Festival.
by Ryan Bird | September 2, 2026Mike Reed’s Sound & Gravity Festival Returns to Bricktown The multi-venue experimental festival will take you all over, musically and geographically. Read our guide on who to see and where to be, beyond the headliners.
by Dylan Weinert | September 1, 2026The Dawn of a New Festival Era? Brent Heyl on the City’s Music Landscape Heyl is the director of music at 16” On Center, the group behind the Salt Shed, Thalia Hall, the Empty Bottle and more. He discusses the state of the local music scene with Newcity.
by Dennis Polkow | July 23, 2026Klaus Mäkelä Says Farewell to Oslo and Hello to Ravinia The CSO music director-designate Klaus Mäkelä makes his debut at the orchestra's summer home with two programs in August.
by Teddy Sandler | February 17, 2026Frequency Festival Returns with Six Nights of Experimental Sound From a percussion masterclass to speculative opera, expect a citywide program of new music, electronics and genre-defying performance.
by David Witter | September 16, 2025The Hyde Park Jazz Festival Is a Living Legacy of Sound The nineteenth iteration of the neighborhood festival is a continuation of the area’s long tradition of political and artistic expression.
by Teddy Sandler | September 11, 2025Plantasia Introduces A Leafy Dimension to the Ambient Music Landscape Audiophiles and phytophiles unite for the two-day festival at Garfield Park Conservatory.
by Dylan Weinert | September 4, 2025Mike Reed’s New Music Festival Is Stranger and More Imaginative Than Pitchfork Sound & Gravity is a five-day, multivenue music experience curated by Mike Reed, the man who directed Pitchfork Music Festival from 2006 to 2024.
by David Witter | August 19, 2025From New Orleans to Millennium Park: What to See and Hear at Chicago Jazz Festival 2025
by Dylan Weinert | July 15, 2025A Summer Without Pitchfork: Who Killed the Best Indie Music Festival on the Planet?
