FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTSChicago’s Free Jazz Festivals Keep September Humming With Englewood Premieres, Hyde Park Anniversaries and Tributes to John Coltrane and Miles Davis INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDSJason Isbell Sues Cambridge-Based AI Music Platform Suno Over Alleged Identity Misuse as Industry Fights Over Consent, Attribution, and Compensation Intensify FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTSUniversity of Chicago’s South Side Science Festival Returns Oct. 3 With 130 Hands-On Demos, Live Jellyfish, Liquid Nitrogen Fruit and Quantum Physics Fun for Families UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Chicago Speed Camera Tickets Surged in 2025 as 50 New Cameras Helped City Collect $64.2 Million and End Three Years of Decline Chicago Cubs Open Playoff Ticket Lottery Wednesday as Wrigley Field Hopefuls Line up for a Chance to Buy Seats If the Team Reaches October Chicago Malört World Record Attempt Sells Out as Hundreds Prepare to Take a Bitter Shot Sunday, With Livestream Viewers and Neighborhood Bars Still Joining the Stunt Chicago Mom Wins $400,000 on a $5 Illinois Lottery Scratch-Off After Repeated Scans at a Gage Park Store, Then Plans Back-To-School Gifts for Her Three Children Chicago Mother Wins $400,000 on a $5 Illinois Lottery Scratch-Off at a Gage Park Convenience Store, Planning to Use the Prize for Her Three Children’s Education VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Chicago’s Free Jazz Festivals Keep September Humming With Englewood Premieres, Hyde Park Anniversaries and Tributes to John Coltrane and Miles Davis University of Chicago’s South Side Science Festival Returns Oct. 3 With 130 Hands-On Demos, Live Jellyfish, Liquid Nitrogen Fruit and Quantum Physics Fun for Families Lollapalooza Road Closures Spread Around Chicago’s Grant Park as CTA and Metra Add Service, Festivalgoers Face Strict Bag Rules and Banned Items for Four Days Syleena Johnson Heads the 6th Annual Englewood Music Festival in Chicago, Bringing a Grammy-Nominated R&B Star Back to Her Harvey Roots for Local Fans El Grito Chicago Returns to Grant Park as Mexican Independence Day Celebrations Fill Downtown With Music, Food, Parades and a Free Civic Ceremony VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Rochester Honors Late Musician Richard “Oowop” Diggs With City Proclamation and Mural-Side Birthday Tribute for Fans, Family, and Friends Remembering His Community Voice Kelly Osbourne Says She Has Cut Ties With Sister Aimée as Long-Simmering Osbourne Family Tensions and Privacy Differences Spill Into a Blunt New Podcast Interview Ed Sheeran Tour Loses Four Support Acts After Macklemore Exit Over Pro-Palestinian Remarks Sparks Backlash From Opening Performers Kenny Chesney Will Launch Highmark Stadium’s First Full Concert With His June 19 Vibe Room Tour Stop, Joined by Eric Church, Old Dominion and Greylan James East La’s Mexican Independence Day Parade Marks 80 Years With El Dasa, Hilda Solis and a Morning Full of Family Pride VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Erykah Badu and the Alchemist Release Before the World Blows After a Year of Singles, Bringing a Trippy, Star-Packed Comeback to Fans My Chemical Romance Teases First New Album in Over 15 Years During San Antonio Concert as Gerard Way Says Fans Deserve Another Record Alabama Shakes Return With First Album in 11 Years After a Druid City Brewing Reunion Sparked New Songs, a Tour, and the Band’s Renewed Creative Spark Arco E Tasto’s Once Heard, Long Forgotten Revives Emilie Mayer and Luise Adolpha Le Beau With a Navona Recording Shaped by Milwaukee Musicianship and Romantic Rediscovery Miley Cyrus Rebrands as Miley and Announces Bass Persuades, the Pop Star’s Next Album Arriving September 18 With Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl Dates VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Jason Isbell Sues Cambridge-Based AI Music Platform Suno Over Alleged Identity Misuse as Industry Fights Over Consent, Attribution, and Compensation Intensify The 5th Dimension’s Aquarius Let the Sunshine in Still Defines Pop Radio 57 Years Later After Six Weeks at No. 1 and a Las Vegas Recording Session RIAA Mid-Year Data Shows U.S. CD Revenue Surged 58.6% in 2026, With 17.5 Million Units Sold as Physical Music Gains Fresh Momentum Anthropic Sued by Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Over Alleged Use of Tens of Thousands of Songs to Train Claude AI Dolly Parton Dies at 80, and Las Vegas Fans Remember the Country Icon’s Decades of Strip Shows, ACM Awards Hosting and Local Charity Ties VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Harry Styles Adds Two More Chicago Soldier Field Dates to His Together, Together Tour, Giving Fans Four Nights Over Memorial Day Weekend and Into June Posted onSeptember 16, 2026September 16, 2026 0 The pop star expanded his Chicago run to four shows, with The Womack Sisters opening each night.FEATURED EVENTS Kenny Chesney Teases a 2027 Stadium Tour With Gillette Stadium and Arrowhead Dates, While a New Video Hints at Eric Church, Sheryl Crow and Old Dominion as Openers Posted onSeptember 15, 2026September 15, 2026 0 Venue Instagram posts and Chesney’s own teaser video point to a full stadium run returning in 2027.FEATURED EVENTS Oasis Adds Three Gillette Stadium Shows to 2027 U.S. Leg of Reunion Tour, Giving Boston Fans a Rare Chance at Tickets for the Britpop Favorites Posted onSeptember 15, 2026September 15, 2026 0 The band’s Oasis Live ’27 run includes six American dates, with three nights booked for Foxborough before a Las Vegas ...FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Police Investigate After a 12-Year-Old Allegedly Fired a Gun Found on a Bridgeport School Bus, Raising Fresh Concerns About How a Child Got Access to the Weapon Posted onSeptember 15, 2026September 15, 2026 0 Authorities say the boy found the gun on the bus Monday afternoon and one shot was fired. 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