FEATURED EVENTSLouis Armstrong’s 1957 Highland Park Concert Finally Arrives on Record, With a 1,200 Person Fundraiser Set Preserved From a High School Auditorium Near Chicago EVENT REVIEWSCameron Winter’s Carnegie Hall Concert Film, Shot by Paul Thomas Anderson on 35mm, Turns the Geese Singer’s Breakout Solo Set Into an Intimate New York Film Festival Centerpiece CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSDonna Summer’s Casablanca Years Get a Fresh Spotlight in a New Box Set Tracing the Disco Icon’s Rise From Munich Demos to Global Stardom UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Federal Judge Bars Wrigley View Rooftop From Selling Cubs Game Tickets in a Ruling That Protects Chicago Team Control Over the Decades-Old Rooftop Business Chicago Bears Host the New York Jets at Soldier Field With Week 4 Tickets Starting at $313 After Monday Night Football Win Over Philadelphia Illinois Lottery Online Player Lands $550,000 Lucky Day Lotto Jackpot After Matching All Five Evening Numbers in Saturday Drawing 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 VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Aftershock Festival Set to Return to Sacramento for Its 14th Year With Four Days of Rock, Metal and Punk at Discovery Park This Fall Chicago’s First Week of October Fills Theaters, Clubs and Museums With John Prine Tributes, Vampire Opera, Tap Premieres and Pumpkin Festivals Across the Region Chicago’s Destinos International Theater Festival Spotlights Latino Stories Across 11 Venues With 14 Productions During Hispanic Heritage Month Panda Fest Brings More Than 80 Asian Food Vendors to Savannah for Its First Coastal Empire Weekend at Tanger Outlets in October Chicago’s What’s Funny Comedy Festival Brings Legends, Surprises and a Packed Weekend of Stand-Up, Live Podcasts and Local Club Shows for Fans Downtown VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Donna Summer’s Casablanca Years Get a Fresh Spotlight in a New Box Set Tracing the Disco Icon’s Rise From Munich Demos to Global Stardom Mary Gauthier Opens up About Addiction, Sobriety and Hard-Earned Grace on Reckoning, the New Album She Says Traces Survival Across 30 Years of Recovery Berks County Singer-Songwriter Pat Garrett Dies at 84, Leaving Behind an Amphitheater, Sheepskin Shop and Decades of Country Connections Barry Manilow Reflects on Voice Concerns Before Farewell Tour After Lung Cancer Surgery and ICU Scare, as He Readies New Album and Stadium Dates Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Family Sues Singer D4vd After the Teen’s Remains Were Found in His Tesla and Prosecutors Filed Murder Charges VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto VI the Album for November 19, a Companion Release Tying the Blockbuster Video Game Franchise to Music Fans and Collectors 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 VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Grouper’s Liz Harris Opens up on Helen’s Restorative New Album, Viral Streaming Scams and Why Her Rare Town Hall Shows Feel Like a Hard-Won Reset Kentucky Launches Governor’s Office of Music in Louisville to Connect Artists, Venues and Businesses as Officials Promote the State’s Growing Industry Parent’s Refusal to Fund a ‘music Industry’ Degree Sparks Debate on Reddit About College Costs, Career Security, and Whether Passion Majors Can Pay Off Kentucky Opens New Governor’s Office of Music at Bourbon & Beyond to Back Artists, Venues and Festivals, Making the State Only the Nation’s Second With a Music Office Wu-Tang Management Shares Business Advice and Life Lessons With Birmingham Youth Before the Group’s Final Tour Stop at Coca-Cola Amphitheater VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Louis Armstrong’s 1957 Highland Park Concert Finally Arrives on Record, With a 1,200 Person Fundraiser Set Preserved From a High School Auditorium Near Chicago Posted onOctober 3, 2026October 3, 2026 0 A stage manager’s taped recording of Armstrong’s March 19, 1957 performance has been restored and is now being released as ...FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Mother Nearly Loses Money After Freya Skye Concert Ticket Dispute Leads to X Impersonator Posing as Stubhub Support Posted onOctober 3, 2026October 3, 2026 0 A night of ticket trouble at Landmark Credit Union Live turned into a scam scare, prompting a warning from StubHub ...FEATURED EVENTS Audrey Niffenegger Revisits the Time Traveler’s Wife With Life Out of Order, a Chicago-Born Sequel About Alba, Climate Fears and a Wider Future Posted onOctober 1, 2026October 1, 2026 0 The novelist returns to her best-known world after 20 years, following a second generation of time travelers into a more ...FEATURED EVENTS Steve Lacy’s Aragon Ballroom Concert in Chicago Was Briefly Delayed After Police Investigated an Unsubstantiated Bomb Threat Before Clearing Fans Inside Posted onOctober 1, 2026October 1, 2026 0 Chicago police and the FBI said the threat was not credible, and the scheduled show ultimately went on as planned. 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