FEATURED EVENTSNintendo Adds Dallas, Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall and Toronto Dates to the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Orchestral Concert Tour CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSNorman 11-Year-Old Smith O’hara Wins Voice of the Heartland After Last-Minute Entry, Turns $1,000 Prize Into Gifts for His Cancer-Stricken Gym Teacher and Sister FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTSChicago’s Destinos International Theater Festival Spotlights Latino Stories Across 11 Venues With 14 Productions During Hispanic Heritage Month UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS 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 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 VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS 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 Chicago Weekend Guide Pairs Tinashe, Summer Walker, Suki Waterhouse and Open House Chicago With the 62nd Film Festival and Halloween Events Aurora Festival Attack Case Sends Calvin Jones to Court After Prosecutors Say He Punched Four People and Spit on a Police Officer at Moon Festival VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Norman 11-Year-Old Smith O’hara Wins Voice of the Heartland After Last-Minute Entry, Turns $1,000 Prize Into Gifts for His Cancer-Stricken Gym Teacher and Sister Mighty Sparrow, the Calypso Legend Admired by Bob Dylan and Colin Powell, Dies at 91 After a Brief Illness in New York Lady a Singer Charles Kelley Reveals Rare Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Says He Can Still Perform as the Band Plans Christmas Shows R&B Singer Jacquees Bonds Out of Jail After DUI and Battery Arrest in Miami, Where Police Say He Was Taken Into Custody During an Early Morning Stop Former American Idol Singer Caleb Flynn’s Murder Trial Heads to Closing Arguments in Ohio After Affair Testimony, AI Love Songs and a Staged-Home-Invasion Claim 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 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 Doug Ellin Sees Nashville Film Boom Taking Shape as Paramount Skydance Eyes Space and Tennessee Courts Hollywood With Incentives and Infrastructure VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Nintendo Adds Dallas, Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall and Toronto Dates to the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Orchestral Concert Tour Posted onSeptember 30, 2026September 30, 2026 0 The game series’ anniversary run expands after fan criticism over a limited first announcement, with more cities still promised in ...FEATURED EVENTS Slipknot Announce a Massive Wembley Stadium Show for July 2027, Launching a Multi-Continent Tour With Marilyn Manson, Lorna Shore and Hatebreed Posted onSeptember 29, 2026September 29, 2026 0 The metal band will open its stadium run in London before hitting major U.S. ballparks and parks, with tickets set ...FEATURED EVENTS Chief Keef’s Long-Delayed Chicago Homecoming at Huntington Bank Pavilion Turned Into a 14-Year Payoff With Chance the Rapper, Live Band Arrangements and Drill Classics Posted onSeptember 29, 2026September 29, 2026 0 The South Side rapper finally played Chicago city limits again after a postponement pushed the show from September 12 to ...FEATURED EVENTS NBC 5 Anchor and Singer Evrod Cassimy Announces Free Standing on Christmas LIVE 2026 Concert at Thalia Hall in Chicago for Charity and Holiday Fans Posted onSeptember 29, 2026September 29, 2026 0 The seven-time Emmy-nominated morning anchor is bringing back his Christmas concert with a free ticketed show in Pilsen this November. 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