CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSElliott Smith’s Los Angeles Legacy Still Draws Fans to Snow White Cottages, Largo, New Monkey and the Figure 8 Wall Two Decades After His Death FEATURED EVENTSChicago Weekend Lineup Packs Open House Chicago, Film-Festival Freebies, and Tinashe, Deadmau5, and Summer Walker Across the Salt Shed, Navy Pier, and Major Venues INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDSParent’s Refusal to Fund a ‘music Industry’ Degree Sparks Debate on Reddit About College Costs, Career Security, and Whether Passion Majors Can Pay Off UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS 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 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 VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS 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 Aurora Man Calvin Jones Faces Felony Charges After Prosecutors Say He Punched Four Festivalgoers, Including a Man Holding a 1-Year-Old Child, at Pacifica Square Chicago’s Free Jazz Festivals Keep September Humming With Englewood Premieres, Hyde Park Anniversaries and Tributes to John Coltrane and Miles Davis VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Elliott Smith’s Los Angeles Legacy Still Draws Fans to Snow White Cottages, Largo, New Monkey and the Figure 8 Wall Two Decades After His Death Joshua Ray Walker Brings His Cancer-Trilogy Tour to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe After Surviving Colon Cancer, Lung Surgery and a Career-Threatening Health Scare Ricky Martin’s Puerto Rico Roots and San Juan Upbringing Set up His Brazil Halftime Show With Pedro Sampaio at the Cowboys and Ravens Game Nashville Songwriter Chris Gray Launches AI Singer Vance Drake to Perform His Decades of Songs, Highlighting the Divide Over Creativity, Transparency and Opportunity Peter Byrne, Naked Eyes Co-Founder and Voice Behind ’80s Pop Hits Like “Always Something There to Remind Me,” Dies in Los Angeles at 74 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 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 Kenny Chesney Rejects the Usual Country Album Cover Playbook With a Self-Shot New Hampshire Marina Sign for Silver Sands Marina, Due September 25 VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Weekend Lineup Packs Open House Chicago, Film-Festival Freebies, and Tinashe, Deadmau5, and Summer Walker Across the Salt Shed, Navy Pier, and Major Venues Posted onSeptember 27, 2026September 27, 2026 0 A crowded October weekend brings architecture access, a new film-fair addition, and concerts from R&B, techno, indie, and comedy stars.FEATURED EVENTS Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire Postpone Three Final U.S. Tour Dates After Singer’s Afib Procedure Pushes San Francisco, Chicago and Columbus Shows Posted onSeptember 27, 2026September 27, 2026 0 Venue pages in all three cities now list the concerts as postponed, with existing tickets expected to remain valid once ...FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Will Open Hillsboro’s New Hops Ballpark With First Concert, Bringing the Rock Hall of Fame Band to the $154 Million Venue on Sept. 25 Posted onSeptember 27, 2026September 27, 2026 0 The multi-Grammy-winning group will launch the ballpark’s concert plans with a stop during its 59th straight year on tour.FEATURED EVENTS Pope Leo Cheers White Sox Playoff Berth and Says Great Things Happen in Chicago as Fans Celebrate the Team’s Return to October Baseball Posted onSeptember 26, 2026September 26, 2026 0 The Chicago-born pontiff reacted to the White Sox clinching a postseason spot, blending faith, hometown pride and baseball fandom. 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