FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS

The Chicago neighborhood festival is set for its 22nd year with a Subterranean-curated lineup and free entry this summer.

The Chicago festival has revealed its day-by-day schedule, giving fans a closer look at the crowded summer lineup.

From free park concerts to marquee weekends like Taste of Chicago and Lollapalooza, the city’s event slate stretches deep into September.

NBC 5 Chicago rounds up a packed season of music, food, films, and neighborhood block parties across the city.

The Chicago festival has posted its full four-day schedule, with more than 150 artists spread across eight stages and only limited tickets left.

A sprawling new guide organizes the season’s must-see U.S. festivals by month, with dates, locations, lineups, and ticket status.

The Labor Day Weekend festival at Union Park will add a new stage area and feature both global dance acts and Chicago house pioneers.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — If you have spent a summer in Chicago, you already know what I am about to say. No city does festival season like this one. The lakefront, the neighborhoods, the venues — it all comes together between May and September in a way that makes Chicago feel like a different city entirely….

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — I have covered a lot of festivals over the years. Coordinated backstage logistics at enough of them to know the difference between a lineup built to sell tickets and one built to actually deliver. Lollapalooza 2026 feels like the second kind — and as someone who has watched this festival grow into…

CHICAGO — Chicago will become the global center of jazz this spring as the city hosts the 15th Annual International Jazz Day, a month-long celebration of performances, education, and community programming culminating in a globally broadcast All-Star Concert at the Lyric Opera of Chicago on April 30, 2026. The announcement was made Tuesday at the…