FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTSAftershock Festival Set to Return to Sacramento for Its 14th Year With Four Days of Rock, Metal and Punk at Discovery Park This Fall FEATURED EVENTSAudrey Niffenegger Revisits the Time Traveler’s Wife With Life Out of Order, a Chicago-Born Sequel About Alba, Climate Fears and a Wider Future EVENT REVIEWSW.A.S.P. Brings a Furious 16-Song House of Blues Set to Boston, Mixing Early Deep Cuts, Headless Children Drama, and a Rare Absence Fans Noticed 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 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 D4vd Becomes the Focus of Los Angeles Grand Jury Probe After Court Filings Link Him to Teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Death in a Hollywood Tesla Case 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 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 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.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 ... 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