EVENT REVIEWSBenson Boone Packed New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center With Eight Flips, Shirtless Finale Pyrotechnics and a Family Friendly Wanted Man Tour Spectacle EVENT REVIEWSSlayyyter’s Los Angeles Shrine Theatre Comeback Turns Wor$t Girl in America Into a 5,000 Fan Sleaze Pop Victory After Her 2023 Tour Nearly Broke Even EVENT REVIEWSInternational Contemporary Ensemble Closes TIME:SPANS Festival With Four Premieres at Dimenna Center, Turning Coins, Breath and Electronics Into a Hush Fans Could Hear UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS 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 Chicago Mother Wins $400,000 on a $5 Illinois Lottery Scratch-Off at a Gage Park Convenience Store, Planning to Use the Prize for Her Three Children’s Education Circa Sportsbooks New Bet the Blitz Promotion Sends American Place Bettors to Las Vegas and Into the Chicago Bears Ticket Drawing White Sox Promise Fans Future Tickets After Ja Rule Skips Rate Field Concert, Leaving Chicago Crowd With a Canceled Postgame Show and Another Loss BINI and SB19 Sell Out Graton Resort and Casino in Back-To-Back Bay Area Shows as the Filipino Pop Acts Draw Crossover Crowds and Festival Momentum VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Chicago’s 36th Annual Taste of Greektown Returns Aug. 28 With Greek Food, Live Music and Dancing Along the City’s Longtime Restaurant Corridor Ukrainian Folk Festival Returns to Horsham With Dances, Pysanka Lessons and Live Music Marking Ukraine’s Independence and America’s 250th Anniversary NASCAR Returns to Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet After Seven Years, as Downtown Fan Festival Kicks Off a Race Weekend Tied to America’s 250th Birthday Stephanie Sack’s Late Summer Cult Film Series in Chicago Links the Unknown Man of Shandigor, Alice, Sweet Alice and Creature From the Black Lagoon to Local History Buddy Guy Gets Chicago Music Legend Award at Obama Presidential Center as the 90-Year-Old Blues Icon Keeps Touring, Recording, and Returning to His South Loop Club VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Kane Brown Set for UW-Madison’s Student-Only Back-To-School Concert as the Five-Time American Music Awards Winner Takes the Stage Sept. 5 Shelley Fabares Remembered by ABC News After the Actress and Singer Known for the Donna Reed Show, Coach and Elvis Films Dies at 82 Latin Grammy Winner Degnis Nelson Bofill Miranda Detained at Miami Airport, as Wife Mara Delgado Seeks Release and Help With His Immigration Case Shelley Fabares, the Teen Star of the Donna Reed Show and Singer of Johnny Angel, Dies at 82 After a Decades-Long Television Career Shelley Fabares, the Singer and TV Star Behind Johnny Angel and Coach, Dies at 82 After a Career Spanning Child Acting and Elvis Films VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Phoebe Bridgers Returns With Lost Weekend, a 16-Song Solo Album Featuring Boygenius, Jack Antonoff and Bo Burnham While Balancing Grief, Joy and Intimate Pop Lore Study Finds Traffic Deaths Rose on Days New Albums by Taylor Swift, Drake and Bad Bunny Arrived, Pointing to Possible Driving Distractions Akon Opens up About the Sold-Out Nights Like This Tour With Ne Yo, His Detroit Stop at Pine Knob, and the Global Sound of New Album Beautiful Day Joshua Bassett Says His New Album Easier Grew From Nashville Writing Bursts, Open-D Guitar Tuning, and a Story Fans Can Follow From First Crush to Heartbreak Phoebe Bridgers Returns With Lost Weekend, a Six-Year Solo Comeback That Turns Grief, New Love and a Bigger Pop Sound Into Her Most Guarded Album Yet VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS New Orleans Music Executive Says the City Already Has a Real Industry Built on Labels, Venues, Studios and Artists From Louis Armstrong to Lil Wayne Koe Wetzel Brings Fire, Fan Singalongs and a Tighter Stage Presence to Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion on the Night Champion Works Tour Wednesday Stella Lefty’s Viral Country Rise and Debut Album Long Way Home Fuel Nepo Baby Debate as the Billionaire Co-Founder of Groupon’s Daughter Eyes 2027 Grammy Buzz Garth Brooks Weighs a Possible Sale of His Music Catalog as Sources Say the Country Star’s Publishing and Recorded Rights Could Fetch up to $2 Billion BMG and Suno Launch a Global AI Music Alliance With Opt in Rights, Compensation and New Fan Experiences for Artists and Songwriters VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Chicago’s Ukrainian Community Marks Independence Day Weekend With a Unity March, Flowers, Flags and Calls to Support Ukraine as the War With Russia Grinds On Posted onAugust 24, 2026August 24, 2026 0 Thousands lined Chicago Avenue in Ukrainian Village for a march that mixed celebration, grief and public solidarity.FEATURED EVENTS Illinois Declares BTS Day Ahead of Soldier Field Concerts as Chicago Braces for Thousands of Fans and a Return to the Stadium After More Than Seven Years Posted onAugust 24, 2026August 24, 2026 0 Governor J.B. Pritzker marked the Chicago show dates with a proclamation celebrating BTS’s global reach, philanthropy and fan-driven tourism.FEATURED EVENTS Illinois Declares BTS Day for Chicago Concerts as the K-Pop Group Returns to Soldier Field for First Show There in Seven Years and Three Months Posted onAugust 24, 2026August 24, 2026 0 Gov. JB Pritzker marked Aug. 27 and 28 for BTS as the group prepares to play Soldier Field on its ...FEATURED EVENTS Ray Stevens Tribute Concert at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House Will Feature Ricky Skaggs, Ronnie Milsap, Gretchen Wilson and a Special Randy Travis Appearance Posted onAugust 22, 2026August 22, 2026 0 The November 9 celebration will honor Stevens’ long career with performances from multiple generations of country stars. VIEW ALL
