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The trio of conductors join a host of artists comprising a summer of music at the Highland Park venue.
Among the summer’s newcomers to the Highland Park venue will be Ben Platt, Violent Femmes and Samara Joy.
Olivia Rodrigo in concert, the St. Patrick’s Day parade and green river celebration, and the Phylicia Rashad-directed “Purpose” at Steppenwolf are among the highlights in the week ahead.
Waterboys founder Mike Scott called him “one of the finest musicians I’ve ever known” in a post Monday on X, formerly Twitter. “Travel on well my old friend,” he said.
The house and techno music festival released its full lineup ahead of its return to Union Park this Labor Day Weekend.
The 2024 festival at Union Park in Chicago will also feature Jamie XX, Black Pumas, 100 Gecs, MUNA and more.
His solo hits included ‘Make Me Lose Control’ and the ‘Dirty Dancing’ smash ‘Hungry Eyes.’
With its baffling design and costumes, and singing that lacks nuance, production has little new to say about Verdi’s princess.
With every note of the evening indelibly etched, the communal experience was carried into the parking lots after the band waved their local “long goodbye.” Steely Dan proved the perfect opener in a solid set of their own.
The audience at the largest campaign event of Illinois’ primary season skewed heavily toward a younger crowd, many of whom showed up to see the headliner rather than to support the 33-year-old challenger to longtime incumbent 7th District Rep. Danny Davis.
Matisyahu was scheduled to perform Friday night at the House of Blues. He confirmed the cancellation in a statement shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
El trovador y ‘embajador de la música cubana’ se presenta por primera vez en el Symphony Center este viernes, 8 de marzo.
Charismatic performer, known for his long career performing with wife Eydie Gormé, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
Lyric Opera’s ‘Aida,’ a dance version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and a Juanes concert are among the highlights of the week ahead.
The legendary Chicago bluesman will be making one of his final Chicago appearances at the fest as part of his “Damn Right Farewell” tour.
The canceled dates include an April 14 date at Radius in Chicago.
Veteran hitmaker Bruce Hornsby and David Bowie devotees Sons of the Silent Age are among the acts performing at smaller venues this month.
In shaping this combination of dance concert/juke-box musical, director-choreographer Kate Prince uses everything from break dancing to ballet to tell the story of a family forced into a perilous journey.
A trio of Zach Bryan concerts, the Goodman Theatre’s fresh take on Homer and a monster truck demo are among the week’s entertainment highlights
Highlights of Muti’s appearances will include the world premiere of a CSO-commissioned suite from Osvaldo Golijov’s score for Francis Ford Coppola’s soon-to-be-released film, “Megalopolis.”