If there’s anyone who can make a case for why Chicago’s Sueños Music Festival needs a needs a second or third stage, it’s Bizarrap.
Throngs of fans packed Grant Park to hear the man affectionately known as BIZA at his first-ever Sueños performance. It was impossible to get a glimpse due to the mass sea of people in attendance.
Hailing from the Greater Buenos Aires area of Argentina, this 25-year-old producer is behind some of the hottest, catchiest tracks of the modern day. He’s worked with the likes of Shakira, Karol G, Peso Pluma and Young Miko on tracks with break-the-internet-level success.
Known best for his Bzrp Music Sessions on YouTube, he is independently producing songs in which artists can really let loose. Some of them freestyle their lyrics, and the collaboration is almost always a surprise.
A year after Shakira finalized her divorce with former Spanish fútbol star Gerard Piqué, she dropped her very own diss track “Vol. 53” with Bizarrap’s help. Peso Pluma even showed up at his studio, where they recorded “Vol. 55” together. It’s a song that plays almost every hour on Univision’s Latino Mix on 93.5 FM.
Bizarrap closed out his set quite early, but not before creating a core memory with his fans.
“Raise the flag, raise your arms,” he said in Spanish as an Argentinian flag draped over his shoulders. “Everybody from here to the back, we are going to take a picture.”
Gabito Ballesteros performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Fans cheer as Gabito Ballesteros performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Gabito Ballesteros performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Fans cheer as Gabito Ballesteros performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Maluma performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Maluma performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Maluma performs at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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People line up downtown waiting for an announcement from Sueños Music Festival about it possibly being canceled due to inclement weather at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Joel A. Muñoz Martínez and Randy Nota Loca of Jowell y Randy perform at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
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Festival goers can grub on jibaritos, a Chicago-Rican staple, from Smash Jibarito, which are $15 at the Sueños Music Festival.
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Rauw Alejandro performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Rauw Alejandro performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Sueños festival goers can enjoy Japanese-inspired chicken teriyaki bowls from Kamehachi for $15.
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Rels B performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Rels B performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Melba Serrano, owner of Lito’s Taco and Empanada House in Lincoln Park, is dishing out four flavors of Colombian-style empanadas. Attendees can pick from chorizo cheese, chicken and rice, beef and rice and spinach and cheese.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks before local artist Sorry Papi performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Sorry Papi performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Sorry Papi performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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Global food options at the Sueños Music Festival include tikka masala tacos (two for $11) from Tandoor Char House.
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Bizarrap performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024. | Alex Wroblewski/For the Sun-Times
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Young Miko performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024. | Alex Wroblewski/For the Sun-Times
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Young Miko performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024. | Alex Wroblewski/For the Sun-Times
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Xavi performs at the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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After his debut performance at Sueños Music Festival last month, Álvaro Díaz spent a few minutes speaking to La Voz following the years-long delay of the release of his sophomore album “SAYONARA.”
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“We essentially only got a day and a quarter of what we paid for.”
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Aunque Peso Pluma no actuó, hizo una breve aparición en el after party oficial de Sueños en The Mine.
By Jackie Serrato
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El titular del sábado y los pocos actos del domingo definieron el Festival Sueños 2024.
Chicago fans of superstar Peso Pluma are left high and dry, for the third time this year, because of the threat of severe weather. Two other Pluma concerts were canceled in Chicago because of the alleged threat of cartels.
By Jackie Serrato
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The 30-year-old Colombian star gave an outstanding performance filled with nostalgic hits. Due to the weather, he was the final performer of the festival.
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Chino Pacas of Street Mob Records joined Gabito Ballesteros on stage. The Mexican singer-songwriters are rising corrido tumbado artists, blending traditional Mexican ballads with hip-hop elements.
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“A cheer for the Latinos!” a high-pitched Jowell called to damp Sueños attendees who waited out the weather. Though the two set expectations high, the remainder of their set was at times hard to follow.
By Andrea Flores
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