Mike Stephen talks to Jimalita Tillman and Chris Bauman, co-chairs of the Chicago Independent Venue League, about a new ...

In celebration of Black History Month, Chicago filmmakers will be showing their short films at Music Box Theater and Facets.

Arriving in Chicago is the tale of a 1970s rock band thrashing its way to stardom. Not exactly a musical, the play with music took the 2024 Tonys for best play, direction, set and sound design.

On their self-released July EP, the unrelentingly heavy What Lives Inside of Me, Latter play with self-consuming force.

Purelink's delicately layered tracks are so immersive that even the smallest details, which might fade into the background in ...

The American Theatre Guild has revealed the 2026–27 Season for the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at Peoria Civic Center. The 2026–27 Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Series will include Waitress, ...

The Y2K-inspired festival features an R&B and house music-forward lineup across three stages in Union Park over Memorial Day weekend.

At the end of the day, Carroll admits he’s a live-music guy. He set a goal to record a live recording series captured in the ...

A new music festival is coming to Chicago this May with a lineup that spans both iconic artists from the early 2000s like ...

Our picks for events in and around Chicago this weekend. Drama The Chicago-based dance-R&B duo lights up the Salt Shed this weekend with new tunes from their just-released album, “Platonic ...

Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop ...

The Music Institute of Chicago Academy, a nationally recognized pre-college conservatory for advanced high school pianists and string players, will present a series of free concerts during the winter ...