All of the sudden, festival season is right around the corner! As we quickly approach summer, music festivals around the world are beginning to unveil their star-studded lineups. Hip-hop lovers in Chicago looking for a rap-based festival can look forward to this summer’s Summer Smash. Many of today’s […]
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Last summer, Alliance 98 brought together the Chicago community for the first ever Hip-Hop In Chinatown concert/art installation event and today we are happy to announce this year’s “The Warm Up”, which aims to curate local Chicago talent for their second summer installment of Hip-Hop In Chinatown happening later
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Vans and FYF have partnered up to bring a concert series for the House Of Vans in both Brooklyn and Chicago. The Vans House Parties will run on select dates from May 18 to August 3 in Brooklyn, while the recently-opened Chicago location will kick things off on
The Taste Of Chicago 2017 music lineup has been revealed, extending the annual tradition of pairing great acts for attendees to have plenty else to enjoy besides the tons of food options at the gastro festival. Among the big names are headliners like Alessia Cara, Café Tacvba, Ben
Saturday night at The Metro was a Joyous expression of the strength, resilience, and power of the women of Chicago Hip Hop. The WBEZ/Vocalo/Young Chicago Authors Winter Block Party showcased female artists and musicians in Chicago for the 9th year of this ongoing festival. The Metro stage was
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This presidential election can be one of the most important elections that our generation can be a part of and we all need to let our voice be heard. Earlier today, Chance and Social Works announced that there will be a block party/rally/concert/parade on the top of the
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Sunday kicked off with beautiful weather and excellent performances from Billy Talent, Juliette and the Licks, Thursday, Andrew W.K, and The Wonder Years. Unfortunately the Joey Badass performance was marred by audio difficulties, but Joey still soldiered through to perform “Christ Conscious” and some new bangers. The Deftones
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We’d like to invite y’all to attend the My House Music Festival, this coming Saturday, August 13th. The event is a one-day music experience that commemorates the origins, growth and popularity of House Music. The lineup with be curated by Chicago’s own Boi Jeanius, the 2015 Redbull Thre3style
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This past weekend, I was lucky enough to attend all three days (June 10-June 12) of Spring Awakening’s 5th year anniversary music festival. As big of an event it is, I had never attended SAMF so I was pretty excited to hit up Addams/Medill park for the EDM
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Calvin Harris and Rihanna have shared their collaboration track “This Is What You Came For.” This was their follow-up collab to 2011’s “We Found Love,” which they brought back to life together when they performed it at Coachella a couple of weeks ago. Hear it below.
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The music lineup for this year’s Taste Of Chicago has been revealed and it’s got plenty of names to help it keep up with last year’s roster. The 2016 edition will feature headliners The Roots, Billy Idol, The Decemberists, KONGOS, and The Isley Brothers. Some of the other
The weather’s changing and that means our favorite time of the year is approaching… Festival Season! For the second year in a row Chicago is blessed to once again have Ruido Fest in Pilsen this summer. Last year was dope and we aren’t expecting anything less this summer,
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