The largest free blues festival in the world brings living legends and local 12-bar regulars to Grant Park for three days of music. Those expecting Blues Brothers cover bands should steer clear (though you're likely to hear a few renditions of "Sweet Home Chicago"). This year, headliners include singer Shemekia Copeland, trombonist Fred Wesley & The New JB's as well as an all-star tribute to Chicago musician Otis...
Find out more »Chicago's summer-inaugurating electronic music festival lost out to an international soccer tournament and has been relocated from Soldier Field to Addams/Medill Park this year. The 2016 lineup includes big EDM names from every electronic music genre and subgenre under the mainstream electronic market sun (Steve Aoki, Kaskade, Borgore, Dillon Francis, Deadmau5, Flux Pavilion, Jamie XX, Claude Von Stroke, Zeds Dead, Crystal Castles, Nicky Romero, Gesaffelstein,...
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