Category: Festivals & Shows

• New Lollapalooza 2025 Aftershows Announced + Our 6 Can’t-Miss Afters

  

  Lollapalooza just announced several new afterparties for the 2025 festival, including many at Chicago’s best EDM clubs like Prysm, Spybar, and Smoke & Mirrors.

  MM

  July 8, 2025

  Chicago, Festivals & Shows

  afters, barry can’t swim, brennen grey, deborah de luca, dj heather, foster the people, lollapalooza, prospa, radius, ramova theatre, rika b, salute, smartbar, spybar, syzy

• Electric Forest 2025 Recap: Bass, Beauty, and Surreal Nights in Sherwood

  

  Electric Forest always feels like a homecoming, but 2025 felt different. This year proved why Forest isn’t just a festival—it’s a world of its own.

  Harrison Lupfer

  July 3, 2025

  Festivals & Shows

  electric forest

• Beyond Wonderland Chicago 2025 Took Us Down The Rabbit Hole

  

  Insomniac Events brought the Beyond Wonderland rabbit hole straight to Chicago for the second year in a row, transforming Huntington Bank Pavilion into a kaleidoscopic dreamworld.

  MM

  July 2, 2025

  Festivals & Shows

  auris presents, beyond wonderland chicago, insomniac events

• Movement Detroit 2025 Review: Baptized in Bass — A First Timer’s Confession

  

  My first Movement Detroit felt less like attending a festival and more like being inducted. I thought I knew what four-on-the-floor devotion felt like. But nothing prepares you for what it means in this city.

  MM

  June 16, 2025

  Festivals & Shows

  detroit, movement, movement detroit, movement festival

• Escape Halloween 2024 Transformed SoCal Into a HalloweenTown

  

  Insomniac’s Escape Halloween has defined itself as the largest Halloween festival in today’s festival scene.

  shanaolivero

  November 8, 2024

  Festivals & Shows, News

  afroki, alison wonderland, deadmau5, escape halloween, illenium, insomniac, martin garrix, omnom, seven lions

• North Coast 2024 Was a Landmark Year for the Legendary Labor Day Festival

  

  North Coast has been through several transformations and venue changes over its history, but 2024 was undoubtedly one of its best years yet.

  MM

  September 19, 2024

  Chicago, Festivals & Shows

  acraze, alan walker, illenium, isoxo, knock2, ncmf, north coast, north coast music festival, seven lions, subtronics

• ARC Music Festival 2024 Review: The Legacy of House and Techno

  

  ARC Music Festival returned to Chicago for its fourth year, and this time, the celebration held a deeper meaning—honoring the 40th anniversary of house music.

  MM

  September 10, 2024

  Chicago, Festivals & Shows

  #carl cox, arc music festival, barry can’t swim, disclosure, dom dolla, green velvet, honey dijon, house music, salute, sara landry

• Lollapalooza 2024 Turned Up the Temperature for its 20th Anniversary

  

  Lollapalooza weekend is always a highlight when it comes to the valuable summertime months in Chicago, and our review of the 2024 edition is a positive one.

  MM

  August 15, 2024

  Chicago, Festivals & Shows

  Chicago, lollapalooza, lollapalooza 2024, skrillex

• Beyond Wonderland Chicago Had a Successful Festival Debut

  

  Beyond Wonderland Chicago had its inaugural year from June 1-2, 2024, at Northerly Island in Chicago.

  MM

  June 18, 2024

  Festivals & Shows

  alesso, auris presents, beyond wonderland, Chicago, daily bread, dimension, diplo, eli brown, habstrakt, heatwave, insomniac events, kaskade, maddy o'neal, marauda, northerly island, rezz, rl grime, svdden death, wax motif

• Solshine Reverie 2024 Beautifully Captivates the Ethos of Summer Camp

  

  Solshine Reverie: Music and Arts Festivals delivers with John Summit, LP Giobbi, and more.

  Techno Kell

  June 11, 2024

  Festivals & Shows

  big gigantic, camping festival, dead house, Festival, illumination woods, jason leech, john summit, lp giobbi, night tales, renegade, slander, solshine, solshine reviere, summer camp, summer camp music festival