Illinois

Summer Smash 2023 Drops Biggest Lineup Yet

Summer Smash, the Midwest's Premier Hip Hop music festival brought to you by Lyrical Lemonade and SPKRBX returns to Illinois June 23rd - 25th expanding to the Seatgeek Stadium. Today, the anticipated event dropped an enormous lineup featuring heavy hitting headliners Kid Cudi, Future, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, $uicideboy$, and a very special Chicago guest.

This year’s grounds are located just minutes outside the city featuring three incredible stages - two outside the stadium on padded turf fields and one inside the stadium itself. This expansive venue allows attendees to freely explore while enjoying premium food, bars, vendors, and more art installations than ever throughout. Here, take a look at the glorious lineup in it’s entirety with over 75 of your favorite artists.

Highlighted artists we are most excited to see include Trippie Redd, Central Cee, Ski Mask the Slump God, Ice Spice, Glorilla, Luh Tyler, Sid Shyne, G Herbo, Lil B, Zack Bia, DJ Scheme, and so many more. It’s time to get your friends and family on board with Chicago’s best hip hop festival.

Tickets are currently ON SALE! Find all of your necessary travel, ticket, FAQ, parking, and travel info HERE!

Chance The Rapper Reveals Special Olympics Anniversary Event

Chicago Native, singer-songwriter, positive influence in local charity and schools, Chance The Rapper, has now announced an entire new event dedicated to celebrating the Special Olympics being in operation for fifty years. 

Celebrating their 50th Anniversary, Chance plans on benefiting and donating sales to the Special Olympics and his youth empowerment charity Social Works. Today the young man has revealed an eclectic lineup that of performers such as himself Chance The Rapper, Usher, Francis and the Lights, Smokey Robinson, Jason Mraz, Daya, O.A.R., and plenty of special guests to be announced.

Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert will be taking place on Saturday July 21st at the Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island Chicago, Illinois. Tickets are currently on sale HERE and moving very fast so get on board and tell your friends you'll be helping a great cause and a future for the Special Olympics. 

Stream Pitchfork Music Festival All Weekend

Pitchfork Music Festival is taking place all weekend July 14th - 16th at the infamous Union Park in Chicago, Illinois. Lucky for us, the online phenomenon turned into annual event is available to live stream each day.

If you're not able to attend this year's event, get your pals together and throw on the live performances in the comfort of your own living room. With heavy hitting headliners including LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange, Pitchfork Music Festival is expected to hit all time high numbers this weekend.

Take a look at which sets you'll be able to catch live and dive into the world of this year's festival HERE.

SCHEDULE:

Friday 7/14
1:00 PM - Madame Gandhi
1:45 PM - Priests
2:30 PM - Dawn Richard
3:00 PM - Hiss Golden Messenger
4:00 PM - William Tyler
5:00 PM - Thurston Moore
5:15 PM - Frankie Cosmos
6:00 PM - Danny Brown
7:00 PM - Dirty Projectors

Saturday 7/15
1:45 PM - Jeff Rosenstock
2:30 PM - Weyes Blood
2:45 PM - Cherry Glazerr
3:20 PM - Arab Strap
4:00 PM - Mitski
5:15 PM - Francis & the Lights
5:15 PM - The Feelies
6:15 PM - Angel Olsen
6:30 PM - Madlib
7:45 PM - S U R V I V E

Sunday 7/16
1:00 PM - Kilo Kish
2:30 PM - NE-HI
2:45 PM - Derrick Carter
4:00 PM - Joey Purp
4:15 PM - Hamilton Leithauser
5:15 PM - Pinegrove
5:15 PM - Ride
6:30 PM - Jamila Woods
7:45 PM - American Football