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The best of the jazz outside the fest

by Bill Meyer August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

For several years now, the heart of the Chicago Jazz Festival has been in Millennium Park. This year the four days of the fest also include programming at the Cultural Center (from 11 AM till 5:15 PM on Thursday, September 1) and a lunchtime show at the Maxwell Street Market on Sunday, September 4. Around […]

Masked fans enjoy Lil Eazzyy's set in the front rows of the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash

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How live music looks during COVID

by Kathleen Hinkel September 1, 2021September 3, 2021

Live music is back, though it looks different today than when it went away in March 2020. For 16 months we carried on without the collaborative magic of artist and audience. We’ve watched musicians find creative ways to keep gigging and be safe, whether delivering livestreams from their homes or playing on porches. Our favorite […]

Roger Ebert once called her his “favorite diva.”

City Life

Somewhere in time is here and now

by Salem Collo-Julin April 2, 2021August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

Music

Parked on a snow route on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin December 9, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Nashville graphic designer Terri Morris.

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If enough of us celebrate Independent Venue Week, we might have one next year too

by Jamie Ludwig October 22, 2020August 18, 2021

For Independent Venue Week, the Reader has rounded up some favorite stories about Chicago music venues past and present.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day and other upcoming celebrations

by Salem Collo-Julin October 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

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Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID

by Bill Meyer August 27, 2020August 18, 2021

The city is replacing the Chicago Jazz Festival with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.

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Want live music back? Wear a mask and call Congress.

by Leor Galil July 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Staff from 22 Chicago music venues talk about how far they still are from normal—and what it’ll take to keep them around till we all get there.

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The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

by Noah Berlatsky March 25, 2020August 18, 2021

For 19 years, the Chicago Underground Quartet’s first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.