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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band

FeaturedThe Dave Matthews Tribute Band

Sep 25 · Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake

The Dave Matthews Tribute Band FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 | 8:00 PM Tickets start at $49, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) Step back into the golden era of jam bands with DMTB — a...

Fleetwood Max

FeaturedFleetwood Max

Oct 3 · Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake

FLEETWOOD MAX The Definitive Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks Tribute Band SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $43, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) Fleetwood Max is the...

FeaturedMean Girls

Aug 26 – Oct 11, 2026 · Paramount Theatre, Aurora

Paramount Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Mean Girls, running August 26 through October 11, 2026, directed by Devon Hayakawa in their Paramount solo directorial debut. Based on the 2004 film and featuring a book by Tina Fey with music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell...

Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift

FeaturedLove Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift

Nov 7 · Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake

Love Story: Unofficial Taylor Swift Tribute SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026 | 1:00 PM Tickets start at $44, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) Experience an unforgettable night celebrating the...

Million Dollar Quartet

FeaturedMillion Dollar Quartet

Oct 7 – Jan 3, 2027 · Stolp Island Theatre, Aurora

Million Dollar Quartet Four Legends. One Night. Music History Made. You may have loved Million Dollar Quartet in 2017 at Paramount Theatre – now imagine it set in Sun Studio itself. The new Stolp Island Theatre was designed to immerse you in the experience so you can say “I was...

Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna

FeaturedBlond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna

Nov 7 · Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake

Blond Ambition: Tribute to Madonna SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $59, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) Get ready to strike a pose and celebrate the music of one...

27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival

Sep 17 – Sep 19, 2026 · Hamilton Park, Chicago

The 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival, presented by Live the Spirit Residency, is a three-day free festival held at Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72nd Street, Chicago. Founded in 1999 by saxophonist and composer Ernest Dawkins, the festival celebrates the next generation of creative...

Broadway in Your Backyard

Broadway in Your Backyard

Jul 6 – Sep 19, 2026 · Porchlight Music Theatre, Chicago

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the return of its free summer concert series Broadway in your Backyard, July 6 - September 19, sponsored by Chicago Free For All Fund. Broadway in your Backyard is directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber, music directed by Linda...

Chicago Live at Navy Pier

Sep 19 · Navy Pier

Porchlight Music Theatre presents Chicago Live at Navy Pier, a Broadway in Your Backyard performance, as part of Navy Pier's annual celebration of Chicago's arts and cultural community. Directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber and Music Directed by Linda Madonia, the free...

Dakarai Barclay Quartet

Sep 19 · Hamilton Park, Chicago

The Dakarai Barclay Quartet performs from 3:35 to 4:45 pm on Saturday, September 19 as part of the 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival. The set features all original compositions celebrating the lives of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins. Band personnel include Elio...

Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble Redux

Sep 19 · Hamilton Park, Chicago

Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble Redux performs from 1:10 to 2:10 pm on Saturday, September 19 as part of the 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival. Ernest Dawkins is an acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and the founder of the Englewood Jazz Festival. The outdoor performance...

Formosa Quartet

Sep 19 · Nichols Concert Hall

The Formosa Quartet opens the Music Institute of Chicago's Nichols Concert Hall Presents 2026-27 season, featuring violinist Jasmine Lin, violinist David Bernat, violist Matthew Cohen, and cellist Deborah Pae. The program includes Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 and a Formosa...

Maggie and Africa Brown: Tribute to Oscar Brown Jr.

Sep 19 · Hamilton Park, Chicago

Maggie and Africa Brown perform a tribute to their father, Oscar Brown Jr., from 2:20 to 3:20 pm on Saturday, September 19 as part of the 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival. The performance honors the centennial of the legendary Chicago lyricist and performer. Maggie Brown is a...

New Continuum Ensemble with Marquis Hill

Sep 19 · Hamilton Park, Chicago

The New Continuum Ensemble with Marquis Hill, featuring Braxton Cook, performs from 5:00 to 6:00 pm on Saturday, September 19 as part of the 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival. The outdoor performance closes the festival's final day at Hamilton Park. All performances at the...

Pink'd: A Tribute to P!nk

Pink'd: A Tribute to P!nk

Sep 19 · Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake

Pink’d: Tribute to P!NK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $49, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) THE ULTIMATE P!NK EXPERIENCE Featuring Tesa Kay P!NK’D is more than...

Pink'd: Tribute to P!NK

Sep 19 · Raue Center For The Arts

Pink'd is a full-scale concert tribute experience celebrating the music and spirit of P!NK. Featuring powerhouse vocalist Tesa Kay, the performance captures the raw emotion, rebellious energy, and sound that have made P!NK one of the most iconic performers of a generation. The...

The Man Who Fell With the Rain

Sep 3 – Sep 19, 2026 · Trap Door Theatre

Inspired by the short story by Gabriel García Márquez, this world premiere is a darkly comic fable about a mysterious old man with enormous wings who falls from the sky into the yard of an ordinary couple. As neighbors, opportunists, and skeptics descend upon the strange...

The Young Masters

Sep 19 · Hamilton Park, Chicago

The Young Masters perform under the direction of Ernest Dawkins from 12:00 to 1:00 pm on Saturday, September 19 as part of the 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival. The outdoor performance celebrates the next generation of Chicago jazz musicians. All performances at the festival...

Chicago Live Festival

Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026 · Navy Pier

Chicago Live Festival transforms Navy Pier into Chicago's largest free stage, bringing together more than 100 of the city's most dynamic artists and performing arts organizations across five stages. The two-day festival spans music, dance, theater, spoken word, comedy, and more...

Chicago Live!

Chicago Live!

Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026 · Navy Pier, Chicago

Now in its 6th year, this is the Midwest's (and maybe beyond!) largest free performing arts festival. For 2 days (12PM-9PM on Saturday, Sept 19 & 12PM-6PM on Sunday, Sept 20) Navy Pier presents over 100 of Chicago's best and brightest performing arts groups, companies and...

Dear Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen

Sep 11 – Sep 20, 2026 · Alton Little Theater, Alton

Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply moving and contemporary story about connection, honesty and the desire to belong. When Evan Hansen, a socially anxious high school student, becomes entangled in a misunderstanding involving a...

Dirty Dancing: The Musical

Dirty Dancing: The Musical

Sep 9 – Sep 20, 2026 · James M. Nederlander Theatre, Chicago

Get ready to have the time of your life! Based on Lionsgate’s beloved film, the story that awakened a generation is back in a new stage production. Dirty Dancing: The Musical is the feel-good escape you’ve been craving, alive with the pulse of electrified dancing, the thrill of...

Latest Chicago Reviews

Review: THE BIRTH OF THE PILL at TimeLine Theatre Company

Review: THE BIRTH OF THE PILL at TimeLine Theatre Company

by Rachel Weinberg · September 18, 2026

TimeLine Theatre Company’s The Birth of the Pill takes some big swings...and sometimes misses. Adapted for the stage by Jessica Huang from Jonathan Eig’s book, it’s certainly relevant now. And Huang’s script takes “A People’s History of the United States” approach to storytelling. The …

Review: Kokandy Productions' JEKYLL & HYDE at Broadway In Chicago

Review: Kokandy Productions' JEKYLL & HYDE at Broadway In Chicago

by Rachel Weinberg · September 17, 2026

Jekyll & Hyde is rarely produced, and Kokandy brings it to vivid life in this new, larger venue. As Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and Lucy, David Moreland and Ava Lane Stovall really lead the way for the ensemble with their captivating performances. And in its most compelling moments, this Jekyll & Hyde truly…

Review: THE ATTIC at Goodman Theatre

Review: THE ATTIC at Goodman Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · September 16, 2026

The Attic: Things I’ve Seen While Lying On My Back is genuinely a unique experience at the Goodman. The 7 Fingers Co-Founder Shana Carroll wrote, directed, and choreographed this world-premiere autobiographical performance piece that shares vignettes from her life story. An international company o…

Review: Idle Muse Theatre Company's WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater

Review: Idle Muse Theatre Company's WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater

by Emily Werner · September 14, 2026

“What do you want?” It’s the question at the heart of Witch, Idle Muse Theatre Company’s fall production. Adapted by playwright Jen Silverman from the Jacobean drama The Witch of Edmonton, the play transforms a centuries-old tale of ambition, jealousy, witchcraft, and desire into a provocati…

Review: BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA at A Red Orchid Theatre

Review: BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA at A Red Orchid Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · September 11, 2026

Birds of North America is a touching and supremely well-acted two hander. A Red Orchid Theatre’s return engagement reunites Cassidy Slaughter-Mason and John Judd as father-daughter duo Caitlyn and John, directed by Artistic Diretor Kirsten Fitzgerald. Over the course of roughly 10 years, Caitlyn a…

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