Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop ...

The Music Institute of Chicago Academy will present a series of free concerts showcasing its pre-college conservatory ...

From Bill Murray’s band and David Byrne’s theater experience to intimate classical music concerts and dance shows galore, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ’Tis the season when Chicago’s stages give way to Ebenezer Scrooges, George Baileys and Nutcracker princes — plus, the sounds of klezmer, flamenco, bluegrass ...

Chicago theater justly is famed for the quality of its actors. But which performances were the best of 2025? Here is our annual celebration of the top 10 performances of the year. Unlike our Top 10 ...

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is ...

A beloved, cross-country holiday train tradition starts up for the 2025 season this week, complete with musical performances by cult favorite bands -- and it's stopping in the Chicago area. The ...

The National Tour of Chicago, the Musical comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) with four performances from January 16-18, 2026. Chicago is still the one musical with everything that makes ...

A core group of artists and ensembles remains scheduled at the now-Trump Kennedy Center amid a wave of politically charged ...