2023 Summer Concert Guide For Chicago, Suburbs

CHICAGO — The summer concert season is ramping up, with a wide array of concerts and live performances aim at music lovers of all stripes in the Chicago area.

Chicagoland residents have a wealth of choices for cuing up their own live music soundtrack for the summer of 2023, ranging from emerging artists at free neighborhood festivals international stars entertaining massive crowds at great expense — and everything in between.

One of the first major free music festivals of Chicago kicked off Thursday. The Chicago Blues Festival runs through Sunday, with Los Lobos closing out the festival at Millennium Park, which will also play home to a summer concert series from June 22 to Aug. 21

Lineups are out and tickets are still available for three of Chicago's largest music events — Pitchfork (July 21-23), Lollapalooza (Aug. 3-6) and Riot Fest (Sept. 15-17).

Last week, official Lollapalooza aftershows were announced at 17 local venues. And this week, the Ravinia Festival's season got under way this week, with the first pavilion shows set for June 16 with Jacob Collier and Lawrence and June 17 with Ms. Lauryn Hill.

Find a selection of other concerts scheduled ahead of Labor Day around the Chicago area:

June

• June 14-Aug. 19: Grant Park Music Festival, 331 E. Randolph St., Chicago
• June 15: G-Eazy, The Vic, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago
• June 16-17: Blues on the Fox, RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, Aurora
• June 16-17: Winnetka Music Festival, 610 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
• June 17-18: Hyde Park Summer Fest, 1130 Midway Plaisance, Chicago
• June 17: Billy Strings, Northerly Island, 1300 S. Linn White Drive, Chicago
• June 21: Fall Out Boy, Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago
• June 22-23: Morgan Wallen, Wrigley Field
• June 23: Elvis Costello, Horseshoe Casino, 777 Casino Center Drive, Hammond, Indiana
• June 23: Stevie Nicks, United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago
• June 23-25: Re:SET Chicago, Riis Park, 6100 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago
• June 24: Yo La Tango, Metro, 4740 N. Clark St., Chicago
• June 30-July 1: Santana, Ravinia Festival, 201 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park

July

• July 1: Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey, United Center
• July 1: Shania Twain, Tinley Park Amphitheater, 19100 Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park
• July 2: The Hold Steady, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago
• July 5-6: Drake, 21 Savage, United Center
• July 7: Jenny Lewis, The Salt Shed, 1357 Elston Ave., Chicago
• July 7-9: Grapetooth, Nitzer Ebb, Nick Hakim, West Fest, 1800-2000 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago
• July 7-8: Dave Mathews Band, Northerly Island
• July 9: Souls of Mischief, Metro
• July 9: Weezer, Hard Rock Casino, 5400 W. 29th Ave., Gary, Indiana
• July 11: Styx, RiverEdge Park
• July 13: Big Freedia, Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St., Chicago
• July 13-16: Windy City Smokeout, United Center parking lot
• July 15: Le Tigre, The Salt Shed
• July 18: Alicia Keys, United Center
• July 21: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Ziggy Marley, The Salt Shed
• July 21: Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Too Short, Tinley Park Amphitheater
• July 22-23: Beyoncé, Soldier Field
• July 24: Kurt Vile and the Violators, Pritzker Pavilion
• July 24-25: Jill Scott, The Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago
• July 28-30: Built To Spill, The Regrettes, Lido Pimienta, Wicker Park Fest, 1200-1600 Milwaukee Ave.
• July 29: Ed Sheeran, Soldier Field, 1410 Special Olympics Drive, Chicago
• July 29: Regina Spektor, Canal Shores Golf Course, 1030 Central St., Evanston

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August

• Aug. 3: Peach Pit, The Vic
• Aug. 4: Gov't Mule, Tinley Park Amphitheater
• Aug. 5: Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind & Fire, United Center
• Aug. 6: Matchbox Twenty, Tinley Park Amphitheater
• Aug. 9-10: Madonna, United Center
• Aug. 9-11: Metallica, Soldier Field
• Aug. 9-10: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, The Salt Shed
• Aug. 10: Vieux Farka Touré & Cedric Burnside, Millennium Park
• Aug. 13-14: John Legend, Ravinia Festival
• Aug. 15: Sam Smith, United Center
• Aug. 18: Jethro Tull, Ravinia Festival
• Aug. 19: Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Tinley Park Amphitheater
• Aug. 19: Sister Hazel, The Forge: Lemont Quarries, 227 Heritage Quarries Drive, Lemont
• Aug. 24: Guns N' Roses, Wrigley Field
• Aug. 27: Arctic Monkeys, United Center
• Aug. 30-31: Pixies, Modest Mouse, Cat Power, Salt Shed
• Aug. 31-Sept. 3: Chicago Jazz Festival, Millennium Park
• Sept. 1: Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Tinley Park Amphitheater
• Sept. 1-3: Arc Festival, Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph St., Chicago
• Sept. 1-3: North Coast Music Festival, SeatGeek Stadium, 7000 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview

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