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Bleader
Sep 2, 2016
North Coast Music Festival, a Labor Day clambake, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Great American Lobster Fest, Oddball Comedy Festival, and more happenings from September 2-5.
By Sara Cohen
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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Chicago Fringe Festival
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Great American Lobster Fest
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North Coast Music Festival
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Oddball Comedy Festival
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Taste of Polonia
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LAX/ORD
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Amazing: A Live Show
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Clickhole
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Slaughterhouse scooter rally
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Frontier Clambake
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Deep Schwa
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 31, 2014
Reader
's Agenda Sun 8/31: African Festival of the Arts, Remix Chicago, and HogFight
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, August 31
By Lucy Wang
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Bleader
Aug 29, 2013
Best shows to see: Ty Segall, Mudhoney, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Chris Knight, the Rempis Percussion Quartet
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include Ty Segall, Mudhoney, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the North Coast Music Festival, and the African Festival of the Arts.
By Tosten Burks
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concert listings
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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North Coast Music Festival
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African Festival of the Arts
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Ty Segall
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Mudhoney
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Rempis Percussion Quartet
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Chris Knight
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Bleader
Aug 30, 2012
Jazz Fest, North Coast Music Fest, Disappears, and more on the B Side
Tons of live music, outdoors and otherwise, plus the latest in air-guitar news
By Miles Raymer
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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North Coast Music Festival
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African Festival of the Arts
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Deep Heat
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Pugs Atomz
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Gatekeeper
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Puffy Areolas
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Stone Temple Pilots
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Steve Shelley
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Disappears
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Dust Up
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Big Star
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Nordic Thunder
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Bleader
Aug 30, 2012
Shows to see: Deep Heat, Altar of Plagues, Gatekeeper, and more
The unofficial final weekend of summer brings with it a dizzying variety of music
By Peter Margasak
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Music
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Deep Heat
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Gatekeeper
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Pugs Atomz
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Altar of Plagues
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North Coast Music Festival
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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African Festival of the Arts
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live music
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Bleader
Sep 1, 2011
This week on the B Side
Jazz Fest, cool tattoos, picks from guys who make cool t-shirts, and more
By Miles Raymer
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Music
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Chicago
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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African Festival of the Arts
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North Coast Music Festival
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Of Montreal
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Wilco
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Autumn Defense
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Pat Sansone
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Davey Pierce
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Bob Nanna
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Braid
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Threadless
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Tortoise
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John Herndon
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Flosstradamus
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Josh Young
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Chrissy Murderbot
Music
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Music Sidebar
Sep 2, 2010
African Festival of the Arts
Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, and Tito Jackson are among the featured performers this Labor Day weekend in Washington Park.
By Kevin Warwick
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African Festival of the Arts
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Washington Park
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Angelique Kidjo
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Tito Jackson
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Africa International House
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Tambours Sans Frontieres
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Bobbi Humphrey
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R&B
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jazz
Music
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Music Sidebar
May 27, 2010
Summer Guide: Follow the Music
The biggest and best of the music fests
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Chicago Gospel Music Festival
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Millennium Park
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Do-Division Street Fest
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Chicago Blues Fest
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Ribfest Chicago
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Metronome Celebration
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Taste of Randolph Street
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Takin' It to the Streets
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Inner-City Muslim Action Network
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Marquette Park
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Taste of Chicago
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Green Music Fest
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African/Caribbean International Festival of Life
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Washington Park
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Irish American Heritage Festival
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Irish American Heritage Center
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Chicago Folk & Roots Festival
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Welles Park
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West Fest
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Pitchfork Music Festival
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Union Park
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Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
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Wicker Park Fest
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Grant Park
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Neon Marshmallow Fest
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Viaduct Theater
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Caribbean Festival
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Union Park
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African Festival of the Arts
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Washington Park
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival
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Constellation
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Soundboard
Sep 3, 2009
The List, September 3-9, 2009
Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Dead Meadow, Polvo, Ahmad Jamal, the Race, the Spits, Chris Corsano, and more
By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Ann Sterzinger, Jessica Hopper, Brian Costello, and Bill Meyer
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Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears
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Lucky 7s
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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The Race
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Spits
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Happy Mondays
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Chris Corsano
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Adventures in Modern Music
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Thrones
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Joe Preston
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King Wilkie
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Music Sidebar
Sep 3, 2009
African Festival of the Arts
Featuring Ahmad Jamal, Ohio Players, the Pharcyde, Booker T. Jones, and George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
By Kevin Warwick
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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
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Booker T. Jones
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Lorraine Klaasen
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Soukous Stars
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 31, 2007
The other Labor Day music festival and the return of the Jazz Showcase
New Orleans legends Wild Magnolias play the African Festival of the Arts; Jazz Showcase finds a new home.
By Peter Margasak
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Post No Bills
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African Festival Of The Arts
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Bleader
Sep 1, 2006
The other Labor Day weekend festival
The Chicago Jazz Festival isn't the only big musical event on Labor Day weekend.
By Peter Margasak
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Post No Bills
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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African Festival Of The Arts
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