ARC Music Festival, Chicago’s flagship house and techno festival, has announced the initial artist lineup for its 2023 edition taking place September 1-3 at Union Park. After expanding to three days for the first time last year, ARC heads into its third year firmly rooted as a fan-favorite in the global festival circuit, continuing to… Read more »
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Additions Include Acid Pauli, De La Swing, DJ Three, Mark Farina, Öona Dahl, Pan-Pot, and Tini Gessler Elrow Announces “Rowmuda Triangle” Stage Theme Support from Chicago Residents Announced Including ARC Car Stage Powered by The GoodBus Today, ARC Music Festival has announced artist additions for its Labor Day Weekend 2022 lineup. ARC is set to… Read more »
For its 2021 debut ARC Festival conjured the spirit of house music in the birthplace of the genre. The event united scenes and connected communities from around the world in a way that felt distinct to the creative history of Chicago. In 2022 ARC returns to the city on Labor Day Weekend with an expanded… Read more »
The ashes of Disco’s black and queer culture in the late 70s laid the foundation for a new genre of dance music that was conceptualized in the clubs of Chicago, and thus house music was born. House is now a global phenomenon that can be attributed back to its Chicago roots and the decades-long careers… Read more »
Today’s music festival landscape is very treacherous. It’s littered with the abandoned social media pages of festivals that have long since been put out to pasture. Today’s music festivals are mostly all organized under one of the major promotional groups like Insomniac or AEG Presents or Made Events. For a brand new festival to be… Read more »
Although Chicago is the birthplace of house music, it often lacks the international recognition within the global electronic music communities. First emerging in the city in the post-disco era of the ‘80s, house music quickly found a community of global fans, especially in Europe. Since then, the genre has exploded and spawned numerous subgenres and… Read more »
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