Julian Ramirez

88rising has come a long way in a very short period of time. Founded by Sean Miyashiro, 88rising is a music and arts collective with some incredibly worthy and lofty […]

It’s the first weekend of October and there is so much going in our fantastic city! Music, art, talks, and bacon grab the spotlight this weekend, urging you to head […]

Upon walking into Lincoln Hall for the SALES show earlier this week, I could tell that this was going to be fun. A feverish fan base already dominated the floor, […]

It’s the final week of September! Oktoberfest parties are happening all around the city, the temps have finally cooled, and the events are as fun as ever.  So let’s take […]

Over the past year, House of Vans had unsigned musicians compete to perform as the opening act during Schoolboy Q performances across the world including Chicago, IL, Guangzhou, China and […]

It’s official, this Saturday marks the end of summer! Don’t let that get you down, the events are still going strong. With art nights, fantastic movies in a beautiful format, […]

There are so many festivals vying for your attention that it’s pretty easy for some of the smaller ones to get lost in the shuffle. However, it’s usually the more […]

There is a lot of history behind Amanda Shires’ marvelous voice, Shires’ has been honing her art to perfection;  starting her career with The Texas Playboys before going out on […]

After a weekend of cool fall breezes, we’re back to sunny warm days! Now there’s no excuse not to jump into the amazing events happening all over the city! There’s […]

After two days cut short by rain and thunderstorms, there was a lot riding on day three of North Coast Music Festival. The promoter did right by fans allowing those […]

After Friday night’s rainstorm, North Coast was forced to delay the opening of the fest on day two, causing acts like Mother Nature to cancel their sets. It’s an unfortunate […]

I’ve been making my way around the Chicago music festival circuit for a while now. And while our city has some truly notable fests, North Coast Music Festival has held […]