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Daily Email - Thursday - 8/7/2025
Happy Poopgate day, everyone! 💩
On 9/6, d4vd brings his Withered 2025 World Tour to The Salt Shed. Experience his debut album live, with support from Bryant Barnes. Win tickets.*
JUST ANNOUNCED
Dr. Greenthumb's finally sprouts in Bucktown 8/23 with DJ Pharris, King Louie, Derrick Carter, Boom Boom Room's DJ Just Joey and more. Food trucks, smoke buses, and your shot at a VIP Meet & Greet + $150 Baller Bag.*
We’ve linked up with Broken Shaker at Freehand Chicago to sling weekly giveaways for DJ sets from hometown heroes and wild-card guests. Enter to win. Show up sweaty. Stay weirder.*
ARC After Dark turns Chicago into a citywide rave—afterparties with global DJs at the hottest clubs in the city. Zero chill, all ARC weekend.
The Icelandic indie-folk storm, Of Monsters and Men, returns—dreamy builds, booming choruses, and a whole new album in tow. This one will sell out, so snag a ticket fast on 8/15 when they go on sale!
Plus, Band of Skulls, Doechii, Brett Dennen, Fred Armisen, Sam Bush, and more just announced shows!
BEST CHICKEN WINGS
Let’s get one thing straight: flats over drums. Now that we’re aligned, here’s your roadmap to the crispiest, sauciest, fall-off-the-bone-iest wings in the city. Dive bars, Korean gems, buffalo legends—Chicago’s wing game is serious, and this guide is your spicy little cheat code. Blue cheese > ranch. Fight us.
THE ESCAPE GAME PRESENTS:
WIN YOUR WAY INTO AN EPIC ESCAPE
Your mission: grab a partner, pick a game, and see if you’ve got what it takes to outsmart The Escape Game. Their multi-room adventures are built like movie sets with puzzles that hit different. Want in? We’re giving away a pair of tickets for the game and date of your choice. Pick wisely... you’ve only got 60 minutes.*

“HEY HO, LET’S GO” 🎶
💗 The Head and The Heart
Tomorrow at The Salt Shed
The Head and the Heart bring their Pacific Northwest soul-pop to the stage, backed by city lights and river breeze. Perfect summer night? Here we come. (Get Lucky)
🎨 Printer’s Row Art Fest
Saturday & Sunday at 728 S Dearborn
Win $100 to spend on art. Printer’s Row Art Fest is back with 95 artists, live music, and creative energy galore. We’re giving one lucky winner $100 to splurge on art, jewelry, or whatever catches your eye. Enter now.*
✈️ Air & Water Show
August 15th - 17th in the Sky Above North Avenue Beach
Jet engines, parachutes, and barrel rolls over Lake Michigan, Chicago Air and Water Show is back to melt your brain and rattle your skull with stunts you could only dream of.
🧛🏻 TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody
Until August 31st at Apollo Theatre
TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody is hilariously unhinged, and it's now playing in Chicago. Enter to win tickets to this reimagining of the iconic Twilight saga at the Apollo Theater!*
🎉 El Grito
September 13th & 14th at Grant Park
El Grito takes over this fall with música, cultura, y orgullo—live bands, ballet folklórico, lucha libre, and all the antojitos you can handle.
FEATURED SPOTLIGHT
Adults Night Out: Block PartyWin tickets to Adults Night Out: Block Party at Lincoln Park Zoo and end summer on a high note with carnival games, drag bingo with Veronica Pop, and more!* |
LOCALS ONLY
Lots of people are excited about the Air & Water Show this year, but if you are not one of them, plan a little getaway and find your quiet.
We’ve got tons of giveaways that are closing soon - don’t miss out!
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